Star-Lord (Peter Quill) tries to avoid the Slaughter Lords and those hunting him for a bounty posted by Mister Knife, while attempting to maintain a long-distance relationship with Kitty Pryde.

Together they concoct a plan to turn him in on the prison planet Viderdoom, collect the bounty, and then steal the remaining funds from Blight, the jailer.

Learning that he sends everything to an orphanage on Spartax, Pryde decides that she will help him steal the Black Vortex from Mister Knife.

[3] Twelve billion years ago, an ancient race called the Viscardi were visited by a Celestial.

Kitty and Star-Lord recruit the X-Men, Nova, and the Guardians of the Galaxy to prevent the Slaughter Lords from retrieving the Black Vortex.

Greatly overpowered when the Slaughter Lords attack, Gamora, Beast, and Angel submit and tip the balance of the battle.

[5] Gamora, Beast, and Angel are enraged and attack Hala, the Kree empire's capital planet.

[9] Captain Marvel is able to return the Vortex to the team, and they debate who should use the power one more time to save Spartax.

Cyclops, Iceman, Groot, and Beast return their cosmic powers, but Gamora, Angel, Kitty, and Ronan keep theirs.

She strikes a deal with him in order to secure Mister Knife's body, but secretly steals the last remaining seed of the Kree Supreme Intelligence.