I will always Love you (Rocket Raccoon)

Chapter 1 Runaway

As soon as my dad fell asleep I ran, taking nothing with me other than the clothes on my back. After all there was nothing left after his rampage, tonight is the 2-year anniversary of my mother's death and my dad didn't take it very well, he skipped work and went out drinking, coming home smelling of booze and something other than cigarette smoke. It didn't take him long to start braking things and when i tried to stop him he took his anger out on me. i stayed away after that locking myself in the bathroom until the noises stopped. He broke everything in the house, all the photos, TV, he even broke my desk and put a food good sized holes in the wall. I run holding onto my left arm that is bruised badly but i could tell it wasn't broken. I run for an hour or so until I reach the city center of xandar and walk over to the fountain. I sit down on it breathing heavy, with sound of only running water it gave me a chance to relax a little and to reflect on what happened. i don't know what im going to do, cant go home but dont have any money to leave. tears well up in my eyes and for the first time in a long time i dont try to hold them back. My eyes shift to the sky, it's dark the only light coming from stars that are now being covered by dark clouds and the occupational flickering lamppost light. It was so quiet out until the thunder starts, the sudden sound made me almost jump from where I was sitting and fresh raindrops fall on my face, it was nice compared to the salty tears. I sigh as my hair starts to stick to my back and shoulders, the rain getting harder as the storm approaches. For a moment I felt at peace, I felt calm. the loud bang from the sky made me jump and snap out of it, the storm was getting closer and my cloths are now socked. i decide it was time to get up and find some shelter before I froze to death in this weather. Wondering around I found a small alleyway that was covered by the bridge above. I lean against the wall and slid down putting my knees to my chest the cold starting to get to me. My whole body hurts, it's getting hard to breathe and I don't know if I'm shaking from the cold or shock at this point but there's not much i can do. Tears run down my checks again as I close my eyes listening to the sound of the thunder above. I rub my badly bruised arm trying to comfort myself and somehow gain a little feeling back in it but it doesn't seem to help.I sit there for a while tiredness taking over me until I feel something warm and soft wrap around my shoulders. I stop crying with a slight gasp and look up at the person who put it on me. Well it isn't a person it's a giant tree, he smiles at me and wipes a tear away from my cheek then touches the bruise on my face. I was too scared to move, I dont know many people out side of my own family and my dad's friends. they were only kind when they wanted something but this tree's eyes were different, they seemed kind.  

 Tree: I am Groot. 

 Me: I'm... urm... Kathy. Thank you...

At this point i was too cold to refuse the blanket so i pulled it closer still keeping an eye on the giant talking tree. i'v never heard of anything like him before, in books or legends, he seems like something that would be talked about, he seemed so mythical in a way.

Groot: I am Groot? 

a look of confusion forms on my face, It sounds like a question but he already intruded himself. Maybe it was another language but I dont know. Im about to say something when an animal that looks like a raccoon comes out of the darkness on two feet. I found an old book on earth animals a while back and remember what they look like and how they act. i always thought they looked like little bank robbers with the black marks on their face.

Raccoon: That's all he can say. He asked what happened to you. 

Me: well um. 

I try to talk again but stutter, unsure of what to make of this situation, have i finally lost it, is this real? well i might as well go with it just in case it is real.

Me: My dad isn't the... nicest person around. 

Raccoon: He really did a number on you. Anything broken? 

I shake my head as he comes up to me and puts he paw/hand on my bruised knee but I don't flinch, i don't know why i didn't but his touch was cold, he must have been out here for some time but now that he's closer I can see that he is wearing cloths and has little metal piece's on his collarbone sticking out from his over sized shirt. the skin around it looks red and irritated, it must hurt but he doesn't seem to be showing it. 

Raccoon: Names Rocket and as you know this is Groot. So what are you? Runaway? 

Me: Yea, i guess i am now. wasn't planning on it though.

Rocket: wanna go home?

Me: what?? no.. no

The question caught me off guard and a sudden panic rose in my chest, the words came out before i could even think of a response but the panic on my face seemed to make the tree reach out and lightly place his hand on my shoulder.  

Groot: I am Groot. 

 Rocket: That's true. You won't last a night out here. Why don't you stick with us? 

I think about it for a moment, I don't trust them yet but the tree has such kind eyes, I don't want it to end up like all the other times I trusted someone but unlike those times I don't have a choice now. It's either go with them or die out here. 

Me: Yea. ok. Thank you.

Rocket and Groot smile at me but it wasn't what I expected. I was expecting it to be a manipulative smile but it wasn't, there was no negative emotion behind it and it made me smile back, maybe this was the right call.

Me: So what about you two? How did you guys get here? 

 Rocket: I'd rather not. 

Me: Oh come on. I've told you how I got here. 

Rocket: Not all of it I can tell. Ok here's the deal. You tell use the whole story, and we'll tell you ours. 

I think about it for a moment wondering if is should take it or not but i end up agreeing, curiosity getting the better of me. my dad always said "Curiosity killed the Kat" and yes me meant me not a real cat.

Me: Ok but your going first

Rocket: Really?

Groot: I am Groot. 

Rocket: Fine well go first. 

Even though he did't seem to happy about it he the story of how he was experimented on and how he became and I quote "a monster". Then starts to tell me in detail how he escaped and then how he came here a couple of years ago and met Groot who was just a twig and then grow into what he is now. It's sad to hear what happened to him and I thought I had problems but they had it a lot worse, who would do something like that? Rocket leans agents the wall across from me with his arms folded across his chest. 

 Rocket: And that's it. Your turn! 

His bluntness about everything made me wonder how he's actually feeling about it. I sigh and start my story of how my mum died and how my dad became violent and how tonight was the 2-year anniversary of her death and how my dad went berserk. 

Me: I then I met you guys. 

 We sit in silence for a moment before i speak.

Me: I don't think you're a monster. 

 Rocket smiles at me and then looks at the ground.Rocket: You should sleep you look exceeded.Rocket walks back into the darkness and I soon fall asleep with Groot by my side.