Grasping Stars and Seizing the Moon

Gamora's green face turned even greener. She grabbed Rocket Raccoon by the ear and cursed, "You think I'm dead? You think I can't understand what you're saying?"

The pain made Rocket Raccoon yelp nonstop.

Yet even as he howled, he did not forget to shoot Star-Lord a meaningful look, his expression clearly saying, "I'm scared this time, but I'll do it again next time."

Mantis, who lacked much life experience, did not understand. She asked Drax, "What are they talking about? Why did Gamora suddenly get angry?"

Drax put what little brainpower he had into thinking, then said with certainty, "It has something to do with brains... They must be talking about pressing foreheads together, like Mr. Tang did earlier."

"Oh..." Mantis suddenly understood. "The antennae on my forehead are very sensitive. Gamora must be like me and dislike people touching her forehead."

Seeing that everyone seemed to be in a good mood, the skinny alien went over to Yondu and murmured something in a low voice.

"Ahem... um, Mr. Tang." Yondu asked, "My men want to know whether they can pick through the planet's ruins and dig up some flowers and plants or something."

Apocalypse naturally knew what the space pirates were thinking. Smiling, he said, "This planet belongs to Quill now. You should ask him."

Since he was asking someone else, Yondu immediately became much bolder and looked toward Star-Lord. "Quill?!"

"Fine, fine. Other than the Cosmic Brain and the area around the temple, you can take whatever you like."

"Woohoo... Thanks, Quill!!" the space pirates cheered.

Then each of them boarded a miniature airship, flew out from the mothership, and scattered in every direction.

The skinny alien came over and said, "Quill, when we were hiding earlier, we found a huge underground pit full of skeletons. Can