"What..?" Peter's voice broke as his eyes returned to normal. His eyes were sadden and anger, his blood boiling as he just heard from his father that Ego killed his mother, Sylvia's mother, and Anthea's home planet and people.
"Now I know that sounds bad.." Ego began but Peter quickly took his guns out and started shooting at him. Anger filling him, Ego was the one that ruined his chances at a normal life on earth.. He took Meredith away from him. He killed Sylvia's mother and Yondu's wife because she was close on finding out the truth about him. Ego killed Anthea's father and destroyed the planet because Black Bolt wanted justice for Medusa's sister.
"Who the hell do you think you are?!" Ego screeched, his body repairing itself as his limbs and tissues were growing back into place. Angered that Peter had shot at him
"You killed my mother! Sylvia's mother! Anthea's family!" Peter shouted. In that moment he wish Anthea was by his side. He needed her to just place her arms around his neck and just bring him into a loving kiss. He needed Anthea by his side to get away from Ego.. She was right, Ego was bad news all along.
"I tried so hard to find the form… that best suited you!" He yelled as suddenly Ego turned into David Hasselhoff which made Peter take a step back. No one knew about Peter telling people that Hasselhoff was his father besides Anthea and Gamora.
"and this is the thanks I get? You really need to grow up." Ego snarled as he returned to his normal form and with a raise of a hand, a giant energy tentacle had burst out from the floor and Peter looked in shock at it. He felt frozen as he looked in horror as the tentacle flew right into him and he felt the pain. He gasped as he felt he couldn't breath and he tried to call out Anthea's name but he couldn't.
Ego slowly made his way towards his son, his eyes narrowed as he heard Peter trying to call Anthea's name
"She's not coming back son, I personally made sure to let her know that you didn't want to see her again. I saw her take off and she won't ever step foot into this planet again.. Because if she does, I will personally kill her myself. Her parents were horrible, she's horrible"
Anthea was pacing around. Gamora heard her com ring and she picked it up to talk to Rocket. Sylvia went towards Anthea and held out her hand
"We're going to get Peter back.. We need to be patience" She said as she suddenly whined and Anthea squeezed her hand "Yondu is speaking to you?" She asked as Sylvia nodded
"He says he can't wait to see me again"
"You must be nervous" Anthea commented as Sylvia nodded "He's the most important man in my life.. We haven't seen in each other in years and we went off in bad terms but I must admit.." She said, looking at Anthea with some tears in her eyes
"Yondu was the one who told me where you were.. He sent me the message that you were with Peter. Without him, I wouldn't have found you and completed my mother's mission. Even though we didn't get along well.. We're still family and I will always love him dearly" She whispered and Anthea brought Sylvia into a tight hug and she kissed her cousin's forehead
"We're all family, we need to stick together." She said and Sylvia smiled softly and Gamora went towards them "Yondu is going to crash into the windows with the ship, it should give us enough time for Ego to be distracted and we'll get Peter" Gamora said. Anthea nodded and breathed in to focus on Peter.. but she couldn't feel him.
"I can't feel Peter, something is wrong" She panicked. Sylvia sighed and rubbed her cousin's back "We're going to get him back so you two can make up and be a cute couple again" She said. Anthea nodded and went towards their team-mates and Gamora was planning everything.
"Drax is going to kick the door down, we're going to let Anthea take care of Ego while we get Peter out of there. If Yondu does crash into the window, it gives us time since he'll be distracted." She said and everyone nodded "We need to start running now, Yondu just told me they dispatched from their main ship" Sylvia said as everyone was prepping themselves and soon ready to run.
Ego went towards Peter one more, looking at the cassette player that was on Peter's belt. He grabbed the player and played it. The familiar tone that his lover once loved playing. Pain in his eyes for a moment before they grew cold once more. He could see Peter's tears streaming down his face as he whispered "No."
"My life, my love. My lady is the sea" Ego mocked the lyrics and he looked at Peter with a smirk "Peter… this is the sea." He said before crushing the cassette player before Ego focused the energy on him, the floor breaking down and the tentacle holding Peter started going up, Peter screaming in pain as his energy was being drained from him. Ego smiled softly as he felt his son's energy coming together with his.. He felt the energy from the planets.. The ones that he planted multiple pieces of himself inside. He felt their energies becoming his.
Peter in that moment felt empty.. Anthea wasn't coming back for him, she didn't have those strong feelings for him as he thought. She didn't love him.
Suddenly a door was kicked down and Ego turned around with a shocked expression to see Drax in the lead with Sylvia, Gamora, Nebula, Mantis and Anthea behind him. At the same exact moment Yondu's ship crashed through one of the windows with him shouting "Hey there Jackass!" and it crashed into Ego.
"Okay, Yondu clearly had a better plan" Anthea said as she saw Ego was crushed under Yondu's ship. She saw Peter falling to the ground and he grunted.
"You guys get to the ship, I'm getting Peter" Anthea said as she ran towards Peter, Gamora grabbed her hand "What if Ego comes back?"
"I'll personally kick him in the face if he does" Anthea said as Drax led the charge for the ship when the door opened and once Groot saw Anthea, he started squealing and jumping around
"I'll be there in a moment" Anthea called towards him and looked back to see Drax insulting Groot which resulted the baby tree to start hitting Drax
"Groot! Don't hit Drax! Drax, stop insulting Groot!" Anthea called back and with her powers, she flung herself into the air and flew over Yondu's ship, landing in front of Peter. Peter didn't know it was Anthea at first and he flinched once he felt someone touching him until he heard her voice
"Hey, it's okay.. It's me" She whispered. He relaxed and with her help, he lifted himself up and automatically wrapped his arm around his shoulder and she intertwined their fingers together and he saw the look on her face and he sighed softly
"Anthea.. Don't you dare" He said and Anthea was quiet for a moment, guiding him to the ship and he sighed in relief before Anthea spoke
"I told you so"
"Beautiful, I don't need a 'Told you so' right now" Peter groaned as she sighed, looking back at the building collapsing behind them and she sighed softly and it hit him
She came back for him
"You came back for me" Peter said in a small voice, Anthea smiled softly and squeezed his hand "I've never left.. But I'll always come back for you when you need me." She said. Anthea felt a wave of sadness, even if Peter and Anthea aren't together.. They would always support each other.
They made their way towards the front of the ship, Anthea helping Peter on the ship and he helped her up. They saw the other Guardians bickering and Peter leaned on Anthea
"We had it under control!" Drax said and Mantis was pacing around until she stopped and looked at the group "We did not. That is only an extension… of his true self. He will be back soon." She said. Peter looked over at Nebula and scowled
"What's Smurfette doing here?" He questioned as Nebula narrowed her eyes at him "Whatever to do to get a damn ride home"
"Where's my cousin?" Anthea questioned and it was Gamora who answered "She's upstairs with Yondu"
"Wait.. Sylvia is your cousin?!" Peter said turning to Anthea who nodded slowly "Our mothers are sisters.." She said as Peter's eyes widen and he looked at Anthea before looking down
"My father.. He said before that he killed Sylvia's mother.. That your father wanted justice for her, Ego blew up your planet killing your family too" He whispered. Anthea was quiet for a moment before having tears in her eyes as Peter held her hand and squeezed it. "I'm so sorry.." He whispered.
She looked up and nodded "We're going to defeat Ego.. We're going to avenge the deaths of your siblings, Sylvia's mother, my planet and people.. We can't let him hurt anyone else" She said. Peter nodded in agreement before he looked up
"Can you help me upstairs to go see Yondu and Sylvia?" He questioned. Anthea frowned "You can stand up by yourself.. Are you okay?"
"Nah, my leg hurts" Peter lied, when in reality he wanted Anthea close with him, he was scared of her being far away from him.
Anthea felt something tugging her pants and she saw Groot and she bent down to get him as he started hugging her neck, purring as he was rubbing his face into her neck
"Did you miss me?"
"I am Groot"
"Woah, you must have had an adventure in that case.. But that's not good that you killed a lot of people with Yondu"
"I am Groot"
"You grabbed a man and threw him to his death?"
"I am Groot"
"Alright.. Next time just be careful so no one grabs you and doesn't pour anything on you again okay?"
"I am Groot"
"I love you too Groot, let's go save the world"
Groot held on to Anthea as her and Peter went up the stairs to see Yondu and Sylvia hugging. Anthea couldn't help but smile when seeing the scene in front of them. Sylvia and Yondu must have spoken when Anthea was saving Peter and reuniting with Groot.
Yondu turned to Anthea and gave her a nod "Great to see you again, Niece." He said as Anthea smirked and placed her hands on her hips "You knew and didn't tell me?"
"Well, I was busy being double-crossed by Quill and I didn't know you were the same Anthea that my wife was looking for. But I'm glad my little girl finally completed her mother's mission" Yondu smiled a bit and Peter was just shocked that Yondu was around
"Yondu?! You're here?"
"Thrusters are out." Yondu said pressing some buttons and Peter ran and took a seat next to him, Sylvia behind her father while Anthea behind her ex-boyfriend.
"Guess I should be glad I was a skinny kid. Otherwise, you'd have delivered me to this maniac" Peter began and Anthea saw the sadness in Yondu's eyes as he shook his head
"Once I figured out what happened to them other kids… Once I saw Carina's papers and research..I wasn't just gonna hand you over." He said as Peter stopped for a moment. It was Sylvia's mother who saved his life in the end with Sylvia and Yondu looking after him. They were his family.
"You said you were gonna eat me!" Peter said as Yondu gave him a look before shaking his head "I always told that to Sylvia when she was small! She laughed.. I was trying to be funny!"
"Not to me!" Peter cried as Anthea softly patted him on the back while Sylvia couldn't help but chuckle "Mother would always tell me that if I misbehaved she would throw me into the milky way."
"You people have issues." Rocket said looking up, pressing his own buttons as Peter frowned "Of course I have issues!" Peter said as they saw Ego's avatar forming once again, looking horrible as it was bones and a bit of skin screaming at them
"That's my freaking father!" Peter shouted. Anthea shook her head "I'm glad my mother and father are just King and Queen, they're not gods or killers.. That hopefully they have a happy marriage"
"Thrusters are back up." Peter said as the ship roared to life and suddenly Peter piloted the ship towards Ego, smashing into the avatar before crashing through the window and going down. Sylvia grabbed on to Yondu's chair and held on while Anthea held on to Peter's waist. Peter started blushing, even if they weren't together.. She still wanted to hold on to him if something happened.
"Aren't we suppose to be going up?" Yondu asked while Sylvia shook her head "We can't Dad.."
"Ego wants to eradicate the universe as we know it. We have to kill him. Anthea! Rocket!"
"Got it" Rocket muttered while getting the lasers ready to shoot at the ground once they made it. Anthea went towards the front of the ship and in front of Peter and quickly touched the ship, a golden force field going around as soon the lasers hit the ground, creating a tunnel for their ship to go through while Anthea was protecting them from any rocks falling on them
"Woo-Hoo!" Peter cheered and Anthea looked back at him, Peter gave her a soft smile and winked at her. Anthea blushed now and she looked back at the front
"So, we're saving the galaxy again?" Rocket called from below and it was Sylvia who answered "Yes we are!"
"Awesome! We're really gonna be able to jack up our prices if we're two-time galaxy savers." Rocket said as he piloting the lasers to shoot where they were suppose to which caused Peter to sigh "I seriously can't believe that's where your mind goes."
"Rocket.. We're suppose to be good people, no matter if it's for free or not" Anthea scolded him and Rocket frowned and spoke to Peter
"It was just a random thought, man. I thought we were friends. Of course, I care about the planets, and the buildings… and all the animals on the planets." He said which caused Sylvia to laugh loudly and Peter groaned "And the people"
"Meh" He said which caused a reaction from Sylvia and Anthea as they were chuckling. Of course Rocket had to be himself.
"The crabby puppy is so cute. He makes me wanna die!" They heard Mantis calling from below.
"You're okay Anthea?" Peter said towards Anthea. Anthea frowned at the fact that he didn't call her beautiful.. But then she remembered they weren't together anymore
"I'm good Peter.. We just need to get to the core"
"Got it.. Just wondering if you were okay"
"What's up with you two?" Yondu asked and it was Sylvia who answered "They're no longer together.."
"What?! Really? Oh hell, what did you do boy?" Yondu asked and Peter's eyes widen "It wasn't only me!" He said as Anthea narrowed her eyes and looked back to glare at him
"Oh yes. It was all totally me" Anthea said dryly and Peter's eyes widen "I didn't keep secrets from you!" He said as Anthea sighed "I didn't kiss my ex-girlfriend and didn't believe my current girlfriend when she said this place was weird"
"Oh, you two need to talk it out and then have an intense make-up sex after it.. It worked with your mother" Yondu said looking at Sylvia. Anthea, Sylvia and Peter made disgusted faces as Anthea groaned "Seriously Uncle Yondu? We don't need to know all of that" She said as Yondu's eyes lit up once noticing that Anthea called him Uncle"
"Little Princess, if your aunt was here now.. She would probably be crying for joy, you two girls are together at last.. You're our future" Yondu said which caused Sylvia to smile softly and held her father's hand while Anthea chuckled "We just gotta win this space-battle and then we can talk about our reunion" She said and soon they were at the core of the planet. It was dark, with Ego's energy glowing
"His energy is so dark.. Cold" Anthea noted as Peter looked up at Anthea and gave her a small smile "I prefer using your energy more than his." He said as Anthea chuckled "Well you can use it anytime buddy" She laughed which caused him to smile.
"Tell me why Ego wants you here?" Yondu said suddenly. Peter was quiet for a moment until he spoke "He needs my genetic connection to the light… to help destroy the universe. He tried to teach me how to control the power" Peter said and Sylvia narrowed her eyes
"Yeah.. You're shitty at it, leave Anthea that job and you stick to being pretty boy with space guns"
Yondu laughed at his daughter's words and looked at Peter "So, could you?" He asked as Peter shrugged "At little, I made a ball"
"A ball? Anthea could probably make a ball the size of Xander" Sylvia said and Peter groaned "I thought as hard as I could. It was all that I could come up with."
"You "thought"? You think when I make this arrow fly, I use my head? You think Anthea just thinks and her power comes out strong?" He questioned.
Peter sighed and thought about it for a moment before speaking to Rocket "That Core is thick, Rocket" He said as Rocket nodded "On it" and all of a sudden the lasers aimed at the core, trying to break down the strong stones and it seemed to be working until they heard a small voice on the com
"Captain?" Kraglin called, Sylvia smiled brightly "Hey Kraglin! Long time no speak" She said as Kraglin laughed nervously "Hey Sylvia, how you've been?"
"You two, not now!" Yondu snapped and he sighed softly "What is it, Kraglin?"
"Hey, remember that Ayesha chick?" Kraglin asked as Yondu's eyebrows furrowed together "Yes.. Why?"
"Um.." Kraglin muttered and Anthea saw it at the corner of her eyes and saw some ships flying towards them "Oh my stars" She muttered as Sylvia started cursing
"Oh Hell!" Yondu said as suddenly with the wheel, he made the ship turn the other way from Ayehsa's ships and a couple of her ships hit the Guardians' ship and it titled, causing Drax, Gamora and Mantis to fall and land on the ground
"Gamora!" Sylvia shouted and Yondu looked back "We'll come back for her later, we need to get rid of Ayesha and her ships" He said and suddenly Anthea went down the stairs "Beautiful! Where are you going?!" Peter shouted to which Anthea didn't answer him which caused him to curse and follow her down the stairs. He saw Anthea at the edge of the ship that was broken off, her eyes glowing golden as she blasting a couple of ships, blowing them up
"You scared me" He muttered before looking at Rocket "Why aren't you firing the lasers?" He questioned while Rocket got out of his seat and started running towards Anthea and Peter and dug into his bag
"They blew out the generator. I think I packed a small detonator." He said before taking the small item out of his back and Nebula came behind them and sighed softly "A detonator is worthless without explosives." She pointed out and Rocket got three batteries out of his bag and held them out
"Of course you still got those" She laughed which caused Rocket to chuckle "Of course Princess"
"Is that thing strong enough to kill Ego?" Peter asked and Rocket shrugged "If it is, it'll cause a chain reaction… throughout his entire nervous system." He said as Anthea grabbed a space-suit and placed it on herself as Rocket was strapping the batteries to the detonator
"Groot, come on.. We're having an adventure!" Anthea called for Groot who squealed out of happiness and climbed on Anthea, sitting on her shoulder
"Hold on buddy" She whispered and he looked at her with big eyes "I am Groot?"
"Yup, we're flying" She said as he bounced a bit and Peter looked over at Rocket "How long do we have and will it work?"
"The entire planet will explode. We'll have to get out of here fast. I rigged a timer." He said. Peter nodded and with a touch to his ear, his mask came on and he looked over at Anthea "Ready Beautiful?"
"Always will be" She said as Peter grinned "Go!"
Rocket, Anthea and Peter ran to the edge and jumped, Anthea's eyes glowed as she used her powers to fly and dodge some lasers that were being shot at. She felt Groot holding on to her neck as he was squealing with joy.
She saw a ship aiming at Peter and she quickly threw a punch which caused a large amount of energy to fly and blast the ship "Thanks Anthea!" Peter called
They landed in a small entrance near the core. They didn't land properly as she rolled on the ground and suddenly she was on someone. She opened her eyes to find herself on Peter.
She couldn't help but blush when his legs were around her waist, her hands on his chest with his hands wrapped around her sides "Well hello there" Peter said as Rocket groaned
"Alright you former love birds, we need to get this done" He said. Anthea sighed and got up, her hand sticking out which Peter took and she helped him up but once she tried letting him go, he didn't and they were holding hands for a while.
"The metal's too thick. For the bomb to work, we'd actually need to place it on Ego's core. And our fat butts ain't gonna fit through those tiny holes" Rocket sighed, Anthea looked over at the tiny entrance and was thinking about blasting the entrance with her powers to see if she could melt through the metal.
"Well.." Peter said and Anthea said he was looking at Groot who was sitting on her shoulders, rubbing his face into her neck. Clearly happy that he could save the world.
"Oh no" Anthea said, yanking her hand away from Peter and she stepped back "You're not letting him go in there with a bomb on his own"
"Beautiful.. It's the only way" Peter pleaded "We need to make sure Ego is dead so he won't hurt anyone else" He said. Anthea looked down at Groot and she sighed "You ready buddy?" She whispered, the baby tree nodded and she bent down for Groot to jump on Rocket's shoulder "Rocket, make sure he doesn't do anything stupid" She said which caused the Raccoon to groan as he walked off
"Unbelievable. "Rocket, do this. Rocket, do that."
"What a day.." Peter said and Anthea gave him a look "Let's just get this over with."
"Anthea.." He whispered and she looked up to see his helmet wasn't on no more and he stepped forward to her "I was thinking that we can.. Talk after this" He said taking her hands. She sighed and looked up "We'll talk.. Just don't die on me okay?" She asked as he smiled brightly "Don't leave me either okay?"
"Deal" She said as they both jumped, Anthea flying into the air and blasting some ships while Peter was shooting.
"Go check on Yondu, Sylvia and Nebula.. I'll go find Mantis, Drax and Gamora"
"Got it!" Peter said while Anthea landed next to Gamora who looked over at the Inhuman Princess "How's Sylvia?" Gamora asked and Anthea smiled softly "Still sarcastic as ever"
Anthea looked over at Mantis who was keeping Ego asleep "Are you okay?" Anthea called towards Mantis who was breathing hard "I just don't know how long I can hold him"
"You can do it Mantis!" Drax encouraged as Anthea clapped her hands together and nodded "You can keep him down until Groot gets the bomb on him.. We believe in you" She said.
"Rear thrusters are out again! We're done for without that generator!" Yondu said while Sylvia was behind his seat, hugging him tight while Nebula was sitting next to him
"We gotta think quickly" Sylvia said as Nebula huffed while she opened her metal arm "I'm doing this because you seem like a good fit for my sister" Nebula said and Yondu grabbed a cable and placed in front of Nebula who plugged it inside her arm
"Guardians… perhaps it will provide you solace… that your deaths are not without purpose. They will serve as a warning… to all of those tempted with betraying us. Don't screw with the Sovereign." Ayesha's voice echoed through their ship and Sylvia looked over at her father "Ready when you are dad"
"This is gonna hurt" Yondu said while Nebula smirked "Promises Promises" She said and Yondu turned on the generator and suddenly the ship roared to life as Nebula was screaming from the energy that was being taken from her. Sylvia hid behind her father's chair as he started turning the wheel causing the ship to spin around, taking out the Sovereign ships until there were no more
"We did it!" Sylva cheered and kissed Yondu's cheek but some of the ship was damaged in return and they saw Peter flying into the ship.
"We're gonna blow!" Peter shouted once he saw a piece of metal that was leaking gasoline flew into the ship and near a piece of the ship that was on fire
"Dad!" Sylvia said as Yondu's instincts kicked in as both of his children were in the ship and he quickly whistled for his arrow.
Anthea looked at the scene before her and watched in horror as the ship had blown up
"Sylvia!" Gamora called while Anthea felt her knees were weak and she had fallen to them.
Peter was gone.
Anthea couldn't believe it, she felt like her heart was literally hurting.. Like it broke. She felt like a part of her just died.
They didn't get a chance to talk.. She never got to tell him about how she felt.. How much he meant to her, how he was literally her life line.
To live a life without Peter.. It was like struggling to breath.
The smoke cleared and parts of the ship were falling along with the Sovereign's ships. She saw Nebula made it as she landed on the ground. Gamora and Anthea looking at her for a moment with sadness in their eyes until Nebula looked up which caused the two women to look up and Anthea couldn't believe it.
Yondu saved them.
Yondu was hanging on to his arrow, flying down and a couple of inches below him was Peter with an aero rig holding on to Sylvia who was hanging on tight.
Anthea got up from the floor and smiled brightly as Peter looked down at her with a wink before looking up at Yondu and chuckling
"What?"
"You look like Mary Poppins." He simply said and Sylvia was confused for a moment before remembering who Mary Poppins was since Peter told her.
"Is he cool?"
"Hell yeah he's cool"
"Isn't Mary Poppins a g-"
"I'M MARY POPPINS, Y'ALL!" Yondu suddenly shouted which caused Peter and Sylvia to chuckle.
Soon they landed, Gamora walking to Sylvia who met her half way as they looked at each other and smiled.
Anthea started running towards Peter who was rushing to her. She didn't let him speak as she crashed her lips into his. His eyes were open with shock until he closed them and kissed as passionately as she was. Wrapping his arms around her waist and brought her closer to him.
Anthea wrapped her arms around his neck and brought him in closer. She was so happy that he was alive.. That she didn't lose him. She thought she lost the man she loves so much..
Love..?
Yes, Anthea loved Peter with everything she had. She couldn't deny those feelings anymore, she was deeply in love with Peter Jason Quill.
They kissed as there were explosions around them going off. He broke the kiss and he leaned his forehead on hers' "Wow.. That was a good talk"
"Oh shut up, you goof" Anthea laughed and they looked at the scene around them. Yondu, Nebula, Sylvia and Gamora on one side while Rocket and Drax at the other. Peter having his arm wrapped around Anthea's waist while Mantis was in front of them, holding Ego off.
This was it.. They were the Guardians of the Galaxy. Saving the Galaxy once again.
Author's Note: 3 more chapters left in the main story with 3-4 for post credit chapters! So Anthea can't deny she's in love with Peter, now we must wait for Peter to admit his feelings. The ending of this story is a good one, it's a good set up for I.W too with also hints of the Thor Story. After this story, there's two special announcements and then I will be going back to writing the Civil War story and Doctor Strange and once those are done. I'm starting the X-Men story once again and sometime in 2018 we will have the Black Panther and Thor story!