As Peter took the body to the Benatar, tears kept streaming down his face as he prepared to cremate the body of his beloved Gamora.

He never thought he would have to do this, but unfortunately he had to today.

As he lay Gamora's body down onto his ship he then cleared his throat before speaking about how great she was.

'Gamora was...well, for starters, the deadliest woman in the galaxy,' Quill said as she lay upon the table. 'But first, and foremost, she was the first person to speak to me as if I was actually a person, and not someone else's tool. She was...one of the best things to happen to me. She helped me through many of our darkest hours. But no hour is as dark as the hour in which you are gone, Gamora.' Tears streamed down Quill's face as everyone else looked on with sympathy. 'Honestly,' Quill said, 'if I could turn back time and find a way to stop that bastard from killing you, I would. Of course, Yondu did love me as a son, but I didn't really know at the time. But Gamora...you were amazing. You were one of the things that made me who I was meant to be. And now I know what I was meant to be. Thank you...and goodbye Gamora.'

He then pushed the tray which Gamora lay on into the crematory, and Quill still felt the tears run down his face like waterfalls.

Then suddenly a portal opened, with yellow fire cracks and a familiar man walked out.

'Strange?' Quill asked.

'Quill, who the hell is this?' Rocket said, pulling out his gun.

'Rocket, put it away,' Quill said, 'he's a friend. Why are you here, Strange?'

'I have a gift for you, Quill,' Strange said. 'Providing Gamora was lost to the Soul Stone and is probably trapped in there, I give you this necklace.'

He then gave Quill a small, brown amulet. 'And inside this necklace,' Strange said, opening up to reveal the orange gem inside, 'the Soul Stone.'

Quill quickly shut the amulet before instantly reaching into Strange for a hug.

'Alright, Quill, it's just a necklace,' Strange said.

'You don't know how much Gamora meant to me,' Quill said. 'If her soul really does lie in there, then...'

'She'll always be with you,' Strange said.

'Thank you so much, Strange,' Quill said. As Strange prepared to open up the portal and walk back through. 'Wait,' Quill said. Strange turned back. 'What?' Strange asked. 'If aliens start invading Earth again, and the Avengers can't deal with them alone, feel free to give us a call,'

'Yeah,' Strange replied as he went back through the portal.

As Gamora's body was cremated, hundreds of ships came around the Guardians's ship.

'Ravagers?' Rocket asked.

'Wait, no,' Quill said, 'not just the Ravagers. There's more than that.'

More and more ships which Quill recognised from mainly of the friendly planets that he had visited arrived at the funeral. Including one which was quite familiar to him. It was the Avengers' Quinjet.

The intercom buzzed. 'Hey, Quill,' a low, soft voice said over the intercom, 'it's me.'

Rocket ran over to the intercom, excitedly. 'Thor!' Rocket yelled. 'Hello, rabbit,' Thor said.

'Anyway, Quill, I called beings from every planet that you and your friends have saved, just to show you that the universe stands with you in every single loss you suffer. Basically in shorter words, so you don't feel alone.'

'Thank you so much, Thor,' Quill said. 'Sorry about the guys on your team that died too.'

'Yeah,' Thor said, 'I will miss them. They were great, and they laid down their lives to save the universe.'

'Of course,' Quill said.

'Farewell, old friend,' Thor said before turning off the intercom.

Quill sat alone, watching Gamora's remains sparkle into the vacuum of space, and Rocket quickly joined him, followed by Groot, Drax and Mantis.

Meanwhile, on a nearby ship, Nebula sat alone, staring at Gamora's remains in space.

'Goodbye sister,' she said to herself before continuing on her own path around the universe.

That night, Quill began having terrible dreams. He begin to dream about all the suffering that Gamora probably went through before Thanos killed her, and also a mysterious white figure. In the dream, he and Gamora were trapped in a dark room, tied to the wall. But it wasn't Thanos who entered the room. It was somebody else. Gamora looked at Quill in fear as the figure approached her. 'Ebony Maw,' Gamora said. 'Sister,' Ebony Maw replied as he reached to touch her face.

'YOU LEAVE HER ALONE!' Quill yelled. 'I will make you truly loyal to Thanos, Gamora, like you should have been all this time. But first, I will take away any obstacles that lie there.'

'NO!' Gamora yelled. Quill watched with fear as Ebony used his powers to pull hidden spikes from the wall, and threw them straight at Quill, who screamed in agony as he felt the spikes pierce through his skin, his body stained with his own blood. Then Ebony directed one final spike at his head.

'QUILL!' a voice shouted. It was Rocket, standing next to Quill's bed. 'Quill, are you alright?'

Quill leaped from his bed and aimed his gun at the doorway in fear, heavily breathing, before calming down. 'It's okay.' Quill said. 'It's just a dream.'

'What happened in it?' Rocket asked.

'Some weird, Emperor Palpatine guy who was Thanos's child trapped me and Gamora in some room, then killed me.'

'Did he have a name?' Rocket asked.

'I think he was called...Ebony Maw.' Quill said.

'Oh Jesus Christ, can't these bad guys pick better names?' Rocket said, which drew a chuckle from Quill, as he tried to downplay what had happened in his dream, but felt a tinge of fear.

'Rocket, do you think Thanos and his children could come back?' Quill said worriedly.

'What?' Rocket said, 'No! They're all dead! We killed them! Just forget about them!'

'It's not that simple,' Quill said, 'It's really not that simple. I can't just forget about what happened that time!'

'Then maybe we should just keep ourselves occupied then.' Rocket suggested.

'What should we do then?' Quill said. 'Shall we try to get another score? See if anyone needs our help? Just chill?'

'I don't know,' Rocket said, 'as long as it helps you. It is up to you after all,'

'Yeah,' Quill said.

'I AM GROOT!' Groot screamed angrily at his game.

'Groot, what did I tell you about going on that thing when you're supposed to be in bed?' Quill said.

'I am Groot,' Groot whined.

'Zip it!' Rocket snapped. Quill chuckled a little bit.

'Ah, it's just a phase Rocket,' he said, 'he'll grow out of it.'

'I goddamn hope so,' Rocket said, and Quill chuckled again.