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For several seconds, the tiny turtle didn't get up. Lucki held her breath. Then Silver began pushing herself back up with her arms, moving slowly. But when she did, Lucki could see it was no use. The silver squirtle was almost beaten. She wouldn't be able to take another thunderbolt attack. Withdraw wouldn't do anything against an electric move, she didn't know protect... "Try to dodge, Silver!" Lucki called, seeing that the raichu was charging for another thunderbolt. Silver stared at the approaching attack instead, looking stunned. Her body suddenly gained a metallic sheen slightly resembling the raichu's iron tail move just before it hit. Silver staggered back as a mirror image of the attack shot explosively at the raichu. It collapsed, unconscious, the floor around it scorched. Looking surprised, Wattson recalled it.

"Silver! Do you know what you just did?" Lucki asked, shocked, as she ran to the small pokemon.

Silver looked somewhat dazed. "Something?"

"That was mirror coat!"

"Oh." Silver sounded less impressed than Lucki. "Okay. Is that important? I'll remember it."

Wattson headed over. "Congratulations, that was a good battle." He handed Lucki the Dynamo Badge, and she headed out.

Back at the pokecenter, Lucki healed her pokemon. When Nurse Joy returned them, she remembered Tryke. She released him.

"Hey!" he greeted when he appeared. "I evolved. And," he added confidently, "next time there's a battle like that, I'll beat both. Count on it!"

Lucki laughed. "Glad to see you're still so gung-ho, Tryke. And speaking of that, I guess you need a new name now..." Lucki thought for a moment. "How about Raiden?"

"Sure!"