Kiara's POV-
I look outside my bedroom door. My father is finally asleep. I take a huge sigh and close my door. I grab a few things and throw them into my backpack. I look down at my left arm to see it start swelling. He really did a number on me this time. I looked into my mirror and saw the many scratches and bruises all over my face. I didn't have time to bandage them, i needed to leave before my dad woke up. I grab my backpack, throwing it over my shoulder. I open the window and look down, it was going to be a long ways down as my room was on the second floor. I take a deep breath and jump. I felt the air rush my hair up as I started falling to the ground. My calculations weren't as correct as i thought, and ended up not landing on the bushes below. Instead i landed beside them. I cover my mouth to stop myself from screaming, i had landed on my right ankle. I waited a couple of minutes to make sure I could at least stand on my ankle, it was painful, but i could stand it. I started running to the middle of the square where a huge fountain could be made out in the distance. I started to slow down as I finally reached the fountain. I set my bag down, sitting beside the fountain. I take deep breathes, and my heart starts to slow back down to its normal beat. I feel a tiny drop of water on my head and look up. It started to lightly rain, as i took a huge sigh. It was going to be a long night. I was scared and lonely and didn't know where to go. I started to cry slowly when someone tapped my shoulder. I completely froze, my heart skipping a beat. I slowly look up to see a very tall tree like man looking down and smiling at me.
Rocket's POV-
It's in the middle of the night, and Groot has suddenly disappeared. I fricken hate Xandar. It never has anything good in the black market I mutter. I start to look around, and can't find Groot anywhere. I start heading towards the fountain that's in the center of town when I hear Groot, but he's talking to someone. I get closer, and finally am able to see Groot. "Groot! Where the hell have you been!?" I yell. Groot turns around and in his arms is a small figure. "What the Hell do you have?"
Kiara's POV-
I couldn't take it anymore. I ran towards the tree man and started crying. He put me in his lap, and started rocking me. My eyes started to get really droopy from lack of sleep due to me running away. All of a sudden i hear someone yell "Groot! Where the hell have you been!?" I start to hide myself in the tree man's arms. A small figure comes up to us and asks "What the hell do you have?" I can feel the tree man turn towards the small figure as he shows me to the figure. I refuse to look at him, terrified that he was gonna make the tree man leave me. I hear a sigh come from the small figure as he tells the tree man to put me down. He sets me down right next to him, but i still don't look up, i'm frozen still scared of what's going to happen. A small paw gently tilts my head so I face him. "Why are you all banged up kid?" the raccoon asks. "I ran from home because my daddy kept hurting me." I answer, my voice barely a whisper. The little raccoon moves my hair so it's out of my face, so he can analyze how banged up i am. I look into his dark chocolate brown eyes. He looks me straight in the eyes and says "You'll be okay from now on." I reach out and hug him tightly. He tenses up, but soon relaxes his body as i cry soft tears on his shoulder.
Rocket's POV-
I can't believe someone would hurt a little kid! She was clearly exhausted as she started drifting off. I placed her head in my lap thinking of what to do, but was pulled out of thought as it started to rain harder. I sigh, "Groot take the kid and let's head back to the ship." Groot picked the girl up, and we both headed back to get out of the wet weather.