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All right, the first DPxMCU appearance of the Xander/Nova Twins since GHOSTLY GUARDIANS VOL 2. Here's chapter 3 everybody. :)
Chapter 3: Who The Hell Are You Guys?
In the vastness of outer space, billions of miles away from Earth, a M-ship called the Benatar is cruising pass multiple planets. On board the Benatar is the renowned intergalactic superhero group known as the Guardians of the Galaxy. It's now been four years since the Battle of Xandar and the Battle on Ego's Planet. In the past four years, the Guardians have been closer together as a family. Right now, they have receive the distress signal from the Statesman and are on their way to help, unaware of the Statesman's fate and not before listening to the hit 1976 song 'The Rubberband Man' by The Spinners, with Peter Quill, Gamora and Salzer Xander singing along.
(Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo)
Got his feet to movin', and that Rubberband off the ground!
(Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo)
He lifted it way up high, ha!
In the sky, 'y'all!
(Doo doo doo doo doo)
Oh get with it, y'all!
Hey, y'all prepare yourself for The Rubberband Man!
"Sing it, Drax!" Peter said to Drax, who was sleeping.
"I got this!" Salzer said before she continues to sing along.
You never heard a sound like The Rubberband Man!
You're bound to lose control when The Rubberband starts to jam!
Rocket Raccoon yawns in boredom before facing Peter.
"Why are we doing this again?" Rocket asked.
Rocket Raccoon, the genetically enhanced raccoon, former freelance criminal and one of the founding members of the Guardians of the Galaxy, has become slightly more empathetic in the past four years, showing a growing level of maturity though he still has his money-driven personality. Currently, he is questioning why the Guardians are heading to the location of the distress signal.
"It's a distress signal, Rocket. Someone could be dying." Gamora replied, concerned with helping people in distress.
Gamora, the former assassin and founding member of the Guardians of the Galaxy, has been more open with her fellow Guardians in the past four years and she's now Peter's girlfriend. However, she still has her aggressive edge and no-nonsense personality, hence trying to tell Rocket that people are dying from the distress signal.
"I get that, but why are we doing it?" Rocket asked.
"'Cause we're nice. And maybe whoever it is will give us a little cheddar cheese for our effort." Peter said.
Peter Quill, the half Human-half Celestial hybird who was abducted from Earth by the Yondu Ravager Clan 30 years ago, the former intergalactic outlaw and Ravager who is better known as Star-Lord and founding member and leader of the Guardians of the Galaxy, is very caring towards his fellow Guardians in the past four years, which drives him to protect them and makes him reluctant to hurt them. However, he is still naturally upbeat and sarcastic and always looking on the bright side, hence thinking the Guardians and himself will be paid by the people in distress.
"Which isn't the point." Gamora corrected.
"Which isn't the point. I mean, if he doesn't pony up..." Peter said.
"We take his ship." Drax said, which he has just woken up.
Drax, who is known as Drax the Destroyer, a former intergalactic criminal and a founding member of the Guardians of the Galaxy, has gotten more close with his fellow Guardians in the past four years. His exploits with the Guardians of the Galaxy have been a journey of renewal for him. However, his personality in not being smart remains the same.
"Exactly!" Rocket said.
"Bingo!" Peter said.
"All right!" Rocket said.
"Really? How can you think about rewards in a time like this." Salzer said.
"Seriously, a person's life has more value than a reward." Daranak said.
Twin siblings Daranak and Salzer Xander, the former Nova Corpsmen and ghost fighting veterans from the planet Xandar who are the well known half Xandarian-half ghost hybirds known as Daranak and Salzer Nova, also known as the famous Nova Twins, and founding members of the Guardians of the Galaxy, have grown close to their second family in the past four years. Daranak is more caring towards his fellow Guardians, but still serious when it comes to his job and protective for his teammates, especially his twin sister, who now made him have interest in visiting Earth someday. Salzer is still a kind, caring, and thoughtful woman who will do anything to protect her friends and twin brother and she is still serious when it comes to defending the galaxy from threats. She still has a desire to visit Peter's home world Earth someday. The two siblings were currently in their Xandarian forms on the journey to the Statesman.
Peter looks at Gamora, Daranak and Salzer and assured them that he was just saying for Rocket's benefit, which they nodded, realized that Peter never meant what he said.
"We are arriving." Mantis said.
Mantis, the young empathic woman raised by the Celestial and Peter's biological father Ego and recruited as a member of the Guardians of the Galaxy, has also become part of the family since the Battle on Ego's Planet. She has become close to her new friends, especially Drax, yet she can still be naive.
"All right, Guardians, don't forget this might be dangerous so let's put on our mean faces." Peter said.
"I don't know how we can have mean faces with Groot playing his video game." Daranak said.
Groot, the sentient tree-like individual and the accomplice of Rocket and offspring of the original Groot who was killed at Xandar, has been growing up in the past four years. Groot has now become the size of an adolescent, with the attitude of a Human approaching their teenage years. He is currently distracted by his video game and not paying attention to the situation, which distract the others.
"Groot, put that thing away, now. I don't wanna tell you again." Peter said, but Groot ignore him. "Groot."
"I am Groot!" Groot said sarcastically.
"Whoa!" Peter said.
"Language!" Rocket said.
"Hey!" Gamora said.
"Wow." Drax said.
"Watch it, Groot." Salzer said sternly.
"Someone should learn some matters." Daranak said sternly.
"You got some acorns on you, kid." Peter said.
"Ever since you got a little sap, you're a total d-hole. Now, keep it up, and I'm gonna smash that thing to pieces." Rocket threatened.
The Benatar finally arrived at the location of the distress signal. The first thing that the Guardians see is debris as the Statesman is already destroyed and looks in horror and shock to see bodies of dead Asgardians drifting in space.
"What happened?" Mantis asked.
"Oh, my God." Peter said.
"What the heck happen here?" Daranak asked.
"Those poor people." Salzer said.
"Looks like we're not getting paid." Rocket said.
Suddenly, Thor's body slam into the Benatar's windshield, which startled the Guardians.
"Wipers! Wipers! Get it off!" Rocket complained.
The Guardians suddenly gasp when Thor's eye opened, making them realized that he's still alive. A few minutes later, the Guardians rescued Thor and brought him aboard the Benatar before laying him on a nearby table. Everyone observes Thor while Rocket sniffs him. They still can't believe Thor survived in the hostile environment of outer space and the destruction outside.
"How the hell is this dude still alive?" Peter asked in disbelief.
"He is not a dude. You're a dude." Drax said before pointing at Thor. "This... This is a man. A handsome, muscular man."
"I'm muscular." Peter said, trying to defend his physique.
"But who are you kidding, Quill? You're one sandwich away from fat." Rocket said.
"Yeah, right." Peter said.
"It's true, Quill. You have put on weight." Drax said.
"What?" Peter asked in disbelief, which Drax reply with signals to him saying he gained weight. "Gamora, do you think I'm..."
Mantis on the other hand, was using her Empathic Manipulation powers to read Thor's emotions as she places her hand on his forehead and her antennas glow.
"He is anxious, angry. He feels tremendous loss and guilt." Mantis said.
"Why would anyone want to harm a handsome guy like him." Salzer said, as she's in awe by Thor's physique, despite that she's not into muscular guys.
"Okay, Salzer, this guy is kinda old for you and I thought you were into scrawny guys." Daranak said, weird out by Salzer's behavior.
"Scrawny guys are my type, but that doesn't mean I can't be in awe on this guys physique." Salzer said.
"It's like a pirate had a baby with an angel." Drax said.
"Wow. This is a real wake up call for me. Okay. I'm gonna get a Bowflex. I'm gonna commit. I'm gonna get some dumbbells." Peter said, put out by his team's fascination over Thor.
"You know you can't eat dumbbells, right?" Rocket joked.
"You know, I can help you with the workouts. It explains why I'm taller than Salzer, which makes people think that we're not twins, but we are." Daranak said.
"It's like his muscles are made of Cotati metal fibers." Gamora said as she massage Thor's arm.
"Definitely." Salzer said.
"Stop massaging his muscles." Peter said, not liking Gamora's fascination of Thor's physique.
"Jealous?" Salzer asked with a smirk, which Peter sighed.
"Wake him up." Peter ordered Mantis.
Mantis place her hand on Thor's forehead and her antennas glowed once more.
"Wake." Mantis commanded softly.
At that moment, Thor woke up yelling and immediately got up, which made the Guardians go on defensive poses and some grabbed their weapons. Thor breathe heavily. He then turns to see the Guardians; Peter aiming his Quad Blasters, Drax holding his knives, Gamora prepping to pull out her sword the Godslayer, Rocket aiming his cannon, Daranak and Salzer still in their Xandarian forms, but their purple eyes glowed yellow and their fists were glowing yellow ecto-energy, Groot still playing his game and Mantis also ready to fight.
"Who the hell are you guys?" Thor asked.
Afterwards, everyone greeted each other and the Guardians provided Thor with food and a blanket before he told them about Thanos and what he has done to the Statesman and his people. The Guardians, especially Gamora, couldn't believe what Thor has told them. Gamora looks out a window as she begins to tell Thor about her stepfather Thanos.
"The entire time I knew Thanos, he only ever had one goal. To bring balance to the universe by wiping out half of all life. He used to kill people planet by planet, massacre by massacre." Gamora said.
"Including my own." Drax said, remembering that Thanos is responsible for killing his wife and daughter years ago.
"If he gets all six Infinity Stones, he can do it with the snap of his fingers like this." Gamora said as she snap her fingers.
"You seem to know a great deal about Thanos." Thor said.
"Gamora is the daughter of Thanos." Drax said.
Thor look at Gamora, who looked down in shame.
"Your father killed my brother." Thor said with a hint of anger as he gets up and approached Gamora.
"Oh, boy. Stepfather, technically. And she hates him as much as you do." Peter said.
Thor look at Gamora and had sympathy for her since he knows what she went through.
"Families can be tough. Before my father died, he told me that I had a half-sister that he imprisoned in Hel. And then she returned home and stabbed me in the eye. So I had to kill her. That's life though, isn't it, I guess. Goes round and round and... I feel your pain." Thor said, remembering how he, with the help of Loki, Brunnhilde, Bruce, Danny and Dani, had to kill his sister Hela during Ragnarok four months ago, which he lost his right eye in the process.
"I feel your pain as well, because I mean, it's not a competition, but I've been through a lot. My father killed my mother. And then I had to kill my father. That was hard. Probably even harder than having to kill a sister. Plus, I came out with both my eyes, which was..." Peter said, remembering how he and the Guardians had to kill his egomaniac father Ego four years ago after learning he killed his mother Meredith Quill and prevent his Expansion plan.
"I need a hammer, not a spoon." Thor said before approaching the Benatar's space pod. "How do I open this thing? Is there some sort of, uh... A four-digit code, maybe? Maybe a birthdate." Thor said as he tried to type a password to get access to the pod.
"Uh, what are you doing?" Rocket asked.
"Taking your pod." Thor said.
"No, you're not." Peter said in a deep voice as he intimates Thor, which weird out the others. "You will not be taking our pod today, sir."
"Uh... Quill, are you making your voice deeper?" Rocket asked.
"No." Peter replied with his Thor-like voice.
"You are. You're imitating the god-man. It's weird." Drax said.
"No, I'm not." Peter said, still in his Thor-like voice, making Mantis gasp.
"He just did it again!" Mantis said.
"Peter, we know what your voice sounds like. Knock it off." Daranak said.
"Yeah, that's not your voice, and you're not doing a great job at it too." Salzer said.
"This is my voice." Peter said still in his Thor-like voice.
Thor didn't take kindly and approached Peter.
"Are you mocking me?" Thor asked.
"Are you mocking me?" Peter copied.
"Stop it. You did it again." Thor said.
"He's trying to copy me." Peter said.
"No, he's not." Daranak said.
"I need you to stop doing that." Thor said.
"Enough!" Gamora said.
"He's doing it first." Thor said.
"We need to stop Thanos. Which means we need to find out where he's going next." Gamora said.
"Knowhere." Thor said, which confused Mantis.
"He must be going somewhere." Mantis said.
"No, no. Knowhere? It's a place. We've been there. It sucks." Peter said, remembering the first and last time he and the other Guardians, except Mantis, went to Knowhere. He then sees Thor grabbing some food. "Excuse me, that's our food."
"Not anymore." Thor said as he unwraps some food.
"Thor, why would he go to Knowhere?" Gamora asked.
"Because for years, the Reality Stone's been safely stored there with a man called the Collector." Thor said, remembering how after he defeated the Dark Elve's leader Malekith in the Second Dark Elf Conflict 5 years ago, the Reality Stone was given to the Collector by the Asgardians to keep it safe.
"If it's with the Collector, then it's not safe. Only an idiot would give that man a stone." Peter said, remembering the last time the Guardians, except Mantis, met the Collector.
"Or a genius." Thor said.
"Wait, are you telling us the Collector had an Infinity Stone all these years?" Daranak asked in shock.
"Yeah, he almost acquire a second stone the last time we saw him. And trust me, not the best person to give a Infinity Stone after what happen when we last saw him." Salzer said.
"How do you know he's not going for one of the other stones?" Gamora asked.
"There are six stones out there. Thanos already has the Power Stone because he stole it last week when he decimated Xandar." Thor replied, revealing that Thanos attacked Xandar and destroyed the Nova Corps, decimating the Nova Empire in process, and retrieved the Power Stone before using it to massacre half the Xandarian population.
"WHAT?! He destroyed our home?!" Daranak and Salzer said, in shock to learn that Thanos has attacked their home world and didn't know about it.
The other Guardians were also in shock to learn about what happen to Xandar. After all, except for Mantis, they almost die trying to protect it and it cost the life of the original Groot. Daranak and Salzer then began to think about their family and friends back at Xandar, hoping that they might have survived. They also start to think about the rest of the Infinity Stones now that Thanos got the Power Stone that was in the Orb back at the Nova Corps' vault.
"So he destroyed Xandar and got the Power Stone from the Nova Corps' vault. What about the other stones?" Daranak said, still in shock about what happen to his and Salzer's home planet.
"He stole the Space Stone from me when he destroyed my ship and slaughtered half my people. The Time and Mind Stones are safe on Earth. They're with the Avengers." Thor said.
"The Avengers?" Peter asked.
"Who's the Avengers?" Salzer asked.
"Earth's mightiest heroes." Thor replied.
"Like Kevin Bacon?" Mantis asked.
"He may be on the team. I don't know. I haven't been there in a while." Thor replied, not realized who Mantis asked about.
"Never thought the Humans would have their own superhero group." Daranak said.
"Me too. Maybe we should meet them should we visit Earth someday." Salzer said.
"Anyway, as for the Soul Stone, well, no one's ever seen that. No one even knows where it is. Therefore Thanos can't get it. Therefore he's going to Knowhere. Hence he'll be getting the Reality Stone. You're welcome." Thor said.
"Then we have to go to Knowhere now." Gamora said.
"Definitely. Thanos cannot get a third Infinity Stone." Salzer said.
"Wrong. Where we have to go is Nidavellir." Thor said.
"That's a made up word." Drax said.
"All words are made up." Thor said.
"Nidavellir is real? Seriously? That place is a legend. They make the most powerful, horrific weapons to ever torment the universe. I would very much like to go there, please." Rocket said with excitement, making Thor smile.
"The rabbit is correct and clearly the smartest among you." Thor said, as Salzer tried to hold back her laughter at the nickname Thor provided to Rocket.
"Rabbit?" Rocket said in confusion.
"Only Eitri the Dwarf can make me the weapon I need." Thor said before turning his attention to Rocket. "I assume you're the captain, sir."
"You're very perceptive." Rocket said.
"You seem like a noble leader. Will you join me on my quest to Nidavellir?" Thor asked.
"Let me ask the captain. Oh, wait a second, it's me! Yeah. I'll go." Rocket replied, while having bragging rights about being called the captain.
"Wonderful!" Thor said.
"Uh, except for that I'm the captain." Peter said.
"Quiet." Thor said as he grabs Peter's backpack.
"That's my backpack." Peter said.
"Go sit down." Rocket said.
"Look, this is my ship. And I'm not goin' to... Wait, what kinda weapon are we talkin' about here?" Peter asked.
"The Thanos-killing kind." Thor replied.
"Don't you think that we should all have a weapon like that?" Peter asked.
"No. You simply lack the strength to wield them. Your bodies would crumble as your minds collapsed into madness." Thor said.
"Is it weird that I wanna do it even more now?" Rocket asked.
"Mmm, a little bit, yeah." Thor said.
"If we don't go to Knowhere and Thanos retrieves another stone he'll be too powerful to stop." Gamora said.
"He already is." Thor said.
"I got it figured out. We got two ships and a large assortment of morons. So me and Groot will go with the pirate angel here. And the morons will go to Knowhere to try and stop Thanos. Cool? Cool." Rocket said.
"So cool." Thor said.
"Uh, not cool. You mean, you, Groot, pirate angel and us two morons." Daranak said, gesturing Salzer and himself.
"Yeah, there's no way you're gonna get separate from Daranak and I this time, Rocket." Salzer said.
"What, are you serious?" Rocket asked in annoyance.
"Yes, we're serious 'captain' 'cause the last time we got separated, you cause a big ruckus in the Contraxia dimensional plane of the Ghost Zone and Salzer and I had to defeat the evil ghosts there to save your sorry butt and the others. We're coming too." Daranak said.
"And not to mention this is my big opportunity to visit Earth since Thor has been there before, and maybe meet those Avengers that Thor has mentioned. Thor, my twin brother and I will happily join your quest to Nidavellir." Salzer said.
"Excellent." Thor said with a smile.
"For the record, I know that you're going with him because it's where Thanos isn't." Peter said to Rocket.
"You know, you really shouldn't talk that way to your captain, Quill." Rocket bragged. "Come on, Groot. Put that game down. You'll rot your brain."
"Well, sis. Let's join Thor, along with Rocket and Groot here, to Nidavellir." Daranak said.
"You said it, brother." Salzer said.
Thor, Rocket, Groot, Daranak and Salzer then boarded the Benatar's space pod.
"I bid you farewell and good luck, morons. Bye." Thor said.
With that, Thor, Rocket, Groot, Daranak and Salzer starts the long journey to Nidavellir while the other Guardians heads to Knowhere.
And that's the end of this chapter. Well, the Guardians have met Thor. And it can't be a Ghostly Guardians chapter without the lyrics to a well known song. The lyrics of the song 'The Rubberband Man' is own by The Spinners. Well, Thanos has destroyed Daranak and Salzer's home planet and eliminate half of the Xandarian population the previous week. Gotta feel bad for the Xander/Nova twin siblings. Well, the Guardians now heard about the Avengers and Salzer now has her chance to finally visit Earth. Well, next chapter, we will see a little The Ultimate Return reunion and see what our beloved Team Phantom, especially their leaders Danny and Dani, has been up too in the three weeks since destroying Hertha, the Harvesters and the Keep with the alternate Team Phantom (Mikaela2015's Team Phantom from the Phantom Twins series) in the story DANI PHANTOM: THE DIMENSIONAL WAR. Please review. :)
