Spoilers for Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 2! You have been warned.
He hung there, suspended above the plinth upon which Ego stood. How could someone who claimed to love him betray him so easily? He had such rotten luck.
He felt an unbelievable amount of energy surge through his body. It was unlike anything he had ever felt before. He attempted to turn his head to look at the being who had decided his only use was to be a battery for his crazy plan. The celestial was standing below him with a contented smile on his face. How could this make him happy? What a sick bastard!
Peter had managed to snap out of the spell his father had put him under the moment he mentioned what he had done to his mother. Peter refused to even refer to this a-hole as his father anymore. What sick son of a bitch grows tired of someone they love? So much so that they go out of their way to travel millions of miles just so they can create a tumour in their brain?
Pure rage engulfed him and he struggled to try and free himself. It was no use. Ego was all powerful here. Pain ripped through his body as more of Ego's electric blue tendrils forced their way through his body. "Don't fight it Peter!" said Ego. "Soon there will be only you and I left in the entire galaxy and then we can create our own utopia from scratch"
Peter was beginning to feel hopeless. How could he fight a god? Ego was connected to his power source here, there was no stopping him. Another burst of pain swept through him as Ego forced another tendril through his skin. He could feel it working its way through his body searching for whatever power source his genetics had created within him. The power overwhelmed him; he could feel it emerging from his very core. He opened his mouth to scream but no sound emerged, his eyes saw nothing but electric blue, it was blinding him.
Suddenly his mind was filled with images of earth. He could see his father's alien spores blooming. They engulfed everything around them. Forests were levelled and buildings were crushed. He could see in minute detail the people running for their lives. Cars were flung forward from the force of the expansion. Did he really have to watch the destruction of his own planet?
Ego seemed to delight in the images. Peter had no idea how he was forcing him to watch events unfolding light years away, but somehow the celestial was linking Peter to the destruction of his home world.
The more Peter fought against his binds, the easier it seemed for Ego to drain him of his energy. For every struggle he made, more of earth seemed to disappear. He couldn't even close his eyes. He had to watch as hundreds were killed by the spread of Ego's creation. He screamed in futility. Suddenly his vision went black. He saw nothing. Somehow this scared him even more than the sights he had witnessed. Did this mean that his father had succeeded? Was everyone dead? What about the others?
A sudden feeling of panic overtook him when his thoughts turned to his real family. Gamora, Rocket, Drax and Groot? Did he kill them all too?
He should never have left them to fix the ship. Why didn't he listen to Gamora? Why did he have to be so stubborn?!
Just has quick as his vision had been removed it flickered back into being, causing Peter to gasp. He was back in the moment and Ego had a frown on his face.
"Well that was unusual" Ego said. "I seem to have depleted your core"
Peter looked at him in confusion. "It seems the hybrid nature of your body means my plan will not come to fruition as quickly as I would have liked"
Peter realised that he was no longer being drained of energy. Instead he just hung limply from his binds.
"You sick bastard!" he screamed "What have you done? Why did you make me watch the mass genocide you just committed?" he clutched at his head in desperation "Are the humans all ...dead?" asked Peter.
Ego looked at his son. The celestial almost looked pained.
"I did not mean for you to see that son, I apologise" Ego replied. Sighing deeply, Ego raised his right arm and waved it in the air. The blue tendrils that were keeping him prisoner retracted from his body.
Peter collapsed on the floor like a ragdoll to moment he was released. He was so weak he could barely move. He moved himself gingerly into a sitting position and glared at his father with a hate in his eyes he was unaware he was possible of possessing.
Ego returned his gaze and walked toward his fallen son. He crouched down to Peter's line of sight.
"I know you don't understand my goal at this moment Peter, but I assure you over time it will become clear to you why I am doing this"
The celestial waved his hand once again and created a large cage around his son. "I'm sorry about this son, but I'm going to have to keep you here until my plan is complete. Sleep, recover your strength and we will continue when you are strong enough"
Peter managed to vocalise one last sentence before he slipped into exhaustion;
"I guarantee you one thing Ego" wheezed Peter "Even if I live to be as old as you, I will never ever understand why you think destroying the galaxy is the right thing to do".
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