Well, I think today should be an early update day. Now, let's get back to Elsa, Peter and the rest of Guardians...
Chapter Four: A Slice of the Big Apple
Two Months Later and Elsa is still thinking about what happened to Flatts. Bucky said about Anna being in HYDRA's control but why would they want Anna for? For bait? Experiments? Control over her? Anyway, Elsa was determined to find out why. It was too early to head back to Terra to confront them for Anna and Olaf. The only family she had now (besides Kristoff) was in Hydra's control. What about Captain America? All she knew that he was hunting for Bucky with Sam. What about the Avengers? She would be a member if she came back to Terra. Slowly but surely; she was forgetting about Earth and focusing on space and the planets that she hasn't explored.
"Elsa. We're near. Come on up to the cockpit..." Rocket said in a nervous but kind tone which was very unlike him. "Thanks Rocket." Elsa thanked him as the two went up to the cockpit. Peter was driving the Milano with Gamora as the co-pilot as the ship was heading to the giant decapitated head of an Celestial. "Wow. What is this place?" Elsa asked in awe to which Peter answered in a cocky tone "Knowhere..."
Meanwhile back on Xandar, Yondu found his crashed ship. He kicked it with force then shouted "That bitch!" He stopped then he took a deep breath. He went inside the ship and turned on the communicator to see that Peter contacted the ship earlier. "It seems that she's under Quill's protection..." He said to himself before he looked at his first mate and the rest of the ravagers outside his ship. "I don't get mad, Quill...I just get even..." Yondu proclaimed as he left his ship to find Elsa and Peter.
Back on the Milano, the Guardians and Elsa were ready to step back out onto Knowhere. "Elsa, stay near us. The scum of the universe resides here. You don't want to make eye contact with them..." Gamora warned as the ship landed. "We need to see if my third party is ok after what happened a month ago..." Gamora explained as the group began to walk around Knowhere. "You mean The Collector?" Peter asked before Gamora give him a look of disgust.
"I don't see why we should do this..." Rocket said in a sarcastic and grouchy tone to which Peter butted in to explain why "Remember what I said a month ago. We have to do something good, something bad..." "...A bit of both. I get it Quill. No need to hammer it in." Rocket finished the sentence in a very cocky and mocking tone.
They spent hours looking for the Collector but nothing until Elsa saw something odd. "Guys, have you ever seen a human-like duck wearing a suit before?" Elsa asked as she looked down a very dark alley. Darker than any other in Knowhere. "Elsa, you might be seeing things." Rocket critically crushed what she said as he continued to look with Groot who was still in the plant pot. "No, Rocket. I see it too." Peter said in shock as he saw the duck. It started to run away from the group. "Grab it!" He shouted as the group began to run after the duck.
It ran for it's life. Through the market place and the houses to try to get away from the group. It jumped over a market stall smoothly as Peter pressed the play button on his walkman. "Sweet Dreams Are Made of this. Who am I to disagree..." Peter began to sing along with the cassette of the "Awesome Mix Vol 2" which his mother gave him before she passed away twenty six years ago.
Soon the duck turned into the remains of the Collector's...how should I put this?...Collection. "He was leading us to him..." Peter said as he pressed the stop button on his walkman. "Like hell I did?!" A thick New York accented male voice said in the distance. "Who said that?" Drax said as the voice spoke again. "Look in front of you." It was the duck. It wore a red suit with a red tie and white collar shirt. It was drinking some kind of green coloured Martini.
"The name's Howard. Howard the Duck" It introduced itself in the same thick New York accent. "My holiday has just got weirder..." Elsa said in awe. "Holiday? HA!" Howard spoke in a sarcastic and humorous tone. It began to laugh. "The only reason you're here is cause of that Yondu fellow. By the way, Quill; you know he's pissed about you helping this young lady out?" Howard explained before Peter asked "How do you know me? Most importantly, how do you know about Elsa here?"
"Yondu tried to talk to my...collector. I snooped around to catch the details..." Howard explained as he drank the rest of the Martini. He looked at the glass which was empty then turned around and shouted "Yo. Collector! Do you have any more of this stuff? It's better than the Beer back in my dimension."
A old man who had white hair, a cape made out of some kind of alien skin and gold chains coming out of his shirt walked out of the rubble that was once his collection. "The Collector..." Gamora said with joy before the man corrected her " Taneleer Tivan. Please Call me Tivan." "It's nice to see that you're alive after...that fiasco." Peter said in a joking manner.
"Oh yes. Is the Orb out of Ronan's hands?" The Collector asked as Rocket answered cocky and statistically "It's safe all right. Ronan's isn't around anymore and the Orb is safe with the Nova Corps." "I am Groot." Groot said in a high pitched voice. "Great to know it's safe.." The Collector said in a very joyful and yet kinda sad tone. "Wait...Can I know what went on?" Elsa asked gracefully. The Collector turned to look at Elsa and walked up to her. "I knew I felt colder than your last visit. What power seem to be in you my dear?" He spoke in interest with Elsa's powers. He softly grabbed her left arm to feel her body temperature. She was ice cold.
"Get away from me!" She shouted as she jumped back and threw a line of ice down to get away from the Collector. "Calm it Elsa!" Peter shouted before he stopped to think about what he would say next. "...He was like this last time with Groot and Rocket..." he continued to calm down Elsa before Peter stopped. He thought about his next sentence. He continued jokingly "He's always like this."
"Don't worry. You interest me. You would do nicely..." The Collector said in awe of Elsa as he walked up to Elsa to feel her again. She took two steps back before warning him "I'm sorry. I don't feel the same way. We just met." Elsa tired to put the Collector down from advancing but then he continued "...in my other collection." "Oh." Elsa felt embarrassed.
"I can imagine you have a lot of work to do, Gamora with your new pals. I'll keep in contact but please take Howard with you. He's driving me nuts." The Collector said his goodbyes before Howard butted in "Before I go, do you have anymore of that green Martini? I really want..." He hiccuped before drunkly continuing his sentence in the thick New York accent of his "...it more than my beer." "I hope to see this lady in the future. It's been nice doing business with you." The Collector proclaimed.
The Guardians, Elsa and Howard left him with a Russian dog in a space suit. He turned to the dog and said statistically to it "Now, you can lick me anyway you want..."
Howard as joined the Guardians. Yeah. The next couple of chapters are going to be fun. The next chapter (my personal favourite) will go live tomorrow then another chapter on Wednesday followed by the last one on Friday. Until then, please fav, review and follow this story if you like it. :)