Wow, I honestly thought that I wouldn't have a chapter out before Thor: Ragnarock but here it is! Consider this chapter in honor of the new MCU film since there's a little Planet Hulk Easter Egg hidden in this chapter. Also, the second part of my Infinity War Saga series as out and it's called "The Amazing Spider-Men" and it's based on all three Spider-Men from the films so check that out!
Interlude: Yondu and Hondo
(Yondu and Hondo POV)
After Yondu accepted Hondo into the Ravagers they immediately left the outpost and was heading straight to Hondo's galaxy. The reason Hondo was at the edge of the Unknown Regions was because he was laying low after pissing off one of the Hutts named Grakkus. Grakkus the Hutt was actually a collector of Jedi artifacts so Hondo decided to repay his debt with Grakkus by giving him the lightsaber of a kid named Ezra Bridger he met a little while ago when he took over another pirate's ship. Hondo told Yondu his situation and he just chuckled at this; probably due to the fact that he was drunk. Now both pirates were in the main Ravagers ship planning to where Quill and Bridger were. Well, Yondu was, Hondo was actually talking to the other Ravagers.
"So you're Yondu's First Mate?" Hondo asked Kraglin Obfonteri.
"Yep." Kraglin answered without a care.
"So how do you two know each other? Is it a amazing tale on how you two were once enemies and were forced to work together because you two were stranded on a planet or running from gangsters?" Hondo asked drunk.
Kraglin stared at Hondo for a couple seconds before answering. "He was on Xandar and I asked to join, and he said, 'yeah, that's fine.'"
Hondo laughed for a couple seconds out of being pure intoxication yet can still form sentences. Yondu was scanning through the 'HoloNet' that the ship's computers manged to pick up due to being in a new galaxy. However, his crew members couldn't use the computers to use the HoloNet since it was so new to them. Yet they worked tirelessly to find out where the traitor and the Orb was.
"Sir, I can't get this damn computer to work!" one of the Ravagers yelled in frustration.
"Then make it work!" Yondu yelled back, he was angry that he still not one-step closer to getting Quill even with the bounty he put on him; now he has to look for him harder since there was bigger bounty on him and he didn't want some amateur getting to him first.
"So now you want to get that damn boy?" said a voice.
Yondu rolled his eyes and turned around to see one of his lieutenants, Tazerface.
"Now what do you mean by that?" Yondu asked walking up to Tazerface with some of the crew members turning their heads to see the confrontation.
"The years the boy was with us he was nothing but trouble, when you brought him on raids he always dragged us behind, and you know what? You always defended him and never let us have a piece of him."
Yondu snorted. "I always defended him? I threaten to eat the kid for years saying that if he double-crossed with us we're gonna kill him, and now he double-crossed us and we're gonna kill him."
Many crew members cheered for Yondu's argument while Tazerface growled. "No we're not, because you aren't going to allow it."
"Why not?" Yondu glared while the crew members that were cheering stopped.
"Because you're getting soft," Tazerface shot back. "When I first met you on Sakaar when you we're still the Ravagers bitch, you saved my ass from that arena and got me off that Hell not before you called the Red King 'a pathetic loser' in front of his face at the arena and without that arrow of yours we would have never gotten out of there. Back in the day you were daring, adventurous, and didn't give damn! But ever since that kid came along all you did to him was all talk and no bite. If you would've disciplined better than we would gotten the Orb right now! But did you get instead of the Orb? A god-damned old man!"
There was a long silence of tension; some of the crew members were now considering Tazerface's reasoning until the silence was broken by Hondo.
"He he, who's calling me old now?" he said with a smile on his face and being drunk. "You know I wouldn't be talking crap to man who can kill you with just a whistle! He he he, when my crew back stabbed me in the back you know what I did? They weren't really loyal to the men they were working for and were just promised money to kill me, so all it took was a big blaster cannon and then they all came crawling back to me and you wanna know what I did to them? I accepted their apology and we drove away the two men that turned on me and my loyal men. That's exactly what you are going to do with him only this time you're not going to live since he's less forgiving then I am. Oh, and he'll probably kill you with his flying arrow too."
Tazerface was stunned at the Hondo's story so much so he just walked away without saying a word and the crew members just went back to work while Hondo and Yondu stood side-by-side chuckling. Kraglin walked up to Yondu and said, "I will always be loyal to you, captain. No matter what."
Yondu looked back at Kraglin and patted him on the back ordering, "Take charge, I need a drink."
Yondu walked Hondo to a table and ordered one of his men to bring them alcohol and pretty soon Yondu and Hondo were both fully intoxicated with words coming out of their mouths they only thought up in seconds.
"The only reason I ever became a pirate was it was the only thing my mother taught me to do," Hondo begun drunk, not really realizing he's revealing his backstory to man he hadn't even known for beyond twenty-four hours, "you see, my mother, Joan, was born a pirate. So when she had me, she didn't know the pirate life was fit for her son, so she asked me what I wanted to be when I grow up. Since I was a little boy, I looked up to my mother and saw her to be as a amazing pirate do of course I wanted to be like her. So she decided to make me the best pirate I could be, she taught me to pilot ships, take over ships, to rally up a crew, and to take hostages. And when I had my doubts of becoming a pirate, she inspired to continue my dream. My mother was surly a great pirate." Hondo sighed. "She sadly died a couple years before the Invasion of Naboo, too bad she wasn't as well known as I was back at the Clone Wars."
Yondu was actually not as drunk as Hondo was so he just nodded. He was deep in his thoughts deciding weather he should kill Quill or not. His pirate side said yes as he did slowed them down when he was younger and did double-crossed them. But his father side said no as he was like a son to him and deep down he was proud that Quill double-crossed them because he was turning out just like him. But as he drank more his thoughts turned to the reason he left the Ravagers and started his own corps. He was hired by a living planet named Ego and was sent to retrieve his son on Earth, he didn't question anything he just did it. But soon after discovering that Ego killed his other children Yondu decided to keep the boy and raise him on his own. The other Ravagers factions were fed up with Yondu and his rebellious nature and he crossed a line when he kidnapped the boy so they cast him and his faction out.
As he drank further and by this time Hondo slumped over he thought about his old team. Stakar Ogord, Aleta Ogord, Charlie-27, and Kugarr were all his former teammates and they all went on many missions together until they led their own faction. But the one Ravager that taught Yondu the most was Adam, a old man with a very charismatic attitude. He taught the other Ravagers that not everything had to be dark and you can have a good time while trying to save the galaxy. The old man passed away before Yondu and his teammates led their own factions. Yondu looked back fondly at the old man since without him, he wouldn't have his since of humor.
Expect a full chapter by either December or January since I have to work on my other stories. So did I get the characters right and was this entertaining with good foreshadowing? Please review if you want to get another chapter out faster.
Rebel News: Heroes of Mandalore part one and two had good fight scenes and had good character-development for Sabine, but was kinda lackluster and the return of Bo-Katan was pretty forced.
In the Name of the Rebellion felt more like a proper season premiere and the connections to Rogue One was done well. That and Saw was pretty fun to watch.
MCU News: Haven't done this before but I want to give you guys my thoughts on the new films
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 wasn't a disappointment but I was expecting more. I mean I love the character development, soundtrack, fight scenes, and effects. But the story was kinda like a show Disney and the twist was pretty predictable.
7.5 Very Good
Spider-Man: Homecoming was my favorite Spider-Man since it caught the spirit of him being a kid struggling in high school instead of learning about his parents' past. The cast was good, the jokes were funny, and Micheal Keaton as the Vulture is one of the best MCU villains like Loki, Kingpin, Kilgrave, Zemo, and Ultron. Tom Holland is the best actor to play Spider-Man and the rest of the cast was excellent.
8.7 Awesome
2017 is shaping to become a pretty meh year for the MCU. I mean the movies are good and the early reviews for Ragnarock are raves but it's dragged down by the shows. Iron Fist and Inhumans are the worst things to ever come out of the MCU and the Defenders was pretty disappointingly mediocre. I hope the Punisher is amazing.
We lost two more amazing people who did wonderful things to the Comic Book Community: Adam West and Joan Lee. Without Joan's support for Stan Lee's wanting to make comics we wouldn't have this amazing cinematic universe created and without Adam West's charismatic performance as Batman in the 1960s show that made it so memorable I bet we would have never the 89 movie, he puts Keaton, Kilmer, Clooney, Conroy, Bale, Arnett, and Affleck to shame. He was a wonderful Batman and Mayor of Quahog.
(R.I.P. Adam West 1928-2017)
(R.I.P. Joan Lee 1922-2017)
Without with these two legends, comic books wouldn't have even come this far today.
