Zack might not have been as spritely as he was when there was mako pumping in his veins, but he also wasn't a tiny pokemon. The Thunder Wave had hit him pretty hard, but the shock was wearing out of his system... if not a little slowly.

The SOLDIER had every intention of asking what the hell had just happened to him, but it came across as a bunch of sputtering and coughing.

Angela, probably realizing that her trainer had been caught in the crossfire and was much worse off than he had originally been, slithered over and placed her head on his stomach with a click and a purr.

B...Bad dragon... Not cool...