Chapter 5.
This is it! Chapter 5! Hope you enjoy it! And the "Holiday Special" part ends in this chapter! Btw, if any of you notice any difference in Mark's behaviour from the first story, it's probably because, in my mind, he'd become more independent. I don't own any of these characters except Mark. Please leave a comment/review. Oh, and happy Easter (ironic)!
A few minutes later, back on board the Bowie, Mark walked with Kraglin and Kevin to the bridge. He couldn't stop thinking about the way Quill described their little 'trip'. He couldn't get out of his head that the more appropriate word to describe getting Kevin Bacon as a present was more "Kidnapping/Abduction" than "Trafficking". "That man was plant." Kevin spoke. "Oh, Groot? He's just a kid. Sorry about all this stuff." Kraglin replied. "Once again, Mr Bacon, it was truly nothing personal." Mark added regretfully. "What's that on your head?" Kevin asked, looking at the red control thing on Kraglin's head, the same one as Yondu had before he died. "That is a device for controlling a flying arrow. But I am not quite got the hang of it yet. I know this must all be a shock to you, but it's only cause you mean a great deal to Pete that they've done it." Kraglin answered as they approached the front of the cockpit, Mar standing in between them. "Yeah, I mean, Peter didn't have much to talk about growing up, but one thing he did love was telling us all stories about the movies he saw you in." Mark said, looking rightwards/upwards at Kevin. "Me?" Kevin asked, looking down at him. "Yeah, especially the one where you saved a town through dancing. Sometimes I can't help but think that that inspired him to do a dance off to save the galaxy. For real. You kind of gave him the keys to be a hero. Me and the others, we were just hoping you'd bring the joy of Christmas back into his heart, honestly." Mark answered honestly, before Kevin looked ahead and sat down in the chair to his right. Then suddenly his phone started ringing. He frantically took it out of his pocket and looked at it. "Whoa! How on Earth do you get reception up here?" Kevin asked, surprised. "Oh, the technology in this will get you signal within about 400 million light-years." Mark answered, still standing where he was, looking at Kevin, who accepted the call and held it too his ear. "Hi, honey. Yeah, no, I'm just with some friends. Hey, would it be okay if I'm just a little bit late? I got some friends here that kind of need to learn about Christmas." Kevin spoke into the phone, presumably to his wife, and saying the last bit made Mark smile happily, and then he had a brainwave.
Later, Kevin (wearing a Christmas-y shirt and jacket) was with Bizer's band, everyone gathered around in the main plaza again, Mark (standing in front of/in between Quill and Mantis, with his Santa hat back on his head) the band assembled onto a stage. Then the music started, which Mark instantly liked. And then Kevin started singing.
When we are born we are swaddled and snuggled
Mark was surprised that Kevin Bacon could even sing.
Whispered to, fussed over, tickled and cuddled
As the song started, Mark smiled, already enjoying it.
When we grow up, things get muddled, and here it is, Christmas Time
Will you stop by for a piece of delicious peach pie?
While I tell you my yuletide wishes you can help me do the dishes
Cause here it is, Christmas time
For the first time in a long, long time, since after he left Earth and became who was, Mark was rediscovering the Christmas Spirit.
And we all want someone who will love us and hold us
To curl up alongside when nights are the coldest
We all want someone who will hug us and kiss us
All I want is you for Christmas
Dra walked up to Mark, holding in his hands a thin object wrapped in blue snowflake wrapping paper. Mark smiled Drax stopped in front of him, holding out the present (the first present Mark had had in years) which Mark then grabbed with his left-hand paw and then started opening it with his other paw hand, revealing a blue dog bowl with a white paw pattern on it, with his name "MARK" written in black. Mark grinned and chuckled happily at his wonderful present.
Let us examine the holiday spirit
"Oh, Rocket." Mark spoke in a sing-song way, as he led Nebula towards Rocket, both paw-hands holding the left-hand side (his left) end of a red snowflake wrapped box, Nebula holding the other end. Nebula let go of the other end, Mark then bending his back forwards as he set his end down. Then he stepped to the centre and bent his hind legs, kneeling down, looking at Rocket's face as he untied the red bow, opened the top, revealing a specific/certain grey and blue metallic arm, which he lifted up and held in his hands. "Bucky's arm?" He asked, the looked at the two with his mouth gaped open slightly and tearful eyes. "Merry Christmas, pal." Mark replied, with a smile, glad to see him happy. "Merry Christmas." Nebula spoke.
Let the small kids sing so we can all hear it
Light up a fire and pull the chair near it
Cause here it is, Christmas time
We all want someone who will love us and hold us
To curl up alongside when nights are the coldest
And We all want someone who will hug us and kiss us
All I want is you for Christmas
Mark walked up Cosmo, who sat in front of Kraglin. As he approached, Cosco turned her head rightwards to look at him, as he knelt down before her. He then moved his front paw hands towards the metal rip of her Soviet space suit, then attack to the bottom a gold star, with the word "COSMO" written on it, like a dog tag. Cosmo looked at him for a second as he stroked the top of her head, then licked the left-hand side of his muzzle, making him laugh and close his eyes.
While bobbing his head slightly, he looked rightwards to see that even Nebula was having a good time was she was moving her arms to the music.
When we are born, we are swaddled and snuggled
Whispered to, fussed over, tickled and cuddled
And when we grow up, things get muddled
And here it is, Christmas time
We all want someone who will love us and hold us
Mark stood with some of the others as Groot came over to them with a bunch of wrapped boxes in his arms, which everyone then took one of. Mark took one, opened the top, revealing a wooden model of him standing on a bar table with people around it while drinking Eggnog. Which is exactly what he did on Earth. His eyes widened and his mouth went into a straight line in surprise, then grinned. Then he heard Kraglin laughing, looked leftwards to see his model, was of him holding a tiny him, then another even smaller him, then when Kraglin rightwards, which is what the models were doing, Mark chuckled as he looked at it.
To curl up alongside when nights are the coldest
And we all want someone who will hug us and kiss us
All I want is you for Christmas
All I want is you for Christmas
All I want is you for Christmas
Then everyone started cheering and clapping, Mark included.
After that, Mark (in between Mantis and Kraglin, in front of Nebula) and the others gathered to see Kevin off. "The best Christmas ever. Oh, come on. Bring it in." Quill said, holding his arms out. Kevin then held his arms out a bit then walked to Quill and hugged him. Then Mark and the others joined in, Mark hugging Kevin and Mantis's legs, feeling Kraglin and Groot get behind him, but he didn't notice. Then the hug ended and everyone parted, Mark taking a few steps back. "Okay. All right. Love you, guys." Kevin spoke as he and Kraglin began to walk away. "We love you, Kevin Bacon." Cosmo spoke. "Bye, Kevin Bacon." Mark and most of the others and some of the locals said. "See you, Kevin Bacon." Rocket mumbled. "We love you, Kevin Bacon." Drax spoke, then turn looked around. "Hey, I'll see you at Easter." Kevin spoke. "Oh, no. That was our last kidnapping, swear me down." Mark said back with a chuckle as Kraglin and Kevin walked away.
A few minutes later, Mark stood on Martis's left, with her and Quill on a platform, leaning his back against the bannisters, with his shoulders on the second beam. "I can't believe you guys did all of that for me. I mean, why?" Quill asked, which made Mark look rightwards and upwards to face him. "Why, what?" Mantis asked him, also looking at him. "Why would you go to the trouble of going all the way to Earth to…. abduct Kevin Bacon?" Peter asked/explained. "Well, Kraglin told us about how Yondu ruined Christmas for you. So, we wanted to make it up for you." Mark answered. "Yeah, we wanted to save it for you." Mantis added. Quill stared in silence, then looked away and then he chuckled. Mark narrowed his eyes in confusion. "I'm not sure Kraglin knows how that story ended." Quill replied. Then he explained that Yondu actually looked at the present Quill got for him, which was a little trinket. And in return, he gave Quill a present, which turned out to be his Quad-Blasters. Mark smiled in response, as that was very nice. "That is so sweet." Mantis said with a smile. "That's Yondu." Quill replied. "Yeah. And I never suspected that your Quad-Blasters were actually a Christmas present. Wow." Mark added with a smile as he then walked away from them, still smiling. All in all, it had been very good Christmas for him. Maybe the best ever.
And that's the fifth chapter and the "Holiday Special" part done! Hope you enjoyed it! Not sure when I will start the next chapter (which will start "Volume 3"), and there might be a few months of waiting, though I do plan to see it at the cinema, so please be patient. I am reconsidering Mark and Cosmo, but I will wait until I've actually seen "Volume 3" to make that decision. Please leave a review. And HAPPY EASTER!