Part 2: Apathy meets Amorality
(A/N: There will be references to Steven Universe Blackthorn here, specifically episode 27)
Warper powers are a dangerous thing, and in the hands of the wrong person, it can be a nightmare. Take Rebecca Dill. She was a morally bankrupt warper who used her council position to ruin lives. She died as she lived, a constant case of betrayal. While she died, her flames didn't. Evie was a prodigy in warping, but she was still a greenhorn in actual warper-on-warper combat. She did not absorb Rebecca's flames…a fatal mistake. As per the norm, when a warper is killed, their Flames of Creation leave their bodies. Those flames seek a new person to "awaken". While Rebecca was caught off-guard, it was only a millisecond for her to know who get them. Rebecca would die, but not before giving the Order one last middle finger…
-(The Citadel, C-137AU2)-
Because of C-137AU2-Rick working things out with the Citadel, the Citadel had become a much better place for Ricks and Mortys. This got the first Morty president into office…Morticia! She was the first woman to lead and it was all thanks to C-137AU2-Morty telling her the Warper's Secret to make it easier to convince the uninformed. It helped that she utterly and ruined the candidate destined to win. She had him banished without a second thought. Now Morticia had already taken care of the Shadow Council, and she was currently getting a massage from Massage Therapist Rick.
"I did it…most powerful Morty in the Citadel! Whoo!" Moriticia said with no regrets at all.
-(Hideout Planet, C-137AU2)-
A certain Morty sat at his desk looking over his plans and scowled. It was all perfect and then Morticia pulled a "Rick" on her. How he was exposed, how he was found out, and how he was banished. It pissed him off! He regretted firing his campaign manager, and had no idea that Campaign Manager Morty (C.M. Morty) was closing on him to kill him. C.M. Morty was warning President Morticia to have him executed, but she ignored him. So C.M. Morty took a ship to do it himself. This proved to be a miracle in disguise as the planet was slammed with one big bolt of dimensional lightning. That moment, a great evil was born, a force of apathy. Music began to play as a voice of someone that should have been dead began to rap:
(Cues: Blonde Redhead - For The Damaged Coda (feewet Trap Remix))
I'll tell you his darkest and whimsical story
Don't ever call him your typical Morty
He answers to nobody, Rick or authority
Smartest of all – stick with his wording cause
This Morty began to glow with an eerie flame like aura that reeked of amorality and anger.
When he was born that prick had tried forming him
Into a genius. He wanted more to see
There was no Jerry – no insecurity
No Beth or Summer – family quarreling
He excelled – Rick was ashamed
and left for a Morty without any brains
cause he never heard him say
"ah geez, Rick please, just stay"
so he created my own
and placed him under my control
his right eye up on the goal
The "Evil Rick" began to glow with a tainted black aura seemingly reforming itself.
did I mention ending Ricks of all dimensions then he get
Their Mortys torture them from night to morning
To disguise his fort on Hideout planet
and planned to plant the evidence on C-137
prick prevented it – He'll avenge again as a force of apathy!
The song seemingly ended abruptly leaving an eerie and unnerving silence. The "Evil Rick" was gone and reformed into a woman. She stood at five foot seven with milky (yet metallic) white skin. She had long purple and electric blue hair down to her shoulders and cold amber eyes. The outfit she wore was the same as Evil Rick's and she even had his scar on her face. The gynoid cruelly smirked in glee. On cue, Gilda von Gyra showed up to absentmindedly register. She got to C.M. Morty first and then got to the two. If she was pay attention, she would have released how bad the situation.
"Morty is so passé, call me Mortimer." Mortimer (Evil Morty) remarked as Glida finished his registration.
She turned to the gynoid and looked up before going back to her holo-clipboard.
(Cues: [Dragon Ball Z: Supersonic Warriors 2 Music] - Cutscene 3)
It was when the music kicked in, Glida jerked her head up to match her eyes. Gilda was stammering in complete disbelief.
"No…it's not possible! You were erased!" She said backing away in fear.
"She was, Gilda, you aquatic bitch. I'm her upgraded version and her reboot. That's right, Rebecca is back as Turbo Mecha Rebecca." T.M. Rebecca said with a smirk. "I bet you're wondering how my predecessor did this. I'll explain to you."
(Cues: Final Fantasy VI OST Remastered - [3.12] - Fanatics)
As the music set out, T.M.R. spoke up.
"When my predecessor was abusing her power as councilwoman, she came to master a few warper techniques. One being the rarely used yet forbidden, Transfer of Flames. However, the version she used pushed it further. She was able to imprint a copy of herself on her dying flames to ensure that a piece of her survived. The version she used would called Final Gambit Flames, because she could pull it off once. Sadly, the memory of how she did it is lost." T.M.R. said. "Even I could recover exactly how she did, I can't. Final Gambit Flames only works once."
"But it seems to have an effect on me." Mortimer said revealing a new Saiyan tail. "Saiyan powers…got to love them.
As for Turbo Mecha Rebecca, flame-like marking glowed on her arms as electricity sparked around her. The Gyrados gijinka was not an idiot as she knew damn well she was outgunned. She had to escape and warn the council.
"Any last words, Gilda?" T.M.R. said.
(Cues: Station Escape Timer Mission - Metroid Fusion)
(CM) Morty kicked the door open shooting T.M.R. in the face giving Glida the needed distraction use Solar Flare to blind the two. She bolted out of the main room and down the hall with Morty following along.
"Kid, I owe you my ass for saving me." Glida said. "I can't believe that Rebecca's back in action!"
Morty explained that he got Saiyan blood as well and some bits of her memory in him as well as they dashed down the hallway.
"This is bad! What are going to do?" Morty said panicking.
"For one, get the hell out of here!" Glida said.
"What about Evil Morty and Rebecca?" Morty cried out dodging gunfire from T.M.R.'s machine gun hand.
"One thing about Rebecca is she's good at planning, but it's hampered by her anarchism and her need to be an utter asshole." Glida said unleashing Surf.
Glida summoned a huge wave of water that she rode on carrying Morty in her arms. She moved faster, yes, but it left the duo open.
"Spark Slam!" T.M.R. said slamming her electrified fist into the water.
Being that she was a gynoid, she would think that electrocuting the water she was in would not be a smart idea. Mortimer, at least showing some brains, jumped as all three got electrocuted. T.M.R. was surprisingly render unconscious from her own attack. Glida's wave fizzled out and she was twitching from electrical burns. Mortimer looked over at Morty. Morty weakly got up as Mortimer adjusted his eyepatch.
"Tell me, you think you can beat me?" He asked his counterpart.
Morty was shaking but glared at the evil bastard in defeat.
"No, I can't. I'm just a lowly Morty." Morty said discretely adjusting his plasma pistol.
"Thought so…now drop the pistol." Mortimer said as Morty kicked it over to it.
Mortimer took it up to aim to Morty's head smug with himself. Morty puts his hands together in front of them as he charged an invisible energy sphere in his hands. Unknown to Mortimer, Morty had inherited a few things from Rebecca as well.
"This is the end, Morty." Mortimer said as the pistol glowed bright red.
"Is it…for you! Gekiretsu Kōdan!" Morty said before bringing his hands forward and firing the energy sphere at Mortimer.
This caught the evil prick off-guard as both were adjusting to their new powers. Thus, this attack was able to critically wound Mortimer, send him flying back down the hall, but exhausted Morty. Morty dragged himself over to Glida and hauled the woman out of the hallway to the outside. Stuffing her into the small ship before crawling in and taking off.
(Music Ends)
Morty was no fool like the rest now thanks to that mutation. He got the best gift from her…her planning and cunning. Thankfully, he got none of the crazy. He looked to the still hurt Glida and realized he needed to stop somewhere. The Citadel was out. Morticia started this mess and Morty was in no mood for her. Digging through the gift basket, he found the contact for Merch. He wasted no time calling him using the WarpPad in there too.
As Merch answered, Morty could hear the squeaking of a mattress and a woman's moaning. His mother's to be specific.
"Is that Merch?" Morty asked.
"Yes, and you are?" Merch asked.
"Morty Flynn of C-137AU2." Morty stated.
The audio call turned into a video call as Morty could confirmed it was his mother. She was covered up by the sheets, but you see the marks on her neck. Merch was shirtless having hickeys and lipstick marks on his chest. Merch's eyebrow raised seeing Gilda out cold.
"Okay, what the hell happened to Gilda?" Merch asked.
"We were attacked! By Rebecca Dill. She's alive and she made me and Evil Morty warpers!" Morty explained in a panic.
"What?!" Merch said.
Merch checked his BlackTab for her status and it was now listed as "cloned". Merch looked absolutely infuriated.
"But how?" Merch asked.
"Final Gambit Flames! Apparently, she planned to transfer her mind and powers to Evil Morty! But instead, it split between me, Evil Morty, and "Evil Rick" who's now Turbo Mecha Rebecca." Morty explained.
"This is bad. Katsumi and the rest of the council needs to be informed. Hell, the council, the former Zangyaku who are still alive, and Evie are not safe at all." Merch remarked. "What parts of her mind do you have then? Obviously not her dickishness."
"I have her memories of the Metsu Emeralds, her training with various masters, ki control, and her creation of the Master Metsu Emerald." Morty said.
Merch and Beth went white as snow, and Gilda did as she woke up to hear that.
"MASTER METSU EMERALD?!" Merch/Beth/Gilda shouted in horror.
Merch knew enough Sonic lore to realized that a warper energy-filled Master Emerald is a walking disaster wanting to happen.
"Rebecca, you crazy bitch. The Master Emerald is a conduit for infinite energy already. Make a warper version of it and…" Gilda said as Merch finished her sentence. "You got a source of infinite warper energy that could go par on with 10th level warpers. Or if a 10th level got his/her hands on it….pure unholy power."
"Please tell me you know where it is." Beth asked.
"Nope. The transfer wasn't perfect… For all we know, she could remember these things over time. But that's speculating." Morty said bitterly.
Morty went into detail of what happened at the Hideout Planet, and Merch had a plan.
"I'm sending you coordinates to the Z-T Spaceport. I'll have medical support for Gilda and you ready. Go there and Beth will pick you up. I pray that those two aren't following you." Merch said.
"No, I blasted Evil Morty, and Rebecca knocked herself out." Morty remarked.
"At least Rebecca's still a complete moron." Merch said bitterly. "Merch out."
Merch hung up as the coordinates were beamed into the ship's navigation system redirecting it's course.
"Hey Morty, thanks for saving my neck back there." Gilda said with a sigh.
"No problem, I couldn't leave you behind." Morty admitted with a faint blush.
"Well kid. Once we get to the spaceport, I'll treat you to a stiff drink." Gilda said with a weak wink. "And maybe more than that."
"Oh man….I'm getting laid!" Morty thought.
(Cues: Blonde Redhead - For The Damaged Coda)
Back on the hideout planet, Rebecca awoke and helped Mortimer.
"Seems they got away." Mortimer said. "We'll have hide and gather supplies."
"Sadly, I can't go back to Shin Vega. That Blackbitch took it over. However, I have other holes in walls to go to. I have a hidden hideouts all over the multiverse. However, I can't go to the ones in the One Piece universe thanks to Cherie, and Mist Vega is a no go. Most likely, Cherie raided my bases on her turf. So it's either go to the base in EVA verse and risk running into Desmond and Mura or go to the base in the Death Note verse and risk Alex and Misa." Rebecca remarked.
"What about an OU?" Mortimer asked.
"Most would be a no go. However, I think I might have an old haunt I can go to." Rebecca said. "There's a lovely OU called Jidoor-6. The main planet, Locke, has low crime and is rather peaceful."
"Sounds boring." Mortimer said.
"It's because they stuck their poor, underprivileged, and mental ill people in its moon planet, Zozo-6, where it's practically Purge on crack over there. I used to have a summer house I'd share with my old Zangyaku gang when we wanted to skip out of monitor duty. Speaking of my old friends, I'm going to deal with them soon enough." Rebecca remarked as she tore open a portal.
Mortimer gathered his technology putting it into a duffel bag before leaving through the portal with her. When word that Rebecca was somehow alive reached Katsumi, she nearly blew a gasket and had two new bounties to put out to the public.
"Turbo Mecha Nightmare" Rebecca Dill - 110,000,000 (Only Dead!) - 6th Rank – Active
"Apathetic Acolyte" Mortimer Smith (Evil Morty) - 55,000,000 – Rank Unknown - Active
Jeremy decided to take a long vacation…as he suddenly did not feel safe at work. He made note to maybe stay close to Katsumi.
(A/N: Boom! Force of Apathy is here and I bet you did not except Rebecca to come back. This was planned. Fellow teammate for (Project Reality) The Blackthorn Project has had a run in setting up two villainous forces as future combatants, and I wanted to even the score. The next chapter of this will focus on something special. There's an evil Morty, yes, but how did he become evil?)
Bonus Omake: Madame President Moriticia
The Shadow Council promptly decided to listen to President Moriticia when she showed them their fates if Evil Morty made it in.
"Now, if I have your attention. There will be reform for Mortys and Ricks. I will tolerate your crap any longer, and if you think you can pull any stunt on me. I can get C-137AU2 Rick to back out of his deal with you all. There are better places where he can get Szechuan sauce and I can arrange it." P. Moritica said adjusting his tie on her white pantsuit.
"No no, we'll heel!" Garment Rick pleaded.
"Good. Tech Rick and Small Business Rick, you get a tax break. The rest of you turds get an increase." P. Moritica. "This would be a good time for a drink."
Moritica poured out a drink of bourbon into a drink shaking the glass a bit in her hand. Small Business Rick and Tech Rick were cheering for their tax cuts.
"A change has come, Ricks. One of unity, one of brotherhood, one of sisterhood, and one of a revolution. I'd give a speech, but now it's time for action." She said with a smirk.
Despite no Evil Morty as president…the new insignia for Citadel was still of his design. They may not have a dictator, but the rich, powerful, and corrupt were still in deep crap.