A/N: I am posting this on the first Saturday because next weekend I will be out of my country and without access to my laptop. The next chapter should be posted on April 9th.
Disclaimer: I do not own Marvel, Disney does. I only own my OC's.
Useful Info.-
italics- Is watching an event happening from security cameras. It is also writing.
'...'- Are thoughts.
Chapter 1- Welcome to the Kyln
27 years later
"Look's like we're getting four new prisoners today." General Kaar said as he set his breakfast tray down next to Valkyrie in the Messhall, making four people sitting together, all wearing their security uniforms. "Commander Rael, you should be in the tower when they get there."
Commander Valkyrie Rael, who sat directly across from the General, said, "Of course. Who is it this time?" The Commander wore her blue uniform with a skirt that went down past her knees and tight flats. She had her black hair pulled back into a sleek high ponytail. Her skin was pale, like the other two. Captain Griffen and Captain Vass were holding their own conversation.
"Two bounty hunters, a Terrain outlaw called Star Prince or something of that nature, and, you won't believe this," Kaar said, looking down at his pad for confirmation then back at her, "but we've got Gamora."
Valkyrie immediately put her fork down and sat up straighter, her attention fully on the General. "Gamora? You don't mean Thanos's adoptive daughter, Gamora?"
General Kaar grinned and almost growled, "Yep. She's finally paying for her crimes."
Valkyrie smiled and started eating again. "I most definitely will be up in the tower during their arrival. This should be an interesting day."
"I agree."
Valkyrie sighed as she sat in her Command chair up in the tower of the main prison area, watching the newcomer's actions. She looked down at her data pad to see four names. Gamora, Peter Quill, Rocket and Groot. She would have to watch those four carefully. Especially since Rocket was infamous for breaking out of prisons.
"I guess most of the Nova Corps want to uphold the laws, but these ones here are corrupt and cruel," The bounty hunter named Rocket said. Valkyrie still couldn't get over how small he was. "But hey, that's not my problem. I an't going to be here long. I've escaped from twenty-two prisons. This one's no different."
Valkyrie crossed her arms and leaned back into her chair. She would definitely have some of her men watch him.
Rocket continued, "You're lucky the broad showed up, otherwise, me and Groot would be collecting our bounty right now and you'd be getting drawn and quartered by Yondu and those Ravagers."
Valkyrie raised her eyebrows but continued to watch, "I've had a lot of folks try and kill me over the years. I ain't about to be brought down by a tree and a talking raccoon." Peter Quill said.
The guard in front commanded, "Halt." Everyone in the line stopped.
"What's a raccoon?" Rocket asked. Valkyrie was wondering that herself.
Quill scoffed and repeated his question like he couldn't believe he had to answer it, "What's a raccoon? It's what you are, stupid."
"Ain't no thing like me, 'cept me." Rocket responded.
The gate in front of them opened and the criminals proceeded on their trek, "So, this orb has a real shiny blue suitcase Arc of the Covenant type multi falcon sort of vibe. What is it?"
'Orb?' Valkyrie thought. 'This should be interesting'. "I am Groot." Groot said.
Quill rolled his eyes at Groot "So what?" and asked Gamora, "What's the orb?"
"I've no words for a honor-less thief." Gamora practically spat.
"Pretty high and mighty coming from the tacky of a genocidal maniac ." Rocket said. Gamora turned her head around and stared at Rocket. Rocket continued, "Yeah, I know who you are. Anyone who's anyone knows who you are."
"Yeah, we know who you are." Quill added, then he turns to Groot and asks, "Who is she?" Valkyrie snorted.
"I am Groot." Groot responded.
Quill sighed and rolled his eyes, "Yeah, you said that."
They stopped again and Gamora, surprisingly started speaking, "I wasn't retrieving the orb for Ronan. I was betraying him. I had an agreement to sell it to a third party."
Valkyrie's eyes widened. 'Gamora wasn't working with Thanos?' she thought. Valkyrie had to be sure of this in order to bring this matter to her superiors. For all she knew, Gamora was lying to save her own skin.
The door that the party was stopped at slid open into the walls and they continued, "I am Groot." Groot said again.
"That's just as fascinating as the first eighty-nine times you said that." Quill said, getting tired of Groot saying the same thing over and over again. Honestly, so was Valkyrie, "What is wrong with giving tree over here?" Quill asked Rocket.
"Well, he ain't no talking good like me and you, so his vocabulistics is limited to I, am, and Groot. Exclusively in that order."
"Well, you know what, that's going to wear real thin, real fast." Then Quill looks up and into the area where we processed the prisoner's things, "Hey, put that away!" The guard ignored him and put, whatever it was that was playing that music on his head. The door to the area started to close but Quill slipped inside.
"Damnit." Valkyrie groaned. She wouldn't send men in until it looked like they couldn't handle it.
"Shit." Quill cursed as he stepped inside, the door closing shut and locking behind him. His companions were watching with curiosity from the hallway, "Hey! Listen to me you big blue bastard. Take those headphones off. That's mine! Those belong in impound. That tape and that player is mine!" The Guard slowly put the headphone down, rounded the table, taking out his electric shock stick and matched up to Quill.
The guard shocked Quill with his stick bringing Quill to his knees. Valkyrie gave a tiny flinch, which she quickly hid from her two prison guards with her in the tower. Quill let out a yell.
"Hooked on a Feeling, Blue Swede, 1973. That song belongs to me!" The Guard yells and shocks Quill again, then a second time. Quill screams and falls over onto the ground. The Guard continues to shock Quill on the ground.
Valkyrie sighed, turning the sound off of the video screen, thinking of the new information she had gained. 'So, Gamora might and might not be loyal to Thanos as everyone said.' Valkyrie smiled. Even though she wasn't sure if it was true or not, she could use this info when interrogating Gamora. 'She wouldn't do it on the first day, though. No. She would wait a week before trying to weasel information out of Gamora.'
After another hour of waiting, Valkyrie stood up and watched through the glass window in the tower as the group walked into the floor of the prison carrying their sleeping pad and in the yellow issued clothing, all except Groot.
Suddenly old food, from the first floor, was thrown down at the new arrivals. Valkyrie knew why the prisoners were doing this. All of the food was aimed at Gamora. There was shouting and name calling. Valkyrie didn't care to stop this. Gamora deserved it. She wasn't concerned what went on in there unless the inmates actions would intentionally, or accidentally, kill the person.
She continued to watch the new arrivals till one of the blue, burly, inmates started threatening Quill. Then she started actually listening in again, "Check out the new meat. I'm going to slather you up in Gunavian Jelly, and go to town…"
Just after he says that, Groot sticks his fingers up in his nose, growing longer, making the inmate growl in pain and Groot lifted the man a good five feet off the ground. Rocket started speaking, "Let's make one thing clear. This one here is our booty!" Rocket said, pointing at Quill.
Valkyrie raised her eyebrows.
"You wanna get to him, you go through us!" Rocket continued. "Or, more accurately, we go through you."
Valkyrie clearly heard the man's nose bones cracking. Groot let go of him and he fell to the floor, holding his nose in pain, crying.
Groot and Rocket walked off, Quill just standing there, seemingly in shock. He then recovered and pointed at Groot and Rocket saying, "I'm with them." He stepped over the guy on the floor and walked off, leaving the room in silence, except the inmate sobbing, "I hate you."
Valkyrie was right. Today wasn't boring.
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