"Summer do you need anything else?"

"Ship, I'm fine. Go, Rick is waiting to talk to you."

Ship nodded as she smoothed the sheets down around Summer and Morty. She watched as Morty leaned into Summer's embrace as she walked out into the hallway.

"There asleep."

Rick's head tilted as he stared at Ship.

"Master I-"

Before she could finish Rick struck her.

"You better damn well be sorry you stupid, pathetic, weak willed, piece of junk! His neck just started to show handprints!"

Rick got inches from her face to show his displeasure with her.

"Maybe I should return the favor huh?"

Ricks eyes shot towards the sleeping figures behind her.

"Please Master punish me, not her!" Ship begged as she used her body to shield the people inside.

"What would be the fun in that? It's not like you can feel pain on the same level of humans."

"Then do it after the surgery."

"Who said we were doing any surgery on you?"

"But you said-"

Rick's body wracked with laughter as his palm came up to cover his mouth.

"I said I was thinking about giving you taste receptors and pain receptors. I didn't say I was going to!"

Ship pailed as she watched her Master have a giggle fit in front of her.

"You should see your face!"

Ship watched as Rick's laughter died down, breathing in sharp shallow gasps.

"Ah Ship I'm fucking with you. But don't ever assume somethings going to go your way in that little mainframe of yours."

Ship breathed a sigh of relief as she turned towards Summers sleeping figure behind her.

Ship couldn't help but feel as if she missed something as she was placing their specimen down within the lab. Summer wasn't, well… Ship couldn't place it but she seemed overly ok with everything and it frightened her. If Ship was in Summers position she knew for a fact she would cower away from something like that...thing. She seemed to be fluctuating between overly emotional to overly content with herself. Maybe after the shock of meeting Morty had created her to be overwhelmed and her mind was trying to process it. Ship remembered reading something about humans reacting to stressful situations differently. There seemed to be something about her snarkiness that seemed… forced. Like it wasn't her but something else.

Ship shook her head.

"Are you coming then?" Rick asked annoyed as he started to walk down the corridor "We have something else to attend to."

"Yes Master."

Ships feet clacked on the floorboards as she made her way to the elevator.

"What is it?" Rick signed out as he watched Ships face contort in thought.

"Summer was strange." Ship said as she gauged Rick's reaction.

"And you said something…" Ship prattled off shaking her head.

"What did I say?"

"I can't see Summer and you exactly being on one wavelength."

"Guess I shouldn't have made an excuse for her reaction huh?" Rick said after a beat.

"You're not a good liar." Ship said

"I'll work on that."

Ship knew she couldn't withhold her shaking as she watched the numbers tick down.

"You know it's so good I gave you the inability to lie to me."

Rick's hand gripped Ships shoulder almost painfully.

Rick slipped something out of his coat pocket placing it in front of Ships face.

"You see this?" Rick rubbed his hand over the small dial switch in his hand.

"Why don't you forget all about this little transgression and Summer can be all yours."

Ships eyes squinted in confusion as she hesitantly grabbed the remote.

"Don't you like your gift?"

"I don't understand Master."

Rick's mouth turned to a ghastly smirk as his lips pressed against her ear.

"Humans are so complex." Rick sighed as he twirled a strand of Ships loose hair.

"But what if you could control their thoughts, their emotions? Even their ability to do anything without you?"

Ships face turned to one of surprise as she clutched the trinket tighter.

"I thought long and hard about what to get my most loyal helper." Rick continued as he waved his hand dramatically.

"All you ever seem to talk about is my beloved in law."

Rick paused as he turned his predatory eyes towards Ship.

"Aren't I forgiving god?"

Author note: I just want to thank Randomplotbunny and a Guest for the funny comments!