Chapter 5
"Done," Rocket says and hands me the second knife. I turn it over in my hands and nod at him.
"Thank you." He just nods back at me and I put my second knife in my back pocket for now. Yondu grabs the second holster and leads me to Segs. I follow and notice how people part for him, which is awesome.
We get to the room and Segs was waiting for both of us. Yondu gives him the holster and he takes it, looking at it. "I can make this fit your knife." He smiles at me and hands it to me. "Would you mind putting it around your thigh?" I do and he nods. I give it back to him and he makes some more holes so I can tighten or loosen it as I need before starting to adjust the holster. "May I see the knife?" I take it out of my pocket and hand it to him. He slips it into the holster and adjusts it around the knife before handing it back to me. I put it on my thigh and slip the knife out before putting it back in.
"Anything else I can do for you, my dear?" I nod and show him the second holster.
"Can you make this so it can be between my shoulders?" He looks confused and I take my duster off to show him what I meant, putting the holster near the base of my skull between my shoulders. "Like this?" He nods and takes the holster to adjust it. I watch and wait. Yondu grabs a patch and my duster from my hands.
"Tradition. Cap'n sews new Ravagers flames on." He explains and starts to sew it on. I glance between the two of them and Yondu's done first. He hands me my duster and I look at my flames. It looked similar to his but had his arrow and Kraglin's knife crossed over each other in the middle of the flames and I run my fingers over it.
"Thank you, Captain." I hold it and see Segs walking over with the adjusted holster.
"Here you are, my dear." He smiles and hands it to me. I slip my arms into it and buckle both of the sides before slipping my duster on. I reach behind my head and grab the knife, slipping it out easily. "I designed it to be turned to the side slightly so it's easier to grab without your head in the way." I slip it back in and nod. "As well as padding to make it easier to put back in."
"Thank you." I smile at him a bit and look at Yondu. "What's next Captain?"
"I show ya 'round. Segs, boots?"
"Right!" He grabs a pair of boots and hands them to me. "Here you are, my dear." I take them and take my tennis shoes off, slipping the new boots on. I zip them up and tie them tightly, nodding a bit.
"Thank you again, Segs." He smiles at me and moves to do something else away from me. I turn and see Yondu walking out, quickly following him. "When do I get a blaster and learn to shoot it?" I ask and he stops, looking at me. "What? I need to be close to use the knives, me having and knowing how to use a blaster is a good idea." He keeps walking and I walk slightly behind me.
"If ya git one, ya don' use it on yer crew." I nod and he glances at me.
"Got it, Captain." He nods and leads me into a room with weapons. I follow and he grabs a small blaster along with a hip holster. He tosses the holster to me and I catch it after fumbling for a second before putting it around my waist. He gives me the blaster and I put it in the holster carefully.
"Ya use tha' on yer crew, 'm gonna give ya a whuppin' ya won' fergit."
"Got it, Captain." I nod a bit and he nods back before showing me around the ship as he also explains the code.
"Rule one, y'can steal from anyone except yer own. Ravagers don' steal from each other. Rule two, no killing on board the ship. Unless it's me makin' an example. Or there's a damn good reason. Ya got a problem with somebody, ya settle it planetside. Rule three, we steal fer a livin'. We sell wha' we steal. No sentient beings, no kids. Rule four, same as three but with sex. Nothin' ya need to know 'bout right now, but down the line. The crew only goes ta robot brothels. Don' tell yer Daddy I told ya 'bout it." He looks down at me and I nod. "Good."
He finishes up the tour in the mess and looks at me. "Ya hungry?" I nod and he leads me over to get some food. I grab a tray and he gives me food since I can't reach it. He leads me to the table and I sit to his left. Kraglin was already eating across from me and I look around a bit, seeing Stakar coming up with his tray. I turn back around and notice Yondu and Kraglin looking at me. "Wha' ya lookin' fer?"
"Where's Quill?" I ask and start to eat.
"Awe, you miss me already?" Quill asks suddenly from behind me and I spit my food onto Kraglin, startled. Quill starts to laugh and I blush a bit.
"Ah, sorry about that, Kraglin..." I mumble and he wipes it off of his face, throwing it at Quill as he sits.
"Dude! Gross!" He throws it onto his tray and I eat. "So, Kraglin, when are you going to make a kid?" Quill asks suddenly and I look up to look at Kraglin, whose face was blue.
"Shut up, Quill." He mutters and starts eating. I furrow my eyebrows at him and he looks at me. "Wha?"
"Your face is blue." He nods slowly and I notice that he's not choking so I guess why. "Are you blushing?" His eyes widen and his face gets a bit bluer before he just puts his head down as he eats. "Cool." I continue to eat and notice that Quill's smiling. "What?" I ask around a mouthful of food with my hand in front of my mouth and he chuckles.
"You took him blushing blue a lot better than I did. I thought he was choking." He smirks and I swallow my food, turning to look at him.
"He's still able to talk and eat. He wasn't choking, Quill." I roll my eyes and turn back around to continue eating. "You just sound like your head wasn't screwed on right when you were a kid." He scoffs at that and eats himself. Yondu looks at the two of us and shakes his head, eating.
"The two a'ya are jus' like the other," Kraglin says and I look at him then Quill, who does the same.
"Nah, I'm better looking," I smirk at him and go back to eating. Yondu and Stakar laugh while Kraglin shakes his head and Quill looks insulted. Gamora had heard and leans over to peck Quill's cheek.
"You are very attractive, Peter." He smiles at her and blushes a bit as he eats. I smirk as I think of something and Quill sees.
"Don't you even start that, kid," He mutters at me and I smirk more.
"Quill and Gamora, sittin' in a tree. K-I-S-S-I-N-G. Fir- Eep!" I yelp when he suddenly has me in a headlock and is messing up my hair.
"What were you saying?" He chuckles and I shove at his head, deciding to continue.
"First comes love, then comes marriage. Then comes baby in a baby carriage!" I laugh and he tightens his arm around my head.
"You little twerp!" He huffs and pushes my head away, blushing a lot. I laugh and Yondu, Kraglin, and Stakar do too.
"Awe, it's ok, Petey." I tease gently and gently pat his arm. He just lightly shoves my head away and I laugh, smiling brightly.
"You have a very nice smile," The man with red markings says and I look at him, smiling a bit. "I am Drax the Destroyer. But you may call me Drax."
"That was the plan," I laugh a bit and see the woman with antennas next to him, smiling at her a bit. "Hello."
"Hello. I am Mantis, it is nice to meet you."
"Nice to meet you too, Mantis. I'm Rogue." I smile and she looks at me before smiling back.
"So you are Peter's daughter?" She asks and I nod a bit.
"So I'm told."
"Where do you think she got her good looks from?" He wraps an arm around me and I roll my eyes.
"Her mother, clearly," Drax says and I snort as I laugh. I clear my throat and stop fairly quickly, folding my hands on the table as I look at Drax.
"Ye-" I clear my throat to keep from laughing again and school my expression to look serious. "Yes, I did. I had to have at least one attractive parent." Quill scoffs and shoves my head again. "Awe, come on, Quill. Lighten up." He rolls his eyes and talks to Gamora.
"It's true, Quill looks like me if I were shaved," Rocket says as he hops onto a seat next to Stakar and I look down as my shoulders shake from silent laughter.
"Hey!" I laugh more and lift my head to look at Quill as I try to stop.
"He's not wrong. You... You kinda... You kinda do look like a shaved rat," I laugh and he rolls his eyes.
"It's not that funny."
"It's funny to me." I smile and slowly stop laughing, breathing slowly. "God... I don't think I've ever laughed that much... Thanks for being a good sport." I smile at him and he shrugs, continuing to eat. I turn and finish my food too.
"You know, kid, you're starting to grow on me," Rocket says and I look at him.
"So does cancer." The table goes silent and I look around. "What?" I look at Quill and he looks pissed as he turns to look at me.
"Don't ever say anything having to do with that again," He growls and I just nod, not sure what else to do. He stands and leaves the mess. I look at Yondu and Kraglin.
"What just happened?"
"His mother died of brain cancer because of his father, Ego, before Yondu picked him up on Terra," Drax says as Gamora stands to go find Quill and I nod a bit.
"I didn't know... That's just something I say..." I mutter and kinda watch the door to see if Quill and Gamora come back in as I eat.
I'm just about done eating when Quill and Gamora come back in and sit down again, Gamora sitting between the two of us. I look at Quill a bit and open my mouth slightly to say something but close it again when nothing comes to mind that wouldn't be lame. I finish eating and put the tray on the cart before leaving the mess, glancing at Quill for a moment. I stop by my room and grab my Walkman before going to the hangar, slipping the headphones on as I play the tape from the beginning. I go over to his ship and try to figure out a good apology, deciding to get on his ship. I turn my music up and carefully move things to look everything over, moving quietly so I don't disturb Groot, who's sleeping in a big pot.
I'm in Quill and Gamora's room, bent over a desk when I feel a blaster at my back. I pause my music and slowly grab my blaster, pulling it out as I spin. All that happens with it is that it goes flying and I'm face to face with Rocket while the others were behind him. "What the Hell are you doing in here?!" He growls and I shove my headphones around my neck.
"I'm not stealing anything." I try to push Rocket's blaster away when Yondu whistles and his arrow is right in front of me. "Alright, that's getting fucking annoying!" I growl and look at him. "I am not stealing anything." Yondu gently pushes Mantis towards me and she grabs my hands as colors flash before my eyes.
"She is telling the truth. She is also upset. Angry and sad." Yondu whistles and his arrow goes back under his duster.
"What are you doing in here then?" Quill asks, glaring at me, and I run a hand through my hair, muttering something under my breath. "What was that?" He growls and I look at him.
"I was trying to find a way to apologize to you, asshat," I growl back and he looks surprised. "I didn't know about your mom and I felt bad. I couldn't think of a way to apologize so I came to find one and now you're being an ass. I'm sorry about your mom and I'm sorry that I brought up bad memories. Let me make this even easier." I glare at him and he looks at me. "I'm sorry that you ever had to meet me," I growl and grab my blaster before leaving the ship, shouldering my way through the others as I put my blaster back in its holster.
Someone grabs me before I get to the door and spins me around. I come face to face with Quill and he looked like he felt bad. "I'm sorry, too. I shouldn't have reacted like that. It's still a sore subject. My father planted brain cancer in my Mom and she died before Yondu picked me up. Then he tried to kill me a while back. Did anything happen in Missouri? On Terra?"
"Some blue goo covered a store there." I rub my face as the others come in and he tenses a bit. "I'm sure they got it cleaned out, Quill."
"That was Ego. We all have some pretty shitty fathers, kid. We're trying to be better than them," He says and just barely motions to Kraglin and Yondu.
"I'm going to say something nice and if you make a big deal out of it, I'll stab you in the foot," I tell him and he looks at me, nodding his understanding. "If I were to be similar to you, I'd be a good person and you would've done a good job." I look at him and he looks so happy. "Hey! No! I said don't make a big deal out of it!" He just smiles and hugs me. "Alright, I take it back! Let go of me!" I push at him and he chuckles as he lets me go. I straighten my duster up and he ruffles my hair.
"You're a pretty good kid, Rogue."
"Yeah, yeah... Shut up..." I mutter and fix my hair, able to feel him radiating happiness. "Ugh... Your happiness is giving me a headache..." I grumble and get off of the ship, smiling a bit as I hear Quill yell and laugh. "You're a pretty decent Dad, Quill..." I mutter and continue through the ship.
------
"Hell yeah!" Quill laughs and was smiling brightly. Yondu rolls his eyes and follows me, followed by Kraglin. Quill grabs Gamora's hand and starts to dance with her. Stakar chuckles and gets off of the ship too. Quill dances with Gamora and couldn't get rid of his smile.
-----
I slip my headphones back on and play my music, currently in an abandoned part of the ship that seemed to be a gym. I look around carefully and smile a bit when no one else is around. I didn't want to go back to my room quite yet and turn the music up loud. I nod my head along to the music a bit and look around one more time before starting to dance a bit at first.
Near the end of the song, I'm dancing with a small smile and spin on my heel, thinking I see a flash of blue during it. I freeze and turn to look at the door, seeing no one. I push my headphones around my neck and pull my knife out of my thigh holster, holding the tip of the blade. I then attempt to throw it into the hallway and it clatters to the floor instead of sticking to the wall.
"Gods!" Someone yells and I grab my other knife, quietly going towards the door. I quickly step out and point my knife at-
"Yondu?!" I quickly put my blade up and look at him. "What in the Hell are you doing spying on me?!" He looks down at me and then at my knife. I grab it and slide it into my holster again.
"It's m'ship," He says simply and I notice Kraglin was there too. "Nice moves, girl." He smirks at me and I blush a bit.
"They were not and I'm going to go to my room."
"Sure they were. Ya jus' need some help." He smiles at me and gently pushes me back into the gym. "Krags, ya git one'a them things in here?" He nods and looks at me.
"Yer music." I look at him and hand it to him. He takes the tape out and takes it over to the wall, pushing it into something then pressing a button. My music starts to play around me and Yondu chuckles.
"Yer music is like Quill's music." He looks at me and shuts the door to the gym before showing off some moves.
"You can dance?!" I look at him and he snorts.
"'Course I can. Wha'? Ya sound shocked."
"Well... I am." He rolls his eyes and nods over to Kraglin who was also showing off some moves. "Nice!" I smile and nod my head along with the music a bit.
"Let loose, girl!" He chuckles and I smile shyly, dancing a bit. "Tha's it!" He smiles and I listen to the song, letting it course through my body. I start to dance more, my body moving on its own, and try to spin but end up falling on my ass. "Ya a'ight, girl?" Yondu chuckles and I laugh, nodding as I get up.
"Kraglin!" He looks at me and raises an eyebrow. "You got some time to spare to teach me to fight with the knives?" He nods and comes over to me. I take my knife out of my thigh holster and he shows me how to hold it properly as the music continues to play around us.
He shows me all of the basic moves and some harder moves until he's satisfied. He then starts to show me how to fight in hand-to-hand combat and I copy his moves. He suddenly crouches down and swipes his leg at my ankles, making me fall with a grunt. I look at him and he helps me up.
"Show me how to do that!" He chuckles and shows me how to do it. I watch carefully and copy him exactly. He nods a bit when he's satisfied and has me stand. I do and he starts to circle me. I turn to keep him in my line of sight, vaguely noticing Quill with Gamora.
"No one's going to pull punches out there, so he isn't going to pull his in here!" Quill warns and I barely nod, getting in the stance Kraglin taught me. He suddenly throws a punch at me and I block it, not noticing the second fist until it's too late to do anything. I fall on my ass with a grunt and run my tongue over my teeth slightly as I stand up.
I get back into the stance and move carefully to keep him where I can see him. He gets out of his stance and nods, offering his hand to me. I narrow my eyes and he nods to it. I take it and he yanks me over to him, pinning me to his chest with his knife to my throat. "People are gonna fight dirty, too. You're gonna have to get used to it." Quill calls from the door and I nod a bit, thinking for a moment.
I suddenly tilt my hips to the side and throw my elbow into his groin, making him let go of me with a groan. "Tha' was a lil' too dirty, kid..." He groans and drops to his knees, in a lot of pain.
"Sorry. It worked, though." I feel hands wrap around me and I'm thrown across the room, hitting the wall with a grunt. "OK, I get I'm small, but I'm not a damned rag doll." I get up carefully but quickly, seeing Yondu smirking. I get my knife out of my holster and throw it at him. He whistles and his arrow knocks it to the side away from the others.
"Nice try, girl." He chuckles and whistles, making his arrow slowly move around the room. "Avoid this." I look confused before he whistles sharply and his arrow is coming at me quickly.
"Shit!" I yell and quickly grab my other knife to push it away as I move to the side. Kraglin was up and moving towards me. I roll away as quickly as I can and crouch on the floor, watching them.
"Not bad, Rogue!" Quill gives me a thumbs up and I smile a bit, getting distracted. There's a whistle and I barely roll out of the way before the arrow is flying sharply past me, brushing against my leg. I laugh a bit and they look at me, concerned and confused.
"You people are insane! And I love it!" I smirk at them and put my knife up before getting in a fighting stance. I bend my fingers slightly at Kragllin and he moves towards me after a slight push from Quill. He gets over to me and starts to get in his stance but doesn't get to fully as I kick at his knees. He catches my leg and flips me onto the floor. I grunt softly and turn, kicking him in the chest so I can stand. He stumbles backward and advances toward me again, throwing a punch. I duck it and barely manage to dodge a punch at my face.
Yondu whistles and his arrow is between us, stopping us. Kraglin looks over at the door and stands straight, pounding his fist over his heart twice. I quickly stand beside him and see a woman with her hair in a sort of dread style hairstyle. "What did I just walk in on?" She looks at me then at Yondu and back at me. "Who are you?" She crooks a finger at me and I step forward, standing straight still. "Are you a Ravager? Start answering my questions. Or are you mute?" My head is spinning for a moment as I try to figure out which question to answer first and blink for a moment.
"No, Ma'am. I'm not mute. Kraglin and I were practicing hand-to-hand combat. My name is Rogue and I'm a Ravager under Captain Udonta, Ma'am." I pound my fist over my heart twice and bow my head slightly. I lift my head and she looks at me.
"Are you a Xandarian?"
"A what?"
"Krags is one," Quill supplies and quickly shuts up when she looks at him.
"Oh. No, Ma'am. I'm a Terran."
"Who are your parents? Which one of them is a Ravager? Why are you here instead of on Terra? Who brought you here? How-"
"OK! Please slow down!" I say a bit louder than necessary and everyone looks at me like I'm insane, except for the woman. I take a deep breath and look at her. "I was brought on board by Captain Udonta. Skrulls killed my family and were planning to sell me into slavery. Peter Quill is my father and the Ravager of my parents. My mother is dead and I sadly don't remember her name. I have been on the Eclector since last night and I'm ten Terran years. Please, one question at a time from here on out." I look at her and she nods.
"What is your real name?"
"I left that on Terra with the rest of my life. My new name is Rogue."
"What is your last name?" She asks and I kinda laugh.
"I'll let you know when I figure it out myself."
"Just pick the name of who you admire most in this room." Quill's face falls and I notice, rubbing my face a bit.
"That's much easier said than done, Ma'am. I admire all three of the men in this room, even though I've only known them since last night."
"Why?"
"The Captain helped me meet my father, Kraglin is helping me learn how to defend myself, and Quill is my father as well as a good man." I see Quill smile a bit but quickly school his expression when the woman turns to look at him and she turns back to me.
"You seem to have quite the predicament, then."
"Yes, Ma'am, I do."
"Well. I am Captain Aleta Ogord. It has been a pleasure to meet and learn about you, Rogue. I hope we meet again soon."
"So do I, Captain Ogord." I bow my head slightly and she bows hers back before she leaves.
As soon as she's out the door, I fall to the floor and my brain felt fried. "Whoa! Rogue! You OK?" Quill asks as he comes over to me and I give him a thumbs up.
"So... Many... Questions..." I mutter and close my eyes, rubbing my forehead slightly. "My brain feels like it's been on a stove." Quill chuckles and pulls me into a sitting position. I open my eyes and look at him, seeing him smiling a lot.
"What's with the grin, Dopey?" He suddenly hugs me tightly and I try to push him away for a moment before stopping. I wrap my arms around him and pat his back gently. "Can you let me go, now? Oxygen is not a suggestion." He lets me go and smiles at me. "Yes, I said you were a good man and my father and that I admire you. Congratulations." I was trying to keep up walls that kept me from hurting and he kept knocking them down at every twist and turn.
"And I appreciate that. A lot." He smiles at me and I smile back a bit. He lets me go and I stand, going to get my tape. "What are you doing?" I wave my hand at him and take my tape out, putting it back in my Walkman. Yondu's wrist thing beeps and he taps it.
"Cap'n, preparing to land on Contraxia," Somebody says through it and he nods.
"Good." He taps the thing and it's disconnected, looking at me. "Ya git some clothes to wear." He nods his head towards the door and I leave, going to my room.
Waiting on my bed was a heavier version of my Ravager duster, a hat, scarf, and some gloves. All of them had a copy of my flame patch on them and I slip them on. I look at my door and see Quill standing there. "Yondu wants us in the control room to strap in." I nod and follow him to the control room, the one with the huge window. He sits in a chair behind Yondu and straps in. I notice Kraglin in a chair too and sit in one myself, also strapping in. Yondu lands the ship finally and I look out the window to see snow on the ground.
"Cool..." I murmur and undo the straps before starting to follow Quill. Someone grabs the back of my coat and I turn to see Yondu and Kraglin looking at me.
"Ya stay by me, Kraglin, or Quill, girl. Git it?" I nod and he looks at me.
"Got it, Captain." He nods and heads off of the ship with Kraglin. I stay close to them and follow them off of the ship.
Once we're on the ground, I crouch down and scoop some snow into my hands, forming it into a ball. I aim for Quill and throw it, missing terribly as I hit Yondu in the back of the head. He freezes and turns to look at me and some other Ravagers. "Who threw tha'?" He growls and all hands point to me before he glares at me. I chuckle nervously and shrug a bit before bolting towards Quill. "No ya don'!" He growls and chases after me, Kraglin hot on his heels.
I skid around Quill and hide behind his legs. "You OK Rogue?" I look at him then at Yondu and Kraglin who had stopped a couple of feet away and he follows my gaze. "I see..." He nods slowly and steps out of their way.
"What the Hell, man?!" I gape at him and see Yondu smirk.
"You'll be fine," He says simply and I look at him.
"He looks like he's going to eat me!"
"No, he won't. That's just an empty threat."
"WHAT?!" I yell and get hit in the face with a snowball hard enough I get knocked to the ground with a grunt. I sit up and see Yondu cackling.
"Ya should'a seen yer face!" He cackles and I wrap my scarf tighter around my face before running at him, throwing myself at his knees. He falls with a grunt and drags Kraglin with us. Right down a hill, I hadn't noticed.
When we stop, Yondu looks at me and smirks his knife smirk at me before he picks me up, throwing me into a pile of snow. I kinda squeak and land in the middle of it. I climb out of it and spot Quill at the top of the hill. "Captain! I'm gonna catch up with Quill!" I holler over to him and he nods as he stands before helping Kraglin up. I go up the hill and look around for Quill, spotting him going into a bar.
"Damn." I start to head back down the hill but see a couple of familiar faces in the crowd and they smile at me before running off. I follow quickly and don't notice Rocket following close behind me with Groot. "Kat? Mom?" I pause in the crowd and look around again, seeing them turn a corner. I follow and then past a few more corners before we stop. "Kat! Mom!" I start to go toward them but they turn and I freeze when their eyes aren't blue. They're yellow.
They're suddenly on top of me and knock me out. The last thing I see is Rocket come around the corner and he starts blasting people.
I come too a while later and I'm being held up with an arm around my waist and a knife to my chin while Kraglin is in front of me with Yondu, Quill, and some other people from the crew. I try to keep my eyes open but I have blood dripping down into them and squint a bit. Kraglin notices but doesn't do anything yet and I hear the one holding me say something but I can't understand it.
"I ain't gonna be a battle slave 'gain. So, ya can go screw yerself." The one holding me presses the knife tighter to my throat and I force my body to stay slightly lax while I carefully move to grab my knife from my thigh, slowly slipping it out. I move quickly and stab them in their leg.
They yell and drop me. I roll away and crouch, looking at them. I see my Mom and sister again and stand, tightening my hand around my knife handle.
"Come on, sis. Don't you want to come with us?" Kat asks and I grab my other knife.
"Take off my sister's face, you filthy cunt bucket!" I snarl at them and they growl back, launching themselves at me. There's a whistle and Yondu's arrow is piercing through their chest before also launching through my Mom's chest. I put a knife back and wipe the blood away from my face, pissed at myself as I put my other knife up. "Damnit..." I mutter to myself and take my hat off, running my other hand through my hair.
Quill crouches in front of me and looks at my face. "You're bleeding." I look at him and kinda laugh.
"You don't fucking say? I thought that it was spit," I growl sarcastically and he scoffs, squeezing my shoulder slightly.
"You OK?" I look over at the bodies and see the green blood, laughing a bit.
"I got tricked by Skrulls looking like my Mom and sister. What the Hell do you think, Quill?" He nods his head a bit and stands, keeping his hand on my shoulder. I wipe more blood from my face and take a deep breath, trying to calm down even if it's just a little bit.
"Let's get you to med." He leads me back to the ship and I walk next to him. Yondu makes eye contact with me as I pass him and he looked kinda mad but I keep my head up, not going to show fear in front of the crew. Quill squeezes my shoulder a bit and gets onto the ship with me, leading me to med. He gets me up on a bed and I take off my gloves and coat while he goes to get the Doc.
They both come back after a minute and Doc works on patching my head up after cleaning it up as the ship takes off. Yondu comes in as Doc's working on it and watches them finish up. "Both'a ya out," He growls once my head's patched up and Doc leaves while Quill looks between the two of us. "Boy, git out." He squeezes my shoulder a bit and leaves. Yondu shuts the door and looks at me as he comes over. I watch him sit on the bed across from me and he just watches me silently.
"I'm sorry that I didn't stay next to you, Kraglin, or Quill, Captain... I saw them and... I just..." I sigh and rub my face a bit. "I wanted them to be alive... So badly... I'm sorry..." I don't look at him for a short moment as I talk but look up as I apologize again and he looks at me.
"Ya miss 'em?"
"A lot... But that doesn't give me the right to ignore your orders... I'm truly sorry, Captain." He nods and looks at me, studying my face. I manage to maintain eye contact with him and he nods again.
"Yer gonna be busy, girl," He says before standing and going out of the med. I stay on the bed, not sure what else to do, and Kraglin comes in after a minute.
"Ya git ta have some fun jobs, kid," He chuckles and nods for me to follow him. I get off the bed and follow him.
"Oh, hang on a second." I take my warm clothes to my room, dumping them on my bed, and grab my duster, sliding it on since I had left it on the ship. I meet Kraglin outside of my room and he rolls his eyes a bit but was smiling. "What jobs am I doing?"
"Cleanin' the vents," He smirks down at me and I nod a bit.
"That should be easy enough... Right?" He just chuckles and I nod a bit. "Awesome..." He leads me to the first vent and had something to help me clean it.
"Ya ready?"
"As I'll ever be. Let's get this done." He nods and crouches with his hands folded. I carefully put a foot in his hands and he stands, lifting me towards the vent. I try to pry the vent cover off and get hit in the face with it when it suddenly flies open, knocking me onto the floor.
"Ya a'ight?" I nod and rub my chin where it hit me a bit, motioning for him to help me up again.
"Let's get this done." He crouches down and we do it again. I drag myself into the vent and take the thing he hands me. "What is this?"
"Somethin' ta help clean." I roll my eyes slightly and activate my mask to keep dust out of my face. He explains how it works and I follow his instructions.