MortyTale

Love

Rick and Morty were halfway up Mt.Ebott when they came across a large cave.

"H-hey Rick. What about in here?"

"Meh, worth a look I guess."
They entered the cavern cautiously.

"Race you to the back!" Rick challenged cautiously.

"Haha.. you're on!"
They both sprinted cautiously deep into the cave. At their careful pace, they easily spotted the gaping pit before Rick tripped and fell in.

"ShHhhhIIIIIiiiitttttt...!"
Rick cried.

"Rick!!" Morty leaned in to see where he went, but he too tripped and fell head first into the hole.

Pitch black, the whooshing of air, and Rick screaming profanities all the way down were all that Morty could see and hear. He finally fell face first on top of his grandfather.
The cracking of bones echoed throughout the cave.

"Ugh.. Morty... ge.. get the fuck off me.." Rick moaned.

No response.

"Morty?!"

Rick shook the boy, but his head only lulled to the side.

"Oh for Christ's sake.." He pushed Morty off him, and pulled out a pill.
He cracked it in half under Morty's nose and he woke up with a start.

"Oh.. ah! Rick! Where are you?! Where am I??"

"Relax Morty, relax! It's all going to be okay. We just fell half a mile into a dark hole. My portal gun broke so we're most likely going to die slow, horrible deaths. Are you alright?"

Morty groaned as he stood up.

"I..I don't like this Rick. What if we can't get out?! What if we really do die down here?!"

"Morty, I said cool it! We've lived full lives. This cave will be our tomb. Now let's go deeper and find out where I can sell this egg before we die."

"Ohhhhh..." Morty moaned.

The two walked slowly towards what appeared to be an archway.

In the next room was a small yellow flower. It was the only thing to stand out in the otherwise pitch-black cave.

As they walked closer, the flower spoke.

"Well, Howdy! My name is Flowey! Flowey the flower!"

"Jesus H. Fucking Christ that's creepy as hell!!! Quick, kill it Morty!"

"I don't want to kill it, you kill it, R-Rick!"

"Quit being such a little pussy and stomp that thing into the dirt!"

"Ohhh...."

The flower seemed to cock its head in curiosity.

"Hey now! That's no way to talk to your first friend! I just want to help you. Here, let me show you how things work down here!"

At that, Rick and Morty's hearts appeared before them. Morty's heart hovered just beyond his reach, floating as a bright cheery yellow, While Rick's heart was a pale blue.

"W-what the fuck is this?"

"Rick!"

"Calm down you two. Those are your souls. Every time you enter a uh, conversation, your souls will appear!"
Flowey assured them.

"What?! You can manipulate my SOUL?! Fuck this shit, Morty. We have to get out of here!"

"Relaaaax.. look. A lot has been going down lately. You two can help us so much! But first, let me just help you."

He spat out a few white pellets down towards Rick and Morty's souls.

"W-w-w-what's that? Why is it heading towards my soul?! Rick! I'm scared!"

"This is the perfect time to be scared Morty. I don't trust this thing at all."
Rick responded.

"Those are just.. friendliness pellets. If your soul collects them, you'll gain LOVE. LOVE makes you stronger down here. You want some LOVE, don't you?"

Rick and Morty figured out how to move their souls.. away from the pellets.

Flowey frowned.

"Guys. Just trust me. Collect the pellets. It's your only way out of here!" Flowey said as he flew out a few more.

They avoided them once more.

"Are you guys just trying to be thick? Run. Into. The. Bullets... -friendliness pellets."

This time, a pellet barely hit the side of Morty's soul as it flew down at much higher speed.

"O-ow! Rick, that really hurt. Like, a lot Rick! Everywhere!"

The flower's face contorted into a demonic grin.

"You idiots think you're so smart, huh? Well so did THEY.. but that won't be a problem for much longer, not with your souls. Down here, it's kill or be killed."

Rick and Morty's souls were quickly surrounded by a spiraling circle of unavoidable bullets.

"DIE"

Flowey laughed maniacally as the bullets drew closer.

"R-RICK!"

"Morty, I know! I'm thinking. Dammit.. all I can even see are these dumb keys under me. 'FIGHT', 'ACT', ..'ITEM'..'MERCY'.. Morty, I can't even use any of these! I'm Frozen!"

The bullets got close enough to almost graze their souls.

Suddenly, Flowey was struck by a fireball!

As the demonic vegetation was blasted away, a new creature appeared and their souls vanished.

Their savior, a tall goat-woman in a long royal -looking dress, spoke.

"That horrible creature just doesn't stop, does it? Hello, newcomers. I am Toriel. I mean you no harm."

"Yeah, well that's what that flower said before it tried to blast my fucking SOUL. What's up with that by the way? What kind of dimension did we just land ourselves in..?"
Rick demanded.

"Oh my, what uh, colorful language. I'm afraid I'm not sure what you mean about dimension, but your soul appears before a foe to protect the body from harm.. this is simply how things work."

"Seems kind of backwards, huh R-Rick?" Morty panted.

"Look lady. We're tired. I'm pretty sure we broke some bones on our fall.
Is there anywhere we can go where someone W- *(UUuurp!") -ont try to you know, destroy our souls?"

"Why yes! Just come with me, I'll take you both somewhere safe."