I do not own Rick and Morty
It's been a few days since you tagged along on Mortys adventure, you haven't seen much of him since he had that horrifying encounter with King Jellybean. Morty came and confided in you the day after it happened and told you what that treacherous thing did to him. You were so angry about the situation Morty was put through, you had stormed into Rick's room and began yelling at him. Little did you know Rick already dealt with it by blowing up and disintegrating the said Jellybean.
It's early in the night on the weekend and you are sitting in the garage watching Rick fiddle around with one of his experiments. There is a comfortable silence that fills the room, the occasional order thrown around to hand him a tool.
You are swiveling in your chair when Rick asks you an upfront question.
"Who are you really?"
You stop spinning and look him in the eye. You are silent for a moment the cogs slowly turning over in your brain. You try to think, only remembering as far back as when you got here to this house. You frown and turn away from Rick.
"I can't remember." Sadness spilling out of your voice.
On instinct your hand comes up to trace the scar on your stomach. An electric shock stings your fingers as an image quickly flashes in your mind. An unfamiliar woman is standing above you, an evil grin plastered on her face. You get an excruciating pain in your stomach as if there was a knife stabbing into your flesh.
You come back to reality and slump forward in the chair. Your breathing coming out in ragged, sharp intakes as you hold your hand against the scar. Rick's looking at you with confusion plastered over his face.
"What just happened?" Rick asks stopping what he is doing.
"I just saw something…someone." You place your hand to your head, now throbbing in pain.
You are pulled out of your thoughts when Morty bursts through the door.
"Rick!" Morty comes in the garage dressed in a suit.
"Hang on Morty. I'm almost finished making my ionic defibulizer. It's gonna be great."
Before Rick finishes his sentence Morty walks up the desk and stands next to you in the chair.
"L-listen, Rick. You know how you said that, you know…love is a chemical and all that stuff from earlier? Well, I was thinkin', you know, www-w…could you make some sort of chemical thing happen inside of Jessica's mind, you know, so where she falls in love with me and all that sort of thing, you know, like maybe some sort of love potion or something?" Morty stands there fiddling with his hands.
You look to Rick to see his response. He couldn't possibly have something like that. Could he?
Rick sighs heavily while asking Morty to hand him a screwdriver. Out of nowhere you see Morty clench his fists and approach Rick.
"You know what, no Rick! I'm not gonna hand you the screwdriver! Uh, I-I'm never gonna hand you anything ever again, Rick. I'm always helping you with this and that and the other thing. W-w-what about me, Rick? W-w-w why can't you just help me out once, once, for once?"
Rick runs his hands through his hair and down his face before standing up and grabbing a yellow filled vial off the shelf.
"You're growing up fast Morty. You're growing into a real big thorn straight up my ass!"
Rick walks back to his desk before setting up some equipment.
"Listen, this is called oxytocin. I extracted it from a vole. You know what a VOLE is Morty? "
You look back at the young boy and see him shaking his head.
"It's a, it's a rodent that mates for life, Morty. This is the chemical release in the mammal's brain that makes it fall in love. Alright Morty, I just got –urp-ta combine it with some of your DNA."
The next thing you know Morty is unzipping his fly. Before he could go any further in embarrassing himself, Rick abruptly intervenes.
"A hair, Morty! I need one of your hairs. This isn't Game of Thrones." Rick plucks out a strand of hair from the small boy earning a cry of protest.
Rick drops the hair in the machine and closes the hatch. You watch on as the machine starts to vibrate and makes a strange noise. An orange liquid begins to pour out into the conical flask Rick has placed underneath the spout.
"Alright Morty, whoever you smear this stuff on will fall in love with you and only you, forever! Ya –urp- happy now Morty?"
Rick hands the potion to Morty and walks back to his chair beside you.
"H-h-hey before I go, there's no dangers or anything or side effects, right?"
Rick scoffs and turns in his chair.
"W-what am I, a hack!? Go nuts Morty, its full proof."
Morty runs out of the garage and shuts the door behind him.
"Ugh, unless she has the flu." You hear Rick mumble under his breath.
You look over to Rick and wonder if he really is that daft.
"Seriously Rick, you do know that it's called the annual flu season dance right?"
"W-What are you raving on about?"
He pays no mind to what you've said. Instead he goes back to tinkering with his 'toys'.
"Alright well I'll see you later Rick."
You get up from your chair in search of Summer, finding her in the living room on the sofa next to Jerry. Summer seems to be trying to talk some sense into Jerry once again about Beth. You don't interrupt instead you head to the kitchen to grab yourself a glass of water, all the while listening to what they are saying.
"She is going to be alone with that guy all night." Jerry says.
"She is going to be digging around the inside of horses. If you ask me dad it's not a very romantic setting." Summer tries to reason back to him.
Out of nowhere you hear Rick put his opinion into the conversation.
"There is always the possibility that she made the whole thing up. Maybe Davin's digging around in her insides."
What Rick says causes you to choke on your water mid sip sending you into a coughing fit. You try to recover before going out to the living room and joining the others.
"Grandpa! That's so gross! You're talking about my mom."
"Well she's my daughter so I outrank you."
You make your way over the stand behind the sofa with Rick, focusing your attention on the TV.
"She's not responding to any of my texts."
"Careful Jerry. Jealousy turns women off." You say as you start flipping through the channels.
Jerry looks at you and gets up off the couch.
"Okay. I'm going to go out. For some ice cream…Maybe stop by the hospital. To support my wife. With my confidence."
You wave goodbye to Jerry and watch him leave.
"God Grandpa, you're such a dick."
"Summer you act as if your opinion matters to me. Which it doesn't. Why aren't you at that stupid dance anyway?"
"Screw that. I don't want to get sick. It's flu season." Summer takes the remote out of your hands and takes control of what to watch.
You look to Rick as realization kicks in.
"It is?"
"Yes Rick. Remember I told you that in the garage. You were too busy experimenting to listen." You shake your head at how ludicrous he can be.
"Uh oh."
Rick jumps off the sofa and grabs you by the hand, pulling you towards the garage. He leaves you standing by the door as he rummages around the shelves looking for something. He walks back over to you in an agitated mess.
"Quickly put this on." He forces what appears to be a helmet over your head.
"Rick! What are you doing?" you protest as you have no clue what is going on.
He doesn't respond, merely presses a button that seals your head from the outside world.
"Don't worry. You will still be able to breath as normal. This just protects you from the contagious disease that will begin to spread. Under any circumstances do not take it off."
"Okay I won't but please just explain what is going on." You give him a pleading look.
He sighs and rubs his hand through his hair.
"I didn't realise that it was actually flu season. I don't like admitting it but I should have been listening to what you were saying earlier. I-I've messed up."
He spins around and grabs you by the shoulders.
"Do not. I repeat. Do NOT tell anyone about this. They can never know I admitted failure!"
He releases his grasp and sets about mixing things into various shaped vials.
"No time to test it. Let's go save Morty!"
You race to the ship and proceed to fly to the school.
The silence around you is a little awkward, you've never seen Rick this anxious since knowing him.
You aren't quite sure what you are supposed to say so you just place your hand on his hand and start patting lightly.
"I'm sure Morty will be fine. He is a strong boy. He can fend for himself."
Rick grips the steering wheel causing his knuckles to turn white.
"I know. But I should have never put him in this predicament."
You start to rub Ricks arm in an attempt to calm him down. He sighs and slumps his body forward. It's quite endearing how much Rick really cares about Morty and how much affection he is willing to show in front of you. It's nice to catch that side of him, you don't get to see it that often or if any. It reminds you that his is still human like the rest of the population.
You are coming up to your destination. Your hand is now just holding Ricks which is placed on his thigh.
"Normally I would make you wait in the car but I'm not sure how many infected we will have to fight off Morty."
You look up into Rick's eyes as he is staring into yours.
"That's ok. I'm more than happy to help."
He smirks at you and that Rick you know and have come to like returns. He jumps out of the ship and makes a beeline for the door, leaving you behind. You race out the door to try to catch up to him.
"Hey that's so unfair!" you yell as you see him reach the door to the hall where the dance is being held.
You can hear the bass of the music as you approach behind Rick. He opens the door and the sound floods out causing you to wince. Everybody is yelling and fighting in a group in the middle of the dance floor.
"Morty! Come on, we gotta get you out of here!" Rick waves his hands about.
Morty comes sprinting out of the hall and straight past Rick and yourself. You quickly follow after him as you hear Rick shut the door. The three of you run down the empty hallways the air from your lungs beginning to burn.
All of a sudden one of the doors to your left opens and the principal comes running out behind you. He tries to talk to Morty but you are more focused on getting out of there alive to listen to his ramblings.
You run past another corridor and see that the students have escaped and are now on your tail. Mr Goldenfold, Mortys math teacher soon joins in with the chasing.
"Morty! The principal and I have discussed and we're both insecure enough to agree to a threeway." He proclaims as the hunt pursues.
You react in disgust at how this infection over everyone is causing them to behave.
"You guys are absolutely disgusting!" you yell as you open the main doors for Rick and Morty to escape easily.
You quickly follow them and climb into the backseat of the ship. You look out the window and watch with horror as they all approach and start rocking the ship back and forth, the hunger in their eyes focused on Morty.
"What the hell is going on Rick!?" Morty yells in terror.
"What does it look like? T-t-The serum is piggybacking on the virus."
You grip the back of Ricks chair and lean over.
"Guys there is a lot of talking going on when we should be escaping." You shriek as it looks like more of them are surrounding you.
You feel Rick shift the ship upwards and now you are looking down on the students below.
"It's gone airborne Morty. That's why we have this one over here wearing that ridiculous helmet."
"Hey if it means wearing this stupid fucking thing instead of turning out like that then I'll wear whatever I have too."
Rick turns around and wiggles his eyebrow at you.
"Anything you say."
Morty then interrupts Rick's shenanigans.
"Oh Crap. What are we gonna do, Rick?"
"It's gonna be fine Morty. Just relax. I whipped up an antidote. It's based on praying mantis DNA. They are the complete opposite of Voles Morty. They mate once and then decapitate the partner. It's truly gruesome and totally opposite Morty."
You listen to Rick blabber on about the scientific side of the serum just patiently waiting for him to actually deploy it into the air. You're starting to get sick of the helmet and how much it is making you sweat.
"I know you didn't ask Morty, but no. I'm not interested in having sex with you. These serums don't work on anybody related to you genetically."
We stare out the windows and watch on to see the serum take effect. Everything seems fine for a second until they all start transforming into giant, ugly praying mantis.
"Okay, well. Sometimes science is more art than science, Morty."
Rick flies away from the chaotic mess and takes us to what looks like a remote desert.
We pull up and Rick gets to work on finding a cure for what he's just created. Morty and yourself occupy the time by flipping through the channels on his portable TV. Is there a place that hasn't been affected by this stupid outbreak?
Just as you are thinking this Morty comes out and says what you are thinking.
"Oh my god! The whole world is infected!"
"Yeah. It's wild how fast that spread. I've really outdone myself on this one." Rick says while stirring what is in his test tube.
"Are you kidding me, Rick? This is not okay!" Morty bursts out and throws his hands around wildly.
You grab his shoulders from behind and try to calm Morty down. Seems like that's all you've been doing lately. Peace keeper among the relatives. You look over to Rick and give him a look. He shrugs his shoulders at you and proceeds to tell Morty his new plan.
"Whatever Rick. Let's just hope this works." Morty trudges back into the ship and slams the door behind him.
You begin to help Rick pack up the mess he has made before heading back to civilisation. If you could even call it that.
"Rick? Do you think that this will actually work? I mean, that is a lot of different DNA you've mixed together."
"Are you the scientist? No. It should all add up to normal humanity."
"Ok Rick. If you say so."
You remember that Morty is now sitting where you would normally get into the ship. So you walk over to Rick's side and climb over his seat. You look over your shoulder and see that Rick is noticeably staring at your ass. You give him a little back kick to his chest and tell him to stop. He just rubs his chest where you booted him and continues to stare. You roll your eyes and proceed to hop in the back, there isn't time to be playing these kind of games when the world is in peril.
You fly back over the town. It's trashed with everybody is on the hunt for Morty. There are fires everywhere, cars smashed in and those giant things are getting violent.
"Soak it in Morty. After this humanity will be back to normal." Rick says with a smugness to his voice.
"Just do it already Rick."
"Technically there is no rush. When is the next time you are going to see something like this. Soak it in guys." Rick looks out the window at his creations.
"I don't mean to be that guy Rick but that is pretty morbid. They are human beings. Let's just return them back to the way they are supposed to be." you say to Rick who isn't listening.
"That's it, I'm pulling the lever." Morty pulls it back releasing the serum down on the infected.
"Umm Rick, something isn't right down there." You look down at the figures twitching and spasming on the ground.
"Yeah, you guys aren't right. Ever." Rick takes a swig of alcohol from his flask.
"No, no! Look, you idiot!" Morty grabs Rick and pulls him to look outside.
You can only look on in terror as they mutate into something far worse than your mind could ever imagine. You let out a little scream of horror as one by one everyone is affected. Thank god you are wearing the helmet Rick gave you. You do not want to end up like that.
"I bet you're loving this Morty. This must be the best day of your life! You get to be mayor of I told you town." Rick downs whatever liquid that was occupying his flask, throwing the empty canister on the backseat beside you.
You fly around for a while taking in the extent of the situation. Rick lands the ship on top of a tall building and you all get out. You go over and sit on the edge of the building soon followed by the other two. Rick sits on your left while Morty takes the right.
You don't remember how long you are sitting up there before the sun starts to rise over the horizon. The various cars and buildings still on fire.
"Well, I really Cronenberged the world up, didn't I?" Rick says, leaning on his hands.
"You can say that again. Look at the bright side. At least they're not in love with you anymore Morty" you say as you bump lightly into Rick causing him to chuckle lightly.
Morty shifts and looks at the two of you.
"Oh my god, it's a living nightmare! How could you be so irresponsible Rick? How can you be ok with this?" Morty shakes his head.
"Me irresponsible? All I wanted you to do was hand me a screwdriver Morty! You're the one who wanted me to buckle down and make you up a roofie juice serum, so you could roofie that poor girl at your school."
Rick and Morty continued to fight while you sat in the middle. Things were starting to get a little awkward. You stand up and go back over to the ship and wait for them to have their little argument.
About half an hour later you feel like they have made a resolve.
"You know what Rick, I accept my part of the blame for this. But Rick, y-y-you need to accept your part of the blame in this too!"
"Ok, we have dug ourselves a pretty big hole here but I do have one emergency solution that I can use."
They walk back to where you are standing and Rick pulls out his computer.
"Here, you two put these on while I do a bit of scouting."
You take the weird looking backpack off Rick and place it on your back. Before you have time to ask what they are for Rick pulls out his Portal gun.
"Alright guys, let's get going." You follow them closely through the portal, not wanting to go first.
You emerge out the other side only to come face to face with a blood bath. You release the helmet you have on a drop the backpack to the floor.
"Oh my god." They are the only words you can spit out.
"Rick, is that us? We're dead! What is going on? I'm freaking out!" Morty starts hyperventilating and begins to ramble on about the dead bodies.
You can do nothing but stare on in horror at the sight before you. These two people you've come to be friends with are now dead in front of you. How can this be?
You hear a loud slap echo around the garage. You turn and look at the very much alive Rick and Morty to see Morty rubbing his cheek from the impact.
"Shut up and listen to me! Everything is fine! There's an infinite number of realities Morty and in a few dozen of those, I turn everything back to normal. I just had to find one that had us dying around the same time."
"So you will go on living in those Rick and Mortys places?" you ask in complete shock.
"Yes. Now both of you help with these bodies." You watch as Rick begins to pick up his mangled, dead self.
You can't bear to see Morty have to do that with himself so you offer to take the body for him. Morty watches on as you and Rick dig the graves and shove the bodies in. Tears are streaming down his face and he collapses to the ground.
"Morty? Why don't you go inside and get yourself cleaned up and get some rest?" you offer to the young boy. "Rick and I have go this."
He trudges to the back door and lets himself in. You watch on as his figure slowly escapes from your view.
Not too long after you send Morty away, you and Rick finish burying the bodies. You head inside, both of you close by each other. Rick goes into the empty bathroom and closes the door behind him with a loud thud. You hear the shower start up and head to your room to get a fresh change of clothes.
You wait until the water stops running and hear Rick come out before you occupy the now empty bathroom. You stare at yourself in the mirror. Your hair is all disheveled, there is blood smeared all down your front and dark circles have formed under your eyes.
You get under the scalding water and let it burn away at your skin. You scrub yourself hard, trying to get that dirty feeling to go away but it just stays there. You eventually give up and turn off the water. You towel yourself dry and get into you nightie.
You exit the bathroom and head down the hall back to your room. Before you could get there you stop at Rick's room. Next thing you know you have already knocked on his door and you can hear him getting up. He abruptly opens the door.
"What?"
"Um hey. I don't think I can be alone tonight. Do you mind if I sleep with you?" you ask sheepishly.
He turns and looks at his bed then back to you.
"If that's what you want."
"Thank you." You whisper and walk past him.
You slip under the covers waiting for Rick to come over. He takes off his shirt before sliding in next to you. You turn around and face the wall, your back to him.
"Hey Rick? I don't get why I wasn't there dead, with you and Morty?"
"Shh we will talk about that later. Right now we need to get some rest."
He wraps his arm around your small frame and pulls you closer. You sigh in content and fall into a deep, dreamless slumber.
A/N: Hey all. I know long time no write. I've just been super busy dealing with a few things in my life. Hopefully I will be able to write a bit more frequently now *finger crossed* anywho...I hope you enjoyed the update, if you did don't forget to favourite and leave a comment. No matter what you want to say. Good or Bad, I don't mind! I will try to get back to all of you :)
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