Final Battle Part 1

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The ship went downwards.

Blake: What are you doing?

Yondu: We should be going up!

Quill: We can't. Ego wants to eradicate the universe as we know it. We have to kill him. Rocket!

Rocket: Got it!

I was concerned.

Blake: So I guess this is another adventure in which we might not survive.

Quill: It could be if we're not careful. We just have to get in, blow up the core and get out quick before Ego revives.

Rocket: So we're saving the galaxy again?

Quill: I guess.

Rocket: Awesome. We'll really be able to jack up our prices if we're two time-galaxy savers.

Quill: I seriously can't believe that's where your mind goes.

Rocket: It was just a random thought, man! I thought we were friends! Of course I care about the planets, and the buildings, and all of the animals on the planets.

Blake: Yourself included?

Rocket: Shut up.

Quill: And the people.

Rocket: Meh.

Blake: Yeah. Didn't think so, either.

Mantis: The crabby puppy is so cute he makes me want to die!

Zoe: That's just weird, Mantis.

We kept drilling.

Yondu: Tell me why Ego wants you here.

Quill: He needs my genetic connection to the light to help destroy the universe. He tried to teach me how to control the power.

Of course. That's why he needed us to deliver the kids to him.

Yondu: Well, could you?

Quill: A little. I made a ball.

I was confused.

Yondu: A ball?

Quill: I thought as hard as I could. It was all that I could come up with.

Blake: I can't really say I'm surprised. Was a frisbee or a baseball set that hard to come up with? I fail to see where you're going with this.

Yondu: You "thought"? You think when I make this arrow fly, I use my head.

Blake: Technically, you whistle to make it fly.

Youndu: Not you.

We made it through the ore and to the center.

Mantis: There. That's Ego's core.

Blake: There it is. All we have to do is destroy that before he finds us and get before we're crushed. Sounds simple enough. Last words for anybody?

Gamora: That ore is thick, Rocket.

Rocket: I got it covered.

He activated the main blaster.

Mantis: We must hurry. It will not take Ego long to find us.

Rocket: Keep it steady.

Then we fired the laser.

Zoe: Seems simple enough. What could go wrong?

Quill: We drill into the center, we kill him.

"Captain?"

Blake: Is that Kraglin?

His voice came from the radio.

Yondu: Yeah, what is it, Kraglin?

Kraglin: Hey, remember that Ayesha chick?

Yondu: Yeah, why?

I saw them out the window.

Blake: That's why.

Yondu: Oh, no!

The Sovereign fleet we're closing in on us.

Blake: Taserface must've sent them our coordinates before the ship exploded.

We had to move.

Zoe, Drax, Gamora, and Mantis fell out the hole and landed on their feet.

Quill: Why aren't you firing the lasers?

Rocket: They blew out the generator. I think I packed a small detonator.

Nebula: A detonator's worthless without explosives.

Rocket: Well, we got these.

He held out the batteries.

Quill: Is that thing strong enough to kill Ego?

Rocket: If it is, it'll cause a chain reaction throughout his entire nervous system.

Quill: Meaning what?

Rocket: The entire planet will explode. We'll have to get out of here fast. I rigged a timer.

Quill: Go.

We all flew out and went though the hole.

Meanwhile, with Zoe, the ground began to glow.

Mantis: He's coming.

Drax: Didn't you say you could make him sleep?

Mantis: When he wants. He's too powerful. I can't.

Drax: You don't have to believe in yourself, because I believe in you.

All the sudden, he came towards them.

Mantis put her hand on the ground.

Mantis: SLEEP!

Then, everything calmed down.

Drax: I never thought she'd be able to do it with as weak and skinny as she appears to be.

Mantis: I don't know how long I can hold him.

Meanwhile, with us

Rocket shined a light where we made a hole.

Rocket: The metal's too thick. For the bomb to work, we'd actually need to place it on Ego's core. And our fat butts ain't gonna fit through those tiny holes.

Quill: Well

We all looked down a Groot, who was playing with a leaf on his shoulder.

Rocket: That's a terrible idea.

Quill: It's actually the best one we have.

Blake: He's the only one who can fit.

Rocket groaned.

Rocket: Unbelievable. Rocket, do this. Rocket, do that.

Quill: What a day, ay Blake?

Blake: Yep. Watch your six.

Then we flew in to attack.

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