I never knew how complete love could be
Till she kissed me and said
Baby, please, go all the way
It feels so right
Being with you here tonight
Please, go all the way
Just hold me close
Don't ever let me go
As Drax made his move on Ronan, the others ran towards the mining pods, Gamora, Peter, and Tessa hopping into separate ones.
"I told you, you can't fit. Now, wait here. I'll be back," Rocket told Groot, jumping in his own.
As they flew, they noticed other ships behind them; Gamora's sister Nebula and the others.
Ronan's crew closely followed Gamora's ship, trying to shoot her down and retrieve the orb.
"Rocket, Tessa, keep them off Gamora until she gets to the Milano," Peter commanded.
"There're no weapons on these," Tessa pointed out.
"These pods are industrial grade, they're nearly indestructible," Peter replied.
"Not against necroblasts, they're not," Rocket said.
"That's not what I'm saying," Peter said, and then Tessa and Rocket replied simultaneously.
"Ooooh!"
I couldn't say what I wanted to say
Till she whispered, I love you
So, please, go all the way
It feels so right
Being with you here tonight
Please, go all the way
Just hold me close
Don't ever let me go
Tessa cackled gleefully as she ran into a ship, destroying it, while Peter hijacked one of the ships chasing them.
"Let me borrow your ride."
But, the three destroying things weren't enough; Nebula had Gamora cornered.
"Quill, I'm trapped! I can't make it to the Milano, I have to head out."
"What? Wait! These things aren't meant to go out there," Peter replied.
Gamora didn't listen, taking the pod out of Knowhere and into space, Nebula on her heels.
"You are a disappointment, sister. Of all our siblings, I hated you least," Nebula spat.
"Nebula, please. If Ronan gets this stone he'll kill us all," Gamora begged.
"Not all. You will already be dead."
Nebula blew up Gamora's ship, taking the Infinity Stone.
Before her love
I was cruel and mean
I had a hole in the place
Where my heart should have been
But now I've changed
And it feels so strange
I come alive when she does
All those things to me
And she says
"Quill, come on. Her body mods should keep her alive a couple more minutes, but there's nothing we can do for her. These pods aren't meant to be out here. In a second, we're gonna be in the same boat," Rocket said apologetically, Tessa gnawing on her lip, knowing Peter's predisposition of doing idiotically heroic things.
"Aw, damn it!"
"Peter, don't you dare!" Tessa said, Peter placing the call.
"Yondu! Yondu! This is Quill! My coordinates are two-two-seven-K-three-two- four."
"Peter!"
"Just outside Knowhere. If you're there, come get me. I'm all yours," Peter ended the call "Tessa, get outta here."
And then Peter exited the pod.
"Quill, don't be ridiculous. Get back into your pod! You can't fit two people in there, you're gonna die," Rocket protested.
Peter took of his mask and placed it on Gamora.
"You'll die in seconds! Quill!"
And Tessa had to make a decision.
"Damn it; c'mon, Rocket."
Both of them pulling away in the pods; they could do a lot more good if they weren't caught by Yondu.
(Come on), come on
(Come on)
(Come on), come on
(Come on)
I need you (come on)
I love you (come on)
I need you (come on)
(Come on)
Rocket and Tessa hopped out of the pods, finding Groot and Drax.
"Blasted idiot. They're all idiots! Quill just got himself captured!"
And Tessa stomped right up to Drax and punched him in the face, hardly making him react as she hissed in pain and grabbed her hand.
"None of this ever would have happened if you didn't try to single-handedly take on a frickin' army!" Rocket said, agreeing with Tessa's punch.
"You're right. I was a fool. All the anger, all the rage, was just to cover my loss," Drax said quietly, Groot placing a hand on his shoulder as Tessa and Rocket continued to glare at him.
"Oh, boo-hoo-hoo. 'My wife and child are dead.'"
Groot and Tessa both looked over, Groot gasping slightly.
"Dude," Tessa said under her breath.
"Oh, I don't care if it's mean! Everybody's got dead people! That's no excuse to get everybody else dead along the way! Come on, Groot. Ronan has the stone. The only chance we got is to get to the other side of the universe as fast as we can and maybe, just maybe, we'll be able to live full lives before that whack-job ever gets there."
"Hold on, nu-uh; you're going to help me get Peter and Gamora," Tessa said.
"What? No! That ain't possible!" Rocket replied.
"If you keep acting like that it isn't!" Tessa countered.
"How, then?" Rocket asked sarcastically.
"I don't know. You're the genius! Think of something!" Tessa snapped.
"I'm thinking of not dying!" Rocket replied, choosing to ignore her calling him a genius.
"I am Groot."
"I know they're the only friends that we ever had, but there's an army of Ravagers around them. And there's only three of us!"
"Four," Drax stated.
Rocket groaned in frustration, turning away from the group and kicking the ground.
"You're making me beat up grass!"
It was quiet for a moment before Rocket stopped kicking the ground and just growled under his breath.
Tessa took a few steps towards Rocket, kneeling down behind him.
"Rocket…?"
"What?" He hissed, turning around to glare at her.
"Please?"
Rocket was taken aback for a moment; she said it completely sincerely and looked at him with hopeful, pretty brown eyes, biting her lip as she waited for a response.
Rocket groaned, burying his face in his hands; stupid, pretty Terran, making her eyes all big and looking at him like she actually wanted him around.
"Goddamn it, Blondie, FINE."
"Thank you," Tessa grinned, leaning forward to kissing Rocket on the cheek, before scratching the top of his head for a second as she stood up and started to walk off in the direction of the Milano, not noticing the way Rocket watched her go, shell-shocked.
Rocket blinked a few times, before he looked over at the others and growled at a somewhat amused Groot and Drax.
"What're you two bozos lookin' at?"
Please, go all the way
It feels so right
Being with you here tonight
Please, go all the way
Just hold me close
Don't ever let me go, oh, no