#intergalactic fugitive and mass murderer kidnaps child? who'd of thought this guy shouldn't be allowed around vulnerable people !

[slimeyoldman]

I have Δ14β9 which I've nicknamed the "Bad Rick" dimension. Rick is much more attached to his Morty in this dimension than usual, which creates some unfortunate consequences.

Beth decided to put her foot down about Morty going on adventures. She decides enough is enough and Rick can no longer be trusted to keep Morty safe, so he's permanently grounded from anything off world. Rick can hang out with Morty either at the house or with direct supervision, but no more sci-fi bullshit trying to murder her son.

Rick seemingly concedes, saying it's Beth's son and while he disagrees, she knows whats best. Beth is skeptical, but takes her father at his word because what's he gonna do, kidnap Morty?

Two weeks later he kidnaps Morty. Morty is not Aware he has been kidnapped, he just thinks they're going on adventures behind Beth's back now, which he's pretty much fine with. He's fine with it until a few days later when he asks when Rick's gonna bring them back home, and he gets brushed off. He keeps asking, and Rick keeps deflecting or outright refusing to engage with the question. Morty digs his heels in after the third week, and Rick finally snaps. He's not going back home, neither of them are, because Beth won't let him leave again with Morty, and Rick isn't going to give her the chance to stop him.

Morty tries to reason with him, tries to get Rick to understand that he can't just not go back home. Rick won't hear it.

He could just get a new Morty, one that doesn't have a Beth who actually cares about him. There are plenty of Rickless Mortys on the citadel that would be thrilled to go on adventures. But Rick doesn't want a new Morty, he wants his Morty. Rick isn't used to not getting what he wants.

Meanwhile Beth is tracking Rick and Morty, doing everything in her power to get her son back. She leaves Jerry to look after Summer and goes out into space, she even contacts an intergalactic federation agent to help her find Rick, since they'd be the most likely to have leads. It's hard work and every day that passes makes it more likely she'll never catch up to them, but she has to try.

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