Heys Guys, And welcome to the First Episode of the Chapter. And as always, I have Marcus beside me again
Marcus: Hey yo! And for the record, I recommend you don't beat me up since I like to talk to the Readers myself
Fine, Just don't steal any of my lines next time
Marcus: Alright, But I can get on with the Episode. I'm quite excited to see how you worked on your writing though
Don't get your hopes up, I'm not a great writer you know
Marcus: All right, now onto the Episode!
I thought I told you to stop stealing my lines!
Pilot (Marcus' POV)
I was sleeping in my bedroom with the lights off in the middle of the night until my drunken Grandfather, Rick Sanchez, bursts through my door and switches on the lights. Causing me to groan in irritation as I groggily woke up from my sleep.
"Rick? What the hell do you want now?" I asked as I sat up and rubbed both of my eyes,
"I've got a *burps* surprise for *burps* you and Morty, So *burp* Come on al *burps* ready," Rick soberly said while dragging Morty by his foot,
"Fine, Just give me a moment for me to wear something appropriate," I said, got off of my bed, and walked towards the closet.
Once I wore some clothes on, I went downstairs and followed Rick to the garage. Where he parked his space cruiser, and in my opinion, It look like a worn-out flying saucer to me.
I boarded in the backseat of the ship, Morty gets shoved inside the front seat, and Rick went to the driver seat as he started the Space Cruiser. He then drove the space cruiser out of the garage and Rick was still drinking.
"What do you think of this flying vehicle, you two? I built it out of the stuff I found in the garage" Rick remarked,
"Eh, whatever," I replied, while I lay down on the backseat and pull my feet against the window.
"It's great, Rick. Is this the surprise?" Morty asked,
"Morty, I had to do it. I had- I had to- I had to make a bomb, Morty. I had to make a bomb," Rick said while he kept on drinking.
"What?! A bomb?!" Morty exclaimed in shock,
"Wow, So Interesting," I said without a single care in the world, even though the bomb was right behind me.
"Then we're gonna drop it down there and get a whole fresh start, you two. Create a whole fresh start," Rick explained,
"T-t-that's absolutely crazy!" Morty panicking expressed as he freaked out on his seat,
"It's not half bad, It's almost like we're going to start a new age and making smarter than the last shitty generation, and who knows, maybe some humans will develop much greater intelligence, or it'll end up being worse than before. But it's not like I care either way since I prefer not to get involved in this stuff at all," I said, bluntly while I shut my eyes close and waited for Rick to continue,
"Come on, Morty, Y-You just gotta take it easy, Morty. Look at Marcus. He's taking it easy. You should too. But right now we're just going to pick up your friend Jessica," Rick remarked,
"Jessica? You mean from my math class?" Morty asked,
"Yeah, When I drop the bomb you know, I want you *drinks more alcohol* I want you to have somebody, you know, I want you to have *belch* the thing. I'm gonna make it like a new Adam and Eve, and you're gonna be Adam," Rick explained while he wraps his arm around Morty.
As the latter, Morty started freaking out while Rick continued, "And Jessica is gonna be Eve. That's the surprise, Morty,"
Morty then shoves Rick away from him while I opened one of my eyes and watched my Brother and Grandpa bicker with each other. Soon Rick flips a switch, and the green light from the bomb turns red.
"Arming Neutrino Bomb," A Female Voice announced.
Morty then had enough, removes his seatbelt, and tries to take over the wheel while I decided not to interfere since I think Morty can handle this situation quite well.
"All right, All right, Morty. I-I'll land, I'll land the thing, I'll land thing. Big tough guy all of a sudden," Rick said as he lands the cruiser by the desert.
Then he opens the door and falls on the ground, along with several empty bottles of alcohol.
"Oh, thank god!" Morty said in relief. Then Rick spoke out, "You know what, That was all a test, Morty. An elaborate test just to make you more assertive,"
"It was?" Morty asked, and Rick said while grabbing his flask from his coat, "Sure, Why not? Y-Y-You know what, Mo-"
Before Rick could finish his sentence, he passed out due to being too sober from the alcohol and snoring loudly in his sleep.
"Neutrino Bomb Armed" The Female Voice from the bomb announced and began beeping loudly.
"Um..." Morty said, Unsure of what to do about the bomb
"Don't worry about a thing, Morty," I said as I sat up from the back seat, and my brother glanced at me,
"If Grandpa Rick made this bomb while he's drunk, Then it's pretty easy to disarm this thing. Look," I said and pounded on the bomb once with my fist, and for some reason, it stopped beeping while the red light starts to turn itself off.
"Neutrino Bomb, Disarmed," The Female Voice said before shutting down,
"Whoa... H-How did you do that?" Morty asked, and I shrugged my shoulders
"Eh, If Rick were to make a bomb while he's drunk. One good hit on the thing would disable it. If he made it while he wasn't drunk. Then that's another story" I explained, then I hopped onto the driver's seat and dragged Drunken Rick back inside the cruiser and onto the backseat, "Seatbelts,"
"Do you know how to drive this thing?" Morty asked as he puts on his seatbelt,
"Well, the controls on this thing aren't complicated as I thought they'd be. But I will try," I said as I started the space cruiser and drove back to the house,
Once we arrived, I told Morty to go back to his bedroom as I dragged Rick out from the Space Cruiser, placed him on his chair in the garage, and went back into the comfort of my own bedroom to get some shut-eye for the remaining hours to of the night.
The Following Morning
The Smith Family had gathered in the dining room for breakfast.
I was already done with my breakfast, So what I'm doing right now is reading a galactic magazine about a few weapons and equipment I could buy. But everyone else, thinks I'm just reading a regular magazine since I never told them about my work as a Mercenary.
"I see that there's a new episode of that singing contest tonight, I wonder who's going to be the best singer," Jerry said as he puts down his tablet,
Morty tried to keep himself awake But fails and his face falls onto his breakfast.
"Oh my god, his head is on his food, I think I'm gonna puke," Summer bluntly said, while I glanced at Morty for a bit then back to my magazine.
"Morty, are you alright? I told you not to practice kissing with the living room pillow. The dog sleeps on it," Beth said with concern, while Morty woke up again and rubbed his eyes in exhaustion.
"I wasn't kissing a pillow, Mom. I didn't get enough sleep, that's all. Maybe my dreams are getting loud or something, " Morty said, with a tired look on his face.
"Or maybe you've been out all night with Grandpa Rick and Marcus," Summer said, slyly.
"What?" Jerry angrily expressed as he glared at Rick
"Dad?" Beth questioned,
"What? So everyone's supposed to sleep every single night now? You realize that nighttime makes up half of all time," Rick explained,
"Damn it!" Jerry yelled as he pounds the table,
"Jerry!" Beth yelled with anger,
"Beth!" Jerry yelled back to her,
"Oh my god, my parents are so loud, I think I'm going to die," Summer bluntly said,
"I could join you on that one," I said, without turning my eyes off my magazine,
"There is no god, you two. You better rip off that Band-aid now, You'll thank me later," Rick told as he ate his breakfast,
"Okay, with all due respect, Rick. What am I talking about? What respect is due? How are my kids supposed to pass their classes if you drag them off for your Sci-Fi rigamarole?" Jerry yelled as glared at him
Then Rick explained about school being a waste of time and I seemingly agree with him. The only thing, I do in school was read a book that was unrelated to my subjects, or I sleep in Class since I'd learned much more from my days in training as a Mercenary, and regular classes bore the hell out of me. But the reason why I still attend school is for my mother's sake and to keep Jerry off of my back.
After Rick had finished eating his breakfast, he stands up from the table and walks over to Beth.
"This is a good breakfast, Beth. You really made the crap out of those eggs, I wish your mother was here to eat them," Rick complimented, giving a kiss on Beth's head before leaving the room.
"Oh, Dad," Beth said while shedding a few tears of joy.
"What? For real?" Jerry said in disbelief
"Heh, You lose, Jerry," I said while kept on reading.
"Marcus, How many times do I have to tell you to call me, Dad?" Jerry asked rather irritated
"And how many times do I have to ignore your request? Simple, I've lost count. Cause I don't care," I said, before standing up from the table, picking up my plate, and walking over to Beth "Thanks for the meal, Mom. Grandpa Rick was right. The eggs are so delicious. I hope you can make more of this soon,"
"Oh, thank you, Sweetie," Beth said, with the same expression from before.
"Are you serious right now?" Jerry asked, while Morty falls asleep again and hits his head on his plate
Harry Herpson High School
While my teacher for today's Class is discussing today's lesson with everyone, I wasn't paying attention as I read a book not related to the subject. My teacher then notices me and gets irritated as he walked over, crosses his arms together, and taps his foot on the floor,
"Mr. Smith?" He called out and I took my eyes off my book to stare at him,
"Yeah, Teach?" I asked,
"Just what are you reading that makes it much more important to ignore my session?" He asked, and I sighed with irritation under my breath.
"It's just a novel that I found so interesting to read than your boring subject," I said, and a few of my classmates muttered to themselves when they clearly know that I was insulting the teacher. As for the latter, he's already mad, to begin with, I simply added more fuel to the fire. And that fire could burn down an entire forest if I said more about it,
"So you find my subject boring, Mr. Smith?" Teacher asked,
"To be blunt with you, Teach. Yes, It's absolutely boring," I said, and the teacher takes away the book from my hands, "Hey! I was just about to finish a chapter!"
"You listen here, Mr. Smith, I spent fifteen years teaching this Class, even before you started walking. If you think you can do whatever you want in my Class. I suggest you pay attention or get out," The Teacher said, and I glared at him as I stood up from my chair.
"As if your subject is that hard for me," I remark, and The teacher raised one of his eyebrows. "Is that so? Well then,"
The teacher then approached the blackboard and started writing down ten of the hardest equational problems that came from his book, crossing his arms together with a cocky smirk on his face. "I'll give you five minutes, Mr. Smith. If you solve these problems in less than five minutes. I will not only return this book to you, but I will also grade you an A+ for the rest of your time here in this school."
"Fair enough," I accepted, before grabbing the chalk and examining every problem written on the board. As I sharply exhale from my mouth, my intelligence comes to play.
In a matter of moments, I started writing down every solution and answer to every problem given to me by the teacher. His cocky smirk had turned into a shocked look and the same was shared with the other students as well, and the most shocking part about it Is that I managed to solve all ten problems in just three minute.
After I completed the last problem on the board, I dropped the chalk on the chalkboard and approached the teacher.
"Can I have my book back?" I asked, and The Teacher simply passed my book without saying a word, and I headed back to the chair. Only to hear the school bell
I groaned in irritation while my classmates stood up and left the classroom. As I was the last person to leave, I turned to the Teacher one last time and stated, "And by the way, I can answer anything you can throw at me,"
Once I was out of the classroom, I wandered around school halls and pretty much ignored most of my classmates from my last Class since I'm not in the mood of answered their pointless questions about how I solved ten hard equational problems. But as I strolled around the halls, I see Morty being shoved against the lockers by none other than Frank Paliky, and I wasn't happy about this at all. Especially when Frank pulls out a switchblade and waves it around Morty's face.
I snuck up to them without getting noticed, and quickly disarmed Frank by putting him into an armlock and shoving him away from Morty.
"Marcus!" Morty called out in worry while Frank stood up straight and glared at me
"What the hell is your problem?!" He yelled,
"Don't even think about hurting my little brother," I warned with Morty behind me,
Frank growled and was about to charge toward me, But he suddenly yelps when his body was frozen by Rick, who appeared behind Frank, with his freezing device on hand.
"There you are, Morty! I've got an errand to run in a whole different dimension, and I need some extra hands" Rick said,
"Oh Geez, R-Rick! W-W-What did you do to Frank?!" Morty asked, while clearly freaking out as he stared at the Frozen Frank
"It's obvious, Morty, I froze him!" Rick clarified, and I crossed my arms together
"You know I could have handled him, Rick," I stated,
"I know, But wouldn't want you to cause a *burps* crime scene that would attract everyone here," Rick said, and I rolled my eyes, then Rick turns his attention back to Morty. "But anyway. Listen, I need your help, Morty, W-We got to get the hell outta here and go take care of business. *burps* It's really important, Come on, Morty," Rick urged,
"I don't know, Rick. I can't leave school again," Morty explained,
"Do you have any concept of how much higher the stakes get out there, Morty? What do you think, I can do this all by myself. Come on!" Rick demanded,
"Aw geez, I guess I could skip History," Morty replied, and gets a couple of pats on the back from me "Don't worry, Morty, I'll help you out if you're having problems studying,"
"Thanks, Marcus," Morty thanked, then turns his attention to Frank, "B-But, what about Frank? Aren't you going to unfreeze him or something?"
"I kinda like him that way, Since he has all that hot temper inside him. I'm pretty sure he'll thaw out on his own," I joked, and Rick snorts in response, "Heh, Good one. But seriously we need to go, Morty,"
"Can I come too? I would love to leave school right now," I asked,
"Sure, why not. The more, the merrier, Now let's go already," Rick replied before opening a portal with his portal gun,
Rick and Morty went through the portal while I was about to jump in as well. However, I glanced at the frozen Frank Palik and slowly raised my hand with the intention to shatter him into a million pieces. But I decided not to since it'll be a waste of my time, "Eh, Someone else will do it,"
I look down at the floor, grabbed the switchblade that Frank dropped, and put it in my pocket. "Thanks for the knife,"
I soon jump into the portal and joined up with Rick and Morty. We went to an alleyway, and there, Rick opens another portal against an alleyway wall.
"There she is. All right come on, you two, let's go" Rick said,
"Aw geez, Okay," Morty reluctantly agreed, while I stretched my arms before saying, "Let's get this over with,"
All three of us jumped through the portal and ended up in some crazy and freaky dimension.
"Oh, man, Rick. What is this place?" Morty asked as he looks around,
"It's Dimension 35-C, and it has the perfect climate conditions for a special type of tree, you two, called the 'Mega Tree,' and there are fruits in those trees, and has seeds in those fruits. I'm talking about the 'Mega Seeds' Th-They're incredibly powerful, and I need them for my research, you two," Rick explained,
"Mega Tree? Quite the unique name, Huh, Grandpa Rick?" I said sarcastically, crossing my arms
"Shut up," Rick said, while Morty looks around the planet's environment.
"Oh, man, Rick. I'm looking around this place, and I'm starting to work up some anxiety" Morty anxiously said,
Rick bends down on one knee and gives a speech about traveling the unknown as well as making a few examples. But Rick's speech was cut short when a giant alien snuck up right behind the three.
"HOLY CRAP, YOU TWO, RUN!" Rick yells, and all three of us started running, "I've never seen that before in my entire life! I don't even know what this is! We got to get out of here before it kills us! We're gonna die! We're gonna die!"
While Rick and Morty were still screaming, I pulled out the switchblade from my pocket, pressed the button that pops out the blade, and threw it straight into the Alien's eye in the middle. Causing it to shriek in pain as its eye kept gushing out blood from it. Rick and Morty stared at the injured alien for a moment, But I snapped them out of their thoughts by yelling out, "Quit staring at that thing and run!"
A Few Moments Later,
Once we were able to escape the Alien, We took a moment to take our breath while Morty asked, "Marcus, Where did you get a knife?" He asked,
"It was a gift from Frank, He didn't need it, so he gave it to me," I replied
"You stole Frank's knife!" Morty yells,
"I prefer the term 'gave,' Morty. You should at least thank me for saving our lives back there." I clarified,
"Alright, you two. Shut the fuck up, and let's get a move on already," Rick said, as he moves on while Morty and I followed behind him "Okay you two, take a deep breath. Breathe that *belch* Breathe that fresh air, you two. That's the smell of adventure, you two, That's... That's the smell o-o-o-of a whole different evolutionary timeline."
"All right, Rick. Look, How much is this going to be? Shouldn't I be back at school back by now?" Morty said, and Rick suddenly grabs him by his shoulders, "Are you joking me? I mean, look at all the crazy crap surrounding us. Look at that thing right there,"
Rick points at some crazy-looking creature and said a few things about it like what the hell it is, and how it defies all logic. As for me, I simply yawned at it since I've seen weirder stuff than the wildlife of this dimension. Then I heard Morty saying, "Yeah, Rick. I get it, We're surrounded by monsters, and that's kinda the reason why I want to leave,"
"ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta, Morty! you see this?" Rick said and brought Morty toward the edge of the cliff. I looked towards the edge and saw multiple giant trees below.
"You see what we just stumbled upon? Any idea what that is down there?" Rick asked
"The Mega Trees?" Morty said,
"That's right, Morty. The Mega Trees with the Mega Fruit on them, and that's what I talking about. That's where my seeds are. If I would have done what you wanted, I would have never found them because you're so in love with school," Rick said, while he ignores the fact that I'm here as I look down on the cliff.
"All right, All right. So, what's so special about these seeds, anyway?" Morty asked,
"You ask a lot of questions, Morty. Not very charismatic. It makes you kind of a *burp* Under *burp* underfoot figure." Rick said, then hands us two pairs of shoes. "Just take these shoes. They're *burp* special grappling shoes. When you're wearing these things, these babies, you can basically just walk on any surface you want. Up, down, below, turn around to the left. These things really bring it all together."
After Morty had worn the shoes, he tries to walk right over the cliff. Only to fall off, and was alarmed as Morty screams all the way down the cliff.
"Fuck! Morty!" I yelled, looking over the edge of the cliff while Rick walked right beside me,
"You have to turn them on, Morty! The shoes have to be turned on!" Rick instructed with hands on each side of his mouth,
"Really, Rick?! Fucking really?!" I yelled at him as I stood up from the ground and jumped off the cliff, which surprised Rick as I fall down to the ground.
Below the Cliff
After I landed on the ground, I found Morty groaning in pain as both of his legs were broken while Rick walks his way down the cliff and approached the two.
"Morty, oh, you really d-did a number on your legs right now. You know you got to turn the shoes on, Morty. For them to work. Yeah, look, I turned mine on. I had no problem getting down here. It was a leisurely breeze," Rick said, then turns to me, "But how come you haven't broken your legs, M *burps* Marcus?"
"Now is not the time to answer your questions, Rick!" I yelled while I tend to Morty, "How bad is it, Morty?"
"I'm in a lot of pain!" Morty expressed,
'If I had my gear with me, I could treat his injuries with no problem,' I said in thought, and carefully drag Morty against the cliff,
"Yeah, I can see that. But do you think you'll still be able to help me collect my seeds, Morty?" Rick asked,
"RICK! NOW IS NOT THE FUCKING TIME!" I shouted in complete anger,
"Yeah Rick?! And you know what?! That's it! That's the last straw! I can't believe this! I'm sitting here with both of my legs broken, and you're still asking me about getting those seeds?! *groans in pain* Y-y-you're a monster! Y-you're like Hitler, but... but even Hitler cared about Germany or something,"
"Okay, hold on just a second, Morty," Rick said as he pulled out his portal gun, opened a random portal, and stepped inside.
Morty keeps withering in pain, while I tend to his side since I couldn't leave him alone "It's okay, Morty. You're gonna be fine. Besides, if you die, I wouldn't be able to face Mom ever again,"
"You really mean that?" Morty asked, in between his groans
"Of course, But more importantly. Where the fuck is Grandpa Rick already!" I yelled, growing impatience about Rick's sudden disappearance as Morty kept groaning.
Once my patience runs thin, I went to Morty's legs and sat next to next to them.
"Wha- Ahg Og, are yo- doing aww now, Marcus?" Morty asked,
"Morty, I don't have anything I could use to numb the pain. So what I'm about to do to you is going to be the most painful thing you'll ever feel in your entire life. In fact, It's going to be so painful. That you might think your dying but you won't since I won't let that happen," I explained as I carefully placed my hands on his legs,
"What do you mean?!" Morty yelled,
"I'm going to fix your legs, So I'll start off with your left leg first," I said, placing my hands on Morty's left leg.
"Marcus! Nonononono-" Morty pleaded,
"Here we go!" I said while Morty was screaming in terror.
But before I could fix his legs. Rick comes back, holding a syringe filled with pink liquid inside a vial, and injects it into Morty's legs. Within a matter of seconds, Morty's legs had healed up.
"Ooh, Ohh, Ooh. Wow, Rick," Morty said, standing up from the ground and walking around a bit with his healed legs. "That stuff just healed my legs instantly. I mean, I've never felt so good in my life. Thank you."
"Hey Rick, Can I have that syringe?" I asked, and he shrugged his shoulders to me and said, "Sure, why not."
He gives me the syringe with the leftover serum inside the vial. I removed the vial from the syringe and examined the contents. Which completely caught my interest over it.
"Interesting, Guess I'll save it for later," I said, putting the vial safety inside my pocket while I put away the syringe. Then I turned to Rick and asked, "By the way, Where have you been, Rick?"
"I'll explain to you both, but first, Morty. Can you help me with my seeds?" Rick asked, and Morty replied, "Sure thing, Rick."
Morty then turns on the boots and starts to climb the tree while I went below him to catch the mega fruit after he grabs it while Rick explained where he was.
"Since Marcus asked, But what just happened there is that I went into a future dimension with such advanced medicine that they had broken-leg serum at every corner drugstore. The stuff was all over the place." Rick explained,
"Wow, that's pretty crazy, Rick," Morty said, dropping a mega fruit toward me,
I caught it and passed it to Rick's hands.
"Yeah, There's just one problem. One little hang-up. The dimension I visited was so advanced that they had halted the aging process, and everyone there was young, and they had been forever. I was the only old person there. *burp* It was like I was some sort of, you know, celebrity, walking around. I-I was fascinating to them," Rick explained, "There were a lot of attractive women there, and they... they... they... they all wanted time with me. I had a lot of fun with a lot of young ladies, but I spent so much time there. My Interdimensional portal device, It's got no charge left! *Smashes the Mega Fruit on the Ground* It's got no charge left!"
"What?!" Morty yelled while I yawned at this as Rick continued, "It's as good as garbage. It's not gonna work anymore,"
"Oh geez, Rick, that's not good. W-what are we gonna do? I-I have to be back at school right now. How are we gonna get back home?" Morty frantically asked,
"There are ways to get back home, Morty. It's just... it's just gonna be a little bit of a hassle. We're gonna have to go through Interdimensional Customs," Rick explained,
"Interdimensional Customs? You mean we're going through an airport for cross-dimensional travelers? *groans* That's seriously going to be a pain in the ass..." I remarked in irritation,
"He's right, Morty. It's going to be a real pain in the ass. That's why you're gonna do me a real solid." Rick requested
"Uh-oh," Morty worryingly expressed.
"When we get to customs, I'm gonna need you to take these seeds into the bathroom, and I'm gonna need you to put them way up inside your butthole, Morty," Rick said
"In my butt?" Morty asked, while facepalmed and shook my head a few times
"Put them way up inside there, as far as they can fit," Rick said, gesturing to shove it really far up, Morty was concerned as he shifts his eyes around while Rick continues "And they'll fall right out of mine. I've done this too many times, Morty. I mean, you're young. Y-y-you've got your whole life ahead of you, and your anal cavity is still taut, yet malleable."
"W-what about Marcus?" Morty questioned
"Morty, If those seeds are up my ass. How am I supposed to keep you guys safe?" I explained,
"He's right, Morty. We need him to keep our asses covered in case we get caught. And besides, He probably has done this a few times. I doubt he could hide those seeds in his ass," Rick said, and I got irritated by it.
"I certainly did not! You asshole!" I yelled but was sadly ignored
"But aside from that, You got to do it for grandpa, Morty. Y *burp* you've got to put these seeds inside your butt." Rick added,
"In my butt?" Morty asked twice while looking down at the seeds,
"Come on, Morty. Please, Morty. You have to do it, Morty," Rick begged,
"Oh, man," Morty muttered while I shook my head from their interaction.
Back to Earth (3rd POV)
Beth and Jerry were walking down the hallway while Principal Vagina discusses a few things about Morty's behavior in school.
"The fact is, your son, Morty, has attended this school for a total of seven hours over the last two months." Principal Vagina explained,
"What? Why didn't you notify us?" Beth asked,
"I have been notifying you. Have you not been getting the messages I've been leaving with Morty's grandfather?" Principal Vagina asked,
"Boom! Told you! In your face! He is ruining our child! Wait, what am I celebrating?" Jerry densely questioned,
"Yeah, see, I thought something was fishy there because it's usually Morty's grandfather that's taking him out of school," Principal Vagina said,
But Beth stops and sees Summer and a few other students crying over an obituary for Frank Palikay.
"Summer?" Beth called out, but the teen ignored her as she continued to cry
"What kind of God lets this happen?" Summer sobbingly said as she places a small banquet of flowers by Frank's obituary,
"We had a little incident. A student was frozen to death. And there's no evidence that a Latino student did it!" Principal Vagina said while he yells out the second part. Then he turned back to Beth and Jerry and finished, "Everyone wants to take this to a racial place. I won't let them,"
Then they continued to walk down the hallway.
"Then there's also Marcus-" Principal Vagina mentioned,
"What about him?" Beth inquired rather concerned, having been aware of his track record as a troubled student,
"Well, you might want to come with me in his classroom," Principal Vagina said, as he brought Beth and Jerry to Marcus' classroom.
Inside the faculty room, Marcus' teacher is seen pacing back and forth with his hand under his chin until he looks up and sees the Principal accompanied by Beth and Jerry.
"Ah! You must be Marcus' parents, Yes?" He asked
"Yes," "We are..." Beth and Jerry said simultaneously
"Good, Now that you're both here, I would like to talk to both of you about your son, Marcus Smith," Marcus' Teacher began,
"Was he having trouble in your class?" Beth asked,
"There was a brief argument, but he and I settled that matter not too long ago," The Teacher explained, "But that aside, I want to talk about Marcus' Academic Performance,"
Beth and Jerry looked at each other rather confused but sat down on some chairs with Marcus' teacher sitting on his chair with Principal Vagina beside him.
"Let's start at the very beginning," Marcus' Teacher stated, "After he solved ten equations that I deemed challenged to the average minds of his classmates. He had finished all ten of them in less than three minutes. After that, I looked at his Academic Record and learn that he was once the top student in his class. It also stated that he earned the attention of a Prestigious University last year. But failed when he was unable to meet the requirements of his examiners,"
Beth and Jerry were completely aware of this, but they let Marcus' Teacher continue with his explanation, "After that, it was said that he was held back due to an... Accident, that held him back from his studies and earned a disciplinary track after he returned for today's semester. The reason why I brought it up is that wanted to get some insight from you two,"
"To be honest, I don't know much about that incident," Beth admitted, "Jerry? Did you know something about this?"
"Not that I recall," Jerry admitted, "I think..."
"Well regardless of whether you remember or not, what's important is the potential that he still has today," Marcus' Teacher stated, "Which is why I have a recommendation,"
"And what would that be?" Beth asked,
"Well, for starters. I strongly recommend this university as it fits his intellectual background," Marcus' Teacher suggested and brings a printed flyer to the two, "In addition, Principal Vagina and a couple of other teachers have provided the means for a possible transfer,"
"Possible transfer? Are you implying that my son is graduating early?" Beth presumed,
"Yes, and most of the faculty members agreed to this decision after it was brought up to all of you," Marcus' Teacher said, "In other words, The Principal and I would like to express our congratulation to your son's graduation,"
Beth and Jerry were speechless by this news, and they didn't know what to make of it. In time, they express reactions in a form of handshakes and Principal Vagina states that he'll be making Marcus' diploma soon.
Intergalactic Customs (Marcus's POV)
While I was waiting for Morty outside the bathroom, an alien comes up to me, holding a map, and suddenly made some gibberish noises. For normal people, they wouldn't understand what it's saying. But in my case, I understood him completely.
"Are you lost by any chance?" I asked, and the Alien nodded while he shows the map to me. Making more gibberish noises
"I see, Well, if you want to get there. I suggest you go to a straight line to the right, then take a left when you're near the fourth food stand. Then take right once you see the conveyor belt to the tenth alley. But if you get lost on your way there, There's a security office that might help you in getting to your transfer," I instructed, The Alien made a few more gibberish noises with some joy in him.
"Just be careful out there," I said,
With one last gibberish line, the alien goes off to its destination while I just waved goodbye before leaning against the wall once more.
Rick soon walks up to my side with his hands in his pockets, "Huh? Didn't know you could understand him,"
"I listen, that's all," I responded, "What about you? Do you understand him?"
"No fucking clue. After all, I'm not a mercenary like you," Rick remarked,
Rick is currently the only one who knows of my occupation as a Mercenary. As for the rest of the Family, they don't have the slightest clue about what I'm hiding from them. Not even Morty himself knows about my occupation. Until the day I reveal my occupation to the rest of the family, it will stay in the dark for as long as I like it.
"You know what? Marc... If Morty and I ever feel like going through an adventure that may revolve around certain death. I'm definitely bringing you in on it. With your skills, my smarts, and Morty's uses. We may make quite an unstoppable team" Rick declared,
"Certain death, huh? Well as long as you don't drag me away from something important. I'll think about it from time to time," I said, and in perfect timing. Morty comes out with his hands by his butt
"You know, I don't like it here. I can't abide by bureaucracy. I don't like being told where to go and what to do. I consider it a violation. Did you get those seeds all the way up to your butt?" Rick asked while Morty has his hands on his ass,
"Yeah, Rick. Let's just get this over with, okay? I mean, these things are pointy, and they hurt," Morty complained.
"That means they're good ones. You're a good kid, Morty. Those mega seeds are super valuable for my work. You've been a huge help to me. I'm gonna be able to do A-*burps*-all kinds of things with them. It's gonna be great, Morty. A *burps* all kinds of science " Rick said, as the three of us moved forward,
"And you better thank me in the future when shit goes insane, Rick," I reminded,
"Sure why not, After A *burps* all your job is to ensure nothing tries to stop or kill us from escaping with these seeds," Rick stated,
"Next please," A Gromflomite guard said and I went toward the scanner,
Another Gromflomite Guard walked towards me and started searching my body while I overheard the Gromflomite guard standing by the scanners, "Except you, you go over there,"
"Why does he have to go there? You've got the other boy there," Rick said, pointing at me. And somehow, The Gromflomite found the vial inside my pocket and tries to take it away. I got irritated and grabbed the insect alien by his arm,
"Give that back, you Gromflomite bastard," I threaten with a dark glare on my face. The latter was terrified and he did what I said and returns the vial despite it violating the rules and regulations of this place,
Meanwhile, The Gromflomite guard continued his discussion with Rick "Random check. He has to go through a new machine."
"What new *burp* machine?" Rick asked, crossing his arms together.
"It's a new machine. It detects stuff all the way up your butt," The Gromflomite guard explained,
Rick then hastily grabbed Morty by his shirt, "Run you guys! Run!"
I didn't hesitate to knock out the Gromflomite that searched me and took his gun as I strap it around my back.
The alarm had gone off, and every Gromflomite stationed chasing us down. Rick managed to take down a few by pushing a giant capsule with an alien fetus in it and smashed a few of the Gromofimites.
Morty screamed in fear as the Gromflomites kept chasing us.
Soon, all three of us crash through a life support system with an alien life form inside. Morty inhales the gas and starts coughing, but he coughs up a blob, and it turns from a small young alien running alongside them. Then the Alien began to age rapidly until it became an old elder alien and dies within three seconds of a heart attack.
Morty was horrified by the sight, But Rick told him "Don't think about it!"
We made a left turn and led up to a dead end while Gromofimites cornered us. But Morty turned on his grappling shoes and went up to the wall with Rick and I following behind him
"Well done, Morty! The Student becomes the Teacher!" Rick said, but our troubles weren't over yet as the Gromofimites opened their wings. They were flying towards us as we kept running.
Until we jumped off and Rick grabbed onto a luggage ship while Morty and I grabbed onto Rick's lab coat. But the weight was too much for the scientist and we both fell from the air.
But we managed to break our fall when we crashed into an alien and continued to run until we reached a warp gate.
I pulled out the gun I stole earlier and took started shooting at the Gromflomites while Rick went to the control panel
"I need to type in the coordinates of our homeworld, Cover me," Rick said while he tosses a gun toward Morty. But he clumsily catches the gun, "Oh, man. I mean, you know, I-I don't want to shoot nobody."
"They're just robots, Morty! It's okay to shoot them! They're robots!" Rick yelled, and Morty shoots one of the Gromflomites. This causes him to scream in pain as his leg shot right off and started to bleed out.
"My leg is shot off!" The injured Gromflomite said, while another Gromflomite approached him and cradled him in his arms, "Flynn is bleeding to death! Somebody call his wife and children!"'
"They're not robots, Rick!" Morty screamed,
"Morty! Now is not the time to act innocent with these guys! Just keep shooting them!" I yelled while killing two more Gromflomites.
"He's right, Morty! Besides they're bureaucrats. I don't respect them. Just keep shooting, Morty! You have no idea what prison is like here!" Rick yelled as he hastily typed in the coordinates to their home dimension.
Morty did what he was told and was shooting horribly as he tries to shoot at the Gromflomites but he keeps on missing or he ends up shooting some of the panicking aliens in the area.
"Holy crap! This is insane!" Morty yelled,
"Rick, how much longer?!" I yelled,
"Few seconds!" He replied,
Then I turned towards Morty, "Morty, Keep shooting!"
While he continued shooting at the Gromflomite Guards, I decided to dismantle the gun and started assembling a small bomb with the power cells and the other parts of the gun.
When Rick typed in the coordinates, The Warpgate opens a green portal and Rick went to us "Come on, you two. We need to get out of here!"
"Go! I'll close the portal behind you!" I yelled,
Rick knew what I was planning and grabbed Morty as both of them entered the portal.
Once I was done assembling a bomb, I flipped its switch and placed it onto the control panel as I went through the portal. Once the bomb explodes, The warp gate had been disabled. Preventing the Gromflomites Guards from following us back to earth.
School Cafeteria
Everyone in the Cafeteria was eating their lunch. Until a portal opens up and the three of us landed on the table where Jessica and her friends were eating.
"Wow, Did you just come into the cafeteria through a portal?" Jessica asked,
Morty was now nervous about Jessica talking to him, "Uh, yeah. Well, you know, my... my Ferrari's in the shop. Ahhh, Just kidding,"
"You're Morty, right?" Jessica asked,
"Yeah," Morty replied,
Sadly, he gets interrupted when Rick gets up from the ground and grabs Morty by the arm "You can get his number later. Come on, Morty. We got to get out of here. you got to get those seeds out of your ass."
As the two were about to leave, I simply stood up from the ground and followed them. But we were stopped when Beth, Jerry, and Principal Vagina were standing right in front of us.
"Oh, look, honey. It's our sons with Albert Ein-douche," Jerry sarcastically said, as he frowned at Rick
"What?" Beth asked, confused.
"I'm an angry father, Not an improviser," Jerry described,
"Oh, Hi, Jerry. Oh my goodness, Morty! Marcus! What are you doing out in class? We talked about this. Your... Your parents and I are very disappointed in this behavior" Rick said as he poorly faked his act, "No? No takers?"
Rick's Garage
Rick, Morty, and I were back home and we watched Beth and Jerry packing Rick's stuff away and hauling all of it inside a giant moving truck.
"You guys should really not be touching that stuff. It's beyond your reasoning," Rick warned,
"You're beyond our reasoning!" Jerry yelled as he point his finger at Rick
"Takes one to know one," Rick remarked and crossed his arms together,
"Dad, How could you make Morty miss an entire semester of school? I mean, it's not like he's a hot girl. He can't just bail on his life and set up shop in someone else's," Beth said with an angry and disappointed tone in her voice,
"What... What are you guys doing with my stuff?" Rick asked,
"We're moving you to a nursing home," Beth revealed,
"A nursing home? What are... What are you nuts? I'm a genius. I build robots for fun," Rick said, outraged by their decision
"Well, now you can build baskets, watch Paul Newman movies on VHS, and mentally scare the boy scouts every Christmas," Jerry said,
"What does that mean?" Beth asked, confused
"It's personal," Jerry replied to Beth's question
"Well, it sounded like you belong in the nursing home and not Rick, Jerry," I said, crossing my arms together
"Marcus, Not now," Beth stated, and I raised my hands in defeat, took a few steps back, and placed both of my hands inside my pockets
"Dad, Mom, come on. Rick just needed my help is all." Morty said,
"Morty, stay out of this. You are obviously not capable of judging these situations on your own," Jerry said,
"No, he doesn't," I said,
"Marcus..." Beth called out, with a stern look and I decided to shut up. 'Why do I feel so submissive around her,'
"What are you trying to say about Morty? That's he's stupid or something?" Rick inquired,
"Oh, don't high-road us, dad. You know fully well that Morty is the last child that needs to be missing classes," Beth stated,
I wanted to say something, But I didn't want to do it since My mother would glare at me and I don't want that to happen.
"I-I-I don't know what you mean by that. Can... Can... Can you be a little bit more specific?" Rick asked, sarcastically
"Oh, for crying out- he's got some kind of disability or something. Is that what you want us to say?" Jerry questioned, and Morty made a dopey face at him,
"I do?" Morty asked,
"Well, duh doy, son" Jerry then kneels on Morty's level and gently grasp Morty's shoulder "Look, I love you, Morty, but we both know you're not as fast as the other kids, and if you want to compete in this world, you got to work twice as hard."
"Aw, geez, Dad. Y-you know that's a lot to drop on a kid all at once," Morty said,
"Morty, t-tell your parents the square root of Pi," Rick ordered,
"Oh come on, Rick. You know I can't," Morty said,
"The square root of Pi, Morty... Go," Rick said, and Morty suddenly stopped moving and the pupils of his eyes get bigger,
"1.77245385, Whoa!" Morty finished, amazed
"What the hell?" Beth said, while Jerry pulls out his phone and confirm Morty's answered,
"That's unusual..." I remarked,
"Holy Crap, he's right," Jerry said after he saw the results,
"Morty, tell your parents the first Law of *burps* Thermodynamics," Rick asked, and Morty did the same expression from before
"The increment in the internal energy of a system is equal to the increment of heat supplied by the system. Wow! I'm so smart!" Morty commented,
"But..." Jerry said, in disbelief at Morty's sudden intelligence.
"I told the both of you... school is stupid. It's not how you learn things. Morty's a gifted child, he has a special mind. That's why he's my little helper. He's like me. He's gonna be doing great science stuff later in his life. He's too smart for school. H-he needs to keep hanging out and helping me," Rick explained, and I decided to back him up in his claim "Well, He is right though. Morty is special and Rick basically needs his help from time to time. In return, Morty gets to experience new things that not even regular people could understand. That's what makes him special than any other regular kid,"
Rick turns to me and smiled. I knew what he wanted and quickly wink my right eye at him, "He's right, you know. Whenever Morty goes out with Rick, I see him learning more than he usually does. In fact, I'm learning a couple of things my own as well,"
"Jerry, I don't want whatever's happening here to stop," Beth voiced,
"No, I-I understand. Uh, maybe we overreacted, but he has to keep going to school," Jerry said,
"Okay, Jerry. You drive a hard bargain, but what am I supposed to do? Say... Say no? You... You really wear the pants around here. I just want you to know, between us, from now on, it's gonna be 100% honesty and open, clear communication," Rick promised,
On cue, A crying Summer enters the garage, "Frank Paliky was frozen to death today!"
"No idea what you're talking about," Rick admitted, without sparing a glance at her while I scoffed at Frank's demise,
Summer continued to cry as she runs out to the other room.
"Okay. Well, uh, Morty. it's your bedtime in an hour. Don't stay up all night again," Jerry then grabbed Beth to a side "This could work. I think we can be a family and now, Beth, if you'll have me, I would love to have you"
"You know what? Okay," Beth said,
But before the two could leave, Beth suddenly remembers something very important and stops for a moment "Oh I just remember something! Jerry, Get the thing,"
"What thing?" Jerry asked,
"You know, The thing," Beth said.
"I'm not following you," Jerry said, and Beth made an unimpressed look on her face "Marcus' Thing?"
"Oh! Right! Right!" Jerry then runs into the house and comes back, holding something covers with a purple cloth.
"Marcus, We have something very important to give to you, and... *sniff* We're so proud of you," Beth said, tearing up, walking towards me, and hugs me which made me somewhat confused while I awkwardly hugged her back. Meanwhile, Jerry too was tearing up and Rick and Morty simply watched in utter confusion.
"Uh... Mom, You're kinda starting to creep me out a bit. So can you explain why you're doing this to me?" I asked, and she lets go of me
"Well, Your father and I had a discussion with one of your teachers and we decided to give you this," Beth said, and Jerry removes the cloth and reveals a diploma.
"Holy shit, It that a high school diploma?" I asked, and I was somehow surprised by the piece of paper.
"About time, I *burps* told you school is stupid. In fact, All he ever does in school was beat up students, sleep in classes, and practically cuts through classes without even saying a single word about it," Rick said, crossing his arms together
"That's because my boy here is a genius," Jerry said, proudly and tried to hug me. But I stepped back and said "Okay, I get it. But Jerry, If you so much as hug me, I swear that I'll tranquilize you for 36 hours."
Jerry backs up but remained happy for my accomplishment in high school.
"Now that you're a high school graduate, Marcus. We'll throw a party soon and there are a few other colleges that we'll look into together," Beth said, "Your teacher did suggest a particular college while your Father and I were there,"
"I'll look for to it," I trail off for a moment, then an idea came into mind, "As for the party, can we eat at Shoney's? I heard that there's a discount for a limited time,"
"Sure, Sweetie." Beth agreed and left the garage while she leads a crying Jerry out. Once they were gone, I turned to Rick, "You hear that, Rick? I'm officially a Highschool Graduate. In other words, you'll expect more from me in your future adventures"
"But even if you didn't graduate, I'd still bring you with me since your superior intellect and incredible skills could keep us from dying," Rick stated as drinks from his flask,
"I'm really happy for you, Marcus. and I didn't know hanging out with Rick could make me smart, Maybe if I keep this up. I'll be as smart as you," Morty said,
"Full disclosure, Morty. Temporary superintelligence is just a side effect of the mega seeds dissolving in your rectal cavity." Rick clarified,
"Aw man," Morty said as he slouches about it,
"Yeah, and once those seeds wear off. You're gonna lose most of your motor function, and you're also gonna lose a significant amount of brain functionally for 72 hours, Morty" Rick said, and looks down at his watches "Starting right about now,"
Morty starts seizing up, falls down on the ground, and started making moaning noises. Soon, Rick started explaining how dumb Morty was and started declaring about going on more adventures while I simply stood there and listened to Rick's nonsense. But once he was done, I sighed and said "I'll go work on a cure and put a belt on his mouth. I don't want him drooling all over his bed,"
The Following Night
After I've put Morty in his bedroom with a belt in his mouth. I entered my bedroom and locked the door behind me, I approached my closet and pulled out a device underneath my clothes. The device required a fingerprint scan and a retinal scan.
Upon fulfilling the requirements, The device opens up a portal, jumped right in and it closes behind me.
Inside the portal, I was transported into an interdimensional room which is only exclusive to me. And the only way inside the room was the portal device I hid inside my closet. Not even Rick can enter the room with the use of his portal gun. I approached what appears to be my desk, flipped a switch and a screen pops up with a female voice saying "Welcome, Marcus Smith..."
"Computer, Check for any potential clients for today," I ordered while I stood up and started working on a cure for Morty's brain problem, and put the broken-leg serum vial inside a glass case with the rest of the vials I collected in the past.
"Checking now..." The female voice said as the computer started searching for any potential job I can enlist in.
A moment later, The computer finished searching for clients and I turned to the screen "You have 150 potential clients available..."
"How many of them aren't related to Galactic Federation Affairs?" I asked, and The screen loading for a minute then said "You have 145 potential clients available,"
"Good..." I said as I continued to work on the cure for Morty. Once I was done, I started searching for a suitable job, selected it, and pressed a button. Which reveals an armory behind me. The armory consists of a modified suit of power armor (Fallout), a pair of wrist blades (Predator), A Bio Helmet (Predator), and A few sets of guns from Alien pistols to machines guns (The guns are randomly selected, And I'll reveal them when they make an appearance in other chapters), and was my personal collection of Alien skulls that I've been collecting through my years of being a Mercenary (Predator).
"Time to go to work," I said, before heading to my armor and preparing myself for another day in the office.
That's all I could manage, for now, Guys
Marcus: He's right and in the next Episode. It involves the family dog.
You got that right, and what do you think of the gear I made for you?
Marcus: It's enough, But you left out a few other details about my gear,
Did I...? Okay, maybe I did. But I just wanted to surprise the readers that's all.
Marcus: Nah, It's fine. Just remember to tell them.
I will. But before I go, It's best that I answer a review from the last chapter.
(Reviews are Bold and Italic texts)
Guest: If your oc has blue hair I'm calling it that he's young Rick, like fry from Futurama being his own grandfather, or that he exists only in one universe that Rick altered to be different from every other Rick. My bet on the latter since otherwise, it brings a whole new level of politics to the citadel of Ricks that would require everything about the citadel to be altered in some way, which I'm certain you don't want to write. Also to differentiate Marcus from his brother and grandfather (A hapless pervert without much luck with girls and a self-destructive drunk respectively) can Marcus be the successful middle ground? I.e. playboy on a level with Tony stark and enhanced alcoholic (as in getting smarter or getting max Payne level reflexes, similar to Sherlock holmes 2010 or Roger from American dad as scarface), hell since he's an intergalactic/dimensional Merc I'd think Marcus would have some enhancements on par with cyberpunk 2077 level tech. Sorry if my suggestion seems like I'm trying to write the story but ideas pop in my head and I have to write them or I go nuts, p.s I found you through your black lagoon fanfic, good stuff. Update soon m8.
Well, I'm perfectly fine with people giving ideas and requests for future chapters. So don't worry about it, Buddy.
Marcus: Yeah! In fact, Crest and I agree with your idea. And He'll work on it in the future.
So anyway, That's all for this episode and I'll see you guys in the next episode.
Marcus: Take care! and stay safe from Corona Virus! *Leaves*
Crescent Rider has signed off...
Log Update
To anyone who is new to the story, This chapter was recently revised. The other chapters of Season 1 will be revised as well. And for those who are re-reading this chapter, expect changes in the other chapters as well.