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Here's chapter 11 everybody.
Chapter 11: Twelve Percent of a Plan.
On the Eclector, Yondu was beating up Peter for betraying him, while the rest of his clan was restraining Gamora, as well as Daranak and Salzer, which Kraglin has placed special cuffs on them to channel out their ghost powers.
"You betray me?" Yondu said as he punch Peter in the stomach. "Steal my money?" Yondu said before landing another punch.
"Stop it! Leave him alone!" Gamora pleaded.
"That's enough, Yondu!" Daranak said.
"He's had enough!" Salzer said.
"When I picked you up as a kid, these boys wanted to eat you. They ain't never tasted Terran before. I saved your life!" Yondu said, once again trying to guilt trip Peter.
"Oh, will you shut up about that? God! Twenty years, you been throwing that in my face, like it's some great thing, not eating me. Normal people don't even think about eating someone else! Much less that person having to be grateful for it! You abducted me, man. You stole me from my home and from my family." Peter said.
"You don't give a damn about your Terra! You're scared because you're soft in here. Here, right here!" Yondu said before slamming his hands on his chest before doing the same to Peter.
"Yondu! Listen to me. Ronan has something called an Infinity Stone." Gamora said.
"And you know exactly what they are!" Salzer said.
"I know what he's got, and I know exactly what they are, girl." Yondu said.
"Then you know we must get it back! He's gonna use it to wipe out Xandar." Gamora said.
"WHAT?!" Daranak and Salzer yelled in shock.
"We have to warn them. Billions of people will perish." Gamora said.
"We can't let Ronan destroy Xandar! Salzer's and I's home world! Salzer and I have family there!" Daranak said.
"Not to mention if Xandar gets destroyed, the Xandarian dimensional plane of the Ghost Zone gets destroyed too!" Salzer said.
"Is that what they've been filling your head with, boy? Sentiment?" Yondu asked before slapping Peter. "Eating away your brain like maggots! That's it." Yondu said before whistling to activate his Yaka Arrow and pointed it at Peter's throat, preparing to execute him.
"No!" Gamora and Salzer pleaded.
"Come on, Yondu! Think about what you're doing! Come on, Kraglin! Stop him!" Daranak said, but Yondu ignores.
"Sorry, boy. But a captain's gotta teach his men what happens to those what cross him." Yondu said.
"Captain's gotta teach stuff!" Kraglin said, making the rest of the clan agreed.
"Come on, Kraglin!" Salzer pleaded.
"If you kill me now, you are saying goodbye to the biggest score you have ever seen." Peter said, gaining Yondu's attention, knowing what Peter's talking about.
"The Stone? I hope you got something better than that. Because ain't nobody stealing from Ronan." Yondu said.
"We got a ringer. Is that right?" Peter said before looking at Gamora. "She knows everything there is to know about Ronan. His ships, his army."
"He's vulnerable." Gamora said.
"We also have two well known half ghost hybirds in the galaxy who are powerful enough to destroy Ronan's ships and army. Well experience in combat and veterans in the war and ghost fighting." Peter said.
"They're no match against a pair of half Xandarian-half ghost hybirds." Daranak said.
"Trust us." Salzer said.
"Hey, what do you say, Yondu, huh? Me and you, taking down a mark side-by-side, like the old days." Peter said.
Everyone then look at Yondu, seeing whether if Peter's words got to him. Yondu then whistled and the arrow drops to the floor before he laughs, Peter joining him.
"Let him go!" Yondu laughed before hugging Peter as everyone else cheered. "You always did have a scrote, boy! That's why I kept you on as a young'un." Yondu said as Gamora got out of the hold, and Kraglin released the spectral cuffs out of Daranak and Salzer while apologizing to them, which they accept. The cheering and laughter was suddenly interrupted by a explosion outside the ship. Everyone went to investigate and look out the window to see the Milano firing on the ship, with Rocket firing the shots and Drax standing on the top of the ship pointing a weapon.
"Attention idiots. The lunatic on top of this craft is holding a Hadron Enforcer. It's a weapon of my own design." Rocket said through the Milano's speakers.
"What the hell?" Yondu asked.
"If you don't hand over our companions now, he's gonna tear your ship a new one. A very big new one!" Rocket warned.
"I ain't buyin' it." Yondu said, thinking Rocket is bluffing.
"You better buy it." Daranak said.
"Yeah, he ain't joking around." Salzer said.
"I'm giving you to the count of five." Rocket said.
Rocket starts counting down, causing Peter, Gamora, Daranak and Salzer to panic. Peter immediately head for the Eclector's speakers.
"Rocket, it's me, for God sakes! We figured it out! We're fine!" Peter said.
"Oh, hey, Quill. What's going on?" Rocket asked.
A few minutes later, Rocket, Groot and Drax boarded the Eclector and Peter went to explain everything, which Rocket wasn't fond about it.
"You call that 'figured it out'? We're gonna rob the guys who just beat us senseless." Rocket asked.
"Oh, you want to talk about senseless? How about trying to save us by blowing us up?" Peter said.
"We were only gonna blow you up if they didn't turn you over!" Rocket said.
"And how on Earth were they gonna turn us over when you only gave them a count of five?" Peter said.
"We didn't have time to work out the minutiae of the plan." Rocket said before facing Groot. "This is what we get for acting altruistically."
"I am Groot." Groot said.
"They are ungrateful." Rocket said.
"What's important now is we get the Ravager's army to help us save Xandar." Gamora said.
"So we can give the Stone to Yondu who's just gonna sell to somebody even worse?" Rocket asked.
"We'll figure that part out later." Peter said.
"Well, you better figure that part out soon." Daranak said.
"Yeah, that Stone needs to be in Nova's possession." Salzer said.
"We have to stop Ronan." Gamora said.
"How?" Rocket said.
"I have a plan." Peter said.
"You've got a plan?" Rocket said.
"Yes." Peter hesitantly said.
"First of all, you're copying me from when I said I had a plan." Rocket said.
"No, I'm not. People say that all the time. It's not that unique of a thing to say." Peter said.
"Secondly, I don't even believe you have a plan." Rocket said.
"I have part of a plan!" Peter said.
"What percentage of a plan do you have?" Drax asked.
"You don't get to ask questions after the nonsense you pulled on Knowhere." Gamora said.
"I agree, you almost got some of us killed back there." Salzer said.
"I just saved Quill." Drax said.
"We've already established that you destroying the ship that I'm on is not saving me." Peter said.
"When did we established it?" Drax asked.
"Like three seconds ago!" Peter replied.
"I wasn't listening. I was thinking of something else." Drax said, making Gamora and Salzer groan in annoyance.
"Men." Salzer muttered in annoyance.
"She's right. You don't get an opinion." Rocket said.
'Yeah, your opinion doesn't matter in this situation, Drax." Daranak said.
"What percentage?" Rocket asked.
"I don't know. Twelve percent." Peter replied.
"Twelve percent?" Rocket asked before laughing.
"That's a fake laugh." Peter said, thinking Rocket's laugh is fake.
"It's real!" Rocket said.
"Totally fake." Peter said.
"That is the most real, authentic, hysterical laugh of my entire life because that is not a plan." Rocket said.
"It's barely a concept." Gamora said.
"Twelve percent is not good enough to succeed, Peter." Daranak said.
"You're taking their side?" Peter asked in disbelief.
"I am Groot." Groot said.
"So what, it's better that eleven percent? What the hell does that have to do with anything?" Rocket asked.
"Thank you, Groot. Thank you. See? Groot's the only one of you who has a clue." Peter said before seeing Groot chomping on a piece of leaf on his shoulder, making him sigh in annoyance. "Guys. Come on. Yondu is gonna be here in two seconds. He expects to hear this big plan of ours. I need your help. I look around us. You know what I see? Losers. I mean, like, folks who have lost stuff. And we have. Man, we have. All of us. Our homes, our families, normal lives. And, usually, life takes more than it gives. But not today. Today, it's given us something. It has give us a chance."
"To do what?" Drax asked.
"To give a shit. For once. Not run away. I, for one, am not gonna stand by and watch as Ronan wipes out billions of innocent lives, especially if those lives are Daranak's and Salzer's people." Peter said.
"But, Quill, stopping Ronan, it's impossible. Even the Nova Twins are not powerful enough to stop him. You're asking us to die." Rocket said.
"Yeah, I guess I am." Peter said before looking back.
"Quill." Gamora called before Peter looks back. "I have lived most my life surrounded by my enemies." Gamora said before getting up on her feet. "I will be grateful to die among my friends."
Drax then gets up.
"You are an honorable man, Quill. I will fight beside you. And in the end, I will see my wife and daughter again." Drax said.
Daranak and Salzer then gets up on their feet.
"Ever since my sister and I got our ghost powers, our lives hasn't been the same since." Daranak said.
"When my brother and I got our ghost powers, we couldn't control them at first, and cause some accidents before we could control them. At the same time, we lost friends due to our half ghost status. They called us freaks, abominations that should be dissected, and didn't want to deal with us. Our relatives didn't want to be near us because they were afraid. The only people Daranak and I had were our parents and the Nova Corps, and a few of our best friends. Eventually Daranak and I control our powers and use them for good. But, it doesn't matter, in the beginning, we were losers. We didn't ask for this." Salzer said.
"But then, we met you guys. Salzer and I have learn a lot these few days during our AWOL from the Corps. You people are truly are our friends. We join the Nova Corps for a reason, to protect and defend the Nova Empire, Xandar included, and although we are AWOL, we will protect Xandar at all costs, even if it means death, and now, we will also protect and defend our new friends." Daranak said.
"My brother and I will have the privilege to fight and die alongside you." Salzer said.
Groot then gets up.
"I am Groot." Groot said.
Everyone then looks at Rocket, who sighed.
"Oh, what the hell. I don't got that long a lifespan, anyway." Rocket said before he gets up. "Now I'm standing. Y'all happy? We're all standing up now. Bunch of jackasses, standing in a circle."
With that, everyone heads to discuss to Yondu and his clan about the plan.
And that's the end of this chapter. Well, the final battle approaches. Soon we will seen Daranak and Salzer Nova in action once more against Ronan's army and Ronan himself. How will the final battle play out. Find out next time in the next chapter. Please review. :)