six squabillion toxicbolt wips in my brain and also my ipad

Like I see it as two dudes who are equals in terms of established power within a group hierarchy. Neither of them are a match for Sabrina because they're "mortal" when compared to a brilliant psychic (Koga is especially fucked here). Neither of them are a match for Giovanni cause the dude smooth talked a tight grip around them both, as Koga and Surge have that "groomed into the military" complex of needing constant direction towards purpose from another figure, which has evidently influenced Surge far more than Koga which you can tell in pokespe

So they're left on their own with a dick measuring contest of who's going to climb higher in their lil criminal side careers but even then whatever foot either one has in front of the other is over stepped constantly cause if you look closely they're actually similar characters with different sprinkles on top...

Anyway, it's not a stable dynamic either but more like a constant flux of one upping each other but having equal means to dispel the others advantage. Stalk, lie, and manipulate the paranoid, cautious and hypervigilant. Koga wouldn't get anywhere with it. But Surge would just stomp others down on his way to the top of the food chain, look big and scary. PTSD 101. Koga would see that he's not a threat and call the bluffs until he eventually finds out what poking fingers at an animal backed up to a wall does. He'd fucking slam Koga into the grave LOL