Nebula fit the description of ' the crazy lady ', as Nico was fond of calling her. Hope could see that at first glance. The fact that the intergalactic woman didn't hesitate to throw herself throw a glass window with no guarantee of success was her first clue that the woman was insane.

With a cacophony of crashing glass the window shattered and in tumbled a woman with blue skin and coal black eyes. 

Oh yeah, the eyes, that was the second clue that she was crazy, the fact that her eyes held this look in them, a feral look, as if all her sanity was slowly sipping away from her withe each passing hour.

Nico and Hope huddled in the hangar, the security feed provided by Jarvis was the only way they'd seen her untimely entrance. If it hadn't been for Nico they would have been caught by now. No, instead, Nebula was checking every crevice of the room they'd previously occupied, glaring at their abandoned ice cream bowls as though she could fry them with her eyes.

" She's after the orb," Nico hissed, eyes narrowing as he observed her.

" Not even the avengers could sleep trough the alarms she's just set off, they'll catch her before she reaches us," Hope assured, though inside she didn't for one second believe it.

She didn't for one second underestimate Nebula, the woman reminded her painfully of her sister, Death, the embodiment of death itself. Nebula certainly looked like she could kill if she wanted too.

They saw her gaze snap towards the security camera in the corner, and the strange crack her neck made when it moved made Hope blanch slightly. The woman however, seemingly unaffected, glared at the camera with her dead eyes and with a strange sneer she fired a pistol at it.

With a loud bang their view of her current location was blown, and grey static replaced it on their screen. Now they had no clue where she was.

" I think now is a good time to hide," Hope murmured anxiously.

Nico nodded and the two of them spied a small aircraft that Hawkeye often used for transport and during battles. It was the perfect size for the two seven year olds to hide behind.

Hope new she could easily take on Nebula if she had too, however, she didn't like the thought of what would happen now that she would be fighting with the orb. Would it react to her hostility? Would it affect her abilities? She decided she would try not to aggravate it and hope it would come to that.

She and Nico crawled behind the craft breathing slowly and venally, trying to keep it quiet now that they had no idea where Nebula would be.

They stayed that way for five minutes before they heard an eery, terrifying cracking sound fill the air. Through a small gap Hope could spy Nebula standing at the entrance to the hangar, and judging by the open door, the crack had come from her wrist. Hope blanched again, knowing that that could not be healthy for the woman. 

Nico grabbed her hand as Nebula fixed her hungry gaze on their hiding spot and they dissolved in to shadow once again, the cold of shadow travel hitting her as they went. However when they reappeared she was surprised to find where Nico had deposited them. The prison sections.

Staring right at her were five very surprised prisoners and she and Nico stared right back at them defiantly.

" What is happening?" The one called Gamora asked quickly, the arms clearly having alerted them.

" Nebula is here, and she's going for the orb," Nico growled, s squeezing Hope's hand reassuringly as he spoke.

" If that is so, then you are not safe here. She'll stop at nothing to get it," Drax muttered, crossing his arms.

Nico and Hope glanced at each other warily as the sounds of fighting reached them from down in the prison quarters. The avengers must have found Nebula in the hangar.

" Then we will need your help," Nico murmured calmly as he stepped forward and pressed a large green button on the control panel.

The prison cells opened with a hiss, and the guardians of the galaxy stepped out of them with the light of battle in their eyes.

" There's no choice. Nebula can not get her hands on the orb, but once she is dealt with, whoever gets it next is fair play," Starlord grumbled, snatching his weapons and helmet from the weapons storage over to the side. 

Nico nodded calmly and the seven made their way out of the prison block, bent on ridding themselves of their unwanted visitor.