[center][h1][color=ec008c][i]Lilith[/i][/color][/h1][/center]
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Lilith was alone on a hilltop overlooking the valley below her.  Why, however, she was unsure.  Watching -doing [i]nothing[/i]- was a boring job, one for petty soldiers, not spec ops.  Still, her CO had commanded her to watch over the kill, make sure nothing went wrong. "She's a high priority target, very dangerous", he had said.  [i]Bullshit.[/i] Lilith thought.  She was fairly certain he was just punishing her for her last assignment -which had ended in failure.  [i]If[/i] someone [i]would've listened to me rather than run off to play --[/i] the thought was cut short by some commotion on scene.  Her eyes focused in on the Electabuzz that had just made its explosive entrance.  [color=ec008c]"Wow.  Why can't [i]you[/i] be that useful?"[/color] she seemed to say to the wind.  In response, a stray tongue materialized out of thin air, followed by the sound of someone blowing a raspberry.  Lilith figured she was now covered by some sort of formless ectoplasmic spit.  [color=ec008c]"You're such a child,"[/color] she said disdainfully, [color=ec008c]"You know what to do.  Gengar, kill."[/color]  With that the apparition left her, off to -hopefully- perform its duties.

Though typically sparsely populated, this forest was quite lively at the present.  From her position high above the action, Lilith watched as everything unfolded.  The rebel below seemed to be getting away.  In chase, the scientist, floated on her standard-issue Metang.  The sniper -which Lilith would've missed had she not been trained to look for the glare of an enemy scope- was stationed at a position on the adjacent hill.  After watching the sniper down two of her regime compadres, Lilith determined it to be the most vital target; the thrill of the chase would soon begin.  Hopefully Gengar would be there by now, in position for when he was needed.  With that, Lilith silently began moving towards the target.  She hoped, at the very least, that this one would be more challenging than those prior.

Thankfully for Lilith, she was downwind from the target, which had now become a group of targets.  [i][color=ec008c]Lucky me![/color][/i] she thought, pleased to find such a large helping of... playthings.  From a vantage point above the clearing in which the four rebels had now gathered, Lilith waited.  Finally, she saw a rippling of light in front of the sniper.  Simultaneously, all the light in the clearing seemed to dim, the air growing suddenly colder.  Out of the ground rose an ominous darkness.  [i]With her pokemon preoccupied, she's as good as dead.[/i] Lilith thought as a Gengar formed out of the strange blackness.  The performance was going so well, Lilith had to fight down shivers.  She suspected by this time the rebels might also be shivering, though for an entirely different reason.  Blood-red eyes leveled with those of the sniper, quickly enough to prevent a response, but not enough so that no fear could be felt by the victim.  Lilith let out a shrill laugh at the sight of her success.

[i]...Wait a minute.[/i]  The sniper had yet to fall down dead.  Lilith's head turned questioningly.  [i]What the...[/i] Lilith realized with dread that Gengar had in fact not killed the target, but had instead passed a wet, slimy tongue over her face.  Just as fast as it had appeared, Gengar vanished into the wind.  [color=ec008c]"AHHHHH! You idiot!"[/color] Lilith screamed.  [color=ec008c]"Until next time!  I'm not finished with you yet!"[/color] she yelled to the group below her while retreating back into the depths of the forest. 

Lilith, once she had distanced herself enough to be sure she wouldn't be detected, called the failure into her CO.  Though she expected punishment, she instead received more orders.  [i]Follow them.  Figure out what they are up to.  We need to know if the rebellion is organizing again.[/i]