Psyduck Make A Stand by WyldClaw

Plot: WCverse one-shot. slight Spoilers for Pokemon the Movie 2000 II: Lawrence's Revenge. . This is a short WCverse one-shot that shows how Psyduck came to the conclusion to save Misty in my two-part story Pokemon the Movie 2000 II: Lawrence's Revenge. Psyduck's POV. I may have made him a little smarter than in the show but anyone who had read that fanfic knows what happens. Anyone who thinks I own Pokèmon will get a taste of my Ice beam, Hyper Beam, and Hydro Cannon attacks. Brock is mentioned so it is a verrrry slight animeverse. Italics are flashbacks, " " are humans, conscious and Mouth talking, {} is thoughts and, () is Pokèmon talk. There are some parts that I have added to up the tension. It takes place after Psyduck sees his trainer with the knife under her throat

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My eyes bugged out as I looked from the tall cream-haired man with ringlets who had a knife under Misty's throat to the knife to the beyond petrified expression on her face. . {She's in trouble!} The blade was so close to her throat that if any attack hit the strange looking man the blade would slip in to her t…I gulped. {I got to save her. I mean I can try} I thought but another thought came up. {H-How am I-going to save her? I'm not the smartest Psyduck out there.. }

"You're so lame and pathetic. How are you even going to save her?" a sneering voice in my head asked.

(Huh? What do you mean? Who are you?) I asked the voice, not realizing I'd said this part out loud.

"You stupid dim duck. I'm you reality conscious. I live in you so in essence I AM you. . I know all your weaknesses and strengths, your secrets. ". The voice sneered. "You heard Meowth- you are stupid and weak."

(I'm not weak or dumb) I mumbled.

"Oh yes you are. Everybody knows it." The conscious' voice responded back in a smart matter of fact tone.

{I-I can do Confusion and Disable} I thought.

'Yeah right- Not on your own. Only when you have an enormous headache and even then you can't remember how you did them afterwards. Without it all you can do is a pathetic Tail Whip and a wimpy Scratch attack". The voice laughed coldly. I felt horrible I knew that it was absolutely true. As the voice said- it was my reality conscious so it knew my deepest fears. "Face it-Nobody likes or even wants you! You are disgrace to all water types, even the great guardian. You are the only Psyduck in the world who can't swim or use their powers on there own. You are so weak and wimpy even a Magicarp is stronger than you. Why Misty hasn't abandoned you -"

{That's it!} I slammed my repeatedly head into the cage bars and the walls . It hurt like heck but I was oblivious to the pain. (Get out of my head! I'm- not- stupid! I'm not weak! You're wrong) I yelled at the voice over repeatedly as I ran around the room and hit myself against the walls as if to push the voice out of my head. (You're wrong! I'm not weak.)

I glanced up briefly and saw the looks on Ash, Togepi, and Pikachu's faces in the cage. They looked shocked and hurt. I went back to beating myself up quite literally as the reality conscious laughed cruelly at me. "See you pitiful excuse for a Pokémon? They don't feel concerned for you. They're just standing there. Not doing a thing to help you"

I bashed my head against the wall. (No. You're wrong. I'm not pitiful….)

"You're a horrible lame liar. I'm part of your mind. I know when you're lying. "

(I'm not lame….)

'She was such a fool to pick you up in HopHopHop Town. She should have just left you there…"

(Leave me alone!) I rammed into the wall repeatedly as the voice kept insulting me. It kept mocking me saying saying things how i was an embarrassment to all Water Types , how i was the most useless and stupidest Psyduck in the whole world, how i couldn't do anything right, things like that.

(Get .. out.. of my head..). Then I started banging my head against other objects in the room, injuring myself. I didn't care i was beating myself up or getting horribly injured/ I wanted to knock that horrible voice out of my head . .(I'm.. not . useless..)

I dimly heard the man holding my trainer captive tell her. "Isn't that pathetic? That stupid duck of yours doesn't even realize what's going on. It's so dim-witted it's trying to make an exit by banging it's head on the wall despite we are over a thousand feet above the ground and the ship's walls are stronger than steel. If it succeeds, it'll save me the trouble of killing it. It doesn't seem to even care or know that I could kill you with one simple swipe of the knife . It can't do anything. It's utterly brainless-"

"Psyduck! Listen to me! Ignore him and the voice in your head. Please... Psyduck. " I heard her cry out in a begging I-implore -you-to listen-to-me sort of tone.

(Huh?) I stopped beating myself up and looked up towards the sound of her voice. I was getting bruised and a little bit of a pounding headache. {She's pretty much pleading me to listen to her. that's a first.}

"I know I haven't been the greatest trainer to you. But please, listen to me. Don't listen to that voice in your head or to Lawrence! You are smart! You saved the Fuchsia gym's Pokémon from Team Rocket all by yourself you went right for help that time in Celadon City when Team Rocket gave me that nasty makeover and wouldn't let me go -"

"You had to bring that up, didn't you brat?" Jessie, who had returned Wobbuffet said loudly.

Misty ignored her and continued. "I'm sorry i called you stupid and dumb all those times. You aren't dumb at all, I know you have great potential deep inside you."

{She thinks that?} I was amazed at this: she never paid me that high of a compliment. Hope rose in my chest. {She really believes in me though I can't use Confusion and Disable by myself. She doesn't think I'm lame or dumb at all.}

She continued, her voice shaky. As she spoke I felt like she was reading my mind. "-but it's your fear that's holding you back. You have that power inside within you. But you're scared. You're scared that you won't be able to do it the right way and I'll-I'll a-a-abandon y-you. That's not true. I would never do that. I don't mind that you are different. You can do it. I just know you can. All you have to do is find a way to unlock it. I know you can. Y-you're the only one who can -"

WHAM!

Everyone in the room's jaws fell. The strange man had used his free hand- the not holding the knife against my trainers's throat to brutally slap the left side of her face. "Shut up brat! It can't understand you. It's a mindless, useless creature that deserves to die," he growled.

She turned her face and everyone saw there was a huge red slap mark on it that was swelling up pretty quickly. Togepi gasped and i heard him say in barely a whisper. (M-m-mommy...)

I felt rage boil in my blood, I'd seen and heard enough. Heck I even heard the reality conscious mutter, "he needs to pay for that."

I looked down at my hands. {I'll try to do a Slash attack} I thought as I raised his webbed hands up and ran at the stranger. (Leave her be!) I cried but the man used his knife to cut my head. I felt a searing pain in my head as hot blood rolled down and he kicked me one side of the room. I fell to the floor .

"No! Psyduck! Psyduck! " she cried. As I got up I saw blood roll down my head into my eyes from where he slashed me, blinding my vision. From little what I could see I saw her squirm away from the knife and tried to run over to me, but the man grabbed her right arm. "Let go of me!" she cried, fear in her voice. "Can't you see he's hurt badly?"

He glared at her. "Why should i? You made me lose Lugia. I saw you through the telescope talking to that island girl and the boy at the shrine. I was so close and then you had to save him and ruin my destiny! I'm not letting you ruin my plans again even if I have to get rid of you and the boy … permanently. Lugia will be mine and then my destiny will be complete."

I was downright blazing angry with the strange human who was holding my trainer captive: How dare this man accuse her of making him lose Lugia whatever that was. 'A powerful water type legendary' a thought appeared in my head. That was very strange but I didn't dwell on it. I was more ticked off at the strange man, I knew she wasn't that kind of person. She yelled at me whenever I popped out but I knew that deep down inside she cared for me. The strange man didn't even seem to care that he was hurting her and he was threatening to kill her. {It's like he's enjoying this! That horrid monster}

That was it for me! I may not have been the smartest Water type Pokemon but even I had a breaking point. No one threatened my trainer's life in front of me and got away with it! (I TOLD YOU BEFORE TO LET US GO FREE AND LEAVE HER ALONE!) I bellowed at the top of my lungs. Before anyone knew what was happening, something- maybe instinct- took over. I ran up and slashed the man's hand, drawing blood. The man howled with rage. He kicked me hard yet again and I was tossed back a few feet away.

Misty used this as a distraction to free herself from his grip and run over to me. 'Psyduck! Are you okay?" she asked.

I slowly nodded as I woozily got up. I felt a warm tingle all over my body for a few seconds. (I. Think… so)

She looked closely. "What happened to your injuries? I thought he slashed you and-and the bruises you gave yourself … are gone. H-How? "

(Huh?) I slowly got up and felt my head but there wasn't a cut. { Huh... that was strange}. (I... don't know.) something strange was occurring inside me.

'I have healed you' a deep sounding voice said inside my head and my head started pounding but it wasn't an overly massive headache.

{Wh-who are you?}

"You know of me for I am inside you. I am the hidden intelligence that gives you your psychic powers. You need not be afraid of me. The time has come, embrace me and save your trainer.'

{I dunno if I can. I'm the world's worst Psyduck}

The voice chuckled. "You can. I've been slowly giving you intelligence over the past few weeks. Haven't you noticed that you are able to be smarter than before? I knew you couldn't deal with my power all at once so I have done it in little spurts, "

My head pounded as I felt my head pound. , I clutched it with my webbed fingers. (My aching head. something's off about it.)

Misty held me protectively against her chest. "Psyduck oh, my Psyduck" she whispered. "Y-y-you just s-saved my life. Thank you. You were so brave to do stand up to Lawrence like that." She whispered to me.

{She called me brave}. I couldn't believe what she just said. (I did what any Pokèmon would do in that situation) I replied, blushing and she smiled for a few seconds.

I saw her face go pale as the mad tall man-Lawrence, she called him- reached for the knife on the other side of the room her whole body was shaking. I had never seen her seen her this scared or terrified. He also felt her heart thumping fast as her body shook. "Lawrence's crazy. He's gonna kill me 'cause I tried to free everyone then he's going to kill everyone since we know too much starting with -" she stopped and bit her lip.

I quickly looked over at Ash in the cage. Somehow new information started coming quickly into my brain like a running Rapidash into my head. I knew who she was talking about. I knew she loved him. I knew the Shamouti Legend and what it meant. I even had an idea of the reasons why this insane human wanted to kill her: to totally break Ash and show who was really in control and since she was the one who figured out that the Legend referred to him.

however I didn't want to say anything... (Me). She looked down, amazed that i said my name instead of his. (j-Just because I saved you and I stood up to him when he was gonna kill you. Lawrence wants to kill you cause you figured out that Ash was the one i was going to help Lugia and save the world two years ago. Lugia keeps the three Titans' powers in harmony)

She nodded. "How did you know all that?"

I shrugged (I dunno. I …just did) I admitted .. Just like that strange voice said the something was changing inside me. I was becoming smarter and honestly… I liked it.

(Psyduck, please) Togepi begged me quietly from the cage. (Please save mommy from the bad man. You're our only hope)

I was surprised. Surely Togepi didn't mean me to save them all? I was a pretty lousy Psyduck: I couldn't swim, couldn't really attack. {I - I can't} I closed my eyes in despair. {I can't do anything right}.

"Yes you can" the strong voice in my head responded.

{Wh-what do you mean} I replied.

"Think back and remember all those times you saved them' it said. The memories came to me in a flash:

The time in Salon Roquet:

I heard misty insulting and yelling at me as I ran back as fast as I could to the store where ash and the squinty eyed human were. {This is so bad, this is bad, gotta warn them} I thought.

I ran right into the store and looked through the crowd of humans and Pokèmon until caught Pikachu's eyes. The Squinty-eyed human was giving a demonstration of some kind with the vulpix. Pikachu jumped down from Ash's shoulder and headed over to me. (What's the matter? You look out of breath)

(Ran... fast... as I could...) I panted (Went to salon. People gave misty... haircut and make over. Something didn't seem right.) I paused to catch my breath.

(Take your time) he told me.

(Meowth said something about … you. Misty recognized him and the girl -)

(Jessie and James.) He muttered. (You'll learn to hate them very fast.)

(They started beating up cat... Ran as fast as I could back. L-left her there...)

"What's the matter, Pikachu?" ash asked him and he relayed the message.

While the other boy told the girl with the vulpix what was going on the mouse told me. (That took a lot of bravery to do that.)

The Fuchsia city gym:

-"Finish that duck off arbok!" Jessie told the snake. It lunged for me!

(What to do? What to do?) I quacked, my headache was getting worse by the second.

(Sssssay good-bye, duck!) The snake opened his mouth and chomped on my head. The moment he bit my head, it was like a hidden door in my mind was unlocked. A wave of power entered my mind.

(I don't think so) I said as a blue outline covered the poison type and flung it back to his trainer.

After the battle…

We were leaving the ninja gym. My trainer was gushing about how I saved the day. "Are you sure you don't want to trade Psyduck, Misty?" Brock pleaded.

"Nope."

"A few hours ago you wanted to trade him" Ash remarked

"That was before I knew about his confusion and disable attacks, Mr. Smarty-pants. You saved the day didn't you Psyduck?" she looked down at me.

(Huh? I did?) I asked, confused.

After the breeding Center problem:

Misty was stroking my head that night. "I'm sorry I left you at that breeding center Psyduck"

(Why?)

"Cause then I wouldn't have been able to warn officer jenny about Butch and Cassidy's plans."

(It's not your fault. all you wanted was for me to be smarter and.)

She shook her head. "You're fine the way you are. You may be different but that's what I like about you. . "

-That night in the forest

While Ash was packing up his stuff Pikachu came over to me ash I muttered (I should have done something. not stood there while they took her)

He patted me on the shoulder. (You didn't know what they were planning)

(I shouldn't have stayed out)

(You did the right thing you were comforting her.) The yellow mouse told me.

(But I didn't do anything when they took her. I felt...useless. I knew I had to find you guys. But -)

(Mommy would be weally proud of you Psyduck) Togepi walked over to us. (If the dummyheads saw me then they would have gotten me too)

The yellow mouse studied me. (Something's happening to you Psyduck)

I turned around in a circle twice trying to see what had changed. (huh? wh-what do you mean?)

(I don't mean your body but up here...) he tapped his forehead. (I think… you're getting smarter.)

(huh.. )

Then I recalled what she said a few minutes ago when I was beating myself up, trying to get rid of the horrible voice in my head:

" I know you have great potential deep inside you. But it's your fear that's holding you back. You have that power inside within you but you're scared. You're scared that you won't be able to do it the right way and I'll-I'll a-a-abandon y-you. That's not true. I would never do that. I don't mind that you are different. You can do it, I just know you can. "

" you see?" the strong voice asked in my head. "Your trainer believes in you. Do you believe in yourself ? ".

I doidn't need to think about it . {Y-yes. I believe so}

"Then I believe you know what you must do. Time to embrace my power.. time to be the hero," the voice faded from my head.

{I CAN DO IT!} I thought. {If she believes in me then I can do anything}

(Mommy! The bad man's getting closer!) Togepi's cry out from the cell brought me back to reality. I opened my eyes again. Indeed, the man was less than two and half feet away from us now. I felt Misty's heart begin to pound even faster than before. She held me protectively .. petrified.

I looked over at the people and Pokèmon in the cage- they were shaking with fear, too terrified to do anything. {Even if they could call their Pokèmon out to save us, it would be too late}

(Psyduck, you got to save M ommy an' us from that crazy man. . you're the only one who can. ) Togepi told me before going over to Ash and Pikachu.

Both The strong voice in my head and Togepi were right. I was the only one- human or Pokemon-that was able do anything .. anything to stop this strange human from harming my trainer anymore. One Pokemon could make all the difference.. And that Pokemon was me, It was time for me to make a stand. I had watched this man brutally hurt Misty and I had enough! No more Mr. duck Pokemon-it was time for me to take matters into my own webbed hands.

(They're right. it's up to me and me alone to save her) I said to myself, as Lawrence got closer. I closed my eyes again for a few seonds which felt like long minutes. {I can do this . I can do this. I have to do this.}

I thought of what I had seen- that crazy man Lawrence injuring and threatening my trainer in addition to injuring me, the beyond petriffied look in Misty's eyes, the way she said i was brave for standing up to Lawrence and what the hidden intelligence in the back of my mind had told me. I knew i was the sole creature-human or Pokemon-who could save my trainer.
I felt the power at the back of my mind inch forward. and i re-opened my eyes. 'It is time.' I heard the intelligence say. {Come} I mentally willed it {I need you. Come to me}

I felt it rush towards me but I had to wait for the right moment. Gathering up my courage I knew I had to act quickly "Psy-Psyduck? " she looked at me as I wriggled out of her arms.

(I know what I have to do) I told her as I got up, walked a few feet away and stood facing Lawrence.

She gulped. "What ...are you doing?" I don't think she had ever seen me like this before.

(Let us all go free now or else) I said and i heard a tiny gasp escape my trainer's

The crazed man didn't seem to understand me. "Time to die, duck! You first then the girl!" was the man's reply. He was less than a foot away now, the knife ready to strike me.

(Psyduck, watch out!) Pikachu warned me.

"What's yer duck doin', twoip? It's going to get sliced like a piece a bread" Meowth asked her.

In a way it scared her to see me like this in front of this madman. She probably thought I was going to sacrifice myself but she could have been more wrong. (Okay, you asked for it) I whispered softly. It was all up to me . It was my time to take a stand. It was. my time to to become the hero.

"Get away from there!" she yelled. "Lawrence is-Oh my!"

The end.

Author's notes: well, how did you like it? If you want to know what happens next then read my fic P2K II: Lawrence's revenge.