Chapter 10
I go through a jump and land in the Prithivi system as I charge up the blaster, the Skrull right behind me. "Let's see what ya got, Milano," I mutter and start firing at the Skrull. There are a lot more of them than me so they surround me and I take evasive maneuvers to avoid getting shot down.
A lot of other ships come to help me and I breathe a sigh of relief. "Oh, thank the Gods." I fire on some of the Skrull ships while they fire on others and then I get a clear look at what ships they are. "Oh, Gods no..." I quickly pull up a transmission with the rest of my family and they destroy the rest of the Skrull ships while I flee.
"What's the problem, Captain?" I look at the screen and see that they were all on the transmission with the Avengers, nodding a bit.
"So... Um... Maybe don't come to the Prithivi system..."
"Why?"
"Sovereign, gold people, territory. And, um, they're trying to kill me. Fun! So, uh... Yeah... Shit!" I have to do a barrel roll to avoid a ship coming at me and they collide with another one that's on my ass. "HA! Take that, you golden prisses!" I laugh and blast another ship that's in front of me.
"Why are they trying to kill you? I mean, I get trying to kill Mom, Dad, Yondu, Kraglin, and the other Guardians... But, why you?"
"Yeah, why you, Rogue?" Martinex stares at me through the transmission and I make a sound to convey how uncomfortable I am with this conversation, doing evasive maneuvers to avoid ships and blasting others.
"Sparkles knows, but Ah don'?" Yondu barks and I chuckle, slightly nervous about this conversation.
"Alright. Remember that job we did on Xandar after Dad's wedding?" They nod and I nod back. "Cool, cool... So... Um... Rocket and I went on a job after that... To steal batteries... From the Sovereign... So... Yeah... And Sparkles had to come to save our sorry asses... Cuz the ship we used wasn't working very well... Excuse me, for a second..." I get up and leave the ship on autopilot for a moment, going to the blaster station. "Eat blaster fire, snobs!" I use the blaster and take out a few more of their ships before I go back to the pilot's seat, setting a course quickly.
A ship slams into the side of the Milano and I grunt slightly as I get knocked out of the seat, not strapped in. "You wanna fucking play, asshats? Let's fucking play!" I get up and pilot through a cluster of their ships, destroying them. "And that's a fucking strike! Eat shit and die, bitches!" I laugh before a group of them slam into my side and knock out one of the thrusters, almost knocking me out of the seat again. "Really? Stop fucking my ship up, asshats!" I blast them and get another group slammed into the other side, knocking out the other thruster. "Damnit! You mother fucking filthy ass damned cunt buckets," I bellow and take a few more of their ships down as I plummet toward their planet. "Damnit!" I put up the shields quickly.
"What's happening, Rogue?"
"Everything's fine, Indri. It's all under control. All good."
"You're a fucking liar!"
"And I'm also influencing you to cuss. Dope." I see the ground coming up quickly and nod a bit. "Now, if you don't mind, I'm about to crash. So," I smirk slightly and give them a thumbs-up before I crash into the ground, getting knocked out of the seat. "Fuck!" My back hits the wall and I grunt.
"Rogue? Are you OK?" I stand and go over to the pilot's seat, leaning against it a bit as I give them a thumbs-up.
"Neck doesn't hurt anymore... Damn..." I look at the damage done to the ship and grimace. "This is gonna be difficult to fix... OK..." I clear my throat slightly and hear someone trying to hack into the ship to be able to board, hand going to the blaster on my hip automatically. "So... The ship's out of commission... And I'm stuck on Sovereign... Where they want to kill me... Let's go!" I laugh and the hatch opens to let a group of Sovereign on board.
"Rogue Udonta."
"Xenophobes. Been a while. How are you?" We're pointing blasters at each other and I'm smirking while the leader boards. "Ayesha. Still want to kill me?"
"Very much so."
"Oh, that's too bad."
"You are stranded on our planet and will be killed. It is too bad. For you," She smirks at me and I tilt my head slightly at her.
"I thought fighting was beneath you, Ayesha? Or am I just one of the special circumstances? If so, I am honored. But, sadly, I have to decline."
"You do not have the choice."
"Says you."
"Because I am right, thief."
"You noticed? I am touched! Thank you for noticing!" I smirk and she glares at me.
"Kill her." I whistle sharply and my arrow goes through their skulls, hovering in front of Ayesha's eye to go through her skull.
"Well... There went plan A. Do you have a plan B or...?" She pulls out a blaster and I look at it, slightly impressed. "I'm gonna have to take that from you after I kill you. That's a nice blaster. Where'd you get it?"
"It was made specifically for me. It is nice, isn't it?"
"It is a lovely blaster. Quite magnificent."
"Yes. Yes, it is." She smiles, distracted, and I blast her in the leg, making her fall to the floor with a scream while the blaster slides over to me.
"Why thank you!" I pick it up and look it over, testing it out. "This is just for show. That's disappointing." I throw it off of the ship then push her off and put my blasters back where they go, pushing the other Sovereign off of the ship too. "You might want to put some ice on that," I wince at her leg and shut the door, looking at the floor. "Man! Now I gotta clean up blood and brain matter from the floor! Damnit," I sigh and go back over to the pilot's seat, noticing that the transmission is still going.
"Are you always that sarcastic?" Lumes asks and I nod a bit while the others nod.
"Basically, yeah. Probably for coping reasons. Also, what's the plan right now?"
"Wha'cha mean, kid?"
"Am I supposed to find a way to make my thrusters work again or are one of you gonna come give me a lift before I get killed?"
"We're coming to get you, Rogue," Mainframe says and I nod.
"Dope. I gotta go clean the floor now, though." I go to do that, not caring about the transmission right now, and get the cleaning supplies, taking my jacket off to lay it over the back of the pilot's seat. I turn some music on my wrist com, which Indri had shown me to do, and put the earpieces in as I clean the floor.
I start singing along with the song softly as I clean and dance, the dance matching the tone of the song, which was seductive.
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Unbeknownst to me, Indri talks Rocket into hacking into the cameras to change the camera that was giving the video feed to the transmission so they can see what I was doing and watch me dance and clean the floor. All of my family and the Avengers. Nebula left to deal with the crew and didn't want to be any part of that scheme.
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I pause the music and look at a message from Mainframe, heading back up to Controls as I put the headphones back. I see the video that's transmitting to the others is where I was cleaning and furrow my eyebrows slightly for a moment, a little confused. Then it dawns on me as I pull my jacket on. "Rocket, Indri. Why is the video that's transmitting to you guys where I was cleaning?"
"Wanted to make sure you didn't get ambushed. Bye!" Indri runs off and I switch the feed to the one it's supposed to be on as Mainframe gets me in her tractor beam.
"Rocket, don't let Indri talk you into any more of his dumbass schemes." He nods and I end the transmission as Mainframe drops the Milano onto a clamp so it can get fixed. Her First Mate meets me as I disembark and I look at them as they give me the Ravager Salute, which I reciprocate.
"My name is Skip. I'll take you to my Captain." I follow them to Controls and vaguely notice some people getting started on fixing up the ship.
"Thanks, Skip. Are you alright, Rogue?" Mainframe asks as soon as she sees me and Skip gives her the Ravager Salute, waiting for a moment as Mainframe returns it before leaving.
"All good."
"Good, that's good." She shuts the door to Controls and hits me in the arm.
"What the Hell, Mainframe? What'd you do that for?"
"That was for trying a code on me," She hits me again and moves too quickly for me to avoid or block them. "And that's for being stupid enough to steal from the damned Sovereign! What is wrong with you?"
"A lot?" I try and she glares at me while I put my hands up slightly. "Well, there is a lot wrong with me. I'm just being honest." She rolls her eyes and leads me over to the controls.
"Do you at least have more of a plan now?"
"Not even remotely. It just consisted of getting off the planet and getting the Skrull away so you guys could get off the planet. That worked. So..." I shrug slightly and think, spinning a blade around my hand to help me think.
"How are you able to do that?" Indri asks and I look at him, catching my blade by the handle to point the tip of the blade at him through the transmission.
"How did you get it into your head that it'd be a good idea to hack Dad's ship to spy on me?"
"You were singing. I thought you might've been dancing too and I wanted to know what that looked like..."
"Then ask to see videos that Gramps has on that damned holopad of his. Don't be a creep and don't drag Rocket into your schemes, kid."
"Alright. What's the plan now?"
"That is a glorious question, that I don't have the answer to yet. Oh... Actually... I have a scheme that might work," I smirk slightly and think a bit more. "Two groups of people want me dead. They aren't just going to let the other kill me. Without them being there, at least... Hm..." I chew my lip slightly as I think and lightly tap the blade against my temple.
"What? That sounds like a lot of random words that only makes sense to you," A random chick by Peter says and I look at her.
"Who the Hell are you?"
"Michelle Jones and Spider-Man's girlfriend."
"Congrats on that. Anyway... What I meant was that we can use the Kree and Sovereign's mutual hatred of... well... Any of us to pit them against each other so that they can kill each other for us. And if that doesn't happen, we can just end them."
"You talk about killing innocent people way too easily."
"Where have you been, Megan?"
"Michelle."
"Right, that's what I meant. My bad. Where have you been, Michelle?"
"Same place as you."
"Then how are you just now aware that I talk about killing people this easily?" She doesn't have a response and I motion at the controls. "You mind, Mainframe?" She swipes me a holoscreen and I compose a message to the Sovereign, being annoyingly obnoxious as I do, deciding to make it a video transmission. Ayesha answers and I smirk.
"Hey, Ayesha. How's your leg? I bet it hurts like fucking Hell. Sucks to be you, huh? Anyway... If you want to try to come and get me, I'll be on Hala. Coordinates are 8K1M.YY67A47+58E698L. See you there, you golden snob," I smirk and end the transmission with a wink, rubbing my hands together. "So... Who's ready to kick some Kree and Sovereign ass?" I grin and my family shakes their heads slightly.
"Yer an idiot. But, ya git us, Kid." The others nod their agreement and Nebula had come back.
"The crew has your back, Captain. We will... View your twelve."
"Watch my six, but I get what you meant. Good. Land on Hala, stay cloaked, I'm keeping my wrist com open, and I'll keep an earpiece in to contact you when everything's ready for a massacre."
"What about Morgan and Indri?" Pepper asks and I look at them, thinking.
"Nebula. Put them in my Quarters and stay there with them."
"Aye, Captain." Indri was looking at me and I pop my knuckles.
"Rogue, be careful this time. Please," Indri says carefully and I look at him as I pull my gloves on.
"You got it, kid. But, I'll have you know, I'm always careful."
"Which is why you crashed onto the planet Sovereign after they knocked out your thrusters?"
"Hey, last time I knew, the Prithivi system wasn't Sovereign territory."
"And how long ago was that?"
"That's a good question. The answer is, shut up." He rolls his eyes and we go through a few jumps so that we land near Hala. Mainframe's Lead Nav lands us on the planet and I put in my earpiece, noticing Indri was still worried. "Hey, I'll be fine. Even if everything goes bad."
"And how do you know that?"
"Because I'm awesome, I've been trained in hand-to-hand combat by Gramps and Krags, I know this planet, and I know how it's set up. The only thing you need to worry about is not breaking my liquor bottles in my Quarters. If you do, I might have to kick your ass. So... Don't do that." I check my knives over to make sure they were still sharp and slide them back into their holsters. "Feels good to have my weapons back where they go. I'm keeping the transmission open," I tap my ear slightly and look at Indri one last time.
"Don't die..."
"I'm too stubborn to die. Listen to Nebula." He nods and I smirk slightly. "Cowabunga, dudes," I smirk with a wink and disembark, sliding down the ladder to land planetside. I go through the trees to a fighting ring and whistle loudly and sharply to get their attention. All of the Kree and the battle slaves stop what they're doing to look at me and I smirk. "Honey, I'm home."
"Capture her!" One of them runs at me with an electrical stick and I catch their arms, my feet sliding slightly as they continue to run. I take the electric stick and hit them with it, knocking them unconscious to the ground.
"Any battle slave that attacks me will be rendered incapacitated immediately," I bellow as I look around the crowd and see a Kree that I had killed the slave of. "The Kree and other battle slaves had a nickname for me. Anyone care to share it?"
"Feral," One of the Kree says carefully and I nod. "Because you moved like a feral beast and attacked like one."
"Exactly. Now... I'll give you three seconds to release all of the slaves here and I might let some of you live."
"Attack her!" A big slave comes over and I look at him.
"Hey, big guy, my issue isn't with you. So, move to the side and you will be able to see whoever you haven't seen in however long you haven't seen them." I turn to go around him and he follows, staying in front of me. He punches me in the face and I fly into the ring, hitting the ground hard. "Alright. No more talking, then." I extend the staff and spin it around my hand seamlessly, quickly counting the number of slaves. "Ten on one... Not the fairest fight, but not the unfairest fight, either," I murmur and one of them attack me.
I fight with the battle slaves and knock them all unconscious, spitting blood onto the ground cuz a lot of them got some good hits in. "Deal's off the table, boys. Death is on it, though," I snarl at the Kree and they just level blasters at me. "So courageous." I see the Sovereign's unmanned ships coming and smirk slightly. "Have you met Ayesha yet?"
"Yes, I have." The crowd parts and the high leader of the Kree, also known as Tressit's father, steps through the gap, causing me to freeze. "She is a fair woman. Feral. How are you?" He steps closer and I step back, causing him to smirk. "I see that you do not remember the lessons my son allowed me to teach you. No matter. I will just have to reteach you." He snaps as he points to the ground in front of his feet and I grip the staff tighter, making him glare at me. "You are a slave and you will act as such! Now kneel!"
"Go fuck yourself, Voluptuous." I see Ayesha standing behind him and she moves to stand next to him, leaning on something to stand upright. "And you can go right along with him, Ayesha."
"No. Don't screw with the Sovereign." Voluptuous blasts me in the shoulder and I grunt, putting my hand against it to catch the blood.
"Massacre," I growl and throw the electric stick that is jammed in the active position at Voluptuous before bolting to cover, blaster fire going off around me. I hide behind a thick tree trunk and pant through grit teeth, barely able to move my arm. I look at the tree and touch the trunk gently. "Please work..." I focus on it and the branches move, surging toward the unconscious battle slaves. "Protect them." I step from behind the tree as backup arrives and Ayesha looks at me.
"You are an abomination!"
"And you're a stuck-up bitch," I blast her in the face and she falls to the ground.
"Girl! Ya a'ight?"
"Gonna worry about that later!" We both whistle to deal with some of the Kree that were attacking while also blasting others and I see Voluptuous running away.
"We gonna go after him?" Peter asks and I nod, all of the Kree here dealt with.
"Come on. I know where he's going."
"Where's that and how do you know that?" I lead the way to a building crawling with Kree soldiers and we take them out with some difficulty since we're outnumbered. But having two people with arrows controlled by whistles, three people with robot suits that have military-grade weapons, a robot, a person who can control someone else's emotions, an assassin, and numerous people good with blasters and blades... Yeah, it works in our favor.
The Kree soldiers go down and I look at the building, going up the stairs with my katana in my hand and my arrow at my shoulder. The door was open and we go through it.
Voluptuous was waiting for us and smirks. Numerous Kree soldiers and about sixteen children were also waiting, chained to the walls, ranging in ages of about seven to about one. "Feral, hello again. How is your shoulder?" I spin my katana around my arm seamlessly and walk towards him, pausing when he points a blaster at a kid. "You wouldn't want to lose someone else in your family, would you?" He smirks and I growl wordlessly at him. "I will make you a deal, Feral. If you can defeat all of my soldiers on your own, I will let all of these children go. You may even fix your shoulder first. You have my word."
"Your word means nothing to me."
"Then, I suppose I will just have to kill one child, or turn them into a slave, for each fight you lose if you don't agree to fight them. Because you will be fighting them even if you don't agree. It would quite a shame, however. We spent so much time making sure 33-4-17 would finally have a child with you. Even if he were not here to implant it himself. We were even able to give him sixteen. It was quite a stroke of luck, yes? Eight pregnancies with twins in a row! The Gods truly blessed you, yes? Say hello to your mother, children." They say nothing and look at me then at Voluptuous.
"Our mother is a slave?"
"Oh, that is right... I never told them about that... I was planning on raising them as my own, seeing as how you have killed all of my children."
"You got a point to this, Voluptuous? Or are you just taunting me to delay your death?"
"I will give you the deal one more time. Willingly fight against my soldiers and if you can defeat all of them, even if you lose against a few of them at first, I will not harm your children and they will be free. Do we have a deal?" I look at the kids and can see Jay in all of them, even the girls. "Eight strong male battle slaves and eight beautiful female breeding slaves."
"What's the catch to the deal?"
"You can only use your two small blades and your arrow must go in a box that will not allow you to use it. The rest of your group may hold onto it and any other weapons. Do we have a deal, Feral?" I look at the kids then the soldiers and count them, assessing their strength too. "If you go back on your side of the deal, all of the children will die slowly and painfully. Who do you think taught Tressit the techniques he used on the slaves that you didn't kill yourself?"
"All I have to do is beat all of your soldiers in fights, being allowed to lose once to each of them, be the last person standing, and the kids are let go? And I can fix my shoulder before then, only being allowed to use my two blades?"
"Yes. You have my word."