answer to Ryu Wolf : Thundra wasn't sucked into the Spacebridge because she was still webbed to the wall
( Earth )
The Avengers and autobots had come back from their mission when they learned from Thundra what happened to Arcee, June, Jen and Miko because of the Masters of Evil.
Fortunately, just before they had time to get up, she managed to free herself and knock them out.
" And you couldn't learned the location of where they have been sent ? " Ratchet asked
" I wasn't able to, doc. I was a little webbed up." Thundra answered
Bulkhead yelled and crushed one of Ratchet's tool with his fist.
" Bulkhead, I... " Ratchet began to say
" What !? You needed that ?! The only thing I need is Miko, Arcee and the others back ! " Bulkhead yelled
" Bulkhead, it is not by yelling at each other that we are going to retrieve our friends. We must be patient. " Black Panther stated
" Patient ?! I say we fix that Spacebridge and we find them. " Bulkhead responded
" Oh yeah, and do you even know where they are, Big lug ? " Hawkeye rhetorically asked " Even I know that going through a vortex without precise coordinates isn't something that you want to do. That can land you in a black hole. "
" Bulkhead, we are all worried about Miko and the others but we must trust them to take care of each other. " Optimus reassured the wrecker
( Kyln )
Jen, Arcee, Miko and June were sleeping with the other female inmates when movements awoke Jen and Arcee. It was a group of inmates transporting Gamora in the showers and Quill and Rocket discreetly following them.
Jen and Arcee then got out of the dormitory and followed them to try and save Gamora. But as they went towards the showers, they were startled by a cry of anger.
" How dare you !? "
When the two friends arrived, they saw Quill and Rocket hiding, Gamora shoved against a wall and the green man from earlier walking into the shower. Arcee gasped in shock, recognizing him.
" Do you know who I am ? He asked the inmates
" Drax the destroyer. " a fearful inmate answered
" And do you know why I am called that ? " Drax asked
" You slaughtered dozens of Yon-Rogg's supporters and dozens of decepticons. " The inmate answered
" Megatron's soldiers brought war and destruction on my planet. Yon-Rogg killed my wife, Ovette, and my daughter, Kamaria. He didn't give them a chance. He killed them and he laughed ! " Drax suddenly shouted " So I'm not letting you this one. "
" Yes, yes, of course. Here take it. " The inmate said, giving him his knife.
But Gamora managed to free herself and took two knives from the inmates and pointed them at Drax, who didn't flinch.
" I am no family to Yon-Rogg or Thanos. If you want them, you will need me. " She said, dropping the knives
But Drax slammed her on the wall. " Your words mean nothing to me, woman ! " He said before preparing to gut her
" Hey, wait ! " Quill shouted, making everyone turn towards him. " If you want to kill Yon-Rogg, that's not the best way to do it. "
" I thought this whore tried to kill you, terran. " Drax said
" Yeah, but she's not the first. " He said, before showing a scar on his torso " Look, I got this from a girl on Rajak, a real nasty this one. She tried to kill me with a fork because I was taking my leave. " He then showed another scar on his neck. " This one is from a Kree. She tried to eviscerate me. She surprised me being close to an askavarian from the Nova Corps, from whom I only wanted to have infos. "
But everyone guessed he did more than just extract infos.
" Just to say that, Gamora betrayed Yon-Rogg. So he is looking for her. And when he comes, then you can slit his throat. " Quill explained
" Why only slit his throat, I will cut off his head properly. " Drax responded, while letting go of Gamora
( later )
The five returned to the dormitories.
" Just to be clear, I don't care if you're dead or alive. " Quill said to Gamora
" Then why did you stopped him from killing me ? " She asked him
" Because you're the only one who know who can buy the orb. " Quill said
" And how do you want to sell the orb when we're all in jail ? " Jen asked him
" Rocket here got out of 22 jails. " Quill explained
" Don't worry about that. We escape and we bring you to Yondu for the bounty. " Rocket said
" How much your buyer is ready to pay for the orb ? " Quill asked
" 4 billions unit. " Gamora answered
" 4 billions ?! " Rocket repeated
" Holy shit ! " Quill added
" I wanted to use the orb to be free from Thanos and Yon-Rogg. If we get out of here, we'll go to my buyer and share the bounty in seven parts. " Gamora decided
" I am Groot. " Groot said, being awake
" Eight parts. Asleep for the danger but awake for the money, as per frickin' usual. " Rocket snarked, making Groot grunt
( Dark aster, Yon-Rogg's warship )
Yon-Rogg, the rogue Kree, and his lieutenants, Korath, At-lass, Minn-erva and Bron-char were called by Thanos's servant, the Other.
" Face the truth, Yon-Rogg. She betrayed you. " The Other said
" She just has been captured, Gamora can still retrieve the orb. " Yon-Rogg protested
" No, our informants in the Kyln told us she had other projects with the orb. Your alliance with Thanos is compromised. He require your presence immediately. " The Other said before cutting off the coms.
" This is such a mess. " At-lass whispered to Minn-erva who nodded.
( Sanctuary )
Thanos was sitting on his throne, with the seven members of his Black Order, Ebony Maw, Proxima Midnight, Corvus Glaive, Cull Obsidian, Supergiant, Nebula and Black Swan on his sides, while Yon-Rogg was pleading his case.
" With all due respect, Thanos, your daughter is to blame, yet I am the one summoned ? " the Kree complained.
" I advise you to change your tone, kree ! " The Other ordered
" First, she was beaten by some primitives. " Yon-Rogg said
" Thanos placed Gamora under your orders. " the Other interrupted
" Then she was captured by the Nova Corps. " Yon-Rogg continued
" You are the one without results. " The Other countered
" Your spies told you that Gamora was already planning to betray us when she left ! " Yon-Rogg shouted
" I told you to change your tone ! " The Other ordered
But Yon-Rogg had enough and used his gravity gauntlets to crush the Other, who died.
" All I ask is for you to take this matter seriously. " Yon-Rogg asked
Thanos turned back and answered. " The only one I can't take seriously, boy, is you. Your politics bore me, your behavior is one of a pouty child, and apparently, you alienated my favourite daughter, Gamora. "
Nebula, Proxima Midnight, Black Swan and Supergiant lowered their eyes.
" I will keep my word, Kree, if you bring me the orb. But if you come back empty-handed, I will bath the stars in your blood. " Thanos threatened " And if you underestimate the Avengers, your defeat will put a smile on my face. "
Nebula then got up and went towards the dark Aster, with Yon-Rogg following her, jutting his chin out like a pouty child. Thanos smirked in amusement seeing this.
" Do you think he will manage, Lord Thanos ? " Corvus Glaive asked
" Nothing is sure, Corvus. " Thanos answered
" I understand, my lord. " Corvus responded
( kyln )
It was time for lunch and after they got the mess that served as meal, Rocket began to explain his plan.
" If we want to get out, we'll need to go into that watchtower. I'll need one thing or two. " He said " The guards have bracelets to access differents parts of the jail, I need one. "
" I got this. " Gamora said
" See that Guy ? " Rocket asked, showing an inmate with a prothestic leg " I need his leg. "
" His leg ? " June asked
" Yeah, but he can keep the rest. " Rocket responded
" All right. " Quill answered
" And finally, on the wall behind us, there is a black pannel with a yellow light. Behind this there is a quarnyx battery. purplish box with green wires. I will need this to access the watchtower. " Rocket finished to explain.
" And how do you want to do that ? " Jen asked
" This jackasses find you really attractive, maybe you can distract them. " Rocket said
" Are you joking ? " Miko asked
" No, they really find the five of you sexy. " Rocket said
" Sorry, Rocket, but your box is twenty feet above the ground, in full center of the most watched room of the jail, we cannot reach that without being spotted. " Arcee said
" I have a plan and this plan require a frickin' quarnyx battery, SO FIGURE IT OUT ! " He shouted " Can I talk ? Now this is important. Once the battery is removed, everything is gonna slam into emergency mode. Once we have it, we gotta move quickly, so you definitely need to get that last. " He precised
But suddenly, all the alarms ringed and they all turned towards the watchtower to see Groot, having ripped off the quarnyx battery, with a proud look on his face.
" Or we can get it first and improvise. " Rocket snarked
" I got the bracelet. " Gamora said
" The leg. " Quill added
" Distraction. " the Amazons finished
They all ran towards their assigned roles while Rocket facepalmed at his face thinking " For Fuck's sake, Groot ! "
Soon guard drones arrived and surrounded Groot.
" Inmate, drop this and return to your cell or we'll open fire. " The guard in the watchtower warned him
Groot kept the battery and grew some spikes on his body to look more menacing.
" I... AM... GROOOOOOT " he yelled
" Take him down ! " The guard ordered
All hell broke loose as the drones opened fire. But Groot tanked all their bullets and fought back, sending drones flying with his fists.
" To all inmates, go back to the dormitories. " The head guard ordered
Rocket ran up on all four and climbed up on Groot.
" You idiot ! How am I supposed to destroy these drones without my stuff ! " He berated the tree
Some guards came up to open fire on Rocket and Groot but they were attacked by Jen, June, Arcee, Miko and Drax, the latter laughing like a maniac.
Miko picked up a gun and looked at Rocket
" Hey furry ! Catch ! " She yelled at him, throwing the gun at the racoon who caught him
" Oooh, yeeeaaah. " Rocket grinned
He then shot at every drone coming up against them, all the while Groot and him yelled. After a moment, they were out of bullets.
" Rocket ! " Gamora yelled, throwing him a bracelet
" Go to the watchtower ! " Rocket told them
The girls jumped towards the bridge leading to the watchtower, soon joined by Gamora. Groot extended his arms to allow Rocket and Quill, who arrived with leg and his walkman, to climb on him. A drone appeared and tried to open fire on Quill but Drax caught it and ripped it in two with his bare hands.
" You. The man who laid with an askavarian. " He called out to Quill
" It was one time, damnit. " Quill protested
They all came up to the door to the watchtower, that Jen forced open, revealing the head guard who surrendered. Groot caught him with his vines and threw him on the other side.
When they entered, Gamora noticed Drax was with them.
" Don't look at me like that with your viper eyes. " Drax told her
" What is he doing here ? " She demanded
" He's doing here that we promised him he could stay with us until he killed your boss. " June answered
" And I try to keep my promises, especially to mountains of muscles easily angered. " Quill said while giving the prothesis to Rocket
" I was kidding about the leg. It was a joke. " He revealed
" A joke ?! " Quill and the amazons said
" Of course ! What was he like, hopping around when you stole his leg ? " Rocket asked snickering
" I bought it 30,000 units ! " Quill protested
Jen and Arcee facepalmed.
" Now how are we going to get out of here ? " Drax asked
" Mister said he has a plan. " Miko answered before turning towards Rocket " You have a plan or you're making this up ? "
" I got a plan. " Rocket answered all the while trafficking the computer
" Then stop babbling and free me from this entrapment. " Drax said
" I agree with our walking thesaurus. " Quill said
" Do not call me a thesaurus. " Drax said, glaring at Quill
" He was saying a metaphor. " June explained
" Don't bother, his people are too literal, metaphors go over his head. " Rocket responded
" Nothing goes over my head. My reflexes are too fast, I would catch it. " Drax answered, proving Rocket's point
" Girls, we're gonna die surrounded by the biggest idiots in the galaxy. " Jen said to her team and Gamora
Soon guards came up with what looked like rocket launchers.
" When you want, your plan ! " Arcee said
" I'm almost there ! " Rocket responded
" On my command, fire at will ! " The lead guard yelled
But Rocket pulled two wires together and everything outside the watchtower began to float.
" You deactivated artificial gravity everywhere but here. " Gamora realized
Rocket then detached the room where they were from the rest of the watchtower and took control of the drones and made them direct the room towards the way out.
" So how's my plan ? " He asked
Soon they came to a halt before the room where their stuff was kept
" Okay, that was a great plan. " Jen admitted
Rocket shrugged his shoulders with a smug look on his face.
They all took back their stuff and went towards Quill's ship that he called from where he parked it. They went aboard and Gamora put coordinates and they took off.
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