Ooh-oo child
Things are gonna get easier
Ooh-oo child
Things'll get brighter
Ooh-oo child
Things are gonna get easier
Ooh-oo child
Things'll get brighter

The group of Ravagers made their way towards Ronan's ship, which was currently hovering over Xandar.

"Fire!" Yondu shouted.

The ship fired and the explosion illuminated a force field.

"Cover it down! Submerge!" Yondu commanded.

The ships ducked under the explosion, and underneath Ronan's ship.

"Rocket, Tessa, hurry!" Peter said.

The Ravager ships and the Milano shot at Ronan's ship, before they finally managed to blow a hole in it.

"Quill! Yondu! Now!" Rocket called.

But, before Yondu could make it, his ship was shot down.

"Aw, hell! I'm going down, Quill! No more games with me, boy! I'll see you at the end of this!"

"There are too many of them, Rocket! We'll never make it up there!" Gamora yelled over the coms as Ronan's fleet swarmed around them.

And then the Nova Corps arrived.

Someday, yeah
We'll get it together and we'll get it all done
Some day
When your head is much lighter
Someday, yeah
We'll walk in the rays of a beautiful sun
Some day
When the world is much brighter

Tessa sighed in relief as Peter, Gamora, and Drax managed to make into Ronan's ship.

"Oh, man," Rocket said, watching as the Nova Corps attacked.

And then started to join together, making a giant blockade.

But, Ronan's fleet had another plan.

"They're dive-bombing the city! Denarian Saal, should we break formation?"

"No! Hold your positions!"

As Ronan's fleet bombed the city, Rocket, Tessa, and the Ravagers began fighting them off.

"Keep Ronan up there, Saal. We'll take care of the people down here," Rocket said.

"I can't believe I'm taking orders from a hamster," Saal said.

Tessa was 99% sure she heard Rocket mutter something about being a Raccoon under his breath.

"Everybody shoot them before they hit the ground," Rocket ordered, the ships angling so they were facing up at Ronan's ship.

And it all sort of dawned on Tessa.

"I ran away from my home with a bunch of space pirates and I have been a subjectively bad person for the last seven years of my life, and now, I'm with thief, an assassin, two thugs, who happen to be a tree and a raccoon, and a maniac and we're doing our best to receive redemption."

She looked over at Rocket with wide eyes.

"And we're doing that by playing fucking Galaga?"

Ooh-oo child
Things are gonna be easier
Ooh-oo child
Things'll get be brighter
Ooh-oo child
Things are gonna be easier
Ooh-oo child
Things'll get be brighter

"Xandar, you stand accused. Your wretched peace treaty will not save you now. It is the tinder on which you burn!"

Tessa and Rocket exchanged a look as Ronan's voice spoke over the coms.

And then an explosion erupted in the blockade.

Now that part of it was broken, Ronan's ship began to push against them.

And it wasn't to pretty on the surface of Xandar either; Rocket, Tessa, and the Ravagers were outnumbered.

"Rocket, Tessa!" Saal called, his ship being crushed by Ronan's.

"Hold on, Saal," Tessa started, before Ronan's ship destroyed his ship, and broke the blockade entirely.

"Peter, you need to hurry," Tessa said over the coms.

"The city's been evacuated, but we're getting our asses kicked down here," Rocket agreed.

"Gamora hasn't opened the door," Peter replied.

Someday, yeah
We'll get it together and we'll get it all done
Some day
When your head is much lighter
Someday, yeah
We'll walk in the rays of a beautiful sun
Someday
When the world is much brighter

Rocket and Tessa had been doing their best to take own as many of Ronan's fleet as possible, but, then they noticed Ronan had Drax by the throat.

"You thinkin' what I'm thinkin', Blondie?" Rocket asked.

"Do it," Tessa replied.

And they ran the Milano into Ronan's ship.

And everything went dark.

The next thing Tessa knew was that she was lying in a cocoon.

Made by Groot.

"No, Groot, you can't, you'll die," Rocket said, going to the spot where Groot's face was "Why are you doing this? Why?"

"We are Groot."

And the ship crashed.

Tessa hissed as she adjusted her position; the crash had completely demolished the ship and they were all sat outside.

Tessa looked over and saw Rocket holding a bunch of twigs.

"I called him an idiot."

At first, she made her way to comfort him.

But, then, Ronan emerged from the ship.

"You killed Groot!" Rocket yelled, jumping at Ronan who flung him aside.

"Behold! You're Guardians of the Galaxy! What fruit have they wrought? Only that my father and his father shall finally know vengeance. People of Xandar, the time has come to rejoice and renounce your paltry gods! Your salvation is at hand."

The group noticed Rocket scrambling with a few pieces of metal.

Tessa and Peter exchanged a long look, both only having one idea.

The same idea.

Ronan lifted his hammer and chanted and-

"Oooh-oo child, things are gonna get easier."

"Oooh-oo child, things'll get brighter."

Ronan slowly lowered his hammer watching as the Terrans stood side-by-side, singing.

"You listen to these words," Tessa commanded as Peter began to sing the next line.

"Ooh-oo child, things are gonna get easier."

"Ooh-oo child, things'll get brighter."

"Now bring it down hard," Peter said.

And both of them began dancing.

"Someday, we'll get it together and we'll get it..."

"What are you doing?" Ronan asked.

"Dance-off, bro, me, you, and Tessa," Then Peter turned to Gamora, holding out his hand "Gamora."

She just shook her head.

"Subtle," Tessa said.

"Take it back," Peter agreed.

"What are you doing?" Ronan demanded.

"We're distracting you, you big turd blossom," Peter said.

Drax took the shot.

And Peter leapt.

Someday, yeah
We'll get it together and we'll get it all done
Some day
When your head is much lighter
Someday, yeah
We'll walk in the rays of a beautiful sun
Some day
When the world is much brighter

Pure energy swirled around them, creating a cocoon of sorts.

"Peter, take my hand."

Tess watched as Gamora grabbed Peter's hand, the energy flowing into her as well.

Tessa knew what she had to do.

Even if it killed her.

And her hand clamped down on Peter's shoulder.

"I don't understand why…" Maria had pouted.

"You have Soulmates, I know you can't," Theresa responded, smiling slightly.

"But, you don't even like him!"

"… Maria, you're too young to understand this right now, but… I'm not meant to be remembered. My life is going to be a small one in the scope of the galaxy… This is what's best for me… But you…" Theresa trailed off, moving to kneel down in front of Maria, looking her dead in the eye.

"You're going to do something big with yours."

She'd been wrong.

Drax grabbed Gamora's hand.

She'd been so wrong.

And Rocket grabbed her finger.

She was going to matter.

"You're mortal; how?"

She did matter.

"You said it yourself, bitch," Peter spoke, but, in reality, it what was they all said, Peter was just the mouthpiece.

"We're the Guardians of the Galaxy."

Ooh-oo child
Things are gonna get easier
Ooh-oo child
Things'll get brighter
Ooh-oo child
Things are gonna get easier
Ooh-oo child
Things'll get brighter
Right now, right now