After fixing their clothes from their make out session, Sarah and Rocket went separate ways, but not before sharing another kiss.
Sarah went to join Gamora, who stood at a nearby table, looking at the screen on it, but her eyes trained on the grey orb next to her hand.
"That must be pretty important, if you went through so much to get it." Sarah said to the assassin.
Gamora looked up at her and nodded. "Yes. It is extremely powerful. Ronan wants it to destroy Xandar. Though I still do not know, what is inside it." She said looking back down.
Sarah nodded looking at the orb as well, thinking why Ronan would want it.
They were taken out of their thoughts, when Peter walked over to them.
"So, listen, I'm gonna need your buyer's coordinates." Peter said looking at Gamora.
She looked up from the screen on the table and looked at him. "We're in the right direction, for now." and looked back down picking up the orb that was on the table as well.
"If we're gonna work together, you might want to try trusting me little more." Peter answered her and she looked back up at him.
"And how much do you trust me?"
Peter took the orb out of Gamora's hand "I'd trust you a lot more, if you told me what this was. Because I'm guessing it's some kind of weapon."
"She doesn't know what it is. All she knows is that Ronan wants it for something." Sarah said, folding her arms across her chest. Peter shrugs and places the orb back onto the table.
Drax walks over and picks it up "If it's a weapon, we should use it against Ronan." He growled.
"Put it down, you fool! You'll destroy us all." Gamora glared at him.
"Or just you, murderess!" Drax snapped back. Gamora walked up to him, furious.
"I let you live once, princess!"
"I am not a princess!" The two glared at each other, both looking ready to kill the other.
Rocket walked up to Sarah, the commotion catching his attention.
"What's goin' on?" He asked her. "They finally snap?" She looked at him and shook her head.
"No. They are just arguing."
Rocket nodded, disappointed that here wasn't any real fight. Peter, seeing the two glaring at each other, quickly stepped in before any real fight could start.
"Hey! Nobody is killing anybody on my ship! We're stuck together until we get the money."
Drax steps back still glaring at Gamora and throws the orb at Peter. "I have no interest in money." And walks off.
"Great." Peter says, looking back at his remaining partners. "That means more money for the four of us."
Beside him, he hears a grunt and looks up to see Groot next to him, looking sad that they forgot him. Peter sighs and nods.
"For the five of us. Partners."
Gamora just glares at him. "We had an agreement, but I would never be partners with the likes of you. I'll tell the buyer we're on our way." She turns and begins to walk up the stairs. She then turns back to him, disgust on her face. "And Quill, your ship is filthy."
Peter stares at her and once she is out of hearing distance, he looks over to Sarah and Rocket. "Oh, she has no idea. If I had a black light, the place would look like a Jackson Pollock painting." He says with a small smirk.
The pair looked ill, they just has their first kiss and make out session on a dirty floor that Peter, probably does not wash at all.
Sarah looked like she was about to puke, while Rocket looked disgusted at Peter, also shaking his head. "You got issues, Quill."
As they walked away, Sarah spoke up, hugging herself. "As soon as we get a chance, I am going to take a long hot shower until it turns cold."
Rocket instantly answered, shuddering. "Same here!"
A few more minutes have passed and Rocket yells to Peter over the music that was playing in the ship.
"Heads up, We're inbound."
"Yes! Finally." Sarah says happily from her seat next to Rocket, who grins at her.
Peter goes up the stairs and walks to the front of the ship. The group watches as the Milano flies over to Knowhere.
Peter's eyes widens at the site of it. "Whoa."
"What is it?" Drax asks looking at it in similar awe.
Gamora on the other hand didn't looked fazed. "It's called Knowhere. The severed head of an ancient celestial being. Be wary heading in, rodent. There are no regulations whatsoever here."
Sarah saw Rocket tense up at her words and shot Gamora a withering glance. She knew that her boyfriend hated being called names like that - any implication that he was any less of a person than they were.
Putting her hand on his shoulder, "Just take us in nice and easy, Rocky." She said, soothingly to him.
Rocket nodded, silently and grateful as steered the ship as they entered Knowhere. They land and step out of the Milano, following Gamora as she led them through the crowded streets.
"Hundreds of years ago, the Tivian Group sent workers in to the mine the organ matter within the skull." Gamora told them as they walked. "The bone, brain tissue, spinal fluid. All rare resources, highly valued in black markets across the galaxy. It's dangerous and illegal work, suitable only for outlaws."
Peter looks around the place, never having been there, but having heard Gamora mutters "Well, I come from a planet of outlaws. Billy the kid, Bonnie and Clyde, and John Stamos."
"It sounds like a place which I would like to visit." Drax said impressed by how Earth sounded.
Peter nods. "Yeah, you should." Sarah grins as she remembers the actor play Uncle Jesse on Full House.
Suddenly a crowd of kids surround them and bump into them. Peter frowns and shoves his hands into pockets.
"Watch your wallets."
Rocket grabs Sarah's hand and pulled her along, knowing what she was about to do.
"Quit being so generous. C'mon." He says to her, sternly.
"Sorry," Sarah apologized, looking down. "can't help it.
"I know sweetheart, I know." Rocket said to her, while tightening his grip on her hand.
The group ends up walking over to a bar and Rocket's face takes a look of confusion. "Your buyer's in there?"
Gamora shook her head. "We are to wait here for his representative."
Drax frowns and turns to Gamora. "This is no respectable establishment. What do you expect us to do while we wait?"
"I don't know! Figure something out." Gamora snipped.
Sarah smiled. "Well, I am thirsty." She looks down at Rocket. "Coming Rocket?"
Rocket grins at her. "Right behind you, but stay close to me, alright?" Sarah nods and they ran to the bar with the others behind them.
Drax and Rocket cheered from one of the sides of the table, having already placed their money on a animal game.
Sarah stood next to Groot, looking slightly bored, never having been one for gambling. Groot on the other hand looked uncomfortable to be around the whole game, not liking to see the animals devour the smaller ones to which the terran woman next to him agrees.
"Yes! Yes!" Drax cheered, his fist in the air.
"Yahoo!" Rocket cheered along with him, downing the drink in his hand. They watch as the animal, they bet one chased one of the smaller animals and lifted it into the air and it fell into it's mouth.
Drax yelled happily, a huge grin on his face. "My Orloni has won as I win at all things!" he then gulped down his own drink, slamming the glass onto the table. "Now, let us put more of this liquid into our bodies."
Rocket grinned up at him and laughed. "That's the first thing you've said that wasn't bat-shit crazy!"
Sarah rolled her eyes and looked around the bar and let her mind wander for just a few minutes. That turned to be a mistake, because a crash brought her back to reality, and she snapped her head to see Drax and Rocket yelling at each other.
Rocket and Drax were there, screaming abuse at one another. Sarah also noticed that Groot was there as well and looked angry enough to kill.
"Crud." Sarah said, before began making her way towards them.
" - I refuse to take this abuse from a piece of filth like yourself!" Drax was hollering at Rocket as Sarah pushed through the gathering crowd to get to them. "You vermin!"
He had gone too far. Rocket screamed something that she couldn't decipher, before removing the gun from his back and aiming it at Drax. Before he could do anything, however, Groot tackled the large man, sending him across the table.
"GROOT!" Sarah yelled, running towards them. Drax got on top of Groot and began to pummel him. Groot wrapped vines around Drax's head and neck and attempted to pull him off. Drax, however, pulled free and continued to hit Groot with bone-crushing force.
"STOP IT!" Sarah screamed, and before she knew what she was doing, Sarah had back-handed Drax hard in the face. He glowered at her, before leaping off of Groot and wrapping his hands around her neck. "Let me go!" Sarah choked and kicked at him, and then they were both on the ground. Drax rolled on top of Sarah, grabbed her by the head and slammed it into the ground. The young woman screamed out, kicking her legs to get the man off of her, but he simply slammed her head into the ground again.
Over her screams and the cheers of the crowd, Sarah could hear Rocket snarl "You get your fuckin' hands OFF OF HER!", before Drax was suddenly lifted off of her. Sarah gasped and choked, rubbing at the back of her head and her neck and saw Rocket in front of her, facing Peter and Gamora, who were holding Drax back.
"Whoa, WHOA!" Quill yelled at Rocket, who looked murderous and had his gun ready to fire at Drax. "What are you DOING?!"
"This vermin speaks of affairs he knows nothing about!" said Drax.
"That is true!" said Rocket.
"He has no respect!"
"That is also true!" Rocket snarled.
"Hold on, hold on!" yelled Quill, trying to stop Rocket from shooting Drax.
Groot then grabbed Sarah by the shoulders and pulled her up against him, as if trying to shield her from the fight.
Rocket ignores Peter, and continues to yell at Drax. "Keep callin' me vermin, tough guy! You just wanna laugh at me like everyone else!" He screams, his voice cracking slightly.
Sarah started to tear up seeing her boyfriend like this, it was heartbreaking.
Rocket points at Drax. "He thinks I'm some stupid thing! He does! Well, I didn't ask to get made!" his voice begins to break and quiver as he talks.
Sarah could not take it anymore, she fell against Groot and began to sob. "Rocket! Nobody is calling you a monster!" she screamed at him while she was still crying.
He looked at her and felt the need to hold her and comfort her, but not before finishing what he had to say to them, glaring at Gamora and Drax.
"He called me vermin! She called me rodent! Let's see if you can laugh after five or six good shots to your fuckin' face!" Rocket raises his gun again and points it back onto Drax, before Peter steps in, his hands in front of him.
"No, no, no, no! Five billion units! Rocket! Come on, man. Hey! Suck it up for one more lousy night and you're rich."
Rocket looked at him, hesitating for a moment, but lowers his gun. "Fine. But I can't promise when this is all over I'm not gonna kill every last one of you, jerks." He mumbled.
"See, That's exactly why none of you have any friends! Five seconds after you meet somebody, you're already trying to kill them!" Peter says throwing his hands into the air.
Drax just huffs in anger. "We have travelled halfway across the quadrant and Ronan is no closer to being dead." He then turns and storms out of the place, pushing the people in his way.
Peter sighs and calls after him. "Drax!"
"Let him go. We don't need him." Gamora tells him, shaking her head.
Rocket walks over to Sarah, who has stopped crying, but was still on the floor as Groot checks her head, cradles her head and gently makes her look at him as Groot takes his hands away.
"It's ok, it's done, and I'm sorry" he says to her and plants a loving kiss on her lips, and hugs her as she returns it, with her head in his shoulder, and just sat there.
The silence was finally broken by a light, airy voice from the bar entrance.
They all look over to the sound and see a woman with pink skin standing in the doorway.
"Milady Gamora, I'm here to fetch you for my master."
The group look over to Gamora and she nods to them that they should follow.
