As Ego leads Peter into another chamber, Mantis sees that Ego has Peter wrapped around his finger. She rushes to wake up Drax to warn him that Ego's true intentions are now clear.
Mantis: [shaking Drax awake] Drax! We need to talk!
Drax: I'm sorry, but I like a woman with some meat on her bones.
Mantis: [confused] What?
Drax: I tried to let you down easily by telling you, you were disgusting.
Drax starts gagging.
Mantis: What are you doing?
Drax: Ugh. I'm imagining being with you physically.
Mantis: Drax! That's not what I . . . I don't like you like that! I don't even mate with the type of thing you are!
Drax: Hey! There's no need to get personal.
Mantis: Listen! Ego has gotten exactly what he wanted. I should have told you earlier. I am stupid! You are in danger!
Ego leads Peter into a chamber and shares that he has finally found meaning.
Peter: Doesn't eternity get boring?
Ego: Not if you have a purpose, Peter, which is why you're here.
Back in the cavern, Nebula sees a pile of bones.
Nebula: We need to get off this planet.
Meanwhile Rocket, Groot, Yondu, and Kraglin are continuing their hundreds of jumps as it grossly distorts their bodies. One of the last jumps, they fly through an area where The Watchers have gathered with a human (Stan Lee cameo). The Watchers see the ship zip through then disappear into another jump portal.
Watcher Informant: Oh, man. Anyway, before I was so rudely interrupted. At that time, I was a Federal Express man.
After the four make it to their destination, Rocket starts to gloat that he wants to save Peter just to prove he's better than him and can hang it over his head.
Yondu: You can fool yourself and everyone else, but you can't fool me. I know who you are.
Rocket: You don't know anything about me, loser.
Yondu: I know everything about you. I know you play like you're the meanest and the hardest but actually you're the most scared of all.
Rocket: Shut up!
Yondu: I know you steal batteries you don't need and you push away anyone who's willing to put up with you 'cause just a little bit of love reminds you of how big and empty that hole inside you actually is.
Rocket: I said shut up!
Yondu: I know them scientists that made you, never gave a rat's ass about you!
Rocket: I'm serious, dude!
Yondu: Just like my own damn parents who sold me, their own little baby, into slavery. I know who you are, boy. Because you're me!
Rocket: What kind of a pair are we?
Yondu: The kind that's about to go fight a planet, I reckon.
Rocket: All right, okay! Good, that's . . . Wait. Fight a what?
Gamora and Nebula meet up with Drax and Mantis. Gamora grabs Mantis by the throat demanding who were the bodies in the cavern. Mantis gives the explanation to Gamora as Ego explains it to Peter, simultaneously.
We return to Ego and Peter in the chamber.
Ego: I call it the Expansion. It is my purpose, and now it is yours as well.
Peter: It's beautiful.
Ego: Over thousands of years I implanted thousands of extensions of myself on thousands of worlds. I need to fulfill life's one true purpose. To grow and spread, covering all that exists until everything is me.
Ego produced many children that Yondu delivered to him, but when they did not possess the same power of a Celestial, Ego had them killed, and now their bones are what Gamora and Nebula found. Peter just so happens to hold the power that Ego was looking for.
Mantis touches Gamora, and she feels fear for the first time.
Gamora: What did you do to me?
Gamora wants to rescue Peter despite Mantis' warning of Ego's power and hold on his son, but Nebula considers a rescue as a futile endeavor and they should leave without him.
Nebula: [to Gamora] All any of you do is yell at each other. You're not friends.
Drax: You're right. We're family. We leave no one her behind. . . Except maybe her. [points at Nebula]
Peter: You said you loved my mother.
Ego: And that I did. My river lily who knew all the words to every song that came over the radio. I returned to Earth to see her three times. And I knew if I returned a fourth, well, I'd never leave. The Expansion, the reason for my very existence would be over. So, I did what I had to do. But it broke my heart to put that tumor in her head.
Peter: What?
Ego: Now, now, all right, I know that sounds bad.
Peter continuously shoots Ego with his Quad Blasters.
Ego: [reforming] Who in the hell do you think you are?
Peter: You killed my mother!
Ego: I tried so hard to find the form . . . [changes form to David Hasselhoff] . . . that best suited you and this is the thanks I get? [changes back] You really need to grow up.
Ego pierces Quill with a beam of energy.
Ego: I wanted to do this together, but I suppose you'll have to learn by spending the next thousand years as a battery!
Ego controls Peter to spread the seedlings across the planets, causing mass destruction. To top it off, Ego crushes Peter's Walkman and Awesome Mix Volume 2 that his mother left him. Rocket, Groot, and Yondu meet up with Gamora, Drax, Nebula, and Mantis as they gear up to stop Ego. As Ego's spread of destruction continues, Yondu crashes into Ego's palace right on top of Ego, interrupting the destruction and freeing Peter from the energy beam. The friends race to Yondu's ship and are greeted by Groot.
Drax: Out of the way, dumber smaller Groot!
It's revealed that Ego's core conscious or brain is deep below the cavern. They attempt to lift off, but Ego uses energy beams to trap the ship. As Peter and Yondu bicker over their past, Ego is reforming to a human shape in front of them.
Rocket: You people have issues.
Peter: Well, of course I have issues. That's my freakin' father!
They escape the palace and head to the cavern, laser-blasting their way through underground.
Rocket: So, we're saving the galaxy, again?
Peter: I guess.
Rocket: Awesome! We're really going to be able to jack up our prices if we're two-time galaxy savers.
Mantis: [about Rocket] The crabby puppy is so cute. He makes me wanna die!
While they continue tunneling their way through to the cavern, Peter explains to Yonda why Ego was interested in him, disovering he is a Celestial, and struggling with mastering his new powers.
Yondu: You think I use my head to fly the arrow, boy?
They arrive at Ego's core and must laser-blast through the hard Ore shell. Unfortunately, they are also met by a fleet of Sovereigns out to kill them as well.
Kraglin: Captain?
Yondu: What is it, Kraglin?
Kraglin: Hey, remember that Ayesha chick?
Yondu: Yeah, why?
Kraglin: Uh . . .
Yondu sees a fleet of Sovereign ships appear.
Yondu: Oh, hell!
During the attack, Drax, Gamora, and Mantis fall out of the ship and land near Ego's core. The generator for their foray of lasers weapon is damaged, disabling that weapon. Rocket builds a bomb using the batteries he stole to destroy Ego. Rocket, Peter, and Groot fly from the ship and land inside the laser-blasted hole of the core.
Drax attempts to convince Mantis to put the quickly approaching Ego to sleep, but she is in fear of his power.
Drax: You don't have to believe in yourself, because I believe in you.
Mantis is able to put Ego to sleep while the Guardians take care of the others. Inside the laser-blasted hole, Peter and Rocket discover all openings to the core are too small and are forced to use little Groot to deliver the bomb.
Rocket shows Groot how to arm the bomb.
Rocket: All right, first you flick this 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.
Groot: I am Groot.
Rocket: Uh-huh.
Groot: I am Groot.
Rocket: That's right.
Groot: [pointing to the death button] I am Groot.
Rocket: No! No, that's the button that will kill everyone! Try again.
Groot: Hmm. I am Groot.
Rocket: Mmm-hmm.
Groot: I am Groot?
Rocket: Uh-huh.
Groot: [pointing to the death button] I am Groot.
Rocket: 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.
Groot points to the death button.
Rocket: No! . . . Does anybody have any tape out there? I wanna put some tape over the death button.
Peter: I don't have any tape. Let me check. Yo, Yondu, do you have any. Ow! Do you have any tape? Gamora? Do you have any tape? Tape! Ah, never mind. Ow! 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? Nobody has any tape!
Rocket: Not a single person has tape?
Peter: Nope!
Rocket: Did you ask Nebula?
Peter: Yes!
Rocket: Are you sure?
Peter: I asked Yondu and she was sitting right next to him.
Rocket: I knew you were lying!
Peter: You have priceless batteries and an atomic bomb in your bag. If anybody's gonna have tape, it's you!
Baby Groot grabs the device and runs off with it while Rocket's back is turned.
Rocket: That's exactly my point! I have to do everything!
Peter: You are wasting a lot of time here!
Peter returns to battling the Sovereign fleet. Rocket turns around and sees that both the bomb and Groot are gone.
Rocket: [to himself] We're all gonna die.
With the bomb in hand, Groot slides through the small opening toward's Ego's core. The Sovereign fleet have Yondu's ship surrounded and about to make their final fatal blast.
Ayesha: Don't screw with the Sovereign.
Nebula connects herself to the ship's foray of lasers using herself as the generator it needs to activate.
Yondu: This is gonna hurt!
Nebula: Promises, promises.
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