Okay so I'm finally able to post another part to my story Yondu's New Ride. This one took me a while for I wrote it first then realized I had to write the companion piece to this one before posting. I needed some details from its companion piece in order for this one to make sense. Companion pieces will probably be posted as separate stories, due to me wanting to keep the theme I'm working on in this series consistent. I do apologize for any misspellings, grammar, story line mistakes that don't make sense in advance. Lots and lots of cussing in this chapter so be warned.
Kraglin was tasked with finding a doctor for the ship. Something he was NOT looking forward too due to his extreme dislike of needles and the smell of disinfectant which always made him want to puke. But 40 hours earlier Peter had been injured saving Yondu from a fairly large cave in and Yondu was not pleased about it. It had taken the crew the better part of a day to dig them out due to how unstable the rock structure but they managed it. And as they had gotten closer it had been easier to figure out where they were due to Yondu's yelling his head off at Peter for being a complete idiot. Then hearing Peter's rebuttal, bullshit he was going to let Yondu die on his watch. It almost happened once it wasn't going to happen again and leave his kids without a Granddad. The crew on the other side of the cave in by this point actually stopped to listen to the two men argue about how neither was allowed to die and how both were fools and shouldn't have done this and blah blah blah, till one of the crew gave them away with a very, VERY loud snort of humor.
"Kraglin if that's you and the rest of those lazy good for nothing bastards standing, there instead of getting us out. There is going to be a very large hole in your head." Barked the Centaurian.
"Coming Cap'n, have you out in a second." Then with a clang of a shovel and some more mining melters they managed to get them free. Grabbing a hover stretcher they loaded Peter and hightailed it back to the shuttle. Peter complaining the entire time he was fine and could walk and didn't need this big a fuss made over him, which was ignored by all. Getting back to the Quillian in record time guardian was dragged to the med bay and dumped his ass into the Bio Omniscience Base observator. The machine went to work diagnosing Peter, helpfully displaying all sorts of medical jargon which not a single one of the Ravagers understood worth a damn. Therefore Peter had been filled full of wonderful drugs, shutting the little bastard up for a few hours. Yondu, taking Kraglin aside, told him to find a doctor who knows what the fuck the machine is saying and would put up with a bunch of assholes, bastards and all the other fucking scum on this ship.
So they set a course to planet Hallux which was 96 hours away by normal transport but took under 22 hours for the Quillian at full speed. Once there, Kraglin took his shuttle out to start the search for a doctor who would be able to handle a bunch of Ravagers.
Kraglin had a list he had to follow and come heaven or hell if the doctor didn't meet them it would be his ass in the sling.
1. Doctor had to know their shit.
2. Doctor had to be able to put up with a lot of shit
3. Doctor had to actually give a shit about his patients
4. Doctor had to give as good as he got.
5. Doctor had to be willing to go anywhere he was needed.
So far Kraglin had been coming up empty and Yondu was getting impatient with him. Kraglin really wanted to tell Yondu to piss off, he had been on the planet for a total of 46 minutes but kept his mouth shut. He knew Yondu was worried about Peter but couldn't show it in front of the whole crew, so he was taking it out on his First Mate. Peter had actually confided to Kraglin, many years ago when he was still growing up, when Kraglin had been hurt, Yondu had worried just as much about him and took it out on the rest of the crew. So Kraglin let it slide and continued to…
"HEY GET THE FUCK OUT OF THE WAY YOU RETARDED FUCK MELON!" A surprising firm yet feminine voice shouted.
Jumping back from the road he was about to cross, he barely managed to avoid being run over by a hover truck loaded with people heading to somewhere. Further ahead he heard blasts and gunfire and thanks to too many missions with the Guardians instinctively started to follow. Good thing he did too, what he found himself in was one of the biggest plaza's he had seen and there was a ton of activity going on. Riot police were there firing into a mob of gunmen who were trying to blow something up, Kraglin couldn't see exactly what it was. The truck he had followed stopped on the edge and personal jumped out. They were dressed in blue and all had blasters on their sides but also carried some weird packs.
"Crumpler what the fuck are you doing here." Yelled a captain behind a riot tank.
"My job asshole what do you think?" She flipped him the bird as she set out another bag and mobil triage center.
"Get the fuck out of here till we get this contained."
"Like hell dip shit, if I waited for you to get it contained we would be here for another three months."
The cop grabbed his baton in frustration "God damn it, will you just listen to me."
"Never have before, why should I start now?" Said the clearly unimpressed doctor. Dr Rebecca Lee Crumpler was a small woman, Standing 5 foot nothing she had a large commanding presence. Natural amethyst shoulder length hair covered a brain swimming in intelligence and happily contemptuous personality. She was not known with babying fools so many people didn't like her. Eyes the color of slate glared over a sharp nose and mouth in what many thought was set to permanent snark. Thin of body her dark pastel green skin was covered in a blue medical uniform covered in pockets and slots concealing less then standard tools of the medical trade. She carried a fully charged blaster on her hip along with a knife, mini flashlight and med kit. Her boots were military grade with thick soles perfect for stomping over rough terrain or fools who get in her way.
Kraglin listening to the exchange couldn't help smirking. He liked what he was hearing. Then he looked up and noticed something which had him frowning. Reaching for his blaster he shot some fool who had actually been aiming for the medical attitude.
"Hey who the fuck are you? We don't need another asshole getting involved with this shit," the frustrated cop snarled at Kraglin.
"Great then why don't you get the fuck out of here, Captain Richard Cranium, and let someone who knows how to deal with scum, get the job done properly."
"Why you little bitch when I get hold of you…"
"Fuck off and do something rather then talk about it dick sucker." Turning she pointed at Kraglin. "YOU! Get over here and stand watch while I start treating these idiots for, if I'm lucky just incompetence, but probably for whatever else they can think up to kill each other."
Wisely Kraglin followed her instructions, standing watch while she finished setting up her center. Then continued watching in amazement as she went running into the firefight pulling out casualties with a portable hover suit. Person after person she pulled out as blasters, bullets and explosions went over her head. Instructing her assistants doing the preliminary exams and treatments,while she was fired at. Kraglin observed she didn't give a shit who she picked as long as they were not dead, cops, revolutionists, civilians in the wrong place at the wrong time, she just didn't care. When one revolutionist decided to open fire at her, she didn't hesitate to pull a knife out of her boot and throw it at the man. She was a crack shot, her aim went true and hit him in the throat. He gurgled for a moment, went down and she raced over to see if he lived. Seeing he was still alive barely she pulled her knife out, wiped it on his sleeve, slapped a regen pod on his neck and dragged him back to her area.
"Keep an eye on this one. He gives you any trouble kill him." Stated the doctor matter of factly to Kraglin. Kraglin looked down at the wide eye man but could tell he wouldn't give any more trouble. Keeping an eye on him anyway he watched as the battle, instead of getting more controlled, started going the opposite direction. All the while it was going to hell in a hand basket the doctor kept pulling person after person out of the fight.
But Kraglin had seen this stuff before and knew it was getting to the point, of spreading if something wasn't done soon, so he made a call.
"Kraglin to Quillian come in."
Yondu answered the hail "What you want you scrawny bastard? You find a doctor yet?"
"Possibly, haven't been able to talk to her, but I like her."
"Really so what's the problem?" now the blue captain was starting to growl.
"Massive revolution gone wrong, she is kinda busy."
"Revolution? You mean to tell me, I sent you down to find a doctor, a fairly easy task and instead your involved in some sort of revolution?"
"Yep."
"…" The silence on the end lasted for quite a few moments. "Fine I'll take care of the problem. But I want to talk to this doctor person you're so impressed with when done." The tone to the centurions voice promised pain for those wasting his time.
"Sure Captain," the radio connection was killed and Kraglin just had to wait. No doubt Yondu was going to be doing something equally impressive to stop the bullshit. He was NOT in the mood to deal with this when they had a job to finish and this was eating into their time.
Ten minutes later a shadow started to fall over the crowd, many looked up to see the largest god damn star ship they had ever seen. It was pitch black and smooth skinned, at least it looked smoothed skinned till various port holes began to open and out popped some of the biggest guns ever put on a battle ship. More and more guns started to appear all along the sides and people were taking notice. Three rows of guns on each side plus two larger cannons on the bottom of the hull along with four others at the top of the battleship.
Those soldiers of the revolution gone to hell, pointed their weapons up and tried to damage the ship, some even managing to hit the bloody thing. Only to receive a very nasty return shot turning them into a flaming dancing stick.
"ATTENTION IDIOTS, THE MAN AT THE HELM OF THIS SHIP IS VERY ANNOYED RIGHT NOW!" Kraglin barked out a laugh at the sound of Rockets voice. "WE CAME TO THIS PLANET LOOKING FOR SOME PERSONAL AND THIS LITTLE TIFF IS INTERFERING WITH THAT PLAN!" Little tiff man Rocket must be annoyed too. "SO I SUGGEST, YOU PUT YOUR
WEAPONS DOWN BEFORE WE PUT YOU DOWN!"
The people in the plaza stared at the ship before looking around at each other then back at the ship. But of course there is always one or two fools in a crowd who just don't know when to stop so they didn't. Opening fire, they hit it with a massive antitank ballistic missile. Needless to say they only managed to get one shot in. The ship continued to descend from the sky till it was only a couple hundred feet above the tallest point around.
"LISTEN YOU ASSHOLES PUT YOUR WEAPONS DOWN OR THE CAPTAIN WILL DEAL WITH YOU PERSONALLY. THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE!" Rocket was snarling over the pa but Kraglin could hear the smirk as well.
A few more shots were fired this time from both sides of the revolution. Not ten-seconds later a red streak could be seen coming from the ship and a whistling over the pa system.
Kraglin gazed over the plaza as his captain took out person after person with his arrow, not caring who's side they were on. But when the arrow took aim at one particular person, he screamed out. "CAPTAIN NOOOOOOO" Instead the arrow flipped over the person and continued on its way, taking out more and more till the plaza was filled with dead and dying.
"TOLD YOU, YOU DUMB FUCKS TO PUT YOUR WEAPONS DOWN OR WE WOULD PUT YOU DOWN. NOW MAYBE YOU WILL LISTEN NEXT TIME!" The weapons expert signed off.
"Kraglin you get that fancy doctor you were so interested in and get her up here, I want out of this piss pot hell hole!"
"Yes, Captain, I'll get her as soon as I can." Kraglin sighed he wasn't looking forward to this.
GGG
Dr. Becky Crumpler surveyed the plaza in front of her with satisfaction. Most of the carnage had been contained due to the timely intervention of that awesome ship and her captain. Yeah so a few people died, she wasn't worried about it, given they had been warned, twice, and they still failed to heed the warning. She continued to move around the people groaning in pain and stupidity, if she was being honest with herself, to see who else needed help. But most had been collected by now and delivered to the various medical centers in the city. Now she just had to deal with those idiot upper brass who thought they could tell her who to help or not.
"Dr. Crumpler may we have a word with you?" Snarled a riot officer, the one she had been bitching at earlier.
"Is it about something important? Or about how some random guy in probably the most kick ass star ship I have ever seen, single handily put down this failed revolution, a revolution you were not able to begin to control due to your head being so far up your ass you could taste your own spit?" She smirked at the officer. They had never been able to get along since she refused to stay on the sidelines when people needed help. Nor pick and choose between "good and evil" as they say until the authorities decided who was who.
The cop snarled at Dr Crumpler "Listen damn you. You had no reason to jump right in there while we were still getting a handle on shit. Because of you it was going to take more time and man power so we could keep you safe while you were being a complete numbskull."
"Oh fuck off, we both know you wouldn't have been able to control those massive bunch of idiots. They were all from the deliverance province and you know how backwoods inbred those fuckers are. In fact I heard some of those morons are related to you, is it true?" Now she was just having fun watching as the cop got redder and redder.
"So lets agree to disagree on the idea, you knew what you were doing. Cause from where I was standing you sure as shit didn't have a clue." Turning on her heel she went to the triage center to assess the last of the wounded. It was at this same time she heard an inarticulate roar behind her and the sound of a blaster cannon powering up.
"Ahh ahh ahh I wouldn't do that if I were you." The doctor whirled around to see the man who had helped her during the start of this little fiasco holding his own blaster to the temple of the cop.
"Why you fucking little prick, once I get my hands on you…"
"You won't be, no doubt my captain, is still watching and will put an arrow between your eyes if you so much as twitch."
"Fuck if he will. I'm sure he isn't paying… err," the cop drifted to silence as a shooting arrow once again came to rest right between his eyes.
"KRAGLIN WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING? I TOLD YOU TO GET YOUR ASS BACK TO THE SHIP!" Needless to say Yondu himself had come to find out what was going on with his first mate and the hold up of leaving this shit planet.
Kraglin hid a grin as the Ravager Captain invaded the space of everyone, capturing it with his presence. Yondu walked up and looked at the female in front of him who was giving the asshole such a hard time. With an eyebrow lifted in Kraglin's direction, Kraglin simply nodded towards her.
"You girl come here!" Barked the Captain, Kraglin wasn't surprised when she did no such thing. "I said come here I want to talk to you."
"AND I am looking around to find the girl, BUT if you're talking to ME who is a WOMAN, I might have a few minutes to spare. Lord knows my time is being wasted on these idiots," she pointed a thumb at the cops being kept at bay still by Yondu's arrow.
Yondu glared at the young spitfire for a few moments, till he made up his mind, letting loose the biggest grin. "Okay then, woman I want to talk to you."
"Sure, lets move over to the shade there. The burning light of the dumbasses here is giving me a headache."
"Hey you bitch we are not…" Yondu whistled again and the arrow came even closer.
"Oh my god you don't know how funny it is to see you do that. I am loving every minute of it." She grinned as the riot cops fumed but stayed silent. Walking over to the shaded table, she sat down, indicating Yondu should as well. "So what can I help you with?"
"I'm looking for a Doctor for our ship. Sent Kraglin to find one and the stupid fuck went and got in the middle of a revolution or something. Pissed me off, I want to get gone from this piss hole."
"Doctor huh? Why you looking for one? Last one get killed or something?"
"A day ago dumb fuck of an idjit got hurt on a mission and while we used our Bio Omniscience Base observator as the trash panda calls it to figure out what the hell was wrong with him. It was saying all sorts of medical jargon bullshit we don't have a clue about."
"Wait your medical bed is called Bio Omniscience Base observator as in boo boo? So if one of your crew gets hurt you have to take him to the boo boo?" She kneeled over in laughter holding onto the table to keep from hitting her head she was shaking so hard.
Yondu simple waited her out with a simple grin on his face. When she was finished, she wiped her tears with the back of her hand and settled down to talk. "Okay okay I think I'll be fine now but dear god man some shitty names people come up with."
"Like I said had a man get hurt and that boo boo thing is spitting out all sorts of bullshit words none of us understand. Want someone on board who knows what the fuck it's saying then fix whatever needs fixing."
"Right so what happened to your guy to get him hurt?"
"Idiot decided to push the man he was without of the way, dumb fuck. I read him the riot act but didn't do much good. I'll punish him later once he gets on his feet again," there was a sly smirk glimmering in the old captains eye.
"Right well got some questions for ya."
"Go on." Yondu amused himself with twerking the arrow a bit in the cops face.
"Whats the pay?"
"Lousy."
"What're the hours?"
"24/7."
"Will we go to new highly dangerous places where people can get killed?" She leaned forward eagerly with the question.
"Yes."
"Will I be expected to deal with casualties while under fire?"
"Yes."
"Will I be expected to kill dumb fucks who shoot at me?" She grinned in response to Yondu's.
"Only if you want to. Otherwise you can just knock them out or let some other guy kill them."
Now she gave a sly look over to Kraglin who was enjoying the banter between the two.
"Will I be able to use tall, dark, and handsome over there for a sex toy?"
Whereby Kraglin immediately started squirming as he looked to his captain. Who with a devious grin replied.
"Only if he wants to be."
"Hmm sounds reasonable." She thought about it for all of twenty-seconds. "Very well I'm in. I'm tired of this shit hole. I can never get anything done properly with all these dumb fucks walking around like the idiots they are."
"You say that now but Ravagers are not known for their brains."
"Ravagers? You all are Ravagers? Whats your name?" She was eager to hear the answer.
"Captain Yondu Udonta. Captain of the Quillian and chief head buster among the smarmy bastards."
"Really? Oh fuck I've read stories about you and your adventures. Is it true you all took on a whole planet and won?"
"Yep, we put that bastard out of business for good."
"Then I'm definitely going with you. Sounds exactly like what I'm interested in. Let me get my pack and a few things from home and I'll be on board in an hour."
"Good, Kraglin go with her, get what she needs and be back on the double."
"Aye Captain."
Yondu watched as his first mate followed along in the doctors wake before turning to the officers. Standing he walked over to the group who hadn't moved and grinned.
"Well, it seems that fine lady over there has decided to leave you morons to your ineptitude. Can't say as I blame her from the look of ya. I suggest you don't bother to go after her when I leave. It won't be pretty, you understand me?" he grinned at the feral angry looks on the mens faces.
"Yes!" Spit out the man who's face was still being threatened with the arrow.
"Good, good, glad we had this talk." Turning he walked away but the arrow didn't move. Only when he was around the corner and out of sight did he whistled for its return.
"Stupid dumb fucks if they ever show their faces around here again I'll arrest them." Growled the Riot captain. His men wisely kept shut.
GGG
An hour later Kraglin and the new Ships Doctor boarded the Quillian which wasted no time lifting from the planet.
"This way ma'am, the med bay is on the sixth floor and from what I'm told you already have one patient." Kraglin grinned from the memory of being told by Gamora that Peter was still bitching and moaning to be released and no one was listening to him. He would stay put till told otherwise.
Becky Crumpler looked around her as she walked beside her dream boat. She was fascinated by all she could see "Oh really and who is this person?"
"Name is Peter. Kinda thinks he's hot shit, but someone who will always have your back."
"Right well if he gives me any trouble he will regret it."
Kraglin smiled to himself looking forward to this interaction. The doors to the med bay slid open and the smile expanded to a grin as he heard the voice's raised in argument.
"I'm FINE! Its just a broken leg it doesn't mean I have to stay in here forever. I'm perfectly capable of doing easy things," bitched the Terran.
Gamora was having none of it. "You will stay in that bed," she stabbed a finger in said beds direction, "till your told otherwise, if you don't the only other place you will be sleeping will be in the recycling room!"
"God damn it Gamora listen to me…"
Taking instant stock of the situation the newest crew member dictated to Peter "No, YOU listen to me young man. Your ass belongs to me now. So lay down in that bed, shut your trap and let me work. " Dr. Crumpler slapped Peter on the forehead and began a through scan with the bed, learning what she needed to know.
"Jesus boy you're a mess. What the hell did you do have a ton of shit fall on you?" She continued to scan him, mostly so she could keep playing with the sweetest piece of medical machinery she had come across in a long time. "You WILL be on bed rest till I say otherwise. The shit you have wrong with you is ridiculous."
"Come on I don't need to be on bed rest really. I can still do stuff."
Becky continued to type in a few commands till she found what she was looking for. "Shut up with your whining and lay back." Imputing the commands she wanted she was happy to see the force dome pop up and surround the brat.
"Hey whats going on?" Quill tried to break the shield and got nothing but a bruised hand and ego for it.
"What did I just get finish saying? You'll be just fine if you can keep your trap shut for a few more minutes." If he couldn't well she might end up having to wire his jaw shut to let it heal. Since she would have broken it after slugging him.
Peter grumbled but did as he was bid and a few moments later felt the weirdest current flow through his body. It didn't hurt but it was strange up until the point it got to his leg then it really was weird. He had an insane urge to scratch due to the incredible itchy feeling. Trying to lay still till told otherwise he gritted his teeth.
The machine stopped 15 minutes later, the doctor gave it a final command then dissolved the dome. "All right pretty boy your all better. But you still will need bed rest for the next two days. No heavy lifting, no needless walking, no needless fucking around of any sort."
"What you do?" Peter was rubbing franticly at his arm it itched so bad.
"I healed you, you moron. These beds do more then just diagnose problems. They do things like actually fix them too. What did you guys never even read the manual on them?" At the sheepish looks all of them sported she had her answer. "Oh my god you all are idiots, thank god I'm here otherwise you would probably drop dead from something worse like a hang nail or a splinter."
Peter, continuing to rub at his leg and arm was amazed at the feeling. He was set to jump out and conveniently forget everything the doctor said as soon as he was out of her sight. One slight complication though.
"Boy don't even THINK about disobeying her. Two days your ass will be glued to that bed even if I have to tie you to it."
"But Yondu!" whined the fully grown, with kids of his own, man.
"Don't but me, you cheeky bastard, you're going to your bunk and staying there. End of story!" Coming to the bed he placed his hand on the back of Quills neck and leaned in till their foreheads touch. "Just do it for me son it's only two days," he whispered so only they could hear it.
Taking a deep breath and letting it out slowly he looked into the eyes of his dad and nodded.
"Good, I'll help you get there. Otherwise I'm sure someone else would dump you on your ass when you start your bitching again. Hell I have half a mind to."
"Hey! I learned how from the best." Peter retorted with a grin.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA that you did boy, that you did." Providing a shoulder for Peter to lean on they walked out of the bay.
Crumpler stared at the two wondering about their relationship and not one to pussy foot around when she needed answers she turned to Kraglin. "What was that all about? I thought for sure he would continue bitching till I finally needed to knock him out."
Gamora responded. "You just witnessed a dad talking to his son. Peter saved Yondu's life a few days ago and scared Yondu out of a dozen of his."
"His son? They don't look anything alike. Hell when I did a bio scan I didn't see ANY centaurian genetics in him."
"Yondu adopted him years ago, when we took on Ego three years ago Yondu almost died saving Peter. Since then they have gotten closer." Gamora assessed the new doctor before making up her mind. "Listen if you EVER have problems with either one of them, really serious problems, call the other one. Both are incredibly stubborn, both will dismiss wounds that would kill a valkornia wolf bird UNLESS it's the other one that has it. Then they get highly aggressive and will pound skulls if need be to make the other get help. Its much easier to set them on each other then to fight them over it."
"Who's the worse of the two?" Which she thought was a more important question.
"Yondu is the worst to treat. He is just absolutely horrible about it. Peter normally has to stay with him to keep him down long enough to heal. But he is also an ursula major when Peter is hurt. He will stay up worrying about him till he's out of danger. He just won't show it. His whole life now is about keeping his family safe and he will do anything to make sure that happens." There was a warning there for the doctor who understood exactly what wasn't being said.
"Gotcha all right well for now go take care of those two fools. I have a ton of work to get done with acquainting myself with all the goodies in here." Shooing most of the group out of the bay she latched onto Kraglin's arm.
"Not you tall, dark, and handsome, you and I need to have a long private conversation." She batted her eyelashes at him and had the fun of seeing him swallow in trepidation.
"Err well I have to get back to the bridge since the Captain is busy."
"Ahh come on I'm sure the bridge will still be there. Why don't I show you some of the other settings this med bed can do?" she gave him a sultry grin that caused him to yelp, yank his arm out of her hold and scramble out of the medical bay.
Dr Becky Crumpler simply laughed and turned back to her new domain. When she was done she would have everyone on this ship properly afraid of her. She was looking forward to her new job immensely.
The end
Now I do have a rough draft to a companion piece to this chapter. It will be posted at another time and I am not sure when. My husband is going in for neck surgery on the 5th and I start work up again on the 6th so not sure exactly when I will be able to post it. I'm aiming for a chapter a week but might end up being every other week or so due to getting schedule on track. Please if you have any ideas or suggestions for other positions needing filled on a large star ship please leave a review or comment. I need ideas as to spots to fill on the ship.