[John snickers a bit at Sakura and nods.]

I haven't tried to use it on this many pokemon at once before, but maybe I can buy us some time. The good news is I am pretty sure they can't do too much to me.

[Which means he's going to throw himself onto the front line. But first, he's gonna give Hypnosis a go. He holds his arms out and concentrates. The others should know to not actually look directly at him when he does this, lest they want to fall asleep too.]