Guardians of the Galaxy: A Survivor's Strength | A Nebula love story

9-A Heartful Moment

The peaceful slumber Apophis found himself in was roughly ruined as a rough knock was heard on his bedroom door. He sighed as he climbed out of bed and quickly changed into a red jacket over his white shirt and black pants.

He walked over to the door to see that it was none other than Nebula wearing a dark blue sleeveless shirt and matching pants.

"Nebula, what's going on this late?" He asked, looking at her and wondering why she was standing outside her bedroom door.

"Just come, Ronan. Waiting for the two of us, and so is Krobb," She replied in her usual emotionless tone.

"Alright, coming. Hopefully, I don't need to put on my mission clothes," Apophis said, zipping up his jacket as he followed Nebula outside the door.

He followed closely after Nebula, who kept her face void of any emotion, and not speaking another word as they headed to Ronan's main headquarters.

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Apophis and Nebula reach the headquarters, where Ronan and Krobb we're waiting for them as a hologram head of an odd man with this strange object in his face is talking to the two of them.

"So, what exactly is going on?" Apophis asked, going over to stand next to Krobb while Nebula was standing close to Ronan's side.

"We got news on Gamora," Krobb replied, glancing over at Apophis standing on his right.

"Now, everyone here, What is it you need to tell us about Gamora's?" Ronan asked, focusing his attention back on the hologram head.

Apophis crossed his arms as he focused his attention on the man, wondering what kind of news there was on Gamora and the orb.

"It seems that Gamora has been taken to the Kyln after failing to retrieve the orb from the one known as Star-Lord," The guy explained.

'So she messed up after all and got captured.' Apophis thought as he glanced at Nebula and noticed her expression was different from her usual emotionless expression. He couldn't tell what she was thinking, not entirely sure of the expression of emotion on her face.

"You have been betrayed, Ronan," The voice from the man said, pulling Apophis' attention back to it.

"We know that she has been captured," Ronan said, walking forward.

Nebula immediately returned to her usual expression after sending Apophis a glare, feeling his eyes on her face. She then focused back on Ronan as he continued talking.

"Gamora may yet recover the Orb."

"No! Our sources within the Kyln say Gamora has her own plans for the Orb," He explained to Ronan.

Once again, Apophis found his gaze drawn back to Nebula, seeing her look away with that same expression on her face, and couldn't help wondering what was going on in her head. Krobb notices Apophis's sudden change in attention and taps the back of his head, getting him to focus.

"Your partnership with Thanos is at risk," He explained.

Ronan was silent as he stared at the man in surprise at what he had heard about Gamora.

"Thanos requires your presence immediately!"

The hologram head then disappeared out of their sight.

"I head to the flight deck and tell them to set course for Sanctuary," Krobb said, already knowing Ronan would want him to do that.

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Ronan didn't bother to say anything as he looked around, annoyed and frustrated, before turning his attention to Nebula and Apophis."You both can go back to bed for now, at least until we reach Sanctuary," He said to them.