"HEY! IF YOU DON'T WANT TO FALL ASLEEP, COVER YOUR EARS! NOW!"
'Wait, what?!' Sure, Robert didn't expect it to work as well as he could fear, but he didn't want to take chances. "Kiai, Nikki, cover your ears quick!" Kiai listened to Robert and covered his ears with Nikki lacking any ability to, and Robert covering his ears as quick as he could, having Nikki's Pokeball still inhand making him waste time that he didn't have. Of course, the two Donphan's heard the warning to the trainers and Defense Curled, just as a precaution to try and cover their ears with it. In the end, the Donphan's were a bit shaken but fine, Nikki was fast asleep from it, and Robert's inability to act quick enough led to him getting affected by the Sing. While he did get his hands up, it had already started by then and the Sing had left him fighting for consciousness, having fallen backwards and passed out.
Seeing Robert currently knocked out, the bigger Donphan realized the hesitation in the attacks, and figured out that the human was the one calling the shots. With that idea, it told the 'follower' to launch a Magnitude towards the Riolu while he goes in for 'the other.' The follower just assumed that 'the other' was referring to the Goomy and nodded. Kiai realized the incoming Magnitude and used Quick Attack away from the attack's range while Nikki was hit. He started to question why he hadn't gotten the order, since the Sing had died out a while ago. 'Wait, why isn't he calling out to me and Nik- wait, Nikki's asleep? Could Robert...' Kiai's thought was cut off when he saw the larger of the Donphan using Rollout, but it wasn't going for him, and it passed by Nikki, what could it's target b- 'Wait, it couldn't be.' He turned towards Robert, to see his trainer had been put to sleep by the Sing, with the Donphan going Straight towards him!
As soon as Kiai realized this, he Quick Attacked straight towards Robert, knowing that an attack to the Donphan's side wouldn't be enough to stop the attack from hitting him. Robert was starting to get out of the sleep daze when he saw the Donphan, going towards... HIM?! 'N-no. I gotta-...get...up...' Robert tried to get up, hoping to get somewhat out of the attack range, but he still hadn't recovered enough from the Sing and felt as if his body was jelly. Kiai knew that there was no time to do anything but get a Counter up and hope. 'No, I won't allow you to do this. I can't let it happen. I won't. I-'
Robert had cringed up with what little strength he had currently, not realizing that Kiai had gotten infront of him, as well as the flash of light not just being a result of what he knew would be extreme pain, as it wasn't his first experience with such pain.
"Lucar!" Finally opening his eyes, the saw what he realized was Kiai, having just evolved into a Lucario, and he was getting hit by the Rollout point blank. Getting enough force, he finally released the Counter towards the Donphan and knocked it away from them.
"K-Kiai..." Hearing Robert, Kiai turned his head back to see him finally getting awake. It was fairly obvious that Kiai had taken a lot of damage from that hit, especially since he had to keep it from just Rollout-ing over either of them. Robert slowly started getting back up, glad that it went better than it really should have. "Ugh, thank you. I'm suprised you evolved, but let's wait till after we're done to celebrate, sound good? That is, unless you need your own rest." With that, Kiai nodded and shifted his full attention towards the Donphans as well as how Nikki was still put to sleep. 'Okay, they likely won't play "fair" after what almost happened. Be alert.'