The blue haired girl in a dress… well that would be a first in quite a long time for her. Since she was about 13 and presented to her culture at ‘marrying age’ and the courting could begin. As you can imagine, it was horribly awkward to stand in front of 4,000 plus people and have your dad say ‘Come get her and win her heart’ but no one was strong enough to keep her in place. No one was willing to try to handle her temper and no one was able to sweep her off of her feet… then there was…

Quill walked in, only to have Nikki’s chocolate brown gaze turn to the Star-Lord as he walked in and mentioned that her walking around without weapons would only draw bad attention and would speak that something was obviously wrong. She caught the vials and slid them inside the needles, latching them into place and giving a nod. “So two will slow him down, hopefully drop him. Fingers crossed.” She said softly, quoting what her mom used to say when she needed some luck. ‘Fingers crossed’ as a common earth phrase that her mom loved to use. It’s the little things, right? 

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Nikki was soon wondering the streets and entering a few pubs before she settled into one. It was a busy one but not too heavy traffic. She had a plate of potato fingers sent over to Quill’s table along with a beer, showing him that she was a woman of her word and paid him back for the potato fingers she owned him… or was it a small way to show him she cared; your call.

It didn’t take long before Grip found her; in fact he was bold enough to come up and start to talk to her. His words were sticky and gross; obviously a flirting tactic that he only assumed would work. Nikki swallowed so much throw up in her mouth that she downed two beers just talking to the man for the small amount of time he was with her. She had to use the excuse to go to the bathroom just to get away from him. Soon she was out and he was gone. Probably going to report to Zero that he found Nikki; she was quite a gold mine of money for someone and being on the best side of Zero is where anyone would really want to be.

Taking a seat back at the bar, she felt her heart beat pick up and slam against her chest. She needed to leave, she needed to get fresh air and she needed to keep herself away from crowds of people to draw out Zero. Out along the streets, she kept her walk at a steady pace until she turned off into an alley; she had faith that the Guardians would be close buy considering Zero was now a high target on their radar but that didn’t stop her from being nervous. The blue haired girl got only a small bit farther before she was finally jumped.

Zero was even worse in person. His skin was a pale green, his facial hair was scruffy and filled with… something. This pitch black hair long and greasy, the pits of red eyes staring into your soul, yellow teeth sharp and dangerous, and the hook on a chain wrapped around his wrist. A single hand forced the small girl against the wall with a single thrust. The hook placed against her throat. “I’ve been looking for you for a long time…” The man said, his voice even more terrifying than his appearance, his breath being something that could knock someone out as he got close to her, his hook threatening to cut her throat. “But you can’t hide from me.”

Nikki shook her right wrist, the needle sliding into her hand and she stabbed him in gut; injecting the first vial into him. He didn’t even flinch as the stuff went in before he grabbed her left wrist with his hand holding the hook and gave it a shake, the other vial falling out and rolling away. He then grabbed both of her wrists to prevent her from using her powers and pinning her legs against the wall with his large right one. Nikki coughed and gasped for air under his grip on her throat; “Sleeping will be best for you princess.” The words caused a facial reaction of Nikki to one of shock, it wasn’t common knowledge that she was a princess but his eyes twinkled like he had information that not everyone else did. His grip tightened and her world began to spin, he was going to choke her out and the tranquilizer hadn’t shown any signs of the stuff kicking in… great…