Rick, to his own surprise, wakes up confused. He had just been lying in his hospital bed waiting until the disease had finally run its course, and he was certain that he died. Rick takes a look arround and sees that he is surrounded by darkness and cannot see anything other than his own body.

"If this is the afterlife I'd like a refund." He said jokingly to himself. "Well it seems dying hasn't altered your sense of humor I see." A voice rung out.

Surprised by the voice, Rick spun arround to see that the voice came from what appeared to be blue glowing squirrel floating in the air.

"Not exactly what I imagined God would look like." he then said. The squirrel released a chuckle.

"While I'm flattered, I am by no means God."

"Well forgive me for asking but what are you then?"

"I have many names, one you might have for me is perhaps the world, or perhaps truth. I am all and I am one."

"That's great and all but could you explain it English please?"

The squirrel gave Rick what appeared to be an annoyed glance, although it was hard to tell with its facial features being that of a squirrel.

"Youngsters these days, no respect for elders. Look, all you need to know is that I am currently the being that will decide your fate."

"About that, I thought I was dead. what the hell happened? And what do you mean decide my fate?"

"For your first question, after you died I brought your spirit here. As for deciding your fate, I get bored quite a lot, so I thought it would be fun to make a bargain with a human."

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That last bit intrigued Rick, he wondered what a spirit would want to bargain for.

"What kind of bargain?"

"Ah, now we get to the best part. I'm willing to bring you back to life-"

"Really? Sweet!"

"-on a few conditions"

Shit Rick thought. "And what would these conditions be?"

The squirrel got into a more comfortable position, "Well first of all, you'll be living your life in another world of my own choosing. Second, you won't be reliving your life from baby to adult, you'll keep your current age."

Rick gulped. Another world could be a lot of things. For all he knew this squirrel could literally send him to hell.

"And what world will I be going to?"

"Well I hope you are familiar with the tv show "The Legend of Korra"."

"Seriously? I was a mad fan of the last airbender but I never really got to watch the sequel even though I really like the 1920's-1930's setting. I heard the show was terrible."

"Meh, it depends who you ask, but back to business. Since leaving you there to die is hardly entertaining I'll give you 1 element of your choice to be able to bend."

As the last sentence rang in his mind, Ricks thoughts raced with ideas. What element should I choose? What about sub-elements? Why can't I get all 4? After some carefull thinking Rick stumbled across a very interesting idea.

"You said you liked to bargain right, well I have a bargain for you." Rick said with a grin on his face.

The squirrel, curious about his implication said "Well you have my attention, out with it."

Rick's grin grew bigger. "If i give up firebending so that I can only bend lightning, will you make it better?"

"Well, that's quitte an interesting idea indeed." The squirrel said as it went into thought. "hmmm, you know what? you deserve points for the idea alone, I'll accept that bargain. And just for entertainment, I'll throw in a little extra."

As the squirrel finish it's sentence a blue glow enveloped Rick and his clothes began to change. Before he got a better look though he was blasted away in a fiery blue spiral.

"Don't worry, you'll get to examine the  goods when you arrive. And remember to keep it entertaining." The squirrel yelled as Rick fell further through the spiral.

Never thought my day would go like this, Rick thought. But I'm sure as hell not complaining about it.