While waiting for the hedgehog to respond, Zhang perked up at the horned ones saying something about all humans being all but instinct. He felt a pit in his stomach and began to worry if perhaps Team Flare had been successful in this insane mission. Then he looked back at the human in the lab coat who pointed a weapon at him. "I would rather you put your weapon away." He said to him and now held the staff in front of him, preparing himself to block or dodge anything shot at him.

Things had gotten out of hand very quickly.