The worry pulled through Nikki as she attempted to get out of the grasp. Her small body began to shake as the life slowly drained from her as her vision began to fade. Oh god she was going to wake up in a glass box or blocked into Zero’s ship. Darkness slowly set in and her eyes began to drop until…

“I am Groot!” Her ability to breath returned to her as she coughed and gasped for air tumbling to the ground. Body shaking she put her hand over her throat, the red handprint visual on her throat and throbbing. The pounding of her head echoed in her ears and her vision returned to see the battling ahead of her. Wow they were actually watching her. And even with Zero’s snide comment about her hiring them, she was more than grateful to have them with her at this moment.

Through the pounding, she heard a voice; a voice that she could have recognized in a soft version or a version of panic and worry. She couldn’t really speak, her voice sounding more like a squeak with the tightening of her vocal cords. Her body shivered as she turned her attention forward. Zero broke free from the sword fight with Drax to swing the hook on a chin in the direction of Quill. Reaching up, she grabbed onto Quill’s collar and pulled; forcing him down and out of harms away. 

Regaining her strength after the adrenilane rush of pulling Quill down, she jumped up to her feet and unsheathed her sword from her back. Diving nearly head first into the fight, it wasn’t long before Zero had thrown everyone off; shoving Gamora and Nikki off to the same direction. Her chocolate brown eyes found the vile off in the corner which she used a hand jester to make it fly to… Gamora; who proceeded to look at her in shock, the green skinned stared at her with surprise in her eyes before the two nodded and in they went. 

Zero jumped into Drax giving him a firm kick to the chest, Groot swung his large arm again yelling something about being Groot while the girls charged inward. Ducking and dodging the ever-swinging hook on the chain, Nikki slid under while Gamora went over. Jumping up, Nikki swung her sword causing Zero to duck. Gamora went with an uppercut and shoved the needle into his throat, injecting the final bottle of tranquilizer into the man’s throat.

Zero spun, and began to tumble, losing his balance before falling to the ground… it was done.