[Spoilers for Guardian's of the Galaxy Volume 3 from this point on]
Chapter Six
"Cause now I'm drunk again
A means to my end
And I'm scared of myself
'Cause now it's all the same
The faces and names
And I'm scared of myself again"
Reel Big Fish; Drunk Again
~*~
"Knowhere"
"Heads up, we're inbound," Rocket announced from the cockpit.
They had been flying for a little less than a day. Each member of the group had rested the best they could. An uneasy truce hung loosely between the party.
The others joined Rocket up in the cockpit.
Groot was strapped into the copilot's seat. Drax rested an arm on the back of Rocket's seat. Beth stood on tiptoes craning her neck for a better look.
Groot gently lifted the badger up with an extended tree branch.
Peter looked wide-eyed at the scene in front of them. "Whoa!" He said in a wondrous tone.
A large planet-sized floating skull came into focus as the ship crept nearer. It was a dark color like a millennia had passed, aging and decaying the bones.
"What is that?" Drax asked aloud
"It's called Knowhere, the ancient severed head of a celestial being." Gamora explained.
The group continued to look on in amazement as the ship continued closer.
"Be wary heading in rodent, there are no regulations whatsoever here," Gamora told Rocket.
Rocket coasted the Milano in smoothly through one of the eye sockets of the skull.
Lights from the buildings and structures below twinkled like the stars in the galaxy just outside Knowhere. Beth watched as unmanned machines dug and gathered materials from the upper part of the skull. Large vats of yellow liquid were placed among the buildings.
~*~
Rocket brought the ship down into what the group hoped was a designated parking area. Peter double and triple checked making sure the Milano was secured before the group disembarked.
They walked the streets of Knowhere.
"Hundreds of years ago the Tivan group sent workers in to mine the organic matter within the skull. Bone, brain tissue, spinal fluid, all rare resources highly valued in black markets across the galaxy. It's dangerous and illegal work suited only for outlaw's." Gamora explained the history of Knowhere.
"Well, I come from a planet of outlaws, Billy the kid, Bonnie and Clyde, John Stamos," Peter spoke aloud.
Beth shook her head, "Yeah, Uncle Jesse. A real American outlaw."
"It sounds like a place which I would like to visit" Drax looked to Peter
Peter smiled, "Yeah, you should."
A group of dirty under fed children approached the group.
"Excuse me?" One called to them
"Spare any units?" Another chimed in.
Peter looked to the members of his party. "Watch your wallets," he warned.
The group bumped Beth. She sighed clutching her coin purse.
Groot walked up to a young girl with light colored hair. He extended a branch and grew a small flower. Groot picked it and handed it to the child.
The girl smiled up at Groot.
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