
Vol. 3
The holographic map he'd nabbed wasn't quite as reliable as Yondu had made it out to be, but it did his job. It leed him straight to the chamber, which made it pretty unbelievable that someone hadn't bothered going after it sooner, but hey, Peter wasn't one to look a gift horse in the mouth. He set down the magnet thing (Peter didn't get much of this space tech, but most others don't either). He snatched it from the ground, spinning the ball in his hand and toss it around. It wasn't that strange for something so small could be worth so much in space, he'd heard of some batteries that were worth a crazy amount but you had to be even crazier to try and steal them. It was always nice to have a small target, stealing crates full of weapons was a lot harder than say... a rare diamond made from the remnants of a black hole. The diamond didn't get them near as much money as the weapon though, so he guessed it had evened out in the end.
And then guns were pointed at him.
"Drop the orb," Said the partially robotic man (another common thing in space) as they shoved the guns closer, "What is your name!" He said even louder. The gun poked him in the chest, the goons getting closer. Peter flew his hands into the air, best to avoid a fight when he was this starved. The guns would do some damage before he got close enough and he wouldn't be able to regenerate fast enough.
"Drop the orb!!"
"Okay man, chill, chill," Peter said back, dropping to it the ground, it rolling to a halt a few feet away. He'd be able to get to it, he just needed to wait for the right moment.
"What is your name! How did you know about this," He had picked up the orb and was shaking it at him. Bad side, the orb would be harder to get to now, good side, one less gun pointing at him. Th- wait... he didn't know who he was. Almost, not almost actually, every officer and bounty hunter knew who he was on site. This guy must be some kind of private guard or just some kind of idiot. But, hey, that was another good thing. This guy would have no idea how to contain Peter if he did manage to take him down, and the element of surprise wasn't too bad either. But he wouldn't need his ghoul powers for this, he didn't need them for much in the end. Speed up healing and having an ace up you're sleeve was nice but he tried to avoid using them in the end and it was more fun to relay on his wits. Really it was annoying to be a ghoul in space, his starvation at the moment would attest to that.
So he fought his way out in a dance of wits, laser guns, and rocket boots. He had even managed to throughout his outlaw name, he had gotten sick of Cannibal Quill and was pushing for Star-Lord now. It was catching on, just you wait. Just... you... wait.