Here's the sequel XD I bet you all are screaming "FINALLY" well, I have some issues in my life and I'm barely updating my other stories. I'm trying, so I have a plan. Focus on one story at a time instead of just updating a random story. With that in mind, I'll finish this as quickly as possible considering I have the whole story in my head.

I hope you enjoy it...

Summary: Sequel to "To Be or not to Be a Killer". Around two months after the Guardians of the Galaxy, the group is hired by Ayesha, the High Priestess of the Sovereign, to defeat the Abilisk. One thing leads to another and they end up being chased by the Sovereign. From there a chain of events take place and the Guardians got separate...

Prologue: The Disease

A man was running for his life in the crowded streets of Knowhere. He stumbles with a lot of people while trying to make his escape. He looks back every single time he stumbles to see if the person chasing after him was near. He saw the Shadow of the person chasing him, the menacing shadow avoid all the people and run toward him like a savage monster. He screams in fear and keeps running as far as his legs could take him. He was tired and end up falling near an alley. He was having troubles to breathe and all got worse when he saw the Shadow projecting in front of him. He turns around and saw a tall woman with white skin and white hair. She was dressing a black overcoat, red shirt, and black pants. She was holding a red sword... A sword made out of blood, her own blood. The man crawls away from her with the energy he has left.

"Ha-Hako" He said, nervously

"Hello Jonan, it's been a while" Said Hako, she was looking at him with anger. "I bet you know why I'm here"

"Th-The money... I don't have it. I'm so sorry, I didn't want things to end like this... Please, let me go. Please, I'm begging you" He said with tears in his eyes, fearing that he will die right there like his brother.

"... I didn't come here for the money, Stupid" She said and show him a hologram with his face on it. "There's a bounty on you and I want those Units. I wasn't expecting you to pop out on this. In fact... I didn't know that you were into slavery now. That's messed up"

"You are messed up, Hako!" Jonan yells at her. "You think you can do whatever you want?! You used to kill people for a living, now you are with those... Clowns. Those "Guardians of the Galaxy" or whatever they are called! Do you even know what you want to do with your worthless life?!"

"Mmmm... Nah, I like how things go. I'll just go with the flow. Now then... This will end up in two ways... You are coming with me peacefully or I'll cut your foot and drag you to the ship. I'll let you choose your destiny. Be grateful, I usually don't give people options. Consider it my gift for killing Jin"

"You bitch..." Jonan stands up and hako handcuff him.

"That's more I like it" She said and grab him by the shoulder. "Now walk or I'll stab you"

Hako took Jonan to Peter's Milano. It took her at least 15 minutes to reach it because they were on the other side of Knowhere. Once she gets inside the ship, she throws him in and closes the door. Rocket was building a gun when he saw Hako throw Jonan to the floor. He stops working and walks toward them.

"Well... I didn't expect you to bring him alive... and so quickly" Said Rocket.

"He makes me run for every single corner of Knowhere" She said and without warning, she punches Jonan in the face. "Fuck this guy"

"Okay, Take him to the cell"

"... You mean the storage area?"

"Of course"

"Stop calling it a cell. It's not, but we do need one" She said and take Jonan with her. She tied him up to make sure he didn't escape. She knew that Jonan couldn't escape, he wasn't the clever type of person or strong. She closes the door of the storage and joins Rocket. She sits next to him and sighs.

"Tired?" He asks

"Yes... I don't know. Lately, I'm not feeling too well. I might need to see a doctor... But I don't trust the doctor from here"

"Yeah, they are a little weird and I wouldn't trust them at all. When we leave this guy in Xandar, go to see a doctor. To me, you look good, but if you are saying that you are not feeling good, then you better see the doctor. I'll keep working on this baby here, you go to take a rest" Rocket keep working on his gun and Hako walk away. She goes to her room and closes the door behind her. The first thing she did was to fall in her bed and close her eyes. She was feeling tired all of the sudden and was about to fall asleep, but something stops her from doing that. Something was poking at her. She slowly opens her eyes and saw Groot right in front of her. She closes her eyes again, but open them when she realizes that Groot was here with her.

"Groot?!" She asks and sit down in her bed. "What are you doing here?!"

"I am Groot" Baby Groot said with a cute voice.

"I see... So you wanted to wait for me and give me something?" She asks. In almost a month, Rocket teaches her how to understand Groot. It wasn't so hard to understand, but sometimes she misunderstand some things.

"I am Groot" He said and take out a little yellow flower. He gives it to her.

"... Thanks, Groot" She grabs the flower and smile. "It does... Make me feel better. So, did you find this outside of the ship?" She asks and Groot nodded. "... You shouldn't go out of the ship without us. It's dangerous there and the last thing we want is for you to get lost"

"I am Groot"

"Yes, you can come with me the next time I go out. I'll take you to eat something on Xandar. Can please leave, I need to sleep" She stands up and open the door. Groot didn't want to leave. "Groot, come on"

"I am Groot" Groot look at her with a sad face. Hako looks at Groot right in the eyes and for some reason, she just couldn't kick him out.

"... You have to be fucking kidding me..." She mutter. "Fine. You win!" She closes the door and goes back to her bed. "I'm going to take a nap... Please, don't bother me while I sleep"

"I am Groot?"

"No... You are not bothering me at all..." Hako closes her eyes and falls asleep...

Rocket keep working on the gun he had in his hand but stop for a moment when Hako leaves. He takes a little hologram table and starts searching for something. He was searching about Hako's species, the Derrans. He didn't find much about them. They were a race that pretty much isolate themselves in their world and only a few of them leave the planet. He stumbles across the news about the planet being destroyed, all life in it was annihilated and became a dead planet, not even the bacterias will survive in it... It was devoid of any kind of life. Rocket keep looking up and found something interesting about the Derrans.

"There's too little information here, I'm kinda curious. She's been acting weird lately... Now, this is something..." He said and saw an article that was titled "Derran's life cycle" He open it and start reading.

"It is known that Derrans share almost the same traits as the Terrans, but nothing else. The Derrans are, perhaps, the most strange being in the entire galaxy. The fact they can manipulate their own blood make them both terrifying and fascinating. Not only that, they can regrow limbs and internal organs and there have been rumors that they can manipulate their bones, but that hasn't been proved. What do we know is that they can live longer than any other species in the galaxy, it was stated that the older Derran was around 258 years old. But living pass the 50 years is already a feat. In fact, only the minority reach it. It's normal for them to die of a heart attack around the age of 20 and 25..." Rocket stop reading for a moment and start thinking about it. "How old was she again?" He asks himself and Peter enter the ship with Gamora and Drax.

"We are back" He said. "Rocket, we got food, fuel and those pieces you ask for. Did Hako arrive with Jonan?" Rocket close the article before Peter sees it and answer his question.

"Yes, he's on the cell"

"Stop calling it cell, it's the storage area" Said Gamora.

"But is the place we use to leave our prisioners. We should call it cell or make one" Said Rocket and Drax nodded.

"He does have a point"

"Whatever. Hako went back to her room. I think she's sleeping" He said and keep working on his gun. "Peter, let's go to Xandar so we can drop this guy to the Nova Corps. Also, I want to check some things there"

"Right away" He walks to the cabin. Gamora follows him and Drax stay with him.

"How is she?" He asks.

"Like always. Barely talks and looks tired... To be honest, I don't know. You notice it too? She barely eats, gets tired and avoid talking too much. She used to be more energetic, you know, when we were in jail and when we were about to fight Ronan. Since the moment I met her, she was always saying something, but now... It's like she was slowly dying or something"

"You think she might be dying?" Drax asks worriedly.

"I don't know, there's no way we might know... She's the last of her species and when I start to think about it... We are not so different. Yes, there might be more like me, but none of them are like me, do you understand?"

"I think I do"

"But at the end of the day... She will always be the last one..."

"Can I ask you something?"

"Sure"

"What does Groot sees in her?" That question makes Rocket stop working.

"What do you mean?"

"I saw him following Hako around, like a child following his mother. Does he knows that she is not his mother?"

"He knows, but... I think that Hako fills that... Mother figure. Remember that Groot might grow back, but he's not the same Groot we knew and Hako's been taking care of him when he was still in the pot so he might have developed some kind of... I don't know, respect, love, I don't know"

"Should we worry?"

"About what? Once he grows up, he'll be over it. Besides, Hako doesn't spoil him"

They arrive at Xandar in a couple of hours. Peter offer to drag Jonan to the Nova Corps and Gamora went with him. Hako, on the other hand, was going on a different way. She was heading to see a doctor and of course, she take Groot with her. She didn't want to, but he was whining about it and she had to take him. Rocket let her take him and Drax actually didn't care if she takes him or not. She went to a hospital and wait for her turn, while she does that she stares at the ceiling and sigh, not knowing what to expect. She didn't go to see a doctor in years, she barely gets sick and knows she was asking herself if it was a good idea. Maybe everything was in her head, that's what she wanted to think, but that time she almost had a heart attack and start coughing blood was enough to make her question her life and the inevitable fate she has to face like everyone else. Groot was wandering around the room while the Xandarians ignore it.

"Groot! Be quiet, this is a hospital" She said with a quiet voice.

"I am Groot..."

"Yes, come sit with me" She said and grab Groot and let him sit on her lap. "I like him more before..." She thought. "Why do I have to babysit him? I'm not his mother" The doctor entered the room, an old xandarian doctor, he looks at his clipboard and calls for the next patient. It turns out to be Hako. She stands up and leaves Groot in the chair, he didn't want her to go, but Hako comforts him. "Listen, I need to go with him. Just stay here"

"I am Groot"

"Yes, I know but..."

"He can go inside if he wants" Say the doctor. Hako sighs and takes Groot with her. They follow the doctor to his office. The doctor sits at his desk and Hako sits in front of it. She leaves Groot on the desk and he sits there "Alright, What is the reason you came? did something happen?" He asks and prepares to write down anything she said.

"Yes, actually..." Hako stares at Groot for a moment. "Not that long ago, I had a... Heart Attack" Groot already knew about it, but she didn't want to make him more worried. In fact, Groot was the only one in the whole group that knew what happen. They were alone when that happens, she recovers fast and makes Groot swear he will not say a thing about it. She doesn't want them to know. "And I cough blood that time. I avoid going here because I thought it was nothing, but lately, I've been feeling so tired. Like something was draining my energy... That and I start... Bleeding" The doctor stop writing and look at her.

"Bleeding... From where?"

"Well..." She rolls up her sleeves and shows her arm almost full of scars. Almost all of them were covered by crystallized blood. "Everywhere" Groot was shocked and scared to discover this and the doctor tries his best to stay calm.

"This... Is certainly unexpected" He stands up and examines her arms. "I remember you from a couple of months ago, after that battle with Ronan. To be quite honest, I thought Derrans were extinct, but you being the last one... Makes it a little difficult to deal with this. This isn't normal and it might be an illness of your species. I want to help, but I don't know where to begin... Maybe taking a little of blood... But will crystalize?"

"... I don't know anymore. I start bleeding out of nowhere and crystalize on its own... I rip it out, but it's getting worse"

"Stop doing that" He said and take out an empty syringe. "Let's try taking out a little of blood. I'll run some tests and contact you when everything is ready" Hako extend her arm and he takes some of her blood. Luckily it didn't crystallize. "Good, now my advice is that you take a rest and don't push yourself too hard. If you do that then it will be bad for your heart. I think that you are tired because of the constant bleeding, your blood pressure decreases and that make you feel dizzy and tired. Your body is trying to produce enough blood, but I think is pushing the limits. Listen... Avoid ripping those crystals unless it absolutely necessary and don't use your power of blood, at least until we discover something here. I'll give you some pills to help your body to produce blood, but that's all I can do now"

"I see... Thanks" Shortly after giving her contact information to the doctor, Hako get out of the hospital with Groot. She has Groot standing on her shoulder while she was walking. "I'm sorry to worry you, Groot" She said.

"I am Groot"

"I know, I should have told you... Ugh, I don't know what to do about this. I'm so confuse and tired... I wish I could just... talk to my mother"

"I am Groot"

"To be honest, I don't know. Thanos kill her when I was only a baby so... I never got the chance to talk to her. You have no idea how much I want to talk to her, to ask for support... Life is hard sometimes"

"I am Groot"

"Yeah, sorry. I shouldn't whine about it... I'll take to eat some ice cream, you want some?" She asks and Groot nodded. "Let's go then. Pick anything you want"

"I am Groot!"

"Yes, I'll eat too. Don't worry about me" Hako smile at Groot and they go for ice cream. "I have the feeling I might be spoiling him too much... I hope not"