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It was a quiet evening in the Quadrant, everyone sat around the table having a few drinks and having one random conversation after another. Kraglin was going to stay up and keep an eye on the ship while everyone got some rest. Peter and Gamora were busy talking while Drax poured himself another drink. Mantis wasn't much of a drinker but it might take her a while for her to get used to the taste of alcohol but she does enjoy everyone's company. You were sitting next to your boyfriend Rocket then you two noticed Groot was starting to yawn, Rocket carefully picked him up. got out of his seat, and took him to their room. Since Groot was still little and wasn't quite ready for his own room yet he was going to share a room with Rocket for a while. You and Rocket have known each other for a few years and later got together sometime after the war on Xandar. Eventually Rocket came back and resumed his seat next to you.

"So, did Groot go to sleep?" You asked.

"Yeah, well he didn't want to admit he was tired but he fell asleep within minutes," Rocket replied before he helped himself to another drink.

"Hey ______, can I ask you something?" Peter asked.

"Sure," you replied.

"I was wondering, how did you meet Rocket and Groot?"

You paused for a moment, "I thought I told you about that."

Peter shrugged a little, "Yeah but all you told us was you guys ended up in the same prison together or something."

"That was the short version, the rest is kind of a long story," you said.

"Very long," Rocket mumbled.

"I'd like to hear the story," Mantis said with a smile.

Drax nodded, "So would I."

"Are you sure?" You asked Drax and Mantis. "It could take a while to tell it."

"Well, it's still early and I think we have enough time to hear it," Gamora said.

You leaned back in your chair, "Ok let's see, it was about 3 years ago."

"Close enough," Rocket commented.

"Well, I used to do some mercenary work and some stealing to get by but then one night..."

It was the middle of the night as you quietly crept around the warehouse. You've heard that a shipment of batteries arrived earlier today and selling a few of them off would financially secure you for a while. You saw the night guard for a moment and waited for him to leave before you made your move. As soon as the coast was clear before you went for the door which had a small keypad pad above the doorknob. You took out your time scanner to playback earlier in the evening and saw a guard punch the numbers in which you memorized. About a moment later you put in the code, unlocked the door, and went inside closing the door behind you. It was dark except for the emergency lights in the corners. You weren't going to grab much, just what could carry and get out without getting caught. It was like an adrenaline rush each time you were pulling a job like this. Suddenly, a soft clicking noise caught your attention, you paused for a minute and waited for the sound. After about a minute or two of silence you assumed it was an orloni that snuck in earlier and continued with your task. A while later you found what you were looking for and went over to get it. A medium sized dark gray carrying case mostly used for holding a small shipment of batteries sat out in the open on top of a large crate. The moment you grasped the side handle, you froze as you saw a small furry hand grab the case at the same time you did. Your eyes shifted from the case to what looked like a raccoon on an orange jumpsuit with a quad blaster strapped on his back.

"What do you think you're doing?" You asked with a raised brow.

"I could ask you the same thing," he bluntly replied.

"Look I was here first so therefore it's mine."

"Listen lady I called dibs on it way before you did."

You rolled your eyes, "Oh please I was here way before you."

He pulled out his weapon with his free hand and aimed it toward your face, "How about I blow your head off and then we'll see who gets to walk away with it?"

Suddenly, red flashing lights went off along with the alarm sounding off made you two freeze right where you were. While he was distracted you yanked the case from his grasp and took off running for the nearest exit.

"Groot stop her!" He yelled before he gave chase.

You looked just in time to see a giant tree creature step out from behind a bunch of crates. When he tried to grab you, you quickly dodged him by making a sharp turn and continued running.

"Great going Groot, she's getting away with our stuff," he growled stopping briefly next to him.

"I am Groot," Groot apologized.

"Do something!" He shouted then took off running after you.

You weaved around the large boxes in hopes of losing them and make it to the exit.  As soon as you were out the door when you felt something wrap around your ankle causing you to trip. The impact of hitting the ground stunned you for a few seconds but before you could get back up, the raccoon jumped on your back and tried to reach for the case but you weren't got to let him take it.

"Give me that!" He shouted trying to pry the case out of your grasp.

"No it's mine-Oww!"

Groot stepped out just in time for a bright light beam to shine onto you three followed by a tractor beam lifted you all a few feet off the ground. You saw three Nova Corps Star blasters surrounding the area.

"Subject 89P13, Groot, ______ _______, by the authority of the Nova Crops you are under arrest," a male authority voice came out over the speaker.

"Crap," you both mumbled.

After arriving to the prison, getting checked in as well as having your stuff confiscated, sanitized, and changed into prison attire, the three of you were escorted down a long hallway in cuffs. Since there was a bit of overcrowding in the prison, you three had to share a cell. The door had a side panel with a bunch on buttons on it and the door had a small rectangle shaped window with a few bars on it. The cuffs were removed, the guards shoved you all in and left. Inside the cell was dimly lit with gray colored walls covered with scratch marks and four beds, two of them being bunk beds. You sat on one bunk while the raccoon took the top bunk on the other side and the walking tree occupied the one below his friend.

You gave him a stern look, "This is all your fault."

He glared at you, "My fault?"

"Yeah, if you let me have those batteries we wouldn't be here!"

"You're the one who got us caught."

"What?!"

As you two argued and argued the other prisoners were starting to get irritated with your bickering. "Hey shut up!" An inmate shouted from a cell down the hallway.

"You shut up!" You both shouted back in unison.

"I am Groot!" Groot yelled, you two fell quiet.

The raccoon sat at his bunk and turned himself away from you, "Fine, you stay on your side and we'll stay on ours."

"Fine by me," you flatly replied before you laid down in your bunk.

For the past few days you barely said a word to either of them, the only times you three were let out of your cell is when it was time to eat and recreational purposes. When it was meal time you would sit on one end of the table while your cellmates sat at the other end. You got your food, sat at your usual spot, and began to eat. The food they served wasn't bad but it wasn't exactly good either. As you looked around the cafeteria, you noticed there were guards at every corner, a gravity drive above the kitchen line, and several drones slowly rotating around the area. Your gaze shifted to your cellmates, Groot looked away from his food over to you and gave you a smile and a wave. You waved back toward Groot, the raccoon just sneered and looked away. A few minutes passed and you decided to get up and take your tray to the kitchen window for the staff to wash. As you were about to go to recreational area for some down time you were stopped by one of the male prisoners, he was a tall, muscular Kree with a long scar going down the side of his face.

"Well, aren't you pretty little thing, what are you in for?" He asked leaning in close.

"None of your damn business," you replied and tried to leave but he blocked your path.

"Oh come on this place can be very dangerous if you're not careful," His face got close to yours, "You know I could provide some protection for a small price of course."

"How about you back off?" You forcibly shoved him away.

Before you could leave he roughly grabbed your arm, "I think someone needs to teach you some manners."

"Hey the lady said back off so back off!" Someone snarled. You turned to see your cellmate standing a few feet away looking more angry than usual and Groot standing close by.

"Oh?" He turned around to face him, "And are you going to do about it you little freak?"

Groot immediately grabbed the guy buy the throat and lifted him three feet above the ground.  He squirmed and tried to pry off his hand from his throat but couldn't. You were kind of surprised that they jumped in to defend you like that all of a sudden. Then sseveral guards rushed over to break up the scuffle and Groot let the guy go. The guards warned all of you if another fight breaks out, they'll all be sent to the pit. At the end of the day you guys returned to your cell and sat in your usual spots, after about a minute you broke the silence.

"Hey, uhh... thanks for earlier."

"Yeah, you're welcome," he mumbled.

"So...Why did you jump in like that?"

"Let's just say I hate jerks."

"Same here," you paused, "So, what was your name again? Subject 89-"

"Rocket," he quickly said, "Just Rocket."

"Ok, I'm ______."

"I am Groot," Groot smiled.

"I can see that," you looked over to Rocket, "Is that all he can say by the way?"

"Yeah, he has a limited vocab but as far as I know I'm the only one who can communicate with him," Rocket explained.

"Oh ok," you nodded.

For the rest of the evening, you, Rocket, and Groot sat in your cell getting to know each other a little better. When you asked about where Rocket came from, he said he didn't want to talk about it and quickly changed the subject to when he met Groot. The next day at around lunch, Groot invited you over to sit with them. You hesitated at first but when Rocket waved you over, you went over to the table and sat across from them. You all chattered a bit and ate some of the food.

"So Rocket did you have a plan in mind?" You asked as you placed your fork down.

"Ok, here's what I got," Rocket began, speaking in a tone only the three of you can hear, "You see that gravity drive? If we can get to that, I can disable the artificial gravity in here so we can get through the ventilation shaft in the kitchen. From there, we gather our things, hijack a ship from the lot, and get the hell outta of here.  Before we can do that, we need is an access card from one of the guards."

"I can get that," you said airily.

"What are you gonna do? Flirt with one of them?"

You stood up, "Just watch."

You casually took your tray to the tray return and looked around for a potential target. Within moments you noticed a guard about a few years older than you and you can tell by looking at him he was still new to the job. He was scanning the area while walking in your direction. While he was looking in the other way, you took the opportunity to accidentally bump into him.

"Watch where you're going," he huffed.

"Whatever," you sighed and continued your way.

What he didn't know was you swiped his card the second you two made contact. You returned to the table where Rocket and Groot were sitting, there was a pause.

"Did you get it?" Rocket whispered.

"I sure did," you smirked showing the card before you slipped it into your shirt.

"Great, now all we need is a distraction," Rocket said as he looked around the cafeteria.

He noticed a random prisoner leaving the lunch line with a full tray of food. Rocket whispered something to Groot who nodded, when the guy walked by the table Groot used one of his vines to trip him. The guy sent his tray flying into the air and landed on a large muscular prisoner who slowly stood up and turned around to find whoever threw the tray. It didn't take long for a fist fight to become a full brawl. While a bunch of guards tried to break it off, Rocket had Groot grab the closest drone and threw it as he could at the gravity drive. Sparks flew everywhere as the drone collided with the gravity drive as it went out. An alarm went off indicating that the artificial gravity was off while guards, prisoners, drones, and assorted items drifted into the air. You, Rocket, and Groot quickly went into the kitchen, headed for the vent, and Rocket had Groot rip off the cover. Rocket went in first followed by you and then Groot.  The further you went in the gravity returned and you all had to resume to a running on foot.  After about a minute of rushing through the maze of vents, Rocket found a way out having Groot punch through the vent cover. One by one you all jumped down and took off down the hallway.  Suddenly, a large group of guards appeared from around the corner blocking your path. Without a second thought, Rocket jumped onto one guys head and proceeded to start punching him repeatedly, you started hitting a few who tried to have you restrained, and Groot took out many at a time by stretching out his arms and striking them down. At some point, a guard grabbed the back of Rocket's shirt causing it to rip halfway down his back. You turned around at the sound and what you saw made your eyes stretch wide. On his back, was a reddish bare patch with small cybernetic implants. You were only distracted for a few seconds then you felt someone punch you in the face. The punch dazed you for a moment but you countered with another punch to his face. You continued to fight your way through until the guards were knock out and you all ran down the hall. As soon as you three made it to a door labeled inmate property you used the card to open it and close it when you were all inside. You gathered your clothes, weapon, and your bag making sure everything was there. In a short period of time, you and Rocket quickly changed out of your prison outfits with him standing on one side of the room while you occupied the other with your backs turned. Part of you wanted to ask about the implants you saw on his back moments ago but you figured he won't want to talk about it anyway. Then you all rushed out and headed for the docking bay to grab a ship out of here. Rocket jumped onto Groot's shoulders while ran close behind. You heard shouting from some of the prison officers for you all to stop or they'll open fire but you three kept on going. Some lasers went off and one of them grazed the side of your upper leg causing you to trip and hit the ground. You turned your head to see a burn and some blood coming out of the wound. Groot turned himself around and ran back toward you, Rocket was about to object until he saw you on the ground and sighed. He knew when his buddy made his mind on something he was going to go through with it. While you struggled to get up Groot quickly picked you up and resumed running for the ship. Rocket used the card to open the side door and all of you got in. Groot carefully set you down while Rocket immediately got to work on starting up the ship.

"Groot can you get me the first aid kit?" You asked.

Groot nodded and found the box and handed it to you, "I am Groot."

"Thanks."

You opened the box and got to work on healing your wound. Meanwhile, Rocket got the ship running and set a course to Knowhere. After a bit of a long trip across the quadrant, you three eventually made it to your destination. Pretty much the only place in the galaxy to lay low for a while and maybe get stocked up on some goods. Rocket landed the ship by the mining pods and all of you got out. You limped a little bit but at least your wound wasn't too serious.

"That was fun," you sighed sarcastically.

Rocket shrugged, "Ah well at least we didn't die."

Groot pointed to your side, "I am Groot?"

You looked at your injury, "Oh I've had worse, I'll heal but I think it'll leave a scar though. So what are you guys going to do now?"

"Well, we're going to scrap this for parts and sell them," Rocket said as he looked over the ship, "But first I'm gonna need a buyer. What are you going to do?"

"Actually, I'm going to hang around here for a few days and then I'm going to get a ride from a friend of mine. In the meantime, I guess I'll see you two around one day?"

"Who knows? Maybe?"

"Ok, bye guys," you said.

"Yeah bye," Rocket said before he start walking off.

"I am Groot," Groot waved then proceeded to walk along side his friend.

You watched as Rocket and Groot walked off until they were out of sight. You'd only known them for about a week but there was something you liked about them, especially Rocket.

A few weeks later, you were on the planet Rajak wandering down the street of one of the various cities. You were temporarily staying at a motel for a few days until it was time for you to move on. It was late in the evening and the neon lights were on and the people were out socializing. It looked like it was about to rain so you decided to go to the closest bar for a few drinks. As you looked around you saw two familiar figures you thought you'd never see again. You smiled and decided to go over until you were standing right behind them.

"Well if it isn't my old cellmates," you said as you stood behind them.

Rocket turned himself around, "_____, what are you doing here?"

You shrugged, "Oh I was in the neighborhood and I'd thought I'd stop by for a drink."

"I am Groot."

"Groot says hi and he missed you," Rocket translated.

"Well what about you?" You asked Rocket.

"What?"

"Did you miss me?"

Rocket rolled his eyes, "Not really."

Groot gave his friend a look, "I am Groot."

"Ok maybe a little. Anyway are you gonna stand there all night or are you going to join us?"

You sat next to Rocket and ordered yourself a drink while Rocket ordered a couple more rounds. After a few drinks you three got caught up in what you were up to after you got out of prison. You told them you recently got a large bounty after turning in a guy who sold Krylorian females as slaves. Rocket and Groot on the other hand got a good sum of units from selling off some Pandorian crystals, which were considered rare, on the open market. A while later and after a few more rounds, Rocket was starting to get a little tipsy. Rocket suddenly went into this story about how he was trying to sell off some of the latest merchandise he swiped.

"So I said to the guy, if you think you can find a better deal anywhere else..."

"Rocket I think should slow down," you advised.

"Don't tell me what to do I can hold my liquor better than you any day of the week," Rocket retorted slurring his speech a little.

Groot agreed with you, "I am Groot."

"Shut up you overgrown twig," He turned to you, "You, me, shot contest, now."

"Seriously Rocket?" You sighed.

"What's wrong? Afraid you'll lose?"

You knew there was no way out of it, "Fine, just don't cry when you lose."

"Oh I think you're the one who's going to be crying, barkeep ten shots!"

The bartender set five shots for you and five shots for Rocket. Groot watched as you two took one shot after the next. At first you didn't feel much but you were starting to feel a little drunk. When it came to the last glass you both chugged it down and within seconds Rocket passed out face first onto the counter.

"Yeah! I won I-"

A sudden wave of nausea came out of nowhere and you ran into the bathroom. You went for the available stall and began to hurl a couple of times. A few minutes after, you wandered out and resumed your spot feeling a little woozy. The barkeeper gave you a glass of ice water to take care of the taste in your mouth. As soon as you felt your stomach settle down, you figured that was enough and you were going to head back to your motel room. Groot picked up his passed out friend and volunteered to be your escort. You told him you'd be fine but he wanted to make sure you at least made it safe and sound. After wandering around and stumbling a few times, you made it to you room door. Rocket stirred awake and looked around trying to figure out where he was.

"Wha? What happened?" Rocket asked drowsily.

"I am Groot," Groot explained.

"Whataya mean I passed out? I won right?"

"Anyway, goodnight guys," you said as you were about to unlock your room.

"______ wait a moment, I just wanted to say after we left Knowhere I had no idea what to think of you at first but now, for the record you're alright, you're alright," Rocket said his speech still a bit slurred from earlier.

"Thanks, you guys are pretty cool too," you smiled.

Ever since then, you would meet up with Rocket and Groot every once in a while after that.  Whether it was going out for drinks, mercenary work, or stirring up some trouble. There were a few times when you three ended up in prison but this time you stuck together and escaped each time. It took you many months to actually understand Groot without having Rocket to translate for you, which made Groot pretty happy to know there's someone else in the galaxy that could understand him. Groot was nice and looked out for you like he would do for his best friend Rocket. Rocket would make some witty comment that made you laugh almost every time but did value as a friend. You even started to develop feelings for Rocket over the next few months, he was smart, sarcastic, and fun. Every time you had to part ways, you couldn't wait to see them again.

"Eventually we met again on Xandar and we later met Peter, Gamora, and of course Drax. I'm pretty sure you know where it when from there," you concluded.

Gamora gave off a soft laugh, "Who would have thought that you two went to prison because you both tried to steal the same thing."

"Yeah, amazing how it all worked out right?"

"That was a great story ______," Mantis said.

"That was probably the best love story I've ever heard," Drax said, Peter chuckled to himself upon hearing that.

You flustered, "Um wow, I don't know if I would call it that but if that's the way you see it."

"Well I don't know about you guys but I think I'm going to turn in for the night," Rocket said with a small yawn and got up.

Peter stretched in his chair, "Yeah I think I'll do that too."

Everyone eventually decided to head to their own rooms for some shuteye. Sometime later, you got yourself ready for bed and then a knock came from your door. You went over to the door and opened it to find Rocket standing there.

Rocket scratched the back of his head, "Hey, can I come in?"

"Sure," you replied as you went back to your bed and sat down. Rocket entered your room and sat himself on your bed next to you. You moved yourself over to give him more room.

"Something on your mind?" You asked.

"I guess you can say that."

"Like what?"

Rocket paused, "I've been thinking, about how we met and stuff. After we first met, I didn't want to admit it at the time but I actually looked forward to meeting up with you again after all that. You know, the more I think about it, I'm actually glad we ran into you at the warehouse that night." Rocket gave you a small smile.

You smiled back, "Me too, Rocket, me too."

"One more thing, you mind if I stuck around for a while longer?"

"Not at all."

You lied down on your side, Rocket took the moment to occupy the available space next to you while you grabbed the blanket over the two of you.

"Love you Rocket," you whispered.

"Love you too ______," Rocket pressed his nose to yours.

You gave Rocket a little kiss and he kissed you back only making it a bit deeper. After a few seconds, Rocket slowly pulled away from the kiss and moved himself closer to you. You wrapped your arms around him while he placed his head underneath your chin. You felt Rocket nuzzle your neck and you responded by stroking his fur. It didn't take too long for you and Rocket to fall asleep. Sometime later, Groot woke up and saw that his friend Rocket wasn't there. He got up and wandered around the quadrant until he went over to your room and opened the door. Groot climbed up onto the bed, got in the middle you and Rocket, curled up, and fell asleep. Rocket woke up and saw his friend peacefully sleeping in the open spot between you two. He just smiled and fell back asleep.