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It was late at night. The Guardians were all in the living room, all cuddled up together, (except for Nebula, who didn’t fancy the family aspect of the group, so she excused herself and was in her room for the night.) watching a movie on their 65 inch projection TV.
They could hear the sirens from the police cars outside. It was nothing unusual, as they lived in the seedy part of town. Gamora often told Peter that she didn’t want Groot to grow up in such a hostile environment that had a lot of bad influences on a still-developing teenage mind and that’s one of the main reasons why she wants to move out of this particular neighborhood. Especially after the murder that occurred two blocks away from them last week and the manhunt that resulted from it shortly after. But the sirens soon stopped and her mind was put at ease. A few moments later, there was an urgent knock on their door.
Peter paused the movie, which was the latest Fast and Furious installment. The other Guardians had no interest in high-octane movies. They were only watching it in an effort to get Groot out of his room and be with the family like he used to when the now-teenager was younger and more of a social butterfly that loved being around people. As the knocking became more insistent, Peter and the rest of the gang got up to see who it was.
“Hi, may we help- you?” Peter asked as he opened the front door.
They were in shock when they saw two Nova Corps officers at their doorstep with Groot, who was handcuffed with his hands in front of him playing his portable video game, oblivious to everything going on around him.
“Do you know this kid?” One of the officers questioned.
“Yeah, he’s my son!” Rocket said angrily as he laid his eyes on Groot as the officers took off the handcuffs that the teenaged Flora Colossus was wearing on his wrists. Groot paid them no attention as he was fully engrossed in his video game.
“Thank you, officers.” Peter cordially waved to them as they got in their squad car and left.
Rocket, however, was beyond pissed with Groot. “Inside, NOW!” He barked at the teenager, who angrily marched into the house, not taking his eyes off of his game.
Rocket still angrily paced inside, every piece of fur standing on end after Peter closed the front door and they were all seated in the living room.
“Why weren’t you in your room studying?” Rocket questioned Groot, who was still engrossed in his game. “That’s it!”
“I AM GROOT!” Groot yelled as the raccoon snatched his video game from him, his voice still cracking from puberty.
“No, you ain’t getting your game back until you tell us why you weren’t in your room when you know damn well it was past your curfew!” Rocket spat back at Groot as he handed over the video game to Drax in order to keep it away from Groot.
“I AM GROOT!” Groot got into Rocket’s face as he stood up, easily dwarfing the raccoon’s height.
“SIT DOWN!” Rocket yelled in a voice Groot knew to fear as the tree obeyed his adoptive father’s orders. “IF YOU AIN’T GONNA SAY WHERE YOU WERE TONIGHT, THEN YOU DON’T EVEN DESERVE A CURFEW!” The rest of the Guardians were in shock at this statement, thinking Rocket is going to give in to Groot like usual as the tree sat there with a smug look on his face, thinking he won this battle. “OH, NO! YOU WON’T NEED ONE BECAUSE YOU ARE GROUNDED UNTIL THE END OF TIME, MISTER! NOW, GET TO BED!” He ordered his son as Groot got up and began to go to his room.
The raccoon then held out his paw before Groot went upstairs to his room. “Gimme your cell phone.” Groot refuses, but then relents as Rocket gives him “The Look.”
“And I’m also gonna kill the wifi in the house!” Rocket yelled up the stairs so Groot could hear him. There was then a loud bang as Groot slams his door shut in anger. Peter then stared at Rocket in horror. “Don’t get your panties in a knot, Star-Munch. I’m only gonna kill the wifi that goes into his room. He wants to act like that, then he will pay the consequences.” Rocket added as he disconnected Groot’s wifi and changed the password to it so that Groot can’t have contact with the outside world as the rest of the Guardians went to bed for the night.