Hey y'all. This is my first fanfic that I've published in a long time. It actually took quite a bit to work up the desire to even post it. So that being said, this will be updated quite regularly and I have tried to keep it loosely true to the comics/movie. Let me know if there is ANYTHING amiss and I will fix it.

"Quill!"

Yondu's shout rang out across the center hub of Knowhere. I rolled my eyes, knowing full well that Peter wasn't going to come running. After raising the kid for 26 years you'd think that Yondu would know how to handle him. As much as he hates to admit it, Yondu definitely has a soft spot for the boy.

"Don't you move, boy!" As soon as Peter bolted away, as predicted, Yondu let out of growl of frustration and charged after him. I repositioned my gun on my shoulder and started heading after Yondu, shoving aside the people in our way. It was crucial that we see where Peter headed.

Sparks and debris continued to fall from the top of the Collector's tower. Whatever happened up there, I was positive that Peter and the few following him were responsible. The people who were standing near the busted up building, curious as to it's current state, made no motion to move out of our group's way as we tried to make our way through. Yondu's growls of frustration grew as we rounded a cluster of buildings to see Peter and his new allies boarding the small mining crafts. Having been to Knowhere before to do some of our highest paying and most illegal of jobs, Peter knew these crafts and their capabilities well.

Yondu stopped to watch the mining crafts take off. He motioned to me to head off in a different direction.

"Kraglin! You look for Quill's Milano. He's going to try to make his way back there."

I nodded and took off towards the nearest cluster of parked ships to hunt out Peter's blue and orange Milano. Weaving through them, I quickly ascertained that none of these ships were even close to what I was looking for. I narrowed my eyes and scanned for another group. Spotting one nearby, I decided to cut through a cluster of stalls and shops. I was so focused on keeping an eye out for any potential pickpockets that when my foot landed on something that wasn't the ground, I lurched forward in an attempt to keep my balance. I might have been more successful if not for the claws that reached out and sank deep into my boot, throwing me to the ground.

I instinctively grabbed my gun and pointed it in the direction where the claws had come from. My sights found the most bizarre creature I'd ever seen. Standing on four legs and covered in sleek black fur, it had its head lowered, ears flat against the skull with its mouth bore into a toothy snarl. A low growl was emitting from it as its long tail lashed back and forth. Yellow eyes locked onto mine as I kept my gun steadied at its head.
"You fucking idiot!" In the corner of my peripheral I saw the keeper of the stall step out towards the creature. The creature turned and let out a strange hiss, its long fangs gleaming in the low light. I saw a glint of gold and noticed that the creature had a few hoops hanging from its pointed ear. The harried looking keep reached down and grabbed a chain out of the dirt that snaked around and was attached to the creature's studded leather collar.
"If you didn't just sit in the middle of the path maybe your tail wouldn't have been stepped on." The bearded, rough-looking Xandarian yanked the chain and hauled the creature back towards the stall.
"What the hell is that?" I pointed at the creature as I picked myself up out of the dirt. Powering down my gun I brushed off a majority of the dirt. The beast skulked towards the stall and sat down with its ears still pinned back and its back mostly turned towards me and its keeper.
"This is a rare creature from Terra. The cost is 50,000 Units."
"Fifty K!?" That was more than Yondu was willing to pay to have Peter brought back to him alive. This thing must be really rare if its cost was so high. "What do you do with it?"
The keeper shrugged. "Whatever you want. I suppose if you can find a way to train it, it'd make a decent guard. It's really strong, has higher senses than most other creatures and is a decent fighter. It's also very smart, capturing it was a bitch."
I paused to consider this information. Something that rare would be cool to have. Judging by its temperament, training it would be a task in itself. Although, a guard this lethal could prove to be very useful, and it's skill set could be of use when scavenging. What would Yondu say when I brought it back to the ship, though? I suppose I could always keep it in my personal ship if it proved too problematic to keep around the crew. Jax will just have to deal with it. "I'll take it."

The creature's ear flicked in my direction, its earrings letting out a soft jingle as they hit each other. I transferred the Units to the stall keep and he handed me the chain in return.
I looked down at the chain. "Is this really necessary?"
The previous owner nodded at me. "If that thing escapes, you won't be able to catch it easily." I gave the chain an experimental tug. The creature looked over at me with a seemingly annoyed expression in its face, white whiskers drooping and ears still back. It slowly got up and stood on its giant paws.

The stall keeper went over it it and pointed in my direction. "Go on, cat!" The creature, a cat I guess, shot a low growl towards the keeper and padded over to me. I started walking away, continuing the route I was taking towards the next ship cluster when my communicator went off. Seeing that it was Yondu, I quickly answered it.

"Kraglin, we jus' got a message from Quill. He's surrenderin' an' gave us his coordinates. Forget findin' the Milano and come back now. We're gointa get 'im."

"You got it, Cap'n! I'll be right there."

Ending the call, I turned around and started jogging back the way I came, my new cat trotting alongside me.

Also, let me know how you like/dislike it. Thanks :)
~F2TM