I apologized for the long wait. I was going through mourning. One of my dogs passed away three days ago, and I was mourning over this loss. I had him for 17 years and I miss him dearly since I grew up with him. Hard for me to cope this loss as my family, my other dog and I go through this sad and depressing time. :(
Anyway, I'm back. I feel a little bit better, still sad, but a little bit better and I will continue resuming fanfic operations. Now replies to my awesome reviewers and DPxMCU fans.
GhostWriterGilr-1: Thank you, and did mention that in the chapter. :)
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KuriMaster13: Okay, once thing I would disagree with Rocket is that he just made the GOTG get new enemies.
Here's chapter 4 everybody.
Chapter 4: Not From Missouri.
Peter, Gamora, Rocket, Drax, Daranak, Salzer and Nebula gathered outside the destroyed Milano after Peter and Rocket crash land the M-ship after taking damage from a space battle with the Sovereign. Gamora is upset about the Milano's condition.
"Look at this! Where is the other half of our ship?" Gamora asked.
"My ship." Peter corrected.
"Either one of you could have gotten us through that field had you flown with what's between your ears instead of what's between your legs!" Gamora shouted.
"If what's between my legs had a hand on it, I guarantee I could have landed this ship with it." Peter said.
"Peter!" Salzer growled.
"Peter, we almost died because of your arrogance." Gamora said.
"More like because he stole the Anulax batteries!" Peter said, blaming Rocket.
"They're called Harbulary batteries." Drax said.
"No, they're not!" Peter said.
"Peter's right. Rocket, you cause this ordeal in the first place." Daranak said.
"Thank you, Daranak." Peter said.
"Do you know why I did it, Star-Munch?" Rocket asked.
"I'm not gonna answer to 'Star-Munch'." Peter said.
"I did it because I wanted to!" Rocket said.
"Dick." Peter muttered.
"That's a pathetic excuse, Rocket." Salzer said.
"What are we even talking about this for? We just had a little man save us by blowing up 50 ships!" Rocket said, remembering the mysterious spacecraft and the mysterious man near the jump point.
"How little?" Drax asked.
"Well, I don't know, like this?" Rocket said sizing the man with his fingers.
"A little one-inch man saved us?" Gamora asked, not believing Rocket.
"And one that can blow up 50 ships?" Salzer asked.
"Well, if he got closer, I'm sure he would be much larger." Rocket said.
"That's how eyesight works, you stupid raccoon." Peter said.
"Don't call me a raccoon!" Rocket yelled in offense.
"I'm sorry. I took it too far. I meant trash panda." Peter said.
"Is that better?" Rocket asked the others.
"I don't know." Drax said.
"Don't look at me, I don't know any thing about Earth language talk." Daranak said.
"It's worse. It's so much worse." Peter said.
"You son of a..." Rocket said as he charged to attack Peter.
"Hey!" Peter said, evading Rocket.
"I've had it with you!" Rocket said.
"No! Back up!" Peter said.
While Peter and Rocket bicker at each other, Nebula noticed the same mysterious white spacecraft that Rocket noticed earlier heading towards the group.
"Someone followed you through the jump point." Nebula warned.
Everyone then stop and grabbed their weapons while Daranak and Salzer changed into their ghost forms and their fists glowed yellow as they see the spacecraft while Baby Groot came out of the Milano. Nebula couldn't do anything as she was still handcuffed.
"Set me free, you'll need my help." Nebula said.
"I'm not a fool, Nebula." Gamora said.
"You are a fool if you deprive yourself a hand in combat." Nebula countered.
"You'll attack me the moment I let you go." Gamora said.
"No, I won't." Nebula lied.
"You'd think an evil supervillain would learn how to properly lie." Peter said.
"I have to agree with you, Peter." Salzer said.
"I wonder who's in that spacecraft." Daranak said.
"I bet it's the one-inch man." Drax said.
The Guardians and Nebula watched as the odd looking spaceship landed softly on the ground before one of the yellow windows opened to reveal two figures. One is a half insectoid-humaniod woman with antennas on her head. The other was a old human-like man with messy gray hair and a beard. The Guardians and Nebula look at the two, not knowing who they are or what they want as the old man looks at Peter.
"After all these years, I've found you." the man said to Peter.
"And who the hell are you?" Peter asked.
"I figured my rugged good looks would make that obvious. My name is Ego, and I'm your dad, Peter." Ego said, revealing to be the same man that dated Meredith Quill back at Earth and Peter's father.
Peter couldn't believe what he just heard as he is staring at his own biological father!
Meanwhile, on the cold and icy planet Contraxia, Yondu Udonta and his Ravager clan went to a brothel called the Iron Lotus, to relax. Yondu got dressed from his room as he watched all of the other Ravagers outside have fun. As Yondu went outside, he saw the Ravager Captain Stakar Ogord. Stakar Ogord is a legendary Ravager captain and the leader of the Stakar Ravager Clan. Many years ago, Stakar saved Yondu from a life of slavery from the Kree Empire and welcomed him to the Ravagers, but he was later forced to exile Yondu. Yondu immediately approached Stakar.
"Stakar." Yondu called.
Stakar noticed Yondu and look at him in disgust that he's even here. Yondu patted his chest before bowing.
"It's been some time." Yondu said.
"It seems like this establishment is the wrong kind of disreputable." Stakar said before he walked away from Yondu in utter disgust at seeing him again.
As Stakar was leaving, he was being approached by the brothel's owner Sneeper Madame while Yondu looks on.
"Stakar!" Yondu called.
"There's a hundred Ravager factions. You lost the business of 99 of them by serving one." Stakar informed Sneeper Madame.
"Please, sir. Please!" Sneeper Madame begged.
"Get away from me." Stakar said, pushing the madame away from him.
Yondu then got angry at Stakar before smashing a drink in anger.
"You can go to hell then! I don't give a damn what you think of me!" Yondu said, chasing Stakar to argue.
"So what are you following us for?" Stakar asked before going to confront Yondu.
"Because you're gonna listen to what I gotta say!" Yondu said.
"I don't gotta listen to nothing! You betrayed the code! Ravagers don't deal in kids." Stakar said, remembering why he exiled Yondu.
"I told you before! I didn't know what was going on!" Yondu said in his defense.
"You didn't know because you didn't want to know because it made you rich." Stakar said.
"I demand a seat at the table! I wear these flames, same as you." Yondu said, showing the Ravager symbol on his jacket.
"You may dress like us, but you'll never hear the Horns of Freedom when you die, Yondu. And the Colors of Ogord will never flash over your grave." Stakar said before grabbing Yondu by the shoulders. "If you think I take pleasure in exiling you, you're wrong. You broke all our hearts." Stakar said before he and his clan leaves.
Yondu's clan watched the argument between Yondu and Stakar, including Kraglin, Tullk, and a Stark male name Taserface. Taserface is planning a mutiny against Yondu, believing that Yondu is becoming soft, hence Stakar getting the last word in the argument.
"Pathetic. First, Quill betrays us and Yondu just lets him go scot-free. We followed him because he was the one who wasn't afraid to do what needed to be done. Seems he's goin' soft." Taserface said.
"If he's so soft, why are you whispering for?" Kraglin asked.
"You know I'm right, Kraglin." Taserface replied.
"You best be very careful what you say about our captain." Tullk said.
Suddenly the group heard some asked "Who the hell is that?". Everyone turn to see the High Priestess Ayesha and her Sovereign people on Contraxia and approaching Yondu. Yondu look at Ayesha as she was walking slowly towards him as her loyalists was moving a carpet until it got stuck. After a few seconds, she proceed to walk again before stopping in front of Yondu.
"Yondu Udonta. I have a proposition for you." Ayesha said.
Back at Berhert, now dark outside, the Guardians, Nebula, the insectiod-humaniod woman and Ego gathered around a campfire as Ego explain to Peter on how he has been trying to track him.
"I hired Yondu to pick you up when your mother passed away. But instead of returning you, Yondu kept you. I have no clue as to why." Ego said.
"Well, I'll tell you why. Because I was a skinny little kid who could squeeze into places adults couldn't. It made it easier for thievin'." Peter said.
"Well, I've been trying to track you down ever since." Ego said.
"I thought Yondu was your father." Drax said.
"What? We've been together this whole time and you thought Yondu was my actual blood relative?" Peter asked.
"You look exactly alike." Drax said.
"One's blue!" Rocket said.
"Seriously, you can't compare Peter with Yondu!" Daranak said.
"And if Yondu was Peter's father, Peter would have blue skin." Salzer said.
"No, he's not my father! Yondu was the guy who abducted me, kicked the crap out of me so I could learn to fight and kept me in terror by threatening to eat me." Peter said.
"Eat you?" Ego asked, not believing what he just heard.
"Yeah." Peter replied.
"That son of a bitch." Ego said.
"How'd you locate us now?" Gamora asked.
"Yeah, it's kinda odd for you to show up suddenly." Salzer said.
"Even where I reside, out past the edge of what's known, we've heard tell about the man they called Star-Lord. What say we head out there right now?" Ego said as he got on his feet. "Your associates are welcome. Even that triangle-faced monkey there. I promise you, it's unlike any other place you've ever seen. And there, I can explain your very special heritage. Finally get to be the father I've always wanted to be. Excuse me. I've gotta take a whiz." Ego said before leaving to do his business.
"What are you thinking, Peter?" Salzer asked.
"I'm not buying it." Peter said.
"Let's go take a walk." Gamora said.
As Peter and Gamora takes a walk, Ego doing his business and Daranak, Salzer, Rocket and Nebula continue to eat, the woman who was with Ego looks at Drax.
"I am Mantis." Mantis greeted herself before smiling at Drax.
"What are you doing?" Drax asked, uncomfortable with Mantis smiling at him for a few seconds.
"Smiling. I hear it is the thing you do to make people like you." Mantis replied.
"Not if you do it like that." Drax said.
"Oh, I was raised alone on Ego's planet. I do not understand the intricacies of social interaction." Mantis said before looking at Rocket licking his arm. "Can I pet your puppy? It is adorable."
"Yes." Drax said.
Mantis proceed to pet Rocket and as soon as she touch his head, Rocket tried to bite Mantis' hand, scaring her. Drax laughed at this.
"That is called a practical joke!" Drax laughed.
"That was mean!" Salzer said with a frown.
However, Mantis laughed with Drax, making Daranak and Salzer look at each other, weird out by her behavior.
"I liked it very much." Mantis laughed.
"I just made it up!" Drax laughed as Nebula rolled her eyes in annoyance.
"Salzer, I need to talk to you." Daranak said as he gets up and walk into the forest.
"We'll be right back." Salzer said.
Daranak and Salzer walked into the woods where the others won't be able to hear them.
"I don't like this, sis." Daranak said.
"Me too, bro. Everything that happen today seems weird." Salzer said.
"Yeah, I mean, Peter's biological father showing up all of the sudden? It doesn't make sense. I'm not even buying his story either." Daranak said.
"Me too. What should we do?" Salzer asked.
"Well, whatever happens tomorrow, we should keep an close eye on Ego." Daranak said.
"What about that Mantis girl?" Salzer asked.
"I don't know. She said she hasn't interact with anyone in her life. She doesn't seem to pose any threat." Daranak asked.
"Well, what ever happens, I hope this doesn't put us in a trap. We'll just have to keep a close eye on them, especially Ego." Salzer said.
"And we still have to get Nebula to Xandar and fix the Milano." Daranak said.
"Well, we should head back. The others will wonder what we are doing." Salzer said.
Meanwhile, at another part of the woods, Peter was walking with Gamora, explaining that he doesn't believe Ego's story.
"Give me a break! After all this time, you're gonna show up, and all of a sudden, you wanna be my dad?" Peter said.
"I hear you." Gamora said.
"And by the way, this could be a trap. Okay. The Kree purists, the Ravagers, Daranak and Salzer's ghost enemies, they all want us dead." Peter said.
"I know, but..." Gamora started.
"But what?" Peter asked.
"What was that story you told me about Zardu Hasselfrau?" Gamora asked.
"Who?" Peter asked, confused on the name Gamora provided.
"He owned a magic boat?" Gamora said, making Peter realized who Gamora is talking about.
"David Hasselholf?" Peter asked.
"Right." Gamora said.
"Not a magic boat. A talking car." Peter corrected.
"Why did he talk again?" Gamora asked.
"To help him fight crime, and to be supportive." Peter replied.
"As a child, you would carry his picture in your pocket and you would tell all the other children that he was your father, but that he was out of town." Gamora said.
"Shooting Knight Rider or touring with his band in Germany. I told you when I was drunk. Why are you bringing that up now?" Peter asked.
"I love that story." Gamora said.
"I hate that story. It's so sad! As a kid, I used to see all the other kids off playing catch with their dad. And I wanted that, more than anything in the world!" Peter said.
"That's my point, Peter. What if this man is your Hasselholf?" Gamora asked. "Listen, if he ends up being evil, we will just kill him." Gamora said as she grabs Peter's hands. The two noticed this and Gamora let's go and looks at him in silence.
The next day, Peter, Gamora, Drax, and Salzer are preparing to leave Berhert with Ego and Mantis, while Rocket, Baby Groot and Daranak stays behind with Nebula to repair the Milano. Nebula definitely doesn't like the idea of staying with Rocket and Daranak.
"You're leaving me with that fox?" Nebula asked in anger.
"He's not a fox." Gamora said.
"And you have a half ghost." Daranak said.
"Shoot her if she does anything suspicious or if you feel like it." Gamora said as she grabs her luggage.
"Okay." Rocket said.
"Don't worry. We'll keep an eye on her." Daranak said.
Gamora then level with a sadden Baby Groot.
"Hey. It'll be just a couple of days. We'll be back before Rocket and Daranak's finished fixing the ship." Gamora said.
Salzer carry her luggage before approaching Daranak.
"You sure you'll be fine with me leaving with them while you stay here?" Salzer asked.
"Don't worry, Salzer. I'll be fine." Daranak said before looking at the others then back. "Just keep an eye on Peter's father. I don't trust him."
"Don't worry, should anything happen, I'll convince the others and we'll try to contact you and Rocket." Salzer said.
Daranak and Salzer hugged each other before Salzer levels down with Groot.
"Hey. Don't worry, we'll be back before you know it." Salzer said in a motherly tone before leaving with her luggage.
"What if the Sovereign come?" Drax asked with concern.
"There's no way for them to know we're here. Let's go." Peter said.
"I'm uncertain about parting ways." Drax said.
"God, you're like a old woman." Peter said.
"Because I'm wise?" Drax asked.
"Why do you have so much luggage?" Gamora asked about Drax's luggage.
"I don't want Groot playing with my things." Drax replied.
Peter looks at Rocket, who was repairing the Milano.
"I hope Daddy isn't as big of a dick as you, orphan boy." Rocket said, making Peter roll his eyes in annoyance.
"Dang, Rocket." Daranak said.
"What is your goal here? To get everybody to hate you? Because it's working." Peter said.
Peter, Gamora, Drax and Salzer joins up with Ego and Mantis before they boarded Ego's ship and are off to Ego's planet. Peter watches as Mantis use her Sleep Inducement powers to put Ego to sleep. Peter then looks at a picture of David Hasselholf. Minutes later, as everyone settles in for the ride to Ego's planet, Peter, Drax and Salzer took the time to have a conversation with Mantis.
"Hey, can I ask you a personal question?" Peter asked.
"No one has ever asked me a personal question." Mantis said.
"Your antennae, what are they for?" Peter asked, asking about the antennas on Mantis' forehead.
"Yeah, I'm curious about those." Salzer said.
"Their purpose?" Mantis asked.
"Yes. Quill and I have a bet." Drax said.
"Dude. You're not supposed to say that!" Peter said as Gamora joins in on the group.
"I say if you are about to go through a doorway that is too low, your antennae will feel this, and keep you from being decapitated." Drax explained.
"Right. And if it's anything other than you specifically not being decapitated by a doorway, I win." Peter said.
"They are not for feeling doorways." Mantis said, making Drax groan that he lost the bet.
"So, what are they really for, Mantis?" Salzer asked.
"I think they have something to do with my empathic abilities." Mantis said.
"What are those?" Gamora asked.
"If I touch someone, I can feel their feelings." Mantis replied.
"You read minds?" Peter asked.
"No. Telepaths know thoughts. Empaths feel feelings. Emotions." Mantis said.
"Telepathy and Empathy are very different than one another, Peter." Salzer said.
"May I?" Mantis asked Peter to show her empathic abilities on him.
"All right." Peter said as he offers his hand.
Mantis touch Peter's hand and her antennas glowed as she felt Peter's emotions.
"You feel love." Mantis said with a smile.
"Yeah. I guess I feel a general, unselfish love for just about everybody." Peter said.
"No! Romantic, sexual love." Mantis corrected.
"No, no I don't." Peter said.
"For her!" Mantis said, pointing at Gamora, which surprises her and Salzer to spit out her drink as she couldn't believe what she just heard about Peter's feelings for Gamora.
"No! That is not..." Peter said.
Drax burst out in laughter and pointed at a embarrassed Peter.
"She just told everyone your deepest, darkest secret!" Drax laughed.
"Dude, come on, I think you're overreacting a little bit!" Peter said in embarrassment.
"You must be so embarrassed!" Drax laughed.
"Wow, Peter, you won't live this one down." Salzer said, trying to hold her laughter.
"Do me! Do me! Do me!" Drax said in excitement.
Mantis touched Drax and immediately laughed with him.
"I have never felt such humor!" Mantis laughed as she joins Drax in laughing and pointing at Peter.
"So unbelievably uncool." Peter muttered while Gamora was still startled by the revelation.
Mantis was about to do the same to Gamora, but she grabbed her arm.
"Touch me, and the only thing you're gonna feel is a broken jaw." Gamora threatened.
"That was harsh. Try me, Mantis." Salzer said.
Mantis then touch Salzer to feel her feelings.
"You feel lonely." Mantis said.
"Lonely?" Salzer asked.
"You want to find a man who will like you for who you are and find you attractive, both your Xandarian and ghost forms. You're lonely cause no man has a love interest in you." Mantis said.
"Oh. Well, hopefully I'll find my love interest someday." Salzer said. "Anyway, do you have other abilities?"
"I can also alter emotions to some extent." Mantis said.
"Yeah, like what?" Peter asked.
"If I touch someone who is sad, I can ease them into contentment for a short while. I can make a stubborn person compliant. But I mostly use it to help my master sleep. He lies awake at night thinking about his progeny." Mantis replied.
"Do one of those on me." Drax said.
Mantis touched Drax's forehead and her antennas glowed.
"Sleep." Mantis ordered.
At that moment, Drax fell into a deep sleep.
"Impressive, you should do that to Daranak. He definitely need a deep sleep." Salzer said.
And that's the end of this chapter. Seems that Daranak and Salzer doesn't trust Ego either and got that strong sibling bond like Danny, Dani and Jazz back at Earth. Anyway, what will happen when Rocket, Baby Groot and Daranak gets attacked by Yondu's Ravager clan and the mutiny by Taserface? Find out next time in the next chapter. Please review.