Chapter 3
"Gamora" Dey starts with the green woman standing before him. "Surgically modified and trained as a living weapon. The adoptive daughter of the mad titanThantos. Recently he has lend out her and her sister Nebula over to Ronan. Which leads us to believe Thantos and Ronan are working together."
"Subject 89P13." Dey says while the raccoon growls and spits on the floor. "The result of illegal genetic and cybernetic experimentations on a lower life form."
"What in the hell?" Garthan Sal says about the giant tree that stands in front of them. Dey continues,"They call it Groot. A humanoid plant that has recently been traveling with 89P13 as his personal houseplant slash muscle."
The next one surprises Garthan Sal.
"What's a kid doing here?" He says looking at girl who's not paying no attention as she rolls her eyes to either of them as they check out her profile.
"That is Unknown Female 263R3. Refers to herself as Amarelle. Age is unknown. Origins most likely suggests that she's Terran. Has been with a band of mercenaries called the Ravagers led by Yondu Udonta for over five years. She has implants in her brain that are indistinguishable and we have no idea what they do. And despite obviously being a minor, her list of crimes and modifications puts her eligible for the Kilyn." Dey says.
"Peter Jason Quill. Also from Terra." Dey says as Peter gives them the middle finger. "Has also been raised from youth by the same band of mercenaries called the Ravagers led by Yondu Udonta. It's heavily implied that both 263R3 and Quill work together."
"What a bunch of A-holes." Sal says. "Transport all five to the Kilyn."
"I guess most of these Novacores want to uphold the law." Rocket says as they step off the transport ship into the Kilyn prison. "But these guys here, they're corrupt and cruel. But hey. That's not my problem. I ain't gonna be here long. I escaped from 22 prisons. This one's no different."
"Not much about being on this side of the bars, but I have broke people out of multiple prisons." Amarelle says.
"Probably as a distraction." Rocket mutters.
"You could say that." Amarelle says.
"You guys are lucky that the broad showed up because me and Groot would be collecting that bounty on you two right now and you would be drawn by Yondu and those Ravagers. Especially on Princess over there." Rocket says gesturing to Amarelle as he mutters. "Given Yondu's put a higher price on her."
"Seriously?" Peter says. "He's more concerned about getting a pissy eleven year old back than killing me. I feel insulted."
"Oh boo hoo hoo." Amarelle rolls her eyes.
"Anyway. I had a lot of people try to kill me over the years and I'm not about to be taken down by a tree and a talking raccoon." Peter says.
"What's a raccoon?" Rocket says in confusion.
"What's a raccoon? That's what you are. Stupid." Peter says in response.
"Ain't nothing like me. Except me." He says.
"Welcome to the club." Amarelle says.
"So this orb has a shiny blue suitcase. Ark of the covenant. Maltese falcon sort of vibe. What is it?" Peter asks Gamora.
"I am Groot." Groot says. Amarelle frowns a bit as she has only heard this from the tree creature.
"I have no words for an honorless thief and his brat of a sister." Gamora says.
Amarelle snorts in response. "You're definitely way off."
"Pretty high and mighty for some genocidal maniac like you." Rocket says. "And yeah I know who you are. Anyone who's anyone knows who you are."
"Yeah. We know who you are." Peter says before whispering to Groot. "Who is she?"
"Seriously?" Amarelle says. Even she knows who Gamora is.
"I am Groot." Groot says in an insistent tone.
"I wasn't retrieving the orb for Ronan. I was betraying him. I made plans to sell it to a third party." Gamora says as they enter into the impound part of the prison.
"I am Groot." Groot says.
"Yeah. Well that's just as fascinating as first past eighty-nine times that you told me that. What is wrong with giving tree over there?" Peter says annoyed.
"Well he don't know talking like me and you so his vocabulistics are limited to I and Am and Groot. Exclusively in that order." Rocket says.
Amarelle eyes one of the guys handling their possessions and sees the guy playing songs on Peter's Walkman. Which is the one thing Peter hates more than anything and some of Yondu's crew have learned their lesson the hard way.
She immediately watches Peter slip into the impound as the door closes and demands the blue bastard to put it back. That is until the bastard uses a taser on him.
The guy shocks him to his knees, but Peter continues.
"That song, Hooked on a Feeling. Blue Swede. 1973. That song belongs to me!" Peter shouts.
The blue bastard continues to shock Peter as everyone watches him convulse.
"Oh…...Man that's going to add another scar." Amarelle cringes.
Amarelle stands in nothing but her grey undershirt and matching boxers as she gets blasted with the orange cleanser once more which given her small frame is easily pushed up against the wall.
She's dragged from showering area by an attendant after she's deemed clean and is thrown into an area with Gamora and is nearly hit in the face when she is thrown a yellow prison uniform for her to change into.
She can sense Gamora stare at the side of her skull which displays one of the reminders of her 'alterations.'
Amarelle hates when her external metal plates of her implants are out on display for everyone to see. Especially since the placement surrounding area in basically a bald patch. Which makes it hard to for anyone to ignore. That's why she uses her welding goggles as an accessory when she doesn't use it. It's both practical and covers the metal plates.
"Jealous?" Amarelle says not looking at her when she pulls the sleeveless yellow shirt over her undershirt.
"Hardly." Gamora says as she braids her hair to stay out of her face.
She sighs as she braids her own long hair her back into her signature pigtail braids and uses a prison standard black handkerchief as a bandana to cover the plates since her goggles have been taken away by guards when they had to relinquish all personal possessions.
They eventually regroup with the boys as they are being handed their blankets for their time in the Kilyn and are basically thrown into the general prison population.
They look around the place. It has a prison guard tower and many guards with their guns and wristbands to activate doors roaming the place to keep the other prisoners in check.
Amarelle just simply shrugs. Nothing she hasn't encountered before in the past.
Her thoughts are interrupted when something disgusting is thrown at Peter's face and many of the prisoners start laughing.
"Welcome to hell." She mutters.
Meanwhile people give Gamora hell as they walk through the place. Amarelle can't help but somewhat feel bad for her, but doesn't let it show on her face.
"A lot of people here lost their families to Ronan." Rocket explains. "So they're pretty pissed at her. She'll last a day. Tops."
"Aren't the guards supposed to prevent this?" Peter asks.
"They're supposed to keep us from getting out. It doesn't matter what we do to each other on the inside." Rocket says.
"Pretty much." Amarelle agrees.
"Get a load of the fresh meat." A prisoner says as he gets into Peter's face. "I'm going to smash you into Terrian jelly." The guy threatens.
"You know that'll ruin your diet if eat crap like him." Amarelle says.
"Are you trying to ask for it?" Peter whispers harshly.
"They won't hurt me. I'm a kid. They might not be the cleanest nor like to play nice but two things are for sure. They won't hurt kids and they kill people that do. Why do you think child abusers and killers never last long in prison? So this guy won't hurt me. No matter how much I piss him off." She smirks at the angry monster who is stunned and angered by the child's audacity.
"You want to say that again you little….."The guy starts screaming as Groot holds him in the air by his nostrils.
"Holy….." Amarelle was about to swear when she is frowned upon by Peter. "You know. I can't always be a little angel and watch my words."
"What are you talking about? You've always been a child from hell." He says.
"Devil's Child is more of my liking thank you very much." She says.
"Listen up! Those two are our bounties. They stick with us! If you have a problem with it then you'll have to go through us! Or more likely we go through you!" Rocket threatens the prisoners.
Groot drops the guy and he ends up in the fetal position in pain.
"Damn….." Amarelle mutters. She looks at the crying guy as she walks away to follow Gamora while Peter goes off with Groot and Rocket.
A bunch of the prisoners shout and taunt as she pushes through them to her and Gamora's shared bunk. She isn't particularly threatened by these people herself. Mostly because it's not her that they're after.
She enters the bunk and looks up at Gamora and sees her barely keeping her composure as the prisoners shout obscenities at her as the door closes behind them for hours to come.
Amarelle has learned many things about keeping it together. Not matter what it seems on the outside. It's completely different from is actually the truth.
Amarelle lies in her bunk wide awake and staring at the ceiling. Trying to get some sleep when the door to their prison cell opens. She closes her eyes and makes it seem like she's asleep.
"Her?" One person asks.
"You idiot. Not the kid! The green one." Another person barks. "Do you want to be marked as a child killer?"
She hears struggling and opens one eye to see three people restrain Gamora and drag her out of the prison cell against her will. The prison cell door closes and Amarelle waits ten seconds after they disappear when she immediately gets up and goes up to the door. Only to find it locked.
"Damn it." She swears. Looks like the guards were in on this.
She sighs before taking a deep breath and places her hands on the door. "Hope it works on doors." She mutters as she focuses on the door and feels her entire physical form separate from her mental form. From the buzzing within her skull to a tinglingness on her fingertips. She finds her subconsciousness traveling the wires of the prison system and finds herself eventually to the computer program that controls all the prison cell doors. Within half a second the mechanisms of the door unlock and let herself out.
She feels herself come back into her body. She takes a breath and runs out of her cell after Gamora. Luckily hearing Gamora's struggling has provided where she is being taken.
She follows the noise down the stairs over to where the showers are to find one guy holding out his knife at Gamora while several other men restrained her.
Amarelle ducks behind some boxes and sees the whole thing playing out.
"Consider this your death sentence. For your crimes against the Galaxy." The head guy threatens. Amarelle was about to step in if it weren't for another presence.
"You dare." Everyone hears a voice and looks up to see a big muscular man with red tattoos. "You know who I am?"
"You're Drax the Destroyer." The guy says. "You slayed dozens of Ronan's minions "
"Ronan murdered my wife, Hovat, and my daughter, Kamaria. He slaughtered from where they he laughed!" Drax shouts in anger.
Amarelle looks over to see Peter, Rocket, and Groot on the other side of the room. She can see them, but they don't see her as they are focused on the confrontation.
Drax continues, "Her life is not yours to take. He killed my family. I will be killing one of his."
"Of course." The guy hands him his knife.
Gamora then fights on impulse and takes down two the guys with ease and hold their knives up to Drax and the other guy's throats.
"I am no family to Ronan. Or to Thanto." Gamora says before dropping the knives. "I'm your only hope in stopping him."
But Drax yells as he draws out the knife, "Your words mean nothing to me!"
Amarelle acts on impulse as she dashes out of her hiding spot.
"Stop!" Amarelle shouts as she steps in between them as Drax was about to kill Gamora. He sees the child and stops just in time. He stares at her in bewilderment and distress as he breathes heavily when he drops the knife.
Amarelle breathes a sigh of relief.
Here's the third chapter. Don't know. Don't care what people think. I just thought that this how I want to end the chapter on. With a little more on Amarelle and what she has. And also how her presence affects other characters. Anyway. Happy Reading.