"Can't car h me suckers, heheI!" a young voice said, which belonged to a young male raccoon kit, who was running on all fours, pulling a wagon full of thingswhich had supplies that he and his best friend, Groot needed sincecoming to Knowhere a few weeksago plus this was a gameto him, which annoyed the Novacore men.
"Get back here, kid, you can't take things without paying!" he yelled at thekit.
The littlekit smirked, revealing baby fangs, as he got away from the Novacore, going to thehideout thathe and his best friendandbrother, Groot lived in, as they had arrived on Knowhere a few weeks ago, after they had escaped from thelab on Half-world so hadfound an new home on this place, hoping theNovacore did not find them, making the kit grin, because he wasstill learning to walk on two paws instead of on all fours all the time, seeing Groot there, smiling.
"Hey buddy, you alright?" Rocket asked the tree-likebeingaroundSarah, who was like a bigbrother, who had found the kit and had became emotionally attached to thefurry youngster, so wasprotective of him, like him getting supplies anddodging theNovacore checking him for iburies, since sometimes, Rocket fell when practising walking on two paws, with Groot putting a band-aid on thearea.
"I am Groot, I am Groot." Groot replied, hugging him making Rocket smirk.
"I'm okay, if that's what you're saying, right?" he asked him.
Being that young and still learning about himself, along with the galaxy, the male kit was still learning to understand his tree-like friend was saying, with Groot helping him understand, which Rocket was working on, along with inventing his own things using the tools he had taken with him, along with the contents of histoybox in the lab, along with hisfavourite toys
"Don't worry, those guys that alwaystry xhasing me won't find this place, I gave themtheslip." Rocket said yawning andrubbinghiseye with one ofhis paws, which to Groot meant the youngster needed an nap since hewas up all night, despitetrying to resistnaps.
"I am Groot, I am Groot." Groot said.
"I'm not tired, honestly , you know that." Rocket said.
"I am Groot, I am Groot, I am Groot." Groot replied.
"Okay, I'll try taking an nap." the kit replied.
He then went to where there was a bed that they hadfound, when finding this place, fixing it into their own hideout, plusGroot hadfilled the bedwith soft things, turning itinto somewhere, where hisfurry pal could sleep when he needed to, likenow seeing the male brown-furred kit climb on but wrapping his furry littlearmsaroundsomething, hisfavouritestuffedanimal which reminded him of hisfriend, Lylla whom he talked about a lot.
"I am Groot." Groot saidsoftly after themit had fallen asleep.
He then left their hidden home, taking a walk aroundthe streets ofKnowhere, being careful not to becaught by anybody, andwhen strangersdid notice, he wouldclose his eyes, to lk likean actual tree but wouldopen them thesecond they were gone, which Rocketunderstood because others were curiousabout him too, so they only trusted each other.
After a while, Groot returned home, seeing Rocket still asleep, makinga snack for when he awoke involvingpellets, hislittlefriends'sfavourite snack along with milk, as his young bones needed thatfor strength.
After a while, he saw Rocket begin to stir, rubbing sleep from his eyes, feeling better, and hungry, making Groot smirk, seeing him eating pellets along with drinking milk belching, giggling guessing his friend had went out on his own for a littlewhile but hadbeen careful not to let othersknow where they hid.
"It's alright bud, I trust you." Rocket told him making him grin.
Unknown to either Groot and Rocket, Rocket's friend, Lylla hadsnuck onto the ship, that both males had escaped Half-world with, wondering where they were, wandering around on two paws, but wearing a sparesuit ofarmour she hadfoundin theship, tryingto findher friend along with Groot, being careful not to let anybody knowwhere she swasfrom, seeing Groot walking aroundKnowhere with Rocket on hisback, impressing the female toddler, stunning Rocket, that she was here, telling Groot to put her on his back, making Lylla impressed, noticing the male raccoon youngster's furry cheeks go pink looking at her making her grin whileGroot returnedto where they hung out, surprising her, because shehad been really, really worriedabout him after he hadtold her, thathe was leaving their home planetmaking Rocket surprised that shewasworriedabout him, knowing herparents neverlet them play, guessing theywere probavly worrying about her.
"My mom isfine, she has my big sibsto worry about, she's not missing me, Lylla." Rocket said to her, as she wasdrinkingmilk.
Lylla frowned at his reply, guessing her friend just wantedsome freedom, aftereverything thathad happened to him, understanding wondering why they lived here, making Groot understand,
"If she knows, she could tel either her parents, or the robo-toasters, be careful." Rocket said.
"I won't tell, I can say, I stowed onto a ship, alright?" Lylla assured hi .
That relieved him, climbing onto Groot's back with a mischievous grin onhis furry little face, as they lef, to cause mischief, have fun leaving the fort, heading into Knowhere, looking at storefronts, until the toy-store caught the malekits'sattention, scampering down off Groot, before his tree-like being noticed that he had snuckoff, going into thestore on all fours, playing noticing the toy blasters, giggling doing target practice, surprising theother kids, wondering where his parents were.
He was feeling a little overwhelmed, until he saw a Groot plush that was weighted, which was helping him relax, just as Groot came in, smiling seeing his furry friend calmer, snuggling a weighted plush of him, picking him up gently, seeing him relaxed, cuddling the plush asleep while leaving the toy store.
"I am Groot, I am Groot." Groot said softly.
He returned to the fort they called hone, making Lylla curious, seeing Groot putting Rocket on the bed with the Groot plush in his furry arms understanding that Rocket found it hard to sleep sometimes, so let him be.
She was curious about this, as she wanted to learn Groot's talk like Rocket did, making the tree-like being impressed knowing that Rocket could understand him, seeing her nod in reply watching Rocket sleep, letting him be.
Later, he began to stir rubbing sleep from his eyes with his paw, cuddling the Groot plush, feeling better relieving Groot and Lylla as they cared about him, seeing him smile a little, surprising them.