Peter and Alyssa stood on the balcony of Peter's room, Alyssa trying to contact Rocket on the radio.

"I'm sure he's fine." said Peter.

"I just want to check that everything's alright." Alyssa replied. "We haven't had any contact with them." She turned off the radio and instead closed her eyes, reaching out to the Milano. It wasn't easy due to her ship was destroyed, but she got the general message. "No one's there." She opened her eyes and turned to Peter.

"What?" he asked, looking at her.

"Rocket, Groot and Nebula aren't on the Milano." She closed her eyes again briefly then opened them. "The Ravagers. They formed a mutiny, Nebula temporarily joined up with them and they captured Yondu, Rocket and Groot. So, normal stuff." She turned away from him and carried on fiddling with the radio, not really trying to get through to anyone. She was vaguely aware of Peter coming up behind her. "Peter, what are you doing?"

"Dance with me." Peter said.

"No, Peter." She looked up at him. "The rest of our team is in trouble."

"Oh, come on! Rocket and Yondu can take care of themselves."

"Peter, did you hear what I just said? Yondu's clan have formed a mutiny, Rocket, Groot and Yondu have been captured, Groot is a baby, and you know what Rocket's like!"

"Oh, Yondu can just talk to them." said Peter. She raised her eyebrows.

"A mutiny is an open rebellion against the officers of sailors or soldiers." Alyssa told him. "The whole point is that they don't want Yondu in charge!" She knew that Yondu and Rocket would find a way to escape, but Peter didn't need to hear that right now. "Why are you still dancing? Now is not the time to be dancing! We need to discuss the situation!" She put the radio down and headed into his sleeping quarters.

"What do you mean?" Peter asked, following her. "You already said that Rocket and Yondu ended up in a mutiny." She was surprised to hear that he didn't seem interested; normally, he would be more concerned about his teammates.

"I don't mean that." she said. "I mean this!" She gestured around her. "Something's not right!" She and Ego might have come to a mutual agreement, but there was no way she wasn't going to carry on trying to persuade Peter.

"What are you talking about? You and Gamora are the ones who wanted me to come here!"

"I also said to be careful because there was something off about Ego!" Alyssa replied. "Mantis is scared of something. There's only one person on this planet who that could be."

"He's my father. He's blood."

"You also have blood on Earth."

"Earth is the place my mother died in front of me."

"You were raised by Ravagers! I know Ego is your father, but you should know better than to trust someone who just turns up out of the blue and says Oh, I'm your father, Peter. Come with me to my planet which is out in the middle of nowhere and is completely empty except for one other person! Don't you think that it's suspicious?"

"No, I don't think it's suspicious! I think that you're overreacting!"

"Overreacting? Are you serious?" she asked. "Ego is manipulating you, Peter! Can't you see that?"

"I've finally found my family. Can't you understand that?" he asked.

"We're your family as well." she told him.

Alyssa sat alone in the fields, fiddling with her radio. She let her mind wander back to Peter, instinctively wanting to make sure that he was safe. She wasn't surprised to see that Ego had arrived a few minutes after she left. Of course he had been eavesdropping on their conversation. She would have done the same thing on the Milano.

Oh look, Ego turned up right after I left. she said to Peter. Don't you think that that's not a coincidence?

Shut up. Peter replied. Maybe it is a coincidence.

You're kidding, right? she asked.

"You alright, son?" she heard Ego ask. "I saw Alyssa stomp off earlier in quite a huff." Alyssa laughed. Peter ignored her.

"Yeah, we...had a bit of a disagreement." Peter replied. "Nothing to worry about."

Nothing to worry about? she asked him. He ignored her again. Oh, come on! Don't you start ignoring me, Peter Quill! She vaguely listened as Ego and Peter spoke about Peter's music, specifically "Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)"by Looking Glass.

"He came on a summer's day, bringing gifts from far away." said Ego. "Like the child I put in your mother or the freedom you brought Gamora."

What the actual fuck. Alyssa commented.

"...sometimes we are deprived the pleasures of mortals." said Ego.

"Well, you might not be mortal, but me..."

"Death will remain a stranger to both of us as long as the light burns within the planet."

"I'm immortal?" Peter asked. Alyssa internally groaned. She didn't need to hear Peter and Ego talking about immortality. "Get ready for an eight hundred foot statue of Pac Man with Skeletor and Heather Locklear! I'm gonna make some weird shit." Alyssa laughed. Ok, that was funny.

"I can't wait to see your weird shit." Ego replied.

"Wow, that..."

"Came out a little disgusting." As much as she distrusted Ego, Alyssa had to admit that he had a sense of humour. Ego and Peter chuckled. "Come with me." Alyssa heard footsteps coming up behind her and relaxed as she recognised them.

"Gamora." she greeted her.

"Alyssa." Gamora replied, sitting down next to her then looking at the radio. "Can't you contact Rocket?" Alyssa shook her head.

"He, Groot and Yondu got themselves caught up in a Ravager mutiny." she replied. Gamora chuckled.

"Why am I not surprised?" She looked at Alyssa. "Are you alright? Is Peter being an a-hole?"

"He is." Alyssa said, nodding. "I've tried talking to him, but he's too stubborn. He won't listen."

"Something's wrong about this place."

"I know." replied Alyssa. She noticed Gamora's worried expression. "What?"

"Won't Ego be able to hear us?"

"He will, but I don't care." Gamora hesitated, then laid a hand on Alyssa's shoulder which made Alyssa smile. "Thanks, Gamora."

"No problem, Alyssa." They heard the faint sound of a ship. They stood up and turned around, and saw a Ravager M-ship flying into view.

"Nebula." said Gamora.

The two women turned and ran as Nebula fired on them. They both jumped off a cliff and landed on the ground. Between Gamora's enhancements and Alyssa being an avatar, neither of them were affected.

"So, is there any particular reason why Nebula's trying to kill you?" Alyssa asked.

"Not any that I can think of." Gamora replied.

Alyssa and Gamora ran into a cave and ducked as Nebula's ship flew in after them and crashed in front of them. Alyssa winced slightly as it crashed and burned. Gamora picked up one of the ship's guns and fired it at Nebula's ship. Alyssa decided to stay out of it, waiting until Gamora had stopped firing. Gamora pulled Nebula out of the wreckage and the three of them lay there on the ground, catching their breath, then Nebula started to attack Gamora.

"Are you kidding me?" asked Gamora.

She and Nebula fought. Alyssa tried to break it up but was thrown back onto the ground by Nebula. She watched as Nebula choked Gamora until Nebula let her go.

"I win." said Nebula. "I win, I bested you in combat!"

"No, I saved your life." said Gamora.

"Well, you were stupid enough to let me live."

"You let me live."

"I don't need you always trying to beat me." said Nebula.

"I'm not the one that flew across the universe just because I wanted to win."

"You were the one who wanted to win, and I just wanted a sister!" Nebula exclaimed. "You were all I had. But you were the one who needed to win. Thanos pulled my eye from my head, and my brain from my skull, and my arm from my body. Because of you."

As Gamora sat in silence from this revelation, Alyssa suddenly winced and cried out as she psychically sensed her mothership, the Elector, being killed.

"Alyssa?" Gamora and Nebula turned to her in concern. Well, Gamora was concerned and Nebula awkwardly hovered.

"Yondu just blew up the Eclector." Alyssa replied, sadly. "My mothership and my sister ships...they're all gone." She looked up. "Seriously, what the actual hell, Yondu?"

It wasn't the plan, Alyssa. Yondu replied.

"It wasn't... What was your plan?"

Escape from the Eclector and kill all of Taserface's crew. It's not my fault the Eclector happened to blow up!

You should have thought about that before you started killing everyone on it! Rocket exclaimed.

"Rocket!" Alyssa greeted him. "Are you ok? Is Groot ok?"

Hey, Alyssa. Yeah, me and Groot are fine.

"That's good." she said. "At least someone is ok. It's not as if you just tried to kill your sister again, or you blew up a mothership, or you're not listening to your A.I. who's telling you that your father is clearly up to something evil!" Alyssa paused and took in a deep breath, her outburst over. However, Yondu and Kraglin knew that that was only the start.

Quill's with Ego, isn't he? Yondu asked.

"Yes, he is." Alyssa replied.

Alyssa, it's Kraglin. Kraglin said. We're on our way to you. Can you go a few more minutes before punching someone?

"No, I can't."

Ok. Just checking.

"Shouldn't we get out of here?" Nebula asked.

"Yes, we should." Gamora agreed, nodding. Alyssa was amazed at how quickly the two sisters forgot the fight that they had just had five minutes ago. "Alyssa?"

"I'm ok." said Alyssa, getting up. "Yondu, Kraglin, Rocket, just get here as quickly as you can. I'm feeling very stressed and I'm going to end up punching someone, probably Ego, sooner rather than later."

Ok. said Yondu. When we get there, you have full authority to punch me in the face.

"I don't need your authority to do that anyway, you big blue bastard." Alyssa said, smiling.

Gamora, Nebula and Alyssa walked through the cave, regaining their bearings after the fight until they came to a large cavern.

"Oh my God." said Gamora.

The three of them stood there and looked in horror at the thousands of piles of bones lying in the cave.

"Peter..." said Alyssa, her anger towards Yondu quickly replaced by her worry for Peter.

"We need to get off this planet." said Nebula.