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"Ooh-oo child
Things are gonna get easier
Ooh-oo child
Things'll get brighter"

My head pounder as I slowly lifted my head up. I was alive, we made it. I looked around and saw Rocket holding a pile of branches in his hand. Groot.

"I called him an idiot."

Ronan then slowly walked out holding his hammer, I then pushed myself off the ground and steadied myself, clutching my arm as pain shot through my whole body.

"You killed Groot!" Rocket yelled as he ran at him, only for Ronan to use his hammer to push him a side.

"Behold! You're Guardians of the Galaxy! What fruit have they wrought? Only that my father and his father shall finally know vengeance. People of Xandar, the time has come to rejoice and renounce your paltry gods! Your salvation is at hand!" But right before Ronan brought his hammer down to destroy Xandar, Quill started to sing.

"Ooh-oo child, things are gonna get easier. Ooh-oo child, Things'll get brighter." He sang as Gamora and I looked at him oddly.

"Listen to these words. Ooh-oo child, things are gonna get easier. Ooh-oo child, things'll get brighter. Now bring it down hard!" Quill sang as he began to dance, while Ronan looked at him dumbfounded.

"What are you doing?"

"Dance-off, bro. Me and you." Quill said as he began to dance again. He then held out his hand towards Gamora and I.

"Gamora, Kiana."

Gamora and I shook our heads vigorously.

"Subtle. Take it back." As he countined to dance, and behind him I could see Drax and Rocket fixing the gun, and I couldn't help but smile a little.

"What are you doing!?"

"I'm distracting you, you big turd blossom." Quill said as he moved to the side, letting Rocket and Drax shot the power canon at Ronan's hammer, destroying it and letting the stone fly out. Quill dove for the stone and grabbed it.

"No!" I screamed as he clutched the stone and started to grab his and and scream. Purple dust surrounded him, and I made my way towards him, despite the pain I pushed my way through the purple dust, I saw Quill's skin peeling off as he screamed. I made my way over to him and held out my hand.

"Peter! Take my hand!"

I knew he didn't hear me so I desperately yelled again.

"Take my hand!" I yelled as he turned his head over to me, with tears in his eyes he reached out and grabbed my hand, once he latched on, I felt the power surge through me and I let out a scream. My veins turning purple, while my skin floated off. I then felt another hand grab mine, and I looked over to see that Gamora had latched onto my hand. Next Drax made his way over and placed his hand on Quill's shoulder. Finally Rocket reached up and grabbed Drax's pinky. We then no longer felt pain, the power gem spread out to all of us and then we  all looked at Ronan, who was in shock.

"You're mortal, how!?"

"You said it yourself, bitch. We're the Guardians of the Galaxy." Quill said as he held out his hand, letting the Power stone travel to Ronan, and lift him in the air, tearing him apart and destroying him. I quickly used the device we were given earlier to trap the stone again. Quill looked over at me and smiled and I returned it.

"Well, well, well. Quite the light show. Ain't this sweet. But you got some business to attend to before all the nookie-nookie starts." Yondu said as he and his Ravagers approached us.

"Peter, you can't. Peter." I said.

"You gotta reconsider this, Yondu. I don't know who you're selling this to, but the only way the universe can survive is if you give it to the Nova Corps."

"I may be as pretty as an angel, but I sure as hell ain't on. Hand it over, son." Yondu said as he showed off his arrow.

Peter sighed as he handed the orb over to Yondu, who smiled as he held the orb and shooed his hand, telling the other Ravagers to retreat.

"Yondu. Do not open that orb. You know that, right? You've seen what it does to people."

Yondu only chucked as he walked off.

"He's gonna be so pissed when he realizes I switched out the orb on him." Quill said as he held the real orb in his hand.

"He's gonna kill you, Peter." Gamora chuckled.

"Oh, I know. But he was about the only family I had."

"No. He wasn't." I said as I clamped both my hands on his, making him smile at me. Rocket was crying as he held onto some branches. While Drax walked over and sat next to him, slowly petting him to tell him he wasn't alone.

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"Must I wear this?" I groaned as I tried to pull down my white dress a bit.

"Yes. We are need by the Nova Prime, we must look presentable." She said as she finished braiding my hair.

"I feel over dressed."

"You look fine." Gamora reassured as I sighed. I slipped on the black heel boots and grabbed a white short Jean jacket and slipped it on. I looked at the black marks running down my white arms. I subconsciously rubbed my arms.

"You look fine. There's no need to worry." I looked at Gamora, while she was wearing a Nova Corp dress.

"If you are sure." I mumbled.

"Let us go." I said as we walked to meet up with Quill. He smiled as we walked over. And the we meet up with Dey.

"You look nice " Quill whispered.

"Thank you, Quill."

Dey then told Quill something as we walked to meet the Nova prime.

"Why would you even know this?"

"When we arrested you, we noticed an anomaly in your nervous system, so we had it checked out."

"I'm not Terran?"

Nova Prime then came out and walked over to us.

"You are half Terran. Your mother was of earth. Your father, well, he's something very ancient we've never seen here before."

"That could be why you were able to hold the stone for as long as you did." Gamora stated. We then saw Rocket holding Groot and Drax walk over.

"Your friends have arrived. On behalf of the Nova Corps, we'd like to express our profound gratitude for your help in saving Xandar. If you will Denarian Dey, he has something to show you."

"Thank you, Nova Prime." Quill said.

"Thank you." I said, but before we walked off, Nova Prime called me.

"Princess Kianamina, I believe that we have something you'd wish to see."

I looked over at the others confused as I walked over to the screen that Nova Prime pulled up. On it was a blurry figure, who was walking out of a shop on Xandar.

"Who is it?" I asked.

"This was taken over a year ago, he is a male and we noticed that he looked odd, so we had our specialist look it over."

I was still confused, the figure was so blury it was hard to make out who it was. Nova Prime noticed my confused state and spoke.

"You are not the only remaining Kimonian."

My eyes widened as my heart stopped. I released a shaky breath as I walked over to the picture.

"Can you make the image clearer, please."

Nova Prime nodded as she zoomed in. And made the picture clearer to see. Once she did, my hands flew up to my mouth as I held in a struggled cry. And I backed away.

"Do you know him?"

"Yes." I whispered as tears peaked out of the corners of my eyes.

"If you are wondering, his current location is on a planet called New Kimonia, it's been hidden from us until last year."

"Thank you." I whispered as I walked over to the group. Who decided to just let me be. I stayed back, while Quill walked beside me, the silence letting me get my mind together.

"Your wife and child shall rest well knowing you have avenged them." Gamora said as she walked next to Drax.

"Yes. Of course, Ronan was only a puppet. It's really Thanos I need to kill." Drax said, as Gamora stared at him with wide eyes.

Dey, lead us outside, for us to see a new Milano waiting for us.

"We tried to keep it as close to the original as possible. We salvaged as much as we could." Dey said.

"Wow. I..."

"I have a family who are alive became you. Your criminal records have also been expunged. However, I have to warn you against breaking any laws in the future."

"Question. What if I see something that I want to take, and it belongs to someone else?" Rocket asked.

"Well you will be arrested."

"But what if I want it more than the person who has it?"

"Still illegal."

"That doesn't follow. No, I want it more, sir. Do you understand." Rocket said as Gamora and I laughed.

"What are you laughing at? Why? I can't have a discussion with this gentleman?" Rocket says as he follow Gamora towards the new Milano.

"What if someone does something irksome and I decide to remove his spine?" Drax asked.

"That's...that's actually murder. It's one of the worst crimes of all, so also illegal."

"Hmm." Drax said as he walked off to the ship.

"They'll be fine, Dey. I'm gonna keep an eye on  'em." Quill said as I scoffed and playfully roled my eyes.

"You?"

"Yeah, me."

Dey only gave us a small smile as he slightly bowed towards me.

"It was an honor to meet you, princess." Dey spoke as Quill smiled.

"You too, Denarian Dey." I spook before I walked with Quill onto the Milano.

Quill went over to do something while I greeted the others. I walked over to Quill who played a song. I smiled at him as I slightly booped my head the music. Quill then sat in his piolet seat while I stood behind him.

"So, what should we do next? Something good? Something bad? A bit of both?"

"We'll follow your lead, Star-Lord." I said as I sat down next to him, he smiled in reply.

"Bit of both!"

I still couldn't get the image of the male Kimonian out of my mind. It made my spine shiver, just to think of it. And it made my blood boil with hate. But I promise, we will find him, we will find him and put an end to him. Make no mistake, the Guardians of the Galaxy are coming for you, there is no more hiding for you.

Brother.

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