I Need A Hero Vol 3 {Peter Quill}

twenty eight

Kamomile had a guilty conscious when he left Gwen and Meredith alone with Phantom. He was greeted by Brenna and Zane.

"Hey Kamo. Good job" Zane said.

"Yeah. Thanos will be very pleased with you" Brenna said. She noticed his expression. "What's wrong with you?"

"Do you not feel guilty about what we're doing to them?" Kamomile answered.

"It's not like she's gonna hurt the child. Thanos has different plans for her. Phantom would never do anything to cross Thanos" Zane said.

"The Queen though, Phantom will have no mercy with her. Come now, Kamo. We're supposed to keep watch incase her friends come by" Brenna said.

~

The knocked out Avengers were brought into the medical wing. Rocket and Lylla met up with Nebula and Kraglin.

"Are you sure this will work Lylla?" Nebula asked. Lylla was finishing up with her concoction.

"There's only one way to find out. Rocket, hand me that rag please" Lylla said. Rocket gave her the rag. Lylla dipped the fabric into the concoction. Once it was wet enough, she brought it up to Thor's nose. The scent took effect quickly because he woke up.

"That's my Lylla" Rocket said, giving her a proud smile.

"Nurse!" Lylla called over. The nearby nurse came over. Lylla gave her the potion and the rag. "It works. Please go wake the others" The nurse nodded and went to wake Steve, Tony and Rhodey. Thor sat up, clutching his head.

"What happened?" he asked.

"You were knocked out" Kraglin said.

"Is that why my head hurts?"

"No. That's a side effect from the waking potion. It'll last about half an hour" Lylla said.

"Thank you for waking me up squirrel. Is Meredith alright? Steve and I were watching her when Kamomile knocked us out"

"Kamomile did this?" Xavier said. He had come into medical wing after a guard informed him about what happened. "He kidnaped my daughter and my granddaughter?"

"Wait, Gwen's gone?" Thor asked.

"We found Tony and Rhodey knocked out outside her room. She was gone" Nebula said. Steve, Tony and Rhodey were now awake and joined the others.

"My head is killing me but it's better than being passed out" Rhodey said.

"I don't even know what happened. I just know you passed out and then I did" Tony said.

"I know who did it. It was Kamomile" Steve said.

"Are you sure about that? Did you see anything?"

"I know it was him Stark. He was the one who knocked out Thor and I"

"I believe him" Nebula stepped in between them. "Look, I don't know you two very well. I don't know why you two hate each other but we have a very big problem. Gwen and Meredith are gone. We have to save them. Can you two put your differences aside until after we save them?"

"She has a point" Steve said.

"I agree" Tony said. He held out his hand. "Truce?" Steve nodded and shook his hand. "I can't promise that we'll get along after this is over though"

"Alright" Steve said. He turned to Nebula. "Nebula, you and your friends are in charge of this mission. What's our plan?"

"Xavier, go with Tony, Steve and Rhodey. Gather up everyone else. Give them whatever they may need for a fight. Rocket and Lylla, you two need to figure out where Gwen and Meredith are"

"That's easier done than said. You see, I may or may not have put a tracker in Meredith" Rocket said.

"Why would you do that?" Kraglin asked.

"Excuse me for being a responsible uncle"

"Moving on. Kraglin, you and I are gonna bust out Helena" Nebula said.

"That might not be so easy. If Gwen said she's on the execution list, they're not gonna let her out unless she orders it herself" Xavier said.

"We'll improvise something. We all meet on the ship. The same one we arrived on"

~

Phantom paced back and forth while twirling her knife in her hands. Meredith was remaining surprisingly calm, while Gwen was becoming more and more nervous.

"Phantom, is it? I don't know what you're planning to do but whatever it is, don't hurt my daughter. You can do whatever you want with me just don't hurt her" Gwen said.

"Don't worry, mommy. Daddy will come and save us" Meredith said. Gwen felt the guilty pang in her heart. She closed her eyes, and tried holding back her tears. Phantom noticed and decided to have some fun.

"Little one, didn't mommy tell you?" Phantom said. She began approaching Meredith.

"Don't tell her anything!" Gwen pleaded. Phantom smiled and kneeled in front of Meredith. "Get away from her!"

"I'm not scared of you! My daddy is gonna save us and kick your butt!" Meredith said.

"I'm not afraid of your daddy. Do you want to know why? Because he's never coming back for you. Your daddy is dead" Phantom said.

"You're lying! Daddy's not dead, right mommy?" Meredith said. She looked at Gwen. She was crying and Meredith knew what that meant. "Mommy?"

"I-I didn't want you to find out this way, sweetheart. I'm sorry I never told you. I didn't know how to tell you" Gwen cried. Meredith began to cry.

"My daddy is gone..."

"Don't cry, little one" Phantom said. She wiped her tears. "You'll be getting a new daddy very soon"

"New daddy?"

"Yes. A new daddy"

"But what about my mommy?"

"I'm afraid this is the last time you'll see her, but don't worry. Thanos will be a wonderful father. He'll teach you how to fight and love you as if you were his own"