Chapter 7.

Three days had passed since Peter and Pearle had taken the M Ship for a joy ride and now here they were standing outside one of the ship's public bathrooms. Peter

scrunched up his face in disgust at the smell coming from the toilets and muttered "next time you have a great idea that involves hijacking an M Craft please think

about it twice".

Pearle shrugged her shoulders and whispered "seemed like a good idea at the time".

Stepping into the bathroom Pearle and Peter snapped on their cleaning gloves and got to work scrubbing it clean. They worked for four hours on the bathrooms until

they were interrupted by heavy boots coming into the bathroom they were finishing. Seeing it was Yondu they stood up waiting for what other task he had for them.

Yondu looked at the two sorrowful faces in front of him and chuckled before saying "three days down and considering ye both worked hard I have something to show

ye". Beckoning the two to follow him he led them to the hangar bay where two extra M Crafts stood waiting.

"Do we have to clean these too?" asked Pearle quietly.

"You can if you want but they have to be fixed up first and painted. Anyway they're both yers so ye need yer own colours" said Yondu as he twirled his yakka arrow

thoughtfully. Feeling arms encircle his waist he looked down to see Pearle hugging his waist and giving her hair a quick ruffle he added "owning these ships doesn't

give you permission to take off when ye feel like it. Ye get to fly them when either me or Tulk is with ya understood?".

Peter and Pearle both nodded their heads in excitement before Peter asked "does that mean I'm gonna learn how to fly?".

Yondu nodded his head and replied "I'll teach ya boy. Tulk will be in shortly to show ye what to do". Seeing them both nod their heads Yondu left the hangar and

found Meredith waiting outside the closed door. Seeing her smirk he rolled his eyes and asked "what?".

Unfolding her arms Meredith kissed his scarred cheek catching him off guard before saying "thank you Yondu. Normally I'd be angry but considering Pearle never

stops talking about when you taught her how to fly, it's time they had their own M Crafts".

"Was nothing" said Yondu as he gave her a nudge of his shoulder.

Smiling Meredith nudged him back and said "come on we need a drink". Nodding his head Yondu followed her to the wreck room.

Thankfully the wreck room was empty and Yondu sat on one of the sofas while Meredith made them some drinks at the bar. He watched Meredith pour some

Xandarian whiskey into two glasses and carry them over to him. Taking the glass she offered him Yondu sipped it enjoying its bitter taste before asking "so you're not

angry I bought your kid's ships of their own?".

Meredith sipped her drink and shook her head slowly before replying "no I'm not". Looking at the captain she asked "Yondu can I ask you something?".

Yondu rolled his eyes and finishing his drink he said "do you really need to ask, you always ask me questions so go ahead". Standing up he crossed to the bar and

grabbed the bottle of whiskey before returning to his seat.

Meredith watched him refill his glass before saying "when I told you about that dream I had you got angry and said things that hurt me and I want to know why?".

Yondu frowned before looking into his drink and taking a large gulp of his whiskey and calmly said "I didn't mean to hurt ya Mer but what I said was the truth. This

J'son ya love wasn't there to help ya through your pregnancy and he wasn't there when they were born and help ya raise them. Anyway I wouldn't be happy if he

showed up now wanting to help ya raise them kids".

Meredith looked into her nearly finished drink and accepted what he said before asking "why wouldn't you be happy?".

Yondu chuckled before putting down his empty glass and standing up he replied "wasn't it you who said I was practically their second parent".

"Yes I did and you're very good with them but thinking about what you said that got me so angry I'm beginning to believe you're jealous" said Meredith as she

finished her drink and stood up to leave. Walking past Yondu she stopped by his side and giving his hand a squeeze she kissed his cheek and added "you're cute when

you get jealous". Seeing his shocked expression she left the wreck room and returned to her workshop.

Yondu watched her go before taking a deep breath and left the room before walking back to the bridge which was empty except for Pearle who sat on a chair

watching the stars. Sitting in the pilot's seat Yondu asked "aren't ya supposed to be working on your ship?".

Pearle shook her head keeping her eyes fixed on the stars before her before replying "Tulk is helping Peter first and tomorrow he said he'll help me".

Yondu nodded his head and piloted the Ecclector through space before saying "won't be long till you'll be flying your ship with rest of us".

Pearle smiled and asked "do you think I'll be as great as you?".

Yondu chuckled softly before replying "you'll be better than me".

Pearle smiled confidently and said "thank you. I hope I'll be a feared Ravager too with a cool name".

"Ya don't need a different name to be feared" said Yondu smiling gently at her.

Shrugging her shoulders Pearle said "okay but still when I become a grown up people will fear the name Pearle Udonta".

Yondu looked at Pearle but seeing she had left the bridge he smiled and whispered "yes Pearle they will".

Far across the galaxy on a Ravager ship sat the leader of the Ravagers Stakar Ogord. Across from him sat Martinex regaling him of the latest news on Yondu Udonta.

"Rumour has it that Yondu and this Terran female are very close and the two children are his" said Martinex.

Stakar laughed loudly and said "Yondu married and a father that's impossible Marty".

"Why not?" asked Martinex as he frowned.

"It's not Yondu. Yondu is greedy and settling down isn't on his list" said Stakar.

"Maybe he changed" offered Martinex. "It wouldn't hurt to pay him a visit".

Stakar steepled his hands and thought about it before saying "I suppose it couldn't hurt but I'm not removing his exile Marty". Stakar watched him leave before

standing and walking to the window that showed the stars. It was hard to believe that Yondu was a Father but if it was true he'd have to remove the Terran female

and the kids from the Ecclector as it would be too dangerous for them to live on an exciled Ravager ship.

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