"How exactly do you know Cain," Bo asked the black bearded behemoth who was leading him to who knows where.
"I just do Bo." He stated bluntly much to Bo's annoyance he wasn't telling him anything.
"How'd you know my name I'm curious?"
Rahsaan remained silent and Bo had enough, "Okay stop this isn't going to work out dude if I can't trust you."
"What are you talking about you daft fool we are wasting valuable time."
"If we're going to be working together we need to be able to communicate better dude if we're partners."
Rahsaan rolled his eyes, "Oh please we are not partners."
"Yeah you're damn right dude not with that attitude we're not, I have half a mind of leaving with my girlfriend right now."
"You do that and you'll find yourself lacking a head and more specifically a body if you try to leave with her." Rahsaan threatened bluntly as he cracked his massive knuckles and narrowed his eyes.
"Now you're threatening me what's next are you gonna vaporize me like Cain, because you sure act like him alot and know way too much?"
"I am nothing like that pretentious dress up doll!" He bellowed in fury.
Bo raised an eyebrow and smirked, "You sure about that a second ago you threatened to decapitate me Hooky?"
"Call me that and I will crush you like a stick."
"Aw come on don't be like that dude why don't you just let bygones be bygones and let me off the hook."
Rahsaan's eye twitched as he brought out his huge mace, "That's it I'm done being politie brat!"
"Oh done being polite are you?" He took the safety off the blaster and pointed it at the older man's junk. If it's one thing his good for nothing sperm donor did it was teaching him intimidation was the key to life and the only way to get whatever you wanted.
"Looks like gun beats mace ma-." Rahsaan slapped the tiny gun away and Bo frowned he was weaponless with his unconscious girlfriend over his shoulder. Next to a psycho with a huge freakin mace and a hook for a hand so in other words he was screwed.
"You were saying Bo?"
"Best two out of three."
Rahsaan rolled his eyes and put his mace away, "You talk too much you know that and your stance is a joke if this were a real battle. Your guts would have been spilled in seconds Bo you can't always rely on that flimsy little pea toy."
"That flimsy little toy cost me half my paycheck in maintenance in upgrades!"
"You also have a terrible listening problem," Rahsaan scolded as he took Zonia from Bo.
"What are you doing give her back or so help me I'l- Hey put me down immediately!" Bo ordered trying to squirm out of Rahsaans hold.
"Relax little man I'm not going to hurt her and secondly your walking too slow for my liking so I'll just carry the both of you."
"This is embarrassing!" He complained,
"Don't care."
"Can you at least get my blaster."
Rahsaan shook his head, "No time."
"But thats my weapon I'm defenseless without it."
"You have fists don't you?" The olderman asked and Bo shook his head not sure where he was going with this.
"Uh yes?"
"There you go weapons."
"Uh you suck ass."
"Again don't care so stop whining we're getting close." He commented.
"To what exactly and you still haven't answered my question how do you know so much about Cain?"
He remained silent as he continued walking and Bo tsked, "Typical."
Zonia moved in her sleep and whimpered, "Hey relax babe relax your in good hands I won't let anything bad happen to you I swear on my collection of action figures." He promised.
"You have dolls?" Bo grinded his teeth.
"Action figures not dolls!" He corrected in annoyance honestly his mint condition collectables were not toys and definitely not sissy dolls.
"Dolls action figures same thing Bo I have a collection of pelts and bones of my kills."
"That's not creepy at all that you have a collection of bones and probably your pasts victims not creepy at all. In fact I think I'm trusting you more with my girlfriends life now that you've shared that with me."
"Girlfriend I think not she is way out of your league you know that right?"
"Oh shut up!"
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"Let me get this straight you left Zonia and Groot alone while you were getting drunk at a bar. Managed to let her get taken by Yondu, almost got you and groot killed trying to save her, and you somehow escaped but lost Zonia again in the process only yo last she her unconscious in the hands of a ravager, am I hearing this correctly?" Gamora asked calmly.
Rocket shrugged his shoulders, "Pretty much."
"WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU THINKING ROCKET!" She nagged angrily at the cybernetic roaccon.
"In my defense I told her to stay put but no she didn't it's not my fault orphan girl got taken because she decided to talk to strangers. Then ran away because I hurt her wittle feelings by saying her daddy was dead big freakin deal it's still all her fault." Rocket complained.
Groot shook his head, "I am groot!"
Drax narrowed his eyes, "Zonia did nothing this whole mess is your doing rodent!"
Rocket rolled his eyes, "Oh please Pinkie is not as innocent as you think Drax she's a real whiny brat that can't stop crying for one minute."
"What the actual fuck is wrong with you?" Peter asked, "Out of all the shitty stuff you've accomplished I think this is by far the worst thing you've ever done ranger rick. I didn't think it was possible but you've hit a new low and yet you still blame Zonia instead of yourself for everything."
"Pretty much and Quill you should really stop overreacting it's not that big of a deal."
Peter's right eye started to twitch did he really just say that after everything that just happened, "Not that big of a deal! Zonia is gone we're getting chased by Yondu and just to top it off Cain's here and guess what he's not happy one bit!"
"Oh, bitch bitch bitch Star munch are we gonna play the blame game all day because I'm getting pretty sick of it."
"How can you speak of games rodent when the little one is with that BOY a BOY! Rocket he could be doing unspeakable things to her as we speak." Drax stated in a horrified tone fearing the worst.
"She's so scrawny with little arms she's completely defenseless all by herself out there with that BOY!"
Rocket pinched his nose in annoyance, "Pinkie punched a man through a wall Drax she's not exactly defenseless remember or are too distracted by her innocence and purity crap."
"What are you ranting about now Rocket?" Gamora asked unamused.
"Pinkie she's the problem not me she has Drax wrapped around her thumb and the rest of you fooled by her little innocence act. Poor wittle me my daddy's dead and I never knew my mommy waaahh waaahh waaahhh!" Rocket faked sobbed.
"I am groot."
"Hey don't scold me little man I'm just saying the truth it's not my fault we got stuck with the problem." He air quoted.
"She is not the problem Rocket you are your carelessness nearly got the three of you killed. Not to mention Zonia being taken again so I suggest you look at your actions before criticizing someone else's." The former assassin scolded.
"Pinkie deliberately ran away from me what part of that do you idiots not understand! Ugh, fine what the hell let's go save pinkie so we can get off this dirtball planet and drop her off to the nearest orphanage or fairy meadow which evers closest!"
Peter looked at him in disapproval, "You are unbelievable!"
"I know." He grunted trying to ease the nagging bug in the back of his mind she ran off not his fault.
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Bo pointed to the sign on the boarded up door of the abandoned building with chipped windows, "The sign says it's condemned dude."
Rahsaan dropped Bo flat on his ass on the dirt ground, "I can see that I can read."
"I'm shocked muscle head can read," he commented slyly as he stood up and rubbed his sore ass.
"Says the one who has never been in bed with a woman."
"Hey I have too!"
"Your pillow does not count besides now's not the time, we have more important matters than talking about your sad empty sex life."
Bo frowned, "Well unless you got a set of keys we're not getting in any time soon but luckily for us I'm a master lock pick. Give me a couple of minutes and this door will be open in no time."
"Don't bother I have the key right here." The beast grunted as he swung his massive mace and broke down the door with one swing, crushing it into thousand of splinters.
Bo's eyes widened, "Oh shit!"
Rahsaan walked past the stunned teen unamused, "Stop gawking and come we don't have much time Cain is on to you two."
The building looked like it had seen better days with its decaying stage and dusty worn out furniture. "Oh right the stiff in the suit I'm sure he won't find us any time soon I gave him a good beating."
"Kicking him in his testicles does not count as savagely beating it was a shameful and cheap move." The metal stairs creaked as they made their way up.
"But I won."
"You didn't win anything this isn't some a sport or game it's life so don't get cocky because you just got lucky."
"I still won him fair and square!"
"There is no such thing as fairness in this universe your either the predator or the prey in this universe. You got lucky off dumb luck and managed to escape from one the worst predators in the food chain Bo consider yourself don't know Cain like I do he's a merciless animal that knows no boundaries no limits. He takes whatever he wants by any means necessary always." The older man warned coldly.
"You'll protect us though right?"
The warrior sighed and gave Bo a stern look, "I can't promise you anything."
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"Well this is going nowhere." The pink krylorian complained, everyone had split up to find the princess and so far trying to find a tiny pink child. In a place swarming with people proved to more difficult considering half of them were pink too.
"Maybe Kraglin had more luck." Tullk commented dryly trying to scoop out the crowd for zonia.
"I hope so." He knew if they didn't find the princess cap'n would have all their asses. Especially a certain cabin boy who was to blame for putting them in this mess Oblo bit his would be serious consequences to pay and Bo was the one who would have to answer for all of this. Sure the kid was an ass and he was dumb he was a dumbass, but he was his little dumbass. It wasn't like he was concerned about the boy hell no sentiment was like an infectious diseases that ate away at the brain. To him Bo was like a fungus that grew on him, sure their first meeting was rocky considering the little shit kicked him in the nuts. After he discovered Bo in one of the crates they had just stolen from some prestigious military academy. So what if he was put in charge of the little dumbass that got him in all sorts of trouble he was still his responsibility his fungus.
He pulled out his Communicator, "Line's too quiet considering the Bo's on the other line."
Tullk shrugged his shoulders, "Lad reported in oh ten minutes ago haven't heard from him since."
Oblo narrowed his eyes in suspicion, "He's never this quiet especially on the comlink."
"Consider it a blessing and enjoy the silence."
"Something's wrong I have a bad feeling in my gut and if it involves Bo then something really bad is happening to that lil dumbass."
"Have some faith in the lad he's not that dingy but then again he's not exactly the sharpest of knife in the bunch."
Oblo laughed remembering the time the dumbass got so high that he got an embarrassing tattoo, "You can sure as hell say that again I'm gonna com him to make sure he's still breathing."
"Bo this is Oblo what's your status and or location over."
There was a faint static in the background and Oblo could have sworn he heard yelling in the background.
"Hello can you hear me Bo it's Oblo report back!"
"Ignore it!" A gruff manly voice from the other line yelled as tullk raised an eyebrow in confusion that definitely didn't sound like their cabin boy.
Must be a bad connection the older man thought, "Bo what's your status?"
"Zip it you uglyass moron can't you see I'm busy don't you think it's hard enough to deal with idiots all day without you pestering me too!" Bo yelled over the other line.
Oblo's eyes widened in surprise, "The hell did you just say boy because I know you did not just say that to me ya little shit!"
"No No Oblo I uh didn't mean that you your beautiful yeah I just can you just buzz off I'm talking to someone dude give me some privacy!"
"What? Your not making any sense are you high again because I swear i will put my foot up yer drugged up ass if you are!"
"No I'm not high Oblo I uh just this isn't exactly a good time and all man."
"Well excuse me Bo but I didn't realize you had such a busy schedule!"
Tullk rolled his eyes, "Give me that, He snatched the communicator from an angry Oblo, "Lad are you feelin' okay yer acting weird you're not smoking anything right because we talked about that remember."
"No tullk I'm not smoking anything I'm sober as can be," He lied.
"I'm fine really just searching for the princess and all so far I've got nothing."
"Same here lad there's no sign of her anywhere we need to regroup to scoupe the area out more where are you?"
"Um well I'-MMMMmmmpppp!" The only thing they could hear was muffled cries and static.
"Lad knock it off jokes not funny anymore tell me where you are."
The gruff voice from before answered, "Nowhere Bo's dead end of story don't call again!" The line went dead and both the men looked at each other in shock.
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The young teen looked at his crushed communicator in sorrow why couldn't he keep his nice things, "Why the hell did you break my communicator!" He demanded to the giant who was ignoring him. His attention was all focused on weirdly colored rocks from his satchel.
"Hello multiverse to meathead why did you break my communicator."
"You were going to tell them where you were and they would have taken the girl." He explained without even looking up at him as he started taking all the rocks out.
"No way I wasn't going to tell them I would have bullshited something."
"Sure you would have."
"You have serious trust issues man I swear I wouldn't have told the major buzz kill squad which consists of Tullk, Kraglin, Yondu, Naz, and Oblo. They always ruin my fun and never let me do anything. Tullk took away my drug stash, Kraglin blocked all my porn on my holopad, Naz made me get all my vaccines and Yondu won't let me have my own M-ship. But Oblo that jerk he's the worst one of the bunch he always makes me go to bed on time, won't let me party and drink with the crew, and he took me out of fight club can you believe that. Even though I was close to winning that asshole ruins the match and takes to me to the medbay I mean sure I had five broken ribs and a concussion. But it's the principle of the matter he totally ruined my reputation on the ship and now everyone thinks I'm pussyass bitch because of him!" He complained honestly he could take care of himself just fine he had been doing since he was small. His mother certainly didn't do it she thought leaving him inside his nursery all day without feeding or changing him was a bright idea. His glorious sperm donor of a father was too busy with the military to even acknowledge his third child. His brothers the gruesome twosome thought it would be funny to feed their baby brother spoiled milk and steal his toys yep aren't families just terrific.
"You are severely blind." The older man scolded as he shook his head.
"What now?"
"Come I have something to show you." Bo cautiously approached the older man and shuddered when he saw jagged scratch marks on the man's neck
"Oh jeez what happened to your neck."
"I got cocky one day and decided to go out hunting alone I spotted the perfect target for meat and killed it. Only little did I know I killed the baby the mother was not happy she pounced on me and started sinking her claws into me. Earlier that day I was told not to go because it was too dangerous for the runt of the tribe to hunt alone.I got injured because I ignored my elders and wanted to be my own man and follow my own agenda."
"That sounds reasonable enough they can't just order you around."
"I was only fifteen."
Bo paused, "Oh."
"Oh indeed,I would've died that day if my tribesmen didn't hear my loud piercing screams. They rescued me from the brink of death and it still haunts me to this day Bo it will never leave me it's permanently imprinted in my mind. You may think your a man but your not you're a pup the weakest of the litter and the most vulnerable of the tribe. Yet still the most eager you can not rush manhood it never goes well. You honestly think their intentions are bad because they bathe you, feed you, and protect you as if you are a small baby. You still have much to learn they are just shaping you protecting you from dangers you can't handle on your own. Don't take it personally they're just trying to help you because that's what tribes do they look out for each other."
"Wow I don't know what to say." He admitted bluntly was it possible he knew what he was going through how he felt like they had a connection.
"Just do me a favor and stop being so blind with their intentions it's bad enough you're dumb and navie. But blind I don't think so your will is strong for someone so young you will turn out to be an excellent warrior one day."
"You think that I can be like you someday."
The warrior frowned, "Not in a million years."
"Oh um," He blushed as he ruffled his hair.
"That's a compliment Bo trust me on this you don't want to turn out like me tribless and working for a psychotic tyrant."
"What happened to your tribe?"
"Their dead now."
They sat in awkward silence until Bo coughed, "So um what's up with the whole rock circle thing?" The young green boy asked trying to change the course of the awkward subject pointing to the colorful rocks around zonia who was lying on the floor.
"Protection." The older man stated bluntly as he put the last rock down, "Just incase."
"Just in case what exactly?"
"Incase she wakes up and my theory is correct about her."
"What theory?"
"I think she may have something dormant inside her that's been growing for many years and is ready to emerge from the shell at any moment."
"Shell what shell I heard Cain mention it earlier?"
Rahsaan sighed and pointed his hook at zonia, "That's the shell it's her."
Bo's eyes widened, "What?"
"Think about she's a halfbreed with raw power churning inside her untouched for so long, just waiting to be released by any means kind of power just doesn't go away it latches on to whatever it can to gain control so it can get free."
"What happens if it gets free?"
"Then you can kiss the galaxy and zonia both goodbye."
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Oh cliffhanger more to be answered in next chapter! Be sure to comment and review because I love feedback!