Chapter 10.
Oblo checked Pearle once more. The kid had been lucky not damaging her skull with the fall she'd had. Her brain activity was normal and the wound on her head
she'd received had been from hitting off the corner of the wing and only needed ten stitches. Leaving the med lab he approached Meredith who paced the floor
anxiously while Peter lay asleep on a chair.
"All is fine Meredith. No serious damage just ten stitches on a wound she received when her head scraped off the M Craft wing. I'm keeping her asleep until another
hour but other than that everything's fine" said Oblo.
"Thank you Oblo. Yondu had to go back to the bridge and he wants a report on Pearle" said Meredith before she entered the med bay.
Oblo nodded his head and quickly made his way to the bridge. The walk was longer than it usually was and when he entered the bridge he saw the captain standing
by the widow staring out into the starscape. Approaching him he said "captain I'm here to inform you that Pearle will be fine. The cut she received was caused by her
head scraping off the wing, she needed only ten stitches and she will be awake in an hour".
Yondu nodded his head and set a course for before turning to Oblo and saying "that's good. We're heading to Asgard we have something the All Father might want".
"What would that be captain?" asked Oblo.
"During our last raid of a Kree ship we came into possession of an Ancient Asgardian blade that may have belonged to his Father so it wouldn't hurt seeing how much
we get for it".
"Of course captain. Meredith is sitting with Pearle until she wakes up" said Oblo with a yawn.
Yondu steered the ship and asked "where's Kraglin?".
"He went down to sit with Peter. The kid blames himself for not watching her more closely" replied Oblo.
"Good. Go get some rest Oblo and well done" said Yondu. Oblo left the bridge exhausted and hungry. Food could wait till morning as all he wanted was to sleep.
Peter and Kraglin chatted about Peter's M Craft for a while before Peter started to get sleepy. Kraglin saw his droopy eyes and said "come on Pete you best get some
sleep and don't argue. Once you're fully rested you and Pearle can talk to each other". Peter nodded his head and followed Kraglin down the corridor.
Meredith sat on a chair by Pearle's bed holding her hand. She hummed a lullaby she used to sing to Pearle when she was a baby hoping it would wake her daughter
sooner but the child slept on. Hearing the door slide open she didn't turn around but soon felt Yondu's hand on her shoulder.
"Am I an awful Mother?" asked Meredith quietly.
Yondu shook his head and dragging a chair over he sat beside her and replied "no you're not Mer. Accidents happen and as Oblo said Pearle's goin to be just fine.
She's a strong one that kid".
Meredith nodded her head and sniffled before saying "after this how can I let her even fly her ship knowing something worse could happen to her".
Yondu frowned at her words and taking her hand he said "Mer I give ya my word that by the time I'm finished training both her she will be the best. Nobody will be
able to outwit Pearle Quill".
"Don't you mean Pearle Udonta the most feared Ravager in the universe?" asked Meredith as she blew her nose.
Yondu chuckled and nodding his head he said "forgot about that. She's really determined on using that name isn't she?".
"Yes she is" said Meredith smiling giving his hand a gentle squeeze.
"We're on our way to Asgard. Have something The All Father might wanna buy and if we're allowed ya can bring Pearle and Peter sight seeing" said Yondu quietly.
"That'd be nice" said Meredith and was about to add something else when she saw Pearle's eyes flutter open.
Stroking her face Meredith asked "how are you feeling sweetie?".
Pearle scratched her nose and replied "I'm fine. What happened?".
"Oh you had a fall and cut your head. You needed ten stitches but with a few days rest you'll be able to finish painting your M Craft".
"But I'm fine I don't need rest" said Pearle stubbornly.
"Captain's orders Pearle okay" said Yondu as he smirked at how stubborn the kid could be.
Seeing Pearle nod her head Meredith asked "do you need anything?"
Pearle smiled and replied "I'd love some hot chocolate and food. I haven't eaten since breakfast".
"I'll go do that" said Meredith as she left the med bay thankful that her daughter was awake and back to her old self.
Yondu looked at Pearle once Meredith was out of the room and said "don't ever do something as stupid as that unsupervised again Pearle".
Pearle nodded her head knowing Yondu was eventually going to say it. Settling back against her pillows she asked "could you tell me a story please?".
Yondu rolled his eyes and replied "fine what story do you want this time?".
Pearle thought for a few seconds before replying "can you tell me about planets that are close to Terra but that Terra don't know about?".
Yondu thought for a minute before saying "I'm sure ya know of the Millky Way Galaxy". Seeing Pearle nod her head he added "there's a planet in that galaxy called
Centauri IV and the race that live on it are called Centaurians". Seeing the kid smile he told her more about what the race looked like and how they fought and the
special metal that they used to make their arrows. He only stopped speaking when Meredith returned with Pearle's hot chocolate and food.
"Get some rest girl" said Yondu as he returned to the bridge. He didn't know why he told her of his home planet but it felt good to tell someone. Even if that someone
was a kid. As soon as she was recovered he would begin her real training but he wondered if she was up for it.
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