Note: the series of to aru majutsu no index and rick and Morty do not belong to me.
"So, you still can't remember anything?" Asked a doctor who was looking at an 8-year-old boy with white hair who was in a hospital bed.
"... no." said the boy, with an expressionless look.
"... I see." commented the doctor with pity.
"... who am I? Where am I? ..." asked the child with confusion.
"Your name is Oliver Sanchez, and now you are in a hospital after an accident, luckily you miraculously survived despite receiving minor injuries, but your parents were unlucky, I'm sorry." Explained the doctor.
"... What's going to happen to me?" Asked Oliver.
"Well, after investigating, we managed to contact your father's sister, that is, your aunt, so she will take care of you from now on." the doctor commented in an attempt to comfort the child.
".. my aunt ?, hmm." said the child for the next act to look at nothing, while he thinks about why he feels uncomfortable thinking about a family.
…..
"Um, Merry Christmas, hello ?!" yelled a voice.
The next moment, Oliver woke up to see what was going on.
"My parents will come to visit us after several years." said the one who appears to be Jerry.
Oliver decides to ignore it so he can think about what was happening.
"Ah, it's Christmas." Oliver thought after remembering that he fell asleep while he was reading a Manga on the couch. Meanwhile on the couch was Morty using a tablet, Summer is using her cell phone and Beth is also using a tablet.
"That dream again?" Oliver thought back to his dream of him, that day he woke up from the hospital with no memories.
Oliver decided not to give more importance to the dream, and decided to pay attention to what the others were talking about.
"Can you put those gadgets away and pretend they're alive?" Jerry asked, trying to get attention.
"Alive? For your parents?" Beth asked.
"I got it". Jerry said, snatching the tablet from Beth's hand.
"Hey, what are you doing ?!" Beth yells angrily.
"No complaints. Christmas is a time for us humans to connect," explains Jerry.
"I thought it was about commemorating the birth of a demigod or something." Oliver said in a bored tone as he put on the Manga that he was reading earlier, for him Christmas was just another day without school, and unlike Jerry he did not give importance to the holiday.
"Wait, wasn't Christmas about a guy entering someone else's houses through a fireplace?" Morty said.
"Well, it doesn't matter. Put all your electronics in this boot. Now." Jerry said.
Morty handed the tablet to Jerry.
"Dad, I'm not giving you my cell phone." Summer said not at all willing to give her cell phone.
"Put it on the stocking, Summer, or I'll join Facebook." Jerry said, as if he sent an Ultimatum.
Summer gasped in fear and quickly handed over her cell phone.
Then Jerry approached Oliver, and looked at him expecting something. Oliver slowly raised his eyebrow and then shrugged his shoulders and handed over his cell phone that he had kept in his pants pocket, he didn't care, he hardly used that thing except on rare occasions.
Jerry seemed satisfied, until Rick walked in with someone dressed as Santa Claus.
"Ho ho ho. How about family?" Rick said lazily.
"Wait, what is this? My parents are on their way!" Jerry screamed indignantly.
"Calm down Jerry. This is Ruben, an old friend." Rick introduced him to the man wearing the Santa suit.
"From Pearl Harbor". Ruben commented.
"Pearl Harbor? Hey! Old man, is this guy sane?" Oliver questioned Rick with a puzzled face.
"Look Oliver, Ruben was never a person in the best of health. I'm going to find him once a year. To do a * urp * medical evaluation." Rick explained.
"What a sweet dad!" Said Beth
"Yes, it is ... I don't understand." Jerry said, looking at Rick.
"Korea." Ruben said out of nowhere, at this point Oliver believes that this man is not right in the head.
"Don't worry about your Christmas, Jerry. I'll be with Ruben in my workshop. As you enter, you spend another day in paradise." Rick ranted, leading Ruben to the garage.
"Huh. And I thought I knew Rick." Jerry commented surprised by the supposed kindness of Rick. Suddenly the doorbell rang.
"Okay, it's my parents. Remember, there is no television, no phones, no computers. This Christmas will be to connect with each other," Jerry explained. Oliver just rolls his eyes at Jerry's drama.
Then Jerry opens the door to reveal an elderly couple. They are Jerry's parents, Leonard and Joyce, and also a young man who was behind them.
"Hello!" Jerry said.
"Merry Christmas, Son." Leonard said.
Jerry didn't notice the young man outside and almost accidentally closed the door on him.
"Oh hi. Can I help you?"
When the man came in, Joyce introduced him.
"Jerry, this is Jacob. Didn't you get our text message?"
"Do not!" Beth, Summer and Morty said in unison while Oliver just shrugged.
"You must be Jerry! What a nice apron you have. Is it from William Sonoma?" Jacob said cheerfully.
"I wish ... but thank you." Jerry said as he giggled, then close the door behind them.
"So ... are you ... a friend of the family?" Jerry asked.
"For us, it is part of the family." Leonard said.
"Wow!" Jerry replied, Oliver was also surprised and confused wondering what kind of relationship they have for Jacob to be so close to them.
"After your father's close brush with cancer and the loss of your uncle, we wonder how we have spent our lives and how we plan to spend what remains. What will we be when we die? A list of fears and questions. Or A collection of real experiences ?." Joyce explained.
"Gosh, Joyce. That's Amazing!" Beth clapped her hands.
"That's when Jacob came into our lives. We are learning to live again." Leonard said, finishing Joyce's explanation.
"The three together." Jacob said, wrapping his arms around the two of them.
As the others laughed, Jerry couldn't help but feel confused.
"Great ... Eggnog?" Jerry said.
"Now we're talking! This man has the apron and the eggnog." Jacob said.
Everyone laughed except Oliver who felt that this Christmas dinner would be awkward, but soon Rick appeared on the scene.
"Hello everyone." Rick greeted.
"Merry Christmas, man." Jacob said.
Suddenly, Rick turns his attention to Morty.
"Morty, can I talk to you?" Rick said, then walked to the garage being followed by Morty.
Right now when Oliver sees Rick and Morty go to the garage, he thinks about his options. He can go on what looks like another stupid adventure, or he can stay to see what he thinks is going to be an awkward family dinner for him.
"... I'm going to see what Rick does. Merry Christmas or whatever" Oliver said in a bored tone and then quickly headed to the garage.
…..
Inside the garage was Rubén, sitting on a tennis table, completely naked with nothing more than a towel covering him and a Santa hat on his head.
Right now the man was foaming at the mouth and shaking.
"He's not feeling well." Rick commented entering the garage.
"Geez Rick, what did you do to him?" asked a scared Morty.
"Thanks Morty. What kind of monster do you think I am?" Rick said.
At this moment Oliver entered to see what happened, and also discovered Rubén in bad condition.
"Tch, what happened to this guy?" Oliver asked as he looked at Ruben.
"Oliver! What are you doing here? You know what, never mind. I want to keep him alive and I need help." Rick explained.
He quickly put an air tank with a tube on the back of his two grandchildren and also headphones on the left ear for both of them.
"I want you two to find Dr. Xenon Bloom. He will know what to do," Rick explained to his grandchildren.
"Where do we find Dr. Bloom?" Oliver asked, resigned to being on another adventure.
"In Ruben". Rick said, then put a helmet on their heads.
"Is that left in Minnesota?" asked a nervous Morty.
"No, Ruben is on the table." Rick explained.
"Wait, you mean ..." Oliver said, understanding what Rick meant.
"Look, I don't have much time to explain all the things that are happening to you two right now." Rick placed a strange beam near them and then motioned for the two of them to get into the machine.
"Hold your breath until the process is over or your lungs will collapse." Rick warned.
"Wait what process?" Exclaimed Morty, still confused by the situation. While Oliver managed to heed Rick's warning, and took a deep breath.
When a bolt of lightning from the machine hit Morty and Oliver, both of them felt a strange tingling in their bodies.
Then the two of them went into a tube with purple liquid, then Rick would look at it and inject the liquid into the homeless body with them inside, right after Beth entered the garage.
"Where are Morty and Oliver, dad?" Asked Beth.
"They're busy on an errand." Rick commented.
…
"AHHHHHH" Morty yelled until he stopped.
"Ugh, damn that was strange." Oliver said between breaths after falling close to Morty.
"Oliver, Morty, can you hear me?" Oliver heard Rick's voice speaking to him through his earpiece.
"Yes, we hear you." Oliver said.
"where are we headed?" Oliver asked as he looked around.
"Go north and they can find the entrance." Rick's voice said.
"Where are we Rick?" Morty said nervously as he walked alongside Oliver.
"Easy Morty, you just have to go to the entrance." Rick said.
"Entrance a-What!" Morty screamed in amazement when he saw what was in front of him.
"Guys, welcome to Anatomy Park!" Rick's voice said.
Oliver, like Morty, was amazed at the large amusement park in front of them.
It was gigantic considering they were inside Ruben, and it had a Jurassic Park-style logo.
recovering from the surprise Morty and Oliver walked through the door.
"Hey old man, are you sure you won't get a lawsuit for mimicking Jurassic Park?" Oliver asked in a mocking tone.
"I don't know what you're talking about Oliver" Rick said, obviously feigning ignorance.
"Look guys, this is a small business venture that I have been setting up together with Doctor Bloom, an amusement park inside the human body. Science is not cheap Oliver, this should really help pay a lot of expenses." Rick said.
"Gosh this is wacky!" Yells Morty as he looked around the area, Oliver was also interested in this strange park.
"Spleen Mountain?" Oliver asked when he saw one of the attractions.
"Does the bladder fall out?" asked Morty, also seeing the attractions.
Oliver saw a cave where a decorative pirate skull was taped to the wall.
"Pirates of the pancreas?" Oliver asked, confused.
"Do you have a problem with the last one, Oliver?" Rick asked.
"I have no problem with that." Oliver said in a bored tone.
"Is this place hygienic?" Asked Morty as he and Oliver passed a bridge.
"Yes,morty, don't be picky." Rick said defensively.
"Look Oliver, I'm sorry for my outburst, it's just, Pirates of the Pancreas was my darling, I got a lot of rejection when you believe it, Oliver. I think I'm still on the defensive. Let's just look for Doctor Bloom, okay? Receive a distress signal in the liver "Rick explained.
Then, Oliver and Morty found themselves at a sign indicating directions.
After seeing where they had to go, the haunted liver, the two of them climbed into a shuttle to reach the lower abdomen.
"... Hey, can I ask you something?" Morty asked Oliver.
"What is it?" Oliver said without enthusiasm.
"Why did you decide to come? Rick just needed me" Morty asked confusedly.
"Tch, I just felt that that family dinner would be uncomfortable, so I preferred to stay away from that" Oliver explained.
"Oh, that's fine. But it's a relief that you're here, It would be scarier if I was alone in this" Morty commented with a small smile.
"... whatever" Oliver said without paying any more attention to Morty.
"Get to 'Liver'. Watch the gap". said a Robotic voice.
Oliver and Morty exited the shuttle to see that they had entered a darker area with flashing lights.
Looks like the liver had become a haunted house-style attraction.
"Strange." Oliver commented upon seeing the place.
"This scares me, Rick." Morty said.
"The haunted liver is under maintenance. Ruben has had difficult years. Do not judge him. He would not have agreed to have an amusement park inside, if he had had a good life" Rick explained.
When they entered the haunted liver, they were both surprised behind them by an animatronic werewolf, but the most scared was Morty who started screaming while Oliver was only surprised by the sudden appearance of the werewolf.
"AAH! a monster!" Scream Morty
"Calm down, that's just a stupid animatronic" Oliver said in a low voice.
"Oliver is right Morty, the only monster out there is alcohol- * urp * -holism." Rick explained.
As the two of them were about to cross the room, a large, muscular hand grabbed Oliver by the neck.
"Gah! Damn!" Oliver yelled.
"Oh God!" Morty yelled scared when he saw his cousin suffocate.
His attacker was revealed to be a muscular man, sporting a short mohawk, a belt with various weapons, some pants and military boots.
"You!? Where do you come from!? Answer me!" The man yelled.
"We come from Rick, you bastard!" Oliver yelled as he tried to break free.
"Poncho, enough is enough!" Ordered a voice.
The man stopped strangling Oliver, then turned around to see another group of people coming towards them, and the one leading them looked like an amoeba.
"You must be Oliver and Morty, it's nice to meet you. This is Poncho. As for me, I'm Dr. Xenon Bloom." said the amoeba.
"Oh, so is this Dr. Bloom?" Morty asked as Oliver got up off the ground.
"Yeah, I know anyway, look, I'll show you the rest of the group." Bloom gestured for them to go to a nearby facility, where there were two other people, both of whom were wearing helmets and air tanks on their heads.
"Who are they?." Oliver asked, already recovered.
"This is Roger, the park's zoo keeper." said Bloom, pointing to a man with blond hair and green eyes dressed in a brown suit.
"Hello." Roger said.
"And the girl is Esther." Bloom gestured to a girl with blond hair and green eyes. She has a mole under her left eye. A sleeveless white blouse, with a red skirt with a large belt. She wears two black ribbons in her hair. She wears black socks up to her thighs, her legs have leather straps and she has metal rings attached to her ankles.
"Hello." said Esther, she seemed to be uncomfortable having everyone's attention.
"She has helped us to supervise the park project, thanks to the extensive knowledge that his family had about the human body. I will not go into details about that." Bloom explained.
"They actually cheated on me..." Esther muttered under her breath.
Suddenly, a small container in Morty's helmet popped open and a microphone popped out.
"Hey, Bloom. I'm Rick. I want to know what the hell is going on." Rick demanded.
"I don't know what's going on, but the security system is down, and the attractions have escaped." Bloom said dramatically.
"Attractions?" asked a confused Morty.
"Listen guys, the biggest attraction at Anatomy Park isn't the rides, the music, the food, or the Pirates of the pancreas." said Bloom.
"Be careful with what you say." Rick warned.
"but a living museum of the noblest and fiercest diseases of humanity." Bloom explained, while the group kept walking.
"Diseases?" asked Morty.
"Unbelievable, can this get worse?" Oliver said sarcastically, understanding the implications of what Bloom was saying.
Oliver's question was answered as a giant yellow monster lunged forward, before looking towards the group with eyes that showed hunger.
"New to you, doctor. Your living museum turned into a safari!" Yelled Poncho.
Poncho started shooting the monster with his gun.
Oliver, confused, asked Bloom. "What the fuck is that thing ?!"
"It's hepatitis A! Run!" Shouted Bloom, quickly the group began to escape from the beast.
...
Meanwhile at the family dinner, the Smiths and Jacob were having dinner.
"Oh." Jacob said, surprising Joyce by apparently eating poorly.
"Food gets in your mouth, dear!" Jacob said, putting it where she belongs with her napkin.
They all laughed, although Jerry's laugh was forced.
"Sorry Jacob, I think I am still confused about the precise nature and origin of your relationship with my parents. Are you like their assistant ?, or something like that ?." Jerry said, still confused by the presence of Jacob.
"We'll go into details later, son." Joyce said.
"Wait, there's no point in keeping the secret. I propose that we all live and die honestly. Your mother and I have shared each other's forty years, in mind, body and soul. When minds and souls come together for eternity, and when eternity is at the door, it is an invitation to let go of the body and an opportunity to share and experiment. "explained Leonard.
"What are you saying, Papa?" Jerry asked Exasperated.
"Whatever it is, it's beautiful, Leonard." Beth proceeded to look at Jerry for a moment.
"Speak for yourself! Because it looks like you're about to say that Jacob is your lover." Jerry said.
"No no no no." Jerry breathed a sigh of relief.
"Jacob is your mother's lover. I watch them. Sometimes from a chair, sometimes from a closet. Almost always dressed as Superman" Leonard corrected.
Jacob and Joyce proceed to kiss while Jerry stares in bewilderment.
Afterward, Jacob eats some of Jerry's ham.
"Jerry, this ham has to be all you, right? It's amazing." Jacob said.
"Merry Christmas human, Dad." Summer said wryly.
…
Meanwhile, the group that was still inside Ruben, kept fleeing from hepatitis A, running towards the direction that Bloom was going.
Until the group finally reached a door with a sign that read 'Bosque de Alveolos'. Roger then examined a meter near the door.
"That's strange ..." he said as he tapped the meter. "The air flow is down twenty percent."
"Wait, that means the brain isn't getting enough oxygen. That's why security is offline." Esther noticed.
"Tch, in that case we must investigate the cause" Oliver commented.
"Right" said Bloom.
The group went through the door. When it started to close, a man in a dog mascot costume came running up and narrowly passed.
"Hey wait for me!" The man yelled. After entering, the bald man took off the head part of his disguise.
Dr. Bloom pointed his cane at the man. "Put that back on!" Dr. Bloom demanded angrily. Alexander paused for a moment before reluctantly putting it on.
"oh, I forgot about him." Esther said in a low voice, showing a bit sorry for forgetting the guy.
The group surveyed the area. "If we get on the bronchial walkway, we could look for a blockage." Roger deduced.
Everyone was silent for a moment, no one seemed willing to risk it until.
"Okay, I'll try" Oliver said without much enthusiasm before jumping onto the round, inflatable cells.
"Don't be a hero, boy." Poncho warned him.
"I'm not a hero. I just want to get this over with quickly" Oliver replied before jumping to another.
"We shouldn't be here." Poncho commented, about to cock his gun before Dr. Bloom stopped him.
"Whatever you do, don't shoot that thing here! We must save Ruben. This is my life's work." Bloom explained.
After looking around curiously, Morty found bacteria growing on some tar. He touched her, making her screech, making him gasp in fear and recoil.
"Oh God." Scream Morty.
"Easy, Morty. Almost all lungs contain a strain of this bacteria, but the scar tissue ..keeping them ... inactive." Suddenly, Bloom realized something.
Then he looked over at Oliver who was approaching the catwalk.
"Oliver! Get down from there!" Shouted Bloom.
Oliver had just jumped up to grab onto the gangway before seeing a host of black spider-like creatures descend. "What the hell!" Oliver screamed before collapsing, bouncing harmlessly off the alveoli on the way down.
"What are those things?!" Morty asked.
"Tuberculosis! They attack us!" Dr. Bloom replied.
"They will not!" Poncho screamed, firing multiple rounds of his weapon at the tuberculosis, as well as exploding several fronds of alveoli in the lungs, causing a strong blast of air to come out. Out of the body, it was just a cough, which Rick stared at momentarily.
"Poncho! Don't shoot the alveoli!" yelled Esther.
"You're an idiot!" Oliver yelled upon realizing Poncho's mistake.
"Ruben is coughing! Quick, go to the digestive tract!" Bloom motioned for the group to run into the digestive tract.
However, Ruben coughed once more, alerting everyone.
During the rampage, almost everyone managed to escape. But Oliver and Esther heard someone yell, it was the guy in the dog suit that was being sucked into the wind. They quickly tried desperately to hold it but without much success, as the wind was too strong.
"I don't want to die!" desperate cry.
"You won't die! What's your name ?!" Esther yelled in an attempt to reassure him.
"Alexander!" scream.
"Hold on tight!" Oliver yelled when he saw that he was losing his grip.
"Please help meeee" Alexander said the last words of him, due to the wind getting stronger which caused Oliver and Esther lost their grip, dying shattered.
…
Meanwhile, outside of Ruben, Rick spit out a lot of saliva, including Alexander's remains.
Soon enough, Morty's voice came out of the radio he was talking to.
"Rick, Ruben has tuberculosis!" yelled Morty.
"Good job guys!" Rick said.
"Well, I know how to cure it." Rick pulled out a giant syringe, but before he could do it, Ruben's heart monitor shuts down immediately, causing the scientist to drop the syringe.
"Well, I can't cure death ..." Rick said nonchalantly.
…
Meanwhile, a group from Anatomy Park crossed the food court, listening to the bad news that Rick was telling them.
"This is bad, Morty. You're trapped in a dead man. Listen, if the situation keeps getting dark, do yourself a favor and jump to Pirates of the Pancreas. It's a group of pirates running around your pancreas. We don't bleach it either, Morty. Pirates are rapists." Rick continued to ramble into the microphone.
"Listen to me bastard, I don't care about stupid Pirates. We're trapped inside the dead body of a homeless man." Oliver said, using his microphone.
"Calm down Oliver, the idea is to get them out there. But if not possible, indulge yourself" said Rick.
At this, they all rolled their eyes, and then began to explore the food court.
"Oh god, that horrible smell" Morty said in disgust.
"You mean the Panda Express? It's a joke" Bloom asked, earning a laugh from himself.
"The body is starting to contract and fill with gas. We are inside a corpse, boy. Anatomy Park is doomed." Bloom said regretfully.
"The park doesn't matter! How the hell can we get out?!." Oliver said.
"The digestive tract is the evacuation route. Do you understand? There is an emergency station in the colon with a beam that can make us all bigger" explained Bloom.
"Tch, damn, it couldn't be more disgusting. Hey, we have to go to the colon!" Oliver yelled to the group.
"Now I'm taking orders from a twelve-year-old boy !?" exclaimed Poncho angrily.
Oliver glared at him for the comment, at this point his hatred for Poncho only increased, however, Bloom approached him.
"Oliver, The scar bags containing tuberculosis were sabotaged. This is an inside job. Keep your eyes on Esther. She has been warned several times by the manager of the churros stand. " said Bloom.
Oliver rolled his eyes at this alleged suspicion, he did not know Esther, but just by knowing her a little, he knew that she is not the traitor, and for his part he had his own suspect. He decided not to say anything and allowed the amoeba to lead the group. Looking back, she saw Esther walk close to him, she had a guilty face for some reason, and she was also looking at him as if she wanted to ask him something.
"... What?" Oliver asked, annoyed when he saw that Esther was staring at him.
"I'm sorry. It's just that I was thinking about Alexander ..." Esther said in a sad tone.
"Ah, what about that guy?" Oliver asked, annoyed.
"... Well, it's just that, I couldn't save him. And his body was totally destroyed" Esther said regretfully.
"... He was a stranger, why do you care if he's dead?" He said coldly.
"... but you care, don't you?" Esther said
" What are you talking about?" Oliver said confusedly.
"You also tried to save Alexander, and I can see that you're still angry that you can't save him." Esther said with conviction.
"Tch, you talk like you know me." Oliver said with annoyance.
"No, but I can still see that you are a good person." Esther said.
"... believe in whatever you want, but i don't think i'm a good person" Oliver said idly, but internally he's puzzled, this is the first time anyone has referred to him as a "good person".
"Anyway, you were a supervisor, weren't you? Then you must know where we're going?" Oliver asked in an attempt to change the subject.
"Oh well yeah, but what's next is a little ..."
…
A few hours later, the group of people found themselves in a boat, going through the small intestine. The trip was quite annoying.
The place was decorated with things related to digestion and a variety of blue and purple animatronics singing happily in a constant annoying tune.
It's a laughter path ... a trail of food. Is far ... that breaks ..fat in food. It's a tube in the chest ... and send the rest. It's a small intestine!
"I'm going to kill whoever composed this music!" Oliver yelled furious at the annoying song.
"And the worst thing is that it goes on for miles." Roger supported Oliver's annoyance.
"And then we go to the large intestine!" Dr. Bloom added enthusiastically.
"Shh." Poncho, she warned, shining a flashlight on the liquid they were sailing in. "I heard something".
Silence rang out for a second, for just after a giant green monster rose from the liquid. It was covered in greenish-yellow fur, had six small pearl-black eyes, four appendages that ended in clubs, and a mouth full of razor-sharp fangs.
"Don't move. Gonorrhea can't see us if we don't move." Bloom whispered.
Unfortunately, he was wrong, the monster was ready to attack.
"Wait! I was wrong! I was thinking of a T-rex!" Shouted Bloom.
"How can you mistake a T-rex for that thing!" Yelled Oliver.
Gonorrhea crashed their boat into the liquid, forcing the crew to crawl to shore.
"We are easy targets!" Esther said with concern.
"Wait a minute, the body is full of gas!" Oliver said when he realized this fact.
"Yes, it's true. Why?" Bloom replied.
"Boy! You are a genius!" shouted Poncho when he realized Oliver's plan to immediately take out a match.
"Are you crazy !?" Bloom asked.
"Everyone run!" Scream Morty also realizes Oliver's plan.
They all managed to flee behind a wall, Poncho struck the match.
"Hey Gonorrhea! Let's see if this gives you burning!" Yelled Poncho
He tossed the match at Gonorrhea, who, after developing a confused expression, erupted in a blast of fire, leaving only his charred shell from her in the distance, who sank harmlessly into the stream.
They all looked surprised that the plan worked perfectly.
"Very good boy, you are someone quite clever" Bloom congratulated Oliver.
"Thanks, I guess." Oliver said uncomfortable with the sudden gratitude, while he looked suspiciously at Pocho, specifically at his backpack.
…..
Back in the living room, Leonard, Summer, Joyce, Jacob, Beth, and Jerry were sitting in a semicircle on the rug. As Jerry scowled and slumped to the ground, Leonard played some bongos while Summer sang to the beat.
Drummer, drum, drum, drum!
Drummer, drum, drum, drum, drum
Play the Drums!
Play the Drums!
Play the Christmas Drums!
"Oh, Summer. You sing well! Haha." Leonard said.
Meanwhile, Beth was clapping when she noticed Jerry was sulking. She put an arm around him.
"Jerry, come on. This is what you wanted." Beth said.
"I get it, Beth. Be careful what you wish for. They're punishing me for taking your iPad." Jerry grunted.
"What? Jerry, let that stuff go, okay? I'm sorry I was a bitch before. Let's just be here." Beth said.
Shortly after, a young man approached the sliding glass doors and entered the house.
"Ugh ... Summer!" Yelled the boy.
Summer stood up. "Ethan, what are you doing here?"
"I've been texting you for hours. Tell me why ?!" Ethan asked angrily.
"I don't have my phone! It's a celebration to connect as humans!" Summer said.
"Did you even consider my feelings for a moment !?" Ethan yelled.
"How do you feel!?. Why does everything happen for you !? "Summer replied.
"Summer, do you have a boyfriend?" Jerry asked angrily.
"Yes, do you have a boyfriend Summer?" Ethan replied.
"I don't know Ethan, do I have it?" Summer asked sarcastically.
Jacob proceeded to stand up, putting a hand on Summer and Ethan's shoulders to calm them down.
"Jerry, without disrespecting him, but you really need to connect more with your family, man." Jacob said.
…
It took a while, but they all hit the colon. They were currently standing on a walkway in the middle of the great tube down, and the only things keeping them company were the enlarging beam and a giant metal frame blocking the way into the colon.
"You should be able to access the backup generator so the grow beam is back online. If it works, we'll be back to normal size in a few minutes. I just hope Ruben isn't in a room with white carpets or upholstery." Roger explained, currently busy with the lightning machine.
Suddenly, a deep rumbling sound came from the surrounding area.
"What's that?" asked a scared Morty.
"The sphincter dam. We built it when Ruben was incontinent, but it wasn't designed to hold a load of corpses." Bloom.
"On second thought, I think we should have designed the security of this place better ." Esther commented worriedly.
"Almost done, everyone inside that circle!" says Roger.
Before they tried to follow Roger's directions, Oliver, who was still looking at Poncho suspiciously, discovered something wriggling in his backpack.
Then he saw a small black creature come out of Poncho's pocket.
"You bastard, you are the damn traitor!" Oliver yelled angrily upon discovering what that thing was.
"That bubonic plague!" Bloom screamed. "What are you doing with that, Poncho !?"
"Everyone still!" Poncho screamed. To then suddenly grab Esther with one arm while he held a knife to her neck.
"Wretched, that's why you shot Ruben in the lungs, that was on purpose, and that's why you also acted so suspicious all the time, you're the fucking traitor" Oliver said angrily, while Esther tried to break free without much success.
Poncho, you son of a bitch! Did you release tuberculosis so you could rob me? But why !? How ?! "Bloom said also angrily.
Poncho couldn't help laughing.
"That's right, friend. Many people will pay Fortunes to decimate the population. I will sell it to the highest bidder. Al-Qaeda!, North Korea!, Republicans!, The church!, Academy City!, bald men who exercise !, Internet people who only get turned on by cartoons of Japanese teenagers!. Anything is better than working for you, pompous and negligent, iTunes gift card as a Christmas present !"Poncho explained the reason for his betrayal.
Before he could continue with his villainous speech, Esther used one of her arms to punch him in the stomach, which was enough to cause him to lose his balance and drop his knife. Esther grabbed the knife and held it firmly, showing that she has skill in hand-to-hand combat.
Esther almost stabbed Poncho in the chest, but Poncho managed to regain his balance, dodging Esther's attack before launching a punch that forced Esther back.
Oliver, tired of escaping for his life all day, and still angry at the strangulation that Pocho caused him when they met, decided to attack Poncho from behind, trying to get him to lose control.
"What the hell!" yelled Poncho at Oliver's surprise attack, forcing Poncho back to the edge of the catwalk.
"You'll see!" shouted Poncho who took out the gun that he had on his back. However before he could fire, the Black Plague monster came out and bit him on the shoulder, causing him to scream, drop his weapon and stagger backward.
"Ah! Hey! Get down from there!" Seeing the opportunity, both Oliver and Esther got up and attacked him to get him off the catwalk.
Esther manages to stab Poncho in the stomach, while Oliver manages to push Poncho.
Unfortunately before Poncho was thrown to his death, he managed to grab Esther's hand for a moment, causing him to lose his balance and also fall next to him.
"Shit!" Oliver yelled as he saw Esther fall to certain death, but when he poked his head out, he saw something that puzzled him.
Esther was standing on a strange green circle that was acting like a platform in the air.
"What is that? Is it a skill?" Oliver thought when he saw the strange physical phenomenon, which he mistook for one of those well-known abilities that exist in Academy City. Oliver decided to put that thought aside due to the dangerous situation they were in.
"Take my hand" Oliver indicated to Esther, who already recovered from the fall and gladly accepted her offer.
"Thank you" said Esther happily, and then go up next to Oliver.
"...Whatever" Oliver said with a stoic face.
"Good God, are you okay Oliver?" asked Morty, who decided to stay out of the fight.
"Yes, I'm fine." Oliver replied bored.
However, before they could say another word, everyone heard a noise.
"It's going to explode, we must go!" Roger yelled.
The group quickly escaped to the door. Unfortunately, Roger was unable to escape, as his foot was stuck in the machine.
"My foot is stuck!" Yelled Roger.
Esther tried to rescue him, but Oliver and Morty stopped her, seeing that there was no time to return.
"This is fine! It's fine, just go! Tell my family that I love them! They can be hard to find because my wife kept her last name and forced the kids to take it too, so, I don't know, could you you go- "Before I could finish, the prey finally gave way, causing a large amount of liquid excrement to run off, killing Roger when the door closed right behind them.
"Nooooo!" Scream Esther seeing Roger die in a horrible way.
"Tch, damn it!" Oliver said angrily.
…
Meanwhile, back in the living room.
Joyce and Beth were sitting on the couch, Leonard was settling into the recliner, Jerry and Summer were standing, the former with an angry expression, while Jacob confronted Ethan about his anger problem.
"Let me ask you something Ethan. Where does the anger come from, man?" Jacob asked.
"That Summer is a total bitch!" Ethan yelled, not wanting to talk about it.
However, Jacob was unfazed and gripped Ethan's cheeks, forcing him to make eye contact.
"Where does anger come from?" he asked, this time in a more severe tone.
This time, Ethan relented.
"My brother ... took me fishing once ... in the bushes ...I can not, I can not! He made me feel like a girl!" Ethan finally burst into tears.
"He didn't do anything to you, man. You are who you are" Jacob said.
"She is who she is." Summer watched as a sympathetic expression crossed her face. "Now go to her."
Ethan walked over to Summer. "Come here right now!"
Summer responded in kind." I'm so sorry Ethan!" the two proceed to hug. "I love you!"
"I love you so much." Ethan replied.
The two then kissed, and most of them had satisfied expressions, except for Jerry.
"You did it again, honey. Come here." Joyce said to Jacob, and the two started kissing.
Jerry looked at the recliner to see that Leonard was gone, and looked at the closet to see that he had gotten up and backed into the closet, unbuttoning his shirt to reveal a Superman costume underneath before finally locking himself inside.
"No! Stop! I hate this!" Jerry yelled.
Beth, Joyce, and Jacob looked at him.
"Well, Christmas isn't about what you hate, son." Joyce reported.
"Well then I hate Christmas! Enjoy being human! You guys are disgusting!" Jerry roared, proceeding to leave the room and its occupants.
Back at the house, Rick was working on a computer, trying to figure out how to get them out of there. Soon, he heard someone open the door and it turned out to be Jerry.
"Ah, Rick?" Jerry asked, but he just held out a hand, not bothering to look.
"Not now, Jerry. I'm very busy." Rick said.
"I wanted to tell you that I am sorry I judged you. Right now, you, Oliver and Morty are my sanest relatives." Jerry said regretfully.
Rick, who had been writing, suddenly stops, having an idea.
"Relatives ... That's it! Relative size! Jerry, give me a scalpel and a packet of dynamite!" Rick said.
…
Back in Ruben's body, the remaining survivors were inside a small theater in a variety of seats, and on stage, there was a Ruben animatronic.
"My name is Ruben Ridley. You are inside of me right now, but at the end of this journey, I will be inside of all of you. My story begins with the collapse of dot-coms in the early 90s ..." said a voice robotics that emulates ruben.
As the voice spoke Ruben's story, the four survivors were busy doing various activities. For example, in the case of Oliver, he is right now drinking a black coffee, since apparently this is an area if the helmets can be removed without problems.
Right now Bloom was concentrating on eating ice cream and watching Ruben's story.
Morty was pacing around the room, obviously waiting for Rick to tell them what to do next.
Finally Esther is sitting next to Oliver also eating ice cream, it seems that eating the ice cream improved her mood after witnessing Roger's death.
After a while, Oliver finally finished the can of coffee he was drinking, and he thought about what he saw when Esther almost died when her fall was caused by Poncho, specifically he thought about the moment, where Esther was on that strange green circle that acted like a platform in the air.
He also had another question about when they first met the group, he heard Esther say that she was tricked into being a supervisor in the park.
Finally after much thought, Oliver decided to ask Esther about it.
"... Hey, there's a question I've had for a while" Oliver said looking at Esther, who stopped eating ice cream to look at Oliver.
"When we got to meet with you, you mentioned that you were tricked into being a supervisor here. What do you mean by that?" Oliver finally asked his question.
"..well, about 2 years ago I went to Academy City to join the research team of a scientist named Hishigata Mikihiko, to assist in his research on where Esper abilities originated in the human body." Esther began to explain her past.
"But before I could work on the project. Hishigata's younger sister, a girl named Hirumi, died under unknown circumstances…..apparently Hishigata Mikihiko decided to cancel the project due to the pain of losing her sister." Esther continued.
"For a while I was confused not knowing what to do after the project was canceled, but later I was contacted to join another important project related to the human body, so I accepted it and traveled to Seattle where the project was taking place, I thought it would be similar to the project that was canceled ... It was certainly a surprise when I found out that it was to create a park, but it was too late to back down ... you could say that I was tricked into joining ... " Esther said, still remembering how amazing it was to see the park for the first time and how delicious it was to taste their food, like the ice cream she was eating or those delicious churros.
"Hmm, but why the supervisor position? And what was that green circle from before." Oliver asked again.
"Oh, the overseer thing was thanks to the vast knowledge she acquired as part of the Rosenthal family heritage, who have spent 400 years and 23 generations developing necromantic techniques, and therefore I have extensive knowledge of the human body. As for the circle thing, that's one of the few spells that I know that do not necessarily have to do with necromancy, specifically they are magic circles that I use to get up and down safely in a position." Esther explained.
"Necromancy?Rosenthal family?" Now Oliver was confused, he believes that what the power he showed before was an Esper ability from Academy City, but the way he talks about it, it's like it's something else different.
"Oh right, we never formally introduced ourselves. I'm Esther Rosenthal, current head of the Rosenthal family" Esther said in a polite and friendly tone.
"... Oliver Sanchez." Oliver said.
Before they could continue their conversation, Rick spoke through the microphone on Morty's helmet.
"Morty! Can you get to the left nipple?" Rick voice said.
"Did you find a solution Rick ?!" asked Morty, who has been very eager to escape the body.
"Yes, go to Ruben's left nipple and meet me there." Rick said.
"Guys, we have to get to the left nipple!" yelled Morty to the group, who quickly put on their helmets to breathe.
Before the group could flee they heard various sounds, everyone looked up to see chunks of meat falling from the ceiling.
"The body is breaking down! The arterial transit system is down! We could try the service elevator. It's connected to the skeletal system. That's why we call it the bone train." explained Dr. Bloom.
"Would you like to ride the Bone Train?" I shyly ask the three of them.
"If with that we can escape ..." Morty replied.
Bloom then turned to the other two survivors. "Tell me you two, would you like to ride the Train of Bones-"
"This is no time to joke, Doctor, we must escape!" Esther yelled, grabbing Bloom by the arm and then running alongside Oliver and Morty.
…
Meanwhile, back in the garage, Jerry looked to see Rick put a small package of explosives inside Ruben's corpse before dragging him onto the space cruiser.
"Well, I can see you're busy…" Jerry said, trying to put the pieces together.
"Merry Christmas, Rick." Jerry said.
When Jerry left, Rick had finished loading Ruben's corpse onto his space cruiser before getting on and donning his own helmet, flying into the sky.
…
After a while, the group finally reached the Bone Train station, where a large train was idle, which can be used.
"Very well, there is no automatic pilot so you have to stay here and drive it." Bloom said.
"Doctor, if there is an automatic pilot, I remember that we did several tests in case of an emergency" Esther commented.
Bloom takes another look at it, and remembers that there is indeed an autopilot.
"Oh right, thank you dear" said Bloom as she began to manipulate the panel controls .
Suddenly, everyone heard scampering and various strange noises behind them.
"What's that?!" Scream Morty.
"E. coli. Hurry!" With the pull of a lever, the train immediately began to move.
They all got on quickly, watching hundreds of E. coli monsters start attacking the train.
E. coli began biting the doors while still holding on to the train.
"They are walking through the gates!" Morty pointed out, scared.
Oliver grabbed the nearby fire extinguisher and began beating the monsters that managed to get inside. While Esther took out the knife, it belonged to Poncho, and he began to attack the monsters as well.
"Rick, let's go to the nipple, but the situation here is not good !." Morty yelled at Rick as he used the microphone.
…..
Meanwhile, Rick has ascended into the vacuum of space, sensing just outside Earth's orbit before lighting the dynamite fuse.
"I'm almost there, guys!" Rick said.
Pushing Ruben's corpse into space. He proceeded to prepare the magnification beam for him, striking the body as it grew in size, creating a large shadow on Earth, especially in the United States.
Meanwhile, people looked at the growing shadow, emitting various reactions, most of them were in shock. On the news, a reporter spoke about the situation.
"Reports are coming in from all over the country on what appears to be a giant naked man over the continental United States. Now we go to Tom Randolph in New York. Tom?" asked the reporter.
"Well, his eyes don't move, and neither do his dimples, but I'm standing under a nose like a seventy mile cherry!" Tom reported.
"Thanks Tom. Let's go now to Eric McMan in Los Angeles" the reporter said again.
"We have feet here on the west coast, Bill! Giant feet, even relative to the size of the giant man! And you know what they say about it!" Eric said.
"Well, if the old popular saying is true, one can only wonder what is drilling in the Rocky Mountains." Bill said.
Meanwhile, a woodcutter who was cutting a tree saw a shadow approaching. "What is that!"
Back in the sky, Rick descended towards the floating corpse.
…
Meanwhile, inside the train, Oliver and Esther continue to fight E. coli while Bloom and Morty were in the driver's cab, trying to steer the train.
After a long fight, Oliver and Esther managed to defeat the remaining E. coli, so they went to the front of the train where Morty and Bloom were, when they arrived they found that Hepatitis A was in front of the train waiting for them.
"Look, about the rails!" Scream Morty, seeing Hepatitis A on the lines that were destroyed.
"It's Hepatitis A! It's been following us all the time!" Bloom concluded.
"Oh God!" Yelled Morty and then pulled a brake lever,
causing the train to fall from the debris of the tracks and crash into a wall of meat, throwing the four out of the car.
"Ouch, that wasn't a good idea ..." Esther said.
"Sorry!" Morty apologized.
"Look, that's Ruben's nipple!" Bloom yelled as he pointed out to the group a beautiful view of Earth as the sun peeked over the horizon.
"Wow" Oliver said with some amazement, despite how strange the situation was, he had to admit that it was an impressive sight.
"That's beautiful!" Morty said in amazement.
Unfortunately, the beauty was short-lived when the group heard a rumbling sound coming from behind.
They looked to see that hepatitis A had come out of the engine as it roared like a beast.
"Tch, you don't know when to quit smoking? You bastard" Oliver said with annoyance.
Hepatitis A ran towards the group, only to be caught by a monster similar to himself, only bigger.
"It's hepatitis C!" Esther said, pointing toward the disease.
The monster suddenly gave the group a thumbs up before walking away.
"Wait, do we have a relationship with him?" asked Morty, confused.
"I'm not sure, maybe they are like that, they are the good guys." Esther answered.
"Oh great." said Morty.
Suddenly, they watched Rick's space cruiser fly off into the distance, landing right on the edge.
"Great, you're good guys, and I'm glad to see you doing well, Dr. Bloom." Rick said.
"Good to see you again Rick too." Bloom replied.
"Alright, let's get out of here before everything explodes." Rick said.
Soon enough, everyone entered the Space Cruiser as it took off, emerging from Ruben's corpse just as the dynamite wick entered the body.
The corpse floated through space for a few seconds before suddenly burning, causing the head and limbs to fly into space as small chunks rained down on Earth.
…..
Meanwhile, the Smiths, aside from Jerry, were busy bundling up for Christmas, dressing so they could go out.
"Jerry doesn't know what he's missing." Beth said.
"He will come, Beth. Christmas is a special time. He has fun ways of bringing families together." Jacob replied.
Beth only sighed when they finished preparing for the snow.
"I don't know, Jacob. Jerry received an invitation to be alive today, and he declined. I don't know if it's our marriage ..." Before they could leave, they saw chunks of red matter fall from the sky. Summer was the first to realize what those things were.
"It's raining blood!" Summer screamed.
"Listen, we have to find Jerry!" Jacob said.
They all rushed to Jerry's study, where they found him casually sitting in a chair while watching the news.
"Jerry!" Joyce screamed, rushing to hug him.
"Okay, TV says there is nothing to worry about." Jerry said.
"The giant naked sky Santa has exploded. Blood and pieces of guts are raining down on the country. Everything should be fine." Bill said on the news.
The family breathed a deep sigh of relief that they were not in dire danger.
"Dad, can I get my phone back?" Summer asked.
"Sure honey." Jerry said, pulling out Summer's phone and the two stocking tablets.
"Everyone, take a device. It will help you relax" Jerry said.
…
Meanwhile, Rick's space cruiser landed in the garage, and everyone quickly got off the cruiser to get some fresh air.
"Too bad we lost Atomic Park, I guess we'll have to start over?" Rick asked Bloom.
"In fact, we will have to try again, Rick. But I am still surprised by Poncho's betrayal, and I thought that all along, the traitor was Esther." Bloom said regretfully.
"Wait, why did you think I was a traitor ?!" Esther yelled in surprise.
"The manager of the churros shop has been reporting that you've been taking advantage of your supervisory status by eating a lot of free food, especially churros." Bloom explained sternly.
"It's not my fault they were so delicious ..." Esther muttered with a pout on her face.
"Tch, at least it's all over, all of that was very exhausting." Oliver said tired of running all day.
"Hey, are you sure to build another park? It might end as badly as the first one" Morty said.
"After what happened, we will invest a lot more in security and we will investigate the background of the employees." Bloom said, trying to reassure Morty.
"Anyway, I think I'm going to have coffee, today was definitely a tiring day" Oliver said.
"Yeah, why don't we go in and eat something, they must be hungry" Rick commented.
"That's right, we skipped Christmas dinner" Morty said wanting to eat something.
"Yes, that would be fantastic." said Esther, happy to taste delicious food.
They all went to the living room, to discover something that took them by surprise, the whole family was on the floor or in a chair, all playing with some electronic object.
"Oh, amazing. We have a lot of people sitting with their faces on screens." Rick said, annoyed that the family is so engrossed with technology.
"Do you realize that Christ was born today? Jesus Christ, our Savior, was born today! Are you even human? What kind of Christmas is this?" rant Rick.
"I'll go for the coffee" Oliver commented and then went to the kitchen to have the black coffee that he likes.
…
After a long day, the night finally came home. Oliver was right now outside the house looking at the stars, while the family was still celebrating Christmas.
While looking at the stars, Oliver still thinks about everything that happened in the day and luck. At first he went on that adventure because he supposedly did not want to be at an uncomfortable family dinner, but he knows that that was not the real reason why he went on an adventure.
He knows that since he lives with his cousins and uncles, he has always had the feeling of discomfort when being close to them, and he has already looked for an excuse to stay away from them, especially in a family event such as Christmas dinner, he always tries to avoid these events if possible.
He is not sure why he has this discomfort, but he believes that it has to do with the lost memories of him.
As Oliver thought about his day and the dream he had this morning, he didn't notice that a person was getting close to him.
"Hey What are you doing?" Asked the person revealing herself as Esther, who was ready to leave the house just like Dr Bloom who had already left, until she saw Oliver outside.
"Tch, I was just getting fresh air" Oliver commented bored.
"Oh, okay ..." Esther said, staring at Oliver, who hasn't stopped staring at the stars.
"...what do you want?" Oliver asked, who stopped looking at the stars to see Esther staring at him.
"... why do you seem to get away from people so much?" Esther asked with concern.
"What the hell are you talking about?" Oliver asked annoyed.
"Well, I realized that in the whole party, you have been very far from everyone ... I thought that someone good like you should be closer to people, right?" Esther said.
"... You still call me a good person, even though I haven't shown anything that makes me a 'good' person." Oliver said.
"But if you've proven it, you tried to save Alexader, you helped me fight Poncho, and you prevented him from going to certain death when he tried to save Roger, when it was too late ..." said Esther.
"You overthink it, in the end I didn't save anyone, and Morty also helped prevent you from saving Roger as it would be a waste of time. I'm not a good person" Oliver explained.
"Yeah, you're not a good person, so what are you?" Esther asked.
"..." Oliver didn't say anything, instead he decided to go back to seeing the stars.
seeing that Oliver did not answer, Esther decided to leave, until Oliver asked her something.
"Hey, now what are you going to do?" Oliver asked.
"Well ... I don't think I'm going to work at Atomic Park, but I'm not sure what to do now, I don't know if I want to continue investigating my family. Now that I understand the importance of life and death, I don't think that it is good to try to revive corpses ... "he said the last with doubt.
"Revive?" Oliver asked, confused.
"Necromancy needs corpses to function, but I no longer feel comfortable with the idea of using dead people to achieve my family's goal." said Esther.
"... I don't care what you do, but I think playing with corpses is unpleasant" said Oliver, before returning inside the house, leaving Esther surprised, and thoughtful.
…
Academy City, is a landlocked city-state whose territory consists of a walled wall to separate within the Tokyo metropolitan area.
The city is about 30 years more technologically advanced with respect to the rest of the world, and has about 2.3 million inhabitants, of which 80% are students.
But the most interesting characteristic is that 60% of students show signs of psychic abilities, also known as Esper, this thanks to the Curriculum Power Program, where students can acquire a psychic ability.
The city is run by a board of 12 directors, but the one who really rules the city in the shadows is General Superintendent Aleister Crowley.
Who is right now in a windowless building, watching various videos on screens around him.
These videos were news that talked about the giant Santa that appeared over the United States, but there are also screens that showed a certain old man who was riding a spaceship and traveling to the giant Santa.
"I see your project was a failure, Rick" Aleister said as he looked at the screen of the exploding Santa.
"Not only did you attract the attention of the world for this, also the magical side is investigating this incident, But it was only a matter of time before you made a fuss like this" he says indifferently, to immediately discard the screens.
...
Sorry for taking time to update, I am very busy with college and had various problems.
I hope I have written well to Esther's character, if anyone wonders why he did not use his Necromancy, that is simple, he did not have any corpse to use it, so he could not use the evil spirits of numbers. And outside of Necromancy she does not have much other spells except for some magic circles that are not very offensive, she also did not have the blade of Emperor Shun at that time.
If anyone wonders what happened to Hishigata Mikihiko, and DA, it is very simple.
Hishigata Mikihiko is probably alive, but depressed by the Sudden death of his sister, while DA will eventually be dismantled by Anti-Skill due to his extremism until he is even rejected by the leaders of the dark side of Academy City.
By the way, the coffins created by Hishigata Mikihiko never existed in this world because the project was canceled, and Esther never shared information about necromancy.