Galactic Surge

Saying Goodbye...

3rd Person POV

After retrieving Peter and Yondu from space, everyone gathered around the stand where Yondu's body was placed and placed something on it and him: bands of colored cloth, Yaro lilies, lit candles, a jeweled bug object, and the troll doll Peter left in the Power stone orb he gave to Yondu.

Rocket, Groot, Drax, Gamora, JJ, Gora, Mantis, and Kraglin stood around the stand with Quill at the head and Nebula standing off to the side before he started his speech,

"The other day I told Gamora how I used to pretend my dad was David Hasselhoff."

Rocket, Gora, JJ, and Drax exchanged a look before Peter answered,

"He's a singer and actor from Earth... a really famous guy."

Drax nodded in understanding before Peter continued,

"And, you know, today it struck me. Yondu didn't have a talking car, but he did have a flying arrow. And he didn't have the voice of an angel, but he did have the whistle of one. And both David Hasselhoff and Yondu went on kickass adventures, and hooked up with hot women, and fought robots. So, the thing is, David Hasselhoffkinda did end up being my Dad after all, only he was Yondu. I had a pretty cool Dad."

Peter started to break down a little as he finished up his speech with,

"And what I'm trying to say here is, that thing you're searching for your whole life, sometimes it's right there by your side all along and you don't even know it."

Afterward, Gamora turns to see Nebula leaving and went to follow her right before Groot spoke up,

"I am Groot?"

"He did call you 'twig.'" Rocket noted and looked to JJ as she looked in the direction Gamora and Nebula left in and nudged her side before nodding, giving her the go-ahead to follow.

JJ caught up with Gamora and Nebula in the middle of their conversation and stayed out of sight as she heard Gamora say,

"There are little girls like you all over the universe who are in danger. You can stay with us, and help them."

"I'll help them by killing Thanos." Nebula responded bluntly.

"I don't know if that's possible."

Nebula turned to leave before Gamora lightly grabbed her arm, making Nebula snap back before Gamora pulled her in for a hug and saying,

"You'll always be my sister... Both of you..."

Nebula hugged her back with one arm with tears welling in her dark eyes as she caught sight of JJ looking at them and nodding to her with a smile right before Nebula turned away and left.

Gamora turned to see JJ half-hidden behind the corner and gave her a joking warning look to which JJ grinned sheepishly and ran away, only stopping and her grin falling when she got back to where Yondu's body was being loaded into the crematory where the swirling cosmic energy disintegrated it and sent his ashes out into space.

Everyone disbanded after that and JJ found herself in the cockpit looking down on the marks on her arm trying to make them glow when Gora came in.

"They say you can only tap into your inner strength in times of need." She told her now that her thought translator had finally been fixed.

"That explains the whole light show while fighting Ego and saving the Stab Sisters..." She flexed her arm a bit before putting it down and looking out into space with a blank look on her face.

"I thought I'd be happy with finally welcoming this team in as my family, but... now I feel like by doing that... I'm giving up on what's left of my old one..." She confessed before continuing, "I mean I coulda sworn I felt closer to my sister than I've ever felt before when I blasted that rock apart, like she was so close... just out of reach..."

"I'm sure one day we'll find her, but, for now, be happy with what you've found in this family..."

"Thanks Gora..." JJ pulled up Gora to hug her as she twined her spines around her and they stayed that way until some lights caught their attention and they looked out the window to see several ships jumping around the space where the ship was stationed in. They both looked at each other before heading to where the others were gathering in front of the full front window viewer to see all the ships gathering in front of the ship.

"What is it?" Drax questioned.

"I sent word to Yondu's old Ravager Buddies and told them what he did." Rocket answered.

"It's a Ravager funeral." Peter added in amazement as Groot leaped from his shoulder to Gamora's shoulder before each of the ships released a display of lights and fireworks as Yondu's ashes continued to drift out into space and all of the Guardians watched in awe.

"Amazing..." JJ gazed out in wonder before she put a hand to her core and drew out some power to make a mini display appear outside of their ship similar to the others'.

"He didn't chase 'em away." Rocket muttered and Peter answered each of his statement with a head shake,

"No."

"Even though he yelled at 'em."

"And was always mean."

"And he stole batteries he didn't need." Peter looked to Rocket in surprise to see him looking guiltily at the floor before saying,

"Of course not."

Afterward, Groot reached out for Drax who took him and let him fall asleep on his shoulder, patting his little back lightly as he continued to watch the lights show.

Gamora looked to Peter as the lights created a romantic scene and he caught her sight before asking,

"What?"

"It's just some unspoken thing." She responded before Peter put his arm around her and they stayed that way for a while.

"It's beautiful." Mantis admired the lights with her big eyes turning misty from the beauty of them

"It is. And so are you..." Drax told her before he caught what he said and added, "On the inside..."

JJ, Gora, and Rocket stood together, Gora with her spines twined around JJ arm in a hug-like stance while Rocket sat perched on JJ's shoulder with a paw on her head as they noticed that Yondu's ashes were forming the shape of a arrow streaking through the starry vastness of space and they could've sworn they heard a whistling in the distance.

JJ and Rocket looked at each other with tears in their eyes and small smiles on their faces before facing forward again, JJ leaning her head to him and Rocket putting his arm around it in a hug as they awaited whatever adventure would come next for them...

JJ and the Guardians will return in Spark Sisters...

1350 Words

AN- And that's a wrap for both Guardians of the Galaxy movies! I am still in the process of finishing up Age of Ultron for my Avengers OC Insert story which will then be followed by Civil War, two in between stories, end with Ragnarok and then the crossover story that takes place in Infinity War and Endgame will begin!

I'm sorry for leaving this story new chapter-less for a month but with school and now a part time job, my creativity has been leaving me. I am doing my best to write when I have time, but college midterms are a killer on my brain and I'm pretty sure I failed my Engineering midterm :(

Nonetheless, I am going to continue working on my Avengers OC Insert so I can get to Spark Sisters as soon as possible and I'm in the process of working on the first few chapters of my Lego Ninjago fanfic sequel if any of you are interested in that fandom as well. Plus, I will be posting a few more OC's in my OC Files book on Wattpad and some short stories for them, but I am open to short story and oneshot requests for any of my OC's.

Well on that long note, until the next story, Bye!