𝗗𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗼𝗻 𝗺𝗲 | 𝘙𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘺(𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙠 3)[Choice 1]

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 14

Trigger Warning! Mention of suicide

Three and a half days, that's how long Morty's been asleep, he was on the brink of death, but Rick's been working hard to keep Morty alive.

𝙼𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚢'𝚜 𝙿𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚅𝚒𝚎𝚠:

I slowly opened my eyes. My mouth is so fuckin dry. I'm in my room? What the hell happened? I thought I...

"Hey, Buddy. Y-you good?" Rick's voice came from beside me.

I rubbed over my face, huffing slightly. Everything felt so fussy.

"You had a alien parasite in your brain stem... I think it caused you to..." He went silent for a while. "You also had some deficiencies, hypovolemic shock and bradycardia, but it's fixed." Rick mumbled on.

I looked around my room, it hasn't changed... How long was I even out? I don't know what half of the stuff Rick mentioned even is!

"How l-long have I been asleep?"

"3 and a half days, Morty, but you almost died. Morty, y-you can't die again, Morty, EVER. It hit hard the first time... " Rick said, holding onto my arm.

" I've died before? " I mumbled.

" Yeah, Kid... I had to clone you after you g-got shot in the head by my fucking gun after we got in a sh-shoot out with Peacock Jones. That was 3 years ago." Rick said with a strange tone in his voice... Was Rick lying?

I don't remember dying... My head hurts.I rubbed over my forehead. Rick got up, walking out of the room before coming back in with Tylenol and a glass of water.

" Here, this'll help. "  He handed the pill and water to me.

I laid back down after drinking the pill, throwing my arm over my face.

" Morty, y-you don't know how big of a fucking fright I got ... Seeing you dead like that, Morty. " Rick trailed off..." Almost dead" he whispered.

" You saved me, Rick, and I can never r-repay you. " I mumbled, turning around and practically rolling into Rick's side.

" You don't have to... I need to repay you for being a piece of shit grandpa. " He said pulling me into a side hug.

" Rick, If th-the clones,or your clone, did things we would do... Wh-why did he g-get together with me i-in that dream? " I blurted out.

" Well... I think it's because of the alie- FUCK! That's how you got the parasite!  I-it was the parasite, Morty. " Rick said, shooting up.

" Why'd he die? " I whispered.

" I don't know, Morty... I haven't looked into it yet. " Rick said before climbing from the bed.

" Let's eat something, Kid. It's been three days since we've eaten. "

" You haven't eaten? "

" No, I kept a eye on you " Rick said , walking to the door.

" You wanna order pizza? "

" Y-yeah! Can I get a pepperoni pizza! " I said, excited almost.

Rick laughed, nodding his head. We walked downstairs, waiting for the delivery guy to arrive after ordering, drinking our beer as we watched ball fondlers.

Our food finally arrived and we devoured everything in a few minutes. Rick let out a loud burp after eating his last slice.

"Fuck man" I chuckled before bursting into laughter.

"Yes, Morty, I fuck men too." Rick said with a stupid shit eating grin.

I laughed again, throwing my head backwards onto the couch. Rick poked my shoulder.

"It's good to see you happy, Kid." He said softer than usual.

"Thanks, Rick, for everything."

He just nodded and we went back to watching ball fondlers. I yawned, drifting off to sleep on the couch a few minutes later.

Third person:

Rick stared at the body of his grandson gracefully laying on the desk in level 13 of his subbasement.

Morty didn't make it, but he doesn't need to remember... His clone doesn't need to remember.

Rick took Morty's cold, lifeless body, staring at the blood that's pooling at the underside of his arms... The last stage of rigor mortis begging to set in.

He grabbed his protective gear as he put Morty's body into the bomb experiment chamber and lit his body aflame, putting the ashes in a small box before going into space and spreading his ashes among the stars, where he belongs.