Guardians of the Galaxy One-shots and Preferences

Parasite Part 3

Final part of this story.

While you were in the middle of getting captured, Gamora was hard at work trying to get the communications up and running. After roughly 12 minutes, she finally managed to open up a channel to the medical station.

Once she made contact with said station's director she spared no time explaining the dire situation. "As long as these things are onboard, we dare not dock and risk the lives of the medical workers in the station." "You must bring that ship in," the director insists, "If we are to find a cure for these parasites we must be able to analyze them." "You don't understand how widespread this is," Gamora tells her, "What if they get loose?" "We have seen worse epidemics then this," the director assures, "We will take all the necessary precautions." "Alright," Gamora concedes, "you do what you need to do. The captain and I will do what we can to get control of the bridge again."

Once that was done, Gamora got to work to make contact with her team's ship.

"Hey, Quill," Rocket says as he noticed, "Looks like Gamora is finally making good with the updates."
"Hey, Gamora," Peter answers, "Nice of you to call, we were getting worried for a minute there. How are Drax and Mantis, any chance we can talk to them too?" "Uh, that's not really going to happen, Peter," Gamora admits. "Why, what's wrong?" Peter frowns. Gamora then told her teammates about the parasites infecting the ship. "That's not good," Rocket comments. "Did you manage to contact the medical station?" Peter asks. "Yes," Gamora answers, "they're preparing for the ship's arrival. (y/n) is trying to get the bridge back under our control and right now we need to come up with a way to tackle these parasites." "Well clearly the methods we used back on the planet where Groot got up into their noses and yanks those suckers out aren't gonna do much good on the ship," Rocket states. "Yeah, thanks for pointing out the obvious when our friends are in very real danger here," Peter snides, "How else are we gonna help them?" "We'll figure something out, we always do," Rocket shrugs. "Maybe make contact with the (y/n)'s people on planet," Gamora suggests, "Maybe some of the pirates that were captured might be able to derive some useful information." "What about you? What are you going to do?" Peter asks. "I'm gonna head to the bridge and help out (y/n)," Gamora tells him, "It's important we get it under our control by the time we reach the medical station." "Okay," Peter nods, "You do that, we'll swing by and help you out." "No," Gamora insists, "You need to complete the mission you already set out for." "But, Gamora-" "We're gonna be fine," Gamora insists, "We've been through worse you know that."

"Fine," Peter reluctantly agrees, "We'll keep looking on how to stomp out those parasites. If you do need our help don't hesitate to call."

Once transmission ended, Gamora was about to head for the bridge when she ran into you. "(y/n), thank goodness you're okay," Gamora sighs with relief, "We're you able to get control of the bridge?" You merely stand there, a blank stare in your eyes. "Uh, (y/n), what's wrong?" Gamora asks, starting to get uneasy.
You suddenly pull out a gun and attempt to shoot Gamora, who had to sense to jump back and kick it away from you. "(y/n), snap out of it!" Gamora exclaims, "This isn't you, it's those worms, you have to fight it!"

You still didn't say anything, instead, you pulled out a knife and lunge at Gamora. In your mind you didn't want to hurt her, but the parasite your infected crew planted inside your head controlled your every movements. It's like you were aware of what was happening as your limbs were doing but you had no longer had any agency over your body.

Lucky for both of you, Gamora managed to kick you away and run off. Turning a corner, Gamora runs in mind controlled Drax and Mantis. Mantis almost got her hands on Gamora, but Gamora managed to dodge her. Drax pulled out his big knife and manage to nick his teammate on the arm. It hurt, but Gamora quickly looked up see the entrance to the vents. Kicking Drax in the knee, Gamora quickly jumped up into the vents.