This choice: Baby-proofing continues (RESERVED) • Go Back... Gamora waddled out to the mess to find Peter sat in a chair, with an exasperated look on his face, Rocket sat on the other side of the room, muttering to himself, and Drax trying to carry on without them, seemingly successfully.
”What happened?” Gamora demanded, putting on her best mean face.
”Rocket said we should just electrify the handles, ” Peter explained, sounding annoyed.
”Not a big shock, just a little zap, to discourage the little tykes” Rocket quipped back, sounding equally annoyed.
”But they're babies, that could kill them dipshit!” Peter yelled back at him, throwing something towards him.
”Fine, fine maybe it was a little far” Rocket said, narrowly avoiding the object launched at him. ”But it would be so much quicker than this”
”Both of you be quiet!” Gamora chastised, raising her voice to grab their attention. ”Rocket it's a stupid idea. Peter, don't throw things at him, you aren't a child”
”Fine” the two said together.
”Why can't the two of you just work together, I'm sure Drax would appreciate some help” She added.
”Actually I work much faster without those two. They do not know what they are doing” Drax said, to the annoyance of both Peter and Rocket.
”Well if that's the case, I'm gonna go. I have some important stuff needs doing” Rocket said, walking to his room.
Gamora sighed and put Groot down on the floor, and sat down at the table, feeling a little tired. She rested her hands on top of her belly and watched as Groot started playing with Peter. She smiled at the two, seeing Peter with Groot giving her hope for their own children.
”Groot, go find Mantis, I'm sure she'll be happy to play with you” He told Groot quietly. ”i need to finish this up, then we can play”
Groot ran out of the room in search of Mantis, his feet carrying him as fast as he could go. Peter turned to Drax and the two began to carry on with their work, making good progress. Eventually, Drax left to go to the bathroom, leaving Peter and Gamora alone together.
”Need any help, Peter?” Gamora asked, rubbing her belly.
”Sure, just hand me the pieces from over there and I'll put them together” He replied, gesturing to the jumbled mix of parts.
Gamora walked over to him and started handing him parts as she sat down, trying to sift through the pile and find the right components. The two worked quietly for a while until Peter pulled out his ’Zune’ or whatever it was and handed an earbud to Gamora. She put it in her ear and heard some of Peters music start to play, starting to recognise the lyrics.
The sailors say: "Brandy, you're a fine girl" (you're a fine girl)
She leaned her head against Peters shoulder, the two of them slowly working away.
"What a good wife you would be" (such a fine girl)
She placed a hand on her belly and felt a few kicks, and Peter putting his hand on her belly, trying to feel the kicks.
"Yeah, your eyes could steal a sailor from the sea"
Gamora looked at Peter, finding him looking back at her. The two shared a kiss as they worked.
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Gamora was waddling back to her room for a quick rest after helping Peter with babyproofing. She trusted that he and Drax could get the job done, with minimal incidents.
”Ah, Gamora, I was lookin for yas” she heard Rocket say from behind her.
”What is it?” She replied, a little grumpily.
”I just wanted to apologize. For being such a dick to ya. I made you this” He said, holding up a round device, with a small screen on it.
”Thanks, what is it?” She asked, taking the device from him and inspecting it.
”Its a portable ultrasound. Figured you'd want to have a look at your kids at some point” he said, turning to leave.
Gamora picked him up in a tight hug. ”thank you Rocket. Really, thank you so much” she said, feeling a few tears start to brim in her eyes.
”Ah, your welcome. Now can ya put me down!” Rocket joked, smiling.
Gamora put him down and thanked him once more, before entering her bedroom. She sat down on her bed, and pulled up her shirt. She looked at the device in her hand and switched it on. It hummed to life and a small display popped up on the screen. She placed the device on her belly, and saw an image of her womb on the screen. She could make out a couple of shapes as babies, and moved it around, trying to find more. She saw them moving and kicking and could feel small tears of joy running down her face.
After a few minutes of playing with the device, Gamora set it aside, satisfied with it for the moment. She lay down on her bed, resting her hands on her belly and began to drift off to sleep.
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A gentle knock at her door woke Gamora up. She slowly opened her eyes and saw Peter walk in and sit next to her.
”just wanted to check up on you and tell you we’re approaching Contraxia” he said softly.
”mmh okay” Gamora grumbled, still half asleep.
”Rocket told me about his gift. I take it you enjoyed it?”
”it was wonderful” she said. ”you should try it with me”
”I will, when we finish up on Contraxia.” he patted her belly and kissed her forehead. ”ill be in the bridge, okay?”
Gamora nodded and rolled over, starting to drift off again.   indicates the next chapter needs to be written. |
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