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  Xandar[2014]

  –Jack Sullivan–

  THis was fun, actually. He could feel the light singes on his skin as the POwer STone’s energy tio graze his skin because of the ck of barriers between Ronan’s warhammer and his skin but this was fun.

  Firstly, the amount of energy that Ronan could handle was so pitiful that it could not even be pared to the ohat was used to make those horrible purple fires ba the Colelctor’s base.

  Now, the fact that Ronan was still standing and swinging around that hammer, blow after blow, meant that Ronan robably much strohan a was but the fact remained.

  The fires that had pgued Knowhere were a direct result of a actually dying while wielding the Stohe small burns on his forearms that were actively healing were a result of someoually wielding an Infinity Stone and not dying.

  ‘I suppose he is not the stro accuser of the Kree Empire for nothing, thehought to himself as he tio throw hands with the Accuser, his army all but fotten as a temporary lull occurred itle for the Power Stone as both sides watched him thrash Ronan the Accuser.

  For the on observer, it might not have been obvious but for anyone who had a history of fighting, they would be able to deduce almost instantly that he was barely making an effort to actually fight, more focused on redireg all his attacks and tiring him out.

  And he was being successful at it as well, judging by the purple glow in Ronan’s eyes dimming. Well, everyone has their limits and it would seem that Ronan just reached his.

  Well, time for the fihen.

  With a thunderous uppercut, he unched Ronan a few feet in the air as a shockwave inated from the point of impact between Ronan’s jaw and his fist.

  He looked on, bemused as the Mino, the signature ship of the Guardians of the Gaxy jerked back from the formation formed around their fight and then aimed all its ons at Ronan.

  He could also feel the increased energy flow between the Warhammer and Ronan as he probably got ready to use all he had as a st ditch effort, either to kill everyone here or to destroy Xandar.

  Both of which would be impossible because of one small thing. ected to his feet was a huge barrier that had spread around like, pletely ued as it occupied an underground yer.

  Ronan also had two really small barriers aimed at him from the ground, which would then act as really small bullets that would punch holes in his brain once he gave the order.

  The amount of energy required to do something like bst a p’s crust to the point that it would crumble into itself was not something that a mere Kree like Ronan could ever handle.

  Hell, even Thanos would find himself permaly injured if he tried something like that. Without the Infinity Gauhat is.

  Only a handful of energy attuned beings like probably Danvers, or maybe Odin in his prime could bring forth enough might out of the Power Stone so that it could be used to create a p destroying bst, and then recover pletely thereafter.

  So, he watched on, ung as Ronan gathered more and more energy in his Warhammer, the purple glow surrounding the Warhammer increasing as a response.

  He tilted out of the way at the st moment, as the Mino unloaded all of its ons and ammunition onto Ronan. His eyes glowed as he let the barrage loose, pung holes through ROnan’s skull repeatedly until there robably nothi of his face.

  His seold him of the energy signature of the Power Stone reg bato itself, almost being i.

  He watched as a dust cloud that had formed with a green barrier automatically f in front of him to prevent the dust from staining his clothing, something he had swiped from the Collector.

  They were apparently ented Dwarven clothing made fronskin, and quenched with Light Eleven Tears, granting the clothing a plethora of abilities, up to and including never having to wash them…ever.

  Oh, they could also ge size, shape, and colour at the user’s will whilst also ag as a duit for any energy the user might have. It also was an excellent armour all around but well, him being who he was, there was not mueed for armour for him.

  It had all these features built into it and it is still stained oside. Sure, removing the stain was as simple as swiping it with a cloth with nothing ever getting ihe armour but could they not just make a stain free armour, in the first pce?

  Anywho, as he floated mid air, in a T-shirt and formal pants, cause he was funky like that, he waved his hand as the Warhammer, green floated to his hand.

  Apparently, that was not the right thing to do because, suddenly, he found himself on the receiving end of hundreds of little energy ons installed on those Star shaped ships.

  “Whoa whoa whoa!” He said as he turned around, the hammer floating a bit of a distance away from him, looking as unremarkable as it could despite having an Infinity Stone embedded into it.

  He looked up to see the Dark Aster pletely surrounded by the Nova Force. So, that ship robably taken care of.

  He wondered if he could just….take that ship as part of his pensation?

  ___xxx___

  Probably not, he thought to himself as he, along with the Guardians of the Gaxy were escorted to meet the Nova Froce’s boss, presumably Irani Rael herself, after fisg the dangerous ons, mainly the moon breaker in Mino and Ronan’s Warhammer.

  Well, he was somewhat excited to meet the legend of yesterday who was capable of throwing hands with people who were as, if not strohan Thor as he was now.

  That might not seem like araordinary thing when someoches the events with the lens of the viewer because they are always exposed to the most extraordinary of characters, with the most powers.

  In the wider universe, someone being able to even e close to Thor’s powers meant that they could probably safeguard and rule a territory that robably bigger than multiple Star clusters, effectively making them the ruler of space with billions of lives.

  That was a big deal. So, Irani Rael was a big deal at some point. But now she is just an old relic, holding on so that she fulfill her st duty and go out with a bang.

  Wait?

  What happeo her when Thanos came for the Power Stone? Was it even Thanos? Did his children e to collect the Power Stone a her?

  That ’t be right. Even as weakened as she was, he could sehe sheer amount of Nova Energy, the same energy that resent in every single member of the Nova For small amounts, that was trated in her body.

  She should be able to ha least one of the members of the Bck Order without much issue if the energy she is holding on to at the moment is being read correctly by his senses.

  “Greetings, Nova Prime,” He nodded calmly iing while the rest of the Guardians of the Gaxy looked te the number of guards present in the meeting room with me.

  Ah, they probably thought this was going to be some ambush or something.

  Foolish criminals.

  “Greetings, Green Guardian of Earth. I must thank you for saving Xandar from the Renegade Accuser. Even disting today, Ronan has done much damage to the Xandar Empire. His loss will further strengthen our position in the iation for the peace treaty.

  You have my utmost thanks for that,” She actually bowed at him as he waved his hands in denial.

  “There is no need for that. o think of me doing any of this for altruistic reasons. I was offered money for a job and I took it. Treat me as you would a erary,” He said before he watched Peter Quill make a fool of himself in front of Nova Prime as Peter probably felt obligated to say something right after he did.

  “Uh, hey, Nova Prime, right? We did it, right? It was a tough fight but we made it safely out. Now, where is the reward for killing Ronan?

  You did see it, right? I killed him, so I should get the reward, right? Hey! Why are you pulli–”

  Thankfully, he ulled back by Gamora who shut his mouth, Peter seemingly enjoying the act immensely.

  “Now, ign that unfortunate dialogue, shall we move on to more fortable areas?”

  Nova Prime led all of them to a designated meeting room.

  “Mr.Jack, I assume that you did not reach the COllector on your own. As such, along with the promised 1 billion units, we will provide you with the fi civilian css cruiser that we have at the moment. I assume you defend your ship with ease?” Nova Prime offered him a small bracelet was hao him by one of the attendants.

  “That has your baails. We took the liberty of making one for you when we came to know that you didn't have ohat is also the access key for your ship, which is waiting outside.”

  He nodded and straight away left the office, probably creating e among the employees at the perceived slight but he didn’t feel any bster fire so he took that as a win.

  “Sorry, I must hurry home, you see. Chores to do and people to meet,” He called out as he waved back at the Nova Prime. He turned around the er, pletely clueless as to where he was and where he had to go when he came face to face with the middle aged guy from before.

  “Oh hey! Just the man I was looking for. See, you–”

  “Lost, are you? Don’t worry, I was called to escort you. Follow me,” THe man said, pletely unphased by him as he turned around, leading him out of a veritable byrinth of hallways, currently empty but probably housing many administrative employees when they were not utack.

  “Man, you guys must get lost all the time, huh?” He said as they came out of a small tunnel, right into a small nding pad on top of the building of Nova Prime.

  Yeah, they really sider the Nova Ford the Nova Prime the erstone of their civilization, so most of the important things in this pce were either named Nova or Nova Prime.

  “You humans are all chatty. Now, there is your ship. Five for the rushed paint job but we were kind of on a time and bor ch,” The middle aged man, who arently named Dey, introduced him to his ride home.

  It was….kind of ugly actually.

  It ainted in a bright green colour, somewhat remi of his barrier colour. ‘Well, A for effort, I guess’

  “Well…..Thanks, I guess,” He shook hands with Dey before walking towards his ship.

  As soon as he came within six feet of the ship, it made chiming he same as some earthen car would as a small ramp was extended from the side, right at him. Could it open ramps on all sides and open one where he was by deteg his exact position or was it all just a ce?

  He shook his head, dismissing these extra thoughts as he ehe ship, the insides illuminating as he e. He saw the cockpit activating with some sort of manual ready for him to read through before starting the ship but before that…Ship Tour!

  He turned around the cockpit and came face to face with a door. He slowly opehe door and saw a…living room.

  Yeah, it edestrian, if slightly older feeling regur Living room, all with the CRT and firepce as well.

  “Boy, they really do have a very outdated uanding of Earth, don’t they?

  He shook his head with a smile before heading back to the cockpit, finally ready to go home now.

  He had saved the members of the Nova Force that would have needlessly died uhe Warhammer of Ronan the Accuser.

  He saved Xandar from being pletely trashed by Ronan’s ship. He saved Groot from having to sacrifice himself to save ROcket and the others.

  He saved himself from the Collector.

  He got himself a tle war chest, filled with space money in case he ever gets bored of Earth.

  He met Nova Prime and gauged her to be a very capable warrior, ohat could help immensely in the fight against Thanos, should she live till that. Undoubtedly, he will make sure that, if she is supposed to go out with a st fight, she will go down fighting someone like Thanos and not the Bck Order uhanos.

  He also got himself a spaceship, a passenger o he didn’t need a onised one anyway. He was more than enough on for the rest of the gaxy.

  He acquired a legendary armour, ohat Odin would probably demand back as soon as Heimdall informed him about it.

  What more? Oh yeah, he also received a pretty prehensive upgrade when it came to his powers. Oh, he couldn’t wait to bash in some supervilin’s fa with his new and upgraded Barriers.

  Well, he patted himself mentally on the back for a fruitful trip as he entered Earth as his destination ahe autopilot take him bae.

  He rested his head on the reing chair of the captain and tried to think of anything that he could have missed.

  A, none came to mind.

  Then why did he feel as if he was missing something?

  Something Important?

  ______xx_____

  Ba Knowhere

  Once Jack extinguished all the Infinity Stone enhanced fires, he left Kumpo and a small group of people to take care of the remaining living prisoners who were just now ing out of their pods.

  Now, this was a good move on his part and everything should have gone well.

  As, Fate was a heartless bitd as such, the Realty STone enclosure was also destroyed by the purple fires.

  Being a fragment of the Big Bang itself, the Reality Stone was not affected by the purple fmes. No, all it did was create a hole in the floor, through which it fell and tched itself onto an unsuspeg Kumpo.

  Apparently, the long lived Kumpo was a very suitable host for the Reality Stone as his being was invaded by an Infinity Stone, unknown to him or to Danvers who was going to drop him to a p where he st met some of his other friends.

  ___xx___

  “Man, he really left with a billion units. And what did we get?” Rocket said, frustrated as he threw a wrento the floor.

  “Hey, watch the carpet!”

  “Bite me!” Rocket growled at Peter as he sat on top of Groot’s shoulder.

  “That f*cker walked off with a billion units and all we got was this crappy ship back.”

  “A our crime records cleared…”

  “Yeah yeah, like I cared about them in the first pce,”

  As they bantered with each other, the now named Guardians of the Gaxy headed off to a new adventure…as a team.

  Together.

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