Disclaimer: I do not own Guardians of the Galaxy. It belongs to their rightful owners. I only own Kat and whatever plot changes I make.
And I apologize for the late update. I recently got hired at a new job and I've been super busy with that job. I'll mainly try and update on either Wednesdays or Thursdays since those are mainly my days off. Anyway, here is the next chapter.
We soon arrived in Xandar and I felt queasy being here. I didn't have very many good memories of this place when I was younger. I always despised coming back here. "You okay?" Peter asked, wrapping his arm around my shoulders.
"Yeah, I just hate coming here, that's all." I said.
"Yeah, I know. Don't worry. As soon as we get our money, we'll be out of here." Peter said, kissing the side of my head. We walked and arrived at the shop that the Broker owned and went inside.
"Mr. Quill. Ms. Obfonteri." The Broker greeted us.
"Broker. The orb." Peter said as he took the orb and placed it on the counter. "As commissioned."
"Where's Yondu?" The Broker asked.
I jumped in by saying, "Wanted to be here, sends his love. And told me to tell you, that you got the best eyebrows in the business." The Broker just looked at me like I was crazy while Peter just chuckled quietly. The Broker then picked up the orb and I had to ask, "What is it?"
"It's my policy never to discuss my clients, or their needs." The Broker replied.
"Yeah, well, we almost died getting it for you." Peter said annoyed.
"An occupational hazard, I'm sure, in your line of work." The Broker said not really caring. The jackass.
"Some machine-headed freak, working for a dude named Ronan." Peter explained. The Broker then froze and gave us a look of terror. What the hell?
"Ronan?" The Broker asked, shocked. Suddenly, he gives us back the orb and said frantically, "I'm sorry Mr. Quill and Ms. Obfonteri. I truly am but I want no part of this transaction if Ronan is involved." The Broker then began pushing us to the door.
"Whoa! Wait a minute! Who's Ronan?" I asked.
"A Kree fanatic, outraged by the peace treaty, who will not rest until Xandarian culture, my culture, is wiped from existence!" The Broker explained as he pushed once more. Technically, Xandarian was my culture too, I just didn't care all that much.
"Woah. Come on!" Peter tried this time but failed when the Broker said, "He's someone whose bad side I'd rather not be on."
"What? What about our bad side?" Peter asked as the Broker opened the door and pushed us out.
"Farewell." The Broker said and slammed the door in our faces.
"Hey! We had a deal, bro!" Peter yelled while banging on the door. I just sighed and looked to my right and saw a woman standing there. She had green colored skin with black hair with maroon highlights in her hair. It looked like she had been watching us. Danger senses automatically went up with this woman.
"What happened?" She asked, curiously. I didn't trust her at all.
"Uh..this guy just backed out of a deal on us. If there's one thing I hate, it's a man without integrity." Peter replied. "Peter Quill. People call me Star-Lord, and this," Peter said, wrapping his arm around me proudly, "Is my girlfriend, Katrina Obfonteri, or Kat." He then started tossing the orb in the air but I quickly grabbed it.
"And if you would excuse us." I said, keeping the orb in my hand. "We have places to be." I finished, ending this conversation. "Let's go, babe." I began to pull him away and then suddenly, she kicked Peter away and then knocked the orb out of my hand.
She picked up the orb and ran away. Peter then threw magnetic rope at her, wrapping around her legs, causing her to trip. As she was getting the ropes off, Peter rushes after her, me following behind. When Peter caught up to her, she managed to kick him to the ground and began punching him. She brought up a knife ready to stab him. Before she can stab him, a raccoon animal jumps and attacks the woman, causing her to drop the orb.
The raccoon was motioning for a giant tree to put Peter in the bag but failed as he began to wrap his arms around the woman. I took my chance and grabbed the orb and ran, Peter right behind me. I suddenly felt a pain shoot through my hand and I dropped the orb and knelt down, holding my injured hand. Peter had gotten ahead of me since he was taller than me.
The woman grabbed the orb and took off. Peter was hesitant to move. "Go! I'll catch up!" I yelled. Peter nodded and rushed after the woman. I noticed the raccoon and the tree follow behind Peter. Why the hell were they after him? I then returned to chasing them. I arrived when the tree managed to get Peter into a bag.
I rushed over and grabbed a knife from my holster and rushed forward. I managed to cut the tree's hand to make him drop the bag and the other woman pushed the raccoon aside. She opened up the bag and Peter shot her with his electric blaster. We both took the chance to run off but suddenly, Peter fell to the ground being electrocuted. "Peter!" I yelled, kneeling next to him. Peter just groaned out in pain.
Just then, the Nova Corp showed up and surrounded us. The Nova Corp cuffed me and Peter and one of the police recognized us and said, "Hey! If it isn't Star-Prince and Karrie."
"Star-Lord."
"Kat." I corrected at the same time as Peter. How is Kat so hard to remember?
"Oh, sorry. Lord and Kat." The guy said before looking at his partner. "I picked these two up a while back for petty theft. They got codenames." He explained.
"Come on, man. It's a..." Peter paused for a moment. "It's an outlaw name."
"And mine is a nickname, not a codename." I said with a slight glare.
"Just relax, you two. It's cool to have code names. It's not that weird." He said to us. I just rolled my eyes and stayed silent. No point in arguing over something stupid.
3rd Person POV
After all five were captured and brought into Nova Headquarters, Corpsman Dey went to describe them. First up was Gamora: "Gamora. Surgically modified and trained as a living weapon. The adopted daughter of the Mad Titan, Thanos. Recently, Thanos lent her and her sister, Nebula, out to Ronan, which leads us to believe that Thanos and Ronan are working together."
Next up was Rocket Raccoon: "Subject 89P13. Calls itself Rocket. The result of illegal genetic and cybernetic experiments on a lower life form."
Next was Groot: "They call it Groot. A humanoid plant that's been traveling recently as 89P13's personal house plant slash muscle."
Next was Peter Quill/Star-Lord: "Peter Jason Quill, from Terra. Raised from youth by a band of mercenaries called the Ravagers, led by Yondu Udonta." Peter wound up his middle finger and flipped them off and said, "Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't know how this machine worked."
Last up was Katrina Obfonteri/Kat: Katrina Obfonteri, from right here in Xandar. Like Quill, she was raised from youth by the same band of mercenaries that her older brother, Kraglin Obfonteri, and Peter Quill, is from, led by Yondu Udonta." Kat didn't even try to be creative like Peter, she just stuck up her middle finger, flipping them the bird.
"What a bunch of a-holes." Denarian Saal said.
Dey smiled before saying, "Transfer all five to the Kyln."