Eli1562
Guardians of the Galaxy #1 (App)
The alert came in at around 0800; a break-in at some old Nova Corps outpost. Now usually I don’t like dealing with this type of alarm, but maybe I could pawn off some useful tech while I was there. I docked the Jett in the outpost’s bay about an hour later and made my way in. Most of this looks like it hasn’t been used in a while. Walls are rusting, lights barely turn on. I’m shocked this place even has any power left. Suddenly, I hear a creak to my left. I flip around; nothing.
“Come on, Quill. It’s probably nothing. Ship’s older than dirt. It probably blitzed out and sent that-”
Another creak. Two...three. I get my blaster ready and sneak down the hallway. Swear to God, if this is a Brood.
”Hey!”
A light shines in my eye and I raise my blaster, letting off a shot. It streaks into the wall, and the light flashes off.
”The Hell is wrong with you? I can’t believe you - well, no shit. Petey?”
Wait. I recognize that voice. I rub my eyes and look up to see a very familiar face.
“You gotta be kidding me. Mikel?”
We walk towards each other, arms outstretched, and give each other a firm hug. Mikel was one of my mentors back when I was with the Ravagers. He left when I was 19, though. Haven’t seen him since.
“How’ve you been, man? This is unreal. You know I was this close to taking your head off?”
”With that peashooter of yours? Hahaha, naw. You couldn’t shoot the ears off a Skrull with that thing. And I’ve been swell. Picking up scavenger jobs every now and then. Why I’m here now, actually. How’d you get here?”
“I picked up the alarm you tripped, dumbass. Figured if anyone was here, it’d be someone I could catch a bounty for. Last person I expected was you.”
”Forgot you’d taken up the bounty hunter gig. What’d the ads call you again? ‘Star-Man’?”
I sigh and press a fist against my temple, “...Star-Lord. And anyways, yeah. It’s a lot better pay than Ravager duty and I don’t have to deal with Yondu threatening to cook me into a stew anymore.”
Mikel chuckles and signals me to walk with him. We make our way back to the bay, and he presses a button on his wrist. A small ship fizzles into view; I don’t know why I didn’t think a ship could be hidden in here.
”Look, all jokin’ aside, I’m proud of ya. You got away from Yondu and his goons, you’re making a name for yourself. That’s good. Oh, and I think I got something you’ll be interested in.”
He pulls up a datafile and hands it to me. I activate it and see a picture of a Zen-Whoberi woman. There’s more, some of her with weaponry, a mugshot. Hey, I know her.
“Is this..?”
”Yep. Gamora. Daughter of Thanos. Nova Corps put out a 500,000 credit bounty on her head after she helped take out a Shi’ar colony. Doubt anyone worth their balls would wanna risk their life trying to nab her. But, I know someone who might be.”
I groan as he looks at me with a wink. This chick is known as the most dangerous woman in the galaxy. Everything I’ve heard about her has been her helping her dad commit mass murder. Is she worth it?
“...500,000 credits is a lot. I’ll think about it.”
Mikel nods, and we make our final goodbyes. He takes off and I get back in the Jett. I sit there for a while, thinking. This...could work. With a plan forming in my mind, I set a course for Knowhere and take off. Only someone dumb and greedy enough would help me hunt down a deadly assassin. Luckily, I know just the pair of greedy idiots.
Guardians of the Galaxy #1 (App)
The alert came in at around 0800; a break-in at some old Nova Corps outpost. Now usually I don’t like dealing with this type of alarm, but maybe I could pawn off some useful tech while I was there. I docked the Jett in the outpost’s bay about an hour later and made my way in. Most of this looks like it hasn’t been used in a while. Walls are rusting, lights barely turn on. I’m shocked this place even has any power left. Suddenly, I hear a creak to my left. I flip around; nothing.
“Come on, Quill. It’s probably nothing. Ship’s older than dirt. It probably blitzed out and sent that-”
Another creak. Two...three. I get my blaster ready and sneak down the hallway. Swear to God, if this is a Brood.
”Hey!”
A light shines in my eye and I raise my blaster, letting off a shot. It streaks into the wall, and the light flashes off.
”The Hell is wrong with you? I can’t believe you - well, no shit. Petey?”
Wait. I recognize that voice. I rub my eyes and look up to see a very familiar face.
“You gotta be kidding me. Mikel?”
We walk towards each other, arms outstretched, and give each other a firm hug. Mikel was one of my mentors back when I was with the Ravagers. He left when I was 19, though. Haven’t seen him since.
“How’ve you been, man? This is unreal. You know I was this close to taking your head off?”
”With that peashooter of yours? Hahaha, naw. You couldn’t shoot the ears off a Skrull with that thing. And I’ve been swell. Picking up scavenger jobs every now and then. Why I’m here now, actually. How’d you get here?”
“I picked up the alarm you tripped, dumbass. Figured if anyone was here, it’d be someone I could catch a bounty for. Last person I expected was you.”
”Forgot you’d taken up the bounty hunter gig. What’d the ads call you again? ‘Star-Man’?”
I sigh and press a fist against my temple, “...Star-Lord. And anyways, yeah. It’s a lot better pay than Ravager duty and I don’t have to deal with Yondu threatening to cook me into a stew anymore.”
Mikel chuckles and signals me to walk with him. We make our way back to the bay, and he presses a button on his wrist. A small ship fizzles into view; I don’t know why I didn’t think a ship could be hidden in here.
”Look, all jokin’ aside, I’m proud of ya. You got away from Yondu and his goons, you’re making a name for yourself. That’s good. Oh, and I think I got something you’ll be interested in.”
He pulls up a datafile and hands it to me. I activate it and see a picture of a Zen-Whoberi woman. There’s more, some of her with weaponry, a mugshot. Hey, I know her.
“Is this..?”
”Yep. Gamora. Daughter of Thanos. Nova Corps put out a 500,000 credit bounty on her head after she helped take out a Shi’ar colony. Doubt anyone worth their balls would wanna risk their life trying to nab her. But, I know someone who might be.”
I groan as he looks at me with a wink. This chick is known as the most dangerous woman in the galaxy. Everything I’ve heard about her has been her helping her dad commit mass murder. Is she worth it?
“...500,000 credits is a lot. I’ll think about it.”
Mikel nods, and we make our final goodbyes. He takes off and I get back in the Jett. I sit there for a while, thinking. This...could work. With a plan forming in my mind, I set a course for Knowhere and take off. Only someone dumb and greedy enough would help me hunt down a deadly assassin. Luckily, I know just the pair of greedy idiots.