"Alright commander," the lead S.W.O.R.D. agent reported, "we're at the central docking bay."
He and four other agents arrived at the central docking bay, where the Guardians of the Galaxy's ship, called the Benatar, had landed.
Abigail's voice responded through the agent's com-link, "Any signs of life?" she asked.
"Negative," the agent replied.
As if in answer, the Benatar's rear door suddenly opened.
"Ok," the lead agent remarked, "that's creepy."
He spoke into his com-link, "the ship has opened, do we proceed inside?" he asked.
"Affirmative," Abigail replied, "but proceed with caution."
"Roger," the lead agent acknowledged.
He motioned to the other agents to enter the ship, after which he and the other agents did.
The inside of the ship was empty and silent, it was surprisingly dark despite the outside being lit.
"Strange," the lead agent thought, as he looked around, "there doesn't seem to be signs of life or a struggle."
Suddenly, the ship's stereo came on blasting Hooked on a Feeling by Blue Swede, startling some of the agents.
After a few moments, the agents managed to turn the stereo off, returning the ship to complete silence.
The agents continued their search, but found no signs anyone had been on the ship.
"This just doesn't make sense," the lead agent murmured, "how does a ship fly without anyone in it?"
One of the agents was about to reply, but was silenced when a shadowy figure appeared behind him, grabbing the agent and dragging him away.
The agent tried to cry out and warn the others, but the figure placed a starfish on his face.
The other three agents were soon picked off one by one, until the lead agent was the only one left.
"I think we should..." he began, as he turned around he saw that he was alone.
"What the heck's going on?!" he said, fear rising in his voice.
He didn't have time to think or warn the command bridge, as he too was grabbed and a starfish place on his face.
"Starro lives," the lead agent and the others uttered as they, the Guardians of the Galaxy and Adam Strange exited the ship and advanced in the direction of the command bridge.
Back on Earth.
The girls and Gali were at Pinkie Pie's house, going over their final plans for their beach party which was starting the very next day.
Ever since the developments at The Sweet Shoppe, Gali had been feeling hungry and weak, she didn't know why.
"You ok?" Pinkie Pie asked, she had noticed that Gali looked a bit off colour.
"I don't know," Gali replied, "I feel really hungry for some reason."
"Well," Pinkie remarked, digging around in her hair and pulling a twickie, "maybe this will help sate your hunger."
Gali, while a bit weirded out by Pinkie's storage system, took the twickie and eat it.
Surprisingly, the twickie seemed to calm Gali's hunger.
"Thanks, Pinkie," Gali smiled, feeling a lot better now that her hunger had been satisfied.
"No problem," Pinkie replied, "I can't stand seeing one of my friends looking blue before summer fun."
Gali smiled too, whatever was happening to her she had a feeling her friends would be able to help her with it.
Earth's orbit, The Peak.
"Report," Abigail said, she had lost contact with the agents she had sent to the central docking bay, "someone report!"
Suddenly, a voice came through the agents com-link repeating two words, "Starro lives."
Right after that, the door to the command bridge opened and the agents entered accompanied by the Guardians of the Galaxy and Adam Strange.
"About time," Abigail remarked, "Why didn't you answer me when I..."
She stopped mid-sentence as she saw what was attached to the agents, Guardians and Adam Strange's face.
Abigail instinctively knew what to do, she reached for the red alert, but was stopped when a laser net that shot, seemingly, out of nowhere preventing her from raising the alarm or warning the planet below.
The one responsible for the laser net soon showed himself, the Faceless Hunter.
He turned to the rest of the S.W.O.R.D. personnel, who were all pointing guns at him and the other Starro controlled slaves, who moments ago were their fellow agents and heroes.
"Listen well," he said, "drop your weapons and surrender, this station belongs to me and my master."
The mind controlled agents, Guardians and Adam Strange all pointed their weapons at the S.W.O.R.D. personnel.
"Now," the Faceless Hunter continued, "prepared your world for my master's coming, prepare for Starro."
Back on Earth, the next day.
The girls and Gali were now at the beach, enjoying some sun, sea and chillaxing.
A boombox was playing music from the local radio station, Canterlot radio, right now it was Walking on Sunshine by Katrina and the Waves.
"Ahhh," Rarity breathed, as she relaxed in a sun-chair, "this is the life."
Elsewhere Fluttershy, Midnight and Gali were combing the beach, in case there were any sea creatures that needed help or cleaning.
"Are you sure, we should be doing this?" Midnight asked, she was getting bored, "we should be relaxing, it's a party."
"Party or not," Fluttershy responded, "you never know what kind of animal might need help."
Gali on the other hand, was feeling a bit unsure and awkward being with Fluttershy and Midnight like she didn't belong, there were so many things that were new to her that she didn't understand.
Rainbow Dash and Applejack were locked in competition with each other, as usual.
Twilight, Sunset, Spike and Pinkie were relaxing alongside Rarity.
"I've been meaning to ask," Sunset said, "how are things going with Cadence and Shining Armour?"
"He and Cadence are still planning their wedding," Twilight replied, "she's been talking his ear off about cakes and venues."
"When the wedding eventually happens," Pinkie added, "I'll speak to Cadence about recommending Rarity to make the dress for Cadence and the bride's maid dresses"
"Why thank you, darling," Rarity smiled, she was honoured to be chosen for a wondrous undertaking.
"By the way," Spike remarked, "how's things with you and Flash, Sunset?"
Sunset blushed for a second, "we have seen seeing each other for a while," she responded, "but I assure you there's nothing romantic between us, we're just friends."
"Right," Twilight replied, with a cheeky smile on her face.
Sunset's blush grew as red as her hair, which cause everyone to giggle at their friend's embarrassment.
Meanwhile, Fluttershy, Midnight and Gali had found a small group of baby turtles who were gathered round an old mother turtle.
The mother turtle looked like she had been through a lot, there were bite marks on her flippers and her shell was fort with cuts and scraps.
"Poor dear," Fluttershy said, "it must have taken all she had to get here."
The mother turtle looked like she didn't have long left, she was struggling to keep her eyes open.
Fluttershy tried using her geode's power to communicate with the mother turtle, but the turtle was too weak to speak.
This made Fluttershy sad, knowing that the baby turtles would have to grow up without their mother.
Gali didn't know why, but something told her that she could help the mother turtle.
She took hold of the mother turtle and closed her eyes, she could feel some kind of power inside her.
Fluttershy and Midnight watched, confused by what Gali was doing.
Gali tried to focus the energy onto the mother turtle, as Fluttershy watched the bite marks, cuts and scraps vanished. Soon enough the mother turtle had been restored to normal, its scars completely healed and it seemed full of energy.
"How..." Fluttershy began, as Gali put the mother turtle back next to her babies, "how did you do that?"
"I don't know," Gali replied, just as surprised as Fluttershy, "I just wanted to help and show kindness and then I felt a surge of power and then this happened."
"Do you know what this means?" Midnight said, "you have powers."
Midnight was about to rush and tell the others, but was stopped by Fluttershy as Gali had fallen unconscious.