Guardian Angel (Guardians Of The Galaxy Fanfiction)

The Destroyer

The door opened and Ashen was the first to let out a growl roll in her throat. Grenade immediately woke up with a jolt and hissed at the door. Rocket woke up next and rubbed a paw against his eyes.

"Wake and and let's go," ordered the Terran, already starting out of the door.

Ashen rose to her paws and padded toward Peter. She touched her cold nose to his hand and he woke up abruptly. "Time to go," she announced as she strode forward, relieved her fur was finally dry.

Grenade, Rocket, and Peter followed her. They merged into a hallway and she saw the green lady and Groot padding along beside them. Ashen let Peter take up the lead and she padded with Grenade at her side.

Soon they thrust them each a container and Ashen just held it under one of her wings and continued her trek forward. She padded into a large area with lots of other creatures around. She even saw a few wolves and cats like herself and Grenade. She doubted they wanted anymore company so she was just going to keep by Grenade and she knew she'd be fine.

As they continued forward Ashen heard the creatures shouting and throwing things at the lady that Rocket had told her was named Gamora. "Told you she had a rap," pointed out Rocket as he continued forward. "Lots of these people have lost their families to Ronan and his goons."

"They'll protect her, right," asked Peter as he looked around at the creatures still screeching at her.

"They're here to make sure we don't get out. They don't care what we do to each other when we're inside," chuckled Rocket and Ashen knew it was true.

A large blue creature, not like the one Ashen had seen earlier, stepped toward Peter. She couldn't hear what he was saying to Peter but she knew it wasn't good. Groot suddenly stepped forward and shoved his fingers up the creature's nose.

"This here is our booty," Rocket shouted to all of the creatures as the creature that Groot held up by the nose wailed and thrashed around madly.

"That would hurt," murmured Ashen as she cringed at the sight.

"If you want him, you go through us. Or more accurately, we go through you!"

Groot dropped the creature and the creature held his nose, crying into his hands. Groot and Rocket stepped over him while everyone else looked on.

"I'm with them," announced Peter as he stepped over the creature as well.

Ashen and Grenade exchanged a glance. They stayed together for most the day but never strayed too far from Groot, Rocket, and Peter. Gamora strayed and eventually Ashen had no idea where she went but that wasn't her probably. She had never heard of her so she didn't want her dead, at least not yet.

At night they told them where they would sleeping. Grenade was in a large room with other toms including Peter, Groot, and Rocket. Ashen was in her own space with other females, including Gamora. She wasn't exactly pleased with being with so many other shes that she didn't know and didn't trust and it took her quite a while to actually get some sleep.

She awoke to the sound of Gamora grunting and thrashing. She raised her head and saw her being dragged from her sleeping area. It was by a group of the creatures who had been yelling and throwing things at her earlier.

Ashen went to pad out of her cell but it had already locked. She swore into her chest fur before she stretched a paw through the bars and tried to unlock the cage but it was no use. She pushed her head against the bars and felt despair push on her shoulders. She felt like she was back in the lab and couldn't do anything about it.

She suddenly hear shifting from another cell. She saw Peter rush to the entrance and open it. She envied it and watched as he crept out of his confinement and continued in the direction the men had taken Gamora.