Chapter 8:
"Welcome to Knowhere Dey!" Rocket said as we flew through the mouth of the disembodied skull.
"Believe it or not, but I've actually been here." Dey said back.
"Whatever, we're here on business." Rocket scoffed.
"Where'd Kraglin say he'll meet us?" I asked Rocket as we landed.
"I can see him Quill, he's right there."
Sure enough, there was Yondu's former second in command.
The thin, messy man with a mohawk.
"Peter Quill, good to see ya!" He said and walked over, patting his chest in the usual Ravager way.
"Good to see you to Kraglin." I said and retourned the gesture.
"Gotta say, I'm liking the new get-up." He said.
While he was in his same Ravager garb, I switched mine for a leather jacket covering some armour given to me by the Nova Corps, it was the armour they wore.
"Thanks man, I think it looks pretty good."
"Indeed it does Quill, now tell me, why'd you get Rocket to call, it sounded urgent?" Kraglin asked.
"Well you know Thanos right?" I asked.
"Yeah what about him?" Kraglin asked.
"While apparently he's going on some sort of galactic conquest, he's resurrected Yondu, Ronan and all of the dead Ravagers. He's also using all of his children except for Gamora, even Nebula. He even destroyed Xandar and has all but wiped out the Nova Corps." I said.
"So you're on some sort of recruitment mission?" He asked.
"Pretty much." I said.
"Well I'm in! The darn universe needs savin', just let me grab my gear from my ship." He said.
"I'll help you." I said.
His ship was actually just a one person pod.
"You know we could just attach that to my ship ya know?" I said.
"Really, that wouldn't cause any problems?" He asked.
"Nah, my ship has a door that leads to nowhere on it, Rocket and I can attatch it there in an hour, that way you don't have to leave your ship, and we have an extra gun and some extra space." I said.
After the Milano got destroyed we'd been using a new, larger ship to accommodate the larger crew.
"I can help, I'm pretty handy myself." Kraglin said.
"Alright, I'll grab Rocket." I said and walked towards the ship.
An hour later we had Kraglins ship attached and we were flying off.
"There's one more person we need to grab." I said.
"Problem is, he's on a planet we aren't exactly welcome on."
"We aren't grabbing Ayesha's brother." Gamora said.
"We need him, he's fought Thanos before." I said.
"She HATES us!" Gamora said.
"And now comes my favourite part of the day." Draw said.
"This happen often?" Kraglin and Dey asked.
"It happens too much." Rocket and Mantis said, shaking their heads.
"They both love each other very much, but they do not get along all the time." Mantis added.
"That is...not true!" Gamora and I said at the same time.
"I am Groot." Groot added.
"HAHAHAHAHA! SHE JUST EXPOSED YOUR DEEPEST DARKEST SECRET AGAIN! HAHAHAHAHA!" Drax howled and pointed at us.
"Shut up Drax..." I said, rubbing my neck while Gamora blushed at the ground.
"Fine, we'll grab Adam, but he's tried to kill us before too, so if we die, I'm spending an eternity kicking your ass." Gamora said and walked off.
"Well, to Sovereign then." I said as we left for Sovereign space.
"Well Quill, we're here, and look at what waiting for us." Rocket said.
In front of our ship was thousands of golden drones.
"Peter Quill and accomplices, surrender and turn yourselves in or we will destroy your ship." They said in unison.
"Ok, but we don't want any trouble." I said through the ships speaker.
Kraglin, Mantis and Dey looked at us.
"They kind of hate us, thanks to ROCKET!" I said.
They towed our ship down to the palace.
"Ok Drax and Gamora, hide away on the ship, you too Kraglin, the rest of us will let ourselves get arrested. You three will find Adam, convince him to join us and break us out." I said.
They nodded and all his just before we landed out in front of the palace.
5 guards came in and cuffed us.
"I don't recognize two of you, must be replacing the two that aren't here." A guard said.
They then led us to the palace.
"Mr. Quill." Ayesha said as they guards dropped us all at her feet.
"Your Highness." I said in a mocking tone.
"Glad to see you've finally turned yourself in." She said.
"Well, actually we haven't you conceited douchebag." Rocket said, winking at me.
"I sense she's afraid..." Mantis whispered to me.
"I still don't know why I'm here." Dey said.
"I am Groot."
"First you steal from me, then you destroy my property, now you have the gall to treat me poorly, in my own kingdom." She said, clearly frustrated.
"Well, actually this is all a big distraction ma'am." I said after I felt the comm and my arm vibrate, which meant the other three had grabbed Adam and brought him to the ship.
"What do you mean?!" She asked and started to stand up.
I used my enhanced strength (from being half celestial) to break out of my cuffs and punch the guard beside me in the face.
He stumbled backwards and was promptly tripped by Rocket, who had cut his way through his bonds.
I say another guard try to strike Mantis and Dey, who were still bound up.
I threw a pot that was beside me at him, making him stunned. I ran over and kicked him to the ground.
I then undid their bonds.
"I still have your things!" Ayesha yelled as her guards surrounded her.
I smirked as Gamora dropped in with a back, containing my pistols, Rockets rifle, and Deys pistol.
We each grabbed our weapons and I activated my mask, ready to fight.
"Turn out Adam was waiting for us when we got here and wanted to help." Gamora said, drawing her sword.
"You gave me the super easy job, he's with Drax and Kraglin on the ship, they'll be here any second."
"Alright, now Guardians, get ready to fight!" I said as Ayesha called her guards and escaped.
Two ran at me, I shot one, burning a hole through his chest.
The other one got close enough to hit me with his polearm. I rolled out of the way, just dodging the swing.
"This is nothing personal sir, but I must protect the queen." He said and thrust it forward at my chest.
I smacked it out of the way with one of my pistols and shot a guard charging me from the side with the others.
"I guess out here you don't really know my rep." I said.
"You're a serial killer, 350 000 murders." The guard said and swung his weapons again.
I dodged it and shot him in the side. He collapsed in pain screaming.
"Most were accidental." I said and ran off to engage more.
I saw Gamora was trying to hold off four at a time, using the enhanced targeting that came with my mask, I shot one in the leg, causing him to fall over, while I shot another in the head.
"Thanks Peter." She said as she stabbed the other two.
Dey and Rocket were back to back, shooting anyone who got to close, while Groot was getting Mantis out of the palace.
"Well, time to run." I said as I saw the ship fly out front.
"GUARDIANS! MOVE!" I yelled and we all sliced, shot, punched and kicked our way out of the palace.
Once the ramp of the ship extended I stayed at the bottom, shooting anyone who got too close.
One guard threw a spear at me, and I caught it and impaled another guard who got to close with it, while I shot the guard who threw the spear at me.
"PETER COME ON!" Gamora yelled.
I shot two more guards and ran up the ramp, deactivating my mask once it closed.
"LETS GET OUTTA HERE!" I yelled to Rocket and Kraglin, who were in the cockpit.
"Man, that was close." I said after we escaped.
"Too close." Gamora said, sitting down beside me.
"Ahem." A large, gold man in black and red robes said as he walked in.
"Mr. Quill." He said.
"Adam Warlock."
