Severed Chain - Start of the End
World of Pokemon is divided into two groups. Chain and Gears. Gears are those who creates. make things work, and let the Chain to continue it's flow.
Chain, the world created by Gears of creators, often referred to nature and life, their importance often forgotten for their common place in this world, started to corrupt. As time went on, Gears began to rot from inside, and at that top of Gears, the ones known as creators, have started planning for which shouldn't be planned. The plan had distorted the world into mess, driven some of the Gears to distort and bitter, no longer conscious of their duty.
At the dimension now we know as world, and the time, goes far back to years when PokeBalls have been invented not long ago. Withen the creatures of Chain, some breaks out from their original Gears. Those Chain who are corrupted by Gears are different, with the power different from the normals.
As more and more who have too, been corrupted from Gears, begins to take sides, either to stop, or to aim for worse. This is story of a Cobalt, a still young Gabite, who was first Chain to be effected by the corruption at the same time, disobeyed the rules of Chain and Gears.
Alzantra and Desert clan
Eastern Desert
Alzantra, a large island once connected the two continents together. It was large enough to bare three deserts each one named, Eastern, Southern, and Western Desert. Like it's name, they were located at the three end of the island. In the middle was a place called Central. It was a peaceful none-battle zone of the island where many different species inhabited.
Being a big island, Alzantra bore lots of different terrains other then deserts. On the west side of Eastern Desert was a huge forest and mountain called Z-Forest, and Z-mountain-they got their names from the 'zap' which meant electricity. Then there was a large lake surrounding the Central which was also called Central. To the north, Central lake extended into narrow river reaching and going right through the Southern Desert. To the north was a very tall and wide range mountain called . Despite it's name, it was a mountain covered in snow all year long but it's name came from the fact of it being once a volcano. West side of Central was a swamp created by a humid temperature and water of Central lake. It was covered in massive canopy making a miniature rain forest in some places.
Alzantra is located right between the two continent, right in the middle. Despite it's use for a bridge, fairly large number of species lived in the island. They are mostly pokemons, and some of them are humans. It was usually a peaceful island. However since last two years, peace broke and war started between the two continent.
Two continents were on the east and west side of the Alzantra. West continent was simply called West Alzantra while east was called Nevid. West Alzantra was a continent inhabited by pokemons. After thousands of years of human and pokemon living together gave pokemon a large amount of intelligence, which made pokemons live independent from the humans and live in the world civilized. It was something that shouldn't have happened for humans. Pokemon created a houses, farms, and auto-mobiles. Soon they built a towns known as poke-villages and city.
This angered the humans and they demanded the civilized pokemon to stop what they were doing. First civilized pokemons, Alakazam and Metagross who led the government of first city made by pokemons went to meet the human in meeting. Humans of course asked them to give up or you'll end up in a war. However they refused this.
For several years, cold war went on. Only place pokemons and humans stayed together was Alzantra. It was the least they could do without starting a war. However humans didn't like the way pokemons continued to grow in strength and economic wealth. Humans started losing their patients and after a year, they decided to take their chance and attack.
Everything happened so suddenly. Pokemons didn't stood a chance against tanks and guns without a preparing against them. Many died and humans advanced to the western side. Then in the western desert, which was the last defence line to West Alzantra, everything turned over. Every pokemon who were still alive in Alzantra who was retreating back to the continent gathered. Their final defence to home land begun.
It was when the family of Garchomp called Westerians rose. They led the battle against the humans. Using the sand storms of western desert as advantage, pokemon won the battle and started a counter attack. Using the water, pokemons cut off the humans' supply line and crushed the entire army on west and Central. What's left of human armies fled east setting up all their offensive and defensive power.
With Westerian family leading the army, they continued to attack. Humans slowly fell back even farther towards the Eastern Desert. At last at the edge of the desert where it met with the sea to the Nevid, they created a small temporary port city. Using the close range between their homeland and war-zone, humans held their ground.
For a next year, pokemons and humans continued their war. However as the time passed on, each side started losing two many men and began to have a conference again. After a month, two sides decided to stop the war.
After the war stopped, the ones who had lost almost everything was pokemon trainers. They were seized by pokemons and humans. They couldn't take on either side. Some of the pokemons, who still trusted in humans at least a little bit, let the trainers go free.
Later on humans and pokemons agreed on sharing the Central as the marking of their last alliance. It went pretty good for each side for a long time. Some humans even took pokemons as their friend and shared the bonds. The peace seemed to restore until humans started another war.
This time, pokemons didn't need much efforts in stopping the humans. They also had much modern weapons and when they were combined with their natural strength, they were hard to beat.
Right after the war started, two side used the Eastern Desert as a battle field. It made the area more dry and polluted. This also effected the pokemons living in the area. They formed a group known as a clan and had a leader who commanded it. The clans were like a leading armies of the pokemon side. Even though they fought each other for territory, they did cooperate when needed.
The biggest clan was a Desert clan in the Southern Desert. Their territory was so huge that it was stretched to the south-east of the Eastern Desert. It gave them a position as a main warriors of the war. From all over the Alzantra, different clans and pokemons came to help. One of them was a Westerian family from the Western Desert.
Three Gabites, each one named Cobalt, Blake, and Marcom, was on a race. Their heart pounded hard against their chest. The finish line was just up ahead. The first one in line, Cobalt, who had rather slim slightly small over all features. Second, Blake looked as normal as any Gabite could be except he had much more muscular frame. Marcom was slightly over weight. Not much but visibly fat.
As the first Gabite crossed the drawn line and slid to stop, Marcom tripped and fell while the Blake came in second and sat on the sand. The area was called Eastern Desert. A little to the west where the forest connected towards Central was visible. Other than that was a huge mountain range of , and the endless sand filled desert stretching in all direction.
"Damn you Cobalt. You beat us all the time!" Marcom complained as he slowly passed the finish line after Blake did. Cobalt only laughed at the complaining and sat down as well.
Blake was the first to get up after catching his breath. Sand and pieces of shed scales falling off as he got up. The Gabite was soon to evolve. Sheding scales were the sign of that. "One more, let's go."
Marcom and Cobalt blinked in unison. Of course the one complaining was Marcom, saying in a frustrated voice. "But that was seventh just now." Cobalt simply shook his head slowly.
"What?" The complaining Gabite muttered.
Cobalt laughed as he got up as well, ready for the next race.
Cold wind whipped up a small tornados of sand as the desert's night came. Unlike the daytime when it's sunny, dry, and super heated, night of desert was cold. Even colder than those of usual cold regions. At least the area being the boundary of the Eastern Desert, night wasn't as cold as it should been.
Later that night, after finishing the mid night training, Cobalt was returning to his cavern. Walking down the natural made stone cavern.
The long corridor made of stone had a multiple empty holes that worked as windows to the side while more corridors stretched inward. Those corridors stretched farther in until it was connected to small caverns for the warriors and armies of the clan. The huge cavern's corridors all led into a one end where it led into a another narrow cavern. Underground cavern stretched under the main stone mountain in middle of desert was like a spider web, no more like an ant hole. Below the ground level was a storage level and a bunker level where it was used as their names sake. Below that level was the prison level. Guarded by the Haxorus and other prison guards. The prison level is stretched far down to 3 floors under. There was middle floor between prison and bunker where the clan elders held meetings.
Tired Gabite was now passing by the entrance of the clan cavern. His gaze followed the corridor ahead before looking to his left, spotting the shadow inside the small watch house made of wood. Most likely it was someone on a guard duty tonight.
Cobalt stopped in his track seeing the silhouette of the pokemon inside was something similar to someone he knew. It was either Blake or Marcom. The Gabite turned his way towards the watch house. He wondered who was the unlucky one to be a guard duty tonight.
Shivering, Cobalt walked outside through the cold wind of the desert night. The shadow in guard tower got closer. From his view, he could easily see that it was Blake. Gabite smiled inwardly in attempt to surprise his friend.
Right before he was behind the guard house door, Blake turned. Cobalt's eye twitched slightly and waved his claw. Blake blinked at him, confused what his friend was up to. After a while standing and staring at eachother, Blake motioned Cobalt to come inside.
Cobalt unwillingly went into the small wooden building. Inside was warmer than he thought. There was Darumaka in front of the open window. The wind was blowing through it passing the small fire type's heated body. It was turning the cool wind from outside into warmer wind as it came in. There was a glass window on all three other sides except for where the Darumaka was sitting. It was warm and somewhat cozy place to stay in.
"What were you doing here?" Blaked asked watching the darkness outside.
Cobalt watched the Darumaka, poking it lightly wondering if it'll wake up. "Nothing, just checking who's the guard today." A drop of sweat formed on his head as he answered.
The other Gabite nodded slowly in response. The usually hyper and jolly dragon was standing still watching outside. Cobalt stared at him weirdly. From his memory, Blake wasn't the type who would do things like this without falling inpatient. However, he was now and it surprised Cobalt enough to make him stare at his friend as if he was crazy.
Cobalt was about to blurt out 'are you alright?'.
"Friends forever, right?" Blake turned his head, looking at the staring Gabite. Cobalt blinked wondering why he was acting unusual but smiled, raising his claw and hitting it against Blake's.
"Forever."
The pokemon army marched forwards before stopping at the command of a General and Colonels of each quadrants. Cobalt and Blake stood in the middle line, shaking in excitement of a first official war they attended. In the front was the group of Bastiodons, acting as a shield against the bullets and cannons. At the opposite side was a army of humans, armed with sword and machine guns. Also quite a few tanks and artilleries as well.
It was few minutes before the war began when everyone stopped in their spot. Cobalt gulped getting ready for whatever to come. The wind continued to whip up, sand slapping at everyone's face. Humans were equipped with goggles and heavy gears. Pokemons wore a bulletproof vests that protected them from the guns.
Cobalt and Blake wore the similar equipments with two long sword strapped on his arm. The Gabites looked at eachother once before nodding at once. From the front, explosion came off. One of the tank's cannon had fired. It flew through the air and exploded against the wall of Bastiodon shield.
Wind was now mixed with smell of gun powders, dusts, metal, and blood. Cobalt was in middle of it, slashing, cutting, kicking. Until that moment, he never thought the war could be so... cruel. Bullets passed over their head multiple times. It didn't take long till the human army was beginning to get pushed back. The sand storms caused by some pokemons were making it easier. Unlike humans, the pokemons didn't need goggles and see pretty clearly through them.
There was a gun shots from all sides. Cobalt continued to dodge and bite back the pain of the shots that got him all over the vest. It didn't injure him directly but it did sent heavy force right through. The parts not covered by those equipments were scratched and burnt.
However unlike Cobalt, Blake wasn't so lucky, getting a direct shot on his leg. The Gabite fell over from both pain and injury he just got.
"Blake!" Cobalt shouted, running towards his injured friend. He jumped up, cutting through the human who just had aimed for something. Without further delay, he ran towards his injured friend.
"Damn it, Cobalt what are you doing!" Blake yelled as he tried to get up.
"Helping you out of here of course." Cobalt replied helping the Gabite get up, supporting him on his shoulder.
Blake thrashed against the Cobalt's support, yelling at him to let him go. The thrashing Gabite soon gave up, getting supported all the way to the boundary of the battle field. There was bodies of human and pokemons all over. Two Gabites ignored the bodies, continuing to get away from the battle field. Cobalt could hear the shouting of humans who was after them. Two continued to move, Blake getting half dragged on the ground leaving a bloody trail behind.
Soon they reached a small cavern off few miles south from the battle. It took a while getting there as Blake was getting his foot half dragged as he walked. Although supported by Cobalt, gun wounds weren't easy thing to get used to.
Inside the cavern was a dark, and rather humid and moss covered considering the environment around here. As they went in deeper, there were water dripping off the ceiling. Mossy floor was wet and slippery, making the passer's foot to slip and slide There probably was small cave pond somewhere inside, seeming how it was getting cooler.
Cobalt looked around as he went. As far as he knew, there was no place like this around here before. One of the mystery dungeons that formed recently. It was good as long as they could hide for a while. Blake didn't seem like he was very conscious of where he was going. The Gabite's wound continued to leave a blood trail through the dungeon almost acting like a map.
The luck was with them if it was supposed to be called luck. The newly made dungeon wasn't noticed by many wild pokemons yet, no wild pokemon in the way to block their way. Also the dungeon wasn't very deep as if it was still being developed into bigger one. Instead of coming outside, they ended up in a small cavern.
The Gabites stopped as they saw the large pool of water. Cobalt slowly sat his injured friend on the damp rock next to the pool. Water was clear, almost see through with few small fish pokemons.
From what scientists discovered, there was no apparent reason why the mystery dungeons were being created. Some pokemon scientists said that it was humans who created them to confuse the pokemons. Some said that there was some unknown energy that messed up things.
Cobalt looked up from the pool of water. His gaze following the small trail of blood continuing deeper inside. The now suspicious Gabite narrowed his eyes as he began to proceed into the deeper part of the cavern. Blake seemed little worried as he watched his friend move deeper into the still foreign and might be dangerous dungeon.
There was a corner that turned in a shape of U. Almost like a magic, around the corner was grass covered, and had warm and rather dry air. Cobalt continued to look upwards from the grass, following the tiny bits of still bloody trail that continued on to the end. There, he found a human. Not just any human who'd come at pokemon with a knife but a trainer who was holding a dead pokemon instead.
The Gabite stared at the frightened human. From what he could tell, it was a male with a dead Pidgeotto. The wound on the chest of the pokemon easily marked it that it was killed by both pokemon and human. Probably caught in middle of the battle while traveling around it. Human didn't look much better either. With a lightly burnt skin from explosion and the broken leg... It was almost amazing to the Gabite that this human managed to get all the way in here.
Cobalt didn't know what to do. He did not like the humans, but that didn't meant this human was bad like those of outside. Not to forget the fact that pokemon trainers were neutral. It was time for decisions...
His decision was almost as neutral as trainers. Maybe little more to the human side.
Blake was about to freak out to death rather than from his wound when Cobalt came around the corner with the human and his Pidgeotto. "W...what the fuck?"
Week, no maybe about a month passed. The battle Cobalt and Blake attended ended in a huge victory. From what they heard after getting treated was that there was back-up from the Z clan from Z-Mountains. They were usually not very friendly with the desert clan but they often helped the war against humans.
Not to mention that Marcom was almost killed by them once from crossing boundaries...
The once injured Gabite was getting better quickly. Bullet that had pierced his leg had been removed and now there was just a scar over it. Even that would disappear once he evolved. Still, the wound did take a time to restore. Blake couldn't walk fast anymore. Cobalt had been busy all the time for that month. Between each training and meals, he brought food to the trainer he had found before, helping the human's energy to restore. Also, he'd been visiting the hospital of the clan often to see Blake.
As usual, the Gabite was visiting the hospital room where his friend was. The door to it was opened, meaning that someone else was in there besides Blake. Cobalt smiled, knowing that it was Marcom since that was the habit his friend always did.
Cobalt knocked at the door lightly, seeing if he was allowed to enter. Lately, the two have been having serious talking without him about the trainer Cobalt was taking care of. Without doubt it was the decision wether to throw him out to death or keep him alive till he can move on to the Central.
"Come in!" Cobalt slowly pushed through the door at the voice of Blake's. As he expected, Marcom was there, talking about something with the Gabite sitting on the bed.
Did anyone mention that the beds in hospital of clan was one of those that are used in human's hospital? Even though they didn't want to admit, pokemons did need some help from human's device time to time. Including the beeping thing Cobalt lack the knowledge and name of.
"How's your leg Blake?" The newly joined Gabite asked, setting the leather bag on the desk next to him.
Blake smirked at his friend, replying in a joking tone. "Oh, about to fall off."
Marcom laughed lightly, leaning on the chair. "I guess you'll be staying for another month then. Woot! Another month without race!"
This time, all three Gabites laughed. However, it wasn't long before the mood became a little serious. Blake had been very disapprove of keeping trainer hidden. He's been always saying that they should give the human to the clan elders and let them decide, which would surely have the man killed.
"So, are we decided or not?" Blake asked impatiently after a while.
Cobalt shook his head, not liking the other Gabite's idea. "But we can't just let him get killed... I mean, we saved him."
"It is weird to kill someone after saving them." Marcom added but shrugged at the same time. He was the only one besides Cobalt and Blake who knew about the human.
Blake quickly snapped at Marcom. "Than you two can go and live with the trainer at the central or something!"
The two other Gabites went silent, taken aback by sudden outburst. Ever since Blake ended up running away from the battle, he's been oversensitive and highly suffering from his own nerves.
"I..I'm sorry." Blake muttered, looking away as he placed his claw on his scaled head.
Cobalt and Marcom looked at eachother. Cobalt was the first one to place his claw on the Blake's shoulder reassuringly. "It's alright, what do you say Marcom?"
"Did we ever get mad for that?" Was Marcom's reply, grinning with a broad expression.
The other Gabite chuckled lightly, shaking his head at how his friends were acting. Still, he didn't want the human staying in that hidden cave...
Unlike how it ended well that day, the next month Cobalt and Blake talked about it didn't end pretty, ending up in a shouting match. The yelling coming back and forth like a tennis ball.
The trainer was fully recovered, ready to move to the safety of Central area. Cobalt was supposed to guide him there but Blake wasn't happy with the idea. Unlike Cobalt and Marcom, he had dislikes for humans way more than the others. He's been threatening to tell the clan elders about this and Cobalt had to shut up whenever he did.
Despite all the threatenings done by Blake, Cobalt was guiding the trainer to the road that's connected to Central. From what he learned, the human's name was Jack and he was still a trainer who didn't have much experience. Jack was on a travel towards the Central himself, making his way towards the safety where he could freely move around with his pokemon. Only except that pokemon died after getting caught up in that war...
"So, how you going to start.. err.. your.. trainer thing?" Cobalt asked Jack in his still incomplete human language he learned.
The trainer laughed a little, shaking his head slowly. "Not going for a trainer anymore. Maybe try for a ranger.. so I can help instead."
"Oh, right." Even though he said with a nod. the Gabite had no idea what the ranger was.
Cobalt had been very nervous the entire time they were moving through the desert. It wasn't because of the hot sun that might tire out the human. It was the Blake who'd be very mad when he returns...
Damn.. lot to explain later. Cobalt thought to himself but shook his head quickly, tryuing to get rid of those thoughts.
However, it happened to be that he didn't need to worry about it.. not when he didn't have time to worry about it. Somewhere up ahead was a figure of a shark. Only it was standing on two feet with a arm that had fins attached to it. The Gabite was soon identified as Blake, who must have taken the short cut through the clan and popped up in middle of desert ahead of them.
Blake gave a stare at the surprised Gabite and trainer. "So... I see you're going to leave.."
"Leave? What do you mean?" Cobalt took a step forwards, Gabite's eyes full of confusion and somewhat angry light. Than a thought swept across the Gabite's head.
Shit.. don't tell me..
"You're no longer welcome back in clan. I have told the elders about this." Blake said blankly, still giving the cold stare at his friend... or ex-friend.
Cobalt was dumbstruck, taking a step back before he shook himself out of it. There was no way...
Before he could finish his thoughts, the Gabite was warned by Jack's yell. "Dodge!" Cobalt was snapped back to reality at the same moment as the Dragon Claw struck his side.
Gabite rolled back quickly but the injury was already made. Somehow, he had managed to let his battle reflex to avoid him from serious injury of getting impaled on the sharp talon like claws of Blake's. So the Gabite indeed was serious... he couldn't believe it but it had happened. Cobalt got up slowly, letting his anger sink down a bit. It wasn't easy but he managed just enough for his conscious to keep him from going into a rage.
Blake continued in his blank voice. "As the order from the elders, I'll stop you here and bring both of you back to clan." Than the Gabite began to approach Cobalt, his Dragon Claw full of power as always.
Cobalt didn't take long to get up, his own Dragon Claw activating, forming a long blade like shape. Unlike the most Gabites, his Dragon Claw took a form a sword than a claw. Without replying to the other Gabite, he charged at Blake, his sword like Dragon Claw giving a dim glow in the harsh light of sun.
The bigger Gabite was always stronger than the fast moving Cobalt. In the sparring, Blake always threw Cobalt off, making most of time his victory. However, in a open area like this, the lighter Gabite had more chance and space to move to bring down the bigger foe. Plus, it wasn't that Cobalt didn't have the arm strength.
Two Dragon Claws clashed together, sending a sparks of energy upon contact. Blake's next movement came quickly, twisting his Dragon Claw to lock it against Cobalt's single bladed one. Cobalt knew what would come next. He'd be raised into the air, spun few times before getting struck to the ground head first. To avoid that, he always needed the space. Blake's tremendous arm strength quickly lifted him off the ground and at the same moment, Cobalt hurled himself higher into the air, right above his target. Without warning, he pulled himself down, his head glowing in metallic gray light as he used Iron Head. It was a move his parents taught him long ago.
Although it wasn't very effective, the Iron Head against the regular head was enough to daze the Gabite. Cobalt took the chance as the other dragon's Dragon Claw disappeared, landing on the ground before slamming his Dragon Claw against the still recovering leg of Blake's. As the attack landed, the Gabite stumbled back, falling on his back while clutching his leg. He couldn't even dodge the attack... If usual, Blake would've easily gotten over the daze and jumped back.
"You're out of practice." Cobalt muttered, getting up and using his fin to dust off the sand on his scales. Blake didn't respond, just clutching his aching leg as he glared at the other Gabite.
Cobalt and Jack resumed their traveling through the desert. The trainer continued to look at the road they traveled through with little worried expression. Cobalt gritted his teeth as he remembered that Blake had given out the secret to the clan. Now he wasn't sure what to do, run to Central with Jack or...
The Gabite shook his head in disbelief. He was worrying about where he'd go. Although he never liked the clan, he was worrying about it. It wasn't very hard for him to notice why as he soon remembered everything he had was in the clan. Still... it was better to let them go than get punished for helping humans.
Lucky for them, the chance for choice came pretty quick. The forest road through the Z-Forest which was connected to Central. Beyond the forest, they could easily see the building the size of sky scrapers. Unlike the jungle like appearance around, the road was clean and well made with green and brown bricks that made a pattern on the ground. It was a safe jone as long as anyone walked into the forest path instead.
Cobalt stared at the road ahead, trying to decide what he'll do, forgetting the trainer behind him.
"Um.. Cobalt." Jack called, using the tip of his finger to tap at the Gabite who was deep in thought.
"What is it?" Cobalt asked, turning around with a rather annoyed expression.
Instead of saying, Jack pointed behind him where something was visible, moving through the desert towards them. Cobalt had to clench his eyes to slit status in order to see what it was. Soon his eyes widened beyond it's normal status.
From the distance, a Gabite was approaching them. The same one Cobalt had knocked out earlier. Jack looked around nervously before stepping back into the safe jone that led to Central. He didn't run though, almost if he was trying to wait for his guide to come with him.
Cobalt opened his mouth to say something but nothing came out. He was way too surprised to say anything. Also, Blake didn't seem like he wanted to reply either, suddenly charging instead of walking. Considering the fast speed of the shark like pokemon, the distance between them was quickly covered, and without warning, the Gabite jumped into the air and brought his Dragon Claw down at Cobalt.
Although surprised, Cobalt managed to block the attack with his Dragon Claw, sliding back a little from the force of attack. Right now, what the Gabite felt wasn't a surprise. Instead, a anger filled it's place, making him roar out unlike he used to. Blake didn't even flinch at the other Gabite's unusual behavior. What Cobalt didn't notice at the moment was a strange look in the eye of his foe. A hypnotized eyes that was nowhere close to normal.
For a moment, anger blinded Gabite completely, making his move without his own permission. Cobalt charged forwards, his Dragon Claw on a full battle mode unlike before. The two foot long energy of claw glowed fiercely as he ran forward using his fast foot. Blake reacted quickly, kicking up the hot sand below his feet to use Sand-Attack. A full force attacker like Blake would've never used this kind of attack. However, he was far from himself.
Cobalt darted to side in a quick side way jump, dodging the Sand-Attack with ease. Then the Gabite rushed under the other Gabite, Blake had his claws held up high to impale them into his target who was right below him now, but Cobalt was far too fast for such move to land. The three long talons of energy flickered as he dropped next to Blake's side. A trail of blood forming next to his mouth as the hypnotized eyes slowly returned to the golden pupiled eyes of normal Gabite's.
Cobalt growled lightly as he stayed in the same position. His Dragon Claw had pierced through the dragon type's stomach and had bursted out from the back. The dragon's eye slowly lost it's rage, the warm liquid dripping off his fin quickly snapped him back to conscious.
Jack stood in the safety jone with horrified eyes. He had fallen on his bottom end, watching the battle end as the Gabite's life faded. Cobalt trembled, slowly backing away from the body which lost it's soul and now lifeless. His Dragon Claw faded away as he was finally able to see what he's done. There was his friend, Gabite who he had spent the long years together.
Jack approached the Cobalt slowly, placing his hand on the dragon's shoulder. Cobalt flinched a little, but remained still.
"L..let's go Cobalt... this isn't good.." Jack asked, shaking the shoulder lightly, hoping for some reassurance.
No response.
The trainer looked up from a sound of something coming. There was a sound similar to something big running through the sand at high speed. Jack almost screamed but managed to get himself to run into the safety jone before looking back once. Then the trainer was gone, towards the Central.
It took about 10 seconds for Cobalt's senses to wake again. When he did, he was instantly knocked out by a crushing blow to the head, skidding through the desert sand.