Hey Guys! Crescent Rider here, and I'm here with Marcus.
Marcus: Hello!
And we're back with the main franchise of the Series! But this time, No more original chapters for a while. Maybe after 'Something Ricked This Way Comes' I'll make maybe two or three original chapters.
Marcus: Don't forget the Empire. So far, They've only had about one chapter in this entire story
Of course, However. I do have plans for that in the future. Just give it some time.
Marcus: It'd better, and try adding a chapter regarding the Syndicate again.
I'll see what I can do. But other than that, enjoy the chapter.
Marcus: Crest doesn't own Rick and Morty, he only owns me!
Living room (Marcus POV)
The Smith Family were watching a romantic/drama tv-series and everyone excluding Rick and I watched as they wait for the protagonist's decision.
First off, the protagonist went on to say the first name and Jerry was worried that it would go that way while Summer stated that she told him so.
Then, with some dramatic changes in his choice. The protagonist demands her not to marry him as he chose his true love over the real wife.
"Yes!" Beth exclaimed,
"Called it," Jerry said while raising his arms in triumph,
"Why would he choose Veronica?" Summer demanded,
"Because he loves her," Jerry answered,
"Well if it's any consolation, Summer. None of it mattered, and the entire show is stupid," Rick bluntly commented, while I gave a thumbs up to agree,
"Okay, I've got an idea, Rick. You show us your concept of good TV, and we'll crap over that," Jerry angrily suggested,
"Thought you'd never ask," Rick agreed, grabs the cable box, and proceeds to drop it on the floor to pop the cover,
"Hey!" Jerry said,
Rick then pulled out some sort of pink crystal from his coat,
"Oh, cool. Is that crystallized xanthanite?" Morty commented, then turns to the family, "It conducts electrons across dimensions,"
"20% accurate as usual, Morty," Rick said, and swipes the remote from Morty's hand, "The important thing being, I just upgraded our cable package with programing from every conceivable reality,"
"Wait. Does that mean we get Showtime Extreme?" Jerry happily assumed,
"How about Showtime Extreme in a world where man evolved from corn," Rick said, then switches the channel,
It shows the confrontation of two corn men and the ends with one of them dead when the other corn man pulled out a gun taped from his back.
"Boring," Summer said,
"Summer you just spent three months watching a man choose a fake wife," Rick said,
"And it was the worse three months especially when it's during the schedule of my favorite programming in this household," I added,
"So, what, it'd be better if the people were corn?" Jerry questioned while crossing his arms together,
"Jerry, you don't get it. This is infinite TV from infinite universes," Rick said, "Look, *changes the channel* A movie about a guy eating shit *changes the channel* A violent antique show *changes the channel* Letterman from a timeline where Jerry's famous,"
"Wait!" Jerry yelled in disbelief,
"What the hell?" Beth questioned rather shockingly,
"I agree. Where is this going?" Rick questioned as they were on a change with a living teddy bear making a spider web,
"No! The other thing, Go back!" Jerry demanded,
"Really? All right, fine," Rick agreed and changes the channel to the guy eating feces, and receiving a court order that he isn't allowed to eat feces anymore, "When you're right, you're right. Now I'm hooked,"
Jerry shot Rick with a frown while I just snickered to myself over any unnecessary scolding from Beth or Jerry,
After Rick sat down, he switched to another channel and it involved some alternate dimension where all the proper nouns begin with 'Shmla'.
Although, Jerry still remained unamused by the channel, and Rick soon got bored of the show, "All right, that actually got old pretty quick *changes the channel*,"
Jerry lets out a loud groan, and stood up from his recliner, "Rick! Will you please go back to me on 'David Letterman'?"
"Infinity's a big number, Jerry. I don't remember the channel," Rick said as he kept changing the channel, and the family finds a channel where Jerry is on a movie.
"Oh my god! Dad's in 'Cloud Atlas'!" Summer astonishingly said,
"I'm in 'Cloud Atlas'! What's 'Cloud Atlas'?" Jerry said, and I rolled my eyes at this,
"How is this possible?" Beth asked,
"Infinite timelines, Infinite possibilities," Rick answered, "Including a timeline where Jerry's a movie star. Look, you guys are getting excited about the wrong aspect of this device. Wha... Look at this,"
Rick changes the channel, and it involved a show where murder cases were solved rather quickly as the murderers provided the evidence themselves, presented it to the authorities and were sentenced to either life in prison or death. One criminal even committed suicide after he confessed even though his crime wasn't shown.
The host remain rather unfazed and remarked how quickly the case was solved despite being sprayed by blood earlier.
"Now who wants to watch random, crazy TV shows from different dimensions and... and then who wants to narcissistically obsess about their alternative selves?" Rick questioned,
Beth, Jerry, and Summer chose the latter while Morty and I remained silent. Rick groans and pulled out a device from his coat, "Here, these scan your retinas and let you view parallel timelines through genetically matching versions of your eyes, Go fetch,"
Rick throws the device towards the kitchen, and three rush their way into the kitchen.
"I'm proud of you two," Rick said,
"Hey, man, I don't give a crap about myself," Morty said,
"And I don't care at all," I said, "Now let's just watch some crazy TV already,"
Rick then sat down on the couch and switched to another channel. This time it was a sales program with some guy with ants in his eye and it makes him literally blind as he doesn't know what he has in stock.
It went for a while, and eventually, the man was set on fire after he accidentally placed his hand onto a running shove by a woman and he didn't seem to mind as he suffered some sort of disease that disables his pain receptors,
After some time, it got bored and Morty changes the channel. However, it resulted in a change where it's just a static screen.
"Huh? I didn't know there'd be a dimension where the channel remains static," Rick said,
"Should we change the channel?" Morty inquired,
"No," I said, "In fact, I just so happen to know this channel. Give me the remote,"
Morty hands to the remote to me, turn up the volume for a bit, and listened carefully. Then I hear morse code in a voice of small beeping noises when the static noises was being manipulated, and I began typing in the following numbers from the remote after the morse code had finished.
The screen then displayed *3 17 1 4 15 18 2 25 15 6 29*.
This turned the static screen into a private channel.
"Hello there," An alien host (The species of this host is similar to Cad Bane's species,) "My name isn't worth mentioning since you found this through a local magazine of some sorts, or you recall an old code of past commercials,"
"What the hell?" Rick and Morty said simultaneously,
"In an alternate universe, There's this commercial that displays a lot of illegal stuff people don't get anywhere," I revealed, "In short, this is a black-market program. The static screen prevents people from ever accessing the channel, however, I happened to have exclusive access to this program,"
"Over here, we have a painting showcasing the war of the Screks and the Drins," the alien host explained, "One of the few remaining and original pieces left in the universe,"
"Shit, I didn't know they sell that," Rick commented,
"Screks and Drins?" Morty mouthed,
"They used to exist, Morty," I stated, "Now they're all dead,"
"Why?" Morty asked rather worryingly,
"Ask that to the Reaper," Rick said, as he batted an eye on the screen,
"The Grim Reaper?" Morty inquired,
"No, Morty. There's this intergalactic criminal who's commonly known as the Reaper of the Universe," Rick clarified, "He's basically the worst criminal above me and runs this Enterprise that manages quarter parts of the *burps* universe. He's so dangerous it puts... it puts every existing criminal organization on Earth to shame,"
"And what does this have to do with-" Morty tried to ask, but I basically answered his question with a grim tone in his voice, "Both sides were wiped out when the Reaper himself came. Not one soul was spared or saved that day,"
"Geez... That's dark," Morty said,
"Believe me, he's done worst than that," Rick said, and kept watching the program,
After some time, the alien host began showcasing more of his merchandise and one particular item piqued my interest.
"And our final item is the grand jewel of today's merchandise," The alien host said, and pulled away a sheet to reveal a small chest, "The contents of this chest will not be revealed. But once purchased,"
The alien host then pulled out a small key, and waves it by the camera, "You'll find out,"
Without a moment to waste, I gave the remote back to Morty, made my way up the stairs, and entered my room.
I proceed to open my laptop and access the Black Market webpage as fast as possible. That's when I searched the small chest containing a mysterious item and noticed that the price is way too much than I originally assumed.
That's when I opened a closed conversation with Virus and began messaging him the following.
'Skull Emoji': Virus
Virus: Reaper
Virus: What do you want this time?
'Skull Emoji': Currency
Virus: You're buying something?
'Skull Emoji': *sent a picture of the small chest from the Black Market*
'Skull Emoji': It's recent
Virus: What's it worth?
'Skull Emoji': *Sent price tag*
Virus:...
Virus: You're curious about what's inside are you?
'Skull Emoji': I am
Virus: Well, it wouldn't matter. Cause I've already worked on the numbers when you mentioned 'Currency' to me
Virus: Money's right up your alley
'Skull Emoji': Send it to me
Virus: *Sends money via private account*
Virus: It's done
'Skull Emoji': Good
'Skull Emoji': As what do you want in return?
Virus: Harbinger, Resources, and some Manpower
With a certain application, I made the transaction possible within a couple of minutes, then sent it directly under Virus's authority.
'Skull Emoji': It's done
Virus: Thanks
Virus: But before you go. I've got a question, When's our next hit?
'Skull Emoji': Soon
Virus: Understood. I'll see you around
'Skull Emoji': Same
The conversation ended, and I turned back to the Blackmarket page. I soon made a purchase of the chest via a private account and provided another address for the transaction to happen instead of the one.
With the delivery underway, I decided to use an Android clone of myself to complete the transaction and ordered some bodyguards to escort the clone to the drop-off location.
Afterward, I closed my laptop after programming the Android, went out of my room, and rejoin Rick and Morty for another channel hopping.
However, they stopped at some channel showing 'Ball Fondlers' and I was immediately invested in the show's action-packed sequences as I sat down next to Morty.
"You were watching this without me? That's a bit cruel, don't you think?" I said,
"Eh, you left and came back. So that's on you, Marc," Rick said,
"I guess," I said, and accepted it,
After remembering the channel of Ball Fondlers, Rick changes the channel and it went to some Tv Show called 'Saturday Night Live'. The host began sponsoring the guests and I had no interest in all of them since I don't watch live shows.
As they watched, they see Summer angrily passing by, and both Morty and I watched her go up the stairs.
"Interesting fun fact, Moynihan and piece of toast hate each other," Rick noted, "Apparently, they've got some real creative differences,"
Rick then changes the channel, and it was a commercial about fake doors for a long period of time. After the dialogue, the host then gets into his car and the camera keeps on rolling.
"Hey, wait a minute, Rick. I thought this was a commercial, What's going on?" Morty questioned,
"Don't... don't worry about it. Let's just see where this goes," Rick said,
The host then presses on the horn while yelling at the other drivers before moving on. He then arrives at his house.
"Oh, that must be where he lives," Morty pointed out, "Okay,"
I soon hear my watch beeping, glanced at it, and noticed that there was a message for me. I opened it and I raised my eyebrow, "Huh? What a coincidence,"
"Huh. He's making himself a sandwich now," Rick commented,
But as soon as the host finished applying the strawberry jelly to his toast. He began greeting to the viewers and he walks to another room where it was filled with several fake doors.
"What?" Morty exclaimed,
"Oh my god. It's still the commercial," Rick said,
The host continued to sponsor his merchandise and the slogans began showing up on the screen.
"All right, I'm bored. Change it," Rick declared,
"Wait, wait, Rick. Hold on, hold on," Morty said as they continued to watch the commercial,
But after a prolonged period of showcasing a long-ass slogan. Morty got bored and kicks his feet up on the coffee table, "Okay, okay, you can change it,"
"Rick wait," I said,
"Ugh, What now? You really want to see where this going?" Rick said a bit annoyed,
"Can I borrow your portal gun for a moment?" I asked,
Rick raised an eyebrow, but he shrugged his shoulders and lent his portal gun to me.
Then I opened a small portal after inputting a certain dimension and slipped my right arm into the portal. All of a sudden, the host stopped describing the slogan as he heard something knocking from his kitchen.
"Huh?" The host said, and went back to his kitchen,
As the camera followed, it revealed my arm in view and I gestured at the host to come closer with a single finger.
"Hey, what are you-" Morty tried to ask, and when he turns to the TV. That's when he and Rick jumped as I grabbed the host's neck with a single hand, then pulled him into the portal.
With the host's head appearing in the living room, I closed the portal, and the poor host had his head decapitated in the living room while the body fell on the floor before the camera gets cut off to no signal.
"Whoa, whoa! W-What the hell?!" Morty yelled as he and Rick backed up from me,
I proceeded to open another portal with a different set of coordinates, and tossed the head in.
"Sorry, had to do a quick job," I apologized while spraying a certain agent that cleaned the blood off the couch,
"I get that you're a mercenary for hire and all. But could you at least try to warn us or I don't know? NOT do it in the comfort of your own home?" Rick scolded,
"You bring in the same shit and people and we all complain about it before dismissing the matter, Rick," I countered, "So stop being such a wuss about it,"
"Oh sure, If that's what you want," Rick sarcastically said, "Which reminds me, why did you kill the Fake Doors guy in the first place?"
"I said it's a quick job remember? The details state that he takes up too much screentime for other noteworthy commercials to come into play," I stated, "People tried to bribe, sue, and kill the guy. Yet somehow, he gets away with it, and continued to waste other people's time and profits,"
With that, Rick just groans and changes the channel. It leads to an alternate version of an old show called Garfield, except the species of the series are Gazorpians.
"Hey, Rick, that's pretty cool. It's just like Garfield, only instead it's Gazorpazorpfield," Morty remarked,
"Hey, isn't Gazorpazorp were, uh, where those sex robots came from?" Rick inquired, "Remember that whole thing?"
"Yeah. Hey, that's pretty... pretty... That's true, that's right," Morty said,
"I wonder how Morty Jr.'s doing so far," I loudly wondered,
"I'm sure he's fine, Now let's watch some more Gazorpazorpfield," Rick said and turns up the volume,
Apparently, the scene involved in today's episode involved a lot of swearing towards the Gazorpian version of Jon Arbuckle and angrily demanded some enchiladas while kicking a mug of coffee onto a paper.
"Hey, Rick, you know, did they use Bill Murray for this?" Morty questioned, "Sounds a lot like Bill Murray,"
"No, Morty, it's Lorenzo Music. In this reality, he's still alive," Rick said,
"Oh, okay. Was his name 'Lorenzo Music'?" Morty questioned,
"He is actually," I said, "He also did of Peter Venkman from 'Ghostbusters' and Bill Murray played the same role of Peter Venkman in the movie,"
"Yeah, and when they made the movie. Bill Murray did the voice of Gazorpazorp or Garfield, I mean." Rick said,
"That's pretty cool, Rick," Morty said, "So all that happened in this reality too?"
"I don't know. Just making conversation with you, Morty," Rick said, "What you think I'm a... I'm... I know everything about everything?"
"Just change the channel already," I said, and Rick does just that,
The next channel to be shown is an alternate dimension where people and trunk people exist. However, it was a campaign showcasing two separate parties. The first party was against trunk people marrying other people while the second party was the complete opposite.
In the end, It soon showed a commercial about some leprechaun eating his cereal until nothing remained from his bowl. After he finishes, it soon turned into a complete horror show when two kids emotionlessly knock the leprechaun off his feet, duct taped his arms, and cut his stomach open.
Then the two kids began eating the cereal that's soaked with leprechaun's stomach acid and the latter begs in the prayer to take him to the light. As it kept going, the cereal box appears and the slogan appears as well.
"Geez, Rick. Oh my god," Morty said, "That's some pretty hard-core stuff, you know, for a cereal commercial,"
"Well, Morty... I mean, you wanna sell boxes of cereal, you gotta pump the gas a little," Rick said as he changed the channel, "Pedal to the metal, Morty,"
"But that gory stuff aside, I tried a box of that cereal," I said, "It's really good,"
The channel then showcases a commercial of muscular men and three unmuscular men. Then comes the gross part as the commercial was showcasing a product called 'Turbulent Juice'. A multi-purpose cleaning product that quickly and effortlessly cleans all surfaces while the demonstration was quite a sex joke to the viewers.
"What in the hell?" Morty exclaimed,
"Sex sells, Morty," Rick said,
"Sex sells what?" Morty asked, "Was that a movie or, like, does it clean stuff?"
"Regardless, I am not taking that shit," I said,
Then enters Jerry with a sad look on his face. I just scooted over and let him sit down on the couch.
"Hey dad," Morty greeted, "What's going on?"
"Well, your mother and I are gonna be spending some time apart, Morty," Jerry answered, "And your sister was an unwanted pregnancy,"
"W-w-what?" Morty said in disbelief, while I raised an eyebrow at Jerry
"Speaking of w*burps*hat, Morty," Rick said as he grabbed onto Morty, "W*burps*hat should w*burps*e watch next? What about this?"
Rick then changes the channel, while Morty decide to go upstairs while I followed behind him.
As we make our way up the stairs, Morty peeks into Summer's room and sees her emptying her drawers as she plans to run away.
"Hey, uh, y-you doing okay?" Morty asked and Summer frowned at him before packing,
As for me, I just stood by the doorway and listened to what Morty was going to say to her.
"I-I kind of know how you feel, Summer," Morty said,
"No, you don't. You're the little brother," Summer said, "You're not the cause of your parents misery. You're just a symptom of it, and Marcus is just the same as that,"
Morty rubbed his arm once, then glanced at the window before going back to Summer, "Can I show you something?"
"Morty, no offense... But a drawing of me you made when you were eight isn't gonna make me feel like less of an accident," Summer said,
"That out there," Morty said as he points at the lump of land outside, "That's my grave,"
Summer's expression soon changed from anger to confusion, "Wait, what?"
"On one of our adventures, Rick and I basically destroyed the whole world," Morty confessed as Summer goes by the window, "So we bailed on that reality, and we came to this one. Because in this one, the world wasn't destroyed. And in this one, we were dead. So we came here and buried ourselves, and we took their place. And every morning, Summer, I eat breakfast 20 yards away from my own rotting corpse,"
"So... You're not my brother?" Summer questioned,
"I'm better than your brother. I'm a version of your brother you can trust when he says 'don't run'," Morty said, "Nobody exists on purpose. Nobody belongs anywhere. Everybody's gonna die. Come watch TV,"
Summer was a bit conflicted at first, but the two then turned to the door as I slowly clapped my hands to them, "That was quite the confession, Morty. I didn't know you had to go that far,"
"Wait... You're not shocked about me not being your real brother," Morty questioned,
"I had that assumption the moment I found you and Rick outside the backyard the other day, Morty. I'm not that dense to notice," I said, much to Morty's concern, "But brother or not, I couldn't care less about it. You're still you, Morty and that's all I need,"
Then I turned to Summer, "And regarding on what Morty said is something I fully agree. We all live and die like every living thing out there. I'm no exception to that rule, so let's just go and watch some TV,"
Summer then accept it, and all three of them went down to the living room together. However, I did ruffle Morty's hair on the way down the stairs.
"Oh, hey, Morty, Marc. You two just missed a preview of your Dad's 'Citizen Kane'," Rick said,
"Doesn't matter," Morty said and winks at Summer while I shrugged my shoulders at that,
"Hey, if your mother and I had split custody. Who would you guys choose?" Jerry asked,
"Doesn't matter," Summer said, winking at Morty, then followed by a fist bump.
Then comes the breaking news from the channel, "Breaking news... Academy Award-Winning actor Jerry Smith is leading police on a slow-speed pursuit after suffering an apparent breakdown,"
Rick tries to change the channel, but Jerry stops him, "Don't even think about it,"
"Come on. Are you kidding me, Jerry? It's just a bunch of tabloid crap," Rick complained,
"It's my life, and we're watching it," Jerry said as he takes the remote from Rick,
"That reminds me, What's mom doing in the kitchen," I wondered, and made my way to the kitchen,
As I take a peek, I noticed Beth was drunk from drinking too much wine and she was watching her alternate self with the goggles Rick gave her earlier. I just sighed as she still muttering to herself, grabbed the empty wine bottles, and placed them on a counter.
I also folded the boxes to make some space, then tied them with a plastic strap wrap together.
Then he heard Beth dropping her wine glass and bottle, and gaped. Then she slowly stood up and tears flowed down her cheeks.
I watched as Beth removed the goggles from her eyes, and made her way to the living room. I just followed, and soon witnessed her and Jerry kissing passionately while I just walked passed them and sat down on the couch.
Rick then picks up the remote from the table, and turns to the three of us, "Hey, 'Ball Fondlers'? Huh? 'Ball Fondlers'?"
"Yeah, I could go for some 'Ball Fondlers,'" Summer replied,
"Yeah, 'Ball Fondlers'," Morty said,
Rick changes the channel, and it returns to the action-packed Ball Fondlers where the cast of the show goes gun blazing once more and explosions here and there.
The four just watched it all go for a couple of minutes, and enjoyed every scene. But as it reached its end, a narrator suddenly spoke, "Coming up next, The Special Premier of Ball Fondlers,"
The four just glued their eyes on the screen, but I wasn't able to see it as I heard my watch ringing, "Oh shit, looks like the delivery had just arrived,"
I stood up, and told the three, "You three enjoy while I go receive my delivery,"
I went up the stairs alone, and collect the delivery that I had bought from the black market commercial.
Switch to 3rd POV
Rick, Morty, and Summer just watched the special premiere of Ball Fondlers. The cast was killing enemies and explosions here and there.
Then comes the unexpected encounter with the crew's newest enemy.
A lone man walks into the scene with the cast turning towards this unknown enemy. They recognized him and readied themselves for one hell of a fight.
Even the enemies that appeared to be injured are taking a stand and taking aim at this unknown enemy. Once he stops, the camera starts with the feet and pans all the way up to the face of this unknown enemy.
Morty and Summer were getting chills, but when they turned to Rick. He had a dumbfounded look on his face as he stared into the eyes of a man wearing a full black hooded suit and white phantom mask.
The scene of the special premier went to a cast holding an assault rifle and a single bullet went for the head. Upon nearing the unknown enemy, the screen breaks with the bullet hole by the forehead, and the title appears before them.
Ball *Bullet Hole* Fondlers
Reaper's Special
"Reaper, Hey isn't that the criminal you mentioned, Rick?" Morty inquired,
"No shit," Rick said,
"So... We're going to watch that soon, right?" Summer said
"Definitely," Rick said, while keeping this date in mind,
Meanwhile...
Marcus arrived at some office room within an old abandoned building. The old signs on one side were written in an alien language, thus clarifying that Marcus is not on Earth for a moment.
By his side was his android clone in sentry mode and on a table was the small chest he had bought from the black market.
With the small key in hand, Marcus opened the chest and inspects the contents inside. There was only one item inside, but he raised his eyebrow as he stared at it,
"Huh, Not bad," Marcus commented then closed,
He then puts the chest in his bag, and Jerry suddenly knocks on his door.
"Hey, Marcus! Come on, We're going on a family adventure with hamsters riding in people's butts," Jerry said,
"Um... Sure?" Marcus replied,
He and the family went on an interdimensional family vacation and made several family pictures together.
Disclosed Location (Bonus Scene)
A room that's monitored by anonymous people was going about their usual business. When one of their screens began to blink red, all of them turned toward it.
"Shit..." An anonymous worker muttered after glancing at it, while the rest glanced at each other,
Without a moment to waste, one of them flipped a cover for a red button and a microphone, and pressed the red button before speaking towards the microphone.
"Attention all personnel," An anonymous announcer said, "We have a code red. I repeat, Code Red,"
The anonymous announcer glanced at another worker, and when he was given a thumbs up. The anonymous announcer nods and turns back at the microphone.
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"We have a rogue"
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That's the end of this episode folks! And questions might rise after I've posted this like: What's in the chest? Why is the Reaper in a Ball Fondler's Special Premiere, Who are these anonymous people? And who's this rogue?
Sadly, I can tell you. So feel free to make assumptions.
Also, The following episode will not be one with Pluto yet. Cause I'll be making one Original Chapter before moving on it.
Now It's time to reply to the reviews of the previous episode!
Gamelover41592: excellent work on this chapter and man that was one crazy OC adventure :D
Don't you know mean? BIZARRE Adventure? Eh? Eh?
Sorry, I was caught in the mood for a good joke.
Timesliger: Ok when Marcus's plan was to RUN AWAY from the corrupted A.I. was that a Jojo reference.
YES! IT IS! Great, I did it again. But yes, it is a Jojo reference.
That's about all the reviews I need to reply to, stay safe from the virus, and I will see you all in the next one!
The Crescent Rider has signed out...