Stargazing • MCU/S. Rogers Fanfic•

5-71: Selfish and Selfless

Knowhere

November 2, 2015

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Peter and Gamora peaked their head from behind the counter. Their mouths agape at what just happened and behind them an electrical circuit popped, sparks flying to the ground. "What the f..." Peter couldn't finish the word, the f just dragged a bit. But, that's okay, because Astra finished it for him.

"Fuck." The girl cried, hopping on her left foot and extinguishing the flames on her right leg. The two lovebirds turned their head to her voice and she was able to get the last flame out. The brunette gave them a thumbs up and rushed back over to the orb, closing it harshly.

"How could I think Tivan could contain the stone inside the orb." Astra scolded herself, orb in hand while walking out the lair and into a smoky and destroyed part of the city.

"What do you still have it for?" Rocket exclaimed, his hands on his face to dramatize it.

"Well what are we gonna do, leave it in there?" Quill sassed.

"I can't believe you had that in you had that in your purse!" Rocket pointed at it.

"It's not a purse, it's a knapsack." Quill defended his purse.

"We have to take that to the Nova Corp." Gamora's face was frightened when she said that as she took the orb so that it was now in her own hand. She and her sister knew what would happen it their father got his hands on it, nothing good. "There's a chance they can contain it." 

"Are you kidding me?" Rocket exclaimed, yet again. "We're wanted by the Nova Corp. Just give it to Ronan." Astra swore to herself that she would keep her head cool, and not lose it with what Rocket had to say.

"So he can destroy the galaxy?" Peter reminded him, the group continuing to argue in the unsafe area.

"What are you, some saint all of a sudden? What has the galaxy ever done for you? Why would wanna save it?" Rocket threw in his face.

"Because I'm one of the idiots that lives in it!" Yeah, Peter was 100 percent right and just won that argument a hundred times over with that come back.

Gamora put her hand on Peter's shoulder, forcing him to look at her. "Peter, listen to me. We can not allow the stone to fall into Ronan's hands. We have to go back to your ship and deliver it to Nova."

"Right, right. Okay. I think you're right" He agreed for only a moment. "Or we could give it to someone who's not going to arrest us. Who's really nice for a whole lotta money." Once hearing that Gamora pulled away from him. "I think there's a really good balance between both your point of view."

"You're despicable." Gamora spit out the words. "Dishonorable." She continued, then the last word she growled out and stomped away. "Faithless."

Astra looked at Peter with a disapproving face. "Yeah, you're a voracious and narcissistic person. Humans are more decent than that." Astra glared at him. "And-"

Before the brunette could continue, the humming from battle ships were ringing in her ears. "At last!" Drax laughed at the sight. "I shall meet my foe and destroy him."