"When I was little, well, littler, I never got to experience things that other kids had. I had barely seen my dad. I was never taught anything about the galaxy. I don't know how to have fun or relax. My father told me war was like a game. I had never experienced pain or sorrow. And then, my father thought I was ready." Tears started to leak from Victoria's eyes. "I went into battle with the Sakaarans." She started to hyperventilate as she continued her story. "I don't remember much. All I remember was there was blood everywhere. Then, a Sakaaran nicked me in my arm and killed the rest of my troop members. He said 'Tell your father, Thanos is done with his disobedience.'. I asked him what he meant. He told me my father worked for Thanos."

Gamora finally looked at the girl with tears in her eyes. "What?" Her voice cracked.

Victoria started sobbing harder. "My father lied to me about everything! He lied to me about war. He lied to me about what he's been doing for the past ten years of my life. He lied about everything! I knew something was up when my crew wanted to disobey his orders. We weren't supposed to fight, but we did anyways. Now, my whole crew is dead. I have no where to go and I have no one to turn to."

Gamora sat there in silence, not knowing what to say. There was a part of her that wanted to hug the young girl, but the other part of her knew it was probably best not to. "I'm sorry." The young girl wept until there was no tears left.

"What would you do?" She finally asked.

"I would,-" Gamora looked Victoria in her eyes. "I'll be right back." She wiped the tears from her face and left the young girl alone on the couch.

"No." Peter said, cleaning out his blasters.

"Peter, what's gotten into you? You're normally the noble one here. You should be the one asking us. Not the other way around." Gamora said sternly, throwing her arms up in the air. She crossed her arms and looked away from Peter.

"The only reason why I'm saying no is because Rocket will throw a hissy fit if another person lives on this ship." He threw his blaster on his bed and rubbed both of Gamora's arms. "Listen, I know she has no where to go, but she can't stay with us. I'll tell you what, we can drop her off on Xandar, give her a few units to get her started. She'll be-" Gamora pushed him away from her. Peter landed on his bed, with shock spread across his face. "Gam, I-"

"Save it, Quill. If she goes, I go too. She should not have to live like this." She turned away from Peter with hurt in her eyes. Peter tried to grab her arm but Gamora yanked it away and ran out of his cabin.

Peter rubbed the bridge of his nose. "Why did I just stick up for Rocket?" He got off his feet and ran through the ship to find Gamora.

Gamora grabbed a sheet and handed it to Victoria. "It gets cold on the ship but, this should do." The girl hesitantly took the sheet out of her hands.

"Thank you." She looked at her bag. Gamora followed her stare and walked towards it. She grabbed it and handed it to her.

"Was there something you needed?" Gamora asked with a soft smile. Victoria pulled out the same object she was looking at earlier. It was about the size of a troll doll, but soft. It was a stuffed animal; a stuffed dragon. The young girl looked at it. "Victoria?" She snapped out of her gaze and looked towards Gamora.

"Huh?"

"Is that-"

"It's nothing. It's just a stupid stuffed-" She tried to explain with embarrassment. Gamora sat next to her on the edge of the couch.

"Dragon of the Moon. Drax told me about it once." Gamora paused. "Victoria, you shouldn't be embarrassed to say that you still sleep with something."

"My mother gave it to me before she-"

Gamora placed a hand on Victoria's shoulder. "I'm sorry."

"It's fine. Sometimes I think that maybe, if she was still alive, I could have a normal childhood."

Peter ran into the room, panting. "There you are. I've been looking everywhere for you." Gamora stood up and glared at him. "I need to talk to you."

"About what, Peter?"

"Something important."

Gamora sighed and took her hand of off Victoria's shoulder. She gave her a soft smile. "Sleep well, Victoria." She followed Peter out of the room, turning out the lights before exiting.

Gamora slammed Peter against the wall. "What the hell do you want?" She said baring her teeth.

"Jesus, Gam." Gamora realized what she was doing and let go of him.

"Sorry."

"No, i'm sorry. I don't know why I stood up for Rocket. He's an asshole." He rubbed the back of his neck and stared at Gamora, who was staring at the ground. Peter walked up to her and slowly slid his arm around her waist. Still frowning, Gamora glared at him, but didn't move. "Listen, if keeping Tori here makes you feel better then i'll talk to the guys." Gamora's lips twitched a little. She was trying her hardest not to smile. "Now, want to talk about why you went all mama bear on me?" Gamora pushed him away and flicked him upside the head.

"I am not her mother."

"I never said you were, but you've been very motherly towards her since she arrived." Gamora finally allowed herself to smirk. Peter started to walk towards her and quickly wrapped both of his arms around her waist, making her gasp.

"And how is that?" She asked flirtatiously.

"Well for first off, you were the one who patched her up. Then, you wanted to talk to her alone about what happened. Then, you got pissed off when I said that she couldn't come with us and told me that you wouldn't let her go on her own." He smirked and leaned into her. She put a finger to his lips and laughed. "What?"

"You are so charming Star-Lord." She laughed one more time and started to walk away from Peter. He grabbed her arm and spun her in towards him. She landed with both hands on his chest, as he leaned in and kissed her. "There's Peter. Can't let me go?"

Peter laughed. "Not for the galaxy."

"That's a big promise."

"It's one i'll keep." He kissed her again. "Bed?"

Gamora laughed. "Bed." Peter wrapped his arm around her waist. Gamora laid her head on his shoulder and together they walked to Gamora's cabin.

A/N: Hey guys! I know this probably wasn't the best chapter I've written but, the next chapter will have a lot more fluff between these three. Thank you for the awesome reviews!