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Chapter 148: Return of the Guardians Part 3: A Dark Secret Revealed
In outer space, the ship that Spyro was in was still jumping through hundreds of access points, everyone in the ship screaming and was all distorted due to Rocket having set the coordinates for Ego's planet, their body parts growing and shrinking as they went through all the access points until it thankfully ended, having finally arrived at Ego, the Living Planet. As they came out, everyone collapsed on the ground, Groot puking after having had some candy beforehand while the others were breathing heavily, looking to Rocket, furious about what he did.
"What the hell you doing boy!?" Yondu shouted.
"Yeah, what's the matter with you Rocket!?" Spyro shouted. "You don't go doing that unless you want to end up killing yourself!"
"By the way Yondu was talking about Ego that he's bad news!" Rocket replied. "We're here to save Quill?"
"For what!?" Yondu asked. "For Honor!? For love!?"
"Better be the first one." Midnight replied. "Because if Rocket did it because he... uh, I think I'm gonna be sick."
"No, I don't care about either of those things!" Rocket replied. "I wanna save him to I'm better than him! I can hold this over him forever!" Yondu then started laughing, everyone getting up. "Why you laughing at me?"
"You can try and fool yourself and everyone else, but you can't fool me!" Yondu said.
"Nor me." Spyro replied, both walking to the window. "We know everything about you Rocket."
"You losers don't know anything about me." Rocket said.
"I know everything about you!" Yondu replied. "I know you play like the meanest or the hardest, but in reality, you're the most scared out of them all!"
"I know you stole those batteries, but you don't really need them!" Yondu replied. "And you push away anyone who cares because it reminded you of how big of a hole that empty heart is!"
"I said shut up!" Rocket shouted back.
"I know those scientists that made you, never really cared about you!" Yondu continued.
"I'm serious Yondu, shut up!" Rocket replied.
"Yondu, where are you going with this?" Spyro asked.
"Because I know what it's like, not having someone care about me!" Yondu shouted. "My own parents never cared about me, selling me and making me a battle slave! I know you all too well rodent, because you're me."
It was extremely quiet between the two of them, everyone waiting for one or the other to say something having gotten all the negativity out of the way.
"What kind of a parent are we?" Rocket asked.
"The kind that's going to fight a planet, that's what!" Yondu replied, walking over to Kraglin.
"Alright, we're, wait, fight a what?" Rocket asked, looking to Spyro. "Did he say we're fighting a planet?"
"A planet?" Spyro asked, hitting his head as he remembered now. "Of course, Ego, the Living Planet!"
"The what!?" Rocket shouted. "Ego's literally a fricking planet!? How the hell can a planet be alive!?"
"Because Ego's actually a Celestial." Spyro replied.
"Ego's a what!?" Rocket shouted as the ship got ready, heading down towards the planets surface.
On the surface, Gamora and Nebula walked into Ego's palace followed closely by Twilight and Rosy as they all rushed in to find their friends. As they came in, they saw that Mantis was talking with Drax, looking extremely worried and as they approached, Gamora rushed over and grabbed Mantis by the neck and lifting her up, slamming her into the wall as she was furious.
"Who are you people!?" Gamora shouted. "What is this place!?"
"Gamora let her go!" Drax shouted, trying to separate them.
"Drax, there are skeletons in the caverns below us." Twilight said. "Hundreds if not thousands of bodies down there. Who were they Mantis?"
Mantis used her antennae to feel Gamora's emotions, manipulating them to free herself.
"You are scared." Mantis replied, making Gamora drop her and giving her a chance to stand up. "I will no longer defend that man. He is planning on using Quill to expand."
"Expand?" Twilight asked.
"He is planning on using Quill for what he calls the expansion." Mantis responded. "Quill is the only one who has powers equal to my masters."
"And the bodies in the caverns?" Rosy asked.
"They were more of his children." Mantis replied. "He wanted someone who holds the same powers as him, but none of them could ever do it, so he killed them and moved onto the next specie that he believed could help create his progeny."
"What kind of parent does that?" Twilight asked.
"The kind that's nothing but pure evil, that's what." Gamora replied.
"We need to get off this planet now." Nebula suggested.
"Not without Peter." Gamora said.
"Ego will have already won him over by now." Mantis said. "He has a way of doing that."
"He's our friend." Gamora said. "I'm not leaving him behind."
"All you do is yell at each other." Nebula said. "You're not friends."
"You're right." Drax said, looking at them all. "We're family. We leave no one behind." Drax looked at everyone, looking to Nebula and having second thoughts. "Except maybe you."
"You're all idiots." Nebula said.
They walked away and followed Mantis to where she believes that their friend was at, but Twilight stopped, looking to the sky as she hoped they wouldn't be too late and Spyro would come.
"Spyro, we need you." Twilight said, her words reaching Spyro as he could feel her and feel how scared and worried she was. "Please... hurry."
"I'm heading down." Spyro said, the group looking at him.
"You serious boy!?" Yondu asked. "We're still in space! We don't have any other ships!"
"Don't need one." Spyro said.
He reached into his pocket and took out the Sling ring, putting it on as he raised his left hand while also spinning his right hand, purple sparks appearing in front of him before a portal opened up into a large room, Spyro walking through as the portal closed behind him, everyone starring at the spot he was on before looking to Midnight.
"Since when could he do that!?" Rocket asked.
In Ego's palace, Spyro looked around when he spotted Ego and Quill standing in front of a pod, using the Force to jump into the rafters, staying out of sight as he looked down, listening to their conversation as hundreds of worlds appeared.
"I call it... the expansion." Ego said, walking around Peter. "It is my purpose. And now... it is yours."
Spyro watched, waiting for a moment to stirred when Peter turned around, revealing his eyes were completely blue with stars sparkling in them, Spyro getting a bad feeling about this.
"It's beautiful." Peter said.
"For over thousands of years, I visited thousands of worlds and at each one, I planted an extension of myself." Ego said, the pod showing him pulling some of his essence out and putting it in the ground. "I wish to complete life's one true purpose. To grow and spread, covering everything until everything is... me."
"Universal scale expansion of a Celestial Consciousness?" Spyro asked, being careful not to be heard. "Not good."
"There was only one problem." Ego continued. "A single Celestial doesn't have enough power for such a feat, but two, that will be just enough to do the trick." He then shifted the pod, revealing his human form with females of about every species in the universe. "The real labor though was finding a compatable species that could inherit my Celestial Genes."
"Wait, he had kids with about every species in the universe!?" Spyro asked. "Geez, this guy must have all sorts of STDs."
"I had hoped that such a coupling would be enough to power the expansion." Ego said. "I managed to find some of them while also having Yondu deliver others, but it broke his Ravager code, however I compensated him generously and to ease his conscience, I told him I wouldn't hurt them. And that's true, they never felt a thing. But one after another, they failed me, for they didn't have the Celestial Genes. Until you Peter, for only you among all my spawn were able to use the light."
"He... killed his own children?" Spyro asked, clenching his fist as he felt rage and hatred flow through him. "Monster."
"For the first time in my existence, I am truly not alone!" Ego shouted. As he shouted it, Peter looked sad, almost depressed and Ego noticed, looking at him. "What's wrong my son?"
"My friends." Peter replied.
"Ah, I see." Ego said. "That's the mortal in you Peter. We are beyond such things. You understand?"
"Yes." Peter replied as Ego walked away. "But my mother... you said you loved her."
"And that I did." Ego replied. "My little water lily, she knew all of the songs that came over the radio. I returned to Earth three times to see her, but if I returned a Forth, I'd never leave again. Expansion, the very reason for my existence would be over. So, I had to do what I had to do, but... it broke my heart to put that tumor in her head."
Spyro then froze, hearing that Ego put the tumor in Peters mother's head, he could feel Peter's anger suddenly spike, his eyes returning to normal as he overcame Ego's control.
"What did you just say?" Peter asked.
"Alright, I know that sounds bad, but-" Ego said, but Peter pulled his blasters out and started shooting, doing some serious damage to the body that Ego was using to project himself, still standing, though some serious damage dealt to the body as glowing arms and a glowing face took the place of the damaged areas. "Who... in the hell... do you think you are!?"
"You killed my mother!" Peter shouted.
"I tried... so hard, to find the form that best suited you!" Ego said, taking on a different form before reverting back. "And this is the thanks I get!? It's time for you to grow up!" He used his arm and a tendril of pure energy shot out, stabbing Quill through the chest, horrifying Spyro. "I wanted to do this together son, but I guess you'll be spending the next thousand years as a battery!"
Peter was loosing strength, trying to free himself as his father walked over, taking the Walkman off of Peter's belt and turning it on, listening to the song as a tear rolled down Peter's cheek.
"Please." Peter plead. "It's all I have left."
"My life, my love, my lady is the sea." Ego said, looking to Peter. "Peter, this is the sea." Ego then crushed the Walkman, Peter powerless to do anything as Ego got ready to use Peter's power, but Spyro had enough of this, calling his Keyblade and throwing it towards the tendril, hitting it and dispersing the energy, surprising Ego. "What the-?"
Spyro then leapt from the rafters, crowning Ego heard on the head and punching him into the ground as he got up, kicking Ego as he thrusted both arms into the air and massive spikes made of earth going through his chest and his back before dropping him, Spyro turning to Peter as he rushed over.
"Peter." Spyro said, helping him up.
"Spyro." Peter replied. "How...?"
"Not now bud, we need to get you out of here." Spyro said.
"Well, well, well." Ego said, getting up. "What have we here? Why if it isn't my son's little friend, Spyro. I must say, that Keyblade was a surprise."
"So you know about the blade." Spyro said, setting Peter down. "You know nothing about me."
"Oh, I don't need to know you." Ego said, a tendril appearing behind Spyro. "All I know is that you're nothing but another fool in my way. And I know one way of dealing with such fools."
The tendril shot forward, attempting to pierce through Spyro, but the prince just grabbed the tendril, holding it and surprising Ego, trying his best to get the tendril out of his hand, but the tendril started to turn purple, surpassing Ego further.
"And you are nothing more than a little man who's not worthy of calling himself a father." Spyro replied.
He released the tendril and through the Force, blew a massive chunk of wall out from the building, destroying the Tendril as he got the Keyblade back in his hand again right as Drax busted the door in, Ego's attention going to the group of friends before Yondu busted through the window, catching the Celestial completely off guard.
"Hey there jackass!" Yondu shouted.
He then crashed the ship right into Ego, crushing the body as Spyro smiled, dismissing the blade and getting Peter back up ad Gamora rushed over.
"I believe we outstayed our welcome." Spyro said.
"I agree with that." Gamora said, taking Quills other arm. "I told you this place felt off."
"I told you is exactly what I need to hear right now." Peter said.
"Come on, let's get out of here." Spyro said.
They rushed over to the ship and helped Peter up as the others were already in the ship waiting for them.
"What were you doing?" Drax asked Rocket. "You could've killed us."
"Uh a thank you would be nice." Rocket said.
"We had everything under control." Drax replied.
"We do not." Mantis said. "That it only an extension of his true self. He will be back."
"Uh, what's she doing here?" Rocket asked, pointing to Nebula.
"Yeah, what is she doing here?" Spyro asked.
"Whatever I need to do to get a ride out of here."
"Well, good luck with that." Rocket said. "She tried to murder me!"
"I saved you dumb fox!" Nebula said.
"He's not a fox, he's a Raccoon." Spyro replied, walking over.
"Ok, I'll let that one slide." Rocket said. "Only because you could back hand me into a wall and bury me in it."
A moment later, tendril so of light shot out attempting to prevent them from leaving, making Spyro hiss in rage.
"How do we kill a Celestial?" Drax asked.
"We go for his brain, heart, whatever!" Peter replied, climbing up.
"It's in the center of the caverns below us!" Mantis said, the tendrils grabbing the ship.
Peter got up to the cockpit, surprised to see Yondu was in the pilot seat as Spyro jumped up into the control room, the ship attempting t get them out of there, but the tendrils slammed the ship into the ground, the thrusters going out.
"Great, thrusters are out!" Yondu said.
"On it." Peter said, opening a panel. "You know, glad I was a skinny kid, otherwise you would have delivered me to this maniac."
"You really think that's the only reason I kept you around you idiot!?" Yondu asked.
"That's what you told me you old doofus!" Peter said.
"Once I figured out what happened to them other kids, ain't no way I was gonna hand you over to him!" Yondu said.
"You said you were going to eat me!" Peter said.
"That was being funny." Yondu said.
"Seriously!?" Spyro asked. "That is not being funny, that's being sadistic."
"Yeah, it wasn't funny to me!" Peter said.
"You people have issues." Rocket said.
"Of course I have issues!" Peter said, Ego started to reform. "That's my freaking father!"
That was when the thrusters came back on and the ship took off, passing through the body as the tendrils lost their grip, the ship flying out of the window and heading to the planets surface.
"Uh Quill, we should be going up!" Yondu said.
"No, we need to destroy Ego." Spyro said. "He's planning on eradicating all life in the universe. It won't be long before he discovers the other worlds beyond the barrier."
"What barrier!?" Yondu asked.
"Not important right now!" Peter said. "Rocket, hit it!"
Rocket activated the ships mining lasers, moving them to the front of the ship and blasting a hole in the surface for them to go through, continuing to go through the surface to make their way to the core itself, blasting their way through to end the fight and save the galaxy. Meanwhile in Malefor's palace, Aphara had put the skull in the center of a black circle, placing the bones in a specific pattern as instructed by Malefor before looking to the statue.
"So what will this ritual do exactly?" Aphara asked.
"It will grant us the power of the dragons of old." Malefor replied. "The power to destroy everything in our path and more. Perfect for destroying the prince."
"Well, hate to be the one to point it out, but we're short on a couple of ingredients." Aphara said. "We're missing the essence and the soul."
"Oh, we can get the soul." Malefor said. "The bones still have a connection to the soul, but it's the skull that seals the deal. As for the essence, I shall use my own." The dark mist from the statue then started to move towards the circle, encasing the skull as the circle glowed, which the skull started to levitate into the air as the bones started to follow. "Spirit of the dead, hear my command, come to us and serve my will, this I demand! Be reborn as a create of my design, join my side for you serve me now, you are mine!" The skulls eyes started to glow red as a blue ball appeared above the skull, going into it as the egg shells turned to dust, the yellow dust moving onto the skull and bones, the dust going onto them as they made them start to glow. "Now Aphara, the vial."
Aphara did as instructed, taking the vial and uncorking it as she presented the glass container to the skull, which the red liquid flowed out of the vail and levitated towards the skull itself, coating it as the ritual made the blood seep into the skull, making it glow again until it and the bones ignited, dark flames coating the body while leaving the skull alone, making the thing larger with a pair of large claws on it, roaring out as it looked around, wondering where it was at.
"It... work." Aphara said, surprised at how it turned out. "I can't believe it worked."
"Of course it worked." Malefor said. "And now Aphara, the honor of using its power is yours. Use it and destroy the Prince once and for all."
Aphara smiled, walking up to the creature and stepping into the circle, the creature looking at Aphara and its flames going into her, making her glow blue as she yelled in delight.
"The power... I feel it!" Aphara said. "Such power, such darkness, I..." However, the aura around her started to glow red, making her gasp in pain as she clutched her gut, yelling in agony. "S-something's wrong! I... I can't control it! It hurts! It hurts!"
A moment later, she was sent flying backwards, hitting the wall and knocking the dragoness out as the dark flamed monster looked around.
"Where... are my friends?" The dark creature asked, a child's voice coming out of it. "You... you're not my friend."
"Hmm, interesting." Malefor said. "It seems like my creation has a will of its own. That can be easily remedied."
"I don't like you!" The creature said. "You're mean!" The creature tried to leave, but the circle acted like a barrier, preventing the undead creature from leaving. "Let me go! I hate it here!"
"No, you will listen to me." Malefor said. "I am your master now and you will obey! You will merge with Aphara and you will do my bidding!"
"NO, I HATE HER!" The creature shouted, hitting the barrier. "I HATE YOU! LEAVE ME ALONE!"
As the undead creation hit the barrier again, the barrier shattered, shocking Malefor as the thing flew off into the air, disappearing into some of the dark mist, fleeing from Malefor as Aphara got back up, rubbing her head.
"Please tell me that was supposed to happen." Aphara said.
"No, this thing has a will of its own." Malefor said. "Whatever this thing is, we must get it back. I will trace where it went, you follow it and recapture it. We need it for my plan to work."
Aphara nodded and rushed after the creature, the mist appearing as she ran into the darkness to follow the undead creature and recapture it for her new master. Back on Ego, the team was going through the crust of the planet to get to the core and end this entire thing before Ego had a chance to destroy the universe, Peter and Yondu piloting the ship through the cavern and using the lasers to destroy obstacles in their way.
"So, what the heck did that guy need you for Peter?" Yondu asked.
"He needed my genetics to connect to the light to destroy the universe." Peter replied. "He tried to teach me how to use it."
"And can you?" Yondu asked.
"Sort of." Porter replied. "Made a ball with it?"
"A ball?" Yondu asked.
"Thought as hard as I could." Peter responded. "It was all I could come up with."
"You thought?" Yondu asked. "You think when I make this arrow fly, I use my head?"
They then crashed the ship on the side of the cavern, creating a massive hull breach, but it showed everyone below deck the cavern and right there was the core where Ego's mind was in.
"Mantis, is that the core Ego's mind is in?" Spyro called out, pointing to the one in the center of the cavern.
"Yes, it is." Mantis replied.
"Alright, Rocket, get the laser ready." Spyro said.
"That ore looks thick though." Gamora said.
"Don't worry I got this." Rocket said.
Rocket then got the orbs to go into the center of the ship, grouping them together as the laser activated, firing into the ore to dig into it.
"We must hurry." Mantis said. "It will not take him long to find us."
"Then keep the laser steady." Peter said. "Once we drill into the center of the core, it will kill him."
The laser drill was slowly drilling into the core, though the ore was strong, the laser was able to drill into the core slowly.
"Uh, captain." Kraglin said.
"What is it Kraglin?" Yondu asked.
"Uh, you remember that Ayesha chick?" Kraglin asked.
"Yeah why?" Yondu asked, Kraglin trying to find the words when Yondu looked to his right, seeing the Sovereign fleet heading their way. "OH HELL!"
Peter saw the fleet and immediately pulled back, flying away with the fleet firing on them as the lasers went out, the generator blowing out as the fleet his the ship, causing Drax, Gamora, Mantis, and Rosy to fall out, landing on the ground and watching the ships go after the driller ship.
"Why aren't we firing back!?" Peter asked.
"The laser blew out the generator!" Rocket replied, looking through his bag. "Luckily, I packed a detonator just in case."
"You kidding, it won't be powerful enough to hurt that thing on its own." Nebula pointed out. "You need explosives."
"I have these." Rocket said, pulling out the batteries.
"Think it'll be enough?" Spyro asked.
"I hope so." Rocket said. "And if it is, it'll cause a chain reaction in his nervous system, destroying this entire planet!"
"Then we'll need to make a quick escape." Spyro said, activating his bracers. "I'm calling my ship. Should be here in a few minutes. In the meantime time, let's kill us a Celestial."
Peter and rocket got their rigs on while Spyro grew his wings, creating a barrier around himself as they flew out, heading straight for the hole int he core, landing inside.
"Alright, Groot is the only one small enough to get in and plant the detonator." Rocket said. "I'll need to teach him what to do."
"We'll buy you some time." Spyro said.
Spyro and Peter flew out, which the Prince called upon his powers of the dragon and unleashed spell after spell from fire, ice, water, even some shadow spells to destroy some of the ships while peter got to work using his blasters, firing at the ships and doing some serious damage to the fleet. However, they noticed that Ego had found them and was coming, but Mantis put her hand into the ground and forced him to go to sleep. Meanwhile, Spyro and Peter were doing what they could to keep the ships busy, making sure that the Sovereign didn't hurt their friends, but the ship that Yondu was piloting was hit, the rear thrusters gong out as Spyro and Peter got into the ship.
"Spyro, we got trouble!" Yondu shouted. "They hit the rear thrusters and without that generator, we're dead in the water!"
"My arm has a power core in it." Nebula said, opening it and getting some wires to connect to it. "We can use some of its power and power the lasers."
"Nebula, you know it's going to hurt, right?" Spyro asked.
"Promises, promises." Nebula said.
"Guardians of the Galaxy." Ayesha said. "Perhaps it will bring you solace to know your deaths are not without purpose. It will serve as a warning to those who wish to betray us. Don't screw with the Sovereign."
They got their cannons ready to finish them, but the device that had the lasers more the spheres over the entire ship, firing it up and making Nebula scream as the ship opened fire, lasers going through the Sovereign fleet and destroying all of the ships.
"Wooh, nice going Yondu!" Spyro shouted. "You too Nebula!"
However, a fuel container flew into the ship and landed right over a burning section of the ship, both Spyro and Peter knowing it was going to blow.
"The ships going to blow!" Peter shouted.
Without waiting, Spyro jumped to Twilight and Midnight, jumping out of the massive hull breach as Yondu whistled, Spyro's wings extending as the ship blew up, Nebula landing without issue while a cloud of smoke was disappearing where the ship was at, but instead of a couple of bodies, Peter was wearing rockets rig while Yondu was holding onto his arrow, using it to slow his descent, both Spyro and Peter laughing.
"What's so funny?" Yondu asked.
"You look like Mary Poppins doing that." Peter said.
"Is he cool?" Yondu asked.
Spyro and Peter looked at one another, deciding not to make fun of him as they both nodded.
"Yeah, he's cool alright." Spyro replied.
"I'm Mary Poppins ya'll!" Yondu shouted, everyone landing on the ground as Spyro let go of the ponies.
"Uh, should we tell him we already used that particular line?" Twilight asked.
"Nah, it's not important right now." Spyro replied.
The group was reunited, looking around as the saw the burning hulls of the Sovereign ships, waiting for Rocket to tell them that the task was done, but some debris his Mantis, knocking her out cold.
"Mantis, look out!" Drax shouted.
"Seriously Drax!?" Spyro shouted.
Rocket then came down as Ego was starting to wake up, the ground around them started to crack and split open as he stirred.
"Rocket, how long until the bomb blows up!?" Peter asked.
"In the unlikely event that Groot doesn't kill us all by pushing the wrong button, about six minutes!" Rocket replied.
"Then that means we need to get out of here quickly." Spyro said as a massive crack appeared above them.
"Kraglin, get the Quadrant down here for an extraction!" Yondu said. "T minus five minutes!"
"You got it captain!" Kraglin said.
"Someone needs to be up there when he arrives!" Peter said, taking his rig off. "Drax, take Mantis and get her to safety!"
He put the rig onto Drax and activating it, making Drax hiss.
"Ah, my nipples!" Drax exclaimed as the rig shot into the air.
However, the entire area was collapsing, causing Gamora to fall into the abyss, but Nebula dove down to save her while Ego came back out, stone for a face as he used his energy to make tendrils appear.
"Peter!" Ego shouted. Peter then started firing his blasters while Yondu was whistling to use his arrow to keep them safe as Spyro and the ponies used their blades to cut through those that got through their defense. "Come now Peter, I know this isn't what you want. What kind of father would I be if I let you make this choice?" They all fought through the tendrils, each one focusing on the tendrils in front of them or around them as Spyro slashed through the tendrils while Twilight and Midnight used their magic together to blast through the tendrils, slashing with their Keyblades while Twilight ignited her Lightsaber as well, leaping and jumping around and leaping, allowing her instinct to guide her. Rosy however was using the Force to redirect the attacks, dodging the tendrils left and right, using her bade and lightsaber like Twilight, except she had more training and was able to use her abilities to their mas as they all fought in their own way. "Soon Peter, we will be all that remains, so stop resisting me!"
He called two massive tendrils and Peter tried to fight them off, which he got smacked around enough for his helmet to shatter into many pieces, causing Peter to become dazed while Spyro fought on, continuing to use whatever moves he could, but was getting overwhelmed, getting tired as he looked around, seeing that Yondu was pinned and his arrow was broken while Rocket was getting swarmed, his tangled in the tendrils while he could feel Drax's fear as he could feel he was sinking into the earth while Gamora and Nebula were trying to climb, but the same tendrils tried to pull them into the ground, pinning then as he could hear Groot screaming in fear, looking around and seeing that Twilight and Midnight were encased in a barrier they created using their magic combines to keep them safe while Rosy kept leaping around, but was then hit, a tendril going through her chest and keeping her from doing anything, Spyro's anger rising as he looked to Ego, seeing him reform his body.
"Ego, the Living Planet." Spyro said, walking next to Peter.
"Now I know who you are, your highness." Ego said. "I must admit, you're just as I imagined you would be." Spyro raised his blade to defend himself, but a tendril went through him and Peter, lifting them into the air. "In the end, I will not be doing this alone. And with your power little prince, this galaxy and all the world beyond this universe will become like me!" Spyro could then feel it, Ego's grand design in motion as he felt many innocent lives be lost, feeling their fear and their pain, even the passing as whatever he was doing was not only affecting the earth of this universe, but the thousands if not tens of thousands of worlds also affected by his power, a tear rolling down his cheek. "Stop pretending you aren't what you are Peter! One in billions, trillions, maybe more! What greater meaning does life have to offer!?"
Spyro felt himself loose strength, feeling his own powers draining as Ego used them to boost his own, his expansion continuing to take lives as he closed his eyes, feeling like he had finally lost, but in the darkness, he felt something reach out, seeing a blue light twinkle in the distance as he felt something about it. He reached out to whatever it was, seeing it, but as he did, he saw dark flames appear, once black flames, but as they got closer, they turned into Indigo colored flames with a dragon skull and claws appearing, roaring out as they washed over him. In the real world, Peter was also loosing consciousness and was about to pass out as well, allowing his father to win.
"Quill, I don't use my head to control my arrow!" Yondu shouted, getting Peter's attention. "I use my heart!"
The stones then completely covered Yondu, Peter looking to his father as he looked back in his past, the time he had with his mother, his friends, everyone he cared about, remembering the fun they had, the good times and the bad, clenching his fist as he looked to his father, feeling the power inside of his grow, using Ego's own power to give himself strength, catching Ego completely off guard.
"You shouldn't have killed my mom!" Peter said, getting back up as the tendrils faded off of him. "Or squished my Walkman!"
Peter then leapt at his father, using his power to fight back, breaking Ego's concentration as his powers relented off Peters friends, freeing them as he and Ego fought against one another, crashing and using their powers to do some serious damage to one another, but Spyro just flopped to the ground, still unconscious from what Ego did to him as Twilight and Midnight ran over.
"Spyro!" Twilight exclaimed, sliding over and scooping him up. "Come on Spyro, you walked away from worse stuff than this. Come on, wake up!"
"Dad, we need you." Midnight said. "Peter needs you. please, wake up."
He didn't wake up, but instead, the air around them started to hum with power as a dome appeared around the two of them, catching Rocket and Yondu off guard.
"What the hell is that!?" Yondu asked.
"Twilight told me about this." Rosy said. "It's called a Fusion Drive, meaning they fuse together into a more powerful form."
"Wait, so you're saying Spyro can fuse with Twilight and become something else?" Rocket asked. "Eh, seen stranger things."
A moment later, they heard two different ponies Neighing, the dome shattering to allow for a lavender colored unicorn to gallop out, followed by a grey unicorn, Twilight and Sombra appearing and running into the air, but then stopped, looking down to see the golden dome hand;t shattered to allow Spyro to come out. A second later, the dome turned into a pale blue color, Rosy sensing something was off as she walked up.
"Something's wrong." Midnight said. "Didn't dad say the domes are usually gold, not blue?"
"Usually yes." Rosy replied. "Is he using the ice element?"
However, the dome then shattered and from it, dark mist was pouring out, causing everyone to back away as Gamora and Nebula climbed up, from the mist was a humanoid covered in darkness as dark blue flames shot up, a light blue dragon skull appearing with a pair of pale blue claws followed, the beast roaring out.
[Unknown Voice]
Primitive Dragon!
The dragon then looked up, seeing the ethereal ponies above it as it's claws shot out, catching them both as dark blue electricity arches between the digest, the electricity entering them both as it turned the grey ethereal unicorn into a black one, green eyes glowing as it's horn curved and turned red, purple flames burning in the eyes.
King Sombra!
The electricity did the same thing to the lavender colored pony, except it turned it darker, causing it to neigh in pain before changing, light blue half circles appearing while it and the mane were burning, the indigo mane with the pink and purple turning darker as dark flames burned in the mane.
Midnight Sparkle!
Get!
The dragon then released the two ponies as they galloped towards both Ego and Peter, Sombra hitting the Celestial and sending him flying while the corrupted version of Twilight galloped straight for Peter, the guardian dodging at the last moment as both ponies galloped back to the prince as some kind of music was playing, the humanoid looking up as the ponies started to circle him.
Darkness unleashed!
The dragon then roared again as if commanding the ponies, the mist going around and covering the humanoid as the music picked up.
Baki Boki Bone!
Gali Goni Bone!
Primitive... Dragon!
The dragon moved with the music as the shadows got thicker and thicker until the dragon put it's skull over Spyro and it's claws over his chest, the darkness disappearing to reveal Spyro in new armor, a dark purple unicorn head on his left shoulder with dark stars and flowing energy going through the left side while on the right shoulder was Sombra's, the entire right side black and grey with black crystals literally growing over it, the claws over Spyro's chest while also having the same bone patters go gown his arms and legs, creating a protecting shell around him while the skull covered the top half of his head like a helmet while the jaw appeared, completely covering his face as a pair of wings grew from his back, the membrane shredded as it extended it's wings. The energy built up around him as he roared out, releasing the energy and nearly knocking everyone off the cliff ledge they were on, growling and snarling like a feral dragon as it looked to both Peter and Ego, turning his neck to crack it.
"Uh, ok." Rocket said. "Is that supposed to happen?"
"No, this is different." Midnight replied. "This is... darkness. Pure darkness."
Without waiting, Spyro roared again and leapt towards Ego and Peter, slamming into Ego as he started wailing on him, Ego managing to free himself, but Spyro flapped his wings and started to fly, using his powers of earth to summon two massive columns of rock and shattered them, sending thousands of shards at Ego before igniting them, hitting him while Peter joined in, grabbing his father and tossing him towards Spyro, who punched him back into the ground before flying towards the Celestial, slamming into the ground and going clean through the rock as he threw him, unleashing several shadowing tendrils to release a barrage of dark purple energy at the Celestial.
"Whatever happened, seems to be keeping Ego Busy!" Yondu said. "We better get out of here before that bomb blows!"
"Hurry!" Gamora shouted.
They then started to climb up the side again while Midnight and Rosy watched the fight, both horrified to see what had happened to Spyro. In the fight, Peter and Spyro were tag teaming Ego, Peter and Ego ducking it out s they sped through the air, slamming into pillars and into rock while Spyro was running up the side, leaping towards the Celestial as a blue six pointed star appeared, allowing him to teleport through it and grab Ego, redirecting him to the ground where he started to pound him into the ground. Ego managed to free himself and blasted Spyro off, making him fly into the air before landing on the ground without a scratch, roaring like a demon before charging Ego again, it this time he used his power to unleash a storm of rock and energy at the warrior, but Spyro just dodged, using his shadow powers to teleport through the storm from spot to spot before grabbing Ego, lifting him up and slamming him into the ground, grabbing his head and unleashing dark blue flames on the Celestial, making him yell in pain before tossing him into the air, Peter tackling him and making Spyro roar before he leapt after them, Yondu and the ponies watching.
"This isn't right." Midnight said. "We need to stop him."
"How?" Rosy asked. "He's too powerful. We'd need a miracle."
"Yondu, Midnight, Rosy!" Rocket shouted. "Groot managed to plant the explosive! We got less than five minutes before this entire planet blows!"
"Get to the ship!" Yondu shouted.
"Not without Peter and Spyro!" Rocket shouted.
"You need to take care of the twig!" Yondu exclaimed.
Rocket looked at Yondu, knowing something wasn't right as he saw it in his eyes, knowing what he was planning and not liking it.
"Not without you." Rocket said.
"I never done anything right my whole life." Yondu said. "Please, let me do this."
Rocket hated what Yondu was thinking, but knew his mind was made up, reaching into his bag and pulling out a half dome device and the Aero rig, looking to Yondu.
"I have a space suit and an Aero Rig." Rocket said, passing them to Yondu. "I only have one of each."
"Don't worry, we'll teleport dad and Twilight out when the drive runs out." Rosy said.
Rocket was about to leave, but Groot looked back to Yondu, making Rocket stop to address him.
"I am Groot." Groot said.
"What's that mean?" Yondu asked.
"He said welcome to the freakin Guardians of the Galaxy." Rocket replied. "And he didn't use freakin."
Yondu just smiled at the two of them, Rocket leaving the three of them behind as they looked at the fight, trying to figure out what to do. Meanwhile, Ego was getting the upperhand on Peter, slamming him into the wall before throwing him into the wall, getting ready to go after him when Spyro roared again, making Ego look in his direction when he tackled him into the wall, leaping back as several black crystals grew on his arm, turning around and sending them into Ego and growing all over him, but he didn't care as he rushed to Spyro, but he turned into shadows, Ego passing through him as Peter shot out to attack his father again, both encasing themselves in earth as Ego became a larger version of his human form while Peter became Pac-man doing the sound that Pac-man does inthe gave as the two collided, rushing down to the surface, crashing through a beam and crash landing onto the surface, both of them crashing onto another pillar. However, as they fought, Ego could feel the bomb that was attached directly onto his brain, wanting to leave and stop the bomb, but Peter wouldn't let up, continuing to hit and keep his father from detatching the bomb.
"No, stop." Ego said, Peter grabbing him. "You have to stop them. Stop, listen to me!" Ego and Peter saw eye to eye, seeing the fear in his fathers eyes as he made a desperate plea for help from his son. "You are a god. If you kill me, you'll be just like everyone else."
"What's so wrong with that?" Peter asked. Before Ego could do anything else, Spyro appeared and grabbed Ego, tossing him into the air and unleashed a torrent of black fire, destroying Ego's body as the explosive went off, starting a chain reaction and destroying the entire planet while both Spyro and Peter watched, the half human looking to Spyro as he looked back. "Thanks for the assist. Definitely needed a freind there." However, Spyro was just looking at Peter, not saying a word as it made Peter nervous, getting up and backing away. "Spyro... you ok there pal?" He got his answer as Spyrto leapt at him, screeching like a Ring Wraith as he punched Peter, sending him into the ground as Spyro stood over him. "Yep, definitely not ok."
Spyro screeched again, raising his hand to dead a killing blow against Peter as he raised his arms in defense, awaiting the attack.
"STOP IT!" Spyro shouted, his voice echoing.
He then screeched again, this time in pain as he started to glow a light blue and purple, glowing brighter and brighter until it was too much for him, falling backwards as he defused, both he and Twilight falling to the ground as a grey light flew back into him, barely concious as he groaned and held his head, slowly sitting up, holding his head as he sat up.
"Spyro, you ok?" Peter asked, sitting up.
"I... I think so." Spyro replied. "What happened?"
"You don't remember?" Peter asked. "You were about to kill me!"
"I... I what?" Spyro asked, getting a bad feeling about this.
Before Peter could explain further, Yondu came and grabbed him, flying them out as Rosy and Midngiht rushed over to their father and helped him up.
"Dad, what happened to you?" Rosy asked.
"I... I wish I knew." Spyro replied, looking at his hands. "Did the bomb go off?"
"It did." Midnight replied. "The planet is going off."
"Then we don't have a moment to waste." Spyro replied. He took out his Sling Ring and spun his hand around, opening a portal onto the ship as he scooped an unconcious Twilight up and the three of them ran into the ship, the portal closing behind them. "Is everyone here?"
"Yeah, we're here." Nebula replied.
"Yondu and Quill are still down there!" Drax said.
"Wait what?" Spyro asked, looking out to see they were in space, looking up as a dark realization hit his mind. "Rocket, why aren't we on the planet!? We need to go back for Peter and Yondu!"
Spyro was getting his sling ring back out to get back down there and save them, but Rocket shot his with a stun bolt, knocking him out in a single blast as the two concious ponies looked at him.
"Sorry Spyro, but I can only aford to loose one friend today." Rocket said.
On the surface, Yondu had just gotten them out of the planet and was flying them towards the atmosphere, looking to Quill as they flew.
"He may have been your father boy, but he wasn't your daddy." Yondu said, continuing to fly up as he smile. "I'm sorry I didn't do any of it right. But I was damn lucky to have had you as my boy."
"What?" Peter asked. yondu put the suit onto Peter as they flew, passing through the atmosphere while Peter looked back, seeing that the planet was gone and there was no breathable atmosphere, the color draining from him. "Yondu, you can't! NO!"
Peter tried to get the suit off so they could share, but he couldn't get a grip on it as he tried to claw into the suit to get the device, but Yondu used both of his hands to hold Peters face one last time as he passed away, peter crying out for him as a tracter beam got them and pulled them into the ship, though it was too late as the ravager had already passed away. A while later, everyone was preparing Yondu for his funeral, placing plants and his belongings onto the cart while placing strips of cloth over his face, bathering around him to mourn the loss for their friend as Spyro looked to Peter, feeling how hurt he was.
"I... I'm sorry Peter." Spyro said. "I... I wish I could have..."
"It's alright Spyro." Peter said, looking at Yondu. "You know, when I was younger, I told Gamora that. Would pretend David Hasselhoff was my father, a singer and actor from earth that was famous. Yondu may not have had a talking car, but he had a flying arrow and he didn't have a beautiful singing voice of an angel, but he had the whistle of one. Both of them went on amazing adventures and hooked up with hot women. Even fighting robots. Guess David Hasselhoff was my father after all. Only it was you Yondu. Guess I had a pretty cool dad after all." Tears were rolling down everyone's face, feeling how emotional they all were as Spyro wiped a tear out of his eye. "What i'm trying to say is, that thing you're always looking for... it's some times right there by your side the whole time and yo don't even know it."
gamora looked up at her sister, seeing how she was looking at them as she left, Gamora going after her to talk to her as everyone else remained with Yondu, pushing his body into a chamber with flames as they watched him burn, turning away and they walked away to head to the cockpit.
"Peter, Spyro, wait." Kraglin said, walking over with a couple of things. "Captain found this in a junker shop for you Pete." Kraglin handed him a device for music. "He held onto it for when you came back to the fold. He wanted you to have it."
"What is it?" Peter asked.
"It's called a Zune." Kraglin replied. "It's what all the people on earth are listening to these days. Holds about three hundred songs in it."
"Three hundred!?" Peter asked, shokced by how many were on the single device.
"And for you Spyro." Kraglin said, handing him a box.
Spyro was confused, wondering what was in it when he opened it to find four more arrows like Yondu's, looking to him.
"Kraglin... are these..." Spyro asked.
"Yaka arrows." Kraglin replied. "Last ones in existence. Captain had about twnety of them, but most of them were destroyed during some of our more reckless heists."
"Kraglin... I can't." Spyro said. "You should-"
"He wanted you to have them." Kraglin replied. "Said you were one of the greatest friends he ever had, when he wasn't trying to kill you that is."
Spyro laughed a bit, closing the lid of the box as he nodded to Kraglin, the ravager about to leave when Peter pulled out the arrow thast Yondu had, revealing it was fixed.
"Rokcet managed to finsd the pieces." Peter said. "Yondu would probably want you to have it."
Kraglin looked happy, Spyro feeling how happy he was when he got the arrow, looking back to Peter with the biggest smile he could.
"Thanks... captain." Kraglin said.
"Hey look." Midngiht said.
They all turned to the window as Yondu's body was turning into golden particles going into space, seeing hundreds of different kinds of ships coming towards them, everyone approaching the window.
"What is it?" Drax asked.
"I sent word to Yondu's old Ravager budies about what he did." Rocket replied.
"It's a Ravager funeral." Peter said.
A moment later, the ships started to set off fireworks, Kraglin cheering for the show as he felt great pride and joy from it all, hitting his chest as he cheered.
"He didn't chase them away after all." Rokcet said. "Even after he yelled at them."
"Sometimes people have a hard time expressing themselves." Spyro said. "They hide their true feelings to act tough and show they are strong, but deep down, you always have a soft spot for your friends."
"Even after being so mean?" Rocket asked, looking down. "Or after stealing some batteries?"
"Even after both of those things." Peter said.
They all watched the show continue on, everyone smiling as the fireworks contiued as the funeral moved forward, enjoying the show, but for Spyro, he felt uneasy, looking back into the window as Twilight noticed his worry, looking up at him.
"What's wrong Spyro?" Twilight asked.
"Twilight, what do you remember about the fusion?" Spyro asked. "Do you remember anythng at all?"
"No, no I don't remember anything." Twilighgt replied. "All I can remember is some kind of blue flame and then... nothing. Do you remember anything?"
Spyro looked out, seeing the fireworks contiuing as he felt wprry rise inside of him, making even Twiloight worry for him.
"Too much Twilight." Spyro replied, the image of Primitive dragon appearing in his eyes as the blue flames burned. "Too much."
Back in Malefor's palace, the dark master himself was growing impatient, his aura a deep red as he waited for Aphara to return and when she did, the aura around his statue turned back to purple.
"Did you get it?" Malefor asked.
"No, in fact we have a major problem." Aphara replied. "Whatever that thing is, it's merged with the prince."
Malefor roared out as his statue turned red, unleashing blood red flames everywhere as the dragoness sought cover, diving for a nearby statue.
"The prince has it!?" Malefor asked in rage. "How is this possible!? He shouldn't be able to merge with such a beast! That power is MINE!"
"So now what?" Aphara asked. "With that thing at his command, he's practically unstoppable. Heck, he went al feral and-"
"Wait, did you say feral?" Malefor asked, his statue turning bacl to normal.
"Yeah, like he had no control." Aphara replied. "It happened when he used one of his drives. Why?"
"Hmm, perhaps all is not lost after all." Malefor said. "That power is near limitless darkness, maybe we can use this to our advantage."
"How?" Aphara asked. "It's not like we have enough materials to conjure another one, do we?"
"No, but something better." Malefor replied, the book levitating. "He may have won this time, but next time, he won't be able to stop me."
The book then opened to a page while Malefor was laughing, revealing some Japanese literature until it stopped on a single symbol, shadows coming off of the symbol itself as a pair of white eyes appeared from it.