[ A lot can happen in five minutes – a fact they all seem to forget as Drax wrestles Cryon to the ground. They need to keep him contained, keep him from fleeing the scene, because admittedly, no one is going to want to deal with this mess all over again.
Gamora hauls herself up from the mess of crates around her, shaking glass out of her hair before she's following the trail of rubble left behind by Cryon and Peter.
She stops short when she sees the chaos awaiting her outside, her eyes moving from the fiercely struggling drug dealer to Peter, trying to get himself back up. She doesn't immediately go to help him to his feet, muscles coiled and ready to leap at Cryon instead, but she throws a quick, ]
Are you hurt?
[ —over her shoulder to Peter.
... Unfortunately, she doesn't exactly have the time to wait for his answer, because Cryon suddenly throws Drax to the side, sending him bowling into Kraglin and Mantis. Groot leaps free of Mantis's shoulder in time to avoid the heap of bodies, and with a squeaky battle cry, he hits the ground and sends vines curling around Cryon's legs. ]
Groot!
[ It's not only Gamora's voice calling out with concern for the sapling, and Rocket is scrambling back to his feet just as Gamora moves forward to deal with their target.
Groot yanks at Cryon's knees with more tiny shouts, and he manages to send the dealer sprawling to the ground – before Cryon reaches for Groot's small body, dragging him into his hold and snapping the comparatively frail vines that knocked him to the ground. Groot's fierce cries turn to panic, and he pushes at Cryon's fist with his little hands as the man starts to squeeze with that unreasonable strength.
Just as Groot begins to wail, Gamora swoops in with every ounce of speed she has, and with a grapple Cryon barely has time to register, she flips Cryon one direction and keeps the arm holding Groot almost entirely stationary.
... The sound of Cryon's arm dislocating is almost excruciatingly loud – and proof that the drug is starting to wear thin. If they can damage him at all, the Dust should be working its way out of his system, but Gamora is more concerned with catching Groot as Cryon's limp grip releases the tiny tree. ]
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Gamora hauls herself up from the mess of crates around her, shaking glass out of her hair before she's following the trail of rubble left behind by Cryon and Peter.
She stops short when she sees the chaos awaiting her outside, her eyes moving from the fiercely struggling drug dealer to Peter, trying to get himself back up. She doesn't immediately go to help him to his feet, muscles coiled and ready to leap at Cryon instead, but she throws a quick, ]
Are you hurt?
[ —over her shoulder to Peter.
... Unfortunately, she doesn't exactly have the time to wait for his answer, because Cryon suddenly throws Drax to the side, sending him bowling into Kraglin and Mantis. Groot leaps free of Mantis's shoulder in time to avoid the heap of bodies, and with a squeaky battle cry, he hits the ground and sends vines curling around Cryon's legs. ]
Groot!
[ It's not only Gamora's voice calling out with concern for the sapling, and Rocket is scrambling back to his feet just as Gamora moves forward to deal with their target.
Groot yanks at Cryon's knees with more tiny shouts, and he manages to send the dealer sprawling to the ground – before Cryon reaches for Groot's small body, dragging him into his hold and snapping the comparatively frail vines that knocked him to the ground. Groot's fierce cries turn to panic, and he pushes at Cryon's fist with his little hands as the man starts to squeeze with that unreasonable strength.
Just as Groot begins to wail, Gamora swoops in with every ounce of speed she has, and with a grapple Cryon barely has time to register, she flips Cryon one direction and keeps the arm holding Groot almost entirely stationary.
... The sound of Cryon's arm dislocating is almost excruciatingly loud – and proof that the drug is starting to wear thin. If they can damage him at all, the Dust should be working its way out of his system, but Gamora is more concerned with catching Groot as Cryon's limp grip releases the tiny tree. ]