State of Dreaming (Rick Sanchez x Reader)

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Chapter 9:

Ricks POV:

I shot him in the head, but before I could shoot the other, I saw his aim shift to (Y/N).  I froze.
I fucking froze!

[SHIT, MOVE!]

Grabbed her hand, pushing her out of the way just in time.

Suddenly, a sharp burst of pain shot through my body.  Fuck, I got shot!

I looked down and saw my arm bleeding out. I tried to move it, but I winced and started to feel my body shut down.

[Fuck.. no....]

In my last moment of consciousness, I aimed my gun at the other rick and shot him, seeing him fall to the ground as my vision faded to black.

Your POV:

Your eyes went wide as you saw Rick save your life and get shot in the process. He passed out, but killed the other rick in time.  You ran over to him and tried to shake him.

"R-rick!!"

You shook him again

"Wake up!"

You saw that it was just his arm that was injured, so the main thing to worry about was him bleeding out.

You checked his pulse and, thank god, he had one.  You ran to the bathroom and grabbed the first aid kit under the sink, running back as fast as you could.

Taking out bandages, you wrapped them tightly around his wound, trying desperately to stop the bleeding.  After a few seconds, you unwrapped it a little, trying to get a look at the wound.  After most of the blood was cleared, you could see that it wasn't a gun shot, but more of an open cut, like something had sliced him. 

It looked like it hurt a lot.

[That's weird.. maybe its some alien gun thing..]

You checked his pulse again.

It was getting weaker.

[A cut like this is bad, but it shouldn't kill him!]

You started to panic and felt tears stream from your eyes. 

"Please don't die..."

You said meekly.

Suddenly, another portal appeared a few feet away.  You quickly grabbed ricks gun and whipped around, faced by five more ricks.  They were all pointing guns at you. 

You glared at them with a fire burning in your heart.

"You hurt him" you said in a low voice.

The leader rick lowered his gun and extended his arm to you.

"We didn't mean to hurt him, we want him alive."   He said with the most insincere tone of voice you can imagine.

"Liar" you said coldly.

"We can help him" he said, a little less insincerely.

"You'll just kill him"  you growled.

He motioned to your rick. "He got shot with a bullet that will slowly inject poison into him until he's dead."

You could feel yourself tear up again.

"If you let us take him, we can save him"

It looked like he was telling the truth, but maybe it was your fear of him dying that would make you believe anything if it would keep him alive.

You looked down at your rick.

As much as you didn't like this, you couldn't see another option.

You didn't want to cause the death of an innocent man.

Looking back at the other Ricks, you slowly dropped the gun. They came over to you and picked your rick up.

"Let me come with him"

The rick looked at you in surprise, but his expression faded as soon as you saw it.

He nodded and took out some handcuffs from his pocket.

After a few seconds of consideration, you reluctantly let him put them on you.

One of the ricks then shot a portal and lead everyone through.  You hopped through and your eyes went wide. This feeling never got old.

You saw giant gold and silver metal buildings, all in different shapes and sizes. There was a tall gold statue of rick sitting in the center of the confined city. But as you looked around, you realized that there were hundreds and hundreds of ricks, just walking around. 

"Move" one of the ricks nudged you forward.

"What is this place?" You looked around in amazement, still terrified and confused.

"The Citadel of Ricks.  All the ricks from every conceivable reality are here."

You looked down at your Rick. Still unconscious.

[He wasn't here..]

You looked back up at the leader rick.

"Why did you try to kill him" you narrowed your eyes.

You felt more rage boil inside you, but tried to keep it under control. You didn't know what was happening, so you thought maybe it was all just a misunderstanding.

You hoped so.

"This rick is a threat against the universe. Against all ricks."

You raised an eyebrow.

"He has committed more crimes than you can imagine, he's cold, manipulative, and will stop at nothing to get what he wants."

He saw you get a confused look on your face.

"He doesn't care about anyone, don't believe anything he says. It'll just end up hurting you in the end."

You look back at your rick.

You knew what he was saying was wrong. He was trying to turn you against your Rick. But you couldn't be convinced.

[He saved my life]

"Everything he says is a lie"

[No.  He cares. I know it.]