Next few chapters will be in Peter's POV due to the sake of the storyline. I hope no one is disappointed, but we will have Gamora's POV back soon.
Peter
We had spent approximately two days in the apartment and it had been exactly two days after The Kiss. I couldn't believe how Groot managed to make the garden look like that, in a small amount of time. After The Kiss, I think I finally knew how I felt about Gamora. But did she feel the same way? We talked and talked about different things that I have never spoken about before to anyone; my mother, my music and Earth. She seemed fascinated and confused with the concepts of television.
"Why do you humans find entertainment in watching others do things?"
"Sometimes television helps us realize things. Life lessons and stuff…It's interesting, actually."
I pointed out complicated star constellations in the sky and she showed me the proper way to throw knives in to trees, much to Groot's dismay.
I've liked so many girls before, but Gamora was different. That sounds so clique, but she just is. Maybe it was because she was strange – not The Collector strange – but beautifully strange. And dangerous, in a way that I loved.
"It's so dark here…" I mutter quietly, getting goose-bumps along my arms. I slowly exited the fully restored Milano, holding on to a seemingly impressive gun that Rocket had made for me.
Taneleer had offered us the coordinates to the destination of the Tesseract and after a few hours, complaints and mistakes we finally reached our destination. I expected the location of an Infinity Stone to be in a brighter atmosphere, locked under maximum security. Though everything on this planet seemed dark and luminous with no signs of life. Then again, when I had found the Orb the area wasn't exactly pleasant so I guess I am over reacting.
Yet this place was different. It seemed… familiar.
It was a land of deepest shade, cloaked in the darkness of the universe and the only form of light is the stars. The ground is cold, hard stone. And the stone forms caves, mountains and strange structures. It seemed incredibly similar to somewhere I have seen before.
"Well, this ain't creepy at all." Rocket says walking out of the ship, stocked with his own over-sized gun.
The stillness of the air seemed to suck even the sound of my footsteps into the nothingness. Even the caves did not howl as if they were tense with nerves for what was to come. I could describe it as creepy like Rocket had said, but eerie was closer to it.
"I'm Groot." Groot nods in agreement, following his best friend out. As did Drax, tightly grasping on to his dagger and inspecting the planet with curiosity and caution.
"I know this place." Gamora says with a firm expression, and closes the ship's door. "Titan, land of Thanos. I lived here" she mumbled quietly.
Well. Land of Thanos. That might just explain everything having a sense of power here. I took another look at my surroundings, and then it hit me. This was the place of my nightmare. The purple titan in his deep voice had promised he would see me soon.
I looked over to Groot and Rocket, but they didn't look back. They must have forgotten about my dream or it hasn't clicked to them.
This was strange. Nightmares don't come true. Do they?
"We split up." Gamora interrupts my thoughts. I didn't tell her about my dream, since I thought it was nothing and had gotten over it. But I guess it wasn't just anything.
"I think it is unwise to divide at such a place." Drax disagrees.
"If we do split up, we will find the Tesseract at a faster pace." Gamora argues.
"What if we are in danger?" Drax questions and takes a step forward, staring down at Gamora.
"We have supplies to use."
"What if those supplies are damaged?"
They both turn to me and the same time they say, "Quill?"
"I'm agreeing with Drax." I shrug and Drax smiles slightly. "The guys always stick together." I say and wrap an arm around Drax's shoulder. "And what if we do get in some sort of trouble?" I add.
Gamora shoots me the deadliest glare and I instantly remove my arm. "Actually in second thought we could split up." I nod quickly and move over to Gamora, wrapping my arm around her waist. She simply gives me a menacing look, swats my arm and walks away.
"Whoever finds the Tesseract first, returns to the Milano. If we are in danger, we can use our communicators. And if those communicators are damaged we return to the ship at once." She says, continuing to walk. Her eyes flicker back at me, waiting for me to follow her.
I look back at the others. Groot and Drax smile but Rocket decides to play puppet with his paws and make them 'kiss' while making sloppy noises. I glare him before turning back and following Gamora.
"Were you seriously considering on agreeing with Drax?" she raises a brow after a few moments as we walk through tall stone curves and arches.
Just lie, just lie, just lie.
I scoff, "No…"
She smirks at me. That's so sexy.
"You are very strange, Peter Quill." She says and looks back to where she is walking.
"I'm strange?" I ask quizzically, and look at her up and down dramatically.
She stifles a laugh at my behavior, and shakes her head. We reach an opening, clear of stone arches. There are a few paths dappled here and there, and we choose the middle path, the one that includes the most light.
"I don't understand why an Infinity Stone would be doing here." She says as we begin to walk through the path, an incredible silence staining the bitter air.
"Well, it could be anywhere." I shrug.
"No. I meant on this planet." She says and blinks a few times, examining the path we tread on.
"Yeah." I mutter and frown slightly. That is a good question: Why would it be here?
"If it was here surely Thanos would have it." Gamora continues.
"Why does he want all the Infinity Stones?"
Gamora sighs, "Apart from the fact that they possess incredible strength and they bring you new found power," she begins, looking at me. "They create an object called the Infinity Gauntlet. I'm not exactly sure what it actually does, I wasn't around to witness its power and wouldn't want to be anyway."
"The Infinity Gauntlet can conquer the entire universe." She slowly finishes with realization and we walk numbly in a bit of silence. I can't imagine what would happen if that thing lands in the wrong hands…
"Oh." I sigh. "What did Thanos… do to you?" I ask, hoping she won't stab me or anything.
"Ruin my life." She answers quietly and doesn't explain any further, so I don't ask any more questions.
Hesitantly, I reach down and grab her hand, giving it a reassuring squeeze. She looks down at our hands and back up at me with a frown, but doesn't flinch and bother to remove her hand surprisingly.
The communicator on my wrist buzzes vibrantly. Gamora and I share a concerned look and remove our grasp suddenly. The others surely can't be in danger, right? I slowly press down on the button and the projection of Rocket's face appears.
"Oh yeah hey, Quill. Ha-ha… Nothing much going on, just casually GETTING ATTACKED!" Rocket shouted and then raised his gun with his other hand, shooting somebody. Drax appeared in the background taking on several alien type creatures.
"Where are you?" I ask him.
He trips over after running across the stone floor, shouting a string of curses to his attacker in front of him.
"We're at – ",
And this time, the communicator actually does begin to 'BUZZ' and fade out. "Rocket?!" I frown and try tapping the button down a few times.
"I AM GROOT!" I can hear a familiar muffled voice in the background and then the screen closes. I punch down on the button some more. It doesn't work. The communicator is broken. We should not have split up.
"Great. We got Thanos sending his losers on to our ass." I sigh and reload my gun.
"Just focus Peter"
"Whatever you say, captain." I shrug, and she sends me a pointed look.
As we turn around to walk back to the direction of the Milano, similar looking aliens that had attacked Drax, Rocket and Groot appeared in front of us. Five extra-terrestrial beings with four black limbs, disfigured mouths and piercing eyes were armed with large guns and wicked smirks.
"You are to return with us, scum." One of them ordered, inheriting a scratchy and deep voice reminding me of the nightmare once more.
"On whose order?" Gamora asked slowly.
"The great and almighty Thanos." A different one replied. "You are to come with us; the easy way, or the hard way."
No, way. They can't just take us that easily. And on Thanos's order?!
"And what if we say neither?" I raise a brow, and slowly reach for the trigger of my gun.
They all chuckled lowly, "You are foolish, young one, to think that we shall accept your answer." The closet one tells us, in a deeper voice.
Before I could think, Gamora advanced viciously towards the first solider, armed with her two knives and slicing viciously and skilfully.
I sigh and know that in this moment, things are not going to end well. I activate my mask and join Gamora, using my gun to shoot the first one I saw. The alien falls to his feet, clutching his punctured chest covered in obsidian coloured blood. I flinch slightly and move on to my next opponent without difficulty.
Gamora had knocked her first opponent out, using her two knives and pride. Maybe this wasn't going to be so bad after all? What is there to worry about? We can just kill these three soldiers and move on to figuring out what happened to the others.
That is until a dozen more aliens appear from behind us, all equipped with guns and snarling smirks. I spoke too soon.
"You choose the hard way? So be it!" another alien laughs cruelly and launches a round sphere ball at our feet.
"What the…" I mutter, staring down at the sphere and look back up at the aliens. Were we supposed to be frightened of it? Or…
"I think I like the hard way." I nod and look back down at the sphere.
"Fool!" the alien continues to laugh, and that is when the round ball releases a sickening white smoke from two holes on either side.
The smoke intoxicates my lungs and fills my throat with a heavy and dreaded feeling. I manage to squint through the thick smoke forming around us to watch Gamora who begins to cough and slowly sink to her knees. I also begin to feel drowsy, my brain blocking off all thoughts. I'm so tired. Maybe I should just…go to…sleep…
Lousy chapter, I'm sorry! But this chapter was kind of needed and I couldn't change it, but I'm promising a MAJOR chapter filled with a heap of stuff; Thanos, explanations, more fighting, family surprises.
What do you think will happen to Peter and Gamora? Where the heck are Rocket, Groot and Drax? And what are you expecting?
(This was a little rushed, I apologize once more! But school homework is the devil)