Hello! Hope you all are enjoying back to school, I know I'm not! I know most chapters focus on Morty, but thats because this story is mainly about him and newfound *ahem* relationships... Enjoy ;) ;) ;)

Chapter 11: Slippery Slope

Morty

No big deal... Just a potentially deadly mission that he was taking his only friend on who didn't really trust him in the first place. Although it would help her to trust that what they'd explained to her really happened. Morty knew nothing was gonna go smoothly, it wasn't just that easy to fix this. Life always threw something else into the mix.

Rick might usually sternly refuse to take anyone else, but this time Morty could see he knew it wasn't his place. Although Morty appreciated that he was actually TRYING, surprisingly, he couldn't forget what he did, but most of all what he said.
But he at least tried not to think about it...

Rick nodded and they headed back into the kitchen. "U-uh, bad news." Morty said, scratching the back of his head. "What? Can't actually prove it? It sounds way too crazy anyways." Skylar looked away. "N-no! We just are m-missing the key ingredi-p-part. f-for the machine." Morty retaliated. Skylar stared them down suspiciously. "Then whats the problem? Just get it." "Its not that simple dipshit-" Rick began to explain. "RICK" Morty interrupted. Rick rolled his eyes. "Morty has to come with me, and we're not leaving you h*ErGuh*ere alone. Plus this could show you that this crazy shit does exist, seeing as you obviously don't believe us." Rick spat.
Skylars eyes widened a bit. She stood up. "Where are we going? A store in another country or something? Cool!" She seemed excited. Rick and Morty looked at each other, smirking. "Oh, its a little farther than that." Rick said as he put out a portal, and they pulled Skylar through.

They emerged to a dimension even Morty hadn't seen before. (Probably because the machine Rick invented was quite new, so it needed new ingredients) The sky was a dark purple, like constant night. There were mountains everywhere, decorating the horizons. Small lakes of what seemed to be glowing yellow water spotted the vast fields and mountains, and Morty even saw what looked to be Manta rays flying in the AIR. It was perfect for Skylar to see, it was beautiful. Morty just hoped it wasn't dangerous, but he kept his senses on because it almost always was. "Ok, were looking for certain flowers. They're really rare, but easy to see because they're basically neon pizza vomit orange." Rick said as he scanned the area. Morty hoped they were prettier than what Rick described. He realized Skylar hadn't said a word. He turned to look at her, her mouth was on the floor. She was looking mostly at the sky, and then the mountains. Rick started wandering off a ways looking. Morty walked back to Skylar.

"I-it's crazy, right?" Morty said, gesturing to the world around them. Skylar just kept looking around, astonished. "Its.. amazing." She breathed. She looked at Morty. "Thanks... You know, for not giving up on... me? us? I don't know what I'm saying..." She fiddled. "I-I guess what I mean is thanks for making me see, even after I wouldn't believe you." She smiled. Morty liked her smile. "Hey I-I-I get why you didn't. I-I've never told anyone before because it sounds stupid a-and made up. A-and y'know p-people especially w-w-wouldn't believe me, a-and, s-stuff" Morty couldn't believe his stuttering. Why couldn't he talk? Lately it seemed it only got worse. Maybe even though he knew Skylar well his social anxiety still got the best of him. Skylar was distracted anyways, and began wandering about too. Not really looking for the flower, just taking everything in. Morty caught himself just watching her.

Rick came over again, messing with some small device. "*Urp* Sooooo These flowers are actually found more in the mountains, and This device should help us track them. Its not perfect, I've h*EurGh*ad a lotta vodka" Rick began walking swiftly towards some closer mountains. Morty turned to Skylar and rolled his eyes, then the two followed close behind. The walk was long, but nobody minded. Everyone was busy marveling at the beautiful things they saw. They got to the mountains, which seemed much bigger than they looked from a distance. "Ok lets just split up but here" Rick clipped small... buttons? To each of their shirts. "Trackers. Dont wa*ErGh*nna lose you guys and get my ass in trouble." Rick then left searching. Morty and sky turned the opposite way and began their own search.

After about 10 minutes, way shorter than Morty anticipated he saw a small glowing orange dot a bit a ways from him. He ran to the flower and shouted towards Rick and Skylar. "H-Hey! I think I found it!" It was, in fact, MUCH prettier than Rick made it out to be. It looked like it was on fire. Morty picked the flower and met the two halfway. "H-here." Rick looked annoyed. "Not the flower, Morty, we need to dig where the flower was. Where was it." Rick sighed. Morty led him back to the stem, and rick used a small tool to quickly drill a pipe sized hole right where it was. "Bingo." Rick pulled out a rock that was the same glowing orange as the flower. "OK while were here I'm just gonna go collect some of that water, its actually just liquid LSD." Rick shrugged, and headed towards the nearest lake.

Morty still had the flower. It really was beautiful. He looked at it, then looked at Skylar. He took a deep breath in. And walked over to her. She was sitting on a small wedge in the mountain, Morty sat down next to her.
"H-hey Skylar. Uh" Morty fumbled a second. "Hey jitters." Skylar laughed. "This is amazing. I-, I still can't thank you enough. I mean, thanks. For taking me." Skylar looked up at the sky. Morty took another breath. He could do this. This was his chance. "I uh, I guess Rick d-doesn't need this flower. Uh, h-here." Morty clumsily shoved the flower towards Skylar, who snapped out of her gaze. She looked surprised, but smiled. "W-wow! Thanks Morty, its really pretty." She twirled it in her hands for a second, looking down. "Morty, you've been really nice to me. Even though I pushed you away when you really did nothing." Skylar looked back up at him, dead in the eyes. Morty was sweating his ass off. "I-I-I didn't wanna g-give up, I liked, y-y'know, you." Morty leaned back, putting his hands beside him. He was surprised to feel something touching his hand... Skylar? She had her hand on top of his. They were both looking at their hands, then they both looked up, and made eye contact again. "S-Skylar, I, uh, I Really l-"

Morty was interrupted by the wedge crumbling beneath them, as they began to fall down the mountain.