They silently landed the Milano in the less populated area of Crimson's ship. The only two guards in that room were killed by Gamora in a flash. Yondu couldn't help but ponder on the thought: If Lotus was technically his granddaughter. Well, he 'kind of' raised Peter so… yeah. She was sort of his granddaughter.

Gamora took deep breaths to calm herself. If Crimson Red touched one single hair on Lotus, she was going to hell. Rocket growled. He carried his big gun over his shoulder, ready to shot certain red hooded woman. If he saw her, he was going to make sure every single part of her body was dripping blood and begging for mercy, something he was not going to give Crimson. Drax and Groot were very, VERY pissed off. Nobody stole their niece. And Groot was missing his best friend and playing partner. Lastly, Peter put on his mask but he was burning in rage. Nobody stoles HIS daughter and lived to tell about it. So yeah, the guardians were PISSED OFF.

The reached a hallway with many other connecting to it. Peter frowned. "Ok, team." He turned to face the guardians and Yondu. "We we'll divide and go individually. There are six hallways."

"Are you sure, Peter?" Drax asked.

"Crystal. Let's go." Peter turned to Yondu. "And Yondu?"

"Yeah?"

"If you try to escape, I'll find you were ever you go and will make sure you suffer greatly."

"Fine, fine. I'll promise I'll find your precious little daughter." He rolled his eyes. 'And my granddaughter…' He thought.

And they guardians did as told.

OOO

Peter walked through a dark hallway, mask still on and pistols at hand and charged just in case. He gave a tired sigh. It was frustrating. To be a worried father looking for his lost daughter. The only thing he wanted to do was to find her, to know that she was safe and sound. Next thing on his list was to kill red riding hood. His footsteps echoed through the hallway as he took a right turn. A Thanos' soldier saw him and pointed his gun at Peter. Of course, Star-Lord didn't had time for this bitch. So he just shot the guy with his element gun.

Peter walked pass the now dead soldier. He keep walking for several more minutes until he heard a cry. Lotus' cry.

His heart beat accelerated. He ran across the hallway, eager to get his baby girl. He took a right turn and encountered himself with a door. Lotus' cries came from behind that door. He kicked it open and ran inside the vast room. It seemed to be a lab of some sort. Oh, when he gets his hands on Crimson…

He quietly walked through the lab tables full of strange chemicals and devices, Gun at hand and mask on. It was quiet. Too quiet for his taste. The only sounds that filled the air were Lotus' cries and some strange looking and colorful liquids that were cooking, making bubbles thanks to the hot temperatures they were in. He looked at a far wall and a picture was hanging there. It was a picture of Stan Lee, the janitor from the Nova Corps headquarters, giving a thumbs-up to whoever took the picture. The picture was even autographed. He raised an eyebrow and shook his head, deciding that he will leave it like that. 'It's just my mind playing some fucking tricks on me. It's the stress…' He thought. He walked through a few more tables and tall cases with chemical experiments in crystal bottles. He walked around one and found something that made him scared. And happy at the same time. Scared because his little daughter was crying non-stop in a large crystal box with holes that allowed her to breath. And he was happy because she was fine. Safe and sound.

He ran towards her, and put his gun back in place. "Lotus!" He exclaimed happily.

The baby looked at him but keep crying. Oh right, he had his mask on. She probably didn't recognized him because of it. He clicked a small bottom on his ear and the mask disappeared into a small earpiece. He put both of his hands in the glass. "Lotus, it's me. Daddy."

The baby stopped crying and squealed happily in recognition. "Dada!" Her daddy had come to save her from the evil lady! Her daddy had come back for her! She laughed and put a hand on the glass as well, close to her daddy's hand, trying to feel his hand's warmth. But she couldn't. The strange shiny and transparent wall keep them apart.

"I'm getting you out of this forsaken place, sweetheart." He said with a small smile.

"Not so fast, Star-Lord."

Peter suddenly felt a metal-like-collar surrounding his neck. His hands immediately tried to get free from the strange collar. He felt like he was suffocating. Lotus started crying again. He turned around and saw Crimson Red smirking behind him, with a remote control on her hand. Her red hood was on. "She led you right to my trap. You're mine now, darling."

"Crimson Red. We finally meet. Did you know that you are a bitch?"

Crimson shook her head. "Oh Peter, how could you say such things? You hurt me. I'm only trying to help you do a greater good."

"Oh really? What good will that be? Because as far as I know, kidnapping wasn't any good."

"You'll serve Thanos and he will be your master."

"You're kidding right? I don't follow anyone's orders. Not even Nova Prime's! Well, sometimes…" He said, still trying to get rid of the collar.

"You will soon. And don't worry about your little daughter here." Crimson gestured Lotus, who was crying even more. "She will be raised by good hands and become a deathly assassin and servant to Thanos and me."

"NO!"

"Don't you worry, darling." Crimson gave a dark chuckle. "She will not need any modifications of any sort like Gamora did."

Peter stopped struggling at the word 'modification'. Fear for his daughter consumed him some ways he never thought it would.

"For you see, you have passed down the anomaly in your system to Lotus. It will allow her to control the Infinity Stones. Something that Thanos likes. But she is too little to control them. So I decided that I will go to someone mature enough to do so. It's you. But I knew you wouldn't cooperate with Thanos' great cause. So I invented a mind controlling device/collar that I will use on you."

"No…"

"Yes. I used Lotus as bait to get you come here. Wonderful plan, isn't it?"

Peter looked at the woman. She was crazy!

"By the way, whatever you passed down to Lotus isn't the only power she has." She walked towards a computer attached to the glass cage Lotus was in. "She has very high energy signals, which led me to discover that it is indeed attached to her beautiful pink eyes." She turned to Peter. "She has energy powers quite different from what I've seen in the few people I've met that possesses this type of gift. It's probably because what you passed down to her has something to do. She might even do some extraordinary unique things."

Crimson walked towards the frozen Peter, standing five feet away from him. "I remember I left a baby at some handsome bastard's door and I left. It was days later that I discovered how powerful was that baby's father. Because I discovered he was only a petty little human that destroyed Ronan the Accuser. I searched for information. I found out how that bastard destroyed Ronan. I searched for more. I went to the Collector's place and told me about Lotus. That she was special. And that she had your power."

Peter watched in shock and horror as Crimson took a step closer, her heel sounds echoed through the room.

"I formulated a plan, stole the Orb, created a mind controlling device and here you are both. In my claws." She gently removed her hood, revealing natural red blood lips, hair and eyes. "I believe she got something from me too, darling. Energy powers. If combined with your power, she's mostly invisible. She will be one powerful warrior." She batted her eyelashes to him. "Don't you recognize me, darling?"

Peter looked at her. "Ruby…"

Crimson nodded. "Yes, that is my birth name. But I prefer Crimson Red. It sounds more evil and intimidating."

"But… but it was just a one night stand!"

Crimson nodded. She took two steps closer, facing him. "Yes, it was. But I got pregnant, and then I gave birth to Lotus. I looked for you in the first four months of Lotus life so I could give her to you. I didn't wanted her at first, but things change, right?" She gently grabbed his chin and kissed him gently on the lips, against Peter's wishes. She stopped the kiss and looked at him with a seductive look in her eyes. Suddenly, she frowned. Her red eyes seemed to glow a little bit in anger. "You will usually kiss any woman with the desire to take her to bed." She looked straight into Peter's eyes.

His eyes were full of something different. Something that was not there when she last saw him. Love. True love. But it was not for her.

"There's another woman, isn't there?" She asked quietly, angry at the man.

Peter gave her look of pure hatred. "Actually there are two. And one of them is inside your little stupid glass box."

Crimson's eyes glowed with a more intense red. "Then who is-!" She realized. She lowered her voice. "It's Gamora, isn't she?"

Peter did not answered.

"I thought…" Her voice came out as a whisper, but there was still that anger.

"Well, open your eyes. Every woman that has ever sleep with me always seem to think they are the only ones." His face soften a little bit. "But Gamora is truly the one for me."

Crimson's eyes fully glowed. She backed away. And held up the remote control for the collar around Peter's neck. "Well, I don't care. She's just a bitch I'll make you kill. And then, I'll allow you to use your mind for a few minutes so you can see what you have done to your beloved Gamora."

"NO!"

Crimson pushed the red bottom.