Greetings, fans and readers everywhere! Welcome to a new chapter of the intrepid Kitty Pryde alongside one of her close friends, one acquaintance and a bunch of her interdimensional counterparts! When we left our crew, they gained a new ally in the former member of the Exiles, Catherine "Cat" Pryde, now carrying the mantle of Nomad. Their numbers are big, but they can add a couple more and right now they head into a vast territory not all of them have explored but it'll be quite familiar for our leading lady. But before we get to that, let's hear the reviews!

The Timeless Writer: I'm glad you liked it! The Exiles sure had their moments (and the name is being used in the Krakoan Era in a different way) and I really wanted to show that Nomad Cat can get along easily since she knows a thing or two about Multiversal trips

Unknown Speaker: Thank you for that! I WILL make that story; I have a couple of ideas brewing for that and many other couples in my Alt-616 Universe

Wilcard Sparda: Thanks for your suggestion, that one really helped me to build the previous chapter. As for interactions between her and her crush... Who knows? Maybe it can happen when she returns.

Shadow: Glad you're enjoying the story! As for the Black Vortex, that will be addressed at some point, stay tuned for it! And yes, Magik is being annoying with her complains about Spidey, but I don't think Kitty will stop talking to her because of that; she's her best friend after all.

Young justice 17: Well, that's a request that I won't be able to fulfill since next chapter is the last recruit, but I get the point. Although we've already seen something similar back in the "Into the Great Unknown" storyline, so we know how's it like to see Kitty facing a sort of evil Spidey.

Alphaknight99: No sé si viste que ya Krakoa tiene sus Exiles (bueno, no Krakoa como tal pero si están usando ese nombre para el equipo de Sabretooth) y lo del symbiote creo que ya lo habíamos comentado hace tiempo, pero sí que sería una locura XD

Cornholio4: Glad you liked it

Street Poser: I doubt she'll be glad to find out everything she'll be missing (Wanda's resurrection and redemption, the kaijus attacking and everything else, she'll be mostly annoyed if you ask me LOL!

Ralph: Well, here you have it.

After our brief commercial break, let's get right on it!

Enjoy the reading!


SHADOWCAT: INTO THE KITTY-VERSE

Chapter 10: Pryde of the Guardians

As Kitty Pryde marches on through the Multiverse in the search of counterparts for her plan against Mojo, Major Domo is checking on the 'recruits' his boss brought from the different worlds Kitty and her friends have travelled, taking note of every detail he has and relay it to his leader. Domo enters the main chambers, noticing his illustrious leader contemplating the massive wall of screens but paying attention to one in particular.

["Are you tired of crappy television programming? Are you fed up with the constant repetitiveness from the media? Are you dealing awful ideas with zero creativity? Are you yearning for exciting entertainment?"]

"Yes, yes, yes, #$%& YES!" Mojo exclaims at the screen.

["Then go and write your own stories! BUT! What happens when creativity and inspiration become quite elusive? How to deal with writer's block? How can you appeal the demo target without angering the rest? That's where we step in! Introducing the Knowledge Enhanced Visual Interconnectivity Nexus A.I. you need for all your media creative requirements!"]

The screen shows a robot with three different lenses, one blue, one green and one red, combined with a couple of pincers and a frame that resembles a human baseball cap with the K.E.V.I.N. acronym written over it.

["K.E.V.I.N. is a state-of-the-art A.I. device that contains over 500.000 different algorithms for assorted demographics, ranging from violent desires for the unintelligent to sophisticated and complex familial connective plots for the theorists, whatever your idea, no matter how bizarre, unorthodox or even implausible, K.E.V.I.N. will build it from those points and turn it into a billion-dollar masterpiece, so if you want to turn your universe into a blockbuster franchise –pending censorship from determined foreign markets-, you must have your own K.E.V.I.N. at your disposal, so order now! Our operators are standing by in every corner of the Multiverse!]

"Ummm, your magnificence?" Domo interrupts Mojo's moment, prompting him to turn his chair quickly to face him.

"What do you want, Domo?" Mojo voices his annoyance at being interrupted.

"I just wanted to bring you the reports from our guests, sir" Domo replies while he gives his boss the folder with the gathered information "While some like Viper, Colossus, Gorgon and Blackbeard Shaw seem cooperative into working together, we still have to polish details like N1MR0D's reluctance to work with mutants, Miss Frost's belittling of the rest of the group and the Von Struckers constant, ahem, 'affection' they display with each other, but your crew is making good progress, we could still need one or two more members and we're settled" he explains to his boss who is just skimming through the folder's pages.

"Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh…" Mojo just nods and then throws the folder behind him "Tell me something Domo, is failure an option for the Mojoverse?" he poses the question but before Domo could speak, Mojo grabs him by the throat to pull him up "OF COURSE IT ISN'T!" he exclaims, spitting his drool at his face "I'm putting a lot, and I mean a lot of effort into building my ultimate program and give my dear crowd a pile of dead versions of the same chick but you aren't giving me the juice I crave" he then releases him and looks at him with menacing eyes "So consider this my most stern warning Domo, make sure that this crew you're building gets the ratings I deserve and make it so as if your life is depending on it, because I'm telling you, I am this close of replacing you with that!" he makes the pinching gesture and then points with his thumb back to the screen that still shows the K.E.V.I.N. infomercial "So Chop-Chop!" he claps his hands and turns his back on Domo, who nervously nods and begins to walk away.

"Yes sir, immediately" Domo mutters and then leaves while Mojo grabs his keyboard.

"I better make a pre-order, just in case" Mojo mutters as he types "I wonder how many views will I get if I make Spiral do that 'Twerking' dance those Earthlings seem so fond of"


MEANWHILE, IN ANOTHER LOCATION

After having brought a new recruit into their fold; the 'Army of Prydes' made the jump to their next destination in their search for another member. The portal opens in what seems like an alley full of garbage containers with Kitty leading the way followed by her friends and then her counterparts.

"Ugh! An alleyway? Really?" Shadow-Pryde voices her complaint to the group.

"OOOFF! That smell!" Kung-Fu Kitty covers her mouth and nose due to the foul smell from the containers.

"Huh, would you believe me if I told you that I've woken up in worst places than this?" Pirate Kitty comments to the group.

"You know? Logan once told me that he'd be worried that I'd become a drunk-crazy girl during my time as a bartender… Now I see why he was concerned" the Veteran Kitty responds sternly.

"Do you guys have any idea of where are we?" Nomad Cat asks the group while Kitty checks her Webware device.

"I wish I had the answer but I'm not registering anything… maybe this is an Unchartered Earth" Kitty replies since her Webware is not showing a reply on their current location but then Magik and Wind Dancer notice something very odd once they step out of the alley.

"Guys, I don't think we're on Earth" Sofia makes the first comment, looking at the location full of assorted creatures, some having tentacles for limbs, other with odd heads, all of them with different colors of skins and none of them resemble a human, except for a few humanoid creatures walking around.

"Either that or this Earth has no humans" Magik adds to the comments while the rest of the group finally steps out and look in awe at their surroundings "Alright, who's gonna be the one who dares to ask for directions?"

"I've seen a lot of weird #$%& in S.H.I.E.L.D. debriefings but this one tops them all" Director Kitty comments.

"Excuse me!" Soulsword Kitty steps out and approaches a red-skinned humanoid with bright blue eyes with a beak and a large green blob-like creature with eight yellow eyes and tentacle-like limbs "Does any of you know what place is this?" she asks them with innocent eyes but both creatures just look at each other and then back at the younger Kitty.

"-Insert random squeaks-" the beaked creature replies with loud noises that startle her while his companion makes grunts that almost sound like laughter.

"How rude!" Soulsword Kitty exclaims and steps back while Kitty looks around, starting to feel a familiar vibe with the place.

"You know, this place kinda feels familiar" Kitty comments as the group walks forward and discover more about the place, being almost a city but filled with improvised markets and vendors, but remains heavily crowded with all kinds of creatures speaking in so many different languages.

"Maybe to you, but for the rest of us, this feels like the middle of nowhere" Shadow-Pryde snidely comments, but that last word causes Kitty to widen her eyes as she comes to a realization of their whereabouts.

"Oh my God… we're in Knowhere!" Kitty exclaims as she turns to face her group, all looking back at her puzzled at that exclamation.

"You mean we're actually in the middle of nowhere?" Sofia asks her but Kitty shakes her head in denial.

"No, no, Knowhere, with a silent K at the start" Kitty corrects her "This place is the severed head of a Celestial that became a hub for lots of alien species across the galaxy" she begins to explain as she walks down the main square "No wonder the Webware didn't register the Earth" she comments, now knowing why her device did not reveal their Earth location "With that fact in mind, I'll try to adjust the settings and pinpoint our exact location"

"Have you been here before?" Nomad Cat asks her leading counterpart "I mean, back in your home dimension"

"I have actually" Kitty replies "Several times, back in my days with the Guardians of the Galaxy"

"The Guardians of the Galaxy? What are those?" Soulsword Kitty throws the question, but then Magik steps forward.

"Wait, isn't that the team led by that overrated, glorified astronaut you were engaged to?" Magik quips at her friend, pointing out her previous engagement with the leader of the Guardians, Peter Quill, to which Kitty annoyingly sighs.

"Yes Yana, that one…" Kitty replies with a deadpan tone "And before anyone of you ask, I was engaged to someone else besides Colossus but…" her reply was suddenly interrupted when a nearby wall crashes down, sending two purple-skinned humanoids wearing blue and gold uniforms through the debris to the ground, with one of them losing his helmet as it rolls down towards Kitty's feet "What the?"

Kitty picks the helmet, a golden design with a star on the forehead, a design that looks familiar to her and right then Nomad Cat recognizes.

"Hey, isn't that a Nova Corps helmet?" Nomad Cat poses the question, leading them to realize that the men are under attack. Right then, loud stomps are heard and he ground begins to shake, prompting all the girls to stand in guard, looking at the growing silhouette emerging from the cloud of dust, turning into a massive, muscled creature with red markings on his chest and abdomen, shoulder plates and gauntlets, both carrying spikes and a spiked helmet with red lenses.

"You Nova Corpsmen are so dumb and naïve" the creature's voice speaks menacingly towards them "You really thought you can hold me, the powerful Yotat down?" he taunts them as he grabs the one who lost his helmet "Let me show you what happens when people like you piss me off…" he then grabs the head with one hand and begins to apply pressure, choking his face and attempting to crush it, but then he is interrupted by a whistling sound, prompting him to turn his sight, only to receive the helmet crashing his head, much to his annoyance "Who dares!?"

"Hey schmuck!" Kitty calls him out "How about you drop that guy and face your due punishment"

"Just who do you think you are to challenge Yotat!?" Yotat exclaims as he tosses the Nova soldier away, but as soon as he walks towards her, he is suddenly struck by a barrage of pieces and objects coming from a gust of wind courtesy of Wind Dancer.

"And she ain't the only one ready to rumble" Sofia quips at him as she levitates and prepares another barrage of pieces, to which Yotat groans and growls in response, but once he walks towards her, he receives a burst of Hellfire that hits his right side and makes him tumble.

"You need to work on your banter Sofia" Magik quips at her teammate while she holds her Soulsword and prepares to attack just as Yotat looks at the three women with growing anger.

"Go on! Anger me! I'll make your suffering even greater the more you make me mad!" Yotat exclaims, throwing a powerful punch to the ground making it tremble, prompting Magik to jump away "Bring it, woman!" he defies her, but then he feels another burst of energy hitting him from behind, turning around to see Soulsword Kitty aiming her blade at him.

"What you need is to stay put, big meanie!" Soulsword Kitty rushes towards him and prepares to strike but he manages to catch the blade of the sword to her astonishment.

"Were you saying something, little gi-ARGH!" Yotat suddenly feels the slash on his side coming from Shadow-Pryde who cut him through.

"Guess you're not as tough as you look" Shadow-Pryde taunts him, calling him out to chase her only to bump into a flying kick to his head from Kung-Fu Kitty, knocking out his helmet to reveal his yellow eyes.

"I thought you were ugly with that helmet on but… you should put it back on" Kung-Fu Kitty taunts him while Veteran Kitty and Director Kitty emerge from underneath to jump from behind and connect a few punches phasing through his body, making him writhe in pain.

"There goes the liver… I hope it was the liver" Veteran Kitty quips and then looks at the Director counterpart "Where'd you aim to?"

"The kidney but you can't really tell with these aliens" Director Kitty replies while Pirate Kitty walks towards a table to grab a bottle of a purple liquid, taking a large sip from it, she then looks at the bottle trying to read the symbols on it.

"I don't know what the Hell I just drank but we ain't leaving this dimension without bringing at least a case of this" Pirate Kitty comments, then drinks the rest of the bottle and runs towards Yotat to smash the bottle over his head, shattering it into pieces, which allows her to jump and give him a double kick to his back, pushing him onto the path of Nomad Cat, already holding her battle staff.

"And now for a double feature!" Nomad Cat exclaims as she connects a hit with her staff to his jaw, then another to his stomach and for a finale she spins to push him with an impact through his back "All yours Boss!" she pushes him towards Kitty who is clenching her fist, ready to deliver the knockout punch.

"Good Night, Schlomo!" Kitty delivers a punch right to his face making use of her hyper-density to add a major impact to the hit, sending him down for the knockout "Down and out, good job ladies" she congratulates her crew in their teamwork to bring down Yotat. Right then, the two Nova Corpsmen who were beaten stand up and approach the beaten body of Yotat, looking truly impressed by the scene.

"Koyaj, call Director Rider, let him know Yotat is finally under arrest" the Corpsman talks to his partner, taking out the high-tech cuffs to arrest him and then approaches Kitty "On behalf of the Nova Corps, we thank you for your assistance in the apprehension of this notorious criminal… Wait a minute" right then the Corpsman notices something in her, then he looks at the rest of the group and sees how some of them resemble the one he is looking at "Koyaj… do you know where are the Guardians of the Galaxy right now?"

"I'm in the middle of the call to the Director, Halvak, why?" Corpsman Koyaj replies but then looks at the group of women and just as his partner; he begins to notice a certain resemblance, widening his eyes just as the call reaches its destination.

"Hello?" Richard Rider's face emerges as a hologram from Corpsman Koyaj's wrist "Corpsman Koyaj? Did something happen to you and Corpsman Halvak?"

"Sir… I'll call you back…" Corpsman Koyaj replies as he shuts down the call and look at the group led by Kitty, now looking more uncomfortable as the seconds go by.

"Oy Vey, this is becoming a very awkward moment…" Kitty murmurs and then walks towards the Corpsmen, "Hi, you must be from the Nova Corps, I'm Kitty Pryde from the X-Men, that is assuming the X-Men are still active on Earth, but just to be clear, I'm not the Kitty Pryde from this dimension, which very probably will answer whatever is crossing through your mind"

"Is she always like that when she's embarrassed?" Nomad Cat whispers to Magik, who nods in response.

"Da… Embarrassed, annoyed, frustrated, sometimes you have to pull her away just to calm her down" Magik whispers back to her as they keep watching the scene.

"As for the girls behind me, with the exception of the light brunette and the blonde, all the other women are my dimensional counterparts and we're on a mission across the Multiverse" Kitty keeps explaining them her mission "So, I'd really like to know how I can contact to Earth and reach for my counterpart so we can get moving"

Both Nova Corpsmen look at each other and turn away to discuss the issue, but after a few seconds, they turn to face her, ready to give a response, until…

"It is all-right gentlemen, I can take it over from here" a male voice with a thick Russian accent interrupts the conversation. Everyone there looks around trying to find the source until Soulsword Kitty notices something.

"Guys, look!" Soulsword Kitty points towards a dog approaching them "Is that… a dog in an astronaut costume?"

"Actually, it is a Cosmonaut suit" the voice corrects her, much to the surprise of the group –except the Nova Corpsmen- "In the case you are wonderink, it is I who is speakink to your minds telepathically" he adds, prompting Kitty to concentrate until she looks at the dog, slowly reaching to the realization.

"Wait… Guys…" Kitty looks directly at the dog "I think the one talking to us is the dog"

"That's a Bingo!" the dog joyfully replies "My name is Cosmo, I am the Head of the Security of Knowhere, and I thank you for helpink these Corpsmen in the defeat of the terrible Yotat the Destroyer of Destroyers" Cosmo then looks at the Corpsmen "It is all good, I can confirm the reason of their travel after makink a telepathic scan of their leader, she is speakink the truth"

"Holy #%$&… a mind-reading dog…" Shadow-Pryde mutters with a mix of amazement and annoyance.

"I can take care of this, you can return to your work, and send my salutations to Director Rider" Cosmo bids farewell to the Corpsmen who grab Yotat and take him away "As for you, like I said, I made a telepathic scan to ensure your intentions, and now that I know you do not bring the trouble, I apologize for that"

"Awwww" Magik decides to step forward as she looks at Cosmo with a big smile "Look at him! He's so cute!" she then crouches in front of Cosmo |"My friends are here on an important mission, can you help us find your Universe's version of Katya?"| she pats Cosmo's head and rubs behind his ears, prompting the dog to smile and wiggle his tail.

"DA!" Cosmo replies as he also barks |"Of course I will help you with your quest! You can follow me!"| he eagerly replies, prompting Magik to give him a little kiss on the top of his head "She is so very cute, I think I'm in love" he thinks that one to himself.

"Spasibo!" Magik replies and then stands up again "My fellow Russian will help us out" she smiles at the group, with Kitty chuckling as response, following Cosmo to his path back to the core of Knowhere, reaching what it looks like a wide command center with several computers and platforms around.

"Welcome to the Knowhere Command, here is where I keep a close watch to the actions around our home, as well as a hub to receive allies and to help the Nova Corps by sending their arrests" Cosmo explains to them as he begins to activate a series of buttons to activate one of the platforms, which begins to glow with a blue light underneath "If you can step into the platform, I can send you to the Planet of Moord, the last known location of the Guardians of the Galaxy"

"Huh… so my counterpart is still a member" Kitty ponders to herself and then recalls the name of the planet "Ummm, is there anything we should know about that planet?" she asks him, having a slightly familiar feeling about it.

"Oh, it is just the homeworld of the Badoon, a race that has been in the conflict against the galaxy for many cycles, the Guardians are battling against them" Cosmo replies just as he activates the platform, with constant bolts of energy flowing under the platform causing it to glow brighter ass it activates.

"OK, the Badoon, that's… wait a minute…" Kitty then begins to realize why it sounded so familiar since she fought against them during her stint with the Guardians "Oh #$%&, WAI-!"

"Good luck, ladies!" Cosmo replies just as a flash of light signals the activation of the platform, sending the group to their destination.


THEN, AT PLANET MOORD STATION

A flash of light emerges on top of the platform inside the Alpha Flight station located on the Planet Moord, far away from the Capitol City. The ladies jump on the platform once they emerge from the light while Kitty barely manages to finish her sentence.

"-IT!" Kitty exclaims sand then gasps at the revelation, prompting Magik to approach her.

"Katya? What happened?" Magik asks her with a hint of concern

"Cosmo has sent us to the Badoon Homeworld" Kitty replies "They're a nasty alien species with a deep hatred for anything from Earth" she explains to the group "I've met then during my time with the Guardians, fought them, beat the living #$%& outta them"

"How nasty are we talking about?" Director Kitty poses the question.

"Nasty enough to be bedfellows with the Brood and Annihilus' hordes" Kitty replies with a serious tone "So if you bump into any of them, don't hold back"

"My three favorite words" Shadow-Pryde quips as she unsheathes her claws while the rest of the group searches their way out.

"Anybody knows why this place is deserted?" Nomad Cat throws the question but once they leave the platform, the muffled sound of explosions and rumblings echo through the room.

"I think we landed in the middle of a warzone" the Veteran Kitty comments, prompting Kitty to take the initiative and lead the group out of the room, walking into what it definitively looks like an empty station, very similar to the one from Knowhere, but this one includes the Alpha Flight insignia on the walls and equipment.

The room had blinking red lights and the computer screens showed a warning in different alien languages, but the largest screen showed the Alpha Flight soldiers barely standing against a fleet of Badoon ships and a platoon of Badoon soldiers.

"Seems that we're about to bump into them after all…" Kitty mutters and then looks at her group "Those who carry weapons get ready, those who don't then grab whatever weapon you can" she tells them as she moves away from the panel and heads to the exit, ready to lead the battle against the Badoon forces.


OUTSIDE THE STATION

The battle was raging on with Badoon soldiers fighting against the handful of Alpha Flight soldiers stationed there. Only four were left standing with the rest fallen and disarmed, two of them are taking cover while the third one is tending the wounds on his partner's chest. All the soldiers wear white spacesuits with the Alpha Flight insignia in the backs and wearing special helmets with glass visors covering their faces.

"Still no response from Director Brand?" One of the soldiers, a blue-skinned soldier asks his partner, a tanned skinned woman who is shooting against the platoon.

"Nothing Bor-Amm, I think the communications has been cut off" the soldier replies "I tried to expand the signal but nothing" she then looks at her partners "Jackson, how's Boor-Zwag?"

"They'll be fine, Shaina" Jackson, a dark-skinned man replies with concern on his voice "As long as we make it out and find a station to give him proper medical attention, that is" he adds with a hint of sarcasm. The group kept firing until a solid blast blows the stone they were using as cover, falling at the mercy of a troop of at least ten Badoon soldiers slowly approaching them.

"The last scum of this piece of dirt…" the Badoon Troop leader speaks with contempt towards them "Any last words?" he then charges his blaster towards them but before he could pull the trigger, he is blasted away thanks to an energy beam. The Badoon soldiers turn to their left and watch Magik and Soulsword Kitty having charged their swords for a double blast at them.

"Alright ladies, don't leave those aliens standing!" Kitty exclaims as she picks up an energy rifle from one of the fallen soldiers and begins to fire at them with the rest of the group following suit.

The Veteran, Director and Pirate Kitty pick up a few more rifles to fire at them, forcing them to fall back while Kung-Fu Kitty and Nomad Cat rush towards them, using their phasing powers to avoid being hurt. Shadow-Pryde on her part, she is taking seriously the part of 'Not Holding Back' and slashes every Badoon soldier on her path, gutting them and dropping severed limbs with her strikes.

"Hi, care to tell us how did this happen?" Sofia asks them as she approaches the group of Alpha Flight soldiers and then notices the wounded one "Oh my God, we should send him back to the station"

"Definitively, but there's still a lot of Badoon soldiers to deal with" Shaina replies her question "I'm Cadet Shaina Cosby, they're Bor-Amm, Jackson Lambert and Boor-Zwag" she makes the introduction to her.

"We're Alpha Flight crew members watching the station during a peace treaty with the Badoon but apparently, someone persuaded them to end the treaty and reclaim their grounds by force" Bor-Amm adds to his partner's words

"We'll clear the path for you, I'm Wind Dancer and they're my friends from the Army of Prydes" Sofia makes the introduction but when one of the soldiers looks at her puzzled, she slowly sighs "I know, that name sounds odd, I'm telling our leader to work on a new name for it" she then uses her powers to remove the debris off their way and keep a clear path back to the station "We can handle it"

"Are you sure about that?" Jackson then points up, prompting Sofia to look upwards and discover the fleet of Badoon ships approaching them, a sight that Kitty and the rest of the group are looking as well, noticing how the ships begin to release more and more Badoon soldiers to the battlefield.

"You have to be #$%&+&$# kidding me" Kitty comments as the last Badoon standing begins to laugh.

"Your rescue attempt was futile Terran" the Badoon smirks at them "You are in the Badoon Homeworld! This shall be your…" his words were suddenly interrupted by an explosion behind him, revealing that a few of the Badoon ship have been taken down by the arrival of a large ship, one that is quite familiar for Kitty while the rest of her group looks in awe.

"Is that… the Milano?" Kitty ponders in her mind as she recognizes the ship and right then four beams of light come out of it, reaching the ground to reveal four figures ready to join the fray. One of them resembles an Earth Raccoon wielding a weapon twice his own size, accompanied by what it looks like a walking tree sans leaves.

"Nothing like a fully charged plasma cannon to get rid of a bunch of Badoon flarkers, don't ya think, buddy?" the Raccoon asks him as he begins to fire his cannon, taking down a good amount of soldiers "BLAM! Murdered you!"

"I Am Groot!" his companion replies as he helps clear the path and then notices part of Kitty's crew, looking at them a tad confused "I Am Groot?"

"What? What should I be looking at?" Rocket asks him and then notices Director Kitty, Veteran Kitty and Soulsword Kitty looking at them "What the Flark?"

"Is that a… talking Raccoon?" Soulsword Kitty points at the Raccoon, who gets visibly offended by that remark.

"What did she call me?" Rocket charges his cannon but Groot manages to catch him.

"I Am Groot! I. Am. Groot…" Groot points at the ongoing battle, to which Rocket groans and nods.

"Alright, we'll deal with that after we're done here…" Rocket mutters "Flark Me Backwards…"

Meanwhile, two green skinned aliens fight with greater intensity, highlighted by the fact that instead of firearms, they carry sharp objects. One is a large male, with big muscles and red markings over his skin, wielding two large daggers and his companion is a female with yellow markings near her eyes, clad in a black and purple leather suit wielding a katana-like sword.

"Don't you ever get bored of slaughtering these Badoon, Drax?" the female asks her partner as she slashes a couple of Badoon, slicing them in half.

"When day that comes Gamora, it will be the day when there's none of them standing" Drax replies as he strikes three of the Badoon, cutting them through one by one but the third one is cut down by Shadow-Pryde while Nomad Cat, Kung-Fu Kitty and Pirate Kitty take down a few more of the Badoon troopers, but right then Drax notices something familiar with them "Gamora… you need to look at them…"

"Look at what?" Gamora asks as she turns and looks at the group, coming to the same realization "Wait… they really look like her…"

However, the battle was suddenly interrupted when the largest of the ships takes a big shot at the Milano, managing to disable it. The Guardians look up to see the ship take major damage just as another beam of light pops out.

"What was that?" Magik points up to the beam that flies through the barrage of Badoon ships.

"That… would be me" Kitty replies, knowing that the last beam represents her since it is flying through the ships damaging them as it heads towards the largest one.

"The ship's down guys, it'll be a while before we leave" a female voice is heard through the Guardians' communicators "But don't worry, I'll make sure we take down these schmucks before we go… I'm gonna do 'The Thing'"

"You're gonna do 'The Thing'?" Rocket poses the question.

"Am I the only one who sees that light heading towards the big ship?" Magik asks Kitty.

"It does…" Kitty replies "And if that's who I think it is, it's gonna do 'The Thing'…" she adds, since she has a feeling that she knows that is her counterpart and she is about to execute 'The Thing', a special move consisting of combining her phasing powers with her ballet skills, gracefully moving with complex pirouettes, flips and swings as she wrecks every piece of machinery and computers that come through her way, a move Kitty once executed against a Chitauri Leviathan.

The Badoon ship begins to explode with sparks flying from every corner, the damage expanding to the other ships as their signal malfunctions and the remaining soldiers fall at the mercy of both the Guardians and Kitty's crew, just as that beam of light flies right to the ground, slowly revealing the human figure underneath.

A female figure wearing a red jacket with brown pants and gloves, rocket boots and two Elemental Guns on each arm and a special helmet with red lenses that covers most of her head except for her long brown hair, tied up in a ponytail. Kitty's crew look at her in awe, but Kitty herself remains unfazed, for she recognizes the identity she is carrying.

"Star-Lord…" Kitty murmurs as her counterpart deactivates her helmet, revealing her face while she approaches the Guardians, having beaten the last remaining Badoon soldiers.

"Good news and bad news" Star-Lord talks to her crew "The good news is that the Badoon will think twice if they even dare to attack us again, but the bad news is that the Milano took some damage"

"Gonna take a while to fix it, but won't be a big trouble as long as no one annoys us in the interim" Rocket replies to her comment as he folds his gun, turning it into a backpack.

"I am Groot" Groot adds to his teammate's words.

"Boss, there's something you should see" Drax calls her while Gamora sheathes her sword after impaling her last Badoon.

"We're not the only ones fighting them" Gamora comments to her teammate "The Alpha Flight crew are fine and then… they helped us in the fracas" she points at Kitty and her group, leading Star-Lord to turn around and find for herself the reveal of a woman looking just like her, leaving her dumbfounded.

"Wait, what…?" Star-Lord asks but Kitty starts to approach her.

"I know what you're thinking: What the #$%& is going on here?" Kitty responds "There's a solid explanation that I'm positive that you'll hear about it but I do have some questions of my own so…"

"HEY!" Sofia interrupts the moment to call for them "Now that the danger is over, how about if we actually help these people?" she reminds both groups of what just happened with the Alpha Flight crewmembers, prompting Kitty to nod.

"Is she a friend of yours?" Star-Lord asks Kitty, who nods in response "Alright, let's go inside, help them out, fix our ship and get those answers" she then gestures her to follow her, all of them heading back to the Alpha Flight Station and help the crew while Kitty and the rest take a breath and make their attempt at recruiting her to their mission.


THEN, BACK AT THE STATION

Once inside, the Guardians explain that they were the ones who picked up the crew's distress signal. Drax and Gamora help Magik and Wind Dancer with the crew as they attempt to call back their director and the Nova Corps as well, while Rocket and Groot make the repairs to the ship and Kitty's group rest and Kitty tries to recalibrate her Webware device so she could finally discover in which dimension they are located.

"Come on, come on, come on…" Kitty whispers as she activates her device, finally receiving a beeping sound that confirms the analysis "Yes!" she gestures triumphantly with her fist "OK, this universe is designated under the number TRN4115" she whispers but then she is interrupted by the sound of the door opening, turning to see Star-Lord approaching her.

"So… I take it that you're some sort of time-displaced version of me?" Star-Lord asks Kitty, who laughs a bit at her comment.

"Not quite, but I get your point" Kitty replies "I'm actually from an alternate dimension, so does Yana and Sofia, the others are dimensional counterparts" she begins to explain "We're on a trip across the Multiverse to end the threat of Mojo"

"That slob's still doing hagdesch? Oy Vey…" Star-Lord mutters in response.

"Yeah, so now we've just landed over here and found you, because I have a plan to wreck him and for that I'm taking as many versions of me I can find, and you certainly fit the bill" Kitty replies, starting her sales pitch "You know? In my Earth I was a part of the Guardians of the Galaxy for a while, I even took the Star-Lord guise"

"You did?" Star-Lord asks her, looking impressed at that comment.

"Yeah, of course, back then I was engaged to Quill" Kitty adds, pointing out her previous engagement to the original Star-Lord "Now I have to ask… Were you engaged to him as well?"

"Well… yeah, we were engaged" Star-Lord replies, seemingly confirming Kitty's suspicions.

"You were… figures" Kitty replies, assuming that things ended the same way they did back on her Earth "And now you've taken over the Guardians of the Galaxy" she then looks at the group "Listen, I can understand if you don't want to join my crew, since your hands are pretty busy and…"

"Katya?" Magik interrupts the conversation "We finally made contact with Earth" she calls her friend, prompting both women to leave and head to the main communications room where they discover a hologram of Abigail Brand.

"I guess there was a dimensional rift after all" Brand snidely comments at the sight of Kitty and Star-Lord "Do we really have to deal with two of you now?" she sarcastically poses the question, to which Kitty frowns at her.

"Well, seems that Abigail Brand is as 'likable' as she is in my Earth" Kitty replies with the same sassiness.

"Well, I bet my counterpart is constantly in a bad mood as I am" Brand replies and then looks at Star-Lord "I appreciate that you and your crew picked the distress call, and I made contact with Cosmo at Knowhere, he explained the situation about these dimensional travelers" she adds.

"And what? You'll be sending us home?" Kitty asks as she crosses her arms.

"I wish I could but Earth has their hands busy with something that came up" Brand replies with a hint of annoyance, but Kitty picks that up as she has a suspicion about what it could be.

"Let me guess… a spire has appeared somewhere on Earth?" Kitty smirks as she poses that question, prompting Brand's hologram to frown at her but Kitty steps forward before Brand could reply "I'm sure you'll be asking how did I knew about that and the answer is that I do because that is the reason why me and my crew are here, we're working on a solution but I'm hoping to count with my counterpart"

"So wait, that spire can't be destroyed over there?" Star-Lord asks, to which Kitty shakes her head in denial.

"Have to be destroyed from the source, hence why I'm looking for my counterparts, it's a huge gamble I'm betting on, I'll fill in the details on the go" Kitty explains to her, hoping that she could accept her plan.

"Alright, I'm in…" Star-Lord smiles at her, accepting her offer "Let me talk to the rest of the group" she leaves to make the announcement while Kitty looks at Brand.

"Let me guess, you and I don't get along in your world" Brand talks to Kitty, who crosses her arms again.

"You barely get along with anyone Brand, that seems to be the only constant in the Multiverse" Kitty quips at her and then leaves the room, heading back to platform area where the rest of the group was waiting for her "Good news, I managed to recruit Star-Lord to our crew"

"Great news!" Soulsword Kitty exclaims happily.

"You think we have enough numbers?" Veteran Kitty poses the question at Kitty.

"I think we can go after one more and then bring the battle back to the weird fatso" Kitty replies and then look at Star-Lord walking back to the room "Ready to go?"

"Yeah" Star-Lord replies with a small smile "I told Rocket that he's taking over until I return"

"I bet he says that he was always the leader" Kitty replies, recalling the attitude her Rocket has in her world and seems to be similar to the one in this dimension.

"Welcome aboard" Nomad Cat replies "You're definitively a very different Kitty Pryde" she adds.

"Quill actually" Star-Lord replies, prompting Kitty to look at her with wide open eyes "It's Kate Quill" she corrects her, leaving Kitty flabbergasted.

"Wait, wait, wait… Kate Quill?" Kitty asks her "You mean you and him… but I thought you…" she tries to confirm the realization she just got, but Star-Lord smiles at her.

"I did say we were engaged…" Star-Lord replies as she takes off her glove to reveal a silver wedding ring "I never said we broke up" she adds, confirming that she actually married Peter Quill in this dimension "And well? Are we going?"

"Y-Y-Yeah" Kitty replies, activating her Webware device "She married Quill here? Now I have more questions about it…" she ponders in her mind just as the portal emerges and the crew jumps in, heading to the next destination.


THEN, AT THE MOJOVERSE

"Very well Domo" Mojo speaks to his assistant "Give me a good reason as to why I should cancel my pre-order of K.E.V.I.N." he talks as he follows him to the room where they usually receive anyone they pick to build their own group.

"Sir, allow me to introduce to our newest member" Domo explains as he leads his boss to the room "I managed to extract him from the deepest corners of space. He was a notorious criminal under the custody of the Nova Corps" he then introduces the bulking figure that was wrecking the drone robots around him "Allow me to introduce to you… Yotat the Destroyer of Destroyers"

"YOU!" Yotat angrily exclaims as he points at them "You think you can hold me here!?" he rushes at them but right then he bumps into a clear energy wall that shocks him, making him stumble and fall on his back. Domo looks back at his boss who remains unfazed but then he slowly begins to smile.

"Domo, you magnificent creature!" Mojo grabs Domo to give him a tight hug that almost chokes him "No team is complete without a muscle, and yes, I already have that big burly Russian dude but you can never go wrong with extra load" he then releases Domo dropping him to the floor "Keep doing that good job and I won't replace you with that K.E.V.I.N thing… because we still have work to do if we want to give Kitty Pryde and her team an epic farewell!"


WOOOO! Another LONG one, folks! Took me a while, but I finally made it.

Before the usual notes, I want to add a few notes about the current state of Marvel

First, I've managed to read the full "Bodyspray Crossover" (a.k.a. Judgment Day) and I have mixed feelings about it. It wasn't the huge event but it's not so bad either. I'd like to say that Gillen's event is placed in that intermediate point between his good works (Young Avengers, Journey into Mystery) and his bad ones (his Iron Man run). The tie-ins some were solid, others were not so great.

Second, the current state of the mutant series has been a rollercoaster, Marauders is a solid series, I'm enjoying Orlando's work in spite of having killed Kitty; X-Men Red is impressive, can't wait for the endgame to come; Wolverine and X-Force seem to be heading to their final arcs, but the buildup has been good (it's a shame that Beast has become an absolute a***ole in this Krakoan era)

Third, it seems that 2023 will be the year when the Krakoan Era will end, but the biggest question is: Where will the mutants go from there? Back to the oblivion? Will they become heroes again? Will everyone shun at them with more intensity than before? Only time will tell.

Finally, I want to thank everyone for the support and for still being here in spite of my really long delays. I'll be working hard to give you guys the stories and I will assure you that I will make it through with my stories and the ones to come, and for that I'm glad to count with your support for this. This is what keeps me motivated to keep going through the hardships and build up everything.

As for our story, our penultimate member has officially joined: Star-Lord Kitty! This is a version of Kitty that remained with the Guardians and kept the Star-Lord mantle and yes, she got married with Quill in this one but what happened with him? Well, we'll find out later in the story! For the next chapter, our final member will join the adventure… and it's the one everyone has been waiting for since the start of this story, so stay tuned for that moment!

NEXT CHAPTER: IN SEARCH OF THE ULTIMATE MEMBER