Everything happened in a blur and Zack couldn't do anything but watch. He didn't like the helpless feeling he had as Cloud pulled away from him to battle the danger orb. Helpless. The last time he was helpless wasn't that long ago. It caused his body to freeze up. Brodoof quickly ran to it's owner and tugged on his gloves, trying to get his attention but Zack stayed where he was. It wasn't until the voltorb was caught that he finally came to his senses and stood up, hoping Cloud didn't see him freeze up in the commotion.

Was this ptsd? Probably but he couldn't think of that now, Cloud's pokemon was injured and they needed to heal it before they could do anything else. "Y-yeah let's go take care of it. I'm glad you have a strong pokemon with you Cloud." He smiled and picked up brodoof so they could travel faster than the short legs would ever be able to.

He walked over to Cloud and did a double check on him, wiping some soot off his cheek and ruffling his hair a little, worry in his blue eyes. "You okay? Do you need anything yourself before we go?"