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Author's Note: ...and you thought when Summer joined in the fun, it was weird...

"...Rick? Are you sure we got, uh, everything we came back for?"

Morty eyed his grandfather questioningly as they locked up the house for the very last time. He didn't know what to make of Rick's prolonged and unusual silence. It was making him uneasy and he didn't like it one bit. (As if leaving behind all familiarity wasn't hard enough, Rick was acting weirder than usual, and it was really beginning to worry him.)

"Yeah. Sure we did, Morty," Rick muttered with marked annoyance as he hurriedly clicked the front door's lock into place and quickly pocketed the keys (Morty wondered why he'd even bother; they wouldn't come back here again).

"Um...are you sure, Rick?" Morty pressed, hoping they could stay just a bit longer. "You didn't...uh...forget anything in there...right?"

"Quit pe-pestering me, Morty!" Rick snapped back with a silencing glare as he took out the portal gun, which he fired, and a green portal materialized in front of them, waiting.

Trying to ignore the unusual worry on his grandfather's face, Morty took a longing look back at the house he'd grown up in. "What's...what's it going to be like?" he murmured-mostly to himself, but of course Rick had heard him.

"Survival of the fittest, Morty-every fleshburger for themselves," Rick answered listlessly with a half-amused snort. "Prepare yourself for a front-row seat to the end of the world," he declared with aplomb as he pulled Morty, without warning, abruptly into the hole.

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"Grandpa Rick!" Summer exclaimed as soon as she saw Rick heading up to the fort with Morty in tow. "where have you guys been?" She threw her arms around Morty, hugging him tight.

"Had to run a few errands." Rick seemed more interested with the fort than seeing Summer again. "Where's Jerry gone to?"

"He's...saying goodbye," Summer explained, trying to smile through her sadness. "Jenna's sitting in the back with him by..." She stopped when she saw the mournful look on her brother's face. "...I'll take Morty inside," she suggested cheerfully, "Jerry was looking for you Grandpa. He wants to talk to you."

"I'll bet." Rick groaned inwardly.

"Go ahead, R-Rick. I'll be fine," Morty said with a grateful smile to his sister. At least I won't be all alone here.

"Here-take one of these with you," Rick said as he tossed Morty a beer. Morty cought it with one hand, and he and Summer both stared down at the bottle with shock.

"Wow! You-you really mean it?" Morty was stunned; Rick had never let him have a beer, or share any of his stuff with him for that matter.

"You can think of it as a toast," Rick declared with a simple nod in his grandson's direction, "to the other Summer."

Morty smiled warmly back at his grandfather, holding the beer up in the air. That was as good as an explanation as any-and he would never forget her, either. "To the other Summer," he said, and put an arm around his sister, who hugged him back, tears in her eyes as she took Rick's bags and watched their grandfather head out back around the fort and into the yard.

Jerry looked up from where he was sitting next to Jenna on the grass, as Rick came into view. Rick tried to ignore his son-in-law's "stare of death" as he surveyed the two, then the grave, and took a seat next to Jenna, without looking either one in the eyes.

"Where's Morty?" Jerry demanded coldly, his eyes narrowed darkly with suspicion.

"I killed him," Rick answered without a blink of the eye, "I chopped him up in little pieces and hid him in the walls."

"Oh my God-" Jerry gasped, turning white, but Jenna quickly shook him back to reality.

"RICK! He-he's just joking-a mean and rotten, horrible joke!" Jenna snapped, sending daggers in Rick's direction, her shock no less than Jerry's, however much more sobered.

"WHAT-you were joking!?" Jerry jumped to his feet, his "Oh my GOD! That-that's IT!" Jerry spewed, pacing back and forth, wringing his hands, "You're OUT of here! I WON'T tolerate this kind of behavior-and I won't have Morty subjected to it! You can leave-and this time for GOOD!"

"Jerry-wait a second," Jenna interjected quickly, "I-I know what he said was a horrible thing to say but-but you can't just throw him out on those streets like a piece of-"

"-Garbage? Is that what you were going to say?" Jerry demanded, glowering dangerously at Rick, who was looking away from them as he continued, "Because-that's what he is! He left my wife-his daughter-when she was only ten years old! Didn't even tell his wife where he was going! Then-he shows up-a whole twenty years later-and BANG! Our life is pure chaos-chaos like you wouldn't believe! You don't have any IDEA what we've been put through, thanks to this-this-this-this-mongrel-"

"-A 'mongrel' who could save your petty ass," Rick whipped around with the portal gun in front of him, a smirk on his face as he aimed to Jerry's right and fired.

Jerry cringed, expecting a hit-but then stopped, shocked, as he saw the portal opening to his right. "...your point being...?" Jerry demanded as he managed to somewhat recover.

"...This 'piece of trash' is your ticket OUT, bitches-haha!" Rick twirled around giddily as both Jerry and Jenna stared at him speechlessly.

"Is that..." Jenna gaped at the opening. "...a...can't believe I'm saying this...a-a-an actual...portal?"

"Can't believe it-she's got beauty AND brains," Rick smiled as he playfully tousled Jenna's hair (much to Jenna's astonishment), "you, my Brazen Bell of the Ball, might just become one of my new travelling partners-but we'll have to make sure that's okay with a certain someone, name rhymes with Porgy," Rick lowered his voice conspiratorially.

"What-what-What in the heck is going on!?" Jerry exclaimed with his voice raised woefully to the sky. "Has-has everyone gone insane!? Has the world gone mad ?"

"Clearly," Rick answered with a shrug, "but it doesn't have to take US down with it-we have a whole universe to explore, dawg!"

"You mean..." Jenna was gawking at him, almost unable to speak, "...other...dimensions? We...we don't have to stay here...?"

"Thaaaat's right!" Rick grinned devilishly at her, "you thought you knew existence? You haven't seen anything yet, sister-and I can give you the grand tour! You're coming with me!"

"Wait-wait! B-b-b-but, but I-" This was all that could escape Jenna's lips before the green mist swallowed her whole, pulling her into a world full of expansive and uncharted territory, filled to the brim with both danger and adventure, and the possibilities of which she never even knew existed.

THE END.

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"Aaaand that's a wrap, folks!"

So, looks like Rick's going to have to build a bigger spaceship this time around, huh? (Hope Jenna enjoys intergalactic ice cream.) ;-P So, what'd you think? Liked it? Loved it? Hated it? I'd love to hear any and all reactions to this story, which was quite a process! I typically write starting with one idea, then run with it at random, not really sure exactly where I'm going...I just let the story run its course and 'speak for itself'! This one went an entirely different direction than I expected at first, and the Chronenburg aspect might have surprised me just as much as it might have for you!

So, in case you missed it, Jenna is one of Rick's illegitimate offspring from one of his various random flings-a character which I might include in future stories-and if you have any ideas, please commission them...I'm all ears! It was tough, but I decided to not have Rick tell her that he was in fact her biological father, because that storyline would have been way too time consuming for this one, and I wanted to wrap this up...but I might write a sequel at some point that focuses on how Jenna settles into the fold. (Once again, any ideas, encouragement in that area, would be helpful, because I'm new to OCs and could use the help.)

I really enjoyed writing this story and I really appreciate all of you taking the time to read it. For me, reviews aren't about how many I get-they're about feedback for the story and my writing in general, so that I know what I can change and make better in the future, so that you, my reader, have as satisfying an experience as possible!

Thanks again for all the support, and as Rick himself would say: "and ah-waaaay we go!"