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( chapter twelve, nova corps )

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        THE LAST THING ANDROMEDA HAD HER MIND WAS GETTING ARRESTED BY THE NOVA CORPS. YET AGAIN, NOTHING EVER GOES HER WAY ESPECIALLY WITH THE GREEN WOMAN AND THE RACCOON WHO HAD RUINED HER AND PETER'S MISSION. Two guards had come over and had Andromeda put both her hands in front of her and they walked her towards the Nova Corps main building. The only thing that Andromeda was told that they were all being transferred to Kyln, which was a max security prison. At that point, Andromeda wanted to kill Peter with her bare hands. 

Once they reached Kyln, a guard was walking through the prison and guiding them to where they needed to be. The woman, who Andromeda learned was Gamora, was the the first in line and Andromeda stood behind Peter. "I guess most of Nova Corps wanna uphold the laws, but these ones here, they're corrupt and cruel," Rocket the Raccoon commented while looking around, "But, hey, that's not my problem, I ain't gonna be here long, I've escaped twenty-two prisons. This ones no different," they were surrounded by cool grey metal and Andromeda felt foreign in the prison they were in. 

Rocket wouldn't stop talking which annoyed Andromeda more than ever. Andromeda lost herself in her own thoughts. She was going to be surrounded by criminals and most of them knew something about her father and that Andromeda had existed. She was going to be surrounded by people who hated her family, she wasn't alone. From what she had heard, Gamora's father was Thanos himself and only God knew how many people had a problem with her and Thanos. 

The five them were put in what seemed like a holding cell and the guard stated, "Hold," they stopped walking and Andromeda only heard a snippet of a conversation between Rocket and Peter. 

"What's a raccoon?" Rocket asked, Andromeda quickly furrowed her brows in confusion. 

"What's a raccoon?" Peter repeated, "It's what you are, stupid," 

"Peter, don't be rude," Andromeda commented as she gave him a glare. Peter turned to her and furrowed his brows in confusion while his finger pointed to Rocket. Andromeda shrugged and mouthed, 'I don't know'. 

"Ain't no thing like me, except me," Rocket added. The guard then gave them permission to keep walking and Peter started talking about the Orb. He was talking towards Gamora who ignored him completely. 

"So what? What's the Orb?" Peter asked. 

"Peter can you shut up?" Andromeda asked, "She clearly isn't going to answer any of your questions," 

Gamora turned her head and looked at the two of them, "You should listen to your girlfriend," 

"Oh no, no, no, it's not like that," they both said in unison. The looked at each other and furrowed their brows in confusion, "We're just old friends," they both looked at Gamora and smiled. She rolled her eyes and looked at the path ahead of her. As they kept walking the group kept bickering as the guard kept leading them. They kept bickering which kept annoying Andromeda. 

"Can you all just stop arguing and sassing each other, please?" she rolled her eyes Peter commented on Groot. Andromeda was looking at her feet when she bumped into Peter, when she looked up he was staring at one of the men who was inspecting things they had in hand, "Peter, keep walking," Andromeda urged him. When the brunette saw, he had Peter's walkman and Andromeda knew it wasn't going to be good. 

"Hey," Peter called out, "Put that away," he quickly went into the cell before the doors closed and Andromeda's eyes widened. He is so stupid, she thought to herself. 

"Listen to me, you big blue bastard. Take those headphones off," Peter ordered. him, he was getting angry quickly, "That's mine,  those belong to impound, those tapes, that player--" the alien grabbed a baton that had an electric signal and he shocked Peter with it which sent him to the ground on his knees. He. kept shocking Peter which kept annoying Andromeda. 

"Hey, just let him go!" she commented with furrowed brows while keeping her hand on the railing, the alien lifted up the baton to threaten her and she quickly shut her mouth. After the whole situation with Peter, they split the group apart, they took Andromeda and Gamora and gave them a "shower" along with what seemed like yellow scrubs. Andromeda felt clean afterward and her and Gamora were soon placed in another holding cell. 

"Nice outfit," Andromeda commented, Gamora simply looked at her and ignored her. Andromeda sighed as she sat down across from Gamora. She looked up at Andromeda, "Vulcan Saros is your father," 

The brunette lifted up her head and nodded slightly, "Yeah, everyone pretty much hates him," 

"There is a bounty on his head," Gamora commented, "Since no one knows where is he is, you're what they want," 

Andromeda sighed, "Yeah, the child has to pay for their fathers due, huh?" Andromeda asked, "Thanos is your dad, that means that everyone in this prison is going to want your head," 

"I'm not scared of them," Gamora commented. She didn't move when the said it and Andromeda felt a bit intimidated by her. 

"Let's go," the guard ordered them. The two got up and soon enough they met up with the rest of the group. A guard gave them a sleeping bag and as they walked into the cafeteria, as they walked in, Andromeda could feels everyones eyes on them. She stood next to Peter as he looked around as well. Most of their eyes were on Gamora as she stood her pride and walked confidently to her cell. The prison was huge and towered over them, there were inmates sitting at tables and chatting away. 

Andromeda saw something flying and saw that it Peter. When she looked over she saw a bunch of people heckling at them which annoyed her. Andromeda stuck out her hand lifted up her finger as she turned her back on them. When she looked over they set their attention to Gamora who didn't flinch. It wasn't until one big alien with blue skin that was towering over Peter that Andromeda truly felt fear. 

He mentioned how he was going to lather Peter in jelly and that's when Groot snuck his branches into the aliens nose. "Let's make something clear," Rocket announced, "This two here is our booty, you wanna get to them, you go through us, or more accurately, we go through you!" The alien fell to the ground and Andromeda took a step back from Peter. 

"We're with him," Peter commented as they walked over the blue alien. 

"Peter, I'm not liking any of this," Andromeda commented. 

"It's only temporary," Peter tried reassuring her. 

"Temporary?!" Andromeda commented, "We're not going to get out of here, this place is impossible and my father has enemies here. You saw how they treated Gamora, who knows what they might do to me?" 

Peter turned around to face Andromeda, "We'll be fine, Andie," he started, "We'll be there for each other we just have to take it little by little, I promise you, we'll be fine," Andromeda looked at Peter eye's they were close to each other and Andromeda had to take a step back. It reminded her when she was first taken, how Peter had always reassured her and how she left him by himself but he would never leave her. 

"Okay," 

***

When Andromeda had woken up the next morning, they were getting breakfast. Rocket was already forming a plan to escape, "If we're going to get out of here, we're going to need to get into that watchtower," Rocket started,  Peter had filled Andromeda in with what happened last night, how Gamora was attacked and how they met Drax the Destroyer. "And to do that, I'm going to need a few things. The guards wear security bands to control their ins and outs. I need one," they walked over towards a table and sat down in a circle. 

"Leave it to me," Gamora commented. 

"That dude, there. I need his prosthetic leg," When the brunette looked she saw exactly that, a male with a prosthetic leg. 

"His leg?" Peter asked. 

"Yeah," Rocket answered, "God knows I don't need the rest of him. Look at him, he's useless," 

"All right," Peter commented. 

"And finally, one the wall back there is a black panel. Blinky yellow light." Rocket explained, "Do you see it?" 

"Yeah," Andromeda answered. 

"There's a quarnyx battery behind it. Purplish box, green wires. To get into the watchtower, I definitely need it," 

"How are we supposed to do that?" Gamora asked curiously. 

As Rocket explained how to get the battery and their full on escape plans, there was sudden blare of the alarm. When the looked over, Groot had gotten a hold of the battery, the three of them looked at each other with wide eyes. 

It was time to escape.