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CASS was sent flying back into some of the junk in the ship, rolling once before some old pipes and coils stopped them. Three figures raided the ship, one yelling for Thanos. These people were the Guardians of the Galaxy. Well, half. Drax threw his knives at Strange, who was quick to put up a shield to protect himself from getting stabbed. The Cloak of Levitation attacked Drax right away. Star-Lord and Iron Man flew up, shooting at each other. Stark managed to get himself stuck to the wall with a metal disk.

With an annoyed sigh, Cass easily used her chains to pull herself back to the main platform, where the fight was now happening. It was five against three. Three had superpowers, two were aliens, two had useful technology and one had magic. Not the most fair fight.

Cass was quick to spot Peter crawling backwards away from one of the intruders, an empath alien named Mantis. Without hesitating, they used their chains to grab her and tug her away from Peter, giving him the time to use his webs. That was when Star-Lord, also known as Peter Quill, flew over and knocked the boy down.

"Stay down, clown," he said through his mask. Parker sprung out of the way of the blasts before he tried for his own attack and was wrapped in electric cords.

Brawler then swooped in and used his feathers to send the Guardian flying. "You alright, kid?" he asked Peter but before he could get an answer, he himself was hit with a blast.

Stark freed himself and quickly pinned down Drax, blaster pointed right at his head. Cass yanked Mantis towards herself, the alien girl wrapped in chains with one being held at her throat by Cass. Quill had Peter in a chokehold now, gun pointed at his head. They now formed a kind of circle, all able to face each other. Brawler got back up and flew to Cass' side, feather ready to deploy once more.

"Everybody stay where you are. Chill F out," Quill said, taking off his helmet to reveal his face. "I'm gonna ask you this one time. Where's Gamora?"

"Yeah, I'll do you one better. Who's Gamora?" Stark asked in response, unable to keep the annoyance from his voice as he too revealed his face.

"I'll do you one better! Why is Gamora?" said Drax from under Tony's foot.

"Tell me where the girl is, or I swear to you, I'm gonna French fry this little freak," Quill said.

"Let's do it! You shoot my guy, I blast him. Let's go!" Stark's blaster became a lot bigger and more powerful in a second.

"Do it, Quill! I can take it."

"No he can't take it!" Mantis said, then squeaked as Cass tightened the chains a little in warning.

"She's right, you can't," Strange confirmed.

"I wouldn't test it, either," Cass stated, eerily calm.

"Oh yeah? You don't wanna tell me where she is? That's fine. I'll kill all three of you and beat it out of Thanos myself. Starting with you," Quill said, the last part directed to Parker.

"Wait, what, Thanos? All right, let me ask you this one time. What master do you serve?" Strange asked.

"What master do I serve? What am I supposed to say? "Jesus"?"

"You're from Earth," Stark realised.

"I'm not from Earth. I'm from Missouri."

"Yeah, that's on Earth dip-shit. What are you hassling us for?"

"So, you're not with Thanos?" Parker asked timidly.

"With Thanos?!" Quill scoffed. "No, I'm here to kill Thanos. He took my girl- Wait, who are you?"