The ball that had hit Jonathan's hand went flying behind him at such a far distance that he would have no chance of catching it. Messiah and all of his goons were smiling when they saw this thinking that there was no chance for Jonathan to get out of this situation. The one who had thrown the ball was John and he also had a wide smile seeing that his plan had worked out perfectly.
With Jonathan out of the game so early their chances of winning would be increased by a ton and they wouldn't have to worry about any kind of consequences for losing. However, despite their expectations of Jonathan being eliminated that never happened.
When the ball was about to hit the ground marking Jonathan officially out of the game a pair of hands wrapped around the ball catching it. They were small hands indicating a younger person and when Jonathan finally got a look at them he couldn't help but smile.
