Galactic Surge

New Beginnings

JJ's POV

Darkness... Then lights... Four colorful lights, Red, Blue, Purple, and Yellow, were swimming around in my line of sight until they all converged to form a single sphere floating around in a sea of tiny white lights.

I woke up with a small groan of pain as I slowly lifted myself off the bed I was laying down on in what looked like an infirmary. Instead of my regular outfit in its normal colors, my shirt and skirt had been changed to a dark blue while my boots were black and my goggles had been upgraded and left on the table next to the bed.

"Hey Spark Plug," I turned my head to the source of the voice to see Rocket in a blue jumpsuit sitting on a chair with a pot that had the Groot branch he had been clutching before I passed out.

"Hey Furball, what happened?" I joked before asking him, looking around.

"You took in a lot of crazy powerful energy from the stone and I think you were overloaded, 'til you managed to let some of it out by frying half their equipment here." Rocket used his thumb to point to a blackened monitor as well as scorch marks on the wall next to it.

"Oops?" I awkwardly smiled before lifting my hands up in a questioning position, making Rocket laugh softly. I noticed some purple sparks come off of my hands before I looked over to the expression Rocket was making as he looked down at the pot in his hold.

"Is he gonna be OK?"

"I don't know, kid, I hope so..." Rocket trailed off before he sighed and told me, "I coulda lost you too, you know that right?"

"Yeah... I know..., but I'm still here aren't I?"

"Yay for me..." Rocket replied with a hint of sarcasm that JJ caught and paid him back by sending a small static shock to him, making his fur puff up. JJ was holding back her laughs until Rocket shook off the static and told her,

"Alright alright, c'mon they want us out there, 'parently they found somethin' off about Quill."

"Other than the fact that he's Terran?" I scoffed jokingly as we walked out of the infirmary and met up with Gamora, Quill, and Drax as Quill was asking,

"I'm not Terran?"

"Well, there goes my burn..." I commented out loud making everyone smile at me before turning back to the matter at hand,

"You are half Terran. Your mother was of Earth. Your father, well, he's something very ancient we've never seen here before." Nova Prime explained before Gamora theorized,

"That could be why you were able to hold the Stone for as long as you did." Nova Prime turned to me and told me,

"And as for you, Joules, we discovered that the power signature you emit as a Chrysinthean matches several signatures that we have detected around the galaxy, so you may not be the last of your species after all."

"So I might actually have a shot at finding my sister?" I asked a bit hopefully letting my careless attitude drop for a split second.

"It will be difficult, after all, they're known for hiding in plain sight in order to observe and not be known." I took in what she said before turning to Rocket and the others before responding,

"In the meantime, I'll stick with this family." I smiled to the others before it was announced that the rest of our friends were here and Nova Prime declared to the rest of us,

"On behalf of the Nova Corps, we'd like to express our profound gratitude for your help in saving Xandar. If you will follow Denarian Dey, he has something to show you." Dey was motioned to as he wore his new uniform and gave us a small wave at his new title,

"Thank you, Nova Prime." Quill thanked her as we were all led outside, I caught on a piece of the conversation between Gamora and Drax about Thanos and stiffened when the name was mentioned before shaking it off.

"We tried to keep it as close to the original as possible. We salvaged as much as we could." Dey showed us outside that an exact replica of the Milano was waiting in the launch area, leaving Quill speechless as he stuttered,

"I... Thank you."

"I have a family. They're alive because of you. Your criminal records have also been expunged. However, I have to warn you against breaking any laws in the future." Dey directed to Quill first before referring to the rest of us.

"Question. What if I see something that I want to take, and it belongs to someone else?" Rocket asked making me choke a laugh into my hand.

"You will be arrested."

"But what if I want it more than the person who has it?"

"It's still illegal."

"That doesn't follow. No, I want it more, sir. Do you understand? What are you laughing at? Why? I can't have a discussion with this gentleman?" Rocket was led away by Quill as Drax asked Dey,

"What if someone does something irksome and I decide to remove his spine?"

"That's... That's actually murder. It's one of the worst crimes of all. So... also illegal." Drax nods before I go up and ask,

"What if someone insults us and I decide to zap their lights out?"

"Unless it's in physical self-defense with the perpetrator still alive, you would still be arrested."

"Hm?" I side shrugged before getting onto the new Milano and admiring how much to the original it looked like, and how clean it was.

"Least we won't be dealing with any Pollock painting replicas." I thought out loud until Quill cut in with,

"Oh just give it a week." Before some music began to play over the intercoms and we all met up in the bridge. Gamora and Drax seemed to be on better terms, Rocket and I smiled down at the tiny Groot that was stretching in his pot, and Quill asking us,

"So, what should we do next? Something good? Something bad? A bit of both?" We all looked at each other in question before Gamora answered,

"We'll follow your lead, Star-Lord."

"Bit of both." He decided as the music continued to play while the Milano rose into the air and took off into space as the newly titled 'Guardians of the Galaxy'.

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AN- Happy New Year's Eve Everyone! Here's the last part of the first Guardians of the Galaxy movie, I should be posting the in-between movies short story where JJ faces off against an old foe soon. Until next decade, See Ya!