Rick jumped through the portal followed closely by his grandson. He looked around at the dimension that they had just arrived in. It honestly wasn't what Rick had expected. The ground was dark and bare with only small patches of withered grass. The trees were bare and had twisted branches and a drooping stature. There was barely any kind of animal or plant life visible anywhere.
Rick looked up at the sky and saw that it was completely gray with even darker storm clouds up above. Jagged mountains were everywhere and screams and calls of unseen and unknown animals were everywhere. Rick took out his flask and took a gulp out of it. He turned to Morty saying, " Oh great job Morty. Look at t-this place! You couldn't-urrp-of gotten us to a b-better place? Heesh this place looks like sh*t. "
Morty glared at Rick and pointed accusingly at him, " Hey y-y-you can't blame me for t-this! I've barely used the p-portal gun, and I wasn't t-t-the one who killed that guy! What was that all about? Huh R-Rick? Come on t-tell me about that! "
Rick held out his hands, surprised at Morty's outburst. " Alright, alright! F-fine whatever, no one's fault okay. Heesh. Urrp-just give me the p-portal gun so we can get out of this dimension's version of New Jersey. " He held out his hand expectantly.
Morty's eyes darted around as he patted his pockets. He looked around the ground searching for the now missing portal gun. " Oh sh*t Rick! I-I-I think I lost the portal gun. "
" You-urrp-what?! " Rick demanded. He began to search for his portal gun. He pushed a dying bush out of the way but found nothing. He pushed a rock over but found nothing. He even had climbed up one of the trees and searched for his portal gun.
Morty looked over his shoulder and saw a thin slow flowing river behind them. The water itself seemed like a murky gray and it didn't have a strong current. " Rick I t-think I lost the portal gun there. I-It probably went down that r-river. "
" Alright q-quick Morty. We need to got my portal-urrp-gun so we can get the f*ck out of here. I don't know anything about this place. Move! " Rick shoved Morty forward roughly and they began to follow the river's path.
Rick mentally complained as he followed the river's path with Morty. He took out his flask and took a sip. He had been at places that were bad but this place was at his top ten list of places that he should never return to. Without the portal gun they would be forever stuck here. There was no sign of any kind of technology around them, so that meant no way to make another portal gun if they needed to.
There seems to be no one here. They had barely seen any kind of animal as they traveled down the river's side. Rick absentmindedly scratched his chin.
The two walked in silence for half an hour before Rick started to slow down. He darted his eyes and reached into his lab coat for his laser gun. Then he remembered that he lost it in the other dimension. He cursed silently and held out a hand. Marty halted in his steps and nervously looked around.
There was a yell and Rick was tackled to the ground. Marty was smacked upside the head with the hard end of an object. He stumbled back in pain. Rick punched his assailant hard but his attacker, who was a man, retaliated faster than Rick expected.
Rick's attacker sweeped Rick's legs from under him. Rick fell down and his attacker was immediately on top of him. They wrestled each other with practically equal strength. Rick head-butted his attacker. His attacker gave a short yelp of pain before Rick got up. They both stood up at the same time. Rick sent a few jabs at his opponent before his attacker grabbed his wrist and twisted his arm behind him.
Soon Rick was kicked into a twisted thick bush and he struggled to get out of it. The bush's branches tightened their hold around Rick and didn't let go.
Rick's attacker held a spear. The spearhead was wide and thick and had jagged edges making it even more lethal. The spearhead seemed to be made out of steel. Morty tackled the man with a high pitched scream. The man threw Morty off with relative ease.
Rick took a good look at their attacker and was mildly surprised. It was him. Well him from a another dimension that is. Rick's counterpart pointed his spear at them look ready to kill them.
Rick held out his hands in a calming manner, " Woah woah! Hey I'm Rick Sanchez f-from Earth dimension C-137! I didn't come-urrp-here to screw around in you dimension man!"
Rick's counterpart rolled his eyes in tired annoyance. " Shut the f*ck up! I'm not s-stupid to be fooled by your tricks. I understand why you're-urrp-here, " Rick's counterpart pointed at Rick. " But I don't know who you are or why you're here. Getting desperate aren't you? " He looked at Morty.
Rick's counterpart pointed the spear at Morty and prepared to kill him. Rick rushed into action shouting at his counterpart, " Hey don't k-kill my-urrp-Morty! "
Rick's counterpart lowered his spear in confusion. " Your Morty? What t-the f*ck is that supposed-urrp-to mean? What's a Morty? "
" Y-you mean that you-urrp-don't have a Morty? You don't e-even know what a Morty is? Seriously? I w-would think that the council of R-Ricks would give you a Morty if you didn't have one. How long have you-urrp-been here? " Rick asked while receiving glares from Morty.
" Doesn't m-matter what you monsters think! I-urrp-know your tricks! Prepare to die, " Ricks's counterpart grabbed Morty and held the spear's blade to the grandson's neck.
Morty protested desperately, " Wait! C-can't I p-prove to you that I'm h-human? "
Rick's counterpart seemed to think of it and threw Morty onto the ground. He pointed to a spot a few feet away from him and said, " Alright M-Morty stand over there. I'm going to do a-urrp-test on you. It's extremely c-complex and no one else could think of d-doing it. So don't try to c-copy off me! "
Morty reluctantly obeyed while Rick was still trying to get out of the branches. Rick's counterpart brought a long log into the small clearing they were at and put it on the ground. He got a lopsided rock and placed it under the middle of the log. He had made a makeshift catapult out of the log and rock.
Rick's counterpart told Morty to stand over one of the ends of the log. The end was the one resting on the ground while the other was in the air. Rick's counterpart went to the other of the log and slammed his foot on the log. The log went straight up and hit Morty's groin.
Morty gave a short scream of pain and collapsed onto the ground. He cursed out loud as he clutched his groin. Rick was yelling at hs counterpart saying something about Morty being his grandson and stuff.
Rick's counterpart stared at Rick and Morty for a moment. He was obviously surprised at the fact that the two were actually human. He still held his spear in his hand.
" Why the f-f*ck did you do that for? " Rick demanded still stuck in the bush.
Rick's counterpart kicked the log away. " There are monsters who can shapeshift into human appearances. They've been doing that since I've gotten here. But there is a vital part of the human body they can't duplicate. Human balls. That's right the monsters here can't copy a human penis. "
Morty cringed at the man's words but didn't say anything. Rick's counterpart used his spear to cut Rick out of the bush. Rick's counterpart pointed to himself, " My name is Rick Sanchez and I'm from Earth dimension C-234. I've been stuck in this dimension for twenty-three years. "