Morty was getting books at his locker, Rick hadn't come to drag him outta school yet, but it was only a matter of time. After all, what Morty wanted didn't matter right? Not to Rick. All Rick cares about is himself, and what he wants. Morty could be hanging from the edge of a cliff, and Rick would let him fall just so he could take a sip of his flask, Morty scoffed at the thought. He knew it was true. He slammed the locker shut.
Frank, a senior who frequently bullies Morty, quickly pinned him to the locker and took a knife out. "Oh, are you mad at me you creepy little grandpa's boy!? Do you think my family is poor?!" Morty gulped "Aw jeez Frank! I-I wasn't mad at you Frank! I just- I just-" All words left his throat when Frank took out a knife and pressed the side of it to Morty's cheek. Morty flinched as he felt the cold metal pressing against his cheek "Well, Grandpa's not here to save you now! So I'm gonna cut you because my family is rich!" Morty quickly attempted to salvage the situation "L-l-l-look! I-I wasn't talking about y-you ok, Frank?! L-let's just talk this ou- OW!" Frank started cutting Morty's cheek, slowly, creating a cut that was getting bigger and bigger each second. Morty shook with the pain and the feel of the cold metal, Frank said, "Got anything else to say with that big mouth of yours?" Morty trembled. He didn't want to see the scene in front of him, so he shut his eyes. Tight. He begged, not caring how pathetic he sounded "P-please just let me go…ok?" Frank just laughed as he dug the knife in deeper while Morty held in a scream.
But then nothing happened, he peeked and saw Frank with his head turned to the left, staring at the hallway, Morty heard rough footsteps and he looked to the left as well and saw Rick storming down the hall, unibrow furrowed, fists clenched. Frank sighed "What is it? You old ma-"
Rick grabbed the back of his shirt and threw Frank against a locker. Rick glared at Frank, his unibrow furrowed, his eyes narrowed. Rick roughly gripped onto one of Morty's shoulders and used his other hand to pull on the collar of Frank's shirt, he lifted Frank up to his eye level, lifting Frank's feet off the floor, he glared at Frank again and asked in a low growl "Do we have a problem here?" Morty's face flushed with embarrassment when he realized that people were starting to stare. Morty saw everyone pulling out their phone, Morty tugged on Rick's labcoat and whispered "Calm down!" The last thing he needed was more attention. Frank took an audible gulp and shook his head "N-no! No problem at all sir!" Rick rolled his eyes "Oh don't you f*ck-burp-in' act like I didn't just see you cutting my grandson! Do you think I'm a f*cking IDIOT?!" Rick threw Frank on the cold, hard, tiled floor and Frank landed on his side with a loud thud, wincing in pain, and clutching his side tightly. Morty cringed and attempted to hold Rick back, his voice just above a whisper "H-he's had enough, Rick!" Rick gently got out of Morty's hold, grabbed onto Frank's hair, and pulled him up "I'm the smartest f*cking man in the universe, I'm a f*cking genius and a GOD!" Frank let out a pathetic wince. Frank wiggled out of Rick's iron grip and tried to zoom off, but then Rick grabbed Frank's arm and commented casually as if this was just some normal occurrence, "Aren't you forgetting something?" Frank said "W-what?" Rick's grip on Frank's arm seemed to tighten as he pulled him towards Morty "Maybe an apology?" Frank flinched due to the pressure Rick was applying on his arm, and cried out "Sorry Morty! I'm sorry!" Morty mumbled, "W-whatever, it's ok." Rick let go of Frank and he dashed off, Morty could've sworn that Frank was crying. A bunch of people were laughing at Frank, and Morty groaned, face red with embarrassment.
Everyone was surrounding them, some just staring with wide eyes and jaws on the floor, some were whispering, some were giggling, and others had their phones out, great. Just great. He couldn't just have one normal day of school, huh? Guess that was too much to ask. Morty could've sworn he heard some people say "Creepy little grandpa's boy" That's what everyone thought due to Rick always dragging Morty out of school damn near every day, Morty severely doubted that this situation helped change anyone's mind on that. Morty covered his face with his hands, but it was too late, everyone had already seen. He groaned, Rick really couldn't go one day without doing sh*t like this huh? I mean, anything was better than keep getting cut by Frank. But it would've been a lot better if Rick learned about this cool thing called "subtlety"
Rick put his hand on Morty's back and led him to a portal "C'mon Morty, I need your help with something." Morty sighed, bracing himself for another traumatizing adventure. Once he got through the portal, Rick got down to Morty's level, holding Morty's chin to keep him still as he took out some ointment, Rick stated "This is going to sting, but it will heal you almost instantly, so just stay still." Morty gulped and inhaled sharply, clenching his fists tightly, as he felt the sting of the ointment on the cut on his cheek, after a few seconds though, the cut was completely healed, Rick put the ointment back in one of his many, MANY pockets in his lab coat. Morty mumbled "Thank you." and Rick just replied with a shrug and a "Whatever."
They both stayed quiet and as they walked, an awkward silence surrounding them like a veil, Morty decided that it'd be best if he talked to Rick about what just happened in the school, not that he thought Rick would listen. Morty said "Rick, did you seriously have to make a big scene! Everyone was staring!" Rick scoffed "You'd rather I let that ed-burp-gy kid keep cutting you?" Morty sighed "N-No! But you could've been a bit more subtle about it! You couldn't have just moved him away!? You don't think you were a little too hard on him!?" Rick laughed "Yeah, the k-burp-id looked like he was about to piss himself! He was acting all big and bad, but as soon as I was around, he was imminently like" Rick continued in a mocking, high-pitched tone, making puppy dog eyes "I'm so sorry sir!" Morty groaned "Everyone was staring and whispering! It was so embarrassing! Everyone already thinks I'm a 'creepy little granda's boy' thanks to you dragging me out of school almost every day! That situation doesn't help change anyone's mind that's for sure!" Rick rolled his eyes and co*cked up one part of his unibrow "Are they wro-burp*-ng?" Morty blinked "I- f*ck you Rick!" Rick rolled his eyes and mumbled something about Morty being "ungrateful" and something else he couldn't decipher. Morty sighed, he knew Rick wouldn't listen. He just put his hands in his pockets and followed Rick, ready to conquer whatever was next.
