Chapter: 242
Universal time, midnight.
Star-Lord, unable to fall asleep in his cell, rested his head on Baymax's soft belly. He seemed lost in thought or just daydreaming.
"Ah—!"
However, a cry from outside the cell brought him back to reality. He recognized the voice; it was Gamora, who had been imprisoned with him.
Recalling Rocket's words earlier today, it wasn't hard for Star-Lord to deduce the situation Gamora must be facing right now – she was probably being held captive and retaliated against by other inmates.
The cell's door could only be opened from the inside, so if Gamora stayed in her cell, those inmates couldn't do anything to harm her, no matter how much they wanted her dead.
The current situation suggested one thing – prison guards had intervened to help. Just as Rocket had said, those who wanted Gamora dead in prison were not just the inmates.
Star-Lord's eyes darted, and he whispered to Baymax, "Baymax, let's go up and take a look."
Without waiting for approval or objection from Baymax, he got up and headed out, leaving Baymax behind.
"Quill, where are you going?" Rocket, who had been dozing off, woke up groggily upon hearing Star-Lord's movements. But by the time he was awake, Star-Lord had already gone too far, and Rocket's question went unheard.
This made Rocket immediately alert, realizing that Star-Lord was heading into trouble. The bounty clearly stated that they had to bring Star-Lord to the bounty issuer alive. If Star-Lord died inside the prison, not only would he have gone to prison for nothing, but he would also lose the easily reachable bounty – something Rocket couldn't accept.
With this in mind, Rocket quickly woke up his bodyguard Groot and, along with Baymax, followed Star-Lord.
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Inside the shower room, it was already past the bathing time, so there should have been no one inside.
However, Gamora and several inmates holding her hostage broke the silence. "Gamora, consider this your death sentence. You committed serious crimes in the galaxy!"
Facing the captors and being controlled, even as a top assassin, Gamora was helpless and unable to resist.
But just as she had resigned herself, a roar stopped the inmates from taking further action. "You dare—!"
The one who stopped them was none other than Drax, who had silently observed Gamora when she entered the prison.
Seeing the newcomer's face, the inmates showed fear. They involuntarily released their grip on Gamora and refrained from making any moves.
"Do you know who I am?" Drax asked the inmates as he approached Gamora step by step.
"You are Drax, The Destroyer..." The leader of the inmates, who had just been fierce in front of Gamora, now answered Drax's question with trembling fear. Drax's name was notorious, and for these inmates who had a bitter feud with Ronan, Drax's reputation was well-known.
"You know my reputation is not unfounded, right?" Drax continued to question them as he stood in front of Gamora.
"That's right, you... You killed dozens of Ronan's men." Drax's name was well-deserved; for these inmates who had no love for Ronan, Drax's reputation preceded him.
"Very well! That scoundrel Ronan killed my wife Ovette and my daughter Camely, cruel and heartless. And he laughed maniacally at the time—!
Her fate is not in your hands; Ronan killed my family, and I will have my revenge!"
"Of course, Drax, here you go." The leader of the inmates, who had shown extreme ferocity in front of Gamora just now, meekly handed over his knife to Drax without any objection. Although they wanted to get their revenge on Gamora, they didn't want to risk their lives for it. In front of the powerful Drax, surrendering was the wisest choice.
However, as they were discussing Gamora's fate, they forgot one thing. Gamora was not an ordinary alien woman, nor was she a helpless prey. She was a highly trained top assassin.
In the moment the leader of the inmates handed over the knife, Gamora seized the opportunity to attack the other two inmates beside her, knocking them unconscious and taking their knives. She then held the knives to the leader's and Drax's necks.
"Quill, don't get involved. Leave quickly!" Outside the shower room, seeing the situation taking an unexpected turn, Rocket quickly tugged at Star-Lord's clothes, trying to persuade him to leave.
But Star-Lord didn't heed its advice. Instead, he slowly approached the shower room, getting closer to the commotion.
"I'm not related to Ronan or Thanos, and only I can stop them." Gamora looked at Drax and explained, removing the knives from their necks and throwing them on the ground to show her sincerity.
However, the next moment, Drax charged straight at Gamora and grabbed her by the neck, pinning her against the wall.
"Your words mean nothing to me, woman!" Drax said, holding the knife to Gamora's neck.
Driven by hatred and blinded by the desire for revenge for his family, Drax couldn't be swayed by Gamora's brief explanation. If it were that easy, he wouldn't have earned the name "The Destroyer" and ended up in the Kyln prison.
"Hey, big guy! Hold on, don't act yet—" Just then, Star-Lord approached and stepped forward, trying to intervene and stop the situation.
Star-Lord had made up his mind to rescue Gamora, because during the process of saving herself earlier, Gamora had a chance to kill those inmates, but she ultimately chose not to.
From this, he could tell that Gamora was not the cold-blooded executioner or murderer as rumored; instead, she was a kind-hearted girl, a fact that Star-Lord, as a ladies' man, understood well.
His decision to step in and rescue Gamora wasn't a hasty impulse; he had already formulated a plan to escape from this place, and Gamora would be a crucial key to its success.
By observing Gamora's actions just now, Star-Lord concluded that she was someone he could trust. So, for his plan to succeed, he had to save her.
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