Yondu was dozing off in his station on the bridge. He was working back-to-back shifts while Jazinda and the new second mate settled into their position. In one of the rare moments of peace, Yondu was hoping to catch up on some of his sleep. He had his eyes closed for just a few seconds. When he opened them again, two of the trinkets are missing from his console. The little plastic robot and the turtle.

Yondu assumes they just fell off, but a quick glance around the bridge proves this false. Someone took them. He rubbed his eyes and leaned forward, resting his elbows on his knees. "Hey," Yondu calls out to Kraglin. The first mate is hooking Jazinda's transmitter up to the security system. They both turn to look at Yondu. "Y'all know what happened to my trinkets?"

Jazinda bites back a smile and shrugs, "nope." Kraglin very obviously looks behind Yondu and then back at him.

Yondu twisted around in his station. Gamora was sitting on the floor with his trinkets. She was making them talk to each other. "Gamora," he barks her name.

She quickly hid his trinkets behind her back. "Those don't belong to you." Yondu gestured for her to come closer.

Gamora stood up and trudged over to him. "I like your toys," she says.

"They ain't toys! And how many times have I told ya not ta steal from other ravagers!" He took the trinkets from her and returned them to his console.

"Four." She admitted softly.

"That's too many!" He smacked her upside the head, Gamora winced.

She darted across the bridge and plowed into Jazinda's side nearly knocking them both over. She sighs deeply and puts a comforting hand Gamora's shoulder. Gamora glares at Kraglin, "tattletale."

"I didn't say nothing, " he mutters in his own defense.

"Whatcha ya doin' on the bridge?" Yondu asked. Gamora shifted her weight and shrugged. "If you're bored, I'm sure Kraglin can find somethin' for ya ta do."

"No, that's okay," she replied quickly.

Unfortunately, Yondu had already made up his mind. Assigning Gamora an extra shift seemed like a fitting punishment for taking his things. "Kraglin, ya got work for Gamora?"

"Yes, sir."

Gamora stifled a groan, "But I just finished my last shift!"

Yondu mimics her whining sarcastically. "I don't wanna hear it."

Kraglin glanced down at his tablet. "Do you know how to take inventory?"

"I don't wanna," she whined at him.

The kid was grating on his nerves. "Didn't the Captain just tell you to stop whining?" Kraglin scolds her quietly.

Gamora was sulking, "I like Jazinda more than you, now."

Jazinda chuckles under her breath. "Oh no, what a travesty," Kraglin deadpanned. He opened the map of the Eclector on his tablet, "go down to the cargo bay and take stock of our freshwater supply. Won't take long, I promise."

Gamora gives Jazinda a pleading look. She nudged the kid towards the door, "you heard your commanding officer, get." Gamora let out a defeated sigh. She grabbed the tablet and stormed out of the bridge.

~~•˖✧•✯•✧˖•~~

When they didn't hear anything from Gamora after an hour, Kraglin didn't think much of it. He assumed she was still sulking, but when she didn't show up to dinner he started to worry. Kraglin hunted down Jazinda in the mess hall. She was sitting with several of the new deckhands, mostly women. She had her arm around Hazira's chair. "Jazinda, you know where our cabin girl is at?"

The third mate shrugs off Kraglin's concern, "I assume she's still in the cargo bay taking inventory."

Hazira chimed in, "She probably got lost, again."

"That's what I'm afraid of. Check," He ordered.

Jazinda sighs irritably, she leaned away from Hazira to pull out her transmitter. She opened the live feed from the cargo bay, "here, see." Gamora was pacing between the shelving units.

"Crap," she was lost. Kraglin even gave her a map this time. He waved for Jazinda to follow, "you're coming too." She left the mess hall without complaint. If nothing else, Jazinda was professional. She kept an eye on Gamora as they walked down to the cargo bay.

"Hey, donut head!" His voice was amplified by the high ceilings. Gamora's eyes light up when she sees them. "It's dinner time, let's go!"

"Kraglin! Jazinda!" She raced over to them. She's holding something behind her back. "Look at this dead lizard I found! Isn't it cool?"

"Gah!" Kraglin jumped back as she shoved the lizard towards him. She was holding it by the tail.

Jazinda laughed, "very cool!"

Gamora beamed up at her. "Their name is Bob!"

The color drained for Kraglin's face. A lizard infestation was very bad news. "Put that down! It's nasty!"

Gamora clutched the dead lizard close to her chest, "this is my treasure! I found it!"

"Gamora, where did you find uh, Bob, exactly?" Jazinda asked carefully.

She frowned and looked around the cargo bay. "I don't remember. There were all these cans and stuff."

"There in the food supply, " Kraglin hurried through the cargo bay.

Gamora and Jazinda trailed behind him. He searches the cargo bay, moving boxes and looking behind shelves. "They're over here!" Gamora ran over to a packing pallet labeled: afd veg. "Hup hup!" Jazinda's jaw dropped open as Gamora effortlessly shoved it away from the wall. A swarm of lizards appeared from beneath.

Kraglin spits several curses and jumped back. Gamora squealed in delight and grabbed two lizards off the ground. "There so wiggly!" She giggled, as the lizards squirmed in her hand.

"Drop it!" Kraglin barked the order.

"Okay, okay, don't yell at me." Gamora carefully set the lizards on the floor. "Go on, " she told them sternly. The lizards scampered away.

"Drop the dead one too, " He said.

"No way! You're all just jealous of how cool my lizard is!" Gamora shouts back.

Kraglin pinched the bridge of his nose, "Gamora, that's not a toy it's a dead animal. It's covered in disease, do you want to get sick?"

"I won't get sick, " Gamora insisted. "Back home, I collected lizard bones and crustacean shells!"

"You, What?!" Kraglin gaped at her.

Gamora nodded, "and I never, ever got sick."

Kraglin buried his face in his hands and groans. Jazinda pat him on the back sympathetically, and says, "why don't you report the infestation to Udonta and I'll handle this."

"Yeah, okay" Kraglin grumbled his response before moving to the other side of the cargo bay to call the captain.

Jazinda strolls over to Gamora and rests her hands on her hips. The kid is fiddling with the dead creature, she glances nervously in Jazinda's direction. She really didn't want to lecture the girl. "Y'know I can't let you keep the lizard right?"

Gamora frowns slightly, "it's not hurting anyone."

"It's a health hazard, you might not get sick but somebody else could." Jazinda tried to explain patiently. "We have to space it."

"That's not fair!" Gamora protested with a stomp of her foot. She hugs the dead creature close to her chest.

"I know, I know," Jazinda conceded and rubs her neck. She stares out over the packing pallets. Udonta was never going to let her keep the lizard, and Gamora wouldn't let go of her shiny new toy without a fight. He would try to take it from her by force, then she would cry. This was gonna be a Whole Thing. There had to be a better way to do things.

Udonta stalked into the docking bay with two deckhands in tow. They went about setting up traps where Kraglin directed them. Udonta narrowed his eyes at Gamora, "whatcha got there, kiddo?"

Gamora held up the dead lizard. "This is Bob, she's my friend!"

"Uh-huh, " he glanced over at Kraglin and Jazinda for help. The third mate shrugged, and Kraglin pretended not to notice. "Alright, fine, " Udonta grumbled and rubbed his eyes. "Gamora, that's a dead lizard."

She nodded enthusiastically, "yeah! She's so cool!"

Udonta pinched the bridge of his nose. "that's… no. You can't keep the lizard."

"Not you too," Gamora's shoulders slumped.

"Give it here," he held out his hand.

She backed away from him, "nuh-uh."

"Gamora, " She bolted. The deckhands scrambled to get out of the way, as she raced past. "Gamora!" Udonta took off after her. Jazinda and Kraglin stood off to the side, watching. Gamora ran around the packing pallets, Udonta tried to catch her by going around the opposite way. The ended up running around in circles. Udonta paused long enough to glare Kraglin and Jazinda. "A lil' help here?"

"You can do it!" Jazinda shouts back. While they were distracted Gamora climbed on top of the packing pallets.

Udonta lifted his hands in an exasperated gesture. "Gamora!"

"Yondu!" She mimics his inflection.

"That's Captain to you," Kraglin shouts up at her.

Yondu pointed down, "get down!"

Gamora shook her head, "you're trying to steal from me! You said ravagers don't steal from each other!"

Udonta scoffed, "now you remember the rule."

Jazinda dug through her pockets. She had a ball of lint and a candied arachnid. "I'll give you this if you drop the lizard."

Gamora shook her head, "no."

Jazinda sighed and shoved the junk back in her pocket. Kraglin chimed in, "Forty units to drop the lizard."

This time Gamora hesitated. Her expression hardened as she thought it over, "no, I like Bob more."

Udonta huffed, running out of patience. "You're killing me here, kid. What am I supposed to do with you?" Gamora shrugged and fiddles with the lizard.

Jazinda pressed her lips into a hard line. "There's nothing you want more than a dead lizard. Nothing at all?"

The kid looks up a Jazinda, "um, maybe there's one thing. I want a little blue robot."

"Nope, pick something else," Udonta snapped.

"Oh come on," Jazinda rolled her eyes at him.

"Did I miss something?" Kraglin asked Jazinda.

"She wants my lil robot guy, the one on my console," Udonta grumbled bitterly.

"I'm keeping Bob then, " Gamora decided.

Jazinda moved closer to Udonta and lowered her voice. "Let her have the dumb toy."

"It ain't a toy and it's mine," he hissed back.

"This is so stupid."

"You're stupid." They dissolved into incomprehensible hushed bickering. Udonta kept saying the word no over and over again. Gamora moved closer so she could hear better.

"By the stars," Kraglin rolled his eyes. He moved to separate them. "We don't have time for this!" Udonta exhales sharply and stuffed his hands into his pockets. Jazinda refused to look at either of them. "Captain, sir, Gamora only wants the trinket cause you have it. She'll get bored of it, eventually."

Jazinda takes a deep breath, "aren't you tired of always doing everything the hard way?"

Udonta looked up at Gamora and sighs, "fine. Ya gotta deal, girly."

She hops down from the packing pallet and beams at him. "You mean it, seriously?"

"Yeah, " Udonta nodded, "but'cha gotta drop the dead thing first."

"Oh okay," Gamora carefully set her lizard on the ground, she gave it one last affectionate pat on the head. She skipped over to them.

"And you have to wash your… everything." Udonta added, looking at the dead lizard with disdain.

"That wasn't part of the deal, " Gamora complained.

"That's enough outta you, little girl." He picked Gamora up by the waste holding her against his hip. She yells in surprise. She kicks and squirms but Udonta doesn't let go. He hauled her off to the showers, Jazinda and Kraglin followed.

~~•˖✧•✯•✧˖•~~

"Stop squirming!" Yondu tugged Gamora's pink nightgown over her head. He swore she was trying to make this difficult on purpose. Gamora was bouncing on her heels and softly chanting the word robot. She slipped her arms through the sleeves. "Why does this thing have so many damn buttons?" Yondu grumbled as he attempted to do the small white buttons on the back.

"Ya want some help?" Kraglin leaned against the doorway to the changing room.

"I'd be fine, if she'd just stop moving," Yondu insisted. He would not be defeated by a dress.

Kraglin snagged a spare towel, "C'mere you!" He dried off Gamora's hair.

She giggled and stopped bouncing long enough for Yondu to button up her nightgown, "there."

Gamora spun around so the nightgown flares out at her knee. She smiles brightly at Yondu, "robot now?"

He stood up slowly, and glanced over at Kraglin, "has she eaten anything yet?"

Kraglin pitched to towel into the laundry shoot, "No, sir."

Gamora hopped up and down, "robot!"

"Ya need to eat somethin' first," Yondu decided.

Her shoulders slumped, "you promised!"

Yondu pinched the bridge of his nose, she's grating on his nerves. "I know what I said." He ushered her out of the changing room and into the hallway. "Anybody else would have spaced your ass for being this much trouble! Go eat, something."

Gamora mustered up her best scowl. Kraglin waved for her to follow, "Come on, donut head." She sighs and follows Kraglin down to the mess hall.

Yondu went to the bridge to get the trinket from his console. Stakar had given it to Yondu many years ago. The little robot had moveable limbs and red jewels for eyes. It was the very first in his collection. Out of all his trinkets, Gamora had to get attached to this one. She'd be bored of it soon enough, and then it would be back in his possession. Yondu carefully removed it from his console and tucked it into his jacket pocket.

Most of the crew had already cleared out of the mess hall. Gamora was pushing her food around on her plate. She was sitting between Kraglin and Jazinda. Gamora looks up at him hopefully as he approached. He rolled his eyes and pulled the trinket out of his pocket. "Robot!" She chirped and reached her grabby little hands out for it.

Yondu handed it over, "Ya better be careful with that."

"I will!" Gamora slid out of her chair and ran over to hug him briefly. "Thanks!"

Yondu froze in place. "I–you don't need to, uh this is unnecessary."

Gamora can't keep herself from smiling, "She's so cool! Guys look, Look!" She raced over to show Jazinda and Kraglin the trinket. It's not completely annoying.

Yondu turned to leave and came face to face with the new second mate. They had their arms folded across their chest and they were tapping their foot impatiently. Yondu had been avoiding them all day. The second mate's skin ripples and shifts in an ornate pattern. They sign slowly and deliberately. Gamora whispers to Jazinda, "what's he saying?"

Jazinda translated, "Uh they said when was the last time you slept."

Yondu looked towards the exit. He really didn't want to have this conversation. "I've got shit to do, buzz off." Yondu tried to move around them, but the second mate blocked his path. They repeated the pattern. He huffed, "I'm fine, I sleep when I can." The second mate turned orange and narrowed their eyes. They flash the last part of the pattern. "I dunno, when we left port, I guess."

"You guess?" Jazinda looks at him critically. Gamora and Kraglin are watching them curiously. The second mate turned yellow and then a deep red. Jazinda translated again, "They said, Udonta needs to go to bed."

Yondu scoffed, "I told ya I'm fine!" He had gone over a week without sleep before. This was nothing by comparison. The second mate always worried about nothing.

"If Yondu isn't going to bed, I wanna stay up too!" Gamora announced.

"No, no, no, " Yondu spun around and pointed at her. "Your goin' ta bed. Ya get grumpy without sleep." The second mate stepped into Yondu's line of sight and raised their eyebrows. "Don't gimme that. I am not grumpy!"

Jazinda shrugged, "well, you have been snappish lately."

Gamora fiddles with the trinket and says quietly, "you were being a jerk to me earlier."

Yondu shifted his weight uncomfortably, and looked around the mess hall for an escape. "Y'all're still gettin' used ta your new positions. Someone's gotta pick up the slack."

Kraglin drew himself up to his full height and cleared his throat. "Uh sir, you could lean on me more if ya needed to get some shut eye. Trust me, I can handle this ."

Yondu consider this for a moment. He looks at Kraglin, then at Gamora and he sighs. Yondu was awfully tired. "Fine." He sat down across from Gamora. "We're both going to bed, got it."

"Aw, okay." Gamora was disappointed. She wanted to stay up later. The second mate lets out a sigh of relief.

Kraglin and the second mate left for the bridge. Yondu stayed with Gamora until her bedtime, she babbled on about possible names for the trinket. He walked Gamora back to her cabin to make sure she actually went to bed. He turned off the lights for her. She wished him a good night.