A/N: So here's the next chapter and I hope y'all like it. Sorry if it's short. My mother and I went to see "If I Stay" last night just to get out of the house...that movie was possibly more depressing than The Fault in Our Stars. My God. Anyway, enjoy.

Meanwhile, the Milano was en route to where Gamora was being held.

"So tell us. How is it you know where she is?" Drax asked, giving Peter an inquisitive look.

"Oh when she was sick I may or may not have asked the doctors to place a tracker in her..." Peter said, trailing off as he rubbed the back of his neck and looked around the room.

"Wait...you chipped Gamora?" Rocket asked in disbelief, turning to look at the half terran.

"Yeah. The doctors gave it to her the same way that you would give a shot or a sedative. Put it into the vein in the crease of her elbow."

Rocket sighed, "And the overly attached boyfriend award goes to..."

It was silent after that with Peter retreating to his bedroom, sitting on his bed and holding the ring in his hand. It was the only thing he had left of Gamora aside from the knife. The small ring had several small diamonds around it, very similar to a wedding band. Perhaps even a promise ring, and it shone brightly when the light hit it just right. Peter sighed and put the ring in his pocket, pulling out the knife next.

The knife was washed clean of blood now and it was a pure, sharpened, silver blade with a black hilt, the blade having several symbols on it. One of the symbols even looked to be the crescent shape of a moon along with a foreign language that he couldn't quite understand.

"I am Groot." Groot said from the door way, moving to sit beside Peter.

"What if she's dead?" Peter asked softly, "What if she told Nebula where it was?" He said, sighing before he put the knife back in his coat pocket with the ring.

"I am Groot!" Groot protested, growing a small flower, a daisy, on one of his branches and plucking it, handing it to Peter.

"He's right. Gamora is a lot of things but she ain't stupid! She would die before giving away that information." Rocket said as he and Drax joined them, Rocket sitting on the floor at Peter's feet.

"We will get her back. Gamora will be fine." Drax assured him, sitting to Peter's left. Peter looked down and smiled sadly at the small flower that he held.

"Anyway, we came to get you to tell you that we were here."

Peter sighed, "Alright. Let's do this."


Gamora had felt as if hours had passed while waiting for Nebula to return with Thanos, but it had really only been minutes. She pain stakingly lifted her head when the cell door opened. She was still curled up in a ball holding her stomach, dark red blood staining her hands and every other part of her body. Where so much blood was coming from, she had absolutely no idea, but she had a feeling that only Nebula was able to hit her that hard. Standing in the door way with Nebula and Thanos was Nikolai, the very same man that had ambushed her in half world. He was wearing a black cloak, and even looked terran, almost like Peter. It was the white hair, the red eyes, and the deathly pale skin that indicated he was far from it.

Nikolai's red eyes watched everything with curiosity. He met Gamora's lingering gaze and gave her a look of sympathy and apology, but he quickly turned his gaze to Nebula, giving her a look of horror.

Gamora remembered Nikolai all too well. He was the first and only one to befriend her when she had first come to Titan. He trained with her and Nebula and the two had even made him a ring to signify their friendship. A silver one similar to one of the many she wore on her hand. She had put it on a chain so he could wear it as a necklace of sorts. Nikolai in turn had made her a dagger. He met her gaze once more and pulled a chain with a silver ring out of his cloak, just enough for her to see.

So he did remember.

Thanos looked at his youngest daughter before turning to his oldest.

"What have you done to her? I told you to be easy on her." Thanos said, giving Nebula a disapproving look.

"She has lay with the enemy, father. She has also refused to say where the skreleton is." Nebula explained, looking Thanos in the eyes.

Thanos turned his gaze to where Nikolai stood.

"Leave us. I must have a word with Gamora." He ordered.

Nikolai reluctantly nodded and left the cell.

Thanos turned back towards Gamora, looking at her with disdain.

"My child. Why do you do this?"

Gamora lifted her head once more and glared at him.

"You are not my father. You are a monster." She said, her voice hoarse.

"After everything I have done for you?"

"You have done nothing for me. You made me a weapon and used me for your own sadistic ways. You ruined my life."


Nikolai walked outside towards the courtyard, his blood boiling at what Nebula had done to Gamora. Gamora was his friend. She had always been like a little sister to him. He had made so many promises to her and he broke them.

Not intentionally, of course.

As he walked out of the view of his "home" he saw a strange group of people approaching from the distance.

Must be them. 'The enemy' He thought, and cautiously approached them, holding his hands up in surrender.

"Who the hell are you?" Rocket asked, looking at him with contempt, a gun aimed at him.

"I am Nikolai. A friend of Gamora's, but I am the one that actually brought her here."

Rocket scoffed, "Some friend."

"Please. Come with me and I will explain."

Peter nodded reluctantly before turning to the others, "Rocket and Groot, set up a distraction. Drax, with me." He ordered, and the group dispersed. Rocket and Groot went in the opposite direction from where Peter, Drax, and Nikolai were going.

"Stay here." Nikolai ordered, making them crouch down behind some rocks and old stones as Nikolai approached the two guards at the gate.

"Nikolai, what brings you here?" One of the guards asked, looking at the younger man in confusion.

"Thanos has ordered me to take over for the two of you." He lied, daring either of the two guards to challenge his answer.

The guards looked at each other in confusion before they looked back at Nikolai and nodded before heading off. Nikolai waited until the two guards disappeared around the corner before he turned back to where Peter and Drax were hidden, nodding as his way of saying it was all clear.

The three men went inside. The place was similar to that of a castle, but creepier and not as friendly as one would think.

"I must apologize. I did not know what Nebula would do."

"What do you mean?"

"Gamora is injured. She grows weaker with each minute that passes."

Hearing those words, Peter felt his heart stop at the thought of Gamora being as hurt as Nikolai claimed. It was like the plant accident all over again.

"Where are you taking us?" Drax asked as Nikolai led them through a series of hallways, still not completely trusting the young soldier.

"To a secret passage way that no one, not even Thanos and Nebula know about. Only Gamora and I know of it. You two will stay here and I will get Gamora and bring her to you." Nikolai said as they came to a dead end, lifting out one of the stones in the wall to reveal a small panel of numbers. Nikolai punched in a code and the rest of the stones moved out of the way to reveal a steel door, which, after putting in another code, also opened to reveal a passage.

"Damn." Peter said, entering the dark passage as the door closed and the stones moved back into place, closing them in.


Nikolai quickly stopped at his own sleeping quarters before going to Gamora's cell, taking off the chain that held the ring and grabbing a piece of parchment, scribbling a note and putting it in an envelope with the chain before he put it in his pocket before heading down to the cells.

He reached the cell just as an explosion went off, sending dust particles and small stones down from the ceiling above them. He opened the cell door with a sense of urgency.

"Sir, it's him." He said, looking between Thanos and Nebula, noting how reluctant they were to leave Gamora, "Go on. Ill keep an eye on her." He added, nodding towards the door.

Thanos nodded and left with Nebula following behind.

As soon as they were gone, Nikolai kneeled down to Gamora.

"Gamora, get up. We do not have much time."

Gamora painfully and slowly sat up so her back was against the wall. Both her hands were tied together now rather than free like they had been when Thanos had dismissed him. He cut her free of the bonds with his knife, the skin of his hand grazing hers, which made her flinch and look at him, almost like she was afraid. He pressed the palm of his hand to her forehead. Gamora was as cold as ice.

Sighing, he took his cloak off and wrapped it around her as if it was a blanket and pulled her to her feet. As Gamora tried to put pressure on her feet, her knee nearly gave out on her and she would have fallen back to the floor had Nikolai not caught her. He wrapped his arms around her and half carried her out of the cell and through the corridors. The ex-assassin was stumbling, a clear indicator that a bone in her leg was broken and her knee was obviously dislocated along with some torn nerves and ligaments.

As soon as they got to the secret passage way, Nikolai was relieved. Amazed that he was able to get her this far without being seen. As the steel door opened, he saw Peter's relieved expression and passed Gamora off to the former ravager.

"P-Peter?" She asked, her eyes almost lighting up when she saw her boyfriend. Almost. Her eyes were half closed and she looked exhausted, like she might pass out any minute. She was bleeding in so many places that it alarmed all three of the men.

"Theres another door at the end of the corridor. It will lead you outside to the halls where you can leave towards the main gate. The code is 3183. Once you get out to the other corridor, take a right, a left, and another right to get outside and to the main gate. I'll open the gate." Nikolai said, taking the note out of his pocket and holding it out to Peter, "Give this to her when she is well. Will you?"

Peter nodded and took the note, putting it in his own pants pocket as Nikolai took his cloak off Gamora, figuring Peter's jacket would do a better job at keeping her warm as Peter put the red leather jacket on Gamora.

"Thank you." Peter said, picking up Gamora bridal style as he turned to Drax, "Let's go."

They started to leave when Nikolai stopped them.

"Peter?"

Peter turned his head to look at Nikolai inquisitively.

"Take care of her. She's like a sister to me."

Peter nodded and turned once more, walking through the dark passage way as Nikolai watched them disappear from sight before he too walked in the opposite direction.

A/N: Let me know what y'all think! Please review :)