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Rocket and the others boarded onto Yondu's ship. And we are all currently sitting in a circle. Rocket was complaining, as always.

"You call that 'figured it out?' We're gonna rob the guys who just beat us senseless."

"Oh, you want to talk about senseless? How about trying to save us by blowing us up?" Quill asked.

"We were only gonna blow you up is they didn't turn you over!"

"How could they have possibly handed us over, when you gave them to the count of 5?" I asked.

"Well we didn't have time to work out the minutiae of a plan. This is what we get for acting altruistically!"

"I am groot."

"They are ungrateful."

"What's important now is we get the Ravagers army to help us save Xandar." Gamora said as I nodded in agreement.

"So we can give the stone to Yondu who's just gonna sell it to somebody even worse? Rocket said.

"We'll figure that part out later." Quill said.

"We have to stop Ronan." I said.

"How?" Rocket asked.

"I have a plan." Quill said.

"You're got a plan?"

"Yes."

"First of all, you're copying me from when I said I had a plan."Rocket started.

"No, I'm not. People say that all the time, it's not that unique of a thing to say." Quill inturupted.

"Secondly, I don't even believe you have a plan."

Quill hesitated at first before talking.

"I have part of a plan!"

"What percentage of a plan do you have?" Drax butted in as I frowned.

"You do not get to ask questions after the nonsense you pulled on Knowhere." I said as I pointed at him.

"I just saved you and Quill."

"We've already established that you destroying the ship that we're on is not saving us." Quill said.

"When did we established that?"

"Like three seconds ago!"

"I wasnt listening, I was thinking of something else."

"Oh!" Gamora said I'm frustration.

"She's right, you don't get an opinion." Rocket said as he turned to Quill.

"What percentage?"

"I don't know, twelve percent." Quill said as I sighed.

"Twelve percent?" Rocket asked as he began to laugh out loud.

"That's a fake laugh." Quill said.

"It's real!"

"Totally fake."

"That's the most real, authentic, hysterical laugh of my entire life because that is not a plan."

"It's barley a concept." Gamora said.

"You're taking their side?" Quill said as he then looked at me, and I sighed.

"I am sorry Quill, but that is not a plan." I said as he sighed.

"I am Groot."

"So what if it's better then twelve percent? What the hell does that have to do with anything?" Rocket said.

"Thank you, Groot. Thank you. See?Groot's the only one of you who has a clue." Quill said as we all turned to look at Groot, who was eating a leave off of his shoulder. Quill just sighed and looked back over to us.

"Guys. Come on. Yondu is gonna be here in two seconds. He expects to hear this big plan of ours. I need your help." He says before he hesitates and speaks again.

"I look around at us, you know what I see? Losers."

We all look at him, and I gave him a strange look.

"I mean, like, folks who have lost stuff. And we have. Man, we have. All of us. Our homes, our families, normal lives. And, usally , life takes more than it gives, but not today. Today, it's giving us something. It has given us a chance."

"To do what?" Drax asked.

"To give a shit. For once, not run away. I, for one, am not gonna stand by and watch as Ronan wipes out billions of innocent lives."

"But, Quill, stopping Ronan, it's impossible. You're asking us to die." Rocket said.

"Yeah, I guess I am. I..." Quill said as he turned away and sighed. A small smile formed on my lips as I slowly stood up.

"Quill." I said as he turned around to look at me.

"I have never had hope before...until I met all of you. Much less friends. I will fight by your side, and honor my people."

Gamora was the next to stand.

"Quill. I have lived most of my life surrounded by my enemies. I will be grateful to die among my friends."

Drax then rises to his feet.

"You are an honorable man, Quill. I will fight beside you. And in the end, see my wife and daughter again."

"I am groot."

We all then turn our heads to Rocket.

"Oh, what the hell. I don't got that long of a lifespan, anyway." Rocket said as he stood up.

"Now I'm standing. You all happy? We're all standing up now. Bunch of jackasses, standing in a circle."

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I stood with Gamora as we slipped into Ravager clothing. She slipped on a leather jacket and pants. I had a similar out to hers. I slipped on the leather jeans and the leather jacket, but instead of zipping it up like she did, I didn't, letting my white tank top be exposed. I put my white hair into a simple ponytail. I walked over to the window and looked at myself. My white skin was untouched, all of the scars simply healed. The black lined that ran down my face made me look deadly. And now that I look at myself I saw how green my eyes were. I smiled to myself as Gamora walked up to my side at snd gently placed her hand on my shoulder.

"Your people who'd be proud of you, princess."

For the first time I didn't feel threatened by Gamora, or the need to kill her. I simply smiled as I held back tears and nodded my head.

"Thank you, Gamora." I said as she smiled and patted my shoulder.

"Let's go."

I followed her out to meet the others as we started to explain the plan to the Ravagers.

"The stone reacts to anything organic. The bigger the target, the bigger the power surge." Gamora said.

"All Ronan's gotta do is touch the stone to the planets surface and zap. All plants, animals, Nova Corps."

"Everything will die." I finished for Quill.

"So Ronan does not make it to the surface. Rocket will lead a team to blow a hole in the Dark Aster's starboard hull. Then, our craft and Yondu's will enter." Quill expalined.

"Won't there be hundreds of Sakaaran soilders inside?" A raveger, who I learned was Kraglin asked.

"I think of Sakaaran as paper people." Drax stated. While Kraglin smiles and punched Drax in the shoulder, Drax turned to him looking like he would punch him made Kraglin back up slightly.

"Once they know we're on board, Ronan will isolate himself behind impenetrable security doors on deck. Which Kiana and I can disable by dismantling the power surge." Gamora said as she looked over at me, as if asking if it was okay for her to call me Kiana. I smiled and simply nodded as she feel at ease.

"We'll make it to the flight deck, and I'll use the Hadron Enforcer to kill Ronan." Quill said.

"Once Ronan is dead, we will retriev the stone. Use these devices to contain it." I said as I handed out the devices

"If you touch it, it will kill you." I said.

"I'll contact one of the Nova officers who arrested us. Hopefully, they'll believe we're there to help." Quill said.

"There's one more thing we need to complete the plan" Rocket said as he pointed at a man with a robotic eye.

"That guys eye..."

"No! No, we don't. No, we don't need that guys eye." Quill said.

No, seriously. I need it! It's important to me." Rocket said as he held back laughs.

"Ronan's fleet has been spotted, and will arrive in t-minus fifteen minutes." A Ravager said. While Yondu went up to Quill.

"Remember, boy. At the end of all this, I get the stone. You cross me, we will kill you all."

Peter then walked down the Isle toward his ship, Gamora and I round the corners and join his sides, along with Groot and Drax, and finally Rocket walked out with us. As we head towards the ship.

"Let's go get 'em, boys!" Yondu yelled to his Ravagers as they boarded they're ships.

We then board the Milano, me being next to Quill, Drax, Groot and Gamora being in the back.

"This is a terrible plan." Gamora said.

"Hey, your the one who said you wanted to die among friends." Quill said.

~ At Nova ~

"Nova Prime. I received a transmission from one of the Ravagers. He says Ronan's in possession of something called an infinity stone and he's headed toward Xandar." Dey said.

"Good god."

"It's a trick. He's a criminal." Saal said.

"Did he say why we should believe him?" Nova Prime asked.

"He said his crew just escaped from prison so he'd have no other reason to risk coming to Xandar to help. He says that he's an 'a-hole.' But he's not, and I'm quoting him here, 'one hundred percent a dick." Dey said.

"Do you believe him?" Nova Prime asked.

"Well, I don't know that I believe anyone's one hundred percent a dick, ma'am."

"I mean, do you believe that he's here to help?"

"Yeah."

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