The ride to Kyln Prison was very long. All Sarah wanted was to get there, get out and turn in the man across from her for the bounty. She knew it wasn't going to be hard to get out of the prison, but she really didn't want to go through all the boring procedures again.
The feeling of something on her lap, took her out of her thoughts. She looked down and saw Rocket had laid his head down on her lap and was staring up at her with a worried look on his face.
"What's wrong, Sarah?" he asked her
"Just worried about the Kyln, I-I mean from what you told me it is pretty brutal, and I am scared of what the other inmates are going to do to me, if they get their hands on me." Sarah said with a worried look on her face.
Rocket frowned, "If they try anything on you, they will need to answer to me, because I will give them hell if they do, I promise you."
Sarah blushed and smile softly at him, "I know"
Sarah wanted to try to get rid of the feelings within her heart, because she does not want to ruin her friendship with Rocket, what she did not know was that Rocket was going through the same thing.
"Next!" one of the guards screamed at Sarah, making her flinch, but she moved up onto the platform and she looked into the holographic screen, where she knew the Nova Corps officers would checking her record. She was scared of this though.
"Let's see. Okay, name is Sarah Wright. Daughter of Roger Wright, a local resident of the Kyln." The officer read off the screen.
Hearing her father's name, Sarah looked to Rocket with a panicked face, only to see Rocket with the same expression, that soon turned into a murderous one.
From the rest of the line, the human male, now known to Rocket as Peter Quill, looks over to him muttering, "Why is she scared of her father?"
"You don't want to know." Rocket said still with the angry look on his face.
"I guess most of the Nova Corps wanna uphold the laws..., But these one's here, they're corrupt and cruel. But, hey, that's not my problem!." Rocket said as they walked in a straight line to get 'cleaned up' up. "I ain't gonna be here long!, Me and Groot have escaped 22 prisons, this one's no different. You're just lucky the broad showed up, otherwise me, Sarah an' Groot would be collectin' that bounty right now and you'd be getting drawn and quartered by Yondu and those Ravengers."
Peter scoffed. "I've had a lot of folks try to kill me over the years. I ain't about to be brought down by a girl, a tree and a talking raccoon."
"Hold." the guard leading them ordered.
They stopped walking and Rocket looked confused, but angry at the same time.
"What's a raccoon?" he asked. He did not if Peter was insulting him or not, but he does not like the word.
Peter rolled his eyes. "What's a raccoon?', It's what you are, stupid!".
"Ain't nothing like me, 'cept me!" Rocket said pointing his thumb to himself proudly.
Sarah looked over the guard's shoulder and noticed that he had a type of device on his arm. The guard finished typing in a password and the door opened as she put away the info.
"So," Peter spoke "this orb has a real shiny blue suitcase, Ark of the Covenant, Maltese Falcon sort of vibe. What is it?" he asked Gamora.
"I am Groot." Groot answered him.
"So what?, What's the orb?" Peter said, still having zero clue what Groot was saying.
"I have no words for a honor-less thief." Gamora said showing no emotion.
"Pretty high and mighty coming from the lackey of a genocidal maniac." Rocket said sending her a glare. Gamora looked surprised and turned to Rocket.
"Yeah, we know who you are; anyone who is anyone knows, who you are." Rocket responds.
"Yeah, we know, who you are." Peter said then tuned to Groot, "Who is she?"
"I am Groot." Groot answered
"You said that already." Peter said sounding annoyed.
Gamora spoke up, "I wasn't retrieving the orb fro Ronan. I was betraying him..., I had an agreement to sell it to a third party."
"I am Groot." Groot said
"Well, that's just as fascinating as the first 89 times, you've told me told me that." Peter said sarcastically "What is wrong with giving tree, here?"
Sarah shot a glare at Peter as Rocket said, "Well he don't know talkin' good like me and you. So, his vocabulistics are limited to 'I' and 'Am' and 'Groot'. Exclusively in that order."
"Well, let me tell you what, that's gonna wear real thin, real fast. If I..." Peter said but was interrupted by the sound of something in one of the rooms, they walked by. He turned and saw one of the guards using his Walkman.
Peter quickly moved out of the line and into the room, before the door closed. "Hey! Put that away."
The guard ignores him and places the headphones onto his head.
"You son of a... Hey! Listen to me, you big blue bastard. Take those headphones off. That's mine, those belong to impound. That tape and that player is mine!" Peter yelled at the guard, furious.
Suddenly, the guard pokes Peter with his stun-rod and he gets zapped with an electric shock. Peter fell to his knees, glaring at the guard, hears the song that was currently playing on his Walkman through the headphones.
The guard uses his stun-rod again, poking him harder this and Peter fell onto the ground, his body shaking violently. Sarah stared wide eyed and looked next to her after hearing a snicker.
Sarah looked at Rocket as he said, "I told you numerous times something interesting happens here."
After the little zapping incident, Sarah was pushed into one of the showers and one of the guards screamed. "Get undressed!"
Her eyes widened. "Wait what?!" Sarah's face had gone red.
"Hurry up!, We don't have all day!" the guard said slightly annoyed.
They end up 'hosing' her down with a king of orange fluid and handed her a yellow uniform, shoving her into a room, where Peter and Rocket were also changing.
After She is fully dressed, Rocket speaks up to her.
"Hey." She hears. Rocket stood next to her, fully. She glanced his way and gave him a small smile. "They..., They didn't touch you or anything did they?" he asked, worriedly.
Sarah stared at him and smiled. She leaned over to him and pressed a small kiss to the top of his head. "No, they did not, but thank you for asking Rocky."
Rocket blushed and sheepishly scratched his neck, " N-No problem, anything for you." He smiled at her. "Come on, we are falling behind."
Sarah watched him leave the room and she followed behind him.
The group was lead to a large room, where the rest of the prisoners were. They were met with screams and death threats which Sarah could tell were aimed for Gamora.
"Like I said, she's got a rep. A lot of prisoners here, have lost their families to Ronan and his goons. She'll last a day tops." Rocket told the group.
"The guards will protect her, right?" Peter asked sounding concerned.
"I don't think so." Sarah said.
"She's right. They're here to stop us from getting out. They don't care what we do to each other inside."
"Whatever nightmares the future holds are dreams compared to what's behind me." Gamora said, ignoring the many threats that were thrown at her.
What happened next to Sarah was a nightmare, one minute she was in front of the group, next thing she knows, her father, Roger came into her view.
Smirking devilishly, " Hello Sarah, long time has it." He grabs her arm yanking her towards him, " I'm going to slather you up in Gunavian jelly and go to town..." He growled to Sarah, who could not do anything except for stare at him in fear, shaking violently and have tears streaming down her face.
Then out of nowhere, Groot stepped up and stuck his fingers into the Roger's nose, lifting him in the air, Roger screaming and crying in pain. Sarah dropped to the ground, still shaking and crying. Rocket walked up next to her and yelled to the entire room.
"Let's make something clear!, This one here's our booty! You wanna get to him, you go through us!, Or, more accurately, We. Go. Through. You!, and if any of you come near her, (points to Sarah), I will kill you myself!"
Everyone in the prison was silent, taken aback by Rocket's outburst and threat. Rocket walked over to Sarah helped her stand up, "Come on Sarah, let's go." Rocket spoke to Sarah softly while guiding her away from everyone. "Come on, Groot. Let's go." He said and Groot pulls his fingers out, dropping Roger to the ground with a thump, Roger continued to cry like a little child.
Peter looked around the room. "I'm with them." He said quickly following after the trio.