Lash moved one of her knights. There. First chess formation was secured. She just had to keep this up.

"He is! We talked a bit and I think he just needed a bit of time out. Old enough to be part of the RAs too! As for the name..." she offhandedly pointed to one of the game systems in the back. "It comes from this game called Makanikki Kingdom. You play Overlord Zebba and his main rival is this loud mouthed guy named Alexander." Could you see the irony in there? Lash certainly did. "He gets nicknamed Alex a lot in the game and he's the god of thunder! I found it fitting." She crossed her arms again.

"And Zapdos...err Alex didn't protest. It does also means powerful king or something."

Naming your Pokemon after video game characters. This wasn't a video game, Lash.