『 SATELLITES 』
( chapter thirteen, escape artists )
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          THE NEXT FEW SECONDS WERE HECTIC AND THE GROUP HAD SPRUNG INTO MOTION. GROOT HAD GRABBED THE BATTERY, PETER WENT TO GRAB THE LEG, AND GAMORA WENT TO STEAL THE BRACELET FROM THE GUARD LEAVING ANDROMEDA WITH ROCKET. Andromeda quickly got up from her. seat as Rocket went to deal with Groot. The brunette. saw the guards and quickly snuck her way over to them. They were setting a defense line against Groot. She quickly snuck behind one of them and kicked them, once the guard fell on the ground, she grabbed his gun and shot the guard next to her in the leg. 

A man, who she assumed to be Drax the Destroyer, came and helped her take down the guards. He threw one. of the blasters towards the other guard which caused him to fall on the ground. One by one, Drax kept inuring the guards while Andromeda could only deal with one at a time. One of them snuck up behind her but she lifted her leg up to kick him. Drax grabbed one of the blasters, "Creepy little beast!" He threw the blaster towards Rocket who managed to grab it quickly. 

"What do you want me to do?" Andromeda yelled from the ground. 

"Just shoot!" The brunette shrugged her shoulders and stood next to Groot. For the next few seconds, they shot at whatever they could that the security system had sent them. The prisoners hid underneath tables and were running around to get away from the mayhem. 

"Rocket!" When they looked over it was Gamora with the security band. Rocket caught the band, "Move to the watchtower, Andromeda cover me!" The brunette nodded her head as she walked in front of the two as she blasted any of the drones that were trying to attack them. There were prisoners fighting with the guards and the guards were trying to shoot at them. 

When they got to the watchtower, Andromeda climbed to the top through Groot and slid under. the railing. She half on tight to the blaster in case anything happened. They reached the door to the main security guard and stood their ground when the doors opened. Andromeda stood next to Peter while the guard looked over with worried eyes. 

He surrender himself by raising his hands in the air. Groot removed him away from security office that he was in and Rocket took his seat. "What now? How are we going to get out of here?" Andromeda asked curiously. 

"Spare me your foul gaze woman!" Drax said to Gamora. 

She looked annoyed at his presence, "Why is this one here?" 

"We promised he could stay by your side until he kills your boss," Peter explained. He handed the leg towards Rocket, "Here ya go," 

"Oh, I was just kidding about the leg, I just need these two things," Rocket explained. 

"You stole a man's leg?" Andromeda asked. She wanted to laugh but she somehow remained serious at the thought of Peter stealing the leg. 

"He told me we needed it!" Andromeda let out a laugh as she looked at the leg next to Rocket. 

Rocket started to press around buttons, "I have a plan! I have a plan!" 

"Cease your yammering," Drax started, "And relieve us from this irksome environment," Andromeda felt nervous as her anxiety started to set it.  What if they couldn't get out? What if they got caught by more guards? Andromeda's hand started to shake which Peter noticed quickly. He looked at her as her her eyes were fixated on the chaos outside from them. 

He placed a hand on her shoulder which quickly took Andromeda out of focus. She looked towards Peter and smiled softly. Peter, Rocket, and Drax soon got into a conversation which Drax took too literally causing Gamora to say, "I'm going to die surrounded by the biggest idiots in the galaxy," 

"At least you have Groot and I," Andromeda commented. Soon enough, there were a line of guards that stood outside the watchtower with big blasters. "We're screwed," Andromeda said out loud. 

"On my command!" The guard yelled from the outside.  

"Rocket whatever it is that you're going to do, now is the time!" Andromeda commented. 

"Number one!" The guard shouted, one of the men shot at the glass which cracked it. 

"Rodent, we are ready for your plan!"

"Hold on!" Rocket kept pressing about more buttons. Andromeda couldn't focus on the conversations happening around her, so she blocked them out and remembered one her dad's stories. She remembered the memory vividly almost as if she could reach out and experience once again. 

It was a cold and rainy night and Andromeda was around seven years old. She was in bed when her father had walked in her trying to fall asleep. She kept tossing and turning because he dreams would keep her awake. She remembered his smile vividly and she missed that smile. That night he had stayed up with her late telling her stories about the stars. 

She missed her father more than anything in the world, she wanted to know if he still thought of her. She wanted to know what life was like back on Earth after all those years. When Andromeda snapped back into reality, the saw the section of the watchtower lift up from the sky. Rocket had dismantled the drones and turned off the artificial gravity. Andromeda felt a weight lifted off her shoulders as he managed to safely guard the watchtower. 

He managed to get them out of the zone safely and through steel doors but once the steel doors closed, they crashed. Peter looked at Rocket with a disappointing look, "That was a pretty good plan," Peter cracked through the glass and they jumped off quickly as he looked through a window. Andromeda spotted his ship almost immediately, Peter pointed at it, "Yeah! There it is. Get my ship!" he started, "It's the Milano, the orange and blue one over in the corner,"

"They crumbled my pants up into a ball!" Rocket complained, "That's rude, they folded yours!" 

"Wel,, I'll make sure its get ironed once we're back on the ship," Andromeda commented sarcastically. Andromeda grabbed her old clothes as Peter searched through his. 

"The orbs there, let's go," Gamora ordered. 

"Peter, what's wrong?" Andromeda asked while holding on tight to her clothes. 

"That bastard didn't put it back," Peter said while rummaging through it. Andromeda knew exactly what it. was but she knew Peter wouldn't change his mind. It was the only thing he had from his mother and he wasn't going to give it up. 

"Go get it, Gamora and I will bring your stuff to the ship," the brunette nodded at him as he looked over at her. 

Once they were on the Milano, they all took a seat near the giant glass of the ship. Andromeda buckled herself in as she sat next to Gamora. "What did he go and get?" she asked as she looked at the brunette. 

Andromeda sighed, "It's not really my place to say," 

"What's the deal with you two anyway?" Rocket asked.

The brunette rolled her eyes, "We are just friends, we've known each other since we were teenagers," 

"Aren't you the daughter of Vulcan Saros?" Drax asked. 

"Yeah, why?" Andromeda asked wearily. 

"I hate him," Drax commented, Andromeda kept her mouth shut as Rocket began to grow irritated. It wasn't until they saw a figure coming towards them that their attention peaked. It was Peter, Andromeda smiled and got up from her. seat to open up the hatch. Once she did, Peter came in and Drax became curious. 

"Companion, what were you retrieving?" 

Peter handed them the cassette tape, "You're an imbecile," 

"Glad to have you back, Peter," Andromeda commented while patting his back. 

After what happened, Andromeda decided to go and take nap. She was exhausted and she needed one after everything. All they did was bicker which irritated her, Drax couldn't stand her or Gamora and Peter never thought things through. Andromeda heard the door open and quickly got up. She rubbed her eyes to see that it was Peter who was standing there. 

"Hey, is everything okay?" she asked worriedly. 

Peter nodded his head, "Yeah, we're going to Knowhere to hand in the Orb," 

Andromeda nodded her head, "Sounds good," 

"Are you okay, Andie? You seemed kind of nervous earlier," 

Andromeda sighed, "Yeah, I was just anxious and I started to think about my dad. I really miss him but there's nothing I can really do about it." 

"Well, if you need anything you can always let me know," Peter commented. 

"Can you actually stay with me a bit?" Andromeda asked. Peter nodded as he sat down next to her, Andromeda laid her head on his chest and felt his heart beating rapidly. She softly smiled as her eyes began to clothes. She felt safe and at home in that moment as if all her cares went away. She had missed Peter and she was kind of glad he dragged her into his mess.