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Vision's attackers hesitated, but Wanda did not, using her abilities to wrench every single one of their weapons from their hands. The burly alien charged, but Vision leapt to his feet, increasing his density and throwing himself between him and Wanda, and grabbing his hands with his own much smaller ones to halt his charge.

"Stop! Wanda is just a young Mother trying to protect her children.." Vision turned his head to check on his charges. Wanda's eyes were still glowing red, keeping the weapons out of reach, and Billy was huddled low in his cradle, afraid, although Tommy watched with interest. "And all I want is to protect all of them.."

"Drax, simmer down" Quill instructed. "I think we should let him explain.."

"But.." the burly alien, Drax apparently, complained.

"Now, Drax" The green woman agreed sternly, and Drax reluctantly complied, stepping away from Vision.

"I am no longer a Ravager.." Vision repeated, raising his hands in peaceful surrender. "I left them."

"Why?" Quill questioned.

"You know I always had different standards to everyone else.."

"That's true.."

"One day, Yondu practically begged me to take a bounty on what was supposedly a stolen 'science experiment'" Vision explained. "But when I got there, I found Wanda and her boys.. It didn't sit right with me, just passing them on to be subjected to more experiments, more torture.. so I took them, and we've been running ever since. I swear to you, I only came here looking for a place where we could safely hide for a while."

"I want to believe you.." Quill still hesitated, but then..

"I believe him.." to Vision's great surprise, the cyborg woman spoke next.

"Nebula..?" The green skinned woman questioned, clearly surprised.

"The children, Gamora .." Nebula added quietly. "Look at their arms.."

Though they no longer needed the bandages that they had when Vision first discovered them, the marks of the many tests that the boys had been subjected to were visible on their arms. Billy, clever enough to be slightly self conscious, whimpered at the number of eyes suddenly turning his way, and tried to hide himself even deeper in the cradle, clutching his little Teddy doll close..

"Stop staring at my son, you're scaring him!" Wanda growled.

"Wanda, please calm down.." Vision told her. "I think we may all be coming to an understanding."

"Yeah.." All the fight seemed to have gone out of the Raccoon, whom they would soon learn was named Rocket. "I started out as an experiment myself.. The thought of any of that happenin' to little kids.."

"I am Groot" The little tree agreed.

"Perhaps.." Vision gently suggested, "We could give back the weapons, as a show of good faith."

"But.."

"Wanda, please.."

Wanda reluctantly relented, releasing her hold on the weapons. To Vision's great relief, they were not immediately aimed at him.

"We should take them to see Mantis" said Gamora. "Just to be sure."

"Good idea" Quill agreed.

"Who the hell is Mantis?" Wanda bristled.

"Mantis is harmless," said Quill. "We just want.."

"I'm not sure we want to go anywhere with.."

"Wanda" Vision reached for her hand, giving it a comforting squeeze, "I won't let anyone hurt you or the boys, I promise. But in this case, it seems we may in fact be the intruders. Perhaps, just for now, we should do what Mr. Quill and his friends ask, so we can get all this sorted out."

"Okay.." Wanda squeezed his hand. "I trust you."

Vision's synthetic heart had warmed at her words. He just hoped he wasn't leading the three people who were quickly coming to mean everything to him into danger.

Thankfully, it turned out that Vision's instincts in choosing to trust Peter Quill had not steered him wrong.

Mantis was an empathic being who lived in a quiet little town a short trek away from the cafe that they had visited upon their arrival, and all that was required of Vision was that he let her take his hand for a moment.

Wanda seemed strangely uncomfortable with this, although she could not say why, and so she held her tongue.

"This man means no harm," Mantis confirmed. "All he feels is a need to protect.."

"Of course" Vision nodded, "That's what I.."

"..And great affection.. For her" Mantis continued, pointing to Wanda as Vision blushed. "And the little ones, of course."

"So.." Drax was confused, "We're not blasting the metal man?"

"No, Drax, we're not" Quill grinned. "In fact, it seems the metal man has come to exactly the right place."

"What do you mean?" Vision asked, curious. He failed to notice Wanda flinch at their referring to him as 'metal man'.

"All of us came here running away from something" Gamora explained, "Or hiding from something, or"

"Drax The Destroyer does not hide from anything!" Drax scoffed. "I am.."

"Or, as I was saying, in Drax's case" Gamora cut him off, glaring, "Using it as a quiet place to bide their time until they work out their next move.."

"This planet doesn't have an official name, and the population is low, mostly self-sufficient farmers" Nebula continued. "That's made it the perfect little sanctuary."

"At least it was, until.." Rocket began.

"Later, Rocket, we'll bother them with the gory details later, let's just let them settle in first" Quill cut him off. "Gamora, can you take them to one of the empty huts?"

"Of course" with the confirmation of Vision's innocence, and the presence of the twins, Gamora's demeanour had softened quite a lot. "Follow me.."

Tommy, the little show off that he was, grinned at her, while Billy remained shy.

Wanda clutched Vision's hand, letting him lead her as he followed after Gamora. She trusted his judgement, trusted that he would protect her and the twins, yet she couldn't help but feel concerned.

What had Rocket been going to say?

The hut Gamora found for them was sparsely furnished, but comfortable. There was only one bed, but that wasn't a problem, seeing as Vision didn't sleep, and the twins could sleep in their hover-cradles.

Once Gamora had left, Wanda lifted the boys out of their cradles to change their diapers, snagging Tommy by the back of his shirt to keep him from zipping off.

"Vizh, can you hold him while I change Billy?"

"Of course" Vision scooped Tommy up.

"Veeee!" the little boy whined and struggled for a moment, then pouted, resigned to his fate.

"Your friend seemed nice.." said Wanda, a little uncertain.

"Quill?" Vision thought for a moment. "I wouldn't say he's a friend, necessarily, though certainly at the more likable end of the spectrum as far as Ravagers go."

"There's something he wasn't telling us.." Wanda frowned as she changed Billy. "The little raccoon was.."

"I know" said Vision, trying to reassure her. "I caught that too.. But whatever is going on, I don't believe Quill and his friends mean us harm. They're just people struggling to make their way in the universe, like us."

"Probably true.."

"Whatever else may be going on, we can deal with it, and I promise, I will keep you safe.. Not that you need much help, you were rather impressive today."

"I'm still learning, really, what I can do.." Wanda blushed. "Do you think you could stick around until I work it out?"

"I think I could stick around forever, if you'll have me.." Vision blushed himself as soon as the words were out.

"Well.." Wanda smiled softly, "That works too."