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Chapter 21: Leads You Here Despite Your Destination

SIX WEEKS AGO

Peter felt as if everything had gone off in slow motion; from them finally entering the docking bay, to seeing his girlfriend being a total badass, to then seeing her at this very moment crashing down towards the ground. His mind wasn't processing it, seeing her be completely knocked out by the blast that hit her, unable to fly herself safely to the ground. He knew he had to catch her but he couldn't move fast enough he felt. From the height she was at he knew the impact wouldn't be enough to kill her, but he knew he couldn't let her hit the ground.

He activated his rocket boots, racing to reach her, ignoring the fights going on around him and the cargo ship blasting off and out of their reach. He cursed as he got so close to her, wishing for the others to help him somehow. Skadi was now mere inches away from him as he reached out to grab for her, snatching the back of her jacket, swearing out loud when he heard the fabric sound as if it was going to rip. He pulled his arm up, jerking her upwards with it, using his other arm to lock a good grip around her waist.

Star-lord slowly lowered them to the ground, deactivating his mask to get a good look at her. He let his hand touch her check, quickly ripping it away at how cold she was. His eyes bore into her face, concerned as he gently laid her down in front of him. As her back touched the floor, Skadi let out a shuttered, slowly waking from the pain. Peter began to panic, apologizing repeatedly. He let his hand gently brush her hair out of her face, feeling her forehead begin to heat up suddenly.

"Peter!" Gamora called out, reaching them. She looked down at Skadi and Peter's extremely worried face, sinking down to her knees to help. Skadi's eyes were shut tight but she was clearly awake now but in pain; a lot of pain. Gamora hushed Peter as he continued to fuss over her nervously. They had defeated and subdued the rest of the Kree and were awaiting Nova's arrival. Rocket had just radioed them, letting them know they were arriving; help was coming.

"Don't panic. It'll be okay, Nova is here." She placed a hand on his shoulder, grabbing his attention. "Help me get her on her stomach, we have to see how bad the wound is." Gamora ordered, starting to pull the girl towards her.

Peter nodded, shaking out of it and helping Gamora flip her over. In the process he slide her leather jacket off of her, Peter knowing how mad Skadi will be later when she'd see the big scorch mark on the back. Peter hissed once she was on her stomach with her jacket piled up next to him. The blast nearly burnt straight through the girl's shirt.

Gamora had already been slowly lifting the girl's shirt up, wanting to get a better look. Peter hesitated, unsure if they should wait until they were on their ship or a Nova ship but he trusted Gamora. The mark from where she was hit could've been worse, Gamora thought. The skin was clearly burnt and it would certainly scar but Skadi would recover.

This was the first time any of them had really gotten hurt on a mission since they became a team and she couldn't help but feel like it was her fault; she should've paid better attention to them and prevented them from getting away from her. Gamora bit her lip as she heard Dara approaching them, she tried to stop herself from looking up at the Badoon, still angry that she agreed to go off with Skadi instead of stopping her.

"Damn, that's looking pretty gross." Dara chuckled, stopping to stand behind Gamora with her arms crossed against her chest.

Gamora gritted her teeth, trying to let Dara's pestering go in one ear and out the other, instead she asked when the Nova Core were going to get here, they needed to get Skadi medical attention.

"They should be here any minute now Rocket said." Dara replied, crouching down to get a better look at Skadi's back. She laughed and shook her head before standing back up.

Gamora nodded, trying to roll Skadi back over to try and get her to stand. Together, Peter and the assassin managed to get the girl on her feet, her eyes now opened and glaring at the ground. She winced as her skin stretched and brushed against her shirt. Peter let her lean her body against him, curling her into his side and making sure not to touch her upper back, keeping his hand rested on her hip.

"That's what you get for ditching me." Dara huffed, moving to stand closer to them. "I was gonna help you get your stupid revenge on these people but you want in guns blazing and without backup. When are you going to learn that you're not as strong as Gamora and I?"

"Dara enough," Gamora hissed, warning the Badoon only once to not start.

"What? She needs to hear it. She thought she could handle this and look at what happened?" Dara gapped, not seeing where she was wrong. "She's got herself hurt and the ship she wanted to stop so badly got away."

Gamora and Peter bit their tongues knowing that it wasn't worth going at it with Dara when she acted this way. If you didn't encage her she would grow bored and move on. The pair just gave each other a look, waiting as they could hear Nova coming in from the docking bay doors. They let Dara continue to make an idiot out of herself as they saw the officers rushing to get to the Kree soldiers scattered around the room, Dey coming towards them with a few others trailing behind.

"Back home, if I did something that stupid and got hurt because of it, they'd leave me there to suffer and figure it out on my own." Dara continued.

"Well yeah, your people are savages." Skadi muttered out, Peter nearly choking at her words as Gamora hoped Dara didn't hear her.

"What was that?" Dara narrowed her eyes at her.

"Dara, let it go." Gamora warned, pushing to stand in front of Skadi and Peter. "She didn't mean it."

Dara raised an eyebrow before using her powers to slide Gamora out of her way, coming face to face with the Asgardian. She looked her up and down, smirking. "Look who has a mouth on her. Finally coming out of your shell, huh?"

Dara pushed Skadi a step back, not caring as the girl winced out. Peter shouted at Dara to cut the shit, putting his hand in front them to prevent her from getting closer. She just rolled her eyes, using her powers to push him to out of the way as well, keeping Gamora and Peter still where they stood. Skadi struggled to stand up alone, instantly regretting every choice she made that day.

"Now, let me tell you something princess," Dara moved her a step back again, making the girl trip on her own feet. Dara, using her powers again helped the girl to stand straight, but forcibly jerking her upwards, causing shooting pain to jet through her back. "Here, let me help you stand because you seem not quite ready to stand up on your own yet."

"Dara!" Gamora and Peter warned, nervously as Dey now stood by them, cautiously waiting to see if he would have to have his troops intervene, not trusting the Badoon at all, regardless if she helped saved Xandar or not. Dara turned to face them all, unimpressed but the Corpsmen. Rolling her eyes again, she let go of her hold on Skadi, letting the girl collapse to the ground.

"Oh please I wasn't going to do anything besides teach her to only talk if she can back up what she says." Dara shrugged, walking away from the group. "I'll meet you all back on Milano."

Peter quickly reached Skadi, who was clearly embarrassed and in pain. He helped her stand again before rushing off to get medical attention with Dey. Gamora watched after them, looking back at Dara retreating form in disappointment. Both girls were in the wrong but Dara had been doing so much better and should've known better. Shaking her head, Gamora decided to let Dara be and followed after the others.