Sovereign

3.3

Nefertiti's POV

Peter and Mantis wouldn't let me go with them while they talked with the new Gamora and tasked me with watching Rocket. I sat in a chair beside the Medbay bed and sadly stared at Rocket, "I'm so sorry, Rocket. I wish this didn't happen to you." Groot walked in and sighed sadly, "I am Groot." I smiled softly and walked over to him, hugging him, "I know. I know. He'll be fine. Peter and Nebula will save him." Groot hugged me back and we continued to look at Rocket. 

"Titi, bring the Bowie to us, now!" Bula said over the comms and I looked at Groot, "Stay here!" I hurried to the pilot's chair and fired up the engines, flying into OrgoCorp. Literally. I sat there all smug asking over the comms, "Should I have come along?" Nebula sighed and responded, "Yes. I'm sorry we asked you to stay out of it. It would have been better if you were here." 

I looked concerned, "Who the hell played Battleship with Drax's chest?" I was ignored and everyone got on, so I quickly flew out of OrgoCorp, avoiding any gunshots. 

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We all stood around Rocket as Nebula connected herself to the file, watching all the events happen. Mantis cried as we watched a baby Rocket being experimented on and I grew with rage. Mantis sniffled, "Why did he never tell us about any of this?" Nebula looked at the recording with rage and sorrow, "This is worse than what Thanos did to me." Peter looked at her, "What about the passkey? Is it there?" 

Nebula went through the file, "No. But a file was removed today. Downloaded and deleted, a million characters in length. the biometrics say it was this man. Recorder B2H6." Peter pointed at him, "I saw this guy outside of records today." Groot growled and I grew angrier as Gamora looked closer, "Looks like one of the High Evolutionary's recorders." Mantis grew confused, "The High Evolutionary? The founder of OrgoCorp?" Gamora nodded, "OrgoCorp is just a way to find his experiments that lie outside intergalactic laws. He's created whole societies. Xeronians, the Ani-Men, the Sovereign." 

Peter's head snapped towards me and Drax looked at me as well, "The Sovereign?" Gamora frowned at me, "Corners of the universe consider him God." I snarled, "Then a god will die...At my hands." Peter frowned, "If he wants Rocket for some reason. If he knows about Nefertiti, what could happen?" Gamora didn't look happy, "Nefertiti is someone that the High Evolutionary would want greatly. A warrior with the beauty of a goddess. He would want to study her. To experiment, just like they did to Rocket." 

Mantis walked off somewhere and Groot looked at me, "I am Groot." Nebula nodded, "Yes." Gamora was confused, "Yes, what? That he's Groot?" Nebula explained, "He said maybe this man downloaded the passkey into the computer on his head and we should let Titi get the information." Gamora looked at Groot dumbfounded, "Huh?" 

Nebula zoomed into the photo, "That could store the passkey." Peter glared at the screen, "We find him, we save Rocket. We also save the impending doom for Nefer." Mantis spoke up, "The High Evolutionary's coordinates." Peter looked at Bula, "Put the coordinates in the nav." Gamora didn't look happy, "Wait a minute." The two of them walked off and I looked at Mantis, "Can you find Ayesha for me?" Mantis scrunched up her nose, "The High Priestess? Why?" 

I sighed, "To put some sense into her brain and get my mate on our side." Mantis shrugged and typed something, "Here. They are here." I memorized the numbers, "Thanks, Mani." The two of us walked to where the rest of everyone was and Gamora yelled, "I'm not asking you. Drop me off with my people now!"

Peter looked at her, "Your people? The Ravagers aren't your people. Nefertiti and I are damn Ravagers. You aren't. Listen, I know you were always looking for a family. Okay? But my Gamora, the one I loved, the one that loved Nefer like a sister, she didn't find it with a group of criminals, she found it with us. People who care about you. I know that's who you still are. Somewhere inside of you-" 

Gamora yelled and shoved Peter into the screens and I snarled, grabbed Gamora by her throat, and slammed her up the opposite wall, "Listen here and listen well. You know the name, Golden Death. Lilith?" Gamora nodded, "The Golden One. The one that brings death." I snarled, "Our Gamora gave me that name. I saved her life and she gave me the name of Lilith. Beauty. Grace. Yet death. You aren't her, I know. My brother misses her greatly, but you will show a little compassion for that! We are not risking Rocket's life to make yours more convenient."

I set Gamora down and she walked away, "Screw you. Screw all of you." I looked at Peter, "I love you brother. I have to find Ayesha to talk sense into her. I will help you save Rocket." Peter sighed, "I can't stop you can I?" I smirked, "Nope." I then snapped my fingers and teleported to Ayesha's thermal signature and sighed, "Well that was easy." I deadpanned seeing OrgoCorp sentries, "Great." Adam smiled widely and pulled me into a hug, "Nefertiti." I smiled and hugged him back, "Hello, Adam." 

Ayesha came over quickly, "You can't be here, the High Evolutionary has plans for you." I nodded, "Don't worry. It will be okay." The main sentry cleared his throat, "We found him on the outskirts of the first shield, pirating supply ships." The F'saki that the Ravager had came over to me and cowered behind my legs and I smiled softly at him. The Ravager, looked at me in a panic, "Lilith, please." The sentry snapped his head towards me in fear, "Lilith?" I grinned darkly and rotated my neck to pop it, "That's me, gentlemen." Ayesha grabbed my arm as Adam glared at them, "She is of no importance." The sentry nodded, "The High Evolutionary wants her for something, but the stories...She kills in cold blood. She will kill him and won't regret it." 

I sneered, "Don't make yourself my first victim of the new age." The sentry cleared his throat and Ayesha smiled, "I do appreciate this, good sir." The sentry smiled back, And I appreciate your generous contribution to the Orgosentry retirement fund." Ayesha walked up to the Ravager who tried to get my attention, but I just leaned into Adam's arms as he wrapped them around me and kissed my neck, "Your associate, a Zehoberei named Gamora, where is she now?"

The Ravager spit in her face, "You ain't getting nothing from me." Ayesha grinned, "Oh, we'll see about that, won't we? Adam." Adam gazed lovingly into my eyes and Ayesha called again, "Adam." Adam jumped and faced her, "Yes, mother?" Ayesha smirked, "Show him we mean business." Adam shrugged and charged up his arm, obliterating the Ravager as the F'saki cowered in my arms. 

Ayesha grunts and glares at her son, "I said show him we mean business, not disintegrate him!" I frown, "High Priestess, he told me that you removed him from his pod way too early. This isn't his fault." Adam pointed to the Ravager, "Yeah! What more business could we have shown him?!" Ayesha yelled, "But now he's of no use to us!" Adam pointed to the F'saki in my arms, "Well, let's just question the man's friend." The F'saki whimpered in my arms and Ayesha glared at him, "Friend!? You think that's a friend?! It's an animal!"

Adam looked at the F'saki in my arms, "He looks sad. I really don't enjoy how that's making me feel, actually." I cooed at Adam, "Awe, you big softy." Ayesha grunts in annoyance and the female OrgoCorp worker started laughing as the sentry looked at Ayesha, "Your friend's a moron." I growled, feeling my protective side for my mate coming out. The radio on the Ravager's hip went off, "Outpost? This is Gamora, you there? Fitz-Gibbonok. Come in. Outpost, come in."

Ayesha took the comms link and cleared her throat, "Yes, Gamora. Salutations. May I help?" Gamora responded, "Well, I need you guys to come pick me up. I'm gonna upload the location-link to the craft I am on. Be wary, Lilith is somewhere lurking." Ayesha grinned, "Oh, I think we can arrange that. Lilith isn't a problem."

I pulled Adam and Ayesha aside, "You can't give Rocket up to the High Evolutionary." Ayesha sighed, "He told us if we don't, he'll kill our planet and people." I gasped, "No. Uncle." Ayesha nodded, "Everyone will die if we don't. He also needs you for experimentation. Go back to the Guardians. They will need your help." I sighed, "If you need to find Rocket, you'll be in the same place they will be, I'll travel with you."

Adam smiled and hugged me close, "Wonderful."