Well, here you go! I'm having a lot of fun writing this story. And I'm almost to chapter 6 for pre-writing, so speak up if you don't like something!
I hoped and prayed that Vlad didn't catch my bluff.
"Uh…" the man, who I assumed was "Quill" said, apparently at a loss of words.
"I am Groot." The walking tree stated.
"Yeah that's nice. But not a good enough reason." I started to take in a deep breath to try and scare them, and it worked.
"Wait, wait, wait!" the raccoon yelled. I stopped and slowly let out the half breath and stared at the strange creature.
"Groot don't know words like me and you do. His vocabulary is limited to 'I' and 'am' and 'Groot'. Especially in that order."
"Huh. So like a speech disorder?" I asked.
"Exactly." The raccoon responded.
"Well that still doesn't answer my question. Vlad? Would you like to introduce me to these people, who they are, why they are here, and why YOU are with them?" I looked to Vlad. My energy was basically out, so he needed to hurry.
"ok. In that order, this is Groot,-" he pointed to the tree.
"yeah I got that." I said.
He looked at me with an irritated look. "this is Rocket Raccoon,-" he pointed to the raccoon. "Gamora, daughter of Thanos,-" he . said as he looked to the green lady.
"Adoptive daughter. And do not associate me with that monster." she said bitterly.
She instantly reminded me of Sam.
"Drax the Destroyer,-"
The dude with the weird marks nodded at me and said, "Danny Phantom, yes?"
I nodded.
"You are very powerful. I hope to call you ally, and friend."
"We'll see." I responded.
"And this is our-" I raised my eyebrow at "our". "- leader Star Lord. Aka Peter Quill."
Peter pressed a button on his mask to reveal a normal colored face. "Hi. How's it goin'?" he said as he extended his hand for me to shake, which I did.
"And we,-" the eyebrows raised again at "we". "- are The Guardians of the Galaxy." He finished.
"Ok, two down, two to go."
He looked at me. "I must say Daniel, I'm impressed that you've maintained this form for so long."
"Yeah I don't know for how much longer, and I still need to get home in time for dinner. I will save the rest of my energy for that."
I closed my eyes and finally allowed the rings to wash over me. When I opened my eyes, the Guardians, and Vlad, where shocked.
"I get their reactions, but come on Plasmius. You've seen that many times."
Vlad jumped at the use of his (apparently old) name, and I noticed that the guardians looked a little skeptical.
Vlad continued on nervously. "We were tracking Yondu when we discovered that he had a plan to steal the Infinity Stone from the Nova Corps and sell it to Thanos."
I looked at him confused. "Thanos? Infinity Stone? Nova Corps?" I asked, very lost and confused.
"Long story." Vlad stated blankly. "And they found me soon after the Disateroid floating in space. They took me in and I joined them in protecting the galaxy."
That's when I lost it. I broke out in hysterical laugher.
Drax looked at me in anger. "You laugh at the safety of the galaxy?"
I ignored him and turned to Vlad. "You? 'took me in'? 'protect the galaxy?!'" I laughed harder.
"Friend, why does he laugh?" Drax questioned accusingly at Vlad as he, and the other Guardians turned to Vlad.
I just continued to laugh through the tears.
Looks like Vlad might be up to something. Or maybe he really is a rehabilitated villain? Guess we'll just have to wait and see. I'm still deciding whether or not to post chapter 5. We'll see.
Until next time!