The ride to the police station was nothing short of awkward. The group of five were all lined up on a bench the length of one side of the ship, whilst a number of guards sat across from the group and were pointing weapons at them to make sure they stayed in line.

Sarah was at the near end of the row.. Beside her, at the end was Gamora. She wouldn't speak to or even look at any of the, but the young woman was just fine with that.

On Sarah's other side was Rocket, who didn't seem in the least bit bothered by the whole ordeal. He had been arrested 22 times before, after all, and had escaped all 22 times. Being arrested wasn't a big deal to him. Beside him was Quill, who looked scared, freaked out, and annoyed all at the same time, and Groot, who even after being arrested as many times as Rocket had, still didn't seem to realise what was going on.

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.

"Hey," Rocket said.

Sarah pressed her lips together, and let out a small "Mmh?" noise of acknowledgement.

"Look, Sarah." he said, sighing. "I'm sorry, I got us arrested, OK? Now will you stop ignorin' me?"

"Ignoring you?" She repeated, confused. "I wasn't ignoring you. I'm just ..."

Just like that she fell silent.

"What's wrong, Sarah?" he asked her, concerned about what made her so quiet.

"I'm just...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, if they get their hands on me." Sarah said with a worried look on her face as she bit her lip.

Rocket sighed. "I forgot," he said, scratching his head. "This is your first time in prison."

Sarah nodded, "Yeah."

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."

Sarah blushed and smile softly at him, "I know."

"Get in the line-up!" A guard yelled, poking her sharply in the back with his gun. Sarah glowered at him and mouthed an insult once his back was turned, before she stepped into the small room and glared out at the officers, who were looking through her records.

"Sarah Wright," read out one of the officers as the young woman's stats appeared on the glass screen that separated her from them. "21 years old. Has been travelling for the past two years with fellow outlaws Subject 89P13 and the Flora Colossus Groot. It also says here that she is the daughter of Roger Wright, one of the violent inmates at the Kyln, who was turned in by Subject 89P13."

Hearing hearing about her father, Sarah looked to Rocket with a shocked face, only to see Rocket with the same expression, that soon turned into a murderous one.

From the rest of the line, 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.

Sarah was then dismissed, and Quill went in after her. Once he did, he flipped them off.

"What a bunch of a-holes," said the other officer. "Transport all five to the Kyln."

"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 and Groot would be collecting' 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.

"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.

The guard then charged over to Quill with an angry roar and tased him, causing him to collapse to his knees. Sarah began to bite her nails, hoping that Quill wouldn't be stupid enough to continue arguing.

"Hooked On a Feeling! Blue Swede! 1973!" Quill gasped out through what looked like tears. "That song belongs to me!"

The guard continued tasing him, causing him to fall to the ground and shudder.

Sarah stared wide eyed at the display and looked next to her after hearing a snicker.

Sarah looked at Rocket as he said, snickering. "I told you numerous times that 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 then shoving her into a room, where Peter and Rocket were also changing.

Quill and Rocket were already in the room, having been hosed down themselves. They were taking their prison uniforms down from shelves and getting dressed. Quill was staring in unconcealed disgust at Rocket's deformed back as he dressed.

"Don't stare," Sarah hissed at Quill as she pulled down a uniform in her own size down as she used her free arm to cover her chest, despite her being in her bra and underwear.

"Huh?" he asked as if he'd only just noticed her.

"Do not stare." She whispered in reply, indicating at Rocket with her eyes.

Quill nodded slightly, slowly turning away from Rocket, and began to dress himself. Rocket, who was finished, turned to leave the room. As Sarah caught a glimpse of his face, she saw that it was twisted into a scowl; it seemed he had noticed Quill's staring and her whispering.

Quill finished getting dress and left the room and after making that he was gone, Sarah began dressing herself.

After She is fully dressed, she left the changing to find Rocket, who was waiting for her.

"Hey." She glanced his way as they walked and gave him a small smile. "They...They didn't touch you or anything did they?" he asked, concerned.

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." He smiled at her. "Come on, we are falling behind."

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.

"MURDERER!"

"YOU FIRST! YOU FIRST!"

"I'M COMING FOR YOU FIRST, GAMORA!"

"YOU'RE SCUM! YOU'RE SCUM!"

"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, shaking her head.

"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, a very familiar person steps in front of her.

Smirking devilishly. "Hello Sarah, long time has it."

With eyes that widened in fear and her heart pumping rapidly in her chest, Sarah gulped as she took a few steps back, "R-Roger..."

"Now...is that nice to be calling me by my name as I am your father?" He grabs her arm, yanking her towards him. "We are going to have our fun in here, like old times..." He growled to Sarah, who could not do anything except for stare at him in fear, shaking violently as tears began to build up in her eyes as she tries to pull away from him.

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 trembling. Rocket walked up next to her and yelled to the entire room.

"Let's make something clear! This one here's our booty!" He said, pointing to Quill, " You wanna get to him, you go through us! Or more accurately, We. Go. Through. You. And if any of you, come anywhere near her," He then points to Sarah, who was sniffling as she wiped her tears. "If anyone so much as THINKS as going near her, I will personally make sure that you will suffer. Got it?!"

Everyone in the prison was silent, taken aback by Rocket's outburst and threat. Rocket walked over to Sarah and helped her stand up, "Come on Sarah." Rocket spoke to Sarah, softly while guiding her away from everyone. "Groot, Let's go." He said and Groot pulls his fingers out, dropping Roger to the ground with a thump and he continued to cry like a little child.

Peter looked around the room. "I'm with them." He said quickly following after the trio.