Morty was following Rick through a heavily wooded planet. It was a hot and humid place. The colors were vibrant reminding Morty of the rain forests back on Earth.
A large two headed blue parrot-like animal was sitting on the top branch of a tall tree. It watched the two walk underneath, jumping down from the top until it was standing next to Morty. Morty stopped in his tracks to stare at the bird. He smiled going to touch it. The parrot moved its heads to avoid the hand that was coming at it. It let out a loud squawk as it bobbed up and down.
"Morty! Come on. Leave that thing alone." Rick yelled.
"Come on Rick, it's a harmless bird." Morty said.
"That's what it wants you to think." Rick walked back over and stood next to Morty.
"Do you have any snacks?" Morty asked still watching the bird.
"We aren't feeding the local wildlife Morty."
"Just one small snack!" Morty said still staring at the bird. One head was looking at Rick while the other was looking at Morty.
"Snack."Both heads said in unison, while looking up at the two. It fluffed its feathers out then smoothed them back.
Morty laughed, "Come on Rick, he's asking for the snack! Yo-you gotta give him something now!"
Rick crossed his arms as the bird's right head squawked, "Come on Rick." Then the left head screeched, "Snaaack."
Morty laughed.
Rick rolled his eyes reaching into the one shoulder satchel he was wearing. The two had just made a stop at a grocery store on another planet to get one of Rick's favorite snack foods and now they were giving it to a bird. He pulled out a small bag of Cheesy dibbles. "One dibble per head and we're gone. What else am I going to eat during the Ball Fondlers finale tonight?"
"Thanks Rick!"
The bird jumped when Morty opened the bag. Its heads perked at the sight of the dibble in Morty's hand. He gently held out the dibble to the bird as both heads reached forward. The left head sniffed it when the right head snatched the dibble eating it in one bite. The left head squawked at the right head starting to peck it. The two heads started to peck at each other as a small fight started between the two.
Morty laughed while Rick smirked at the animal. While he would never say it out loud, Rick had to admit the bird was humorous.
"Alright Morty, time to go." Rick said. "We only have another hour of day light here and we have to get to our destination before the sun sets." Then he looked at his watch, "And only two hours before the finale tonight!" He said excitedly throwing his arms in the air.
Morty rolled up the bag handing it back to Rick. "Thanks Rick! That was fun."
Rick snatched the bag, setting it back in his satchel, "Yeah, whatever Morty. Let's get going." Rick turned around to walk off with Morty behind him when the bird squawked and followed them. "Morty get rid of your friend." Rick said.
"Shoo." Morty moved his arms at the bird, "Go away." The bird followed while hopping along on the ground squawking. Morty turned back around repeating himself, "Go away."
The bird's left head squawked, "Go away." then the right head squawked, "Shoo."
"I said get rid of it!" Rick said annoyed.
"Go away now!" Morty said.
The bird suddenly perked up looking to the left of them. It let out several louder squawks before fluffing its feathers. "I said get rid of it! It's giving me a headache Morty. If it's not gone in a minute, I'm going to make it disappear!" Rick yelled over his shoulder.
"Co-come on little guy, you have to go." Morty attempted to move the bird in the opposite direction of where they were walking. The bird suddenly spread its wings. Morty watched as the blue bird flew away. He smiled as it turned into a small speck in the sky. "Gee Rick, I think he really liked me. I think we could have had a pet."
"Run Morty!" He heard from behind him. Morty turned around, feeling a pin stick into his neck. He reached up grabbing a red feathered dart. Everything started to go blurry. He saw Rick on his knees, one arm keeping him from hitting the ground while the other arm was attempting to grab something out of his lab coat before the dart took effect. He finally found his gun, pulling it out. Morty attempted to move toward Rick, eyeing two people coming toward them slowly. Rick tried to focus as his arms shook, he fired several shots. Every shot missing. Morty was shaky on his legs feeling his muscles slowly give. Rick's words were slurring but he was able to say, "Run the other way you…idiot."
Morty backed away from the two as he attempted to focus, his mind mixing colors around him.
Morty fell to his knees still trying keep focus. His muscles finally gave, he found himself lying on his side. He locked eyes with Rick. Morty was trying to get some kind of acknowledgment that they were going to be okay, but Rick held the same stern face he always had. Morty watched as Rick was kicked to his back as one of them bent down scanning his iris. "He's the one." The man said.
Morty was then kicked over, the same scanner scanning his eyes. "Nothing." The man said. "Guess it could fetch a little on the black market." The men laughed.
The men looked very humanistic. They were wearing masks making it hard to see their faces. Their skin tone was only slightly darker than his own. They pulled out walkie talkies. "We found them."
"Bring them both here." The walkie talkie said.
The man pulled out a large needle like gun bending down to Rick and poking him in the neck. Then the man went over to Morty, doing the same. Morty suddenly started to feel tired, his eyes starting to close. He was lifted up. He was able to keep his eyes open long enough to see Rick get picked up too. The two locked eyes again before Morty's were too heavy. He started to close them.
Rick watched as Morty closed his eyes, allowing the serum to take over. Rick attempted to fight the serum given. He had gotten out of worse. The strategy was to stay awake. His plan was botched, only a few minutes passed before his eyes closed as well.
Shout out to Penguins of Madagascar! If you didn't catch it, the term Cheesy Dibbles is from the movie, Penguins of Madagascar! I was originally planning on just calling them Cheese puffs or using a snack already featured in Rick and Morty, but Cheesy Dibbles are just fun to say! I will always give credit where credit is due!
Anyways, please review.