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“Where the hell is Peter?” Rocket holds his small blanket rolled into a tube, and suitcase, arguing with himself while the others stand around him, “How did I know he was going to be late?”
“He’s only five minutes late-“ Gamora’s interrupted by Rocket
“No! We should have just bought another night here.” Rocket throws his blanket on the ground and sits on the curb, “Show’s how much this ‘vacation’ actually helped me”
“Just give him a few more minutes.” Drax tells the Raccoon
The guardians are standing on the side of a road next to the beautiful place they just stayed at for four nights.
“I am Groot” <You should have gotten more sleep>
“I don’t need sleep. I need Peter to be here and for us to get off of this hell hole”
“You didn’t like this?” Gamora looks down
“No, they only cater to people who are five feet or higher! They submerged me in water-“
“A bath?” Gamora asks
“They put mud on me-“
“Skin treatment?” Drax adds
“You know how hard it is to get dried mud out of my fur?”
“That’s why you take a bath again” Gamora tells him
“Listen, I just want to forget this entire thing”
The group stands in silence for a few seconds
“I am Groot” <Look!>
The Milano pulls up in front of them and lands, opening the door in the back
“Get in!” Peter yells from the inside
The crew rushes into the ship, Rocket being last. He closes the door as he walks slowly into the front of the ship, throwing his stuff down angrily
“What the hell, Quill? We were waiting out there forever!”
Peter is shocked at the sudden outburst, but Drax whispers loudly into his ear, “He hasn’t slept in a while, and we weren’t out there for too long”
Peter nods his head and looks down at Rocket, “Look, just grab a drink then we can talk” Peter turns and grabs a glass and some ice.
“Okay, but we’re not finished with this” Rocket points his hand at Peter
“I know” Peter kneels down to open a door below the countertop. He sees two bottles of alcohol and grabs one. It has a small white sticker on the bottom of it. He puts that one back quietly and grabs the one next to it. When he looks on the bottom of it, he sees a small red sticker. He closes the doors and peels the sticker off quickly.
Peter pours a little bit of liquor into the glass and Rocket finishes the glass with one gulp.
He slams the glass down, “Hit me”
“Uh, no.”
“No?”
“Yeah, I said one drink.”
Rocket rolls his eyes and swivels the chair he’s sitting on to look at the rest of the Guardians as they unpack. He sighs
“Hey guys” Peter yells from his room, “I have a surprise for you guys!”
They look at his doorway. Peter walks out with a small, light brown puppy.
“I got a puppy!” He screams to the crew
They awe at the sight of the small animal as they run to Peter
“I named him Heavenly Ruler”
“Don’t you think that’s a little long?” Drax asks
“Yeah, but it’s the same as Star Lord so-“
“Well, he’s welcome here” Drax pets the puppy
“We can call him HR for short” Peter says
The crew is fascinated by the small animal, surrounding it and petting it. All except Rocket, who is unpacking his stuff
Peter sees Rocket, still in an angry mood, unpacking his things.
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Rocket is sitting in his room, putting his travel gear in back into his closet, when the puppy walks into his room and looks at Rocket, who is on a latter.
Rocket looks down at the puppy, “What do you want?” He asks the puppy angrily
HR, of course, doesn’t answer him, and continues to walk around the room. He walks near the ladder, sniffing around the two legs on the ground
“Yeah, whatev- AHH!” Rocket’s ladder starts to fall back and hits the ground
Rocket gets up and looks at the puppy as it looks back at Him innocently, “Okay, you know what?!” Rocket grabs his gun and aims it at the puppy
Peter walks in and screams at Rocket, “Woah! What the hell?” Peter runs to the puppies aid and picks him up
“It made me fall!”
“The puppy didn’t make you fall; He can’t even get his own food.”
Rocket lowers his gun, “Well, keep it out of my room”
“Okay, god” Peter walks out of the room, slamming the door behind him