mikaela2015: Thank you. Some father, huh?
KuriMaster13: Thanks.
GhostWriterGirl-1: Thank you. I couldn't believe it either, poor Peter.
Well, here it is, the final battle, the chapter you've all been waiting for. Here's chapter 11 everybody.
Chapter 11: Battle on Ego's Planet.
Back at Ego's palace, Gamora is finally receiving a signal from Rocket and Daranak on her transmitter.
"Finally! Rocket? Daranak?" Gamora called.
"Keep that transmitter nearby, so I can find you. We're in an old piece of construction equipment Yondu once used to slice open the Bank of A'askavaria." Rocket said.
"Ego's unhinged." Gamora warned.
"I know. Get ready." Rocket said.
"Daranak, you there?" Salzer asked.
"I'm here, Salzer. Listen, whatever you and the others do, don't attack Ego until we get there. We got a surprise for him." Daranak said.
"Okay, whatever you say, Daranak." Salzer said.
At the Quadant, Yondu, Rocket, Baby Groot and Daranak are boarding a smaller craft called the Laser Drill while Kraglin stays at the Quadant to help with the release.
"Drop her, Kraglin." Yondu said.
Kraglin drops the Laser Drill and Yondu pilots it towards Ego, who's face is on his planetary form.
"We're on our way towards the surface. We'll be there in a few minutes." Daranak said.
Back at the showcase room, Ego stares at Peter before he grabs Peter's Walkman.
"No." Peter said weakly.
Ego press the play button and listen to the song as a tear ran down from Peter's eye.
"My life, my love. My lady is the sea." Ego said before looking at Peter. "Peter, this is the sea."
Ego proceed to crush Peter's Walkman and the tape in it. Ego began to draw power from Peter, blinding the other Guardians outside. Ego then use the power to activate his core in order to activate the seedlings which he had planted on other planets across the galaxy.
At Earth, the seedling that Ego planted at the woods behind the Diary Queen ice cream shop where he showed Meredith back in 1980 gets activated and starts to terraform, swallowing buildings, including the Diary Queen, and nearby people, causing panic and chaos.
Back at Ego's planet, as Ego uses his and Peter's Celestial power to start his Expansion, the other Guardians arrived and just before Ego can react, the Laser Drill crashed through the wall.
"Hey, there, jackass!" Yondu hollered before crushing Ego with the Laser Drill, saving Peter.
At Earth, the terraforming stops as people looks with fear and horror.
"What is that thing?" one panic man asked.
Back at Ego's planet, Salzer, Drax, Mantis and Nebula run towards the Laser Drill as they see Baby Groot greeting them.
"Out of the way, dumber, smaller Groot!" Drax said before boarding and being punch by Baby Groot, but no effect.
Mantis, Nebula and Salzer board the Laser Drill before Salzer sees Daranak.
"Daranak!" Salzer said.
"Salzer!" Daranak said.
The two half Xandarian-half ghost twin siblings hugged each other before looking at each other.
"Miss me?" Daranak asked.
"You bet." Salzer said.
"Well, we can say that the twin sibling team known as the Nova Twins are back." Daranak said.
"Like the sound of that." Salzer said.
Meanwhile, Gamora ran to Peter and picked him up to get him to the Laser Drill.
"I told you something didn't feel right." Gamora said.
"'I told you so'. Just what I need to hear right now." Peter said.
"Well, I came back, didn't I?" Gamora said as a piece of roof fell down from behind.
"Because there's a unspoken thing." Peter said.
"There is no unspoken thing." Gamora said.
Back in the Laser Drill, Drax was upset by Rocket's flying of the drill.
"What are you doing? You could've killed us all!" Drax said.
"'Thank you, Rocket'." Rocket said.
"'And Daranak'." Daranak said.
"Really, bro?" Salzer asked.
"We had it under control." Drax said.
"Yeah right." Daranak said, which Salzer scoffed.
"He did is only an extension of his true self. He will be back soon." Mantis said as Peter and Gamora boarded.
"What's Smurfette doing here?" Peter asked upon seeing Nebula.
"Whatever I need to do to get a damn ride home." Nebula said.
"It's a long story, Peter." Daranak said.
"She tried to murder Daranak and me!" Rocket said.
"I saved you, you stupid fox!" Nebula said.
"He's not a fox." Gamora corrected.
"I am Groot." Baby Groot said.
"I'm not a raboon, either." Rocket said.
"I am Groot." Baby Groot said.
"'Raccoon'. Whatever." Rocket said.
Ego's light tentacles suddenly appear from the floor, which everyone noticed.
"How do we kill a Celestial?" Drax asked.
"There's a center to him. His brain, his soul, whatever it is... Some sort of protective shell." Peter said.
"It's in the caverns below the surface." Mantis informed.
The tentacles gets a hold of the Laser Drill as Peter climbs to the cockpit and sees Yondu.
"Yondu?" Peter asked, surprised to see Yondu helping.
Yondu tried to steer the drill out of the palace, but the tentacles hold it down, making everyone else lose balance and the craft's thrusters to go offline.
"Thrusters are out." Yondu said.
"Guess I should be glad I was a skinny kid. Otherwise, you'd have delivered me to this maniac." Peter said as he tries to get the thrusters back online.
"You still reckon that's the reason I kept you around, you idiot?" Yondu asked.
"That's what you told me, you old doofus." Peter said.
"Well, once I figured out what happened to them other kids, I wasn't just gonna hand you over." Yondu said.
"You said you were gonna eat me." Peter countered.
"That was being funny!" Yondu said.
"Not to me!" Peter argued.
"You people have issues." Rocket said.
"Of course I have issues." Peter said before seeing Ego's light humanoid body reemerging and screaming, which freaked him out. "That's my freakin' father!" Peter said before getting the thrusters online. "Thrusters are back up."
Peter then pilots the Laser Drill through Ego before flying out the palace, but instead of flying up, he flies down towards the ground, making everyone else hang on.
"We should be going up!" Yondu said.
"We can't! Ego wants to eradicate the universe as we know it. We have to kill him. Rocket!" Peter said.
"Got it!" Rocket said.
Rocket activates the lasers to drill a hole at the ground, plowing the craft straight to the core.
"So, we're saving the galaxy again?" Rocket asked.
"I guess." Peter replied.
"Awesome!" Rocket said.
"We are called the Guardians of the Galaxy for a reason." Daranak said.
"You said it." Salzer said.
"We're really gonna be able to jack up our prices if we're two-time galaxy savers." Rocket said.
"I seriously can't believe that's where your mind goes." Peter said.
"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." Rocket said.
"And the people." Peter added.
"Meh." Rocket muttered.
"You know you care about the people, Rocket." Salzer said with a smirk.
"The crabby puppy is so cute. He makes me wanna die!" Mantis said.
Meanwhile, back at the Quadant, Kraglin was relaxing when out the window, he saw a large fleet of Sovereign Omnicraft appearing out of the jump points. Among piloting one of the drones is the High Priestess Ayesha herself. Because Taserface send the coordinates of the Quadant's location, they now know where the Guardians of the Galaxy are located at.
"Pilots, release envoy units." Ayesha ordered before the Omnicraft released the units. "Our sensors detect the batteries are below the surface of the planet. Dive!"
Ayesha and the other Sovereign Omnicraft pilots steer their drones towards Ego, with the intention to destroy the Guardians of the Galaxy. Kraglin realized what's about to happen and goes to the transmitter to contact Yondu.
"Captain? Captain?" Kraglin called.
Back at the Laser Drill, Yondu couldn't hear Kraglin's call as Rocket continues to drill towards the core.
"Tell me why Ego wants you here?" Yondu asked.
"He needs my genetic connection to the light to help destroy the universe. He tried to teach me how to control the power." Peter replied.
"So, could you?" Yondu asked.
"A little. I made a ball." Peter replied.
"A ball?" Yondu asked.
"I thought as hard as I could. It was all that I could come up with." Peter replied in his defense.
"You 'thought'? You think when I make this arrow fly I use my head?" Yondu asked.
Before Peter can answer, the drill ram into the walls, making everyone lose balance, and ending up getting a hole as it reached the core.
"Whoa." Mantis muttered before walking towards the other side to look out the window. "There. That's Ego's core."
"Weird core for a planet." Salzer said.
"Yeah, normally planets have molten cores." Daranak said.
"That ore is thick, Rocket." Gamora said.
"I got it covered." Rocket said before he positions all the lasers towards the core.
"We must hurry. It will not take Ego long to find us." Mantis said.
Peter and Yondu positioned the Laser Drill in front of the core.
"Keep it steady." Rocket said.
Rocket then fires the lasers into Ego's core and starts to drill it.
"We drill into the center, we kill him!" Peter said.
"Should be an easy task, if Ego doesn't find us." Daranak said.
As everyone focused on the drill, Kraglin continues to contact Yondu from the Quadant.
"Captain?" Kraglin called from the transmitter.
"What is it, Kraglin?" Yondu asked.
"Hey, remember that Ayesha chick?" Kraglin asked.
"Yeah, why?" Yondu asked.
Before Kraglin can answer, Yondu noticed the large Sovereign fleet approaching.
"Oh, hell!" Yondu yelled.
Ayesha and the Sovereign pilots attacked the Laser Drill. Peter steered the craft to evade the shots. The Omnicraft score a hit, which cause Gamora, Mantis and Drax to fall off while Baby Groot, Nebula, Daranak and Salzer managed to stay on board.
"YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING ME RIGHT NOW!" Daranak yelled.
"Not now! How did the Sovereign even found us?!" Salzer asked.
Daranak knows that a certain someone must have gave information on their location.
"Taserface." Daranak muttered.
Drax, Gamora and Mantis managed to land safely on the ground. The three looks to see the Sovereign drones firing their blasters at the Laser Drill as Peter continues to evade the shots.
"Why aren't you firing the lasers?" Peter asked.
"They blew out the generator. I think I packed a small detonator." Rocket replied as grabs a bomb detonator.
"A detonator is worthless without explosives." Nebula said.
"Well, we got these." Rocket said as he shows the stolen Anulax batteries.
"Is that thing strong enough to kill Ego?" Peter asked.
"If it is, it'll cause a chain reaction throughout his entire nervous system." Rocket replied.
"Meaning what?" Peter asked.
"The entire planet will explode. We'll have to get out of here fast. I rigged a timer." Rocket said as Peter activates his helmet.
"You two focus on getting that bomb to the core. Salzer and I will shoot down those Sovereign craft and cover you." Daranak said.
"All right, let's end this." Salzer said.
"It's ghost time!" Daranak and Salzer said their battle cry before the two familiar bright rings appear around their waists and traveled up and down, changing them into their ghost forms.
"Go!" Peter said before Rocket, Daranak, Salzer and himself flew out of the drill.
The Sovereign Omnicraft started shooting at Star-Lord, Rocket, Daranak and Salzer Nova, but they either evade the shots or Daranak and Salzer shot them down. Peter and Rocket eventually reached the hole that the drill made.
Meanwhile, on the ground, Gamora, Drax and Mantis sees the ground and walls starting to light up and Mantis knows what's happening.
"He's coming." Mantis said in fear.
"Didn't you say you could make him sleep?" Drax asked, remembering Mantis can alter emotions and put people to sleep.
"When he wants. He's too powerful. I can't!" Mantis said in fear.
"You don't have to believe in yourself because I believe in you." Drax said.
The three then sees Ego's face on a nearby rock wall and Ego started to send some energy through his mouth. Mantis sees Ego's light on the ground and touches it with her hand before her antennas glowed.
"Sleep!" Mantis commanded.
At that moment, Ego's attack was stopped as he was put to sleep.
"I never thought she'd be able to do it with as weak and skinny as she appears to be." Drax said.
"I don't know how long I can hold him." Mantis said.
Back at the core hole, Peter and Rocket look at the hole and the wall nearby to see if they can plant the bomb on to Ego's brain.
"The medal'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 said.
"Well..." Peter said as he looks at Baby Groot, which Rocket noticed.
"That's a terrible idea." Rocket said.
"Which is the only kind of idea we have left." Peter said, which Rocket groan.
"Unbelievable." Rocket said as he puts Baby Groot on his back. "'Rocket do this. Rocket, do that'."
"What a day." Peter said before joining Daranak and Salzer in destroying the Sovereign drones.
Back at the hole, Rocket starts to explain to Baby Groot on how to handle the detonator.
"All right, first you flick the switch, then this switch. That activates it. Then you push this button which will give you five minutes to get out of there. Now, whatever you do, don't push this button because that will set off the bomb immediately and we'll all be dead. Now, repeat back what I just said." Rocket said, explaining to Baby Groot carefully.
"I am Groot." Baby Groot said.
"Uh-huh." Rocket said.
"I am Groot." Baby Groot said, looking at the switches.
"That's right." Rocket said.
"I am Groot." Baby Groot said, pointing at the wrong button.
"No! No, that's the button that will kill everyone! Try again." Rocket said.
"I am Groot." Baby Groot said.
"Mm-hmm." Rocket hummed.
"I am Groot." Baby Groot said.
"Uh-huh." Rocket said.
"I am Groot." Baby Groot said, pointing at the wrong button again.
"No! That's exactly what you just said! How is that even possible? Which button is the button you're supposed to push? Point to it." Rocket said.
Baby Groot once again pointed to the wrong button.
"No!" Rocket hollered.
"Hey, you're making him nervous!" Peter shouted.
"Shut up and get me some tape! Does anybody have any tape out there? I wanna put some tape over the death button." Rocket said.
"I don't have any tape. Let me check." Peter said before flying to ask the other Guardians. "Yo, Yondu... Do you have any tape?... Gamora? Do you have any tape?... Tape! Never mind... Drax, do you have any tape?... Yes, Scotch tape would work... Then why did you ask me if Scotch tape would work if you don't have any?... Daranak, you have any tape?... Salzer, you have any tape..." Peter said in the distance before coming back to Rocket. "Nobody has any tape!"
"Not a single person has tape?" Rocket asked.
"Nope!" Peter replied.
"Did you ask Nebula?" Rocket asked.
"Yes!" Peter lied.
"Are you sure?" Rocket asked, not believing Peter's answer.
"I asked Yondu and she was sitting next to him." Peter replied.
"I knew you were lying!" Rocket shouted.
"You have priceless batteries and an atomic bomb in your bag. If anybody's gonna have tape, it's you!" Peter said to Rocket, who is unaware that Baby Groot has grabbed the detonator and runs off.
"That's exactly my point! I have to do everything!" Rocket argued.
"You are wasting a lot of time here!" Peter said before he flies off.
Rocket finally noticed Baby Groot running off with the bomb.
"We're all gonna die." Rocket said.
Meanwhile, Daranak and Salzer were using their ghost powers to shoot down as many Sovereign Omnicraft as possible while trying to protect the Laser Drill. Daranak has just currently shot a powerful yellow ecto-blast at one drone before sending a power ecto-energy strike at another, causing the drone to lose control and crash. One Omnicraft chases Daranak and fires its blasters at him. Daranak flew at top speed before he split into two and create a duplicate and split up. The drone pass the real and duplicate Daranak, confusing the pilot, before colliding with another drone. The duplicate Daranak fused back with the real one before he slam into one Omnicraft before he look at the screen that shows the drone's Sovereign pilot.
"You guys are getting on my nerves over some stupid batteries!" Daranak said before blasting the drone.
Salzer has just blasted one drone with an ecto-blast before being chased by another. She did a spectral body split as the drone tried to blast her. Salzer then send a duplicate to get behind the drone as it continue to chase the real Salzer.
"How about you Sovereign fight us in person instead of cowering behind your remotes like cowards." the duplicate Salzer said.
The Salzer duplicate blasted the drone before fusing back with the real Salzer.
Meanwhile, the rest of the drones were firing at the Laser Drill and they cause more damage to the ship's thrusters.
"Rear thrusters are out again! We're done for without that generator!" Yondu shouted.
Nebula groaned before she open her cybernetic hand so that she can be wired up. Peter has also landed on the drill as he avoided getting shot at. All the Sovereign Omnicraft surrounds the drill, which Peter noticed.
"Guardians, perhaps it will provide your 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 said through her craft's speakers.
Ayesha and the Sovereign pilots proceed to fire their Omnicraft blasters at the Laser Drill. Nebula got herself hooked up to the wires as Yondu preps the laser.
"This is gonna hurt." Yondu warned.
"Promises, promises." Nebula said.
Yondu activates the lasers, causing Nebula to get electrocuted and caused her great pain. The lasers proceed to destroy the whole fleet of Sovereign craft, causing Daranak and Salzer to go intangible as the lasers pass harmlessly through them and almost hitting Mantis and Drax on the ground.
"Hey!" Drax shouted.
Yondu rotates the ship so that the lasers can get every single one of the Sovereign craft.
At Sovereign, Ayesha sees the destruction of her fleet before her craft gets destroyed along with the other Sovereign drones.
"No!" Ayesha said before going on a temper tantrum in dismay. "No! No! No!"
Back at the battle, one Sovereign craft debris crashed into the drill and was on fire.
"We're gonna blow!" Peter warned.
Yondu then whistled to summon his Yaka Arrow. However, the ship explodes into a massive fireball, which got everyone's attention, especially Gamora.
"Peter! No!" Gamora cried.
Gamora then saw Nebula land nearby and looks at her. Nebula stares at Gamora before looking up, making Gamora look up as well. Gamora sees Peter and Yondu emerging from the smoke cloud, Peter using the aero-rigs and Yondu using his Yaka Arrow. Peter looks at Yondu and laughs at him.
"What?" Yondu asked.
"You look like Mary Poppins." Peter said.
"Is he cool?" Yondu asked.
Peter looks at Yondu before replying...
"Hell, yeah, he's cool."
"I'm Mary Poppins, y'all!" Yondu shouted
Peter and Yondu lands on the ground next to Mantis, Nebula and Drax, joined by Gamora, followed by Daranak and Salzer who landed on the ground and lastly by Rocket who floats in the air, as the Guardians of the Galaxy watches the explosions from the Sovereign drones. Suddenly, Mantis gets knocked unconscious by a piece of shrapnel.
"Mantis, look out!" Drax said after she got knocked out.
"Uh-oh." Daranak and Salzer said.
Mantis getting knocked unconscious cause Ego to start waking up as the ground once again lit up from his light.
"She's just unconscious." Drax said as he picks up Mantis.
Back at the core, Baby Groot continue to run towards Ego's brain until he ran into a junction. Baby Groot looks at one direction which was dark, before looking at the other where there was a bright light. Baby Groot runs towards the direction of the light.
Back at the ground, the rest of the Guardians know Ego will soon be awaken and start a fight against them. They realized that Ego needs to be kill soon, but they also need to get out of the planet fast.
"How long until the bomb goes off?" Peter asked Rocket.
"In the unlikely event that Groot doesn't kill us all, about six minutes." Rocket replied.
Peter, Rocket, Gamora, Yondu, Nebula, Drax, Daranak and Salzer saw the roof open up which will be their way out of the planet.
"Kraglin, we need the quadant for an extraction. T-minus five minutes." Yondu ordered.
"Aye, Captain." Kraglin said before flying the Quadant towards the surface.
"Somebody's gotta be up top when Kraglin arrives. Drax, take Mantis." Peter said before placing his aero-rig on Drax.
"Ow, my nipples!" Drax scream in pain as he gets rocketed up to the surface with Mantis.
Suddenly, the ground crack before Gamora falls down.
"Gamora!" Peter said before light tentacles emerge from the ground and Ego wakes up, showing his face on a rock wall.
"Peter!" Ego called.
As Gamora falls, she is suddenly saved by Nebula, who fell to rescue her. Nebula then grabs onto another cliff before Nebula boost her sister to the top before she climbs over and sees Gamora looking at her.
"Get over it." Nebula said.
Meanwhile, Peter, Yondu, Rocket and the Nova Twins fights off Ego and his tentacles.
"Come now, Peter. I know this isn't what you want. What kind of father would I be to let you make this choice?" Ego asked.
Peter continues to fire with his Quad Blasters, Yondu with his Yaka Arrow, Rocket with some explosives and Daranak and Salzer with their ghost powers.
"Soon, Peter, we will be all there is. So stop pissing me off!" Ego yelled before he knocks Peter down.
On the surface, Kraglin arrives with the Quadant and levels it. Down on the pit, Gamora and Nebula are trying to find a way to get back up.
"We have to get up to the extraction point!" Gamora said.
The two sisters then noticed one rock pillar heading up and they realized that's their chance to get out.
"Go!" Gamora said.
Gamora and Nebula runs to the rock pillar and jumps to it, grabbing a hold it and hanging for dear life.
Meanwhile, Drax, carrying a unconscious Mantis, made it to the surface and starts running towards the Quadant as Kraglin opens the doors. However, it was attacked by Ego who wrapped massive tentacles around the ship and nearly turned it upside down. Fortunately, Kraglin activated the thrusters to balance the Quadrant and avoid crushing Drax and Mantis, as Gamora and Nebula nearly reached the surface. At the same time, Daranak, Salzer, Yondu and Rocket continues to fight off Ego as Peter sees Ego's humanoid body reforming and approaching him. The other Guardians however gets subdued in organic matter and rubble by Ego's tentacles, trapping them. Even Daranak and Salzer couldn't even use their intangibility to get out.
"I told you I don't want to do this alone." Ego said as a tentacle restrains Peter once more. "You cannot deny the purpose the universe has bestowed upon you." Ego said before using Peter to once again resume the Expansion and activating the seedlings.
On Earth, the police were trying to keep people back when the terraforming continues. Other habitable planets are also getting affected by Egos Expansion as the terraforming occurs on those worlds, including Xandar, home of the Xandarians and Kraglin's, Daranak's and Salzer's homeworld; Aakon, home of the Aakons; Hala, home of the Kree; Arago-7, home of the Hurctarians; and Easik, home of the Easiks. Their Ghost Zone dimensional planes were also getting affected as a result, including the Xandarian dimensional plane and the Earth dimensional plane.
Back at the battle, Ego continues to preach Peter about his 'destiny'.
"It doesn't need to be like this, Peter. Why are you destroying our chance? Stop pretending you aren't what you are. One in billions. Trillions. Even more. What greater meaning can life possibly have to offer?" Ego asked as his human form is complete.
"I don't use my head to fly the arrow boy! I use my heart..." Yondu hollered before being buried.
Peter then gets flashbacks to his time with his mother back on Earth when he was a kid, laughing with Drax, flying the aero-rigs with Rocket, his moment with Gamora back at Knowhere, when he was trained by Yondu as a kid, and him and the other Guardians giving a tour of the Ghost Zone by Daranak and Salzer. Peter then curl up his fist as his love for his mother and the bond he had with his friends, even Yondu, became strong that it helped him unlock his own Celestial power, which Ego began to noticed.
"You shouldn't have killed my mom, and squished my Walkman." Peter said.
Peter then charged and attacked Ego, creating a giant rock-like glove to punch him. Peter distracted his father enough to free Yondu and the other Guardians from his grasp and stop the seedlings, saving trillions of lives on other planets, including Xandar where Daranak's and Salzer's parents were almost killed by Ego's biomass, and on Earth where Peter's grandfather was almost killed by Ego's biomass. The distraction also freed Baby Groot, who sees Ego's true form; his brain.
"Groot? If you can hear me, hurry up! I'm not sure how long Quill can keep him distracted! Groot, hurry!" Rocket called out.
Baby Groot places the bomb in front of Ego's brain before starting to activate it. Baby Groot almost press the wrong button, but he eventually press the right button and the five minute countdown starts. Baby Groot starts running to get out. Back on the surface, Drax reached the Quadant and tosses Mantis in before he climbs on board. Off the distance, Gamora and Nebula climbed over the cliff to the surface before running towards the Quadant. At the battle, Peter continues to battle his father as Yondu looks on.
"Yondu, we're about to blow!" Rocket said.
"Come on, Yondu, you can't stay here, we got to go!" Daranak said.
"You'll die if you stay here!" Salzer said.
"Get to the ship!" Yondu said.
"Not without Quill!" Rocket said.
"You need to take care of the twig!" Yondu said.
"Not without you!" Rocket said with a sad expression.
"I ain't done nothin' right my whole damn life, rat. You need to give me this." Yondu said.
Rocket and Daranak had sad expressions while Salzer was close to breaking tears.
"Yondu... you can't." Salzer begged with tears while Yondu shaked his head.
Rocket then pull out an aero-rig and a spacesuit.
"A spacesuit and an aero-rig. I only have one of each." Rocket said before handing them to Yondu.
"I am Groot." Baby Groot said.
"What's that?" Yondu asked.
"He says 'Welcome to the frickin' Guardians of the Galaxy'. Only he didn't use 'frickin'." Rocket replied, which Yondu nod in approval, before Rocket flies off.
"Bye, twig." Yondu said.
"We're gonna need to have a real discussion about your language." Rocket said before flying to the surface.
Yondu then look at Daranak and Salzer, who was in tears.
"I know you for a short while, but I feel like I know you my whole life." Salzer said as Yondu wiped her tears.
"Don't worry, ghosts. You two look out for each other and your friends." Yondu said.
"Don't worry, Yondu. You did good. Your sacrifice will never be forgotten." Daranak said before shaking Yondu's hand before flying off.
"Bye, ghosts." Yondu said.
Daranak and Salzer then use their intangibility to fly all the way up to the surface.
Meanwhile, Peter and Ego continue to battle each other, slamming into a rock pillar before Ego threw him into another. The two then charged towards each other, Ego forming into a rock figure while Peter use his powers to construct a rocky giant avatar resembling Pac-Man. The two collided with each other and fell to the ground, as the bomb almost reaches one minute to detonation. At the surface, Rocket, Baby Groot, Daranak and Salzer arrives at the Quadant, which Gamora noticed that Peter is not on board.
"Where's Peter?" Gamora asked.
Rocket was unable to acknowledge as he was being personally affected by Yondu's pending sacrifice.
"Rocket, where is he?" Gamora asked again.
Gamora however gets no response and sees Baby Groot pointing at the direction, indicating that Peter is still below the surface.
"No. I'm not leaving without him." Gamora said.
Gamora, however, was stopped by Rocket, who knocked her out with his taser gun.
"Rocket!" Daranak and Salzer screamed.
"I'm sorry. I can only afford to lose one friend today." Rocket said in a sad voice. "Kraglin, go!"
"Wait... is Quill back?" Drax asked, but Kraglin activates the Quadant.
Drax demand to know where Peter is but gets no response as the Quadant lifts off to space.
Back at the core, Peter punched Ego. Ego sensed the bomb on his brain and pleaded with Peter.
"No, we need to stop it." Ego pleaded before getting thrown back to the ground.
"Stop. Stop. Listen to me! You are a god. If you kill me, you'll just be like everybody else." Ego pleaded.
"What's so wrong with that?" Peter asked.
"No!" Ego pleaded in horror.
The bomb then explodes, destroying Ego's brain as Peter grievously watched as his father's avatar disintegrates away in his arms, while his Celestial powers seemingly faded away as the planet starts to collapse on itself. Peter watched the destruction around him before Yondu grabs him and starts to fly towards space with an aero-rig as the planet collapses.
"He may have been your father, boy, but he wasn't your daddy. I'm sorry I didn't do none of it right. I'm damn lucky you're my boy." Yondu said before giving Peter the spacesuit.
"What?" Peter asked, realizing that Yondu is sacrificing his life for him. "Yondu, what are you doing? You can't. Yondu! No!" Peter said before he tries to take the suit off but can't. "No! No! No!"
Peter watched as Yondu began to suffocate and freeze right in front of him, not being able to do anything about it. Before Yondu fully succumbed, he patted Peter's face to calm him before he dies. Peter held onto Yondu as he mourned his loss and waited for the other Guardians of the Galaxy to retrieve them.
And that's the end of this chapter. Remember everyone, Yondu Udonta is Mary Poppins, lol. I was sad when he died. It was very emotional. The Pac-Man scene was also funny. Anyway, what will happen during Yondu's funeral and how Daranak and Salzer will cope. Find out nex time in the final chapter. Please review. :)