GHOSTLY GUARDIANS

Chapter 7: Knowhere.

The Milano was flying in the vast darkness of space. Inside, Rocket was working on something, using parts of the ship, which upsets Peter.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa. Yo, Ranger Rick! What are you doing? You can't take apart my ship without asking me! See, what is this?" Peter confronted, trying to pick up a object, but Rocket stops him.

"Don't touch that! It's a bomb." Rocket said.

"A bomb?" Peter asked, not believing what Rocket just said.

"Yup." Rocket replied.

"And you leave it lying around?" Peter asked.

"I was gonna put it in a box." Rocket said as he opens a nearby shelf.

"What's a box gonna do?" Peter asked.

"How about this one?" Rocket asked as he grabs the present Meredith gave to Peter 26 years ago.

"No! Whoa. Hey! Leave it alone." Peter said as he grabs the present and puts it away.

"Why? What is it?" Rocket asked, which annoys Peter.

"Shut up." Peter said.

"Hey!" Rocket scoffed.

"What is that?" Peter asked, pointing at some components.

"That's for if things get really hardcore." Rocket replied with a grin. "Or if you wanna blow up moons."

"No one's blowing up moons." Gamora said.

"No one's blowing nothing at all." Daranak said.

"You just wanna suck the joy out of everything." Rocket muttered.

"So, listen, I'm gonna need your buyer's coordinates." Peter said.

"Yeah, are we even heading in the right direction?" Salzer asked.

"We're heading in the right direction. For now." Gamora replied.

"If we're gonna work together, you might try trusting me a little bit." Peter said.

"And how much do you trust me?" Gamora asked.

"I'd trust you a lot more if you told me what this was. Because I'm guessing it's some kind of weapon." Peter said as he places the Orb down.

"If it was a weapon, Nova would have place it in their custody." Daranak said.

"Especially if a deadly assassin like yourself is trying to get it." Salzer said.

"I don't know what it is." Gamora said as Drax grabs the Orb.

"If it's a weapon, we should use it against Ronan." Drax said.

"Put it down, you fool. You'll destroy us all." Gamora said.

"Or just you, murderess!" Drax shouted.

"I let you live once, princess!" Gamora said, confronting Drax in his face.

"I am not a princess!" Drax yelled.

"Hey! Nobody is killing anybody on my ship! We're stuck together until we get the money." Peter said.

"I have no interest in money." Drax said as he throws Peter the Orb.

"Great. That means more money for the three of us." Peter said, until Groot scoff at him. "For the four of us." Peter said as he looks at Daranak and Salzer.

"Like Daranak said, we don't care about the money. We just want to know what this Orb that Ronan's after is for." Salzer said.

"Partners." Peter said.