Linda giggled, as she and Shocket were being mischievous, annoying the drones that belongedto Tivon, on a trikewhich Shockethad invented from spare parts the female toddler raccoon hadfound impressingTivon atShocket'sgenius as he'dalsays wantedhisown Rocket andnow he did, inherited, he just hadto makesureshedidn'tknowabout theoutside galaxy or geractual father knowingHowardwastelling her.
"This isawesome, Shockieissick, you'reso smart, I nevercoulddo this without you." Linda said.
"Well you helped me, you know we belomgtogether." Shocketsaidsmiling, revealing baby fangs.
"You'reright, we do and always will be, no matterwhat comes our way, it's usagainst the galaxy." Linda said.
"Yeah, usagainst thegalaxy!" Shocket said giggling.
Liindawas lying awake in her and Shocket's bed, seeing for once, Shocket was sleeping peacefully as recently, she'dhad her first cold and met her actual father, the legendary Rocket who hadenrolledShocket in day classesat AvengersCampus, knowinghersoulmate wouldlove it there, but wouldit still bethem against the galaxy, or were
Howard wassurprised seeing his little duckling was upset, putting down his maginifyingglass listeningto her, understanding herconcerns thinkingthatshe would neverseeShocket, ifshewent to this school unaware thatShocketoverheard whilegoingto thebathroom, guessingthat waswhyher sweet ducklinghadbeen off huggingher, feeling shewasshaky.
"Nothingwill everchange, it'sstill usagainstthe galaxy, you know?" Shocket assured her kissingher.
"Thanksfor that, asI gotworried, thatyou'd go away and notcome back." Linda
Shocket understood, feelijg bad as she and Limda went their room, feelimg Linda hug her tight aftersheexplained, that she was only going to classes at the campus, then come back at the end of the day, which her dad figured outwith Howard, plus shewasfeeling anxious, it wasan newplace filledwith new peopldwithsomewho mightnotaccept her, making herfur itchy at that thought, which Linda sensed.
"It'll be an adventure, likeeverytning wedo, yoi can tell me what school isreally like." Linda said whiles ratchingherfurryshoulders.
"Ydah, you havea point, I justwishyoi werr coming with me, itwould make it a less scary." Shocket replied.
Linda then heard yawningfrom the femalekit knowing she needed hersleep or more, if shewas to havea successful first day, climbing back into bed, snuggling into each other, zoning-out, as Howardchecked on them relieved theywerr feeling better, especially Shocketas later wasa big deal knowing shecouldhandle it, she wasRocket's kid after all.
That morning, Shocket stretched getting up, without waking?inda, putting on the outfit herdad hadleft for her, smirking whilecombinghermohawk, brushing her fangs before eating cereal, grabbing her backpack, leaving afterkissing Linda's feathery head leaving theapartment, feeling excitement andanxiety ripple through herfurry body, especially approaching AvengersCampus.
"Here wego, first day ofschool onthis planet without Linda, you got this." shemumbled to herself entering the campus seeing a lot of kids a lot older but relieved seeing kids around herand Linda'sage, includingthatpurple-armoured kitLinda had toldher about, so could tell her later when she got home following them inside thebuilding.
"This shouldbe fun, I see why dad loves itso much." she said.
"Shocket, you're here, I waskind ofworried you wouldnot make it, or get coldpaws." Rocket told her.