The best word one might describe the scene in front of them with was "chaos".
The gnomes had "united" into the large "mega – gnome" form they had once chased Dipper and Mabel down in. The manotaurs were scurrying on different levels of the menagerie, some punching controls to open cells and free creatures and others just—punching things to punch them. Dipper caught sight of the Gremloblin, roaring and slashing walls with its claws. Fairies darted in and out between other creatures, and Mabel caught sight of a few unicorns charging horn first into things.
In the midst of all this, the remaining Guardians were either defending themselves from attacking creatures, or shouting to one another.
"I am Groot!" the tree-like Guardian cried as he raised his hands to fend off flying debris.
"Krutack!" yelled Rocket, jumping off one of the cell level's catwalks and onto Groot's head. "Don't these things know we're trying to help 'em? "
Dipper glanced to his right, and saw a Manotaur that he remembered went by "Hutzpah." Waiting for a space, he ran out into the fray toward the creature.
"Kid, wait!" Quill called after him, then having to turn and shoot a piece of flying debris in order to keep it from hitting him in the head.
"Son, don't go out there!" McGucket called out to the boy, hurrying after him. Mabel started to go after him, but Quill grabbed her by the collar of her sweater. "Kid, don't follow them, you'll get killed!"
Dipper kept his eyes on Hutzpah, dodging creatures and flying debris. Behind him, McGucket tried calling out over the din.
"Dipper, be careful, you'll –"
Suddenly he felt something grab him around the waist and lift him into the air.
Turning his head, he saw the Gremloblin behind him.
"Now, you just put me down, you big ugly critter!"
The creature's eyes began to turn from red to yellow, and McGucket wondered what that could mean, when—
"I am Groot !"
A huge "wooden" fist came down on the Gremloblin's head, and the creature fell to the floor. McGucket landed in Groot's other hand.
"Phew!" the older man breathed a sigh of relief and looked up at Groot, who appeared to have a look of concern in his dark eyes.
"I am Groot? "
McGucket drew another deep breath and smiled. "I have the feelin' you're askin' if I'm all right. Don't worry, none, Mister Groot, I am. "
Groot smiled, then to McGucket's surprise stretched out his arm so that the hand with McGucket in it went across the room. When it reached the wall, McGucket stood and waved.
"Thank you kindly!" he called to Groot, then jumped off of the Guardian's hand and onto the floor a few feet from Dipper, who was talking with some sort of bi-ped bull creature.
Walking over, the older man placed a hand on Dipper's shoulder. "Son, what—"
The manotaur nodded, then turned to the room and drew a deep breath. He then bellowed, "Everybody, cut it out!"
A few of the creatures stopped and looked in their direction. Others continued their melee.
The manotaur drew another deep breath and bellowed louder. "I said, cut-it-out!"
The room went silent, except that Dipper was pretty sure that he heard Drax whisper, "If this creature is giving instructions, the least he could do is tell us what to cut—and what implement are we meant to cut with ?"
Hutzpah then lifted Dipper onto his shoulders. Dipper waved away a fly, then drew a deep breath and shouted, "Everyone! We shouldn't be fighting each other! We need to band together and find this Collector guy! He's the reason we're all here!"
The creatures in the room looked at one another. There was a lot of murmuring and nodding.
Across the room, Peter Quill tilted his head. "Y'know, your brother's a pretty good negotiator."
Mabel nodded, a large grin on her face.
"So, what do you propose we do?" came a voice that Dipper almost immediately recognized as Jeff the gnome, who, with his "gnome brigade" had tried to make Mabel their queen the summer before.
"We split up and search this ship!" Dipper said, then suddenly looked embarrassed. "That is, if you think that's a good idea, Mr. Quill. You and the Guardians know this Collector guy better than any of us. "
Quill took a step forward. "Sounds good to me, kid."
He turned to his crew. "Gamora, go with the – I can't believe I'm saying this – the unicorns and the fairies. Drax—take the—uh—man—bull guys with you –"
"Manotaurs!" a Manotaur named "Beardy" corrected from up on one of the catwalks.
"Yeah, sorry—Manotaurs—Groot—go look for the Collector with the—uh—giant…"
"They're gnomes." Mabel whispered to Quill.
"Gnomes? Really? Okay—the gnomes—and—uh—"
"I'll go with Groot and the giant Gnome-thing ." Rocket said matter-of-factly. "Come on, Groot, let's find the Collector jerk. "
Each of the odd groupings went off in a different direction, leaving Quill, the twins, and McGucket in the room.
"An' what're we doin', son?" McGucket asked Quill.
The leader of the Guardians appeared to be in thought a moment, then brightened. "We need to get to the bridge. We've got to steer this ship back to Earth! "