The Journey of a Bounty Hunter (Nebula x Male Reader)

The Clash with The Celestial

Y/N, Rocket, Yondu, Groot and Kraglin continued to scream for what felt like an eternity as their ship proceeded to jump from one jump point to another. He could feel a massive relief overcoming his body when the ship finally stopped in front of the planet which Y/N assumed to be the place where Ego took Quill, Gamora and Drax.

He grunted as he literally fell off his seat, landing right on his knees. He gagged, feeling how it was just a matter of seconds before he would empty his stomach. He pressed his right hang against his stomach and his left one over his mouth to stop himself from doing so.

"I don't know about you, guys." He shook his head and removed his hand from his mouth to take a deep breath, "But there's one way I'm doing this ever again."

Yondu glanced over at Y/N and Rocket, "What the hell are you doing, both of you?"

"I had no idea that it would take this many jumps to get here!" Y/N explained.

"And I could tell by how you talked about him that this Ego is bad news." Rocket added, "We're here to save Quill."

"For what? Huh?" Yondu wanted to know, "For honor? For love?"

"No. I don't care about those things." Rocket shook his head with a small grin forming on his face, "I wanna save Quill so I can prove I'm better than him! I can hold this over him forever."

"Rocket." Y/N removed his hand from his stomach, no longer feeling sick and shook his head, "I know that you don't mean that."

"Oh, really?" Rocket asked as he shifted his attention from Yondu to Y/N, "How can you know that, Y/N?"

"Because I know you? Better than anyone in our crew?" Y/N retorted, "Everytime when you act like you're the biggest a-hole around, you're just playing to be one to show..."

"That's not true, and you know it!" Rocket cut Y/N off before he could finish. It was just seconds before he and Y/N could hear how Yondu started to laugh. He turned his attention back to the blue skinned man and asked, in a very confused tone, "What are you laughing at me for?"

"You do know that your friend here is right? You can fool yourself and everyone else, but you can't fool me or him." Yondu said, beginning to walk towards the front window of the ship, his back facing the raccoon and human behind him, "I know who you are."

Rocket got himself back on his feet and glared at Yondu, "You don't know anything about me, loser."

"I know everything about you." Yondu said as he turned back to look at Rocket again. He started to approach him, "I know you play like you're the meanest and the hardest, but actually you're the most scared of all."

"Shut up!" Rocket shouted, clenching his palms.

Yondu ignored Rocket's words and proceeded to approach him, "I know you steal batteries you don't need, and you push away anyone who's willing to put up with you, 'cause just a little bit of love reminds you of how big and empty that hole inside you actually is!"

"I said shut up!" Rocket repeated himself, his glare turning into completely opposite expression.

"I know them scientists what made you, never gave a rat's a about you!" Yondu continued.

"I'm serious, dude!" Rocket shouted, his glare completely gone from his face at this moment.

"Just like my own damn parents who sold me, their own little baby, into slavery!" Yondu loudly exclamined, stopping himself in front of Rocket. He leaned down to face the talking raccoon and look straight into his eyes, "I know who you are, boy, because you're me."