Just like to take this moment to say this story is dedicated to Cheri0427, the lady of awesomeness xx

Chapter 4

In Peter's head he had calculated it perfectly, but the reality of it was different, as with the hose in his hand, which he had carefully obscured from the Senator, when he jumped from the building. The plan was to slide from building, onto the vehicle, three floors below, sadly after a few second of hanging in mid-air, in which Peters pathetic life flashed before him, he took a moment to notice how screwed up it was

As Peter felt himself fall towards the vehicle, realising he was going to miss it, as he reached out his hand, and prayed to God that it worked, as the metal vehicle got closer and closer, which he knew was happening In the blink of an eye but for some reason dragged on, perhaps his life really was flashing in front of him, he thought, to himself, as finally his body collided with the vehicle.

Dropping the hose, he begun to scramble over the guard, the shoes he was wearing, the stupid girl's shoes were almost causing him to slip, as he felt something grab him by the scruff of the neck, and try to pull him over.

Looking up he could see the girl concerned face, as he managed to drag his body over, and for a second all he could do was take a deep breath, from the fear and adrenaline, on the vehicle floor, as he almost laughed.

Pulling himself to his feet, he quickly looked up; too narrowly miss the blaster fire which was now being rained upon him by the Senator, so the bastard still hadn't given up, even though he was a crap shot.

Any other day, Peter may have given his dues just for trying, now he just wanted him to piss off, as he pulled his communicator out of his pocket, to call Yondu only to have it blown out by a blaster shot a second later. With the remains falling to the earth in fragments, Peter cursed himself, he needed to call Yondu, oh God Yondu was going to kill him since he had screwed up so badly.

"Hold on", he told the girl, as in a sharp contrast to their drama, they sailed down the building with ease, with only then Peter realized that he knew nothing about this girl, aside from under the grime and her own torn dress, she was very pretty with amber eyes, and taller than him, by several inches.

"What's your name?" He managed to get out, his breath returning with ease

"Cheri, I'm thirteen, my parents sold me to a brothel and they sent me here". Cheri said, with a note of bitterness in her voice, as Peter just sighed.

Peter wasn't surprised by this undercurrent in Xandarian society…if anything looked shiny on the surface; he knew it would look like shit underneath.

"Don't worry Cheri, I'm gonna help you".

"Well you got me out of there, so you know".

No more words needed to be said as the ground finally appeared beneath them, as Peter jumped off the vehicle and held his arms out for Cheri who immediately did as he desired, and Peter couldn't help but notice how warm and soft she felt, even if she was covered with grime and had a look on her face older than the rest of her body.

He hadn't spent that much time around woman in years, and it was a stupid thing to think, as once again, the air around them was suddenly filled with blaster fire, by more guards, or perhaps it was the same ones from the room since the screwdriver's electric charge wasn't that long suddenly appeared to silence the pair once and for all.

These guys, unlike the Senator, knew how to handle a blaster as Peter noticed the Senator in the mix, and the pissed off look on his face, as taking the Cheri's hand; he fled down the street, with the guard's still opening fire…in a public area.

"God are they thick or what?" He suddenly exclaimed, as he saw a young man in a suit filming it on his communicator, and rushing past snatched it out of his hand. He didn't apologise for this, Ravagers didn't apologise for anything, and the bastard was filming two kids in distress instead of calling the…

Quickly Peter reached into his pocket releasing his hold on Cheri in the process, but even though she had been tied up for God knows how long she managed to keep up with him, by pure desperation as he pulled the card given to him earlier which had survived intact and hastily dialled the numbers as a familiar voice came through, but Peter didn't give the opportunity to speak further

"Corpsman Dey, it's Peter, well Petra…you met me earlier, I was dressed like a girl. I'm really a boy, and I just rescued a girl from Senator Kruger. He's been killing girls."

There was a silence as Peter heard the Corpsman's voice, saying the only word anyone could under the circumstances, as Peter took a moment to take a breath, and to scratch the back of his neck which was beginning to itch for some reason.

"What?"

"Ok, just meet me in the city centre by that fountain thing, and I dunno bring back up or something, I've got several hard bastards firing at me right now". Peter immediately clicked off the call and dialled the other number, one he knew by heart.

"Yondu, its Quill. I did the job, but it went strange meet me at…" Peter finished with the same location, as he heard Yondu swearing so loud, that Cheri looked over at the aggressive tone.

"Is that your dad?" Cheri got out, beginning to lose her breath, as the sight of the bedraggled teens running through the streets was drawing more attention, as Peter pulled her into an ally which he knew was a short cut, and the men that were following, even though, the blaster fire seemed to have died down, footsteps disappeared for a moment, but Peter knew this could be a ruse as he increased speed. "No, he's my Captain, I'm a Ravager".

Cheri seemed to slow down, for a second, but Peter didn't. "You're a what?"

"Ravager, I'm in training, it's a long story" a really long one, Peter thought to himself, as the pair turned the corner, and both sagged with relief at the sight of the Corpsman, several more than just Dey. As he got closer, he thought he recognised a few of them from his lookouts, not that he was going to advertise that to their faces, as with Cheri almost collapsing, they immediately rushed to her aid, it being obvious she was the worst of the two.

From the moment he had rescued her, Cheri had shown her stoicism, until this moment and it not for a female Corps grabbing her she would have passed out on the floor, as Dey turned to Peter, taking in his torn dress and masculine tone, and just looked slightly bewildered.

"Senator Kruger takes kids sold to brothels like Cheri and he kills them". Peter quickly filled in the Corpsman, as Cheri now returning to herself begun to interject, the rest. "Please, can you stop him?" The teenage girl begged as from the looks on the Corpsmen's faces they would immediately begin to investigate and arrest. "So where do you come into all of this," He asked Peter who automatically went dry. Oh shit, he was a Ravager, in training or not he was also a look out as his mind thought for something to say, as suddenly he felt the hairs on his neck stand up on end.

Before Peter could even think, before he knew what he was doing, the blaster in Dey's holster was suddenly in his hands, as he turned round and fired. It was a congested area, a crowd had gathered to witness the bruised and bloody teens, yet somehow the shot fired past all of them, crossing through the crown, as if there was nothing, as Senator Kruger, still flanked by his guards, had rushed to the area, and was now the only one on the ground having convulsions from the shot Peter had fired.

For a moment there was a silence in the air, as eyes darted back and forth, everyone taking in the sight of the boys eyes blazing bright green, as a wind seemed to pick up and was rushing through his blond hair, before Peter stopped and just blinked looking down at the blaster in his hands like it was a foreign object, which he promptly dropped

"What the hell", Dey exclaimed, as several members of the Corps rushed over to begin the arrest, as Peter suddenly heard a familiar sound, and even after all the shit couldn't suppress the grin, before turning to Cheri. "Are you going to be alright? Is she going to be alright?" He addressed the latter part of the question to the Corpsmen, who nodded in the affirmative. "She can't go home to her parents, their assholes". Peter stated, which Cheri quickly confirmed, as she moved close to Peter, as a shadow fell across the ground, causing Peter to look up. "And speaking of assholes."

The sight of the Ravager shuttle automatically caused the Nova Corps to pull out their own blasters minus the ones who were currently apprehending the Senator and his goons.

"Look' I've got to go, but take care of yourself" Peter sighed, the adrenaline beginning to wear off and he was exhausted, as the shuttle stopped, mid-air and revealed it's tractor beam.

"Ok…thank you Peter, just thank you". The same could be said for Cheri, who looked exhausted, as she quickly grabbed Peter, and kissed him on the lips. For a moment, Peter savoured it; it was warm and nice, as he felt his body respond to her touch. Pulling away, however, his surprise was hastily replaced by bravado, as he stepped into the tractor beam, the same that had whisked him from Earth, all those years before.

Feeling himself rise from the surface, he couldn't resist one more thing.

"I hope you remember this day…the day you met the great Star Lord". He yelled, as seeing Yondu standing by the porthole, his arms crossed and his face flat, Peter had a sudden moment of fear…Yondu was going to kill him!

As Peter, disappeared into the shuttle, which moved away from the surface, Dey just turned to the teenage girl next to him in confusion.

"What the hell did he say", and all Cheri could do was shrug. "I have no idea".

To be continued, more rounding up the story…and what was in the Orb?

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