Rocket x Reader PART 2

OH SHIT!

Several customer service calls, an errand for my boss, and a stop by the local grocer's market later...I finally have this chapter finished and posted! :)  Couldn't think of a good name for this so I settled on using Yondu's exclamation when Ayesha starts attacking them on Ego. Enjoy! :D

I was tending to Groot, making sure we got all the sticky alcohol off when I hear raised voices near the front of the ship.

"I am Groot?" I gently wiped his face and shook my head. "I don't know buddy, let's go find out."

I placed him on my shoulder and he tangled his little hands in my hair to hold on to. What we walked into was Yondu yelling at Rocket, Rocket yelling back, and Kraglin nonchalantly picking at his fingernails.

"I know why you steal batteries you don't need! I know why you act like the toughest thing around and push everybody away. I know why because I was you, boy!" Yondu and Rocket were having a stare down.

"I thought I told you to SHUT UP!" Rocket's fangs were bared as he shoved his face closer to Yondu's. The blue guy took a step back and shook his head. "You're not the toughest thing around. You're looking for something to fill the void. I know because that's exactly what I used to do."

Rocket's chest was heaving and his fists would open then clench shut. Groot and I stood next to Kraglin but we didn't dare make a sound. I somehow felt that this was too important to interrupt.

"I know those scientists don't give a fuck about you, just like no one gave a fuck about me. But you got folks here who care about you, boy! Don't piss it all away. You understand?"

Rocket slowly lifted his head to look at Yondu, his breathing leveling out after releasing a huff. "Yeah, alright! That's good." Yondu patted his shoulder and Rocket leapt up into the pilot's chair.

"Where to now?" Kraglin asked.

"Ego." Rocket said darkly as he entered in the destination.

Yondu's head snapped over to look at the raccoon. "No, boy! You know it's not healthy for a mammalian body to go through 15 jumps, right?"

"Yeah I know that!"

"We're about to do seven hundred!"

"Wha- aaaahhh!"

I'm not exactly sure how to describe the feeling going through this many jumps. Normally it's just smooth sailing and you don't feel anything as long as you're going through one or two. But this? This felt like the worst rollercoaster ride ever. Sort of like one of those rides that spins you around till you puke. Now imagine being in that while moving along a roller coaster track. That's what this feels like. If the circumstances were different, I'd be laughing at everybody's distorted faces, instead I was focusing on not losing my lunch.

It felt like an eternity and I didn't dare look out the windows. I kept my eyes squeezed shut as it felt like my brain was gonna pop outta my skull. The screams of my comrades didn't help me quell the queasy feeling roiling in my stomach. Groot still had his hands tangled in my hair as he screamed. I grabbed him and clutched him to my chest, his little fingers gripping onto the collar of my shirt as he buried his face into my neck.

Finally, the ship came to a halt and I removed Groot from myself and not a moment too soon because he threw up all over himself. "Oh, Groot. Let's getcha cleaned up. I ain't gonna be smelling that the entire time we're here." I said as I plucked him up by the back of his Ravager suit. A quick clean up and we reconvened with the rest of our crew.

"Geez, I don't like the looks of this, Rocket..." I muttered as I looked out the front of the ship. The entire planet seemed to be an eerie, desolate place. Minus the freaky blue light shimmering through the cracks of the surface. "Something tells me that the blue light isn't a disco party."