Chapter 4 The Ogarculus Festival
It was late afternoon when Jamie and the rest of the truffleflies arrived at what seemed to be their home. There was a gigantic gate made of solid organic materials in front of them.
"We use it to keep predators out," said the king. "They don't open since we can fly. But no worries, our flies will carry you over to the other side." and that they did. The other side was beautiful. Filled with flowers of all colors and sizes and homes that were also made of organic materials. There was a river at the far end of the camp of a purple color. The residents' flyed around without a care in the world.
"Shit. How the fuck are we gonna get out of here if we can't go through the fence?" Jamie thought to herself. Meanwhile, the truffleflies were tying Rick and Morty to stakes under a bunch of wood.
Jamie swallowed. "Your highness. Wouldn't you all prefer to eat something else tonight?"
"Nonsense. There is nothing better to eat then the flesh of your enemies. Why? You´re not with them are you? I thought you were on our side. If you are, things will end very badly for you." Said the king as he looked at Jamie with irritated eyes. And so were some other truffleflies nearby.
"What? No! Of course not your highness. They are enemies of the colony!... of course"
The king eyed Jamie suspiciously but later softened his face. "I knew you wouldn't let me down! You will join us as we eat their flesh and drink their blood before the ogarculus ceremony begins to prove your devotion to us!"
"Of course your highness! And to prove my devotion, I offer to assist your civilians in tying and positioning the enemies on the fire pit! All by myself! So they can relax!"
The king thinks for a moment. "That would be very helpful indeed, thank you! But don't pull any funny business. We will be watching," he threatened.
"You can count on me your highness." said Jamie nervously. She then walked up to where the civilians slowly put Rick and Morty on the floor as to not waken them and Jamie went and started to lift Morty up.
…
It took Jamie about 15 minutes just you be able to get Morty into a steady position as she was finishing to tie him up.
"Morty...Morty!" Jamie tried to whisper loudly so he would wake up.
"Mmm… Jessica…."
Jamie rolled her eyes and pinched him with force. "Wake up Morty!"
"OWWWW! Jamie?"
The truffleflies looked into their direction suspiciously. Jamie reacted quickly and slapped him.
"Silence you traitor! Don´t say a word or you will be t-o-r-t-u-r-e-d!" she said blinking heavily towards him so he would take the hint and shut up. The truffleflies made a weird noise flapping their long trunk like mouths and looked away
"Shut up Morty" Jamie whispered
"Jamie… What´s going on. Where are we?" Morty also whispered.
"I don't know! While I was running away from your grandpa all I remember is falling and ending up in… whatever this place is. I´m scared Morty! These weird ass flies brought us into their territory or whatever and they plan on eating you and your grandpa before their weird festival or whatever."
"E-at us? Jamie we have to get out of here! Wait… Why are you tying me? Was Rick right about you being with the galactic federation?"
"You still doubt me Morty? Do you really think that if I was I'd be talking to you right now? Or be just as confused and worried as you? I thought we were pals…" said Jamie on a sad tone
"Y-you're right Jamie. I´m sorry. I should have never let Rick get inside my head. I promise you I´ll never doubt you again," he said determined.
Jamie looked at him in the eyes and gave a deep sigh. "Alright Morty. I believe you. So how do we get out of here?"
"You have to use my grandpa´s portal gun. It's the only way!"
On the floor, Rick mumbled and farted at the sound of his portal gun.
Jamie made a disgusted look. "Portal gun?"
"Yes. it's on his lap pocket. You´ll have to wake him up so he can get us out of here"
"But if i wake him up he's not gonna trust me! And besides, I don't think I can wake him up in time to get him to open a portal and take us out of here fast enough. The flies might follow us too."
"Aww geez you´re right! What are we gonna do?"
"Think Morty think! You know your grandpa better than anyone! You´re our only hope!"
"Is everything alright creature-from-far-lands?" Asked a trufflefly that was coming closer.
"His notes! Rick has a notebook on his lab coat! Take the lab coat and put it on!" Jamie nodded "Thanks Morty. And sorry in advance. I´ll find a way to get us out of here I promise!"
"Sorry for w...OW!" Morty yelled as jamie punched him in the stomach.
"This vile enemy was trying to get me to set him free! But don't worry, I am immune to such methods!" She said confidently.
The trufflefly raised one of his bushy eyebrows but was convinced by the yell of pain coming from the enemy. "Alright suit yourself. If you need help let us know."
"Well… I'm a little cold. So I was wondering if I could wear the enemy´s… wearable flesh! To gloat to everyone that I was the one that stopped them and take pride in being the colony´s hero!"
"That's a good idea! I will let our king know!" And so went the trufflefly.
"It should be in his left… no right pocket," whispered Morty. The lab coat was heavy with it´s pockets filled with stuff. It also reeked of some indescribable alcohol.
"I'll look later. For now i have to get your grandpa up in his own stake or I´ll seem suspicious. Oh and Morty?"
"Yeah?"
"You should go on a diet. Do you know how hard it was to lift your fat ass off the ground and tie you up? It was exhausting!" She smirked at him tauntingly.
"I will o-once you do the same haha!" They both chuckled quietly.
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Jamie was finally able to rest. She asked the king where did the truffleflies usually go to do their "business" and she went to an area where there weren't any around. It smelled similar to rotten fruit but at least Jamie was alone. She looked into her pockets and found Rick´s notes. They were quite complex and long so it took her a good amount of time to find the information she needed. "Truffleflies… truffleflies… here it is, finally! Let's see here… what's this?"
There was a small device glued to one of the pieces of paper. It was labelled "grogger alarm for trufflefly emergency. "What could this be? Meanwhile a trufflefly was coming in Jamie´s direction.
"It seems like you are done with your excretions. The king was looking for you. The ceremony will begin momentarily."
"Uh… right. Of course. I´ll follow you." She quickly hid the small device in her chest for safe keeping.
When she arrived, all of the truffleflies were gathered at the center of their base. There was a gigantic egg in the center and in front of it some sort of contraption. It had a square glass window encrusted with shiny rocks and inside it was the liquid migarium; ready to be turned into a gas and launched into the air. Neirby where Rick and Morty talking to each other. Rick looked at Jamie darkly. It seems that he still didn't trust her until she did something that said otherwise. She looked at Morty searching for guidance, and he looked back at her, faintly grave. She nodded to ensure him that she had a plan. He nodded back.
"My royal subjects! Another century has passed and it is finally time to enjoy our long awaited ogarculus festival! In a few minutes our God, the great and might cucktus, will break out of his shell and we will flip the switch to expel the migarium in the air and experience true bliss!" The little truffleflies cheered. "But before so, our new ally for E-ahrth will set fire to the treacherous villain that stole our precious material that took a decade to collect and we will dine on their flesh!"
They cheered again and started chanting "burn them" in unison.
The king approached Jamie and handed her a small, but of big enough size, torch. "Go on my friend. Burn this wretched creature and its small pet and become one of us."
Rick was amused for a split second. "Hehe. pet. Hear that M-orty?" Morty just rolls his eyes.
Jamie walked closer to the firepit. She stared at the torch and then at Rick and Morty. She started to think, sarcastically, that maybe it wouldn't be so bad. Experiencing the greatest high of existence, living in the middle of a jungle in a unknown planet with a bunch of flies. It could be adventurous! Besides, all that crooked old geezer has done to Jamie so far was suspect her and ruined her friendship with Morty. She stared at Rick darkly. He returned the same expression.
"J-jamie?" said Morty, worry in his face and voice. "What´cha waiting for?"
"Do it! DO IT YOU LITTLE BITCH!" Yelled Rick. This was the moment of truth.
"Shut up old man you don't fucking tell me what to do!"
"Jamie NO!"
But before Jamie could take action the ground started to shake. A few feet from there the egg, where the God Cucktus was residing started to break. A few awe´s came from the civilians. Inside the egg a gigantic, slimy, fat and ugly fly with three eyes came out of the egg. It screeched and the crowd cheered.
"Yeah no fuck this shit." Jamie threw the torch into the purple lake and took the small device from her chest while everyone was distracted by Cucktus´s screeching. "TAKE THIS YOU UGLY LITTLE BASTARDS!" She said as she flipped the switch from the small device triumphantly.
A very loud "WAAAAAAAAH! UAHHHHHHHHHH! WAAAAAAAHHHH" started to come out of the device. It was louder than the screeches of Cucktus so Jamie dropped it on the ground and covered her ears.
"Jeeesus Christ what the hell is that?"
"TRAITOR! TRAITOR! AFTER HER!"
Meanwhile, Rick cut the ropes with a laser and let himself and Morty free. He launched a laser from his robot arm and started attacking the swarm of truffleflies. Both Jamie and Morty grabbed big pieces of wood and hit the enemies nearest them.
"What the fucking hell is that thing? It´s just making a loud obnoxious noise! How the fuck are we gonna escape?" Jamie asked Rick annoyedly.
"How about you shut up and wait you obnoxious brat?" replied Rick sternly.
A second after he said this another ground quake started to happen. A bunch of hairy frog looking creatures with humanish bodies swarmed the hideout and started attacking, and eating the truffleflies. Chocolate brown goo started to splatter everywhere as their blood stained the flowers and homes. They screeched in pain.
The Cucktus, was not at all happy with this. He sat down a giant button that activated the contraption for the release of the migarium in the air.
"NOOOOOOOOO! MY MIGARIUM!" screamed Rick but it was too late. He furiously opened a compartment on his wrist and inflated two masks. "Put this own Morty. It´ll avoid you smelling the gas."
Morty and Rick quickly put them on but Jamie was exposed to the gas. She felt…. Amazing. Peaceful. Enlightened. Aroused. It was the ultimate pleasure. She moaned loudly and dropped to the ground. "Oh… OOOHHH my God~ Oh fuck yeah~ Oh christ." She drooled contently.
"Oh no Rick! Jamie smelled the gas! She's acting really weird!"
But Rick didn't listen of care. He went to attack the gigantic Cucktus to try and get at least a bit of Migarium back. He grabbed a small grenade and stuck it to the skin of the creature and ran back. There was a huge explosion and brown goo splattered everywhere. He quicky broke the glass window in the machine but it was all gone. Not a single drop of migarium left. He yelled. Cursing the sky.
Behind him came Morty Holding Jamie on his back. She Was drooling on His Shirt. And Wet in many different places. "Rick please we have to get out of here!"
"UGH FINE!"
He took his jacket away from Jamie, grabbed his portal gun and opened one to home. And home they were at last. Back in the garage. It took a few moments for Jamie to stop feeling the effects of the migarium gas.
Her face went from a dreamy to doleful to pained. She started to sob loudly and scream. "NOOOOOO! THE BALANCE! THE LIGHT! THE PEACE! THE BLISS! ITS ALL GOOOOOOOONE! REALITY IS IMPERFECT AND HORRID! I WILL NEVER BE HAPPY AGA…"
She was interrupted as Rick injected a sleeping serum into her body and she fainted.
"What did you do? What happened to her Rick?" Morty asked.
"She experienced the ultimate orgasm in the universe m-morty. Her brain was completely overwhelmed with knowledge and understandings of existence that would be even too much for me to bear. Don´t worry though. I´ll make a serum for your little friend and cut her memory. Her body and mind will completely forget this ever happened"
"Forget?" Morty downcased. Regardless of the dangers they just went through it was kind of fun. After all, it was a Rick and Morty adventure with the addition of Morty´s best friend. His only friend. He wanted Jamie to get better of course but he didn't want her to forget the adventure they just had.
"Do you really have to make her forget all of it Rick? Can´t you just cut out her experience with the weird gas?" Pleaded Morty as they were going down the ladder to the secret lab, taking Jamie with them.
"The little bitch stole my migarium! I'm being generous in letting her live M-Morty! I could have easily just left her on that planet to get killed by the truffleflies!"
"Y-yeah but she also saved our lives!"
"Please. We would've made it out of there fine even if it was just the two of us."
"I can't believe you Rick! This was all really new to Jamie! She could've easily died or let them kill us in our sleep! She was really brave and SAVED US! Don't you think you owe her at least this much? Why can't you just admit you were wrong about her? D-Don't you think you owe her at least this much?"
"God Morty you're such a pain in my ass. Just cause she saved us doesn't mean she´s trustworthy OR that she isn't a member of the galactic federation. I still couldn't find her ID registration…"
"She's Canadian Rick that's why you couldn't! She came here from Canada!"
"...Oh."
"And if you´re SOOOO suspicious of her, why don't you hack the system of the galactic federation, look at it´s employees and see if she's a part of it?"
"Oh come on Morty what a poor waste of my time…"
"DO IT OR I SWEAR TO GOD I´LL NEVER GO ON ANOTHER ADVENTURE WITH YOU AGAIN!"
"Ok ok fine geez. You´re getting so rebellious these days. Give me 30 minutes. I'll adjust the chemicals in her brain, delete the part where it blew her mind and find her identity."
"Good." Said Morty as he sit down on a comfortable bench and took out his phone. Ready for Rick if he needed any assistance.
An hour later Jamie woke up from her slumber. She was slightly drowsy and quite hungry. "Ugh. my head… where am i?"
"H-hey Jamie." Said Morty shyly as he got up to greet her.
"Morty. Hey. What happened to me. I had the strangest dream. I was in this planet with these weird flies and you and your grandpa were captured and then we killed them all and… I don't remember the rest. It was super scary… but really fun!"
Morty laughed nervously and looked away, rubbing his arm "Y-yeah. It actually wasn't a dream. It really happened"
"Whua? Damn, guess that explains why it felt so real."
"Yeah and you better get used to it kid cause you owe me big time," said Rick who was nearby as he took a sip of his flask.
"Pardon"
"You ran away with my migarium and caused all this ordeal to happen. So you´re gonna pay me back! You´re gonna become my third assistant after Summer and we´re gonna go through adventures Jamie. Many adventures. A-and you´re gonna pay me back for all that hard work you destroyed! You got that? That's the price you pay for me fixing you up too."
"Fixing me up?" She looked at Morty for an explanation.
"Yeah. you that migarium. It was turned into a gas in the end and it really did a number on your body. So Rick made a remedy for you."
"You're welcome," said Rick.
This was quite a lot to process for Jamie. But she was, strangely happy.
"Does that mean you´re not mad at me anymore Morty"
"Of course I'm not Jamie. I can't stay mad at my best friend." He smiled shyly. And so did Jamie. And with that, began a new era for Rick and Morty. Or should i now say, Rick, Jamie and Morty
"So…. Wanna go for some tacos?"
