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At the feet of this Rocket Raccoon.
A small figure made of bark was wobbling to its feet.
He was only about two feet tall, with fine sprouts growing on his head and large eyes looking around innocently, green sap still dripping from his mouth.
"I am Groot..."
The little sapling rubbed its head, its voice soft and mellow, as if it hadn't fully woken up yet.
"Hey! Don't wipe your sap on my gun! This is a custom model!" Rocket shouted.
The last one to come out was a somewhat wretched-looking lackey with slightly crossed eyes, leaning against the hatch and vomiting profusely.
This strange quartet consisted of Yondu Udonta, Rocket Raccoon, Baby Groot, and the lackey Kraglin, who had performed a series of frantic jumps to meet up with Star-Lord.
After a moment, the four finally found their footing. They looked up, and their eyes met those of Jane and Thor, who were standing ready.
Yondu narrowed his eyes, looking at the hammer in Jane's hand and then at the large wrench in Thor's.
"Looks like we've run into some natives."
Then, he let out a whistle.
"Fshhh—"
The red Yaka Arrow instantly flew up from his waist, hovering beside his shoulder. Its tip pointed at the center of Jane's forehead, glowing with a dangerous red light.
"Doesn't look very friendly."
Rocket also raised the energy cannon in his hand, aiming it at Thor. Although he was only as tall as Thor's knees, his arrogant aura was not lacking in the slightest.
"Hey! Big guy!"
"Put down the thing in your hand! Or I'll blow your head into a rotten watermelon!"
Thor looked down at the wrench in his hand, then at the Rocket Raccoon that was only as tall as his calf.
"A... rabbit?" he asked, looking bewildered.
"Is this talking rabbit threatening me?"
"Rabbit?!"
Rocket hated being called a rabbit or raccoon the most.
"I am Lord Rocket! You blonde monkey!"
"I am Groot," Baby Groot chimed in.
"This is Midgard, under the protection of Asgard! State your identity, outsiders! Drop your weapons immediately! Or else..."
Thor shouted, trying to overwhelm them with his presence.
"Where is Midgard?" Rocket asked.
"Midgard?" Yondu narrowed his eyes, revealing a mouthful of rotten teeth.
"That's what Asgardians call Terra."
"Terra?"
Rocket froze for a moment, then burst into a fit of piercing, shrill laughter.
"Hahahaha! Yondu! Did you hear that? That idiot Quill's hometown! Earth!"
"That's the most backward backwater in the galaxy. These hillbillies probably haven't even heard of sub-light engines."
"Hillbillies?"
Jane's eyebrows shot up.
As an astrophysicist and a newly awakened Divine Power warrior, she couldn't stand such arrogant remarks.
"Now, this Rocket Raccoon, that blue-skinned man, the scavenger, and that sapling."
Jane raised her hammer, her body crackling with electricity, as she pointed it at the four of them.
"Explain to me clearly: who are you? Where are you from? And where are you going?"
"Otherwise, I'll let you experience the wrath of a backwater place!"
"Hey, little lady," Yondu grinned, showing his rotten teeth. "In the Milky Way Galaxy, no one dares to warn Yondu."
"Wait! Wait!"
Kraglin suddenly pointed at the hammer in Jane's hand and shouted.
"Boss! Look at that hammer! Isn't that... something from that God Realm place?"
Yondu froze for a moment and looked closely at mjolnir.
"Asgard?"
Yondu's expression became a bit more serious. As a veteran Raiders, he naturally knew what Asgard represented.
They were a group of war-maniacs who had once ignited countless conflicts across the Milky Way Galaxy. Though they were much quieter now.
"Calm down, lady."
Yondu immediately switched to a friendly expression, raising his hands to show he had no ill intent.
"We're just... passing through."
"We're lost, you see?"
"We were on our way to Ego Planet, but some unscrupulous bastard opened a rift in this area and sucked us in."
"Ego Planet?" Jane frowned, disengaging from her combat stance and slowly landing.
"You mean... you were pulled here by our experiment?"
"Your experiment?"
Rocket Raccoon jumped out and pointed at the massive metal ring.
"That piece of junk? Ha! I knew it! This kind of primitive jump technology is like throwing nails on a cosmic highway!"
"You have to pay up!"
"Pay up?" Thor said, looking annoyed. "You smashed our equipment, and you want us to pay?"
"And you just called me a blonde monkey?" Thor pointed his thumb at his nose. "I am the son of odin, Thunder God Thor!"
"Thor?" Rocket Raccoon looked Thor up and down.
"Is it trendy for gods to carry wrenches these days? Are you sure you're not the God of Tightening Bolts?"
That sentence pierced right through Thor's heart.
"I..." Thor's face flushed red. "I'm working! Working, do you understand?!"
"Alright, stop arguing."
Yondu interrupted the pointless bickering.
"Listen, hammer girl," Yondu said, looking at Jane. "I'm sure you realize it was all a misunderstanding."
"We'll leave as soon as the ship is fixed. No need for weapons."
Jane looked at these strange alien visitors.
Although they looked strange and even a bit fierce, they didn't seem like pure invaders like the Chitauri.
"Well, since it's a misunderstanding, that makes things easier."
She turned to the staff members who were already dazed and said:
"You guys, seal off the scene and record the data."
Then, she took out her phone.
"Something like this is best left to a professional."
The call went through.
"Hello, Mr. Starr."
"Yes, there was a... minor accident with the experiment."
"No, it wasn't an explosion."
Jane glanced at Rocket Raccoon, who was trying to steal parts from the onsite instruments.
"We... picked up a few aliens."
"A Rocket Raccoon, a tree, a scavenger, and a blue guy with a mohawk."
"Yeah, they said they were going to Ego Planet."
"Alright, I'll wait for you."
She hung up the phone.
Jane gave Yondu and the others a polite smile.
"Don't wander off, everyone."
"Our boss will be here shortly."
"Boss?" Rocket Raccoon curled his lip in disdain, pulling out an unknown part and tinkering with it. "In a civilization that can't even leave its asteroid belt, what kind of powerful boss could there be?"
"Even Ronan the Accuser, who terrorized the Milky Way Galaxy, was wiped out by Lord Rocket."
"I am Groot," the little tree man expressed his agreement...
On the top floor of Vought Tower, in Homelander's new office.
Homelander was lying comfortably on a massage bed, enjoying a professional massage provided by Skynet.
"How does it feel, Mr. Starr?" Skynet asked softly, her fingers skillfully pressing into Homelander.
"Perfect," Homelander hummed comfortably, his eyes closed. "Except for the fact that it's a bit of a drain on the Nutrition Express, there's nothing wrong with it."
"Bzzzt— Bzzzt—"
The phone on the desk suddenly vibrated.