Guardians of the Galaxy

Planning Our Next Steps

Zoe: Thank goodness.

Zoe and Mikey both hugged me.

Blake: How was Stakaar? Did he treat you well?

Zoe: He was a nice guy.

Mikey: I liked him.

Blake: Well, it's nice to know he took good care of you.

Zoe: Did you get the passkey?

Blake: No, but we got a file that might help us out.

Nebula projected the file from her arm.

It was a hologram of two scientists who were operating on Rocket.

Zoe: Is that... Rocket?

Blake: Yeah, it is.

Scientist: Start the incision here.

Baby Rocket was hurting from what they were doing to him.

Scientist: Keep calm. Hold it still.

Theel: I can't! It won't stop moving.

Mantis was crying from watching all of this. Heck we were all traumatized. Mikey sunk his head into Zoe's shoulder as she held him.

Mantis: Why did he never tell us about any of this?

Blake: He was probably too traumatized to tell us.

Nebula: This is worse than what Thanos did to me.

Blake: It's worse than what Ego did to his kids.

Zoe put a hand on my shoulder as if to say "It's not your fault."

Peter: Well, what about the passkey? Is is there?

Then Nebula went past a group of words in the file.

Nebula: No. But a file was removed today. Downloaded and deleted, a million characters in length. The biometrics say it was this man. Recorder B2H6.

It was the same man from the recording. Also the same guy who bumped into Peter at OrgoCorp.

Blake: Wait, I recognize this guy.

Peter: We saw this guy outside of records today.

Blake: No wonder he looked like he was in a hurry.

Groot growled at the hologram.

Gamora: Looks like one of High Evolutionary's recorders.

Zoe looked shocked when she heard the name.

Mantis: The High Evolutionary? The founder of OrgoCorp?

Gamora: OrgoCorp is just a way to fund his experiments that lie outside of intergalactic laws. He's created whole societies. Xeronians, the Ani-men, the Sovereign.

Drax: The Sovereign?

Blake: So Ayesha is a part of this. He must've sent Adam to attack Rocket.

Gamora: Even your kind. Corners of the universe consider him God.

She pointed at me, Zoe, and Mikey.

Blake: What?

I was shocked.

Blake: Zoe, is this true?

Zoe hesitated.

Zoe: Yes. He's also the one who destroyed it.

Blake: How do you know this?

Zoe: Because before the Kyln, I escaped from his prison. He would've experimented on me. Or worse.