Thor had woken up in an unfamiliar place next to strangers staring down at him.
"Oh look he lives" a girl cried
"Do you think he has any money? A ransom for a rescue?" Another voice asked
Thor immediately stood up, the people around him got ready to defend themselves, there was a human like man, a green woman, a muscular alien a girl with antenas and a rabbit.
"Who are you?" Thor asked them
"We ask the questions here" the man told him "but a thank you would be well received, I'm Starlord and this is my crew"
The rabbit snorted "Oh now we're called crew? That's so nice of you Quill"
"I am Groot" the other being that he hadn't seen spoke
"Okay fine!" The man sighed "we're the Guardians of the Galaxy"
"Who?"
Quill seemed offended "The Guardians of the Galaxy! We're huge in space just to be clear and we just saved your ass back there, your ship was completely destroyed, we received the distress signal, what happened back there?"
Thor took a deep breath "Thanos happened"
"What do you mean?" The woman suddenly stepped in "he hasn't attacked anyone in a long time unless he is after something"
"Well he attacked my ship" Thor told her "he was looking for the infinity stones, we managed to escape before he reached us"
"What is he talking about, Gamora?" Quill asked her
She bit the inside of her mouth "We need to warn Xandar" she told them "Rocket make contact with them"
The rabbit muttered something but got going.
Gamora walked towards Thor "Are you sure he's going after the stones?"
He nodded "My brother confirmed it to me, why else would he have attacked us?"
"Hey you guys" Rocket called them "you might want to see this"
The other girl went to him and cried in horror, in a small screen there was footage of complete destruction in Xandar.
"I will find him and kill him for once and for all" the alien spoke
"Drax this is more than just a revenge, Thanos already has one of the stones, if he gets all of them he will complete his life goal" Gamora told him
"Which is?" Thor asked her
"Have control of the whole Universe, wipe half of the population in the blink of an eye with the snap of his fingers, his idea of perfection and balance"
"You seem to know a great deal about him"
"I was taken as one of his children" she explained him "that's why I know what he's capable of and that we need to stop him"
Thor stayed silent for a couple of seconds "I know where the other stone is, if you have a scape pod that I could take I would appreciate it"
"Wow wow wow hold your horses everyone" Quill stepped in "Thanos doesn't sound like the kinda guy to not go through this things, what assures us that he doesn't have the rest of the stones already? We would be walking into a trap"
"Three stones are located in Earth" he explained them "but they have enough protection for now, so he might leave them for the last, that means he will be on his way to retrieve the Reality stone, that's why I must go there"
"We will too" Gamora told him
"No" he told her "you know him better than anyone, if we arrive too late and he has already taken it we would patronize the small advantage you have"
"So what then? I'm supposed to wait for the best with my arms crossed?"
Thor held her gaze respectfully "If you really want the greater good for the Galaxy I suggest you and your team go to Earth, there's already a group of fighters preparing for an attack"
"Her team?" The rabbit asked from behind "we don't have a leader and if we did I'd be the one!"
As they continued to stare at each other Quill went to Gamora's side
"Why should we trust you in any case?" He asked him "you were almost dead a second ago"
Thor broke his eye contact with Gamora and turned towards him with the same intensity "Because I am Thor son of Odin, God of Thunder and the rightful King of Asgard and all I want is to stop Thanos's madness from spreading to the Galaxy"
Quill scratched the back of his head nervously "Okay then"
"Where in Earth should we even go?" She asked Thor
"There's a place called New York, a sorcerer will help you, ask for the Avengers and explain you will help them prepare for the war that's coming" He then placed his hands on her shoulders "The Universe will forever be in your debt Gamora"
"You are my Universe" the great Starlord suddenly told her
Thor frowned and took a step back from them "All I need is a pod"
"I will also accompany you Thor god of Thunder" Drax spoke "you have earned my respect and my thirst for vengeance had awoken"
"Yeah me too" Rocket told him
"I am Groot"
Thor smiled "You three are welcome to join me"
And so Gamora, Quill and Mantis agreed to go to Earth while the remaining Guardians and Thor traveled to Knowhere.
Once they were gone, Gamora and Peter went to the cockpit and set the ship to follow the coordinates for Earth.
"I thought I'd never go back" he told her "I swore I wouldn't after my mom died"
"I'm sorry we have to go there, but Thor is right, I should stay as far away as possible from Thanos"
He looked at her, her gaze had glued to the floor, he had never seen her so worried...so left the ship on autopilot mode and walked towards her "Hey, everything will be okay"
Gamora looked up and forced a smile "I need to ask you something"
"Anything"
She took his hand "I know something no one else knows...that information can't reach Thanos, if Thor fails and Thanos comes to Earth to retrieve the stones I need you to do something for me"
"Gamora you're scaring me, what is it?"
"I need you to kill me"
He noticed the knot in her throat and pressed her hands "You know I could never-"
"Peter" she cut him off "please"
He hugged her tightly, the only thought of losing her made him feel anxiety.
"I promise" he finally told her and she hugged him even tighter.