Episode 24:
Mewtwo's Destiny

Author(s): IcyPikachu and InsaneLlama

We find our heroes looking at the sights from the Town Square. Unknown to them, a dangerous element was descending upon them. And now…

“Wow, that air show was really fun. I wonder if Porygon can do other types of tricks,” Icy said.

“Maybe those programmers here can help you with that,” Random replied.

For some reason, Icy felt something strange approaching. He looked above him and shrieked. “PIKAAAA!!!”

“What’s wr…” Insane stopped mid-word as he looked up seeing a silver armored pokémon hovering above them. “What is that? Another Porygon?”

“Now I fulfill my destiny. Come with me Icy!” Icy tried to run, but Mewtwo just glowed and they were both teleported to a distant island.

“What happened? Where’s Icy? Come on, we’ve got to get help!” The group ran for the pokécenter to get help. But there was nothing they could do to save Icy now.

Meanwhile, Mewtwo and Icy appeared on a small, dark, deserted island. “Welcome to my home Icy. This will be the last place you ever see.” With that, Mewtwo fired a large psybeam directly at Icy, pinning him against a rock wall.

“Aghhh!!” Icy screamed in pain. Mewtwo stopped his attack. “W-Why are you doing this to me? What do have to do with your destiny?”

“You are the one with the gift, Icy. Your psychic powers, although undeveloped now, have high potential. You are a threat to me.”

“But I don’t care about battling you.” Icy’s conversation with Mimic was coming back to him now. “You aren’t going to accomplish or make people feel any different about you by destroying me.” Mewtwo was annoyed by Icy’s remarks and fired a short psybeam at him. “Go Abra! We have to protect ourselves and fight back. Use your psybeam!” Abra fired multiple psybeams at Mewtwo, but each time they bounced right off his armor.

“You fool! I cannot be beaten!” Mewtwo prepared to fire a psybeam at Abra. Just as the beam hit Abra, Icy returned him to his pokéball. “Now I will finish you!” Mewtwo fired its psybeam at Icy again.

“Pik… aaaaaghhhhh…. chaaaaaa!!!!” Icy screamed in pain. It echoed off of every wall. Slowly, he attempted to get back up. “I-I-I understand how you feel about humans. But killing me won’t make you any better than them. You will be just like them.”

“You can’t possibly hope to be capable of understanding my life. You humans take those pokémon from their homes and force them to battle for you. Then you went as far as genetically altering one of them to create me, to experiment on. Now I will have revenge, starting with you!” He increased the strength of the psybeam. Icy screamed even louder. He was almost completely out of energy, but managed to channel every last bit to form a psyonic shield around him to counter Mewtwo’s attack. It worked, but Icy fainted from losing all his energy.

Mewtwo looked at Icy’s lifeless body. All the sudden it hit him. “Perhaps you do understand the pain I feel inside. I have become no better than those I hate so much. My own hatred for humans has caused me to be blind. What have I done?” He held his head as he thought about what to do. “I can’t destroy you Icy. But my feelings about humans remain unchanged. For what it’s worth, you have opened my eyes to see some hope for your race.” Mewtwo teleported Icy back to the town square.

After a few moments, a little girl saw the badly injured Pikachu lying on the ground. She ran towards it. “Cool, a pokémon! Ouwww, you’re sooo cute. Huh, you’re hurt. Help! I don’t think it’s breathing! Somebody help me, please!!!”

An older gentleman heard her cry for help and ran over to her. “What’s wrong little one?” he asked.

“I found this cute little pokémon, but I think it’s hurt bad. Please, sir, can you help it?” She had tears in her eyes. The man took Icy into his arms.

“Let’s take it to the pokécenter. They can treat him there.” They ran as fast as they could to the pokécenter.

Inside, the rest of Clan Caterpie was waiting for any news about Icy. When they saw the little girl with the Pikachu come in, they hoped it was Icy. Insane walked over to the girl and noticed a black device around the Pikachu’s neck. It was Icy! “Little girl, where did you find this Pikachu?”

The man spoke for her. “She found him in the Town Square. Why? Does it belong to you?”

“No sir. Its name is Icy. He’s a human Pikachu! Some strange pokémon teleported him away earlier this afternoon. Is he… alive?”

Nurse Joy came in with a group of Chanseys following her. “We need to act quickly!” The Chanseys took Icy and placed him on a stretcher and wheeled him into the emergency room.

“Is he… going to be… alright?” Insane asked Joy.

“It’s too soon to tell. We’ll do everything we can for him.” She joined the Chanseys in the emergency room. As the doors closed, all Insane could think about was Icy. He hoped he would pull through.

After they waited for what seemed like an eternity, Nurse Joy let them enter the ER to see their friend.

The group of friends was crowded around Icy, who was wired to a car battery. “Poor guy…” Llama muttered.

“What’s a Mewtwo?” Random asked ashamed.

“Definitely not a pokémon I wanna mess with,” said Lonewolf as she looked at the battery.

“Nurse,” Insanellama asked, “when will Icy be able to leave?”

“Very soon, but he will have to be partially immobilized.” Nurse Joy said grimly.

A few hours later… Everyone was sitting in the waiting room. Nurse Joy wheeled Icy in. He was a paler shade of yellow and bandages were wrapped over his left ear and part of his head.

“…chuuu…” Icy muttered. He spoke into his translator, “Lets get out of here…” Random took the wheelchair. They silently exited the building.

Lonewolf reluctantly asked, “Icy, when will you be able to walk and move around again?”

Icy’s color was returning as they wheeled down the street. “I want to walk now,” said Icy, hopping down. Since they were only about 70 yards from the pokécenter, Insanellama sent Rapidash to return the wheel chair. Rapidash returned a couple of minutes later and the group decided they’d check out the rest of the city.

“Hey, I got an idea! Let’s do something to lift our spirits by battling at the Celadon Gym!” said Insane. The group concurred and they made their way to the gym.