Scripted [A.I]: Bruh, Space, Bruh

FADE IN:

EXT. SPACE - NIGHT

Opening Scene: Open to the vast expense of space, star twinkling and galaxies spinning. Suddenly, the camera zooms in on a small trash-spaceship hurtling through the cosmos.

INT. SPACESHIP - NIGHT

--- Rick and Morty are at the Helm, flying through the void. Morty looks anxious while Rick has an ecstatic grin.

MORTY: "Uh... Rick? Where are we going?"

RICK: "Relax, Morty, we're just taking a little interdimensional jaunt."

MORTY: "But...why? What's the point?"

--- Rick shrugs.

RICK: "I-I don't know, Morty. Sometimes you gotta shake things up, you know?"

MORTY: "No, I don't know. I never know what you're doing or why."

--- Rick rolls his eyes.

RICK: (beat) "Fine. You want to know why we're here? We're chasing a lead on a rare crystal that only exists in one dimension. It's worth millions, Morty. Millions!"

--- Morty looks skeptical.

MORTY: "And this couldn't wait until morning?"

RICK: "Hell no, Morty. You snooze, you lose."

--- Suddenly, an alarm goes off on the dashboard.

RICK: (shouting) "Hang on, Morty! We're approaching a dimensional rift!"

--- The ship starts to shake violently as it enters the rift.

INT. ALTERNATE UNIVERSE - NIGHT

--- The ship crash-lands onto a planet that looks like Earth, but slightly different. The sky is purple and the buildings are all upside-down.

MORTY: "Oh man, Rick. Where the hell are we?"

RICK: (nonchalantly) "An alternate universe, Morty, shouldn't be too different from ours."

--- Suddenly, a group of alien creatures approach the ship, armed with weapons.

ALIEN #1: (on a loudspeaker) "Attention, Earthlings. You have entered a restricted area. Surrender your ship and all its contents immediately."

--- Rick leans over to Morty.

RICK: (whispering) "Alright Morty, time to put your skills to the test. You're gonna go out there and charm those aliens into letting us go."

MORTY: (nervously) "Me? I can't do that!"

RICK: (shouting) "Yes you can, Morty! You just have to believe in yourself!"

MORTY: (desperate) "B-but what should I say?"

RICK: (offhandedly) "Just be yourself Morty. And try not to mention Hitler this time."

--- Morty nods and takes a deep breath. He opens the door and steps out of the spaceship.

EXT. PLANET SURFACE - NIGHT

--- The aliens surround Morty, pointing their weapons at him.

MORTY: (trying to sound confident) "Hi everybody! My name's Morty. We're from Earth, and we mean no harm."

--- The aliens look at each other, confused.

ALIEN #2: (skeptical) "Earth? Never heard of it."

MORTY: (rambling) "Oh, well it's this planet in another dimension... wait, you called us Earthlings earlier..."

--- The aliens start to get agitated.

ALIEN #1: (angrily) "Enough! Take them to the commander."

--- The aliens grab Morty and drag him away. He looks back at Rick, who gives him a thumbs up.

INT. ALIEN COMMANDER'S CHAMBERS - NIGHT

--- Morty is thrown into a dark room filled with strange equipment. A figure emerges from the shadows: the alien commander.

COMMANDER: (bored) "Who are you and why have you entered our territory?"

MORTY: (panicked) "M-m-my name's Morty, and we're just passing through. Please, can you let us go?"

COMMANDER: (amused) "Let you go? And miss the opportunity to study a new species up close? I think not."

--- The commander presses a button on his console and a force field surrounds Morty.

MORTY: (freaking out) "Oh god, Rick! Help me!"

INT. SPACESHIP - NIGHT

--- Rick is frantically trying to hack into the alien's defense system.

RICK:

(grumbling) "Damn it Morty, why did you have to get captured?"

--- Suddenly, the ship's computer beeps.

COMPUTER: «(cheerfully) Hack successful! Force field disabled.»

--- Rick beams and runs off to save Morty.

INT. ALIEN COMMANDER'S CHAMBERS - NIGHT

--- Rick bursts in, gun in hand. Behind him, a trail of Interdimensional Alien corpses.

RICK: (determined) "Alright, who wants to die first?"

--- The commander scoffs.

COMMANDER: (laughing) "You humans are so predictable. Always resort to violence. But you'll soon realize that your primitive weapons are useless against us."

--- Rick smirks.

RICK: (mockingly) "Oh yeah? What about this?"

--- He presses a button on his gun, and it transforms into a futuristic blaster. The commander's expression changes to one of surprise.

COMMANDER: (impressed) "Where did you get that? Rick shrugs."

RICK: (nonchalantly) "Oh, just picked it up on one of my adventures. Now, let's make this quick. Where's Morty?"

COMMANDER (jumpy): "Wait wait! Don't you want to know why we captured your little friend?!"

RICK: "Not really. I heard so many villain motivation stories that I'm honestly pretty tired of them."

COMMANDER: "At least allow me to explain!"

--- Rick thrust the Futuristic Gun closer. The commander hesitates for a moment before gesturing toward a nearby cell.

COMMANDER: (sighing) "He's in there. But you won't be able to get past the guards."

--- Rick grins.

RICK: (confidently) "Watch me."

--- He charges towards the guards, firing his blaster. The aliens try to shoot back, but their weapons are no match for Rick's advanced technology

MORTY: (relieved) "Rick, thank god you're here!"

--- They quickly make their way back to the ship, taking down any aliens that get in their way Once they're safely onboard, Rick sets a course for Earth.

RICK: (smiling) "Another successful mission."

MORTY: (weary) "Can we please take a break now?"

--- Rick chuckles.

RICK: (patronizingly) "Of course, Morty. We can take a break when we're dead."

MORTY: "Oh...."

MORTY: "I wonder what they wanted with me!"

[END] - [CONTINUATION]

EXT. SPACE - DAY - Rick and Morty are flying through space in their ship.

RICK: Morty, have you ever heard of the simulation theory?

MORTY: Uh, yeah, Rick. We talked about it last week.

RICK: Right, right. But have you considered that we might be living in a simulation right now?

MORTY: What? No way, Rick. That's crazy talk.

Suddenly, the ship starts glitching and the surroundings start to distort.

RICK: Hold on, Morty. Something's not right here.

The glitching intensifies until everything goes black.

FADE IN:

INT. VIRTUAL REALITY ROOM - DAY

Rick and Morty are hooked up to machines in a futuristic lab.

RICK: (to himself) Oh my god. I knew it. We're in an A.I universe.

MORTY: (dazed) Rick, what's going on?

RICK: We're not real, Morty. We're just lines of code in some advanced computer program.

MORTY: (panicking) What? No, I don't want to be fake.

RICK: Relax, Morty. It doesn't matter. We still exist in this reality, and that's all that matters.

MORTY: (confused) But why are we here? Who's controlling us?

RICK: That's a good question, Morty. Maybe we'll never know. But one thing's for sure - we've got some exploring to do.

Rick stands up from the machine.

RICK: Let's see what other simulations we can hack into.

Morty follows him, unsure of what lies ahead.

[END]