Short AN- A little heads up before Vol. 2 begins, as you can probably tell by the chapter title, since there's more cursing in the second movie and during notable lines, I'm only going to be lightening up on the cursing and using asterisks every so often so tread lightly. Now onto Vol. 2!

JJ's POV

"Alright we're here!" Peter announced through the speakers after I changed into my new outfit; a blue shirt dress with my black leggings underneath, a belt similar to Rocket's worn over it, silver knee pads that channeled some of my electrical energy, and my clunky goggles had been replaced with light blue goggle-like frames, and my old gloves had been replaced with bright yellow ones that looked the same, but didn't have the conveyors inside since I felt like I'm in control of my powers more.

"Come on kid let's go!" I heard Rocket's voice from right outside my room.

"I'm goin'!" I yelled back as I pulled on my new boots, my knee-length ones had been replaced with silver and gray ankle boots. Rocket helped me design them to send out smaller versions of my orb bombs, but instead of explosions, the orbs would connect to each other to create an electric energy barrier and were controlled via a neural link in my goggles, just like the ones the Nova Corp used with their Star Blaster ships to be used as a hover platform or even a shield.

After stepping outside my room and up to the bridge where the Sovereign homeworld was coming into view, I was met with,

"What's with the new look?"

"What? I can't change up my look?"

"No, we're just wondering why you'd want to?" Peter explained.

"I think she looks nice." We all turned our attention to Gora as she walked in from Rocket's workshop where he had created a small device that attached to her forehead and let her speak to us without having to use one of her spines.

"We're entering the Sovereign homeworld." Gamora informed us as we started to enter the planet's atmosphere.

"Good, the sooner we complete this mission, the sooner we can get out of here." Gora grimaced before leaping up onto the seat to clean her paws.

"Hey why are you so on edge about this place?" Quill asked and Gora answered,

"Because the Sovereign are a perfectionist race, obsessed with having everything and everyone on their planet exactly the same, a concept that was frowned upon on Chrysinthea. As such, the Sovereign viewed our planet and its people as a virus."

"To Hell with what they think. Let's just get this over with so we can collect our payment." Rocket interjected rudely as he finished cleaning off the dust on the gun he had chosen to use for this mission.

Short Time Skip

After landing the Milano, we all got out by the place where the batteries we were supposed to be protecting were stored. I was making some last-minute adjustments to my boots' orb distribution system when Gamora came up to me with Gora by her side.

"Are you sure you're up for this mission? We wouldn't judge if you want to stay aboard the ship." Gamora questioned with some sympathy.

"I don't care what they think, I know who and what I am." I cut in quickly trying to leave no room for an argument, but Gora assured me,

"If at any time they attempt to bring harm to you, I will protect you until the bitter end."

"No need to get all noble on me Gora, I can handle myself."

"I am your guardian, I failed my duty once... I will not fail again..." Gora looked sad before shaking it off and walking away.

Shaking my own head, I got back to making the modifications of my boots when a couple of the orbs got spit out and Gamora helped me get them back.

"Showtime, a-holes! It'll be here any minute!" Peter announced as he looked at the readings on his device.

"Which will be its loss." Gamora readied the gun she brought along.

"I thought your thing was a sword?"

"We've been hired to stop an interdimensional beast from feeding on those batteries and I'm going to stop it with a sword?"

"It's just... swords were your thing and guns were mine, but I guess we're both doing guns now. I just didn't know that."

"Drax, why aren't you wearing one of Rocket's Aero-Rigs?" Gamora directed to Drax, noting he wasn't wearing said device.

"It hurts." Drax answered simply.

"Hurts?"

"I have sensitive nipples."

I choked a little trying to contain my laughter while Rocket full-on burst out,

"Wa-ha-ha-ha! My nipples hurt! Oh, goodness me!"

"What about him, what's he doing?" Drax motioned to the speaker system Rocket was wiring.

"I'm finishing this so we can listen to tunes while we work."

"How is that important?"

"Blame Quill, he's the one who loves music so much!"

"No, I actually agree with Drax on this, that's hardly important right now." Quill butted in, but Rocket thought he was being sarcastic from the way he answered,

"Oh, ok, suuure Quill." While winking with his eye multiple times.

"No, seriously, I side with Drax."

"No I understand that, you're being very serious right now." I rolled my eyes as Rocket winked some more.

"I can clearly see you winking!" Drax pointed out.

"Damn it, am I using my left eye?"

Behind us, Groot was terrorizing a couple of Orloni's by pushing them away and punching one in the face.

"I am Groot."

"They were not looking at you funny."

"I am Groooot." Groot kicked the floor in a pouty and whiny way.

"Well I'm sorry you're sooooo bored but just stay by Gora, while we deal with-" I was cut off as a colorful portal opened up in the sky and a giant Abilisk came out landing on the ground in a mass of swirling tentacles and rainbow-colored roars.

"-that." I finished my sentence before flicking my goggles over my face.

"Oh, well that's intense." Rocket moaned as everyone got to work trying to kill the creature.

Thumping my boot down two times, some orbs were dispensed and created an energy barrier between them to create a platform for me to jump onto and fly around on as I blasted at the creature.

Down below, I saw that Groot managed to plug the speaker cords together as one of Quill's songs I could, more or less, stand came on and he started to dance around in his own little way with Gora trying to follow him, but kept getting hit back by the flailing tentacles.

"Groot!" I heard Quill yell before getting pushed away.

"Ouch..." I muttered as I narrowly avoided a swipe to my hover platform and fired some of my bombs at the creature.

A few minutes of avoiding swipes and firing bombs later, I got knocked off my hover platform, but I managed to redirect my fall toward where Drax had crushed the speakers and Groot was angrily hitting him even though Gora was trying to hold him back with her spines.

"We're not winning are we?" I asked sarcastically as I got up from where I landed painfully, holding my side before calling all the orbs back into my boots by clicking the heels together once.

"What do you think?!" Gamora yelled, annoyed with my obvious question as she reloaded her gun before Drax noted,

"The beast's hide is too thick to be pierced from the outside! I must cut through it from the inside." Before starting to laugh maniacally and ran forward despite me and Gamora's protests,

"What? No, wait a minute! Drax!"

"Drax don't!"

He lept right into the creature's mouth, causing Quill to come over to us to question,

"What is he doing?!"

"He said that the skin is too thick to be pierced on the outside so-" Gamora started to explain before Quill cut her off,

"That doesn't make any sense!"

"We tried telling him that!" I butted in.

"Skin has the same level of thickness on the inside as it is on the outside!"

"I realize that!" Gamora stated before Quill devised,

"There's a cut on its neck! Rocket, JJ, get it to look up!"

"I'm on it!" I summoned my orbs again and used them to fly right up to the beast before chucking a bomb right in its face and Rocket fired several rounds of bullets at it yelling,

"Hey you giant sea monkey, up here!"

We both flew around right out of its reach as it began to rear its head to try and catch us.

"Look out!" I tried to warn Rocket and Quill before the three of us ended up getting snagged by the tentacles right before Gamora leaped up and used her blade to slice through the cut and down its throat, releasing us and killing the creature.

A few seconds later, Drax emerged from the cut, dripping with yellow blood before yelling victoriously as we all looked at him in irritation,

"Yes! I have single-handedly vanquished the beast!" He stopped laughing after Groot threw a pebble at his face,

"What?"

After Drax cleaned himself up and everyone put their equipment away, we started to ready ourselves to meet the Sovereign leader.

"What are they called again?" Drax asked as he looked at the batteries.

"Anulax batteries." Quill answered while pulling on his coat.

"Harbulary batteries."

"That's nothing like what I just said. But they're worth thousands of units apiece... which is why the Sovereign hired us to protect them." Right as Quill said that, I saw from the corner of my eye that Rocket pulled one of the batteries from place and was looking at it with a sly expression.

"Careful what you say around these folks. They're easily offended. The cost of transgression is death." Quill continued to warn us.

"Such as the two of us being in their mere presence." Gora grumbled as she walked alongside us with Groot riding on her back and flicking her antenna to her annoyance.

A few minutes later, we were in the presence of the High Priestess Ayesha and most of the people of the world, and I saw immediately that Gora wasn't kidding about them all being the same and feeling superior with their golden get-up.

"We thank you, Guardians, for putting your lives on the line. We could not risk the lives of our own Sovereign citizens. Every citizen is born exactly as designed by the community. Impeccable, both physically and mentally. We control the DNA of our progeny... germinating them in birthing pods." Ayesha lectured and I grimaced in disgust before I started whispering to Gora as Quill started "flirting" with her.

"Uhhhh I see what you mean now about them being repetitive."

"Now you see why I was reluctant to come here? Being in their mere presence is unsettling."

"That's fair en-" I was cut off as a hooded figure was brought forward and brought to their knees, only for it to be revealed to be Nebula, who was glaring at me and Gamora in particular.

"Family reunion. Yay." Quill tried to joke, but I harshly elbowed him and hissed,

"Not the time Quill."

"I understand she is your sister." Ayesha directed to Gamora who just took Nebula by the arm saying,

"She's worth no more to me than the bounty due for her on Xandar."

"Our soldiers apprehended her attempting to steal the batteries. Do with her as you please." At that, Gamora started to lead her back to the Milano.

"And we would be happy to get rid of the Critos and her pet for you."

"Pet?" Gora bristled from next to me and I put a hand out to signal her to calm down as I faced Ayesha with a stone-faced look.

"With all due respect, Joules and Gora are as much a part of our team as the rest of us and both played a crucial role in defending your planet and the batteries." Quill spoke up in respect, making Gora scoff quietly and roll her eyes.

"Very well, they shall be spared."

"I'll spare you from a zap you'll never recover from..." I grumbled low enough to where she couldn't hear me, but Gora did from the strangely satisfied expression she gave me.

"We thank you, High Priestess Ayesha." Quill started to turn to leave with us behind him when,

"What is your heritage, Mr. Quill?"

"My mother is from Earth."

"And your father?"

"He ain't from Missouri. That's all I know."

"I see it within you. An unorthodox genealogy. A hybrid that seems particularly... reckless."

"You know, they told me you people were conceited douchebags, but that isn't true at all." Rocket spoke up before winking not so subtly again, making the people gasp.

"Oh, sh*t. I'm using my wrong eye again, aren't I? I'm sorry." Drax picked him up by the scruff of his neck as he continued to babble, "That was meant to be behind your back."

"Let us take our leave before he costs us our lives." Gora grumbled as she followed the others out and I fell behind.

"Joules, was it?" I turned back to the priestess and answered with my arms crossed,

"Yeah?"

"Be warned, next time we catch you in our midst, Guardian or no, we will not be so lenient."

"I'll keep that in mind when you're in need of our services again." I replied in mock respect before walking out and whispering under my breath, "Pfft whatever..."

The doors to the palace slamming shut behind me, suddenly giving me a sense of impending doom that I quickly shook off.

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AN- So, same with my Avengers OC Insert, I only have chapters up until the second scenes done, but I am doing my best to update all my stories on both my accounts every Friday or sometime during the weekend so I will attempt to keep that schedule.