All of these characters belong to Marvel except for Valarie, she belongs to me.
Sorry if any of the characters are OOC, also sorry for any misspellings.
Peter looked down at the vegetated glowing city below; the guardians had landed on Awhoria about a week ago and were busy enjoying booze, babes, and all in all a good time. They were currently at a casino were Peter was sure Rocket and Drax were betting all the money they had on those alien reptile races while Groot stayed back at the ship, he had fully grown not too long ago and was busy resting up. Peter on the other hand was out enjoying the view of the city while drinking his beer. He brought his bottle up to his lips and took a swig; he enjoyed having some time off of saving the galaxy.
Lord knows how long it's been since he's been able to enjoy some peace and quiet, Rocket and Drax were always yelling at each other, Gamora was always about to murder someone, and Groot….Well he was the best of the group when it came to silence.
"Peter?" a friendly voice asked from behind him.
He turned and saw Gamora standing in the doorway that led to the balcony he stood on.
"Hey 'Mora, how are Rocket and Drax doing?"
"Hm, pretty well I believe. They lost half their money."
Peter groaned and ran his figures through his hair, "Oh course they did…"
"But the people on this planet seem very gullible; I think we'll be able to get the money back in no time."
"Well that's nice," he said with a sigh.
Gamora looked over at him and frowned, "Is everything alright Peter? You don't seem like yourself."
"Oh I'm fine, just a little tired is all."
She gave a nod and looked down at the city below, "Isn't it beautiful?"
Peter examined the city, its tall vine covered buildings that had rays of light shining out of the windows, the deep blue rivers with the ancient looking bridges that ran over them, and the sky that was covered in stars and was a mixture of light and dark blue.
"Yeah, it is," he muttered as he rested his elbows on the railing.
Peter turned why he heard glass breaking from the inside of the casino.
Gamora smiled, "Should we go get them?"
"We better before they kill each other," Peter said, stretching before walking into the casino with Gamora.
"What we were just having a friendly fight! Nothing for you jerks to worry about," Rocket said as Gamora and Peter dragged both him and Drax out of the casino.
"I bet you were Rocket," Peter scoffed, "I mean you were only trying to choke Drax!"
"He started it!" Rocket snarled.
"Would you both quit it? We're supposed to be here to relax and yet you idiots are spending it fighting!" Gamora yelled as she rested her hand on Drax's shoulder.
Peter nodded, "Your right, I'm sorry Gamora. It's just when SOMEONE starts tearing your ship apart and is always getting into bar fights it start to peeve people off, people like me."
"It's not my fault your ship is full of useful parts for my weapons," Rocket said with his arms crossed. "Honestly I blame the ravagers."
Gamora glared daggers down at him, "Rocket would you please just-"
The four of them froze when they heard a gunshot that was followed by a splash that was relatively close to them.
"What do you suppose that was?" Gamora questioned.
"What do you think it was? It was someone getting shot or shot at," Rocket stated.
"Yes, thank you Captain Obvious," Peter snapped.
As he and Rocker started to bicker again Drax looked over the old bridge that connected the casino to the mainland, he looked towards the docks and could barely see something moving in the water.
"Look!" he said as he pointed towards the docks.
The others turned their gazes to Drax and looked out at the docks, "It looks like a body," Gamora said as she leaned over the stone railing of the bridge, trying to get a better look.
"We better check it out, c'mon," Peter said as he waved them to follow.
They ran as fast as they could over to the docks, once there they saw drops of blood splattered on the dock floor. Drax looked at the water and then reached down into it, when he lifted his arm up they saw young woman with blood covering some of her hair and her chest. Drax laid her down onto the dock and placed two fingers on her throat.
"She is alive, but we should get her some help."
She had a gunshot wound in her chest that was close to her heart and an open scar on left side of her head. But blood and wounds aside she was a very normal looking girl, she looked to be in her mid twenties and had long curly light ginger hair with small freckles on her cheeks; her skin was of a peach color and she wore a torn up gray plaid skirt with a black hoodie and combat boots.
Peter nodded in agreement, "Alright, get her back to the ship while I try to get some help."
Drax picked her up bridal style and carried her back to the ship along with Gamora and Rocket.
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Groot looked inside Peter's room were the young woman laid, the doctor Peter had gotten was busy removing the bullet and stitching up her head, Groot frowned and turned to see Gamora standing behind him along with Drax.
"What do you think happened to her?" Gamora asked.
He shrugged, "I am not sure, but hopefully she will be strong enough to talk to us after the doctor is done."
Gamora gave a nod as Peter walked into his room, "How is she doing?' he asked.
"She'll be alright just sore for a couple of weeks, and she may forget something's do to the blow on her head," the doctor said before standing up.
He said his goodbyes and started to walk towards the exit when he saw Rocket, he gave the raccoon a strange look that Rocket just snarled at.
"I am Groot?"
Peter looked down at Rocket with a confused look; Rocket sighed and rolled his eyes, "He's askin' when the gal should be awake."
He shrugged, "I don't know Groot, hopefully soon."
"But when she does we shouldn't pressure her about what happened, alright?" Gamora said as she turned to Drax, Groot, and Rocket.
They nodded and or shrugged in agreement and then went to their quarters. Gamora turned towards Peter, "Will you be alright sleeping in the storage room?"
He nodded, "Yeah, yeah I'll be fine."
She smiled and turned towards her room. Peter sighed and grabbed an extra pillow and blanket and went into the storage room.
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"Peter, come quickly!"
Peter shot up from his cot and darted out of the storage room, he saw the team gathered around the entrance to his room. He moved past them and saw the young woman sitting up straight; her eyes were a bright purple color and she had a confused look on her face.
"Who are you? Where am I?"
"Um… I'm Peter Quill people call me StarLord, and this is Gamora, Drax, Groot, and Rocket," he said as he introduced them to her, "And what's your name?" he asked a little slow.
She sighed, "Dude I'm not deaf you know, my names Valarie but you can me Val."
"If I may ask what happened to you last night, Valarie?" Drax questioned.
"Well I-"
"Are you a Xandarian?" Rocket questioned.
"What, no-"
"I am Groot."
"What did I tell you last night?" Gamora hissed at the three of them.
"I don't remember you telling us anything last night," Rocket said with a smirk.
Gamora sighed, "Rocket…"
"Calm down all of you," Peter snapped quietly, "Let's first start off with what happened last night."
She blinked and thought for a moment, "All I remember is getting shot and hitting my head on a piece of wood or a rock or something."
She then stood up; Peter took a step forward to help but stopped when she held up a hand, "As for am I Xandarian? No I'm an Alirk, and what was the other question?"
"He wasn't askin' nothin', he was just sayin' his name," Rocket said.
"Oh, well if that's the case then could you tell me where I am?"
Peter nodded, "Yeah, you're on my ship the Milano."
Gamora nudged Peter's side and leaned over to him and whispered, "Shouldn't we give her something more, appropriate to wear?"
Peter looked at Val's skirt and saw a long tear up to her higher thigh and nodded, "Sure if you have anything for her."
"Hey Valarie, might we get you something more comfortable to wear?" Gamora asked as she waved her to follow.
"Um sure, if that's not a problem..."
"None at all."
The rest of the team watched as Gamora and Val left towards Gamora's room.
"So I take it she'll be staying for a while?" Rocket asked as he looked up at Peter.
"Hm maybe, we'll see what she wants to do," Peter answered. "Why?"
"Eh no reason," he said with a shrug, he then walked over to where he usually sat and did inventing.
Peter looked at him with some confusion but then shrugged it off, though one thing was for sure, if she was going to stay for a while he would need to clear out that storage room.
I hope you enjoyed it, and as always I'm sorry for any OOC characters and the misspellings. I'll try to upload as soon as possible, maybe tonight or tomorrow, more so tomorrow since I have a lot of school work to do. Comments are always helpful and thanks for reading.:)
-MissTeenFiction