Pain. A terrible, burning pain that resonated through my bones. My wings hurt the most, obviously broken in several places. I kept my eyes closed as I catalogued my injuries. Broken wings, broken leg, blast burns, and a few slash wounds. Okay. Nothing too bad. Now, where am I now?

Cracking my eyes open, all I saw around me was the metal hull of a spaceship. A messy, somewhat smelly one at that. I was laid out on a cot in the center of the room, wounds bandaged and leg covered in a cast, though my wings were merely snapped back into place and stretched out flat around me.

"I am Groot."

I looked up and nearly jumped when I saw the tiny branch sitting in the pot above me on a table, smiling down at me.

I narrowed my eyes at the small tree "A flora colossus?"

"That's Groot."

I turned my head again and saw a human coming down the stairs nearby, though teched out in things that hadn't yet been invented by humans and I responded, "I got that. He was just saying hello, though."

The man raised his eyebrow at me "You understand him?"

I shrugged and then winced "My home planet was near his. The Flora often visited us and I learned their language."

The man wiggled his eyebrows "Boy, aren't you smart."

"Stop flirting with the injured Dregan, Quill!"

I turned my head again and saw a raccoon walking towards us on two legs and in a weird jump-suit thing. I smelled metal about him and instantly knew he was the product of a science experiment.

All of a sudden a cold pain started up in my chest. I looked down and saw my chest glowing, even through my tattered clothes "Not again!"

I threw my head back and looked to the human, Quill "Get me something to bite so I don't break my teeth. Preferably something fire proof. Quickly."

He pulled a greasy rag from his red jacket pocket and threw it to me. I reached up and caught it, giving the fabric a distasteful look but stuck it in my mouth anyway and waited for it to begin.

"I am Groot?" the Flora looked down at me curiously.

"I don't know, Groot," the raccoon said, looking ready to jump for his gun, which sat a few feet from him.

A pain unlike anything I had experienced in a long time ripped through by body as multicolored light poured from my skin in lines from my heart out. It burned my flesh and made my body smoke a tiny bit.

First, I felt the bones in my wings shift, healing, but it was excruciating. Next, the slashes in my skin knitted shut and the burns healed over. Finally, I felt my leg heal and the pain and light started receding.

After the pain was gone, I just lay there for a few moments, catching my breath.

"I am Groot?" Groot asked sympathetically.

I smiled softly, opening my eyes and pulling the rag from my mouth, which was now covered in blood from my mouth and slashes from my fangs "I'll be fine, my friend." With that, I sat up sharply, folding my wings and tearing into the bandages and make-shift cast with my claws.

I looked back up at Quill and the raccoon and smiled at their shocked expressions "Hi. I'm Vivian Blackthorn."

Introducing... the return of Vivian Blackthorn! The first few chapters or so will be with the Guardians before Vivian returns to Earth and the Avengers. Trust me, she wont be with them long. Please Review and let me know what you think!