『 SATELLITES 』
( chapter four, tricks )

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ANDROMEDA AND PETER WERE GOING ON THEIR VERY FIRST MISSION TOGETHER AND ANDROMEDA WAS MORE THAN NERVOUS. The brunette was putting on her boots, Yondu had given them to her and they fit perfectly. Peter was ready and he was waiting for Andromeda, he wore a red leather jacket that fit him snugly. Yondu had already told both of them what their mission was, it was fairly simple.

There was a group that lived in a remote place of Xandar and there were rumors that they had valuable jewelry and other valuables that would make them rich. Andromeda and Peter had to go there and steal whatever they could and bring it back to Yondu. Andromeda had never stolen anything before and she had no clue what she was up against.

Peter had gone out on a few missions before so he knew what he was doing which made Andromeda feel better. Yondu had trained Andromeda to use a quad blaster like the ones Peter had and she had gotten significantly better at using them since her first time. Once Andromeda was ready she stood up from her bed and tied her brown locks into a tight ponytail. She took a deep breath to relax, this was important and she couldn't fail.

Once Peter saw Andromeda had left the room, he looked at her up and down taking in her clothes that Yondu had given her. Peter's lips formed into a humble smile once he noticed the brunette, "You look great," Peter noticed Andromeda's hands trembling slightly and he wanted to make her feel better, "You got this, Andie,"

Andromeda smiled, "Thank you, now let's do this," the two of them smiled at each other as they walked towards the ship together. Another thing that Andromeda also learned was to use them, Peter was the one that had taught her, they would be co-pilots. At first, Andromeda was hesitant to learn to fly the spaceship but Peter had convinced her to let him teach her, after six years, she was glad she let him.

Peter and Andromeda sat at the front and Andromeda strapped herself in. Peter had a large smile on his face, "Are you ready?" Andromeda nodded at him before he jumped from his seat, "I forgot something, that is absolutely necessary." Andromeda furrowed her brows wondering what it was.

It was until three minutes later that she heard music throughout the whole ship. Andromeda let out a sigh as Peter came back and sat in his seat with a smile on his face, the song that was playing was from the Jackson 5, "Really, Peter?"

The dirty blond pilot shrugged his shoulders, "It's the Jackson 5, come on," Andromeda shook her head at Peter. She had grown close to him in the months that she had spent of Xandar. They would stay up late and talk about movies and Peter would constantly ask about Jurassic Park. Sometimes they would talk about their parents and Andromeda would think about her father.

Andromeda felt conflicted about her father, after what Yondu had told her, she didn't know what to believe. She also hadn't heard from him since she disappeared, she didn't even know if he was out looking for her. He would've known and he would've gone out for her but it had been months already. Peter never what to say when it came to her father, he had no clue about his dad.

The two of them set off on the spaceship singing to the music. Andromeda looked down at the planet of Xandar watching it go from the tall beautiful structures and buildings to spaced out houses that were miles and miles away from each other. It looked like a ghost town, that's when the ship hovered over a small little city. The buildings were close together and they looked like they could fall with a huff and puff.

The two of them landed the ship somewhere where it wasn't noticeable. Andromeda grabbed some binoculars to look, "Andie, what do you see?" Andromeda saw aliens walking around and children running around. She saw some vendors selling clothes, jewelry, and other things. Andromeda placed the binoculars next to her and unstrapped herself.

"There are some street vendors, children running," she answered if there was valuable jewelry why would it be somewhere remote and miles and miles away? It didn't look like there was anything valuable where they were, "Do you think this is the right place?"

Peter furrowed his brows in confusion, "Yeah, these are the coordinates Yondu gave me, why?" Peter answered looking at Andromeda who looked worried. She didn't feel sure, something didn't feel right about the situation.

The brunette picked up her binoculars and handed them to Peter, "Look," Peter looked puzzled as he lifted them up to his eyes to see. After a few seconds, he lowered them and looked at Andromeda with a questionable look.

"I don't see anything wrong," he said shrugging his shoulders which made Andromeda snatch the binoculars out his hands.

"Peter, don't you see?" she asked, "If there's valuable jewelry here, why is miles and miles away from where we were? I don't think there's anything here for us." Andromeda held the binoculars tight in her hands. Peter furrowed his brows and looked outside through the large glass window of the ship.

He looked at Andromeda who had worried eyes, a part of him believed her but yet he believed that Yondu wouldn't trick them, "Andie, these are the right coordinates. It's probably hidden in one of the buildings, maybe they placed it here as a safe place."

Andromeda rolled her brown eyes and folded her arms across her chest, "Peter, I don't think this is safe." Peter went to grab his quad blaster and walked towards the door of the ship, he turned towards Andromeda.

"Let's just try and see if we find it," he said while looked at an angry Andromeda, "I'm pretty sure we'll find something," he said in a cocky voice which only made Andromeda even more upset. She grabbed her quad blaster and held it tight in her hand.

"If we get killed, this is on you," she said while walking right past him. The two of them walked towards the cluster of buildings, Andromeda walked a few inches behind Peter, she was still unsure of the whole situation. Andromeda and Peter both hid their quad blasters with their clothes and walked as if nothing was wrong.

Children ran past the two of them giggling and women and men were shouting out to everyone else to buy their things. There was a man selling a variety of colorful fruits and women selling scarves and jewelry but it didn't look like the valuable jewelry that Yondu had told them about. Peter and Andromeda tried to act like everyone else but Andromeda couldn't help but shake a weird feeling off her chest.

Peter looked around at the crowds of people walking before looking at Andromeda, "Pretend to laugh at something I said," he whispered.

Andromeda furrowed her brows, "Why?" she whispered.

"People are looking at us suspiciously and there's a guy who's looking at us like he wants to kill us," he whispered back.

Andromeda shifted her gaze and saw a man glaring at the two of them but more specifically at her. She then looked at Peter and proceeded to laugh even if he hadn't said anything funny. As the two walked, the man who was glaring her down stood in front of Peter and Andromeda.

Peter quickly tensed and put an awkward smile on his face, "Hey dude, we're just walking here and enjoying the great stuff that, uh, everyone is selling."

The man had a smirk on his face as he looked at the little emblem on both of their jackets that verified that they were Ravagers. "Andromeda Saros, we've been waiting for you." Andromeda felt her stop and she took a shallow breath.

"How do you know my name?" she asked, Peter, moved a few inches in front of Andromeda protectively as the man folded his arms across his chest.

"Your father owes us for something that he took," he licked his lips, "Looks like our plan worked by tipping of Yondu."

Peter furrowed his brows confused, "What do you mean?"

"We're the ones that told Yondu about some 'valuable jewelry', little did he know we just wanted to get you to here." Andromeda felt her heart racing in her chest and she felt her hands trembling but she felt relieved knowing that she was right. She didn't know how the two of them were getting out of the situation.

"What do you want?" Andromeda asked stepping in front of Peter, "Take me but let him go," she placed both her hands by her side. The man looked at Andromeda up and down and the young girl resembled her father. She had the same brown hair and warm brown eyes.

The man simply laughed in Andromeda's face, Peter looked at the man who kept staring Andromeda and it gave him a bad feeling. Peter reached for his quad blaster which the man didn't notice and he pulled it out and pressed the trigger shooting the man in the shoulder. "Andie, run!" The two of them turned their backs and ran away from the man, soon enough two other men appeared and ran after Andromeda and Peter. People in the marketplace screamed as they pushed aside and once they saw the man get shot.

The children hid under the tables or behind their mothers, the vendors stood back so they weren't harmed. The two of them ran trying to get to the ship and Andromeda and Peter were both shooting at those chasing them. It wasn't until they were a few feet from the ship that Andromeda fell to her knees.

author's note:

I FEEL SO HORRIBLE FOR NOT UPDATING! SO MUCH HAS HAPPENED AND I HOPE YOU ALL ENJOYED THIS CHAPTER!