Hey guys! Crescent Rider here and I'm not with Marcus at the moment since he's tending on something important and this Author Note is for those who decided to skip the previous episode.
Even if you didn't skip that chapter, I don't care since I've made this either way.
Now for the important thing to mention about this episode... Just a little warning though...
It'll be a bit brutal...
That is all and as always enjoy the episode!
I don't own Rick and Morty. Just the OCs.
Smith Residences (Marcus' POV)
Rick was working on a small robot, Jerry paying attention to his tablet before moving it away since Rick was using a small welder and sparks were flying, Beth was looking at her phone, and I was sitting next to Rick eating pancakes of my own.
Then Morty walks in, "Hey, Rick. I have to make a project for the science fair this weekend. You think you could help me out?"
"Whatever," Rick replied while he was fixated on his robot,
"Well, I mean, traditionally... science fairs are a father-son thing," Jerry said, and I angrily scoffed while eating my pancakes,
"Well, scientifically, traditions are an idiot thing," Rick said,
"I mostly agree," I followed while eating my pancakes,
"Morty, I think it would be fun for you to work on a science project with your Dad," Beth said after she texted a message on Morty's phone,
I opened an app on my watch, temporarily accessed Beth's messages, and noticed the following message for Morty's phone 'Your father is insecure about his intelligence.'
I smirked before finishing my pancakes while Morty cleared his throat once, "Yeah, Dad. Why don't we do it together?"
"Yes! You backed the right horse on this one, son," Jerry said while nudging onto Morty's shoulder, "We'll get out the crayons, brew some coffee, and knock this thing out in two or three days,"
I rolled my eyes at this before glancing at the robot, Rick had just finished.
"What is my purpose?" The Robot asked,
"Pass the butter," Rick said, and the robot did just that, "Thank you,"
Morty groans before leaving then enter Summer with a handbag slung onto her shoulder, "Dad, I need a ride to work,"
"Maybe Rick can give you a ride. I'm helping Morty with science," Jerry said,
"I'm busy," Rick replied,
"Doing what?" Summer asked,
"Uh, anything else," Rick poorly answered, and both went into a frowning contest,
"What is my purpose?" The Robot asked again,
"You pass the butter," Rick answered,
The robot then looks down at its hands before realizing its existence, "Oh my god,"
"Yeah, welcome to the club, pal," Rick welcomed before eating his pancakes,
"Sorry, little buddy," I apologized to it, then picked up the finished plates
Beth passes her plate, and so does Rick when he finishes his pancakes.
I went to the sink and started cleaning them up, before noticing Summer had managed to convince Rick into taking her to her new workplace.
Then Beth stands up and leaves for work after she received an urgent message from her workplace. As for me, I just watched her go and finished cleaning the plates after she had left.
Afterward, I make my way to the living room and saw Jerry and Morty with materials around them.
"Why don't we do a model of the solar system?" Jerry said, "That's what my Dad did with me when I was your age,"
"Oh, okay," Morty replied, and I frowned at the idea,
"You know, Rick's in his lab, making cyborgs and wormholes and all that weird stuff," Jerry listened in a poorly attempt to change Morty's mind, "But this is real science. A man and his boy making planets,"
"More like an attempt to brainwash your kid," I openly said before I sat down on the couch and watched some television,
Jerry rolled his eyes before focusing on Morty's project, "Hey, how about we use a ping-pong ball for Pluto? And then Jupiter..."
"Uh, actually, I don't think Pluto's a planet," Morty said, and Jerry just chuckled,
"Of course, Pluto's a planet, son," Jerry corrected, "I learned that in the third grade,"
"Well, yeah, but you know they changed it," Morty said,
"Morty, nobody changed the planets," Jerry said,
"I just googled it. Pluto's not a planet," Morty said before showing his phone to Jerry, "They changed it in 2006,"
"Yeah, and even if Morty didn't show you that. I can bring up several more reasons why Pluto isn't a planet," I boringly followed,
"Yeah, I heard about that," Jerry said, "And I disagree,"
"You disagree?" Morty parroted,
"That's right. It's possible to disagree in science, Morty. Pluto was a planet. Some committee of fancy assholes disagrees. I disagree back. Give me a ping-pong ball," Jerry said,
"As if they exist at all," I said,
"Shut it, Marcus," Jerry shot at me,
"Whoa, Attitude," I sarcastically said in some fake ass stunned attitude before turning back to the program,
"Um, okay. I-I just have to..." Morty tried to say as he stood up from the floor, but Jerry interjects with the following, "Go find Rick and go over my head about Pluto?"
"No. Geez!" Morty said, "I just gotta go to the bathroom. Damn,"
"Oh," Jerry clears his throat again, "Okay, good. This is gonna be fun,"
"I doubt it," I said while my eyes are glued to the screen,
After a few minutes, Jerry immediately gets suspicious and went outside. Possibly to the garage door than through the kitchen.
I just shrugged my shoulders and kept watching the current program. Apparently, it was some live-action movie with a character going through a path of vengeance for the murder of his beloved fiance.
As I watched this for some time, I could feel something close by and gave a side glance behind me. I saw nothing and turned to my left side before noticing a person sitting next to me.
Apparently, the person in question...
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Was a mental image
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of me as the Reaper...
I just stared at it for a while, and it just stared back at me. Instead of being bothered by it, I just turned to the television and let the movie play. Apparently, what I was watching was close to the ending and the protagonist had already killed the murderer of his beloved fiance before throwing away his weapons and walking out of the building.
Then he sees a lot of armed men standing at the ready, and the sun setting in the distance. With nowhere else to go, he accepted his fate before the screen goes black after showing a character with a smirk on his face.
After I turned to some random channel, I bat an eye to my left side and noticed that the Reaper was no longer there. I wasn't bothered by his presence at all and kept on watching while Jerry comes marching into the room, grabbed his phone, and contacted some random number.
Morty comes back, grabbed a small foam ball and paint brush from the floor, and poked it as he sat down next to me.
"Hi, Is this NASA I'm talking to?" Jerry said, and gets a reply, "Yes, I want to file a declaration that Pluto is a planet,"
"Seriously? You're literally calling NASA?" I remarked, and Jerry ignored me,
"I told you, I want to file a declaration that Pluto is a planet," Jerry repeated, then receives a question from the phone, "Well, then my son's going to fail his science class, and when that happens, I'm suing you first,"
Jerry proceeds to hang up afterward, "I think I know what the A in NASA stands for,"
"Idiot," I muttered before turning off the television,
"Dad, what's your endgame?" Morty asked,
"Ain't no game, sucka," Jerry said in a hipster tone, and I groaned before pinching the bridge of my nose,
"Why don't we just make the solar system with eight planets?" Morty suggested, "It's even easier,"
"Sure, sure, and why don't we just burn Galileo at the stake for saying the sun is round?" Jerry sarcastically said, "Science isn't always easy, Morty,"
"As if you know shit about science," I remarked,
Before I could get a reply from Jerry, the house began to shake and the materials floated. Before we could say anything all three of us were beamed by some flying saucer and then transported to who knows where.
After landing on hard floor, I immediately get up and went to the cockpit where I see a bunch of small orange aliens operating the saucer.
"Excuse me, but where the fuck are you taking us to?" I asked,
"We're taking you to our home planet," The Alien answered,
"Where exactly?" I specifically inquired,
But when we arrived at our destination, I noticed that it was none other than the Dwarf Planet Pluto.
"You have got to be shitting me right now," I remarked,
When the doors opened, Morty, Jerry, and I stepped out of the flying saucer and we were greeted by the supposed ruler of these aliens.
"I'm King Flippy Nips, ruler of Pluto," The alien introduced himself, "We discovered you quite by accident during routine surveillance of your world. You really gave it to those guys at NASA,"
I just had a suspicious look on my face, while Jerry is just being Jerry, "I was... you know, sometimes science is about conviction,"
"I'd like you to introduce you to a few people that very much agree with you," King Flippy Nips said and escorted the stuttering Jerry to some balcony overlooking millions of Plutonians,
"Plutonians!" King Flippy Nips called out, "Jerry Smith is a scientist from Earth, where he's creating a model of our solar system. Jerry, tell Pluto about your decision,"
Jerry clears his throat, then leans towards the small microphone, "Um... Pluto's a planet,"
The Plutonians cheered in thunderous applause while King Flippy Nips is raised up by two of his servants and raised Jerry's arm, "Pluto's a fucking planet, bitch!"
"Oh, man. This is definitely gonna go to his head," Morty said,
"Believe me, it will," I agreed as I crossed my arms together,
After some time, Jerry became the center of attention and it just went over his head as he kept repeating his line to the people.
A few minutes later
Jerry was now live in some Live Plutonian Talk Show and Morty and I just watched from the sidelines.
Moments later, we were approached by a Plutonian wearing a lab coat, "Morty Smith, Marcus Smith,"
Morty and I turned to the Plutonian, "I'm Scroopy Noopers. I'm a scientist. Can I show you both something?"
"Sure, why not," I replied without a second thought,
"Uh, I better now," Morty declined,
"Right now," Scroopy Noopers demanded and pulled out a gun on Morty while I just raised an eyebrow at this action,
With Morty agreeing to follow him, Scroopy Noopers brought us to some lift that leads to the underground levels.
When the doors opened, we were greeted by several tubes hauling several minerals up to the surface.
"The center of Pluto, Mr. Smith, is made of a substance called 'Plutonium'," Scroopy Noopers explained, "Mines like these suck plutonium up to the cities, where corporations use it to power everything, from diamond cars to golden showers,"
I raised an eyebrow at this since 'Plutonium' doesn't even exist in Pluto. Even if it does, we all shouldn't be there in the first place. That's when I used my watch to perform a scan on the minerals being harvested by the tubes.
"And the more we remove, the more Pluto shrinks," Scroopy Noopers said, and on cue was a small seismic activity, "There it goes again. Just shrank a little,"
"But a few years ago, your scientists noticed Pluto has gotten so small. They couldn't even call it a 'Planet' anymore," Scroopy Noopers said, "Should've been our wake-up call. But the rich Plutonians won't wake up, and they love your Dad telling everyone Pluto's a planet because that means they can keep mining until Pluto goes from planet to asteroid, to meteor, and finally..."
Scroopy Noopers grabbed a pinch of dust and blows it over Morty's head,
"Um, a party?" Morty densely assumed, and I facepalmed at that,
"No, Morty. He's saying that Pluto will break apart by the excessive mining and it wouldn't exist anymore," I corrected,
"Yes! My god, is everyone in your family an idiot?" Scroopy Noopers said directly to me before gesturing at my brother with the question,
"We have a genius, but he's considered an idiot at times," I said, then I noticed my watching beeping,
I looked down and found the results of the minerals.
"Well, It's been good to know about the situation, But I think me and Morty will be going to tell Jerry about this situation," I said as I pulled Morty to the lift, "So thanks for telling us,"
After that, I closed the lift doors and took us up to the surface.
"Um, Are you sure it's okay to leave him there? And are we leaving Dad?" Morty asked concerningly,
"Morty, As much as I want Jerry to leave here to die and all. I won't do it since I don't want mom pestering about where he is now," I said, "What I want you to do is to convince Jerry about the situation while I arrange ourselves a ride out of this planet,"
"Oh... Okay," Morty understood, "But is it okay to leave Scroopy Noopers back there?"
"Oh don't worry, I'm going to leave him there to die," I assured,
As soon as we left the lift, I pressed a button that goes down to the center of Pluto and turned back to Morty, "See? I wouldn't leave him there. Now go with Jerry while I go get us a ride,"
Morty was a bit worried that I'd lie to him at first. But he leaves while I make my way to the hanger of this planet.
Upon arrival, I spotted a flying saucer and snuck inside without the Plutonians knowing. Of course, I was waiting for Morty to arrive.
And that he does when he sat next to me rather down and a few Plutonians going to the cockpit after he requested.
"You okay?" I asked,
"No," Morty replied, and the saucer takes us back to Earth.
Along the way, Morty and I had a conversation with each other.
"You want to talk about it?" I asked,
"I tried to convince, Dad earlier. He didn't listen, instead, he joked about me to everyone in some rally," Morty explained,
"I expected him to get this whole Pluto's a planet crap to go over his head. But this is something I don't tolerate," I said, "But revealing the truth to him, That's enough of a punishment for him,"
"What do you mean?" Morty asked,
"Well, he'll realize the truth one way or another, and that attention will soon bite him in the ass in the end," I said, "So don't beat yourself up for what he said to you. Cause what's coming to him is far worse than being humiliated in a party,"
"You know what? I guess your right," Morty agreed,
"I know I am," I said pat him on the back a couple of times,
Back on Earth
After a quick change of clothes, Morty and I were beam down the front yard of our house and the saucer flies back to Pluto.
We then enter the house and find Rick alone in the dining room.
"Hey," Rick called out, but clears his throat afterward, "Hey, W-W-What's going on?"
I nudged Morty's shoulder once, and he nods at me, "Hey, Rick. Can you help me do my science fair project?"
"Whatever," Rick replied,
"And after this, Can we go someplace? Marcus told me about a place where we could get VIP reservations," Morty requested,
"Which planet?" Rick questioned me,
"Stargotia," I revealed, and Rick widens his eyes at this reveal, "What do you say?"
"What do I say? FUCK YEAH!" Rick exclaimed,
After that, Rick decided to be quick with Morty's Science Fair Project by reprogramming his little butter robot, then went on to his room to pack some necessities for the trip,
Once I went to my room, I prepared the VIP reservations for the location and prepared my own necessities for the trip. But that's when I hear Jerry knocking on my door.
"What do you want, Jerry?" I asked without glancing at the door,
"Hey, uh, Marcus. I uh... About Pluto," Jerry stuttered,
"Don't care," I stated while folding a shirt,
"Um... okay..." Jerry said before walking away from my door,
After I've finished packing, I hear a knocking on my door once more, and recognized that it was Rick since he used a rhythm for knocking on my door,
Then I opened my door to see him, "Hey, Rick. What do you want,"
"Hey, about Stargotia. Could move it for a day or two?" Rick requested,
"I can, but why?" I asked,
"Thanks," Rick thanked and ran downstairs soon afterward,
I got curious and went halfway down the stairs to see Rick whispering something into Summer's ear. However, I noticed Summer's mascara and knew that she had ran into some serious problem with her employer.
Therefore, I decided to not only move the reservation. But I also provided a reservation for Summer as well. The following morning, I saw a live presentation made by Lucius Needful on Television and then a muscular Rick and Summer comes bursting in before beating the ever-living shit out of the guy.
I just smirked even before the feed was cut and prepared everything for the departure to one of the most popular resorts known in a certain galaxy.
Four Days Later... (3rd POV)
After the whole incident with Jerry Smith, The Plutonians continued to live on with their lives without knowing the consequences of their excessive mining.
But that all changed when the entire planet had been surrounded by large battle cruisers then followed by medium size cruisers. (The Designs of the Cruisers are the Droid Ships from Star Wars Clone Wars. Fan of the Earlier Seasons)
The Flagship of the fleet, entitled Desolation, was under the command of Harbinger, Reaper's newest Drone Commander, and sitting at the center of the bridge was Reaper himself.
"Reaper, We have reached our destination. What are your orders?" Harbinger questioned,
Reaper stares at the planet and remained silent for a moment. Then he stands up from his seat, and gave the order, "I've wanted you to demonstrate your ability as a commander. Now demonstrate by leaving no survivor on this place,"
"Understood," Harbinger agreed, then went to the communication hubs, "Commence the Attack, Leave no one alive,"
Before long, the cruisers began bombarding the surface of pluto where the Plutonians are currently residing on. It was an all out attack, and not one area was left unmarked the barrage of cannon fire.
After some time, the cruisers stopped firing and Harbinger opens a channel, "Report,"
"The Surface of Pluto has been successfully bombarded, Their defenses are no longer in operation," A Droid Commander reported, "We may proceed with landing operations,"
"Affirmative," Harbinger replied,
After that, Harbinger went to the docking bay, and boarded a transport ship with Reaper following behind him. As the doors closed, the transport ship goes out of the hanger and into the surface of Pluto along with several other ships on every part of Pluto.
Once they landed, the army consisted of only light troopers armed with anti infantry and anti-tank weaponry, some heavy troops, and engineers for demolition purposes.
Harbinger and Reaper disembark with a unit following behind them and marches towards the city.
Moments later, Several Armed Plutonians appeared from the ashes of the bombard and started a firefight with droids. Though few in numbers, their sizes allow them to take cover rather easily and it makes them harder targets to shoot at.
However, the disadvantage of the Plutonians is their choice in weaponry as the caliber was not enough to keep a droid down. A light droid can even take a headshot once and they'd only feel bothered by it.
With the mass number of droids assaulting from all directions, The Plutonians Fighting Force had been overwhelmed and the droids executed them even after they were either disarmed or heavily injured in the fight.
As for the civilians, the droids expressed little to no empathy towards them as they come bursting into their homes or hiding places and execute them without a moment's hesitation.
No stone was left unturned and the casualties among the Plutonians were now by the billions. Soon enough, Harbinger and Reaper arrived by the entrance of the main palace. But the pathway and door were blocked by large amounts of rubble.
"Demolition Team, Proceed with clearing the obstacle," Harbinger ordered and two Demolition Teams planned a few bombs before setting it off with a detonator,
Before long, the bombs go off and the path was cleared. Reaper had a few pebbles and dust onto his mask and shirt. But he just dust it off as they proceeded inside the palace.
There were still guards lurking about as they measly prepared an ambush. Though they did manage to get the element of surprise. But just like before, the guards fell like flies and what remains was none other than King Flippy Nips and a handful of his loyal supporters by the Throne room.
As the droids surrounded them with their weapons at the ready, Harbinger gave the order to hold their fire while Reaper comes in and approached the ruler of Pluto.
"Greetings," Reaper said,
"W-Who are you, and why are you doing this," King Flippy Nips questioned,
"Who I am is none of your concerns, as for why. I've studied your history, and I recently found out that your kind never existed in Pluto whatsoever," Reaper explained, "Rather, your species have been classified as 'Foreign Creatures' and I've discovered a record of your previous relocation,"
Reaper then bends a knee to get on King Flippy Nips' level, "So you might as well consider this planet as your graveyard. But no one will come for you,"
Reaper stood upstraight, turned his back on them, and went to Harbinger's side. With a signaling nod, Harbinger orders his men to open fire and King Flippy Nips was no more.
After long hours of demolishing cities, and mining facilities. Pluto was now free of any alien presence.
"Is it done?" Reaper asked,
"I have ordered the troops to scour the entire planet for survivors. Not one has survived the assault," Harbinger reported,
Reaper then pulled out a device and planted it onto the ground. Moments later, a holographic screen appeared before him and revealed that not one Plutonian survived.
After he removed the device from the ground, he turns to Harbinger, "Congratulations, you have proved your worth. However, there are some things that you are still required to learn. Therefore, I want you to attend another session with Virus and Invader. They will teach you, and you shall earn the title of Executioner,"
"Understood," Harbinger said,
"Now pack everything up," Reaper ordered, "We are leaving this planet immediately,"
At the end of this operation, The Plutonians were exterminated and their city was brought into dust...
For those who question Marcus' motive in exterminating the entire populace of the Plutonians. I know you'll have your complaints, but I will ignore them as I've planned this moment in the past for quite some time.
And before you all go, the end of this author's notes comes with a bonus that can be speculated as a preview for the next chapter! So be prepared!
Now to reply to the only review I received from the Rixty Minutes episode!
Gamelover41592: good job and I'll be honest I actually did not expect this from an interdimensional cable chapter, but still excellent work
Thanks, and I appreciate the support once more!
That is all I've got to say, stay safe from the virus, and I will see you all in the next one!
The Crescent Rider has signed off...
Preview... (Bonus)
In Marcus' Interdimensional Room, Valentine was cleaning up and organizing with Dummy assisting in the cleaning.
As they finished, the large monitor sprung into life and receives a red message at the center of the screen for Marcus.
Valentine puts her android body in its charging station, returned to the computer, and opened the message.
The red message states the following:
Greetings, Two
If you or your A.I. receive the following message. We are here to inform you that one of the Mercenaries has gone rogue and you have been assigned to handle this rogue along with the following Mercenaries.
Wrangler, Mistress, Blaze, and One.
The five of you are to handle the rogue's termination, and refusing to comply is not an option.
That is all...
Sincerely,
The Administrator of Marc Merc's Institute...