Obviously, all of it was just a brilliant staging devised by Sobek.
The hatzegopteryx that claimed to have come by order of the Lightning Lord was actually called Cobra, in honor of the military helicopter with the same name. He was one of the newest arrivals in his pack. He had been recruited by Apaches during his assignment and had arrived with a small flock of pterosaurs. His size was such that the other pterosaurs had looked like cleaner fishes around a great white shark. Given his greatness, Sobek had chosen him as the most suitable for that little play.