Peter Parker, Guardian of the Galaxy

Getting Knowhere

They fly the Milano out and park and wait for Quill. "How's he gonna get to us?" Peter asks. "He declined to share that information with me." Gamora says. "Well, screw this then. I ain't waiting for some humie with a death wish." Rocket says. You've got the Orb, right?" Peter asks. "Yes." Says Gamora as she looks in the bag and sees he took it

Inside the Kyln, Peter takes out the Orb from his pocket and keeps making is way though the halls and finds the guard with the Walkman and knocks him out.

Outside, they're still waiting and Rocket is getting impatient. "If we don't leave now, we will be blown to bits." "No! We're not leaving without the Orb." Gamora says as Drax looks out the window and sees Quill making his way to the ship. "Behold." He says and they all see him making his way to them. They open the hatch and he flies in. "This one shows spirit. He shall be a keen ally in the battle against Ronin. Companion, what were you retrieving?" Drax asks as Quill hands him the Walkman and walks off. "You're an imbecile."

They start heading to Gamora's buyer and Peter and Rocket are passing the time by fixing their stuff. "Yo! Ranger Rick and apprentice, what are you two doing? You can't go tearing apart my ship without asking me!" Quill starts complaining, "see, what is this?" "Don't touch that, it's a bomb." Rocket says. "A bomb? And you keep it lying around?" "I told him it wasn't a good idea." Peter says. "I was gonna put it in a box." Rocket says trying to ease them. "What do you think a box is gonna do?" Peter asks, "Yeah, what's a box gonna do?" Quill says agreeing with Peter. Rocket opens a drawer and finds a gift. "How about this box?" "Hey!" Quill hits it out of his hand and closes the drawer. "Why? What is it?" Rocket asks. "Shut up." Quill says ending the conversation. Quill looks to something Peter is working on. "And what's that one?"

"That's for when things get really hardcore." Replies Rocket. "Or if you wanna blow up moons." He finishes. "It's not for blowing up moons, it's just to fix the energy core in the Iron-Spider. Those guys were careless with my stuff. I'm pretty sure I saw one of the others guards wearing it." Peter says explaining. "Although, if I wanted to, the power source could be used to blow up moons." "Nobodies blowing up moons." Gamora says. "You just wanna suck the fun out of everything." Complained Rocket. "So, listen, I'm gonna need your buyer's coordinates." Quill says walking back to the main part of the ship. "We're heading in the right direction. For now." Gamora says holding the Orb. "If we're gonna work together, you might try trusting me a little." Quill says. "And how much do you trust me?" Gamora asks. "I'd trust you a lot more if you told me what exactly this was." He took the Orb. "If I had to guess, it's some kind of super weapon if Ronin the Accuser wants it." Peter says, fixing the last of the Iron-Spider. "I don't know what it is." Gamora says and they all come back to the main room. "If its a weapon, we should use it showing Ronin." Drax says taking the Orb.

"Put it down, you fool. You'll destroy us all." Gamora yells.

"Or just you, murdereous." Drax yells back.

"I let you live once, princess." Gamora says.

"I'm not a princess!" Drax yells.

"Hey! Nobody is killing anybody on my ship." Quill interject before they start fighting. "We're stuck together until we get the money." "I have no interest in money." Drax says, passing the Orb back to Quill and leaves. "Great. That means more money for the three of us." Peter clears his throat and nods towards Groot. "For the five of us. Partners." "We have a agreement, but I would never be partners with the likes of you." Gamora says. "I'll tell the buyer we're on our way. And Quill, your ship is filthy." She walks off. "She has no idea. If I had a black light, it'd look like a Jackson Pollock painting." Quill says smiling. "You've got issues, man." Peter says disgusted to what he was implying.

After flying blindly with Gamora not trusting any of them, they come across the location. "Heads up! We're inbound." Rocket Shiite as we look and see something. The others come up and join them and see it. "Woah." Quill says as they all see a giant metallic head in the distance. "What is that?" Asked Drax. "It's called Knowhere." Gamora answers. "The severed head of an ancient celestial being. Be wary heading in, guys. There are no regulations whatsoever here." They enter Knowhere, a mining colony. They land and start making their way to the buyer. "Hundreds of years ago, the Tivan Group sent workers in to mine the organic matter in the skull. Bone, brain tissue, spinal fluid. All rare resources, highly valued in black markets across the galaxy. It's dangerous and illegal work suitable only for outlaws." Gamora explains what Knowhere is. "Well, I come from a planet of outlaws." Quill says, "Billy the Kid, Bonnie and Clyde, John Stamos." He says finishing, Peter compliments his names with, "how long have you been away from earth?" He asks since he never heard any of the names before. "Sounds like a place I would like to visit." Drax says as the continued walking. "Yeah, you'd probably enjoy it." Peter says. A group of kids runs up to them all, "watch your wallets." Quill says as they ask if they can spare any units. Peter hanged back with Groot as he gives one of the children a flower from himself as the child smiles and takes it. Peter knew that Groot was a gentle giant, even after everything and he couldn't tell if he was just that kind or stupid. He decides to go with too kind. "Your buyers in there?" Rocket asks as they reach the location. "We are to wait here for his representative." Gamora says. "This is no respectable establishment." Drax says

"What are we supposed to do until then?" Peter asks.

They later find a place to drink and watch some betting games. Everyone cheering as everyone is drinking with Peter deciding to work more on a new accessory to the Iron-Spider he calls IKM or "Instant Kill Mode." As he works he beers them cheering from the table as a Drax yells, "My Orlonin has won, as I win at all things! Now, let's put more of this liquid into our bodies!" He says and Peter can tell he's completely waisted and if he was human, he'd be down on the ground. He then hears Rocket comment on what he said, "that is first thing you've said that wasn't bat-shit crazy!" Peter laughs at that, knowing how true it was. He decides to drown them all out by placing his glasses on and blasting his own music until he looks up and sees they're fighting each other. He sees Drax beating up Groot and Rocket pulls out his riffle. Gamora pulls Drax away, Peter runs in as Rocket gets ready to fire. "Woah, Rocket, man, what's gotten into you?!" Peter asks "This vermin speaks of affairs he knows nothing about!" Drax yells. "That is true!" Rocket says and Peter agreed with that. "He has no respect!" Drax then yells again. Rocket then says, "that is also true!" And again, Peter slightly agrees but he's trying to calm everyone down, not pick sides.

"Keep calling me vermin, tough guy! You just wanna laugh at me like everyone else!" Peter understood that lost of people laughed at them in the past. "Rocket, you're drunk, okay? Nobody's laughing at you." Peter says trying to calm him down before he goes blazing everything. "He thinks I'm some stupid thing! He does!" Rocket yells, "Well I didn't ask to get made!" He continues, "We didn't ask to be torn apart, and put back together over and over and turned into some...freaks!" Peter was surprised on how he talks about their time being experimented on since they rarely talk about it anymore. Especially to others. "Rocket, nobody thinks we're freaks." Peter says trying to get him to stop before he does something. "He called me vermin! She called me rodent!" He yells back and raises his riffle again. "Let's see if you can laugh when I blow a dozen holes in your head!" Peter tries lowering the riffle. "4 billion units! Rocket!" Quill yells. "Rocket, soak it up for one more lousy night and you're rich." Rocket slowly lowers his riffle. "Fine. But I can't promise that when this is all over I'm not gonna kill every last one of you jerks." Rocket says sadly and Peter is relieved. "See? That's exactly why none of you have any friends! Five seconds after you meet somebody, you're already trying to kill them!" Quill says, what he doesn't know that the reason Rocket, Peter, and Groot don't trust people so easily is beause the last person they trusted clawed Peter's back and ran off with their money from a bounty. As an bonus, it was Peter who vouched for her by saying she wouldn't do anything like that, and having somebody around his age was nice. Then they all got stabbed in the back. "We have traveled halfwa cross the quadrant. And Ronin is no closer to being dead." Drax says angrily as he walks off. "Should we go after him? Peter asks. "Let him go, we don't need him." Gamora says.

Finally, somebody exits the place and sees Gamora. "Malady Gamora. I'm here to fetch you for my master." They follow her inside and see a lot of valuable things and some living creatures. "Well, this isn't creepy at all." Peter says and Rocket nods in agreement. "We House the galaxy's largest collection of fauna, relics, and species of all manner." They walk past a dog in a cage and Rocket growls at itas they keep walking. "I present to you, Taneleer Tivan, The Collector." She says and Tivan turns to look at us. "Oh, my dear Gamora." He says, "how wonderful to meet in the flesh." "Let's bypass the formalities, Tivan." Gamora says. "We have what we discussed." Tivan looks towards Groot. "What is that thing there?" He asks, Peter and Rocket look at Groot. "I am Groot." He says. Tivan walks up to him, "I never thought I'd meet a Groot. Sir...you must allow me to pay you now so I may own your carcass. At the moment of your death, of course." He says and Peter and Rocket look like this guy is crazy. "I am Groot." Groot replies and actually agrees. "Why?" Peter asks. "So he could turn you into a frickin' chair?" Rocket finishes. "That your pet?" Tivan asks looking to Rocket. "His what?!" Rocket asks getting angry again. "Tivan. We have been halfway across the galaxy, retrieving this Orb." Gamora says. "Very we'll them, let's see what you've brought." He says and Quill pulls out the Orb and drops it. Peter quickly catches it and hands it to Tivan.