In 1988, following his mother's death, a young Peter Quill is abducted from Earth by the Ravagers, a group of space pirates led by Yondu Udonta. Twenty-six years later on the planet Morag, Quill ste Cloze (1): JXUwMDM5JXUwMDBkJXUwMDFm an orb, after which Korath, a subordinate to the fanatical Kree, Ronan, interc Cloze (2): JXUwMDNkJXUwMDE1JXUwMDA0JXUwMDA3 him. Although Quill esca Cloze (3): JXUwMDI4JXUwMDE1JXUwMDE2 with the orb, Yondu disco Cloze (4): JXUwMDJlJXUwMDEzJXUwMDE3JXUwMDAx his theft and issues a bounty for his capture, while Ronan sen Cloze (5): JXUwMDNjJXUwMDE3 the assassin Gamora after the orb.

When Quill atte Cloze (6): JXUwMDM1JXUwMDFkJXUwMDA0JXUwMDA3 to sell the orb on the Nova Empire capital world, Xandar, Gamora ambu Cloze (7): JXUwMDJiJXUwMDFiJXUwMDBkJXUwMDE2 him and ste Cloze (8): JXUwMDM5JXUwMDBkJXUwMDFm it. A fight ensues, drawing in a pair of bounty hunters: the genetically engineered raccoon Rocket, and the tree-like humanoid Groot. The Nova Corps arri Cloze (9): JXUwMDJlJXUwMDEzJXUwMDE2 and arre Cloze (10): JXUwMDJiJXUwMDA3JXUwMDA3 all four, imprisoning them in the Kyln. While there, a powerful inmate, Drax, atte Cloze (11): JXUwMDM1JXUwMDFkJXUwMDA0JXUwMDA3 to kill Gamora due to her association with Ronan, who killed his family. Quill convi Cloze (12): JXUwMDM2JXUwMDBkJXUwMDA2JXUwMDE2 Drax that Gamora can bring Ronan to him. Gamora reve Cloze (13): JXUwMDM5JXUwMDBkJXUwMDFm that she has betrayed Ronan, unwilling to let him use the orb's power to destroy planets, starting with Xandar. Learning that Gamora has a buyer for the orb, she, Quill, Rocket, Groot, and Drax work together to escape from the Kyln.

Elsewhere, Ronan me Cloze (14): JXUwMDNkJXUwMDExJXUwMDA3 with Gamora's adoptive father, Thanos, to discuss her betrayal. Accompanied by Drax, Quill's group esca Cloze (15): JXUwMDI4JXUwMDE1JXUwMDE2 the Kyln in his ship and flees to Knowhere. A drunken Drax summons Ronan while the rest of the group meet Gamora's contact, the collector Taneleer Tivan. Tivan ope Cloze (16): JXUwMDM2JXUwMDFk the orb, revealing an Infinity Stone.