A/N: I am soooooo sorry! We got a new computer and it took time to set up and all this other crap went on…. But I never forgot! I am so very sorry!
Disclaimer-I own nothing!
She sighed, listening as the hiss of the door announced her arrival. Slowly trudging her way into her room, she flopped herself down on the couch tiredly. Slowly shoving her White tennis shoes off her aching feet, she gave another sigh and sank deeper into the couch. She once more gave another sigh as she said "Oh my god…I'm so tired right now…"
Getting comfortable on the couch, she remembered her tiring day of arguing with the owner of the store she went to, having to buy all new socks because she ruined hers on her last mission, and also having to haul up enough food to last her a month at least.
She smiled and just as she got fully comfortable on the couch, fully relaxing for the first time all day, a voice rang out in her room over the intercom.
"Mrs. Payne, Your needed in the conference room."
Giving an angry groan, she pushed herself up and pulled her shoes back on her feet and shrugged her jacket on from where she left it beside her.
She left the room, feet dragging against the floor stubbornly. After about twenty minutes of her doing this down the halls, she finally made it to the room she was sent to. Steeling herself in determination, she strode in to the room, a confident smile on her face. She looked around the room and started assessing in her mind who all was here.
On the far left side of the table was the Flora Colossus alien Groot, who was also known as the Monarch of Planet X, who at the moment was glancing around at everyone. Right beside him was the Half-Terran half-alien (she heard the news about his father being some ancient alien and just as everyone else, wondered who his father was), Peter Quill who was also known as Star lord. Quill was one of the only persons she knows, other than herself, that was even part Terran. To the right of the half Terran was the small (not that she'd ever say that to his face, she does wanna live) and powerful Rocket Raccoon. She heard about him and knew he is an intelligent, anthropomorphic raccoon, and was also the longtime companion of Groot as well. She gave him a long look as a light blush covered her cheeks as she thought to herself wow…He's pretty cute actually.
She quickly shook her head, effectively banishing the thought. She still was blushing slightly as she whispered to herself "what the…what am I thinking?!"
Shaking her head once more, she glanced and noticed something about Groot, Rocket, and Peter. "It's like they are…protecting each other or something?" (A/N: will make sense when I finish my other story for this fandom, Star child.) "I wonder what happened to make them like that?" she whispered to herself.
Curiously eyeing the three of them for a couple more seconds, she turned her eyes on the next person sitting at the table and ended up giving a silent whistle of shock. Wow I read about him, knew he was huge but….wow he's bigger than I thought! She thought as she gazed at the man.
The guy next to Rocket looked huge. The man was packed with muscles and dangerous looked features with what looked like long red winding tattoos covering his body. Sensing someone watching him, he glanced at her then startled abit before he waved at her slightly. She waved back and whispered to herself "wow…That must be Drax the Destroyer."
Moving her eyes to the final person on the far right of the table, she suddenly found herself in a battle of wills as she starred into the green skinned assassins' eyes as her mind supplied its Gamora.
The green skinned assassin was the last of her species and the adoptive daughter of Thanos. She was a deadly force not to be messed with. She had abandoned her "father" and ended up becoming friends with Drax, Peter, Rocket, and Groot. She had read all this in Gamora file and was surprised she met her today…actually she was surprised to have met any of them today.
They were in an epic stare down until everyone's head turned to the side as they heard the hiss of the door opening then the following noise of the door closing. Giving a sigh of relief, she turned to see a woman with a stern, angry face walking into the room. As her eyes roamed over the room, she curled her lip in a slight snarl when they passed over the laughing guardians. Rocket, who noticed this, gave the woman the middle finger, which causes himself, Groot, and Peter to fall into another round of laughter. Gamora gave them a fond glare then turned her attention back to the woman.
Standing stiffly and speaking coldly, the woman said "Excuse me miss Payne, there is someone requesting you in the main lobby."
Slightly confused, she made her way to the door, listening to the laughing guardians voices fading as the door closed with a hiss. She made her way down the hall towards the elevator and slowly climbed in, her joints creaking slightly as she bent down to push to main floor button on the bottom of the panel.
She tapped her foot against the ground, waiting impatiently for the main floor button to light up. Once the doors opened, she quickly rushed towards the main lobby, only to stop in shock as she saw who was waiting for her in the lobby. It was Tech E. Coyote, her ex-boyfriend.
"What is he doing here?" she whispered harshly to herself, moving towards her blast from the past, feeling the old feeling of hurt and anger rise up again.
She had dated Tech for almost a year, only to be crushed when she found out she was going to, for some reason, be transferred to another team. She had spent about year learning, being coming friends with, and loving the team she was on, only to be moved from the Loonatics to some weird team called the "guardians of the galaxy", or something like that. Not only that but the last night she was there, wanting to see if Tech want to date long distance or something like that, she walked into him chatting up some other girl, leaning close and flirting with her. While they were still dating. She gave a shocked gasp, getting his attention and his face dropped into a guilty and shocked face. She quickly left the room, gathering her stuff and left, saying good bye to the others, but leaving without saying goodbye to Tech.
Shaking her head to get rid of the memories, she quickly stomped her way over and said to him, a little harshly, "What are you doing here?"
He jumped slightly, having not seen her come over. She gave a grin as a little satisfaction ran through her. Grinning suddenly, he said "Hey Vicki, long time no see!"
She gave him a growl, saying "don't call me that."
His grin faltered and grew smaller but he said "Whatcha been up to? Everyone misses you back home."
She sighed in longing as her thoughts went back to her old friends, who she missed deeply. She gave Tech a glance then said quickly in concern "Wait what happened? Is everyone ok? Did something happ-"
"No No No everyone's fine, other than missing you." He quickly said, reassuring her fears. She gave a sigh of relief then asked "Then why are you here?"
"….." Tech mumbled and glanced away blushing. She gave him a look, and he repeated himself, still mumbling "…."
"Spit it out or im leaving Tech." She said tiredly. When he said nothing, she sighed and turned to leave, only to be stopped by a hand grabbing her arm.
"I…I SAID I STILL LIKE YOU AND I'M SORRY!"
Everyone in the room glanced in shock at the pair, including Vicki. She gave a stuttering "w-w-what?"
Tech blushed and looked away. She gave him an angry scoff and turned back around to leave only to have the arm on her arm tighten to where it was bruising. She said "ouch, let go!" as she turned sharply to look at Tech.
He had a crazed look in his eye and he pulled her by her arm closer to him and said "Where are you going? Don't Leave!"
She opened her mouth to angrily yell at him when suddenly there was a loud BANGGGGG. The entire room was covered in smoke when Vicki heard an angry growl echo through the room. Once the smoke cleared she saw Tech on the floor with an angry Rocket Raccoon standing over him yelling.
"What the hell is your problem?!" Rocket yelled, shoving the large gun he had in his hands in the coyote's throat. He gave a growl when the other didn't answer and barked out "You don't fucking grab a girls arm like that, especially not that girl, she's with m-…us! She's part of us and if you hurt her again-"
"Rocket calm down, don't kill the guy yet." She turned and saw Starlord and Groot behind her staring at Rocket with a slightly concern/amused look on their faces. Rocket, who was angrily growled turned and looked to Starlord, while Groot said "I am Groot!"
Rocket glanced at groot and said "….GRRRR fine but only cause you threated to bring that up, which by the way, is not freaking cool dude."
Starlord glanced at Groot and said "You're serious, he did that!"
Rocket growled, slightly playfully, at Starlord and said "You tell anyone and I'll take your ship apart and sell it piece by piece."
Starlord gave an amused laugh and said "yea yea, come one lets go before Gamora has a fit again and kills someone."
All three gave a laugh at that and Rocket, with a final harsh kick, left Tech alone and grabbed Vicki's hand harshly and pulled her towards the other two. Once they got to the others, Rocket let go off her hand and said, snarling "You . US. Got it?"
She nodded and Rocket, nodding back, quickly climbed onto Starlords back and they walked off, taking her with them. She kept glancing at Rocket and blushing slightly. She blushed harder as she thought He….Rocket was amazing. He protected me when he barely knew me….And he looked pretty…cute too…
She blushed and then noticed that they were heading towards her room. Once they turned the corner at the end of the hall they were at, the walked half way down the next hall and stopped in front of her room. Rocket nodded at her and said "We'll come pick you up in the morning, you call in your gonna be late so we ain't gotta wait for your sorry behind."
Rocket switched from Starlords shoulder to Groot's and they quickly walked down the hall, talking in low voices. She stared at Rocket, startled by sudden hand on her shoulder. She whipped around to see Starlord smiling at her. He gave a small laugh and said "You know, he really likes you…Rocket I mean".
She gave a blush and watched as Starlord walked down the hall calling "Hey wait for me!"
Quickly ducking into her room, she shut the door and slid down it to the floor.
"I like Rocket Raccoon….And Tech E Coyote…" She whispered to herself and groaned as she hit her head against the wall.
A/N: I am soooooo sorry this took so long! All this crap happened and I never got around finishing it! Hope you like it so far!
