Nikki took her time joining everyone outside of her room. She changed back into her normal clothes with a pair of blue jeans and a black tank top with her beloved maroon overcoat. Sliding her father’s blade onto her back, she couldn’t help but laugh to herself. She was married now, well not really married married but the paper said they were. “Mom and dad….” She said softly, “I know it’s not the best way to have your daughter married but, well you’d want me to live my life outside of politics. I can promise one thing…” A small smile moved across her full lips as she looked up at the ceiling of her room, “I know I’ll be happy.” Did she mean that she would be happy being free in the galaxy or did she mean she’d be happy with Quill… or both? She expected there to be some attitude about the situation but what she didn’t expect was to find Gamora standing outside of her room. “Look I get why you did it…” She began pulling herself off of the wall and facing Nikki, “And while I won’t say that I’m happy about it, I will say that I’m impressed you thought of it.” She said with a nod. “Maybe Quill was right; you really are one of us.” There was a silent exchange of understanding between the two women before Gamora began to tell Nikki of Quill’s ridiculous plan…. “What was he thinking?!” Nikki said at first before crunching her eyebrows together in thought… “That’s brilliant.” She said quietly before looking up at Gamora. “No one in the galaxy are going to know the location of the Talon’s except the only people who would be able to stop them… aside from you guys.” Bringing her hand up to her chin she began to tap it with her pointer finger. “From what I hear, he’s not too happy with you guys. Not only is he made about the stone, but he also doesn’t feel like you guys are any good at your jobs…” Before Gamora could make some form of a comment, Nikki held up her hand. “Listen it’s a jealousy thing; anyone in the bounty hunter business likes to think that you guys can’t do your jobs so we feel better about ourselves.” “But what if…” “He thought you guys could do your job… not just do your job but do something no one else could do… he might take you seriously if you guys came in and said that the Talons were a threat to them. If they think their reputation is in trouble of being the baddest group out there…”Her gaze shifted back to Gamora before holding up her hand, “No offense,” After Gamora gave a shrug Nikki continued, “He’d be more inclined to help, especially if...” “He thought his reputation is in danger.” Gamora said finishing her sentence. “But we would need something to show off to prove that we are good at our jobs, so if we were to show up saying the Talons would be causing problems; he’d take it seriously.” To that, all Nikki could do was smirk. ------ The Ravager ship was filled with a bunch of misfits men from all races of aliens around the galaxy under one roof with one ultimate goal; to make money. The ship was a buzz of booze and card games. Laughing, drinking and a bit of hitting one another echoed around the bay of the ship. The group talked about many things; money, women, drinks, money, gambling, women and more money. Hoots and howlers echoed along with groans of disappointment from the losers of the card games. That was until one of the doors slid open. The groups’ attention turned up expecting to see the leader venture in but instead there was nothing for a moment… that was until a body slid in. The curvy body of a woman entered the party room. Cigars fell to the floor in surprise, drinks dripped out of opened mouths and card hands were forgotten the instant the shapely woman got inside. “Hello boys.” The blue haired woman said with a smile across her full lips. The rocking of her hips as she walked in caused heads to sway with the motion. Silence filled the room as the men stared at her, shocked of the woman’s presence, half lust filled and very few realizing exactly who she was. One man finally got to his feet, the second in command to Yondu. His hands placed gently until his hips as he scanned her up and down. The smile across his face showed his highly un-kept teeth, “Well hello gorgeous.” He said with his smile pushing harder into a grin. “You’re quite a sight.” “Thank you.” Nikki said in a causal tone as she stopped her walk and stood a good couple feet away from the large group of men. “Both beauty and the dollar sign that hangs above your head; I’m half tempted to keep you for myself….” There were shouts of disagreement around the room of ‘no she’s mine’, and ‘yeah right, she belongs to me’. The ‘I saw her first game’ came into effect almost instantly until Nikki coughed lightly to get their attention. “So you know who I am?” “Never caught your name beautiful…” The standing one said, “But I know what you are and exactly how much is offered for you.” “Then you know that you can’t have me…” At that moment everyone was on their feet, as if accepting the challenge to see who could get her first. Guns began getting pulled out but the decision of who to aim it at became confusion. The rotation of having the guns aimed at her, then the guns aimed at each other. “Boys boys boys…” She said getting all their attention, guns aimed at her. “You can’t have me… because I’m already taken.” With that and a wave of her hands she used her telekinesis to pull the guns from the guys’ hands and had them all facing the men. Loaded and locked the men who seemed rather surprised; holding up their hands at their own guns. Another body slid inside the room. A green skinned woman slid up behind Nikki with a grace much like her friend’s. “Nikki, let them go…” She said softly to the blue haired girl who seemed to be smirking. Gamora reached her hand up and placed it gently unto Nikki’s. “Don’t… make me….” The woman said in a harsh manner which caused Nikki to flinch. The Metra threw the guns behind the two women completely out of their reach. Gamora took a hold of Nikki’s arm and twisted it behind her back. “Stay calm, we only let you out for a moment….” Nikki shot Gamora an evil glare before looking back at the men. “Look how she treats me…” She said, pity to her voice, a pout on her face and the men seeming to fall for it. Gamora turned the blue haired girl around and placed a thin black wrist band on each of her wrists, “Damnit…” She muttered under her breath before Gamora let her go. Nikki attempted to pull off the bracelets but they wouldn’t budge while glaring at the green skinned woman. “We’d like to speak to Yondu.” Gamora said looking over at Nikki before looking back at them, “Don’t worry she’s harmless.” Which was true, she was harmless. But the death glare from Nikki to Gamora would say otherwise for anyone who didn’t know Nikki as well as the group did. Nikki needed to seem dangerous, need to seem innocent and needed to seem caught. And the girls felt like they got that across pretty damn well. The details of their little plan wasn’t given out completely but they did inform the group that Nikki would act like she was being a hostage and transported to the Collector when they saw fit. And pointed out that ‘capturing’ one of the biggest prizes currently in the galaxy would show Yondu they really were good enough to hold the title of Guardians of the Galaxy but still be bounty hunters…