6.
The girls now stood in a mechanical world. Wires ran down the walls like streamers, the walls looking like a huge motherboard.
"Where are we?" Summer asked, spinning around to get a full view of the place. Iris shrugged.
"We're in the same dimension as Rick and Morty…so…" Iris muttered.
"What? I thought you knew where we were going!" Summer frowned.
"Hey, we're here, right? Might as well enjoy our stay," Iris smiled. They began to wonder around the technology-filled world. They approached a huge sign that read:
GOOGLE…
I'm feeling lucky!
"We're inside the internet, I guess," Iris stated.
"How do we type something in?" Summer puzzled. The blank bar filled up with her words as she spoke.
"Ooooh, I have a good idea!" Iris giggled," Rick and Morty fanfiction." A gate opened, letting the girls look at the results. Each result was a room, with a caption above the door. Iris entered one at random. Her face contorted from amused to disgusted in a few seconds.
"I'm out," she stated.
"Was that one rated R or something?" Summer teased with a smile. Iris stared into the distance, a disturbed expression on her face.
"Worse."
"The internet's a crazy place. You should've used the safe search option," Summer said almost seriously. Out of nowhere, gunshots rang through the air. The girls looked down the long hall of results and saw a sprinting Rick and Morty. Iris looked at Summer, and they decided wordlessly to join in the madness.
"What did you do?!" Iris gasped, sprinting along with the group.
"W- we released some maAAALLware from Morty's freaky porno site," Rick answered.
"What're we gonna do?" Summer chimed in, fear laced in her voice.
"Shoot 'n' run," Rick stated plainly, tossing Morty a huge rifle. He held a smaller gun that Iris recognized as the laser gun he used to destroy her tracking chip. Rick pointed it behind him and shot. Iris took only a second to look back. A swarm of worms, viruses, and ads stormed towards the trio. Morty struggled to hold his gun, accidentally shooting the results and the walls. Without thinking, Iris pulled out her portal gun and shot out a portal. Summer was the first to jump in, with Rick, Iris, and Morty following close behind.
They were back home. Iris smirked. I'm getting better at this! She thought. Summer combed her fingers through her hair, staring out into space.
"That. Was. AWESOME," Iris grinned.
"Meh, it was alright," Rick remarked. Iris sighed a little. She thought about what life would be like if she was a good girl and stayed back at that faraway planet. Would it be better? Worse? The same, even? It didn't really matter now. She made a choice, and there's no going back.
Whoa. Just Whoa. Summer always thought about how lucky Morty was to go on adventures with Grandpa Rick, but was it really all that good? Sure, it was fun for a while, but it got too dangerous too fast. She looked at Morty. How did he keep that calm, happy expression? He could have died. He should have died. They all should have, really. Maybe, someday, they will. Maybe.
*****Author's note: For those of you following The Blue Wire, please understand that the next chapter may be a little late. I have to get ready for school, AND I have really bad writer's block. I might upload a few short R&M fics, but that's a huge MIGHT. Sorry for the inconvenience! _