"Wait, Rocket's not back yet, this isn't good!" Gamora said.
"I am Groot!" Groot replied sounding scared, which she understood.
"Maybe he ran away, after what Quill did yesterday." Drax said.
"Drax, you'll upset Groot, he didn't sleep well last night." Gamora said.
It was the next morning and the storm had passed which relieved the students only the Guardians were worried, Rocket hadn't shown up after lunch yesterday when Peter had been mean to him, then they couldn't go look for him because of the storm so they could after breakfast plus Groot hadn't slept making Peter worried, had their furry pal ran away because of what he had done?
"Look over there, I think our missing friend found us, yay," Mantis said.
They saw it was him alright looking soaked to the furry bone, mud over his armour but smiling like after the volcano had erupted in class wondering why he looked happy then realised the thunder had sounded like the sky exploded, hearing Drax giggle at Rocket's nose leaking making Mantis get napkins.
"Group huddle now." Gamora said sternly making Drax and Peter gulp.
"I think being out there, he caught a really bad cold which is not good." Gamora began.
"I didn't lock him outside, he ran outside and let himself get locked out all night so why do Ihave to say sorry." Peter replied.
"You startedit by teasing him and then throwing something important to him in the playground like it was trash." Drax replied.
They saw Groot on Rocket's shoulders leaving goijg to their room, only he was starting to feel unlike himself making Groot worry, despite him saying he wasokay while cleaning up and putting on pyjamas sneezing and coughing climbing into bed just zoning-out making Groot sigh goijg to class seeing Mantis playing doctor.
"I am Groot, I am Groot." he said to Mantis getting her to follow him to his and Rocket's room making her understand seeing their friend feeling terrible placing a little hand on his furry forehead trying not to get excitable knowing how he felt about personal space.
"Awww he feels really warm, like lava, maybe we should get the adults to help as I'm not a doctor plus from what we remember, he doesn't like doctors." she replied hearing Rocket talking feverishly about working for his favourite tech inventor, Jackie gibing Groot an idea seeing his friends's tablet had charged, goijg onto Youtube finding Jackie's livestream turning it up, so Rocket could hear, seeing a feverish smile on his furry face burning up making Mantis worry.
"Go get Ms Sif, I'll stay with him, don't worry I'll keep my distance." Mantis assured him
She heard Rocket coughing a lot, squeezing his paw gently while he was listening to Jackie's livestream hearing him mentioning personal space feverishly wrapping the blanket around him feeling he was shaky just as Groot came in with Bruce and Sif noticing how dosed up the male kit was, examining him as Groot andMantis watched warning them to be gentle, as her friend wasn't afan of doctors which Bruce understood reassuring Rocket that the doctor was wanting to help, not experiment on him by whispering into his furry ear making Mantis find that sweet seeing Sif agree as Bruce said he had the flu prescribing meds.
"Is Rocket feeling okay, as he was acting odd after he came back." Gamora asked Mantis a while later at lunch as she was quiet along with Groot wanting to bring Rocket soup as they heard that helped with colds, like orange juice which Groot had filled up an entire thermos putting it under the juice nozzle in the cafetaria, making Gwen wonder what was goijg on and why Groot was doijg that.
"It's for Rocket, he's not feeling good, plus it's not stealing." Mantis said.
"Ohhhh, I get it, I guess that's true, and sweet of you." Gwen told her.
Mantis smiled as she was leaving the cafetaria with Groot goijg to his and Rocket's room finding Rocket asleep snuggling his stuffed otter but had an ice pack on his furry head which made him look cute, seeing Groot gently nudging his friend awake hearing him awake sitting up gently surprised they were here wondering if Sif knew they'd left class.
"How're you feeling, Rocket." Mantis asked him.
"Terrible but thanks for helping me." he said softly.
"You're welcome, as it's what friends do plus we were worried when we thought you were gone." Mantis replied to him handing him a tissue seeing him blowing his nose which was helping a little plus had some medicine with Groot's help making Mantis understand.