Chapter 1
Quill and Rocket landed the ship on a random planet that looked similar to Earth but with no visible population, it just seemed like a huge forest. The Guardians and you had been running from the Ravagers for about two weeks and you felt like you hadn’t had a proper meal in years.
Outside of the ship you had made like a small camp, lying down a few mattresses in the grass and hanging the clothes you had washed in a nearby river.
“I’m starving” you complained while sitting next to Nebula who was cleaning her favourite weapon.
“All of us are. Besides it’s only 4pm, you can wait until tonight” she answered in her usual monotone voice.
“Hey, let me remind you I left my lunch to Rocket because I lost a bet against him!”
“Not my fault you were stupid enough to challenge Rocket”. She said in a sarcastic stone. To her own surprise she was usually very relaxed around you, relaxed enough to make some jokes here and there.
You got up and directed yourself towards the open ship to maybe try and get a snack.
“Y/n where do you think you’re going young lady?” Peter’s voice caught you off guard
“Do we still have some of that yaro root, I’m starving”
“No way y/n, there’s only one left and I saved it for me” Gamora said from behind.
“But-”
“Touch it and you’ll be in serious trouble!”
You faked an annoyed sigh as you walked further inside the Milano.
“Y/n, I said no!” Peter yelled with an attempted authority.
“relaaaax Pet’, I’m not gonna take it, I’m just gonna grab my sketchbook so I have something to occupy my brain” you explained raising both your hands as a sign of innocence.
“Alright…” he walked toward the gate of the ship “Nebula! Get up, it’s your turn to clean the Milano!” he yelled into the distance before walking out.
You then took your chance while the place was empty to sneak the yaro root inside your jacket, after which you made your way outside so you could hide behind some trees and eat it. On you way out you walked past Gamora who was on her way inside, so you fastened your steps knowing she might notice the missing fruit. Your eyes fixed on the ground, you bumped into Nebula who was on her way to the the chore Peter had requested.
“Hey! Watch where you’re going!” she screamed before taking a second to analyse your posture, seeing the suspicious expression on your face and the way your arms were crossed in front of your chest.
“What are you hidi-” she started questionning before being cut off.
“Y/N GET YOUR ASS BACK HERE” Gamora’s voice echoed from the ship.
“Shit!!”
You looked behind her back to see that Gamora, Peter AND Drax were sprinting towards you.
You took off towards the forest as fast as you could and lucky for you, running fast was something you were actually good at.
“NEBULA, HELP US GET HER! SHE TOOK THE LAST YARO ROOT!”
Nebula loaded her gun and started her own sprint in your direction except that she was much closer from you than the others.
“CAN’T OUTRUN ME, Y/N.” you heard her threat as your legs kept moving as fast as they could through the trees.
You could hear them from afar and knew that they were on your left so you made a sharp turn to the right, hurtling down the slope at full speed until something leaped from between the trees, tackling you to the ground; except that the ground was a slope, so the two of you just rolled down, your opponent holding you tight, until you reached a flatter ground right before the river. Your attacker lost no time to recover as they straddled you to keep you from running away.
Opening your eyes, you found out it was Nebula.
“Are you kidding me! Were you trying to give me a heart attack or something?? How did you even catch up that fast??” you complained.
“I knew you were gonna turn right so I took a shortcut. You’re too predictable y/n” she said, her legs still on each side of your waist.
“...You know, if you help me we can split the root in half. Besides you won’t have to do your chores, just saying…” you told her with a smirk. She waited a second, contemplating her answer, until the voices of the other guardians calling your name echoed again.
“I know a place where we can hide” she said before standing up and helping you get off the ground, grabbing your hand to lead you while running. Now the only thing that could be heard was you both laughing as you ran away hand in hand