There was a small signal from Quill out of the corner of her eye that said she shouldn’t be addressing Rocket by a title but, it was too late and it already had gone to the little guy’s head before long. Especially when he turned his attention to Quill and began barking orders at him; this was something that Nikki had to cover her mouth in order to attempt not to laugh at the situation. She obviously didn’t realize how big of head it would have given Rocket to be called Sir Rocket; then again someone in that very room got a big head when Star-Lord was ever said aloud.

It was rather amusing to see Quill stand up for her, that was something she didn’t expect. He was unintentionally offering for her to stay aboard the ship with the very odd mixture of individuals who were the working for of the Guardians of the Galaxy. The raising of hands to show that Rocket wanted her to stay and the mimicking response from Groot with that smile was reassuring, maybe; for the first time in a long time, she was finally safe somewhere… ironically. And the romantic comment from Rocket which was obviously shot her way made her smile as she averted her gaze from him in embarrassment. She would have never pictured in a million years to see one of the famed creatures from her planet talking, much less hitting on her. 

“Well,” She began softly shifting slightly where she sat, “I don’t know how your partner Gamora would feel about me staying. She… well we kind of got off on the wrong foot.”

“The wrong foot?” Rocket repeated as Nikki’s attention turned back to them.

“Yeah… I want to kill her sister; her sister led the assault and completed genocide of my people. So as you can imagine, bringing that up bothered me and me threatening her sister bothered her.”

“Nah!” Rocket said waving his paw which caused her to raise an eyebrow at him, “I’m sure she’s fine with it. Hell I’ll go ask her myself. Sir Rocket will take care of this!” With that he marched with way more confidence than he should have to get Gamora’s vote on Nikki staying or leaving. Groot gave her a final smile before following after Rocket.

“Quill there is a problem though…” She said softly, her hands pulling from the bed and sitting on her lap. Her thumbs began to dance together in a nervous fashion. “The Collector still has a bounty out for me. He’s offering 500,000 units for me; alive only. The bounty isn’t well known but the people who do know are some of the best in the galaxy. I… I don’t know where I would be safe.”