The Guardians, desperate to escape The Collector's ship, jump into the Black Vortex mirror and find themselves separated in different worlds. Gamora becomes a Disney-like princess while Drax becomes a comic book superhero.
The Guardians continue to battle their way through the Black Vortex. Rocket searches for his best friend Groot, and Groot reaches the nightmarish heart of the Black Vortex.
Quill must escape the Milano as it hurtles towards the sun. Meanwhile Rocket and Drax find themselves in peril as they search to save Groot from the Black Vortex.
The Guardians finally make it out of the Black Vortex, only to find that the galaxy has been taken over by sinister robots called the Darkhawks, who are disguised as their friends.
The Guardians travel to Asgard to help Thor fight off the spreading Darkhawk invasion, but the Guardians realize the only way to stop them is to go to the Darkhawk Realm.
The Guardians travel to the Darkhawk Realm to free their duplicated friends. But the evil mastermind behind the Darkhawks, The Serpent, will not let the Guardians ruin his plans.