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I'm back y'all!

Bright blue lights flickered around Ego's core. 

"She's just unconscious." Drax noted as he picked up the alien girl. 

"How long till the bomb goes off?" Peter asked Rocket. 

"In the unlikely event that Groot doesn't kill us all, about six minutes." Rocket replied. Cracks spread along the ground and ceiling of the centre of Ego's planet. Parts fell from above as the group battled the now awake Ego. 

"Kraglin, we need the quadrant ready for extraction. T-minus five minutes." Yondu said through a communication transmitter. 

"Aye, captain." 

"Somebody's gotta be up top when Kraglin arrives." Peter noted. "Drax, take Mantis." He took his aero-rig and placed it onto Drax's back. 

"Ow! My nipples!" Drax yelled as he flew up with Mantis in his arms. The others stayed inside the planet as it began to break apart. Gamora and Nebula fell through the ground. 

"Gamora!" Peter screamed as she plummeted down. (Y/N) followed the sisters. She sped up as Nebula grabbed the side of a rising pillar. Nebula reached out for Gamora before she grabbed her wrist and threw her up onto the pillar. Nebula climbed on after before (Y/N) landed next to them. Gamora looked to Nebula, confused yet thankful for her saving her. 

"Get over it." Nebula said as she rolled her eyes. 

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"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's voiced echoed throughout his core. Yondu fought back the glowing blue tentacles of light with his arrow while Rocket used his limitless explosives. 

"Yeah!" Rocket exclaimed in a low voiced as he cocked his gun. 

Ego continued his taunting speech. "Soon, Peter, we will be all there is. So stop pissing me off!" Quill continued shooting his blasters at Ego's tentacles of light before he was pushed down to the ground. His mask fell off his face and he laid in the dirt. 

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Gamora, Nebula and (Y/N) looked above and watched the pillars rise. They all looked below and saw one rise next to the one they stood on. "Go!" Gamora yelled as the three of them ran and jumped off. Gamora and Nebula held onto the side of the rising rock. (Y/N) flew up below them in case they fell. They eventually reached the top of the rock pillar and watched above as they approached the bright lights higher up. The pillar they were on began to rise on an angle. It slammed into the side of the much larger rock. Nebula and Gamora started to climb the rock as (Y/N) flew next to them, ready to warn them of incoming rock pillars. As Gamora grabbed onto the side, bright blue light held her hand in place. The light wrapped around her body as she looked over to Nebula and (Y/N). The light reached out for (Y/N) and held her in the air while it held Gamora and Nebula against the rock. 

Yondu was held down to the ground.

Rocket battled the tentacles as his aero-rig kept him in the air. 

Drax was pulled into the ground as he held Mantis up in the air. 

The walls surrounding Groot closed in on him. Tears fell as he sobbed in fear. 

"I told you...I don't want to do this alone." Ego emerged as a skeleton with his organs beginning to form. A tentacle of light pierced Quill through his back as he screamed in pain. "You cannot deny the purpose the universe has bestowed upon you." Ego's core began to light up more as he became more powerful. "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?" 

"I don't use my head to fly the arrow, boy!" Yondu called out to Peter on his right. "I use my heart-" He was stopped by rocks entering his mouth and covering his face. Peter looked back in front of him and remembered everything he's done with everyone in his team. His family. 

He remembered lying in the grass, listening to music with his mum, back when he was young. 

He remembered laughing hysterically with Drax on the ship. 

He remembered using his aero-rig to fly with Rocket as (Y/N) flew upside down above them. Groot held onto his left shoulder. 

He remembered the first time he introduced Gamora to music. 

He remembered being taught how to use a blaster by Yondu when he was young. 

His fists clenched as the dust around him started to swirl. Ego looked at him confused and slightly fearful. The blue lights through the ground glowed unevenly. Ego knew Peter was overpowering him. He was draining him. 

"You shouldn't have killed my mum, and squished my walkman." Peter leaped out of Ego's restraints and pushed him through solid rock. Each hit made Ego weaker. 

Drax was freed as the sand around him lowered.

Gamora and Nebula were released from the rocks. 

(Y/N) opened her wings as the rocks around her dropped. 

Rocket fell from the sky as he was freed. 

Yondu spat out the rocks and dirt as he sat up. 

Groot panted as he pushed the walls away from him. He spotted Ego's cored behind him. 

"Groot? If you can hear me, hurry up! I'm not sure how long Quill can keep him distracted." Rocket called out from outside of where Groot was. 

"He's still in there?!" (Y/N) exclaimed as she flew up next to Rocket. They hugged as Rocket replied back. 

"Yeah, we gotta get him out before Ego starts fighting back for real." Just as he said that, Groot exited and jumped in his arms. "Alright, let's go!" The three of them flew back down next to Gamora and Nebula who had already climbed up to the top. Yondu stood near them. (Y/N) checked with the girls as Rocket went over next to Yondu. 

"Yondu, we're about to blow!" Rocket explained. 

"Get to the ship!" Yondu replied. 

"Not without Quill."

"You need to take care of the twig!" 

"...Not without you!" 

Yondu shook his head, "I ain't done nothin' right my whole damn life, rat... You need to give me this." 

Rocket reached into his pockets. "A spacesuit and an aero-rig. I only have one of each." He handed them over to his blue friend. Yondu nodded as a thanks. 

"I am Groot." Groot added. 

"What's that?" Yondu asked. 

"He says, 'welcome to the frickin' Guardians of the Galaxy'. Only he didn't use 'frickin'." Rocket then began to fly up. 

"Bye, Twig." Yondu called out to them. 

"We're gonna need to have a real discussion about your language." Rocket told Groot.