Off into the stars:

The Guardians entered the Milano. Whilst Gamora, Drax, Rocket settled down in their new quarters on the ship, Peter and Tina went to their shared quarters and pulled the drawer containing their presents. They slouched down on Tina's bed, nestled together.

Peter opened the letter and held it in front of their eyes. Together they read the message of their mother's last words in their heads.

Dear Peter and Tina,

I know these last few months have been hard for the both of you. But I'm going to a better place. And I will be okay. And I will always be with you two. No matter how much you guys will miss me, I will always be watching over.

Promise me you will look after each other. You need each other. More than you will ever know.

You both are the lights of my life.

My precious son and daughter.

My little Star-Lord and Star-Lady.

Love mum

Those words brought tears and comfort to their eyes. Peter put the letter aside.

"Shall we?" Tina asked.

"Together," Peter answered.

Both pulled the ribbons and then unravelled the wrapping paper. Their hearts simultaneously lifted, the heavy feeling they had felt for over thirty years faded away. There were two new tapes. One called AWESOME MIX VOL 1 and AWESOME MIX VOL 2.

"New mixes," Tina breathed out. "New songs?"

"Shall we play one?" Peter asked.

Tina nodded as a single tear escape her eye. "Let's play on your one first,"

Peter loaded it into their record player and pressed the go button. A jolly rock song started playing.

Listen baby, ain't no mountain high
Ain't no valley low, ain't no river wide enough baby
If you need me call me no matter where you are
No matter how far don't worry baby
Just call my name I'll be there in a hurry
You don't have to worry

The twins started to enjoy it. It felt wonderful to listen to new songs, new lyrics, new upbeats. This was the medicine to grief.

Peter twisted to head to an approaching Gamora. He gave a little slight grin in her direction.

Gamora actually smiled and started nodding her head to the beat of the music. Tina made no move or glare at Peter. Instead she just smiled at him and Gamora.

On their ship in the main quarters, Ravangers were drinking and dancing. They ecstatically giggled and fell on one another in a drunken state. Warran was on one side of the room sipping some water. His brother was seated on his captain's chair. Yondu didn't laugh or sing with his crew. Instead he just stared at the orb that the twins had given him. He couldn't help but feel there was something suspicious about that moment that they had given it up to him. They didn't give another complain. Nor did they offer something instead. He opened the orb.

There was no Power Stone. There was only a little troll doll. He smirked and giggled. Those twins are too smart.

Warran noticed his grin from the other side. He stalked towards him.

"It seems we've taught those twins too much brother," Yondu said.

"Shall we go after them?" Warran asked.

Yondu was silent for a while. "No," was his unexpected answer. "We wait…for now,"

He stood up and walked away, not being noticed by anyone else.

Warren stared darkly in Yondu's direction.

Nova Prime locked the orb containing the real Power Stone inside a special vault, guarded by over thirty of her best Nova guards.

Denarian Dey entered his house and was greeted by the running of his pink daughter. Then by his pink mother who kissed his cheek. He smiled as he affectionately held his family close.

The Guardians except Gamora were buckled up in their seats. Peter and Tina were in the captain's seats with Meredith and Orlins curled around their shoulders. Drax nodded his head to the upbeat of the music. Rocket smiled as he relaxed in his seat. His once-heavy heart lifted when he saw the short stem of Groot's twin come to life with eyes and arms. Groot was coming back to life.

"So, what we shall do next?" Tina asked everyone.

"Something good," Peter thought up options. "Something bad?"

He shared a gleaming glance with his twin. She shared the same hysteric as him.

"Bit of both?" they both jinxed together.

"We'll follow your lead…Star-Lord and Star-Lady," Gamora addressed.

The twins took another hysteric glance at each other. "Bit of both!" both jinxed again.

Tina pressed a lever and the Milano's engines roared. Peter steered it around and after he aimed its head upwards, he pressed a button and…

Whoosh! The Milano was gone, off on into space for another adventure. The Guardians would always fight to protect the Galaxy that they had sworn to. This was their calling now. Because if nobody could protect the Galaxy…who could?

It was so fun to write this. So sorry you all had to wait a long time. I've been busy. Please send me any ideas for any other of my future Marvel stories and i would consider using them. Get piped up for the next Marvel Story. Or The Quill Twins Volume 2!

Happy New Year by the way.