Disclaimer: I do not own Guardians of the Galaxy. It belongs to their rightful owners. I only own Kat and whatever plot changes I make.

Rocket noticed Ronan emerge from the wreckage as well and Rocket yelled angrily, "You killed Groot!" as he charged at Ronan and Ronan easily threw Rocket aside like he was a feather.

"Behold!" Ronan said, spreading his arms out. "Your Guardians of the Galaxy! What fruit have they wrought? Only that my father and his father shall finally know vengeance. People of Xandar, the time has come to rejoice and renounce your paltry gods! Your salvation is at hand!" Ronan said as he prepared to destroy Xandar. Peter then stood up and began singing and dancing. Why does this not surprise me? Gamora gave me a confused look as she and I both stood up. I shook my head. "What are you doing?" Ronan asked, confused.

"Dance-off, bro. Me and you." Peter said, still dancing and then held his hand out to me. "Kat." I looked at him and shook my head. I was not a dancer unless you got me plastered with alcohol. I knew what Peter was doing since I could see Drax and Rocket getting the Hadron Enforcer but I still wasn't doing it. "Subtle. Take it back." As he continued dancing.

"What are you doing?" Ronan asked once more, annoyed and confused at the same time.

"I'm distracting you, you big turd blossom." Peter said, shaking his hips and damn, did he look good doing it. Ronan turned around and Drax shot the blaster and it hit the hammer that had the stone in it. Peter then rushed forward to grab the Stone and everything felt like it was in slow motion.

"No! Peter, don't!" I yelled as Gamora held me back. Peter grabbed the Stone and his body locked up and the stone sent an explosion of energy around him and it began to tear his body apart. If he was gonna die, I was not letting him do it alone. I slowly walked forward and outstretched my hand. "Peter! Take my hand!" I yelled as I got closer. Peter slowly looked at me and he had a far off gaze on his face. Realization kicked in and he grabbed my hand in his, with tears coming out of his eyes. Power and pain crashed through my body and I yelled out at it. I never felt anything like this. I suddenly felt someone take my other hand and I looked and saw Gamora standing next to me. The pain had begun to lessen more and more and I looked and saw that Drax and Rocket joined in. Suddenly, the pain subsided and we looked at Ronan.

"You're mortal! How?" Ronan asked in surprise and confusion, maybe disbelief.

"You said it yourself, bitch. We're the Guardians of the Galaxy." Peter said with a smirk. He then sent a blast at Ronan which killed him instantly and then I sealed the Stone inside the orb, containing it. Once things had calmed down, I handed the orb to Peter as we looked at each other lovingly.

"Well, well, well. Quite the light show." Yondu said as he appeared and chuckled. "Ain't this sweet. But you got some business to attend to before all the nookie-nookie starts." He continued.

"Peter, we can't." I said unsure. We didn't know who else would be after the Stone.

"You gotta reconsider this, Yondu. I don't know who you're selling this to, but the only way the universe can survive is if you give it to the Nova Corps." Peter tried to reason with Yondu.

"I may be as pretty as an angel, but I sure as hell ain't one. Hand it over, son." Yondu said and he showed us his arrow. Peter relunctantly gives the orb to Yondu who then laughed and began to leave.

"Yondu." I called. Yondu turned around and faced me. "Do not open that orb. You know that, right?" I asked. "You've seen what it does to people." Yondu chuckled and then walked off. Kraglin and I made contact and he smiled at me and waved, going to follow Yondu. I smiled, knowing I got Krag's blessing to do what I wanted.

"He's gonna be so pissed when he realizes I switched out the orb on him." Peter said, holding up the real orb with the stone. Gamora and I both laughed at that.

"He was gonna kill you, Peter." Gamora said.

"Oh, I know." Peter answered, wrapping his arm around me, looking at Gamora. "But he was about the only family I had besides Kat."

I smiled a little before replying, "No. He wasn't." Gamora smiled and agreed with me. I then watched as Drax comforted Rocket over the loss of Groot.

The next day, Peter and I were at the Nova Corps headquarters, and we just found out some shocking and interesting news about Peter. "Why would you even know this?"

"When we arrested you, we noticed an anomaly in your nervous system, so we had it checked out." Dey explained.

"I'm not Terran?" Peter asked confused and in disbelief. I held his hand in comfort.

"You are half-Terran. Your mother was of Earth. Your father, well, he's something very ancient we've never seen here before." Nova Prime explained.

"That could be why you were able to hold the stone for as long as you did." I explained, looking at Peter as he looked at me. I could tell this was gonna bug him for a while, but no matter what he was, I would still stay by his side and love him. He was my soulmate. Just then the door opened and Gamora, Drax, and Rocket walked in, Rocket holding a small Groot in a pot.

"Your friends have arrived." Nova Prime said as the others came to stand with us. "On behalf of the Nova Corps, we'd like to express our profound gratitude for your help in saving Xandar. If you will follow Denarian Dey, he has something to show you." Nova Prime said with a smile.

"Thank you, Nova Prime." Peter said. I nodded my thanks as well as we all left the room and headed to what looked like outside. When we got outside, Peter and I's jaw dropped in happiness. Our baby, the Milano was sitting there, looking brand new.

"We tried to keep it as close to the original as possible. We salvaged as much as we could." Dey explained.

"Wow...I..." Peter started, not knowing what to say.

"Thank you so much." I said instead, happy to have our baby back.

"I have a family who are alive because of you." Dey said with a smile. "Your criminal records have also been expunged. However, I have to warn you against breaking any laws in the future." Dey explained. Peter and I grinned and looked at each other before kissing.

"Question." Rocket spoke up. "What if I see something that I want to take, and it belongs to someone else?" Rocket asked.

"Well, you will be arrested." Dey answered like it was that simple.

"But what if I want it more than the person who has it?" Rocket elaborated.

"Still illegal." Dey said simply.

"That doesn't follow. No, I want it more, sir. Do you understand?" Gamora and I laughed as Gamora made Rocket move along and him asking what was so funny.

Drax then came up and said, "What if someone does something irksome and I decide to remove his spine?"

"That's...that's actually murder. It's one of the worst crimes of all, so also illegal." Dey explained a little nervous. Drax hmm'd and then went to the Milano.

"They'll be fine, Dey. We're gonna keep an eye on 'em." Peter said.

"You?" Dey asked, amused and impressed.

"Yeah." Peter said while smiling and wrapping his arm around my shoulders as I leaned into him, smiling. "Us." We then thanked Dey once again and headed to our ship. Peter went to our meeting area and to look at something and I gave him his privacy and I ogled at how cute Groot looked as a baby.

We then heard music play and I smiled and walked over to Peter. Peter looked up at me and smiled and I smiled back. Peter stood up and walked over to me, bring me close to him and wrapped his arms around me and I wrapped my arms around his neck as we swayed to the music.

"I love you, Kat." Peter said and I smiled.

"I love you, Pete." I said back. "So, we ready to get out of here?"

"You bet." Peter said as he headed up to the Captain's chair to pilot the Milano. The others followed except for Gamora who stayed with me.

"I'm glad you're staying with us, Gamora. I need another female best friend on this ship." I said while grinning. Gamora chuckled at that.

"Thank you for allowing me to stay, despite everything I've done." Gamora said and I shrugged.

"Everyone has their reasons for doing something, not everyone is evil." I said while smiling. "Come on, let's head upstairs." Gamora agreed and we walked up. Gamora got into her seat and I walked over to Peter and placed my hands on his shoulders and he placed one of his hands over mine.

"So, what should we do next? Something good? Something bad? A bit of both?" Peter asked.

"We'll follow your lead, Star-Lord." I said while smirking and kissing the top of his head before getting in my seat next to his. Peter smiled at me before replying, "Bit of both!" And we took off, looking for a new adventure.

It was amazing that this journey started with just me and Peter and now we have a new family to travel with. A band of misfits that saved the world. We are the Guardians of the Galaxy.

And that's the end of Guardians of the Galaxy. My next story in the MCUverse is Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2, so be on the lookout for it. Thanks for sticking with me on this and I'll see you all on the next one!