Holding out for a hero, Peter Quill

033. I AM NOT YOUR LITTLE GIRL ANYMORE

Chapter thirty three

"I am not your little girl anymore." 

They had gotten Knowhere up and going as their place to live, where Atara and Peter were sitting together, eating dinner "I know we've spent our time making this our home and all. And our friends are here but what if..what if we went our separate way you know? Just me and you. Maybe go to Earth see my grandfather cause like you said the last time you saw him you gave him a letter saying you were gonna bring me back and you did. And yet we never went back to see him." Peter shared.

As Atara chuckled "because..because you wanted to go back to what we used to do before everything happened, being the guardians of the galaxy." she shared, as Peter reached his hands out and put them on top of her's "I know and I'm not saying we stop helping people. I'm just saying we maybe take a break. Live on Earth for a little while maybe even start our own family." he shared, and when he did, he waited for Atara's answer but it never came as she saw Rocket walk into the room.

"Oh, don't get quiet on my account. What you talking about?" Rocket asked, holding the zune and walking up to the fridge, Atara stood up "none of your business." she told him, leaning down and grabbing the zune "and we told you a million times to keep your grimy raccoon hands off the zune." she shared, as Rocket opened the fridge "I told you a million times, I'm not a damn raccoon. And speaking of which since when do you talk to me like that?" he asked her, and when he did, Atara huffed turning and walking out 

"Don't walk away from me young lady!" Rocket voiced, following after her, Peter quickly stood up following after them, as the three passed Mantis, Drax and Nebula "try and stop me!" Atara voiced "you know I thought Groot growing up was annoying but you? Your different. Since you were eights year old I've protected you from everything! I took care of you! I saved your life!" Rocket voiced "yes, I know! You remind me every moment of my goddamn life, Rocket!" Atara voiced.

"Father and daughter are fighting." Drax said, as Rocket pointed back at him "see? He gets it! Your my kid!" Rocket voiced, as Atara stopped and turned to him "I'm not your little girl anymore!" she yelled, getting everyone's attention, Groot gasped "I am groot." he said, and as he did, Atara turned walking away and up the staircase to her and Peter's room, where as she did, Peter ran after her "Atara!" he called out.

As Atara walked into their room, she went to slam the door shut behind her, but Peter was there as he caught it, stepping in behind her and shutting the door behind them, Atara fell down on their bed putting her hands over her face "look, I know you and Rocket haven't been talking like you used to and have been pretty distant." Peter shared "you know I think he'd prefer if I never got my memories back. If I just stayed Red and never remembered you." Atara shared, as Peter shook his head "no. He wouldn't want that." he shared, crossing his arms.

Atara took her hands off of her face and sat up "haven't you realizez he never calls me Atara? Always calls me Red. That's because, Red is the person he raised me to be. And when I was in that mirror dimension I saw different versions of myself, one who grew up after her dad beheaded Thanos and became queen who cared about nothing but hurting those who wrong her people. Then there was me the girl fighting for love and trying to get you and the rest of her friends back. And in the end..in the end the third option won, Red, who if she saw me would think I was a naive little princess who always wants to do the right thing compared to her who was taught to be a rebel, steal and kill those no matter if there rich or poor. That's who Rocket misses, his little girl who was his partner in crime. But that's not who I am anymore." she shared.

Where Rocket came flying into through the window of their room, screaming as some glowing dude had a hold of him, as they went through the other window, quickly getting up, Peter and Atara looked out the window seeing a gold blonde headed boy holding onto Rocket, they turned grabbing their weapons, the two then ran out the door and down the staircase, heading toward's the weapons room, the two arrived only to see Rocket on the ground and Mantis get her arm snapped and thrown to the side.

Peter began shooting him with his blaster, while Atara notched on arrow, shooting it at him, it exploded as he went flying back, Drax caught him "pick on someone your own size." he told him, punching him and sending him flying through the open door, he walked after him, as Atara ran toward's Rocket, she fell down on her knees next to him as Rocket was gasping for air "no, no, no.." she said, putting her hands on his wound, her hands began to get covered in his blood "Peter!" Mantis yelled, as Peter turned looking at the two.

"We need med packs." Mantis shared, as Rocket was choking, Atara felt tears in her eyes, Mantis watched them both, Atara started crying, Peter came over and fell down next to her, opening the med pack, Mantis put one on her arm and pressed the button, putting her arm back in place "Atara I need you to move your hands." Peter told her, but Atara didn't listen "Atara.." Peter told her "you can't put that thing on him! It'll kill him!" Atara cried out.

As Nebula ran in, Peter looked to her "we need to get him to the med bay." he shared, as Atara picked up Rocket, she stood up along with Peter "it was destroyed. There's one on the ship.' Nebula shared, as they all began walking out "stay with me. Stay with me, please." Atara told Rocket.

Making it onto the ship, Atara put Rocket down and began using the med bay to help him,  they all were standing over him "a kill switch?" Peter asked "a device set to destruct if anyone goes poking around inside him, or even if we use the med packs." Nebula shared "why would Rocket have a kill switch?" Peter asked, looking to Atara "apparently, someone considers him proprietary technology and sent that golden lunatic t get him." Nebula shared "so, he'll die if we operate on him?" Mantis asked "and he'll die if we don't." Drax shared.

"There has to be some way to bypass it." Peter shared "it looks like there's a passkey that could override the kill switch." Nebula shared "what do we know about where Rocket came from?" Mantis asked "I know where." Atara told them, as they all looked to her "orgocorp. Rocket's name is Rocket because he always wanted to fly but what his name in the system in usually 89P13." Atara shared "he's got maybe forty eight hours." Nebula shared.

As Atara turned walking out, Peter followed her along with Mantis, Drax and Nebula "where are you going?" Nebula asked "orgocorp. He's got a code, which means they have records. Which means we can go in there and get the key to override the kill switch." Atara shared "they won't just give us that information." Mantis shared "well, that's why we're gonna break in." Peter shared "and kill anyone who gets in our way!" Drax voiced "not kill anyone." Peter shared.

As Atara walked in the opposite direction of the console room, Nebula followed her "what are you doing?" she asked her, as Atara pulled a box out and opened it up, her old Red outfit was in there "I need to contact someone." she shared, grabbing the stuff out of the box as she stood up, walking away "who?" Nebula asked her, but Atara didn't answer as she continued down the hallway, as the ship flew off.