Alyssa and Rocket landed in front of Groot and Drax, the latter of whom was drying himself off of yellow liquid. She didn't want to know what kind of trouble Drax had gotten himself into.

"They're all idiots!" Rocket exclaimed. "Quill just got himself captured! None of this ever would have happened if you didn't try to single-handedly take on a freaking army!"

"Peter knows what he's doing." said Alyssa. "Yes, he and Gamora got captured by Yondu. Yondu raised him. Trust me, it's not the first time this has happened. Unfortunately, Ronan has the Stone so we need to find Peter and Gamora as quickly as possible."

"How are we going to find them?" asked Rocket.

"I am Groot."

"I know they're the only friends we ever had, but there's an army of Ravagers around them and there's only three of us!"

"Four." said Drax, standing up next to Groot.

"Besides, I think you're forgetting that I am a Ravager M-ship." said Alyssa. "The Eclector is my mother ship and Peter is my pilot. I know how to track them down." Rocket grunted in anger and started to kick up the ground with his foot.

"You're making...me...beat...up...grass!" he exclaimed.

"Come on, then." she said. "Let's go and find them."

Location: The Eclector

Peter was well-used to Yondu's beatings. He'd dealt with them ever since he had been abducted from Earth as a child and had gotten used to them over the years.

"You betrayed me!" said Yondu. "Steal my money!"

"Stop it!" exclaimed Gamora. "Leave him alone!"

"When I picked you up as a kid, these boys wanted to eat you!" said Yondu. "They ain't never tasted Terran before. I saved your life."

"Oh, will you shut up about that? God!" Peter replied. "Twenty years, you've been throwing that in my face, like it's some great thing, not eating me! Normal people don't even think about eating someone else! Much less that person having to be grateful for it! You abducted me, man. You stole me from my home and from my family."

"You don't give a damn about your Terra!" Yondu replied. "You're scared because you're soft, in here!" He beat his hands on his chest. "Here! Right here!" He hit his hands on Peter's chest.

"Yondu!" Gamora exclaimed. "Listen to me! Ronan has something called an Infinity Stone."

"I know what he's got, girl." said Yondu.

"Then you know we must get it back! He's gonna use it to wipe out Xandar. We have to warn them. Billions of people will perish."

"Is that what she's been filling your head with, boy?" asked Yondu. "Sentiment?" He slapped Peter and the Ravagers laughed. "Eating away your brain like maggots! That's it." He turned away from Peter and whistled, his arrow flying up and pressing against Peter's throat.

"No!" Gamora exclaimed.

"Sorry, boy. But a captain's gotta teach his men what happens to those what cross him."

"Captain's gotta teach stuff." said Kraglin. The crew grunted in agreement.

"If you kill me now, you are saying goodbye to the biggest score you have ever seen." said Peter, knowing that that would get Yondu's attention. Sure enough, the Ravager captain turned round with a smile on his face.

"The Stone?" asked Yondu. "I hope you got something better than that. Because ain't nobody stealing from Ronan."

"We got a ringer."

"Is that right?" Peter's eyes gestured towards Gamora.

"She knows everything there is to know about Ronan." he said. "His ships, his army."

"He's vulnerable." said Gamora.

"Hey, what do you say, Yondu, huh?" asked Peter. "Me and you, taking down a mark side-by-side, like the old days."

Yondu hesitated as he thought for a moment, then he whistled and the arrow moved from Peter's throat. He burst into laughter, joined by his crew and Peter.

"Let 'em go! Oh! You always did have a scrote, boy! That's why I kept you on as a young'un." said Yondu. The Eclector shook as it was hit by something. They ran to the cockpit to see what was wrong.

"Captain, the shot was non-damaging." said the pilot.

"Before Rocket and Drax blow up the Eclector, do not fire!" Alyssa's disembodied voice echoed through the cockpit. Peter, Yondu, Kraglin and the Ravagers were used to this but Gamora wasn't, the assassin looking around her in surprise.

"Hey, Alyssa." Peter said.

"Hello, Peter. Thank goodness you and Yondu sorted out your issues. That punching was giving me a headache...literally!" Peter and Yondu laughed.

"You know what Quill's like, lassie." said Yondu.

"Yes, I know exactly what he's like." she agreed. "Drax, get back in here! No, Rocket, you can't blow up the Eclector!"

"Then how're we supposed to get Quill and Gamora back?" asked Rocket. Peter assumed that Alyssa had patched the Milano's comms into the Eclector's whilst she was talking through the actual ship.

"What do you think I'm doing?" Alyssa asked. "God, you're just as irritating as Peter!" Peter quickly turned on the comms.

"Rocket, it's me, for Gods' sakes! We figured it out! We're fine!" he exclaimed.

"Oh, hey, Quill." said Rocket. "What's going on?"

Location: The Milano

"I really hope you have a plan, Peter." said Alyssa. The six of them were back on the Milano — Gamora, Drax, Groot and Rocket sitting in a circle and Peter and Alyssa casually leaning against the wall.

"We're going to stop Ronan from using the Stone to destroy Xandar and...maybe give the Stone to Yondu afterwards." Peter explained. He exchanged a glance with Alyssa which said that he was definitely not going to give the Stone to Yondu.

"You call that "figured it out"?" asked Rocket. "We're gonna rob the guys who just beat us senseless."

"Oh, you want to talk about senseless?" asked Peter. "How about trying to save us by blowing us up? Luckily, Alyssa stopped you or you really would have been screwed!"

"What's important now is we get the Ravagers' army to help us save Xandar." said Gamora, cutting off any potential argument.

"So we can give the Stone to Yondu who's just gonna sell it to somebody even worse?" asked Rocket.

"We'll figure that part out later." said Peter. "I have a plan."

"You've got a plan?" asked Rocket.

"Yes."

"First of all, you're copying me from when I said I had a plan."

"No, I'm not. People say that all the time, it's not that unique of a thing to say."

"Secondly, I don't even believe you have a plan."

"I have part of a plan."

"What percentage?" asked Alyssa.

"I don't know, twelve percent?" asked Peter.

"Twelve percent?" Alyssa and Rocket asked. Rocket burst into laughter.

"That's a fake laugh." said Peter.

"It's real!" said Rocket.

"Totally fake."

"That is the most real, authentic, hysterical laugh in my entire life because that is not a plan." said Rocket.

"That's hardly a plan, Peter." said Alyssa.

"That's barely even a concept." agreed Gamora.

"You're taking their side?" Peter asked them.

"I am Groot."

"So what it's better than eleven percent?" asked Rocket. "What the hell does that have to do with anything?"

"Thank you, Groot. Thank you." said Peter. "See? Groot's the only one who has a clue." Groot started to chew on a leaf on his shoulder and Peter shook his head while Rocket chuckled.

"Everyone, come on." said Alyssa. "Yondu is going to be here shortly. He expects to hear a plan from us."

"Right." Peter agreed. "We need your help. I look around at us, you know what I see? Losers. I mean, like, folks who have lost stuff. And we have. Man, we have. All of us. Our homes, our families, normal lives. And, usually, life takes more than it gives, but not today. Today, it's given us something. It has given us a chance."

"To do what?" asked Drax.

"To give a shit." said Peter. Drax looked at him, confused. "Not literally give a shit. For once, not run away. I, for one, am not gonna stand by and watch as Ronan wipes out billions of innocent lives."

"But, Quill, stopping Ronan, it's impossible." said Rocket. "You're asking us to die."

"Yeah, I guess I am." said Peter. "I..." He turned away from the group.

"Peter." said Alyssa. "You've been my pilot for twenty-four years. You know I would help you out with anything. Besides, saving a planet is makes a change from committing crime."

"Quill." said Gamora. "I have lived most my life surrounded by my enemies." She stood up. "I will be grateful to die among my friends." Drax got to his feet.

"You are an honorable man, Quill." he said. "I will fight beside you. And in the end, see my wife and daughter again." Groot got to his feet.

"I am Groot." he said. They all looked at Rocket, who sighed.

"Oh, what the hell. I don't got that long a lifespan, anyway." he said, getting to his feet. "Now I'm standing. You all happy? We're all standing up now. Bunch of jackasses, standing in a circle."

Location: The Eclector

"The Stone reacts to anything organic." said Gamora. "The bigger the target, the bigger the power surge."

"All Ronan's gotta do is touch the Stone to the planet's surface and zap." said Peter. "All plants, animals, Nova Corps."

"Everything will die." said Alyssa. "So Ronan does not make the surface. Rocket will lead a team to blow a hole in the Dark Aster's starboard hull. Then our craft and Yondu's will enter."

"Won't there be hundreds of Sakaaran soldiers inside?" asked Kraglin.

"I think of Sakaaran as paper people." said Drax. Kraglin smiled and gave him a playful punch on the arm, then regretted it as Drax looked as if he was going to hit him.

"Once they know we're on board, Ronan will isolate himself behind impenetrable security doors on deck." said Gamora. "Which I can disable by dismantling the power source."

"We'll make it to the flight deck, and I'll use the Hadron Enforcer to kill Ronan." said Peter.

"Once Ronan is dead, we will retrieve the Stone. Use these devices to contain it." said Gamora. The devices were passed out. "If you touch it, it will kill you."

"I'll contact one of the Nova officers who arrested us." said Peter. "Hopefully, they'll believe we're there to help."

"There's one more thing we need to complete the plan." said Rocket. He pointed to one of the Ravagers. "That guy's eye..."

"No! No, we don't!" Alyssa quickly exclaimed. "No, we don't need that guy's eye."

"No, seriously, I need it! It's important to me." said Rocket.

"Ronan's fleet has been spotted, and will arrive in t-minus fifteen minutes." said a Ravager navigator.

"Remember, you two." Yondu said to Peter and Alyssa. "At the end of all this, I get the stone. You cross me, we kill you all." He then turned to the rest of the Ravagers. "Let's go get 'em, boys!"