Guardians of the Galaxy by Alex Irvine & Chris Wyatt

Author:Alex Irvine & Chris Wyatt [Irvine, Alex & Wyatt, Chris]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Juvenile Fiction / Action & Adventure / General, Juvenile Fiction / Comics & Graphic Novels / Media Tie-In, Juvenile Fiction / Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes, Juvenile Fiction / Media Tie-In
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published: 2015-11-03T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 9

Stand behind me!” Drax shouted to his companions, a smile on his face. “You may write of this tale in your storybooks, so that future generations shall delight in its telling!”

“I am Groot?” asked Groot.

“Yes, he is insane,” said Rocket, answering Groot’s question.

“Sanity is the refuge of cowards!” Drax declared.

Gamora moved quickly. Grabbing Peter, she ran off with Rocket and Groot on her tail. The Ravagers, seeing the Orb still in Gamora’s hand, gave chase. They ran past Drax, who held his ground in the street, watching, pleased, as all the Necrocraft now opened their doors.

Gamora ran up a ramp onto a loading station where a miner was anchoring his pod to a dock. Gamora grabbed the miner. “Try to curl up as you land,” she advised him. He looked confused until she physically threw him off the ramp and down to the street below.

The mining pods were the kind Peter had seen from the Milano when they’d first docked at Knowhere. Small, single-person capsules with jets, they had robotic arms mounted to the front that were primarily used for operating mining equipment that drilled into the bone walls of the station.

Gamora quickly loaded herself into one pod, Peter into another, and Rocket into a third. “I told you, you can’t fit,” shouted Rocket to Groot as his pod took off. “Now wait here. I’ll be back.” Groot watched sadly as his friends zipped away.

By the time Yondu and the Ravagers reached the pod ramp, everyone was gone but Groot.

“Ronan the Accuser!” Drax shouted as he saw his sworn enemy exit one of the Necrocraft. The day of vengeance Drax had dreamed of was finally here! The battle, he was sure, would be glorious.

Ronan strode right up to Drax. “You are the one who transmitted the message?”

“You killed my wife. You killed my daughter!” shouted Drax, ignoring the question.

He might have gone on, but the conversation was interrupted when Nebula saw the mining pods streak overhead and shouted, “It is Gamora. She is escaping with the Orb!”

Without another thought for Drax, Ronan turned. “Nebula, retrieve the Orb.” She disappeared into her Necrocraft and followed Gamora. Drax’s worst nightmare was unfolding. He had faced Ronan and had been ignored!

Drax wasn’t about to let Ronan get away. With the villain’s back turned, Drax raised his knives and ran at him with a roar. But just before his blade could bite through Ronan’s armor, the Accuser spun and Drax skidded by. He struck again, and Ronan parried. He struck again and Ronan punched back, as hard as Drax had ever been hit. He hurtled away and smashed into a steel doorway nearby.

Drax got up. He wasn’t done yet. Ronan would answer for his crimes.

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