With his hands behind his back did Loki casually stroll down the scavengers ship, down to the holding cells containing two prisoners just stuck in there, by the sight of him the smaller occupant, a creature very much looking like a raccoon looked up.
"Well, well, well." The raccoon spoke. "What have we here? Nebulas totally not play thing."
Loki smirked. "Think as you will."
"Oh, I only do what she tells me to do for now, oh, I am totally not a sick little pervert masochist, yeah right." The creature snorted. "What a cute little pet you are."
Loki smirked. "Tell me, what zoo did you escape from?" he asked. "Must be nice to be back where you belong, in a neat little cage."
"What as that?!" The raccoon.
"Settle down Rocket." Youndu spoke. "He's playing with you fool."
"Oh, Rocket is the name. I see." Loki sat down crossing his legs, a clear signal he was making himself comfortable.
Rocket huffed crossing his arms. "What do you want?" he asked. "Your mistress got tired of you already?" he asked.
Loki shook his head. "I have no interest in this ship, neither do I have any particular interest in you two or how you may end up. As it happens though, I require information. The guys up there… They really screwed up kicking you out as their leader didn't they Youndu?" he asked. "You got all the brains this ship had to offer, those guys up there will be lucky to find one brain cell if they all scrounge together."
"Well I stayed alive for this long didn't I?" Youndu asked. "Ya don't do that in this line of business if you aint got brains."
Loki smirked. "You two are travelers of the galaxies, you know how to get around." he commented. "Perhaps we can make some sort of deal. You tell me what I need… And I put you on a nice ship to escape. That's a very fair deal isn't it?"
Rocket hissed. "You are still going to try and kill Gamora aren't you?" he asked.
"That's what Nebula wants." Loki sighed. "Going to try and stop her from in there?" he asked and Rocket showed his teeth.
Youndu held up a hand, like he would with the scavengers which made them quiet, and surprisingly it worked. The blue alien really carried himself with an authority that made simple hand gestures like that quite powerful. "What kind of information you need?" he asked.
"Asgard." Loki stated. "I need entrance to Asgard."
"You what?" Youndu asked then he laughed, he howled in laughter.
"You just said Asgard?!" Rocket asked and then he laughed as well. "You seriously want to go to Asgard?!" he asked falling to the ground. "What a joke!"
Loki frowned, his eyes burning in slight annoyance.
"Wait you were serious?" Rocket asked. "HAH! That's even funnier!" he howled making Loki scowl.
"Look kid, no one goes to Asgard other than Asgardians." Youndu informed. "Those pompous assholes, calls themselves gods. But sit behind a nice impenetrable force field covering their entire world. If anyone even dares goes close to it they get shot down. And there they just sit and sit, year by year. They aint have any shits to give about what is actually happening in the universe. Only their own kind gets to go inside, and when one of those arrogant asses finally dares to step foot outside, they are always looking down on everyone else like they are something special. HAH! Asgard! They haven't done shit for anything or anyone for thousands of years."
Loki tilted his head, very curious about Youndus observation. "Is this how most of the universe sees Asgard?" he asked.
"Well, some does really think they are gods and worship them." Rocket commented. "Fucking idiots, HAHAHA! Most of us actually got more than one brain cell." he pointed at his head. "They are just fucking arrogant assholes thinking they are better than everyone else. Thinking they are oh so special because they live long and have a nice shield to hide behind, HAH!"
"You may have a point there." Loki admitted. "Heh, feels nice to hear someone having such a low opinion of them. Quite frankly it's refreshing."
"Oh don't tell me, you're from one of those idiotic stupid places that think Asgard is totally the best right?" Rocket asked.
"I think I may be from the place which is the worst offender of exactly that." Loki informed. "The one place that puts Asgard in the highest regard in the universe! To them, Asgard is just the center of everything."
"oh what planet is that?!" Rocket asked. "Please tell me so I can go visit and point fingers at them!" he asked. "What kind of suckers are those?!" he asked.
Loki smirked. "Which place thinks Asgard is the best thing in the universe?" he asked. "Why Asgard itself of course!"
Rocket blinked, then he grinned. "Well, well well! Are you telling me I am talking with a real bonenified Asgardian?!" he asked. "WOAH! Look Youndu look! A god has bestowed us with his presence! Should I bow or what?" he asked.
"That is interesting." Youndu commented. "One of them fancy Asgardians finding himself all the way out here to this backwaters galaxy?" he asked. "And now the poor kid is trying to find his way home, awwww. How sad is that. Well sorry kid, the only ones who would know of ways into Asgard would be the Asgardians. So wrack your own brain." he asked.
Lokis head was tilted, his eyes looking very thoughtful.
"What, gonna cry?" Rocket.
Loki smirked amused. "Hardly." he stated. "And all though, I didn't get the information I came for. You gave me something else which I highly appreciate. So I suppose a token of my appreciation is in order." he stated then threw and object at Rocket whom caught it then blinked as he looked down and then saw, a metal object glistening in the light. A key.
Rocket blinked.
"And I got something else." Loki admitted as he reached into his pocket and pulled out what looked like a tiny tree like alien creature.
"GROOT!" Rocket shouted.
Loki sighed. "Even I am not so heartless that I can stand watching a bunch of big brainless bullies picking on such a tiny thing." he admitted.
"I am Groot." The tiny little thing spoke in a broken voice.
"They did WHAT?!" Rocket shouted. "Poured bear on you?! KICKED YOU!"
"I am Groot." Groot sniffed.
"Oh they are going to pay." Rocket hissed.
"It was a pathetic sight." Loki admitted. "It did though feel satisfying to just beat them all up." he commented as he let Groot down on the ground and immediately it ran through the bars and towards Rocket allowing Rocket to grab him and hug him tight.
"Well, I am done here." Loki sighed as he stood up. "Have fun with your escape."
"Oh seriously, what the fuck is your end game here?!" Rocket asked. "What do you want?!" he asked.
"Well, if you're really asking." Loki smirked. "I want to fuck over Thanos."
Rocket gaped. "What?" he asked.
Loki offered him a final nod and a smirk and finally he just walked away, leaving the two in the cell to it.
