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She SINGS and dances with abandon in + her seat. She’s a lively goofball, and it’s apparent where + Peter Quill received much of his personality. + + +2 EXT. DAIRY QUEEN/WOODS - MOMENTS LATER 2 + + The Cobra pulls beside this Dairy Queen in a desolate area. + + +3 EXT. WOODS BEHIND DAIRY QUEEN - MOMENTS LATER 3 + + The Mysterious Man helps Meredith down the steep hillside + into the woods. “Brandy” continues to play on the car + stereo in the lot behind them. Meredith GIGGLES. + + MYSTERIOUS MAN + This way, my river lily. + + MEREDITH + Where are you taking me? + 2. + + +The Mysterious Man shows her a STRANGE SPROUT nestled +amongst the trees. + +A few inches tall and decidedly alien in nature, its +delicate limbs twist and turn in a complex pattern. + + MEREDITH + Oh. It’s beautiful. + +The Mysterious Man looks proudly at Meredith. With a +perpetually excited glint in his eye, and the air of a +self-empowerment guru, he is an intoxicating presence. + + MYSTERIOUS MAN + I was afraid it wouldn’t take to + the soil, but it rooted quickly. + +He nods toward the sky between the branches above. + + MYSTERIOUS MAN + Soon it will be everywhere - all + across the universe, fulfilling + life’s one true purpose. + + MEREDITH + Which is what? + + MYSTERIOUS MAN + Expansion. + +The Mysterious Man takes her in his arms. He gazes into her +eyes. She grows almost teary. + + MEREDITH + I’m not sure what you’re talking + about. But I like the way you say + it. + + MYSTERIOUS MAN + My heart is yours, Meredith Quill. + + MEREDITH + I can’t believe I fell in love with + a spaceman. + +And they KISS, with passion, and love. “DO DO DO DO DO DO +DO DO DO DO DO!” sings Looking Glass as SOURCE BECOMES +SCORE and we TILT DOWN to the plant. It TWITCHES AND GROWS +AND TWISTS. + 3. + + + We PUSH IN ON IT, where we see the plant is made, not only + of cellulose and leaves, but of a BRIGHT COSMIC LIGHT. And + we KEEPING PUSHING IN, INTO THE PLANT ITSELF, more FLESH- + LIKE than you’d imagine, where COLORFUL BACTERIA OVERCOMES + US as “BRANDY” DISTORTS AND TRANSFORMS into something epic. + + O.S. A CRACK OF INTERDIMENSIONAL THUNDER + + SUPER: 34 Years Later + + +4 EXT. THE SOVEREIGN - OUTER SPACE 4 + + An artificial, golden planet, made of interlocking orbs, + revolves around a blue sun. + + We PUSH IN on THUNDEROUS INTERDIMENSIONAL CRACKS on one + small patch of planet. + + SUPER: THE SOVEREIGN + + +5 I/E. POWER STATION - DAY 5 + + A DIMENSIONAL CRACK SNAPS in the sky overhead. PETER QUILL + looks from it to an old MATTEL ELECTRONICS FOOTBALL GAME + converted into a tracker. A RED DOT APPROACHES. + + QUILL + Showtime, a-holes! It’ll be here + any minute! + + GAMORA (O.S.) + Which will be its loss. + + Quill turns toward GAMORA, loading a rifle. DRAX, ROCKET, + and BABY GROOT also ready themselves for battle in this + grand, open-air power station. Dozens of BATTERIES are + couched in conductor towers encircling them. Quill, Gamora, + and Rocket wear flying rigs. + + QUILL + Is that a rifle? + + GAMORA + You don’t know what a rifle is? + + QUILL + I thought your thing was a sword. + + GAMORA + 4. + + + We’ve been hired to stop an + interdimensional beast from feeding + on those batteries’ energy, and I’m + going to stop it with a sword? + + QUILL + (mumbling to himself) + Don’t look at me like I’m stupid. + You’re the one being all + inconsistent. + +A LOUDER, LARGER CRACK: something seems to be fighting its +way through the sky. + + GAMORA + Drax, why aren’t you wearing one of + Rocket’s aero-rigs? + + DRAX + It hurts. + + GAMORA + Hurts? + + DRAX + (muttering) + I have sensitive nipples. + +Rocket, who is working on a pair of speakers wired to +Quill’s Walkman, LAUGHS HARD at this. Drax points at him. + + DRAX + What about him?! What’s he doing?! + + ROCKET + If I finish this, we can listen to + tunes while we work. + + DRAX + How is that a priority? + + ROCKET + Blame Quill! He’s the one who loves + music so much! + + QUILL + I agree with Drax. It’s hardly + important right now. + + ROCKET + Oh, sure, okayyyy, Quill. + +Rocket WINKS at him. + 5. + + + QUILL + No, I really agree with him. + + ROCKET + Sure, I know. + +Rocket WINKS some more. + + DRAX + I can clearly see you winking. + + ROCKET + Damn. I’m using my left eye? + +Rocket hears a small GROWL. + +He looks down and sees Baby Groot - newly unpotted, only +nine inches tall or so - angrily THROWING ASIDE some +foraging Orloni. Then he looks up at Rocket, explaining: + + GROOT + I am Groot. + + ROCKET + They were not looking at you funny. + +AN EVEN LARGER CRACK! + +Rocket swirls as a GIGANTIC BEAST - a hundred-foot-long +Lovecraftian monstrosity - BREAKS THROUGH THE +INTERDIMENSIONAL RIFT. THE ABILISK is the color of a pinkie +mouse with kaleidoscopic and deadly SPLATTER MATTER pulsing +from its maw. + + ROCKET + Well. That’s intense. + +Rocket, Quill, and Gamora JET-PACK OUT OF THE WAY, while +they BLAST at the creature. Drax HOLLERS, CHARGING it with +his twin blades. Quill TURNS ON his mask. + +But we FOCUS on baby Groot, who trots up to the stereo +speakers and Walkman. + +He fiddles with two wires. They SPARK, the stereo POWERS +UP, and “MR. BLUE SKY” by ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA PLAYS as +- + +THE CREDITS START + +Baby Groot DANCES IN-FOCUS in the foreground as the +Guardians get PUMMELED by the beast OUT-OF-FOCUS in the +background. + 6. + + +Baby Groot’s dancing is arrhythmic and many of his “dance +moves” are nonsensical mixtures of trembling, swaying, and +making weird faces. + +But it is joyous. + +As Groot struts, Quill comes ROLLING behind him. As he +stands, he sees Groot dancing and looks at him, worried. + + QUILL + Groot, look - ! + +A TENTACLE FLIES IN FROM OFF-SCREEN, KNOCKING Quill OUT-OF- +FRAME as Groot dances on, blissfully unaware. + +Groot, smiling, dances onward, as DRAX, in the clutches of +a giant tentacle, is SLAMMED NUMEROUS TIMES BESIDE HIM. + +Groot arrives at GAMORA, who is blasting at the OFF-SCREEN +BEAST. + + GAMORA + Get out of the way, Groot! You’re + going to get hurt! + +Groot stops dancing. He WAVES at her. + + GAMORA + Hi. + +She AERO-JETS back into the fray. + +As Groot DANCES, Drax FALLS directly behind him. + +Groot FREEZES. + +Drax stares at him a moment, suspicious. Groot stays +frozen. + +Drax LEAVES, and Groot COMMENCES THE DANCE where he left +off. + +Groot sees an INSECT FLYING BY. + +Suddenly dancing is forgotten and GETTING THIS BUG is all- +important. He CHASES it. + +He HOPS up and grabs it from the air... + +And starts EATING it. + 7. + + +Rocket spots this and FLIES DOWN beside him, worried. He +PRIES OPEN GROOT’S MOUTH with his fingers, frantically +trying to get it out. + + ROCKET + Spit it out! Spit it out! + +Groot COUGHS IT OUT. The bug FLIES crookedly away, one wing +mulched. + +Rocket JETS OFF back toward the battle, muttering: + + ROCKET + Disgusting. + +Groot sees something else and becomes furious. We follow +his line of sight to a GRAZING ORLONI. + +Groot SCREAMS A WAR CRY and ATTACKS IT. He GROWS HIS +BRANCHES AROUND IT, and the terrified Orloni DARTS AWAY, +DRAGGING GROOT WITH IT. + +Groot’s anger becomes panic as he is DRAGGED AROUND BY THE +ORLONI and can’t let go. + +The Orloni DARTS around the power station and underneath +the RAGING BATTLE, a CRYING Groot bouncing along behind it. + +Finally, he LETS GO and goes TUMBLING, ROLLING directly +INTO THE CAMERA. + +And then stands up and, as if none of it happened at all, +starts DANCING AGAIN. + +We PAN and see the speakers and Walkman beside him, and we +realize Baby Groot has traveled around the entire Power +Station and has arrived back where he started - + +When Drax is FLUNG by the beast into the stereo system, +SMASHING it. + +Groot stops dancing. Angry that Drax has ruined his fun, he +picks up a piece of the stereo and beats him with it. + +CREDITS END. + +Drax stands and glares at the ferocious beast as Rocket, +Quill, and Gamora BLAST at it without effect. + + DRAX + The beast’s hide is too thick to be + pierced from the outside. I must + cut through it from the inside. + 8. + + + GAMORA + Huh? + + Drax HOLLERS, CHARGING the creature. + + GAMORA + Drax, no! That doesn’t make - + + The creature OPENS ITS ENORMOUS MOUTH, SCREECHING, and Drax + LEAPS INSIDE IT, instantly swallowed up. + + QUILL + What is he doing?! + + GAMORA + He said the skin is too thick to be + pierced from the outside, so he -- + + QUILL + That doesn’t make sense! + + GAMORA + I tried to tell -- ! + + QUILL + Its skin is the same thickness from + the inside as from the out! + + GAMORA + I REALIZE THAT. + + +6 INT. BEAST’S STOMACH - DOESN’T MATTER 6 + + Drax HOLLERS as he SLASHES AWAY inside the goo of the + beast’s stomach. To no avail. + + +7 I/E. POWER STATION - DAY 7 + + Quill reloads his pistol, thinking. + + QUILL + Gamora, there’s a cut on its neck - + Rocket, get it to look up. + + Quill and Rocket JET UP HIGH up over the creature as they + BLAST REPEATEDLY at it. + + QUILL + Hey, you giant Sea Monkey, up here! + 9. + + + Gamora’s rifle is jammed. She tosses it down. PULLS HER + SWORD. SNAPS IT OPEN. + + The beast SCREECHES at Quill and Rocket FLYING overhead. + The colorful SPLATTER MATTER FLIES FROM ITS MOUTH, + BATTERING ROCKET, BURNING his clothes. + + But its neck is exposed, where the skin is thinner, and + there is a small wound. + + Gamora DASHES, LEAPING HIGH into the air, and she PLUNGES + her sword directly into the wound. + + She holds tight to the hilt as she FALLS, SLICING AN + INCISION down the length of the creature’s neck. + + The beast WOBBLES, TOPPLES, and DIES. As it COLLAPSES, Drax + SPILLS OUT of the wound. He raises his arms in victory. + + DRAX + Ha ha! I have single-handedly + vanquished the beast! + + Quill SCOFFS. Rocket SNORTS. Gamora stares at him, dead- + eyed. + + Baby Groot throws a rock at him. + + DRAX + What? + + +8 I/E. POWER STATION - MOMENTS LATER 8 + + The Guardians de-rig by the Anulax batteries. + + DRAX + What are they called again? + + QUILL + Anulax batteries. + + DRAX + Harbulary batteries. + + QUILL + That’s nothing like what I just + said. But they’re worth thousands + of units a piece. Which is why the + Sovereign hired us to protect them. + + Rocket pulls out one of the ANULAX BATTERIES, checking it + out. + 10. + + + Gamora, Drax, and Quill walk on. Rocket stays back a + moment. + + Quill nods down the walkway, where GOLDEN SOVEREIGN + CITIZENS stand at the edge of the station, gawking. + + QUILL + Just be careful what you say around + these folks. They’re easily + offended and the cost of + transgression is death. + + DRAX + Sounds judgmental for a bunch of + golden morons. + + QUILL + That’s the kind of thing you might + want to keep to yourself. + + GAMORA + I’ll hold my tongue, as long as + they deliver what was promised. + + +9 EXT. LAIR OF THE HIGH PRIESTESS - MORNING 9 + + An enormous golden palace in the shape of a globe, dappled + by morning sunlight. + + AYESHA (O.S.) + We thank you, Guardians, for + putting your life on the line. We + could not risk the lives of our own + Sovereign citizens. + + +10 INT. LAIR OF THE HIGH PRIESTESS - DAY 10 + + HIGH PRIESTESS AYESHA is stunningly beautiful with golden + skin. Her CHAMBERMAIDS and other DENIZENS flutter + throughout her luxurious lair, all of whom are equally + perfect. + + AYESHA + Every citizen is born exactly as + designed by the community, + impeccable, both physically and + mentally. We control the DNA of our + progeny, germinating them in + birthing pods. + + QUILL + 11. + + + I guess I prefer making people the + old-fashioned way. + + AYESHA + Well... perhaps someday you could + give me a history lesson in the + archaic ways of our ancestors... + for academic purposes. + + QUILL + Yeah, I mean, if it’s for research + that could be pretty -- + +Quill sees Gamora staring at him. + + QUILL + Pretty repulsive. I’m not into that + kind of casual - + + GAMORA + Oh, please. + (to Ayesha) + Your people promised something in + trade for our services. Bring it + and we shall gladly be on our way. + +Ayesha nods. + +Two SOLDIERS emerge with A WOMAN in a hood and cloak, her +wrists bound by SHACKLES. They SHOVE HER TO HER KNEES and +yank back her hood, REVEALING -- + +NEBULA. Her clothes are tattered. Her hand is now just a +low-tech metal claw. + +She glares at Gamora. Gamora glares at her. Quill looks +from one to the other, feeling the tension. + + QUILL + (quietly) + Family reunion. Yaaaay. + + AYESHA + I understand she is your sister? + +Gamora roughly picks Nebula up, starts to go. + + GAMORA + She’s worth no more to me than the + bounty due for her on Xandar. + + AYESHA + 12. + + + Our soldiers apprehended her + attempting to steal the batteries. + Do with her as you please. + + QUILL + Thank you, High Priestess Ayesha. + +Quill starts to go. + + AYESHA + What is your heritage, Mr. Quill? + +Quill turns back towards her, uncomfortable with the +question. + + QUILL + My mother is from earth. + + AYESHA + And your father? + + QUILL + He’s... not from Missouri, that’s + all I know. + +Ayesha stares at him as if she’s eaten something foul. + + AYESHA + I see it within you, an unorthodox + genealogy. A hybrid that seems + particularly... reckless. + +Quill tries not to let this affect him, but it does. Rocket +grins a huge, fake grin at Ayesha. + + ROCKET + You know, they told me you people + were conceited douchebags. But that + isn’t true at all. + +Rocket turns to Quill and WINKS. The Guardians shift +uncomfortably. + + ROCKET + Oh, shit, I’m using my wrong eye + again, aren’t I? + (to Ayesha) + I’m sorry. That was meant to be + behind your back. + +Drax YANKS Rocket away. + 13. + + + Gamora and Quill head out of the lair. Drax and Rocket are + a few paces behind. + + DRAX + Count yourself blessed they didn’t + kill you. + + ROCKET + You’re telling me. You wanna buy + some batteries? + + Rocket grins and shows Drax something hidden in his bag - + TWO ANULAX BATTERIES. + + “LAKE SHORE DRIVE” by ALIOTTA, HAYNES, AND JEREMIAH PLAYS. + + Drax LAUGHS. Rocket SHUSHES him so Quill and Gamora don’t + hear. + + +11 EXT. SOVEREIGN SPACE DOCK/THE MILANO - MOMENTS LATER 11 + + The Milano RISES into the blue sunset over the Sovereign + Space Dock filled with golden, capsule-shaped ships. + + Rocket works the controls as they rise up. He speaks into + the comm: + + ROCKET + Let’s get baldy back to Xandar and + retrieve that bounty! + + +12 INT. MILANO LOWER FLIGHT DECK - OUTER SPACE 12 + + Groot lies on the rear window peering out the back as they + pass overhead. + + On the CASSETTE PLAYER AWESOME MIX VOL. 2 is playing; we + PAN away from it, MOVING IN on Quill, looking perturbed as + he takes off his jacket. + + Gamora is nearby, putting shackles on Nebula. + + GAMORA + You all right? + + QUILL + That stuff about my father. Who + does she think she is? + + GAMORA + I know you’re sensitive about that. + 14. + + + QUILL + I’m not sensitive about it. I just + don’t know who he is. + +Gamora nods. + + QUILL + Sorry if it looked like I was + flirting with her. I wasn’t. + + GAMORA + I don’t care if you were. + +Gamora pushes Nebula to the rear of the craft. + + QUILL + I think you do care. That’s why I’m + apologizing. + +Quill watches her go, somewhat longingly. + + DRAX + Gamora is not the one for you, + Quill. + +Quill is startled to see Drax directly beside him. + + DRAX + There are two types of beings in + the universe. Those who dance, and + those who do not. + + QUILL + Uh huh. + + DRAX + I first met my beloved at a war + rally. + + DRAX + Everyone in the village flailed + about, dancing. Except one woman. + My Ovette. I knew immediately she + was the one. + +Quill nods, trying to be polite. + + DRAX + The most melodic song in the world + could be playing, and she wouldn’t + even tap her foot. She wouldn’t + move a muscle. One might assume she + was dead. + 15. + + + QUILL + Well, that is pretty hot, but-- + + DRAX + It would make my nether regions + engorge - + + QUILL + All right, okay, fascinating, don’t + need to hear it. I get your point, + I’m a dancer and Gamora is not. + +Drax smiles kindly, clutches Quill’s shoulder. + + DRAX + You just need to find a woman who + is pathetic, like you. + +At the rear of the ship, Gamora roughly restrains Nebula. + +Nebula notices a bowl of fruit. + + NEBULA + I am hungry. Hand me some of that + yaro root. + + GAMORA + No. It’s not ripe yet. And I hate + you. + + NEBULA + You hate me?! You left me there + while you stole that stone for + yourself. Yet here you stand, a + hero, a Garden of the Galaxy! + + GAMORA + A what? + +Nebula stares at her, confused. + + GAMORA + ‘Guardians of the Galaxy.’ + + NEBULA + Oh. + + GAMORA + Why would we be ‘the Gardens of the + Galaxy’? + + NEBULA + 16. + + + I don’t know. I thought it was + stupid. + + GAMORA + Yeah, it would be. + + NEBULA + It’s still wordy. + + GAMORA + I wasn’t the one who thought of it. + + NEBULA + Your name doesn’t matter. I’ll be + free of these shackles soon enough, + and I’ll kill you, I swear. + + GAMORA + No. You’ll live out your days in a + prison on Xandar, wishing you + could. + + WARNING LIGHTS FLASH. + + +13 I/E. MILANO FLIGHT DECK - MOMENTS LATER 13 + + Gamora MOVES UP from the stairs. Rocket and Quill are in + the pilot seats. Drax is moving up from the back. + + QUILL + We got an armed Sovereign fleet, + approaching from the rear. + + Gamora takes the center seat, sees a REARVIEW SCAN: + + Golden, capsule-shaped, Sovereign OMNICRAFT, with a video + screen on front and a blaster on each side - getting + closer. + + GAMORA + Why would they do that?! + + DRAX + Probably because Rocket stole some + of their batteries. + + Quill and Gamora look at Rocket, astounded. Rocket gawks at + Drax, betrayed. + + ROCKET + Dude. + 17. + + + DRAX + Oh, right. He didn’t steal one of + those. I don’t know why they’re + after us. What a mystery this is. + +THE SOVEREIGN FIRE UPON THE MILANO. + +Quill does his best to evade their blasts. + + QUILL + What were you thinking?! + + ROCKET + Dude, it was really easy to steal. + + GAMORA + That’s your defense? + + ROCKET + Come on. You saw how that high- + priestess talked down to us! I’m + teaching her a lesson! + + QUILL + Oh! I didn’t realize your + motivation was altruism. A shame + the Sovereign have mistaken your + intentions and are trying to kill + us. + + ROCKET + Exactly. + + QUILL + I WAS BEING SARCASTIC! + + ROCKET + Oh no! You tricked me! You’re + supposed to use a sarcastic voice! + Now I look foolish! + +Drax points at Rocket and LAUGHS at him. + + QUILL + SHUT UP, DRAX! You knew! You should + have told us! + +Drax is aghast. He looks at Rocket. + + DRAX + Did you tell him it was easy to + steal? + 18. + + + ROCKET + Are you kidding me? + + DRAX + What? + + ROCKET + You never listen to anything! + + GAMORA + None of you listens! Can we please + just put the bickering on hold + until after we survive the massive + space battle?! + + Rocket glances at Quill, nodding back at Gamora. + + ROCKET + Whoa. Somebody woke up on the wrong + side of the bed this morning. + + QUILL + Do not try to bro down with me + right now, dude. I will fricking + punch you in your fricking face. + + ROCKET + Real nice! Resorting to violence. + + QUILL + More incoming! + + MORE SHIP FLY AT THEM from the front. + + ROCKET + GOOD! I WANT TO KILL SOME GUYS! + + They twist and turn between the oncoming ships as ROCKET + FIRES AT THEM, SCREAMING. They EXPLODE. + + On the front of the Sovereign ships is the VIDEO IMAGE OF A + PILOT. + + SOVEREIGN PILOT (ON SHIP) + Bloody hell! + + +14 INT. SOVEREIGN PILOT BAY - DAY 14 + + The same SOVEREIGN PILOT sits in a REMOTE POD. On a SCREEN + in front of her we see ROCKET FIRING. + + The SHIP IS HIT and the SCREEN GOES STATIC. + 19. + + + The Pilot SHOUTS in anger, like a kid who lost at a video + game. + + High Priestess Ayesha surveys from a walkway above; ROWS OF + PODS containing PILOTS, all flying their Omnicraft + remotely. + + +15 I/E. MILANO FLIGHT DECK 15 + + GAMORA + You’re not killing anyone. Those + ships are all remotely piloted. + + +16 INT. SOVEREIGN PILOT BAY - DAY 16 + + A SOVEREIGN ADMIRAL is beside Ayesha. + + AYESHA + What is the delay, Admiral? + + ADMIRAL + High Priestess, if we destroy their + craft, we risk destroying the + batteries. They’re extraordinarily + combustible and could, in turn, + destroy the entire fleet. + + AYESHA + We have thousands of batteries and + thousands of ships. Our concern is + their slight against our people. We + hired them and they steal from us? + It is heresy of the highest order. + + The Admiral speaks into his comm. + + ADMIRAL + All command modules - + + A FRIGHTENED SOVEREIGN PILOT, on the outskirts of the + battle, hears the Admiral in his headset. + + ADMIRAL (O.S.) + Fire with the intent to kill. + + A MEAN SOVEREIGN PILOT, FIRING at the Milano, smirks. + + +17 I/E. MILANO FLIGHT DECK - OUTER SPACE 17 + 20. + + +THE MILANO’S WING IS STRUCK. The EMERGENCY SYSTEMS FLASH +ON. + + QUILL + What’s the closest habitable + planet? + +Gamora dances her fingers over the UNIVERSAL NEURAL +TELEPORTATION NETWORK, clicking through “jump points” until +she finds one. + + GAMORA + It’s called Berhert. + + QUILL + How many jumps? + + GAMORA + Only one. But the access point is + 47 clicks away. And it’s through + that Quantum Asteroid Field over + there. + +Quill spots, to his side, a HUGE FIELD OF SMALL, GLOWING +ASTEROIDS, SWIRLING IN RANDOM PATTERNS, DISAPPEARING OUT OF +SPACE and EMERGING AGAIN a few feet or a few yards away. + +Quill ZOOMS SIDEWAYS toward the field. + + DRAX + Quill, to make it through that, + you’d have to be the greatest pilot + in the universe. + +Quill smirks. + + QUILL + Lucky for us - + + ROCKET + I am. + +Rocket FLIPS the pilot controls between them so that he’s +the one piloting the ship. Quill gapes at him. + +The Milano DIVES into the QUANTUM ASTEROID FIELD, SWOOPING +in and around the SWIRLING ATOMIZED STONES, barely missing +them. + +The Sovereign ships FOLLOW. They are not pilots on par with +Rocket, so most of the ships are immediately PELTED WITH +STONES AND DESTROYED. + 21. + + +18 INT. SOVEREIGN PILOT BAY - DAY 18 + + One after another the SOVEREIGN PILOTS screens go blank, + and they FALL BACK, angry and upset. + + PUSH IN on Ayesha, barely containing her fury. + + +19 I/E. MILANO FLIGHT DECK - OUTER SPACE 19 + + Quill FLIPS the controls back, so he’s piloting again. + + ROCKET + What are you doing?! + + QUILL + I’ve been flying this rig since I + was ten years old. + + ROCKET + I was cybernetically engineered to + pilot a spacecraft! + + Rocket FLIPS the controls back to him. + + QUILL + You were cybernetically engineered + to be a douchebag. + + Quill FLIPS the controls back to him. + + GAMORA + Stop it! + + ROCKET + Quill, later on tonight you’re + gonna lay down in your bed and + there’s gonna be something squishy + in your pillowcase and you’re gonna + be, like, ‘what’s this?’ and it’s + gonna be because I put a turd in + there. + + Rocket FLIPS the switch back. + + QUILL + You put your turd in my bed, I + shave you. + + ROCKET + Oh it won’t be my turd, it will be + Drax’s. + 22. + + + Drax LAUGHS cheerfully. Gamora glances at him. He explains: + + DRAX + I have famously huge turds. + + GAMORA + We’re about to die, and this is + what we’re discussing? + + DRAX + They raise havoc with the pipes. + That’s why I do all the plumbing. I + take responsibility for my actions. + Unlike some people... + + Drax eyes baby Groot. + + QUILL + Groot, he’s right, you have to + start aiming inside the box. + + Groot looks ashamed. Quill FLIPS the controls back. + + GAMORA + Stop it. + + Rocket SWITCHES it back. Quill SWITCHES it back. + + They’re nearing the end of the Asteroid Field when both go + to switch it at the same time and -- + + WHAM! A LARGE ASTEROID SMASHES THROUGH the stern of the + Milano. + + +20 I/E. MILANO LIVING AREA - OUTER SPACE 20 + + A CHUNK OF THE REAR OF THE CRAFT DISAPPEARS. + + Nebula IS SUCKED toward the hole - but, fortunately, her + arms are shackled to a post, so she doesn’t fly out. + + Her face and body cover with frost. + + +21 I/E. MILANO FLIGHT DECK - OUTER SPACE 21 + + Everything FLIES AROUND THE SPACECRAFT, RUSHING THROUGH THE + HOLE. + + Groot GOES FLYING, but Quill CATCHES HIM, and casually + TOSSES him back to Drax -- + 23. + + + So that he can punch in a code, causing - + + +22 I/E. MILANO LIVING AREA - OUTER SPACE 22 + + A PROTECTIVE ENERGY SHIELD SLIDES UP in front of the hole. + + Nebula COLLAPSES to the floor. She yells upstairs -- + + NEBULA + Idiots! + + +23 I/E. MILANO FLIGHT DECK - OUTER SPACE 23 + + Everyone catches their breath, relieved. + + ROCKET + Well, that’s what you get when + Quill flies. + + Gamora THROWS SOMETHING HARD at the back of Rocket’s head. + + ROCKET + Ow! + + GAMORA + There’s still a Sovereign craft + behind us! + + The electronics FLICKER. + + QUILL + Our weapons are down! + + GAMORA + Twenty clicks to the jump. + + The Mean Pilot BLASTS at them from the sole Sovereign + Craft, TAKING OUT another part of a wing. The Milano is + TREMBLING. + + Drax starts climbing down into the living area. + + QUILL + Where’s he going? + + +24 INT. SOVEREIGN PILOT BAY - DAY 24 + + A group of pilots have gathered around the Mean Pilot, + rooting him on, like kids at a video arcade. + 24. + + + FRIGHTENED PILOT + Come on, Zylak, you can do this. + + +25 I/E. MILANO LIVING AREA - OUTER SPACE 25 + + Nebula sees the bowl of yaro root has spilled in front of + her. + + She reaches for a piece, but it’s KICKED OUT OF HER WAY. + + She looks up to see Drax, grabbing a cable on a spool + attached to the wall. + + DRAX + It’s not ripe. + + Drax HOOKS the cable to his belt. A folder on the wall + reads SPACESUITS FOR EMERGENCY and, below that, in Rocket’s + scrawl: OR FOR FUN. + + Drax pulls a small disk from the folder. He slaps it + between his shoulder blades and a SHIMMERY SHEATH COVERS + HIS ENTIRE BODY - a thin force-field spacesuit. + + +26 I/E. MILANO FLIGHT DECK - OUTER SPACE 26 + + Gamora watches THE MAP leading to the jump point. + + GAMORA + Fifteen clicks. + + Another BLAST from the Sovereign craft HITS them. + + +27 INT. SOVEREIGN PILOT BAY - DAY 27 + + The pilots rooting on the Mean Pilot erupt into CHEERS. + + +28 I/E. MILANO LIVING AREA - OUTER SPACE 28 + + Drax grabs a huge rifle. + + He punches buttons on the wall. A SECOND PROTECTIVE SHIELD + OPENS UP between him and Nebula, and THE FIRST PROTECTIVE + SHEATH OPENS, exposing him to space -- + + +29 INT. SOVEREIGN PILOT BAY - DAY 29 + 25. + + + The Mean Pilot watches in awe as Drax JUMPS OUT the back of + the Milano. + + +30 I/E. MILANO LIVING AREA - OUTER SPACE 30 + + Drax smiles. The cable UNSPOOLS and SNAPS TAUT when it + reaches its end. + + Drax is DRAGGED HAPHAZARDLY by the Milano like a water sled + on a boat. + + +31 I/E. MILANO FLIGHT DECK - OUTER SPACE 31 + + ON THE MAP, the jump point gets closer. + + GAMORA + Ten clicks. + + +32 I/E. MILANO LIVING AREA - OUTER SPACE 32 + + The Mean Pilot BLASTS WILDLY at Drax, missing him by mere + inches. + + Drax brings the sight to his eye. Aims at the ship. + + DRAX + Die, spaceship. + + And he SHOOTS, BLASTING the Sovereign ship. + + +33 INT. SOVEREIGN PILOT BAY - DAY 33 + + The Mean Pilot SCREAMS as his lights go out. The Frightened + Pilot shakes his head in disgust. + + FRIGHTENED PILOT + You suck, Zylak. + + Zylak is really sad. + + +34 I/E. MILANO FLIGHT DECK - OUTER SPACE 34 + + As Quill and Rocket leave the asteroid field, it seems for + a moment they’re scot-free... + + GAMORA + Five clicks! + 26. + + + Then DOZENS OF OMNICRAFT pull around them on both sides. + + QUILL + Son-of-a-! They went around the + field! + + +35 INT. SOVEREIGN PILOT BAY - DAY 35 + + Ayesha smiles. + + +36 I/E. MILANO FLIGHT DECK - OUTER SPACE 36 + + It looks like the end of the road for the Guardians when - + + THERE IS A BLINDING BURST OF LIGHT AND ALL OF THE OMNICRAFT + EXPLODE. + + +37 INT. SOVEREIGN PILOT BAY - DAY 37 + + Ayesha watches in shock as the screens in the pods go dead. + + ADMIRAL + Someone destroyed all the ships. + + AYESHA + What?! WHO?! + + But the Admiral doesn’t know. + + +38 I/E. MILANO FLIGHT DECK - OUTER SPACE 38 + + Rocket sees the BRIGHT WHITE LIGHT is emanating from an + OVAL-SHAPED SPACECRAFT. + + ROCKET + What is that?! + + Quill sees the FLICKERING framework of a JUMP POINT. + + QUILL + Doesn’t matter! That’s the jump + point! GO! GO! + + As they’re about to reach the jump point, Rocket sees a MAN + standing casually atop the oval ship, LIGHT BURSTING + THROUGH HIS BODY and into the craft - the source of the + explosion. + 27. + + + ROCKET + It’s a guy. + + Quill doesn’t see as the Milano DISAPPEARS INTO THE JUMP + POINT. + + +39 I/E. MILANO LIVING AREA/DIRECTLY ABOVE BERHERT - DAY 39 + + The ship POPS IN HERE, TELEPORTING directly above the + earth-like planet. Because the ship is in such bad shape, + parts of it TEAR OFF AND SPIRAL AWAY as it enters this new + atmosphere. + + +40 I/E. MILANO FLIGHT DECK - OUTER SPACE 40 + + Gamora sees Drax being dragged in the REARVIEW MONITOR. + + GAMORA + Oh my God. + + +41 I/E. MILANO LIVING AREA/DIRECTLY ABOVE BERHERT - DAY 41 + + Drax WHIPS WILDLY OUT of the back of the ship. The CABLE + SPOOL on the wall is coming off - + + +42 I/E. MILANO FLIGHT DECK/BERHERT FOREST - DAY 42 + + Quill sees a green forest APPROACHING UNBELIEVABLY FAST. + + He turns toward Gamora, but she’s gone. Instead Baby Groot + is sitting alone, happily munching on candies as if he’s + watching a movie. + + QUILL + Groot, put on your seat belt! + + +43 I/E. MILANO LIVING AREA/DIRECTLY ABOVE BERHERT - DAY 43 + + The SPOOL DETACHES and FLIES toward the back, which would + leave Drax in the upper reaches of the planet’s atmosphere + - + + But Gamora has made it downstairs - she GRABS ONTO THE + SPOOL with one hand while CLUTCHING onto a secure part of + the ship with her other. As it SNAPS TIGHT, it nearly + wrenches her apart. She GROANS. + + QUILL + 28. + + + Prepare for a really bad - + + The Milano HITS THE TREES, BARRELING OVER THEM. They PART + and FLATTEN and SWAT at the windshield. + + Out back, Gamora HOLDS TIGHT despite searing pain, as Drax + BOUNCES VIOLENTLY off the trees. + + DRAX + Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! + + And, eventually, the Milano comes to an ABRUPT STOP. + + SUPER: BERHERT + + Drax pushes himself up in the dirt. He CHUCKLES. He glances + back at Gamora like the madman he is. + + DRAX + That was awesome. + + Gamora nods, sure, yeah, okay, whatever, dude. + + +44 I/E. CRASHED MILANO - CLEARING - MOMENTS LATER 44 + + CRANE DOWN OVER THE SMOKING, BATTERED MILANO TO our heroes, + and a still-shackled Nebula. + + GAMORA + Either one of you could have gotten + us through that field, if you had + flown with what’s between your ears + instead of what’s between your + legs! + + QUILL + If what’s between my legs had a + hand on it, I guarantee I could + have landed this ship. + + GAMORA + It’s not funny, Peter. We almost + died. Because of your arrogance. + + QUILL + (re: Rocket) + More like because he stoled Anulax + batteries! + + DRAX + They’re called Harbulary batteries. + 29. + + + QUILL + No, they’re not! + + ROCKET + You know why I did it, Star-Munch? + +Quill fumes. + + ROCKET + Do you? + + QUILL + I’m not going to answer to ‘Star- + Munch.’ + + ROCKET + I DID IT BECAUSE I WANTED TO. + + QUILL + Dick. + + ROCKET + What are we even talking about this + for? We just had a little man save + us by blowing up fifty ships! + + DRAX + How little? + +Rocket shows him with his finger and thumb. + + ROCKET + Like this. + + GAMORA + A little one-inch man saved us? + + ROCKET + Well, if he got closer I’m sure + he’d be much larger. + + QUILL + That’s how eyes work, you stupid + raccoon. + + ROCKET + Don’t call me a raccoon! + + QUILL + Oh, I’m sorry, I meant to say + ‘trash panda.’ + +Rocket pauses, unsure, looks at Drax. + 30. + + + ROCKET + Is that better? + + DRAX + I don’t know. + + QUILL + It’s worse. + + ROCKET + YOU SON-OF-A-!! + +Rocket LEAPS, SNAPPING at Quill, when Nebula looks up into +the sky. + + NEBULA + Someone followed you through the + jump point. + +A HUGE SPACESHIP HOVERS overhead. + +The Guardians COCK THEIR WEAPONS as they FALL BACK-TO-BACK +in tight formation. + + NEBULA + Set me free. You’ll need my help. + + GAMORA + I’m not a fool, Nebula. + + NEBULA + You’re a fool if you deprive + yourself a hand in combat. + + GAMORA + You’ll attack me the moment I let + you go. + + NEBULA + (mumbly, unconvincing) + No, I won’t. + + QUILL + You’d think an evil supervillain + would learn how to properly lie. + + DRAX + I bet it’s the one-inch man!! + +The SHIP LANDS, CRUSHING ALL OF THE TREES AROUND IT. + 31. + + + A HATCH OPENS, and an adventurous, outer space frontiersman + steps forward. He has grown hardened and haggard over the + years, but he is definitely the MYSTERIOUS MAN from the + beginning of the film. MANTIS, a creepy woman with + antennae, emerges behind him. + + The Man smiles. + + MYSTERIOUS MAN + After all these years, I’ve found + you. + + QUILL + Who the hell are you? + + MYSTERIOUS MAN + I figured my rugged good looks + would make that obvious. My name’s + Ego. And I’m your Dad, Peter. + + +45 EXT. CONTRAXIA - OUTER SPACE 45 + + QUIET. A planet of mostly water and white icy patches of + land, revolving around two overlapping suns. + + SUPER: CONTRAXIA + + M15 5127512731+X1955KX + + +46 EXT. THE IRON LOTUS - DAY 46 + + SNOW FALLS GENTLY over this sleepy, pastel-colored town of + wood and stone buildings. + + PUSH IN on the Iron Lotus, a robot brothel and saloon. + + ASSORTED RAVAGERS, including KRAGLIN, as well as some + ROBOTIC COURTESANS, are drunk and GIGGLING, trying to catch + snowflakes on their tongues. + + +47 INT. IRON LOTUS SUITE - DAY 47 + + YONDU UDONTA is staring out the window as he puts on his + pants. He looks utterly disconnected and alone. + + Behind him are three ROBOT COURTESANS. One pushes a button + on her neck and she POWERS DOWN. + + TULLK (O.S.) + Yondu! Come on down! + 32. + + + Yondu looks down at the street where an older Ravager, + TULLK, drunkenly dances, waving for him to join. + + +48 INT. IRON LOTUS - MOMENTS LATER 48 + + Yondu exits his suite. Two bodyguards, BRAHL and HALF-NUT, + salute and follow him as he descends the stairwell. + + At the bottom of the stairs a group of RAVAGERS in BLUE + UNIFORMS LAUGH. A gruff, older warrior, STAKAR, and a man + seemingly made of diamonds, MARTINEX are among them. + + Yondu stops when he sees them. He’s struck. Stakar LAUGHS + as he tells a story - + + STAKAR + And I was like, Aleta, I love you, + but you’re crazy now, you always + been - + + Yondu approaches Stakar with trepidation. + + YONDU + Stakar. + + Stakar is surprised to see him. + + YONDU + Been some time. I’d - + + STAKAR + Seems like this establishment is + the wrong kind of disreputable. + + The blue-coats turn and walk away. + + YONDU + Stakar... + + Stakar glances at the PROPRIETOR as he passes her. + + STAKAR + There are a hundred Ravager + factions, Sneeper. You just lost + the business of ninety-nine by + serving one. + + PROPRIETOR + Please, sir! Sir! + + Yondu stands there for a moment, hurt, as they head out the + door. + 33. + + + But, little by little, his hurt turns to rage and he + FOLLOWS. + + +49 EXT. IRON LOTUS - DAY 49 + + Yondu trots quickly toward Stakar and the others. + + YONDU + You all can go to hell! I don’t + care what you think of me! + + Stakar swirls toward him, furious. + + STAKAR + Then why you following us for?! + + YONDU + ‘Cause you’ll listen to what I got + to say! + + STAKAR + I don’t got to listen to nothing! + You betrayed the code! Ravagers + don’t deal in kids! + + YONDU + I didn’t know what was going on - + + STAKAR + You didn’t know ‘cause you didn’t + want to know, ‘cause it made you + rich! + + YONDU + I demand a seat at the table! I + wear the flames same as you! + + STAKAR + You may dress like a Ravager but + you won’t hear no Horns of Freedom + when you die, boy, and the Colors + of Ogord will not flash over your + grave! + + STAKAR + You think I take some pleasure in + exiling you, you’re wrong. You + broke all our hearts. + + Stakar and the others storm away. Martinex stays a moment, + staring at Yondu, and then moves on too. + 34. + + + Yondu is left alone, shaken as the WHITE SNOW FALLS GENTLY + on his blue face. + + NEARBY, a MONSTROUS RAVAGER leans in toward Kraglin, Tullk, + GEF THE RAVAGER, OBLO, and RETCH. As he eyes Yondu, he + WHISPERS: + + MONSTROUS RAVAGER + First Quill betrays us and Yondu + just lets him go, scot-free. Now + he’s getting all riled over + nothing. We followed him ‘cause he + was the one wasn’t afraid to do + what needed to be done. Seems like + he’s going soft. + + KRAGLIN + If he’s so soft why you whispering + for? + + MONSTROUS RAVAGER + You know I’m right, Kraglin. + + TULLK + You best watch what you say about + the Cap’n, Tay - + + RETCH + Who the hell is that?! + + Tullk stops when he sees High Priestess Ayesha approaching + beside them. The Chambermaids ROLL OUT a LONG BLUE CLOTH so + she doesn’t touch unconsecrated ground. + + She STOPS at the carpet’s end. Does her best to force a + smile. + + AYESHA + Yondu Udonta, I have a proposition + for you. + + Yondu looks at her. + + EGO (PRE-LAP) + When your mother passed away, I + hired Yondu to pick you up. + + +50 EXT. CAMPFIRE/CRASHED MILANO - NIGHT 50 + + Quill sits around a campfire with Ego, Mantis and the + others, eating. Ego indulges heartily. + 35. + + + EGO + I would have done so myself, but I + was in the midst of an outlandish + adventure at the time, battling + demonic forces to save this + dimension or some such nonsense - I + can’t quite recall, it all bleeds + together after awhile. But instead + of returning you, Yondu kept you. I + have no clue as to why. + + QUILL + Because I was a skinny kid who + could squeeze into places adults + couldn’t, making thieving easier. + + EGO + I’ve been trying to track you down + ever since. + + DRAX + I thought Yondu was your father. + + QUILL + What? + +Drax stares at him. + + QUILL + We’ve been together all this time + and you thought Yondu was my + actual, blood relative? + + DRAX + You look exactly alike. + + ROCKET + One’s blue. + + QUILL + He wasn’t my father. Yondu was the + guy who abducted me. He’d beat the + crap out of me so I’d learn how to + fight and he kept me in terror + threatening to eat me. + + EGO + Eat you?! + + QUILL + Yes. + + EGO + 36. + + + That son-of-a-bitch. + + GAMORA + How’d you locate us now? + + EGO + Even where I reside, out past the + edge of what’s known, we’ve heard + tell of the man they call Star- + Lord. + + He stands, handing his dish to Gamora. + + EGO + Say we head out that way now? Your + associates are welcome, even that + triangle-faced monkey there. + + Rocket, self-conscious, feels his nose. + + EGO + I promise you, it’s like no place + you’ve ever seen. And there I can + explain your very special heritage, + and finally be the father I’ve + always wanted to be. + (almost teary) + ‘Scuse me. I gotta take a whizz. + + Ego leaves. Quill looks at Gamora. + + QUILL + Not buying it. + + GAMORA + Peter, we need to take a walk. + + +51 EXT. CAMPFIRE/CRASHED MILANO - NIGHT 51 + + Ego is WHISTLING “BRANDY” and PEEING into the bushes. + + Mantis looks at Drax. She GRINS, or at least her best + attempt at grinning. It’s kind of creepy. + + MANTIS + I am Mantis. + + DRAX + What are you doing? + + MANTIS + 37. + + + Smiling. I hear it is the thing to + do to make people like you. + + DRAX + Not if you do it like that. + + MANTIS + Oh. I was raised alone on Ego’s + planet. I do not understand the + intricacies of social interaction. + + She points at Rocket. + + MANTIS + Can I pet your puppy? It is + adorable. + + DRAX + (mischievous) + Yes... + + She goes to pet Rocket: startled, he SWIRLS and SNAPS at + her. + + MANTIS + AHH! + + She pulls back her hand. Drax LAUGHS, heartily. + + DRAX + That’s called a practical joke! + + She GIGGLES. + + MANTIS + I liked it very much! + + They both LAUGH together. Nebula shakes her head with + disbelief. + + +52 EXT. BESIDE CRASHED MILANO - MOMENTS LATER 52 + + Quill and Gamora enter this private spot; the campfire + flickers through the trees beyond them. + + QUILL + Give me a break! After all this + time, and he just expects to be my + Dad all of the sudden! + + GAMORA + I hear you. + 38. + + + QUILL +I mean, this could be a trap - the +Kree purists, the Ravagers, now the +Sovereign - they all want us dead. + + GAMORA +I know, but - + + QUILL +But what? + + GAMORA +What was that story you told me +about Zardu Hasselfrau? + + QUILL +Who? + + GAMORA +The wonderful television-singer +man. He had a magic boat. + + QUILL +David Hasselhoff? + + GAMORA +Right. + + QUILL +He had a talking car, not a magic - + + GAMORA +Why did it talk again? + + QUILL +Just to be a good friend, I guess. + + GAMORA +And as a child you carried his +picture in your pocket, and you +told the other children he was your +father, but he was out of town -- + + QUILL + (embarrassed) +Shooting Knight Rider or touring +with his band in Germany. Why are +you bringing this up now? I was +drunk when I told you that. + + GAMORA +I love that story. + 39. + + + QUILL + I don’t. It’s just sad! I was so + sad because I’d see the other kids + off playing catch with their dads, + and I wanted that, more than + anything in the world. + + Gamora takes Quill’s hands in her own. + + GAMORA + My point is, maybe this man is your + Hasselhoff. I know it’s a long + shot. But I lost my father as a + child. I’d give anything... + + Quill nods, grudgingly. + + GAMORA + If he ends up being evil, we’ll + just kill him. + + Quill CHUCKLES. + + GAMORA + What’s funny? + + +53 I/E. CRASHED MILANO - SUNRISE 53 + + Inside the ship, “THE CHAIN” BY FLEETWOOD MAC PLAYS on the + cassette player. Nebula is angry. + + NEBULA + You’re leaving me with that fox?! + + Rocket is SOLDERING the ship. + + GAMORA + He’s not a fox. + + Gamora glances at Rocket as she grabs her outer-space- + adventurer version of luggage. + + GAMORA + Shoot her if she does anything + suspicious. Or if you feel like it. + + Rocket GRUNTS. Gamora looks at a sad Baby Groot. + + GAMORA + It will just be a couple days. + We’ll be back before Rocket’s + finished fixing the ship. + 40. + + +Gamora steps out. Rocket sees Groot, who is ABOUT TO CRY as +he watches them go. + +Drax and Quill come from the back of the ship. + + DRAX + What about your spool of songs? + + QUILL + I have clones. + + DRAX + What if the Sovereign come? + + QUILL + There’s no way for them to know + they’re here. + + DRAX + I am uncertain about parting ways. + + QUILL + You’re like an old woman. + + DRAX + Because I am wise? + +Quill turns to Rocket as Drax and Gamora head toward the +ship. He starts to say something nice - perhaps something +conciliatory but -- + + ROCKET + Hope daddy isn’t as big of a dick + as you, orphan boy. + +Quill just shakes his head and SNICKERS. + + QUILL + So what’s your goal here? To get + everyone to hate you? ‘Cause it’s + working. + +Quill turns back around with Gamora and Drax and walks +away. + +Rocket looks at the others leaving as THE SONG BECOMES +SCORE: I can still hear you saying you will never break the +chain. + +Rocket watches them move away. + +IN SLOW-MOTION, Quill, Drax, and Gamora approach the oval +ship. The slit opens. Ego, with Mantis, is waiting inside. + 41. + + + Ego smiles and CLASPS his hand on Quill as he enters. + + +54 INT. EGOS SHIP - SUNRISE 54 + + Quill sits back against the wall, alone, nervous. He looks + across the way at a SLEEP CHAMBER, where Mantis helps Ego + lie down on a slab. + + She places her hand on his forehead with her hand: her + antennae ALIGHT. And he drifts off to sleep. + + Quill takes a small, folded piece of paper out of his + pocket. + + It’s the PHOTO OF DAVID HASSELHOFF. + + He looks at it, then looks at Ego. Quill’s eyes fill with + cautious hope. And the SONG ENDS. + + +55 EXT. BERHERT - MOMENTS LATER 55 + + Ego’s ship rises, blocking out the sun. + + +56 EXT. EGO’S SHIP - OUTER SPACE 56 + + The Orb moves through a rainbowish funnel of space and + time; technology beyond what even the Guardians know. + + +57 INT. EGO’S SHIP - OUTER SPACE 57 + + Quill and Drax are drinking tea and LAUGHING with Mantis. + + QUILL + Can I ask you a personal question? + + MANTIS + Oh, no one has ever asked me a + personal question! + + QUILL + The antennae, what are they for? + + MANTIS + Their purpose? + + Gamora ENTERS, pouring herself some tea. + + DRAX + 42. + + + Yes, Quill and I have a bet. + + QUILL + You’re not supposed to say that. + + DRAX + I say that if you are about to go + through a doorway that is too low, + your antennae will feel this, and + stop you from being decapitated. + + QUILL + Just making clear - if it’s + anything else - any other answer - + I win? + +Gamora smiles, warmed by the good-natured, by-now-familiar +bickering between Quill and Drax. + + MANTIS + They are not for feeling doorways. + + DRAX + (bummed) + Damn. I just lost my entire life’s + savings. + + QUILL + Three pairs of pants. + + MANTIS + I think they have something to do + with my empathic abilities. + + GAMORA + What are - ? + + MANTIS + If I touch someone I can feel their + feelings - + + QUILL + You read minds? + + MANTIS + No. Telepaths know thoughts. + Empaths feel feelings. Emotions. + +She looks at Quill. + + MANTIS + May I? + 43. + + +Quill doesn’t stop her. Mantis, cautiously, touches him. +Her hand quivers as his emotions shoot through her and her +antennae ALIGHT. She is moved. + + MANTIS + You feel love. + + QUILL + Yeah, I guess, yeah, I have sort of + a general, unselfish love for + everyone. + + MANTIS + No, romantic, sexual love. + + QUILL + No. No, I don’t. + +Mantis nods at Gamora. + + MANTIS + For her. + + QUILL + No. + +Gamora is embarrassed. Drax starts LAUGHING UPROARIOUSLY. + + DRAX + She just told everyone your + deepest, darkest secret, Quill! + HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! + + QUILL + What the hell, dude? That’s a total + overreaction. + +Drax SLAPS HIS CHEST. + + DRAX + DO ME! DO ME! + +Mantis touches Drax. She grins brightly. + + MANTIS + I have never felt such humor! + +She starts GIGGLING and before long both she and Drax are +LAUGHING HYSTERICALLY. + + QUILL + You got to be kidding me. + 44. + + +Drax and Mantis both point at Quill, clutching onto each +other and FALLING OVER WITH LAUGHTER. Quill’s humiliated. + + QUILL + That’s so incredibly uncool. + +Mantis wipes the tears from her eyes, composing herself. +She goes to touch Gamora, who grabs her wrist though her +clothes. + + GAMORA + Touch me. And the only thing you’re + going to feel is a broken jaw. + +Mantis smiles, nods, backs away. + + MANTIS + I can also alter emotions, to some + extent. + + QUILL + Like what? + + MANTIS + If I touch someone who is sad I can + ease them into contentment, for a + short while. I can make a stubborn + person compliant. But I mostly use + it to help my Master sleep. He lies + awake at night, thinking about his + progeny. + +Quill looks at her, struck by this. + + DRAX + Do one of those on me! + +Mantis touches him. He grins expectantly. + + MANTIS + Sleep. + +Drax COLLAPSES, INSTANTLY ASLEEP. Mantis smiles at the +others, hoping she has pleased. Quill and Gamora look at +Drax, SNORING. They’re surprised. + + GAMORA + Is that real? + + QUILL + It’s kind of like someone put a + baby’s head on a big, muscular + body, isn’t it? + 45. + + + FADE TO BLACK. + + O.S. ALIEN INSECTS CHIRP + + +58 EXT. CRASHED MILANO - NIGHT 58 + + Four moons shine over the forest. The campfire CRACKLES + beside the Milano, and “SOUTHERN NIGHTS” BY GLENN CAMPBELL + emerges from the cassette player within. + + The Monstrous Ravager and Kraglin lead a group of Ravagers + up over a ravine. Dozens of M-Ships quietly lower behind + them. + + Kraglin nods toward the sounds of Glenn Campbell in the + distance. They raise their weapons. + + OVERHEAD SHOT: dozens and dozens of Ravagers come from + different directions, surrounding the Milano. + + One Ravager cluster, lead by Half-Nut, CREEPS close enough + to the Milano that they see the lights within the vehicle + and can hear Rocket inside HUMMING along to the song. + + Half-Nut licks his lips in anticipation, closing in for the + kill, when he steps on a small pedal. It CLICKS. + + A HUNDRED DARTS FLY AT THE GROUP from traps set in trees. + + They STICK INTO THE RAVAGERS’ BODIES, knocking them + instantly unconscious. As one Ravager FALLS, a GUNSHOT is + discharged. + + +59 INT. CRASHED MILANO - NIGHT 59 + + Nebula is awakened by the SHOT. She sees a frightened + Groot, peering through a hole at the bodies falling. + + PULL BACK TO REVEAL, beside him, a futuristic walkie-talkie + with ROCKET’S HUMS emerging. + + +60 EXT. CRASHED MILANO - PERCUSSIVE BOMB TRAP - NIGHT 60 + + Rocket is crouched on a limb in shadows above the Milano, + smiling and HUMMING to “Southern Nights” into his comm. + + He spots A LARGER GROUP OF RAVAGERS APPROACHING THE MILANO + from the other side, led by Retch. + 46. + + + Rocket LEAPS TOWARD THEM, from one tree limb to another + like a squirrel. + + The GROUP enters a clearing close to the ship. A TALL + RAVAGER looks up and spots Rocket LEAPING OVER THEIR HEADS. + + TALL RAVAGER + There! + + The Ravagers BLAST at Rocket, following him. He HOPS from + tree to tree as BULLETS WHIZZ PAST HIM, leading them right + where he wants them. + + He stops in a tree at the end of the run. He holds a device + with two buttons. He presses one of them. + + A PERCUSSIVE BOMB at the feet of the Ravagers BURSTS, + sending half of them FLYING UP into the air. + + As the confused group on the ground watches, Rocket presses + the second button and a second BOMB BURSTS. They FLY UP + INTO THE AIR as well. + + Rocket SNICKERS, as he continues pushes the buttons and the + two groups of Ravagers FLY UP and DOWN until the bombs are + depleted of energy. + + Retch looks up from the ground, to see the little animal + hopping away in the tree limbs overhead. + + +61 EXT. CRASHED MILANO - STICKY DISK TRAP - NIGHT 61 + + An EVEN LARGER GROUP OF RAVAGERS walk beneath the branches, + MOONLIGHT FLICKERING ON THEIR FACES. + + TILT UP TO REVEAL ROCKET’S SILHOUETTE on a gnarled limb. + He’s clutching an armful of small discs. He breathes + shallowly, waits. As soon as the last Ravager is passing + beneath him, he LEAPS onto his back. + + Rocket JUMPS FORWARD FROM ONE MAN TO THE NEXT, SLAPPING A + STICKY-DISC to each of their heads - SLAP! SLAP! SLAP! + SLAP! + + And then he LEAPS from the Ravager at the front of the line + BACK UP INTO THE TREES. + + The men are confused. They bring their fingers to the + sticky discs on their bodies. + 47. + + + Rocket smiles in the tree as he flicks a trigger. The + STICKY-DISCS SEND ELECTRICITY COURSING THROUGH ALL OF THE + MEN’S BODIES. + + They CONVULSE for a moment, then COLLAPSE. + + +62 EXT. CRASHED MILANO - CLEARING - NIGHT 62 + + Rocket LEAPS to the ground in a crouch. He sees Brahl + approaching in front of him, and then another RAVAGER + approaching from behind. They train their weapons on him. + + BRAHL + Ain’t so tough now without all your + toys, are you? + + Rocket LEAPS up onto Brahl’s face. + + He PUNCHES HIM IN THE THORAX so hard he can’t breathe. + + The other Ravager SHOOTS at him, but Rocket BACKFLIPS over + the SHOT so Brahl is STRUCK instead. + + Rocket LANDS on the back of the shooter’s neck and RAPID- + FIRE PUNCHES HIM in the head, until the man CRUMPLES to the + ground, unconscious. + + As Rocket lands, he HEARS WHISTLING and he looks up to see + -- + + YONDU’S ARROW FLYING THROUGH THE TREES, DIRECTLY TOWARD + HIM. + + ROCKET + Crap. + + Another high-pitched WHISTLE and the arrow STOPS ABRUPTLY, + FLOATING with the tip almost grazing Rocket’s forehead. + + Yondu waltzes out of the trees with Tullk, Kraglin, the + Monstrous Ravager, and many more. + + Rocket reluctantly raises his hands in surrender. + + YONDU + Hey there, rat. + + ROCKET + How’s it going, you blue idiot? + + YONDU + 48. + + + Eh, not so bad. We got a pretty + good gig. A golden gal with quite a + high opinion of herself offered us + a large sum to deliver you and your + pals to her, so she can kill y’all. + + +63 INT. CRASHED MILANO - NIGHT 63 + + Nebula looks out the window to see even more Ravagers + surrounding Rocket. She looks at baby Groot. + + NEBULA + Your friend. There’s too many of + them. They’re going to kill him. + + Groot looks as if he’s about to cry. + + NEBULA + He needs my help. If you care about + him, you need to get me out of + these bonds. + + Groot is unsure. + + +64 EXT. CRASHED MILANO - CLEARING - NIGHT 64 + + The Ravagers have entirely encircled Rocket. There’s no + chance of escape. Though upset, he mostly holds it in. + + YONDU + Pretty easy to find you, since we + put a tracer on your ship back + during the War over Xandar. + + ROCKET + You give me your word you won’t + hurt Groot, and I’ll tell you where + the batteries are. + + YONDU + Lucky for you my word don’t mean + squat. Otherwise I’d actually hand + you over. + + MONSTROUS RAVAGER + Otherwise you’d what?! + + Yondu scowls at the Monstrous Ravager. + + YONDU + 49. + + + We’ll take the batteries. They’re + worth a a quarter mil on the open + market - + + MONSTROUS RAVAGER + That priestess offered us a + million! A quarter is only one + third of that! + + YONDU + A quarter ain’t one-th - + + OBLO + A quarter is four times a million! + We’re in the money! + + GEF THE RAVAGER + No, idiot. A quarter is twenty- + five. + + YONDU + No - + + GEF THE RAVAGER + We can’t even buy a pair of boots + with twenty-five units! + + YONDU + The point is, we aren’t stupid + enough to help kill the Guardians + of the Galaxy. We’d have the whole + Nova Corps on us. + + KRAGLIN + (realizing) + That ain’t right. I just gotta say + it this one time, Cap’n. + +Everyone looks at Kraglin. + + KRAGLIN + No matter how many times Quill + betrays you, you protect him, like + none of the rest of us much matter. + I’m the one what sticks up for you, + me and Tullk. + + MONSTROUS RAVAGER + Damn straight, lad. You’re right: + he’s going soft. S’pose it’s time + for a change in leadership! + + KRAGLIN + 50. + + + Uh - + +The Monstrous Ravager points his weapon at Yondu. + +Others follow his lead. + +A handful of others, including Tullk and the Innocent +Ravager, raise their weapons in their Captain’s defense, so +that the whole circle are aiming at one another. Kraglin is +confused. + + TULLK + Put you damn guns down! + +Rocket is in the center of the potential crossfire. + + ROCKET + Hold on! There’s got to be some + sort of peaceful resolution here! + Or even a violent resolution, where + I’m standing over there. + +Yondu glares at the Monstrous Ravager. His FIN LIGHTS UP +and he starts to WHISTLE when - + +A GUNSHOT RINGS OUT; THE FIN IS BLOWN OFF THE TOP OF +YONDU’S HEAD. The arrow CLATTERS to the ground. + +Rocket watches as Yondu, confused, TOTTERS there for a +moment, and then COLLAPSES -- + +REVEALING NEBULA behind him, clutching a smoking pistol. + +Rocket looks at her, dead-eyed: really? + +She SHOOTS HIM WITH A BLAST OF ELECTRICITY, knocking him +unconscious. + +The Ravagers gape at Nebula. + + NEBULA + Well, hello, boys. + +She takes a bite from a piece of yaro root she stole from +the Milano. As she chews, she becomes disgusted. + +She spits it out. + + NEBULA + It’s not ripe. + 51. + + +65 EXT. RED PLANET - MOMENTS LATER 65 + + Ego’s ship ARRIVES at a bold red planet, twisting in front + of an enormous yellow sun, so close it seems like the sun + is about to devour it. “MY SWEET LORD” BY GEORGE HARRISON + PLAYS. + + SUPER: EGO’S PLANET + + G52 22C848T12F+E16UC22 + + +66 INT. EGO’S SHIP - SLEEP CHAMBER - OUTER SPACE 66 + + Mantis sets her hand on Ego’s forehead, waking him. + + +67 EXT. EGO’S PLANET/SPACEPORT - MOMENTS LATER 67 + + Ego’s ship lands in a spaceport. It organically JOINS the + spot where it lands - strands of material actually linking + up with the landing pad itself. + + From the front of the craft, a FLOATING TRAM emerges, with + Ego, Mantis, Quill, Gamora, and Drax. + + As the TRAM GLIDES toward its destination, the Guardians + are overwhelmed by transcendentally splendid surroundings. + The plant life is colorful and alien. Tall, twisting + obelisks seem to have no function other than beauty itself. + + EGO + Welcome, friends, to my world. + + QUILL + Wow. You have your own planet? + + EGO + But a trifle, no larger than your + earth’s moon. + + DRAX + Humility. I like it. I too, am + extraordinarily humble. + + Even Gamora smiles at the wonder of it all. + + Multicolored mercurial clumps FLOAT BY. + + Drax pokes one, and it BURSTS INTO A DOZEN VIBRANT HUES. + 52. + + +68 EXT. TRAM/PALACE - MOMENTS LATER 68 + + Ahead of them looms an astounding palace atop a mountain. + + QUILL + It’s beautiful. + + The tram STOPS. + + They step off it and toward the palace, Ego stops beside a + large FOUNTAIN. + + EGO + Peter, consider this a token of a + father’s pride. + + Ego motions; the WATERS OF THE FOUNTAIN FALL AWAY, + REVEALING a GIANT STATUE OF STAR-LORD: Quill stands + heroically, with foolish-looking Guardians kneeling around + him worshipfully. + + EGO + A memorial to the War Over Xandar, + when you single-handedly saved the + galaxy. + + GAMORA + Single-handedly? + + QUILL + Whoa. It’s perfect. + + GAMORA + You’ve got to be kidding. + + DRAX + Why am I dead? Why did you all kill + me?! + + GAMORA + That’s Ronan. That’s you. + + Drax is sitting on Quill’s shoulder, with a raccoon tail. + + DRAX + When was I that tiny? + + Gamora shakes her head in disbelief. They step past the + statue and onto the steps approaching the palace. + + GAMORA + 53. + + + You own a planet and can destroy + two dozen spaceships without a + suit. What are you, exactly? + + EGO + I’m what they call a Celestial, + sweetheart. + + The Guardians STOP behind him, astounded. + + QUILL + A Celestial. Like a... god? + + EGO + Small ‘g’, son. At least on the + days I’m feeling humble as Drax. + + He LAUGHS and walks up the stairs. + + +69 INT. PALACE - MOMENTS LATER 69 + + Ego SAUNTERS with Quill, Gamora, Drax, and Mantis, through + the enormous open doors, toward huge DIORAMAS lining either + side of the palace, like cosmic Stations of the Cross. + + EGO + This form you see before you is + only an extension of who I truly + am. I don’t know where I came from, + exactly. + + The DIORAMAS around them begin to ANIMATE: In the first, a + FLICKERING BRAIN COMPOSED OF POLYCHROMATIC LIGHT FLOATS in + space. + + EGO + The first thing I remember is + flickering, adrift in the cosmos - + utterly and entirely alone. + + The flickering brain pulls cosmic dust and rocks into + itself, ingesting them, GROWING. + + EGO + I fed on the matter around me like + plankton. I grew smarter and + stronger. + + A hard metal shell forms around the brain, with channels + running through for his energy to flow like rivers. + + EGO + 54. + + + I formed a sheathe to protect + myself from the elements. + +Ego continues developing outward from the shell, growing +the planet, then its beautiful landscapes and structures. + + EGO + And continued building from there, + layer by layer, the very planet you + walk on now. I built the spires + reaching up to the sky and the + tunnels burrowing into its depths. + + QUILL + Wow. + + EGO + But I was no ant to be fulfilled + solely by labor. I wanted more. I + desired... meaning. + +In the core shell - the Self Chamber - the flickering brain +floats, alone, perhaps sad. + + EGO + There must be some life out there + in the universe besides just me, I + thought, and I set myself to task + with finding it. + +The brain grows a SKELETAL FRAMEWORK OF LIGHT up from the +self chamber and to the surface of the planet. He pulls +molecules around this shape to create his “human” self. + + EGO + I created what I imagined + biological life might be like, down + to the most minute detail. + + DRAX + Did you make a penis? + + QUILL + Dude. + + DRAX + If he’s a planet, how did he make a + baby with your mother? He would + smush her. + + QUILL + I don’t need to hear about how my + parents, you know - + 55. + + + DRAX + Why? My father would tell me the + story of impregnating my mother + every winter solstice. + + QUILL + That’s disgusting. + + DRAX + It was beautiful. You earthers have + hang-ups. + + EGO + Yes, Drax, I’ve got a penis. + + QUILL + Oh my God. + + EGO + It’s not half bad. I’ve also got + pain receptors, a digestive system, + and all the accompanying junk. I + wanted to experience what it truly + meant to be human as I set out + amongst the stars. + +In another DIORAMA, Ego explores various uninhabited and +barren planets. + + EGO + I visited thousands of planets over + thousands of years, one barren husk + after the next until I found what I + sought... + +Ego stares down at a CUTE ALIEN CHILD. + + EGO + Life. I was not alone in this + universe after all. + +Ego reminisces: wistful? Sad? It’s hard to tell. + + QUILL + When did you meet my mother? + + EGO + Not long after. + +Ego turns toward the last set of DIORAMAS. They show +Meredith and Ego kissing and Ego with his hand on +Meredith’s pregnant belly. + 56. + + + EGO + It was with Meredith that I + experienced love for the first + time. I called her my river lily. + And from that love, Peter, you. + + In the final DIORAMA we PUSH IN on the belly and see, + inside the womb, VERY young Peter Quill, a fetus, himself + encased in light. + + Quill looks up in amazement - this story is the story of + himself. And Ego gazes at Quill with adoration. + + EGO + I searched for you for so long. + When I heard a man from earth held + an Infinity Stone in his hand + without dying, I knew you must be + the son of the woman I loved. + + Ego puts his hand on Quill. Quill wants to believe, but he + can’t quite let it go. + + QUILL + If you loved her why did you leave + her? + + +70 EXT. THE ECLECTOR - OUTER SPACE 70 + + The Ravagers’ massive ship FLOATS in space. + + SUPER: RAVAGER TERRITORY + + HE2 6SM6R16617+6241023 + + TULLK (O.S.) + You can’t do this! + + +71 INT. ECLECTOR CENTRAL AREA - OUTER SPACE 71 + + Ravagers LAUGH as they DRAG Tullk across the floor while he + STRUGGLES to get free. + + TULLK + This is mutiny! Mutiny! + + They shove Tullk into a cylindrical room as a glass door + CLOSES on him. + + © + 57. + + + He continues SCREAMING and SLAMMING ON THE GLASS, but we + can barely hear him. + + Half-Nut smiles and presses a button. The outside of the + compartment OPENS so that Tullk is SUCKED INTO SPACE. + + +72 EXT. THE ECLECTOR - OUTER SPACE 72 + + Tullk FLOATS AWAY, opening his mouth to scream, but he + can’t. + + His FACE AND BODY SWELL QUICKLY and he EXPIRES there. + + As we CURL AROUND his lifeless body, we REVEAL the + countless other CORPSES of Ravagers loyal to Yondu, leading + like bread crumbs toward nothing at all. + + +73 INT. ECLECTOR CENTRAL AREA - OUTER SPACE 73 + + Yondu watches this, helplessly. He’s in a chair, his hands + tied behind him. He’s a wreck, his headpiece destroyed, + wires hanging from a gap in his head where the fin used to + be. He sees the mutineers grab the innocent Oblo, DRAGGING + HIM to the same fate as Tullk. + + OBLO + Cap’n, help me! Cap’n?! + + Yondu drops his head in shame. + + MONSTROUS RAVAGER + You’re the one what kilt those men + by leading ‘em down the wrong path. + + He PUNCHES Yondu. + + MONSTROUS RAVAGER + Because you’re weak. + + He PUNCHES him again. + + MONSTROUS RAVAGER + And stupid. + + The Monstrous Ravager turns towards the Ravagers, who + listen, rapt and vengeful. Nebula leans calmly against a + wall, watching. Kraglin watches too, seemingly concerned. + + MONSTROUS RAVAGER + 58. + + + It’s time for the Ravagers to once + again rise to glory with a new + Cap’n... TASERFACE. + +The Ravagers SHOUT IN APPROVAL. Taserface throws his arms +up in glory - when he hears SNICKERING. He stops. + +He and the other Ravagers turn and see Rocket, also in a +chair with his arms secured behind him, GIGGLING. + + ROCKET + I’m sorry. Your name is... it’s + ‘Taserface’? + + TASERFACE + That’s right. + + ROCKET + Do you... shoot tasers out of your + face? + + TASERFACE + It’s metaphorical! + + ROCKET + For what? + +Taserface thinks. Time for a new answer: + + TASERFACE + It’s a name what strikes fear in + anyone what hears it! + + ROCKET + (doubtful) + Really?... Okay, sure. + +Taserface screams at him, SPIT FLYING EVERYWHERE. + + TASERFACE + You shut up! You’re next! + +Taserface goes back to Yondu, bringing out his blade. + + TASERFACE + Udonta, I been waiting to do this + for a long ti - + +Again they hear SNICKERING. Rocket is burying his mouth in +his chest, TRYING TO STOP FROM CRACKING UP. + + TASERFACE + What?! What?! + 59. + + + ROCKET + I’m sorry, I’m so sorry. I just + keep imagining you waking up one + morning, looking in the mirror, + and, in all seriousness, saying + ‘You know what would be a really + kickass name? Taserface!’ + +Nebula smirks. The Ravagers are TRYING NOT TO LAUGH. Rocket +can’t stop LAUGHING. + + ROCKET + What was your second choice?! + Scrotum Hat?! + +The Ravagers all BUST OUT LAUGHING. + + TASERFACE + New plan. We’re killing you first. + +Taserface SHOVES HIM BACK, ready to plunge the knife in +him. + +Rocket’s smile disappears. He stares at Taserface with dead +eyes. + + ROCKET + Well, dying is certainly better + than having to live an entire life + as a moronic shitbag who thinks + ‘Taserface’ is a cool name. + +Taserface goes to stab him, when - + + NEBULA + That’s enough killing for today. + +Taserface turns toward her, irritated. + + TASERFACE + Thought you were the biggest sadist + in the galaxy. + + NEBULA + That was when Daddy was paying my + bills. The Priestess wants to kill + the fox herself. And he - + (re: Yondu) + - has bounties on his head in at + least twelve Kree provinces. + +Taserface glares at her. It’s obvious he’s considering +attacking her. + 60. + + + NEBULA + I assure you, I am not as easy a + mark as an old man without his + magic stick or a talking woodland + beast. + + Taserface decides not to risk it. + + NEBULA + I want ten percent of the take, and + a couple more things. + + +74 INT. ECLECTOR DOCKING BAY HALL - LATER 74 + + Nebula is TRYING OUT A BRAND NEW HAND as Kraglin leads her + through this hall. + + KRAGLIN + We got a whole box of hands if that + one don’t work out. + + NEBULA + It’s fine. + + KRAGLIN + You think them Kree is gonna + execute the Cap’n? + + NEBULA + The Kree consider themselves + merciful. It will be painless. + + Kraglin comes to an open doorway beside a huge DOCKING BAY, + and an M-SHIP decked out with lots of weapons. + + KRAGLIN + Well, there it is, best ship we + got. The location of Ego’s planet’s + in the nav. We’ll wire you the ten + percent when we’s paid. What you + gonna do with your share? + + Nebula stops at the doorway. + + NEBULA + 61. + + + As a child my father would have + Gamora and me battle one another in + ‘training.’ Every time my sister + prevailed my father would replace a + piece of me with machinery, + claiming he wanted me to be her + equal. But she won, again and again + and again. Never once refraining. + Because of them, I am this. So + after I murder my sister, I will + buy a warship with every + conceivable instrument of death. + + NEBULA + I will hunt my father like a dog + and I will tear him apart slowly, + piece by piece, until he knows some + semblance of the profound and + unceasing pain I know every single + day. + + Kraglin stares at her, weirded-out. + + KRAGLIN + Yeah... I was talking about, like, + a pretty necklace. Or a nice hat. + Something that’ll make the other + girls go ‘oooooo, that’s nice.’ + + Nebula gives him a look of pure death. + + KRAGLIN + Anyway, uh, happy trails. + + +75 INT. PALACE COURTYARD - DAY 75 + + Quill looks up at a GIANT SCULPTURE of his mother. He is + upset. Ego is behind him, watching him, sadly. + + QUILL + My mother told everyone my father + was from the stars. + + Quill turns to look at his father, somewhat accusatory. + + QUILL + She had brain cancer - so everyone + thought she was delusional. + + Ego looks sad, ashamed. + + EGO + 62. + + + Peter - + + QUILL + Listen. I’d love to believe all of + this, I really would - but you left + the most wonderful woman ever, to + die alone! + +Ego has tears in his eyes. + + EGO + I didn’t want to leave your mother, + Peter. But if I don’t return + regularly to this planet, and the + light within, this form will wither + and perish -- + + QUILL + So why didn’t you come back?! Why’d + you send Yondu, a criminal, of all + people, to fetch me?! + + EGO + I loved your mother, Peter! I + couldn’t stand to set foot on an + earth where she wasn’t living! You + can’t imagine what that’s like! + + QUILL + I know exactly what that’s like! I + had to watch her die! + +Ego stops, seeming to hear his son. He touches him. + + EGO + Over the millions and millions of + years of my existence I have made + many mistakes, Peter. But you’re + not one of them. Please give me the + chance to be the father she would + want me to be. + +Quill looks at him, vulnerable. + + EGO + There are so many things I need to + teach you. This planet, and the + light within... they are a part of + you. + + QUILL + What do you mean? + 63. + + +Ego takes Quill’s hands in his own, gently, putting them in +the correct position. + + EGO + Give me your hands, son. Here. Hold + them like that. + +Quill holds his hands apart. Ego steps back, holding his +hands in the same way. + + EGO + Now close your eyes and + concentrate. Take your brain to the + center of the planet. + +Quill concentrates. He holds his hand out. A white light +emanates from it. + + EGO + Yes! Yes! + + QUILL + Whoa. + +The light disappears as quickly as it came. + + EGO + Yes, yes - it’s okay. Just relax. + Concentrate. You can do it. Bring + it back. + +Quill concentrates and the LIGHT, once again, bursts up +from the palms of his hands. + + EGO + Yes, yes, now - shape it - + +Ego shows him, pulling in the molecules around him, so that +the light itself forms into the shape of a ball. + + EGO + Feel the energy. + +Quill tries to pull molecules into the ball. And, little by +little, they come, and the ball glows brighter. + + EGO + Yes. + +Quill laughs. Ego is JOYOUS. He almost looks as if he’s +going to break down in tears. + + EGO + 64. + + + You’re home, Peter. + + Ego cups his hands. + + EGO + Here. + + Quill, smiling, THROWS him the ball. Ego LAUGHS. He + inspects the cosmic ball of light, and he throws it back to + Quill. + + Quill LAUGHS, catching it, and throws it back. Ego moves + back further. + + And Ego and Quill continue tossing the ball back and forth + there, LAUGHING, a friendly father and son game of catch in + the middle of a palace courtyard. + + +76 EXT. PALACE - DAY 76 + + Drax and Mantis sit here, soaking in the sun and gazing at + the lush, flowing hills, like something an alien Maxfield + Parrish would paint. + + DRAX + How did you get here? + + MANTIS + Ego found me in my larva state, + orphaned on my homeworld. He raised + me by hand, and kept me as his own. + + DRAX + So you’re a pet? + + MANTIS + I suppose. + + DRAX + People usually want cute pets. Why + would Ego want a hideous one? + + MANTIS + I am hideous? + + DRAX + You’re horrifying to look at, yes. + + Mantis seems sad about this. Drax notice this, feels bad. + + DRAX + But it is a good thing. + 65. + + + MANTIS + Oh? + + DRAX + When you are ugly and someone loves + you, you know they love you for who + you are. Beautiful people never + know who to trust. + + MANTIS + Well, then I am certainly grateful + to be ugly! + (thinking) + Poor Gamora. She can never trust + anyone. + +Drax nods and stares out at spattered patches of water. + + DRAX + Those pools remind me of a time I + took my daughter to visit the + Forgotten Lakes on my homeworld. + She was like you. + + MANTIS + Disgusting? + + DRAX + Innocent. + +Drax stares out at them without expression. + +Slowly, Mantis TOUCHES his shoulder. + +And, as she does, TEARS INSTANTLY FLOW DOWN HER CHEEKS. She +stares with Drax at the hills. They feel the sadness +together: she cries while he’s stoic. + + MANTIS + I have never met anyone like you, + or your friends. You are filled + with such... love. It is a thing I + did not know existed, not like + this, and I think... I think it may + be the very finest of all things. + It both hurts and soothes the + heart. + +She looks at Drax. There is something she wants to say, but +she is torn. + + MANTIS + 66. + + + Drax, there is something I must + tell - + + GAMORA (O.S.) + What’s going on? + + Drax and Mantis turn to see her behind them. She smiles. + + MANTIS + I am learning many things. Like I + am a pet and ugly. + + GAMORA + You’re not ugly. + (admonishing) + Drax. + + Drax, confused, points at Mantis, as if her ugliness proves + itself. + + GAMORA + Mantis, can you show us where we’ll + be staying? I’m getting eye-strain + in this place. + + Mantis nods, yes. + + +77 EXT. PATH TO SLEEPING QUARTERS - MOMENTS LATER 77 + + Gamora, Drax, and Mantis walk across the sunset. + + GAMORA + Why are there no other beings on + this planet? + + MANTIS + The planet IS Ego. A dog would not + invite a flea to live on his back. + + GAMORA + And you’re not a flea? + + MANTIS + I’m a flea with a purpose. I help + him sleep. + + Gamora curls around Mantis, cutting her off. + + GAMORA + What were you about to say to Drax + before I walked out? + 67. + + + Mantis looks around, worried. + + MANTIS + Nothing. + + Gamora and Drax share a look: why is she so scared? Mantis + moves on. + + MANTIS + Your quarters are this way. + + +78 INT. ECLECTOR CELL - OUTER SPACE 78 + + Rocket HITS THE GROUND, hard. Yondu LANDS equally hard on + the ground beside him. + + They look up to see Taserface, Gef the Ravager and an + OBTUSE RAVAGER locking the cell door. + + TASERFACE + We’ll deliver you to the Kree in + the morning. Neither one of you + gonna last much longer after that. + + Rocket crawls toward them as they walk away. + + ROCKET + Okay, Taserface. See you later, + Taserface. Hey, Taserface, tell the + other guys we said hi, Taserface! + + Taserface glances back, perturbed, as he disappears around + the corner. + + +79 INT. ECLECTOR HALLWAY - OUTER SPACE 79 + + Taserface, Gef, and Obtuse come around the hall. + + GEF THE RAVAGER + What about the little plant? Can I + smash it with a rock? + + TASERFACE + No, Gef! It’s too adorable to kill. + Bring it to the tailor. + + +80 INT. ECLECTOR CELL - OUTER SPACE 80 + + Yondu and Rocket settle. Yondu looks like a beaten man. + 68. + + + ROCKET + No offense, but your employees are + a bunch of jerks. + + YONDU + I was a Kree battle-slave for + twenty years when Stakar freed me. + He offered me a place in the + Ravagers. Said all I needed to do + was adhere to the code. But I was + young and greedy and stupid - like + you stealing those batteries. + + ROCKET + That was mostly Drax. + + YONDU + Me and Stakar, and the other + captains - we weren’t so different + from you and your friends. The only + family I ever had. But I broke the + code. They exiled me. + + YONDU + These ones here are the ones who + followed - of course they’re jerks. + Which is what I deserve. + + ROCKET + Slow down, drama queen. You might + deserve this, but I don’t. We gotta + get out of here. + + YONDU + Where’s Quill? + + ROCKET + Went off with his old man. + + YONDU + Ego? + +Yondu looks concerned. Rocket stares at him, picking this +up. + + ROCKET + Yeah. It’s a day for dumbass names. + +Yondu SNICKERS. + + ROCKET + 69. + + + You smiled and for a second I got a + warm feeling, but then it was + ruined by those disgusting-ass + teeth. Ever heard of floss? + + Yondu’s smile disappears. + + YONDU + You’re like a professional asshole + or - ? + + ROCKET + Pretty much a pro. Why didn’t you + deliver Quill to Ego like you + promised? + + YONDU + He was skinny, could fit into + places we couldn’t. Good for + thieving. + + Rocket nods, GRUMBLES. + + YONDU + I got an idea on how to get outta + here. But we’re gonna need your + little friend. + + +81 INT. BAR/QUADRANT FLIGHT DECK - OUTER SPACE 81 + + Baby Groot is wearing a tiny Ravager uniform. He reacts to + clothes like a cat, struggling to take them off but unable. + + Ravagers are gathered around him, drunk and LAUGHING. They + are CHANTING “MASCOT.” + + RETCH + Lil’ feller’s all worked up! Needs + a drank! + + Retch POURS ALCOHOL on him. The Ravagers LAUGH MORE as + others POUR DRINKS on him as well. Groot SCREAMS at them, + furious but helpless. + + RETCH + Lookit how cute it is when it’s all + riled up! + + HALF-NUT + It’s Goddang precious! + 70. + + +82 INT. ECLECTOR CELL - LATER 82 + + Groot, in shadows, MOPES down the hallway, looking + traumatized. His clothes are torn and he’s soaked in + alcohol. + + As he passes the cell, he hears - + + YONDU (O.S.) + Hey, twig. C’mere. + + Groot sees Yondu and Rocket looking at him in the cell. He + steps toward them. + + ROCKET + Oh, man. What’d they do to you? + + YONDU + Hey, you wanna help us get outta + here? + + Groot NODS. Rocket looks unsure. Yondu speaks slowly. + + YONDU + There’s something I need you to + get, and bring back to me. + + Groot NODS. + + YONDU + In the Cap’n’s quarters, there’s a + prototype fin, like the thing I + wore on my head. + + Groot NODS. + + YONDU + There’s a drawer next to the bunk. + It’s inside that. It’s red. You got + it? + + Groot NODS EMPHATICALLY and DARTS OFF to get it. Yondu + looks at Rocket, pleased. + + Rocket looks more than a bit uncertain. + + +83 INT. CAPTAIN’S QUARTERS - MOMENTS LATER 83 + + Baby Groot CREEPS into this dark room. DRUNKEN RAVAGERS are + sprawled everywhere. + 71. + + +He spots a bureau. A drawer is half open. + +His face lights up. + +MOMENTS LATER + +Baby Groot stands outside of the cell, beaming, holding A +PAIR OF SHORTS. + + YONDU + That’s my underwears. + + ROCKET + Yeah, I was pretty sure he didn’t + know what you were talking about. + You have to explain it more + careful. + + YONDU + All right. It’s a prototype fin - + +MOMENTS LATER + +Groot is back in front of the cell, holding a wriggling +ORLONI in his hands. + + ROCKET + That’s an orloni. It’s a fin, + Groot. + + YONDU + You explain it this time. + +Rocket starts to speak - + +MOMENTS LATER + +Groot looks hopeful, holding out a CYBERNETIC EYE. + + YONDU + That’s Vorker’s eye. He takes it + out when he sleeps. Go look again. + +Groot starts to SLINK OFF - + + ROCKET + But leave the eye here. + + YONDU + Why? + +Rocket CAN HARDLY SPEAK he finds it so funny. + 72. + + + ROCKET + He’s gonna wake up tomorrow and + he’s not gonna know where his eye + is! + +MOMENTS LATER + +Groot is DRAGGING a LARGE PIECE OF FURNITURE to the cell. + + ROCKET + That’s a desk. We told you it was + this big. + +Rocket shows him how small it is with his hands. + +Groot makes a face like “Oh!” as if NOW he gets it. It’s +all coming together. + +MOMENTS LATER + +Groot is holding a SEVERED TOE. + + ROCKET + Tell me you guys have a + refrigerator somewhere with a bunch + of severed human toes. + +Yondu SUBTLY SHAKES HIS HEAD. + + ROCKET + Okay, then let’s just agree to + never discuss this. + +Yondu RIPS the Ravager patch off his jacket. + + YONDU + The drawer you want to open. Has + this symbol on it, okay? + +Groot takes it. He looks at Yondu and NODS. + +And then, slowly, HE PLACES IT ON TOP OF HIS HEAD. + + YONDU + What? No. + + ROCKET + He thinks you want him to wear it + as a hat. + + YONDU + That’s not what I said. + 73. + + + Groot takes it off his head. + + GROOT + I am Groot. + + ROCKET + (translating) + He’s relieved that you don’t want + him to. + + GROOT + I am Groot. + + ROCKET + He hates hats. + + GROOT + I am Groot. + + ROCKET + On anyone, not just himself. + + GROOT + I am Groot. + + ROCKET + One minute you think someone has a + weird-shaped head. The next minute, + it’s just because you realize part + of that head is a hat. + (to Groot) + That’s why you don’t like hats? + + Groot nods. + + YONDU + This is an important conversation + right now? + + ROCKET + No. Let’s try again. + + +84 INT. CAPTAIN’S QUARTERS - MOMENTS LATER 84 + + Taserface is SNORING and SLOBBERING in his bed. We see the + Ravager Patch tossed up onto the bed beside him. Then + Groot’s vines GROW up the bed, and he pulls himself up + beside the sleeping giant. + + Groot clasps the Ravager patch in his hand and looks + fearfully around. + 74. + + + He spots the Ravager symbol on a night stand drawer. + + He stares at the symbol in his hand, then at the drawer, + then at the symbol, and then at the drawer again, and then + one more time for good measure -- he wants to be very, very + sure they’re the same. + + He creeps carefully towards the drawer, GROWING his vines + out to grab the handle and PULL IT slowly open... + + He peers inside. + + Beside some writing instruments and a tin of candies, there + lies a RED FIN, taller and more shark-like than Yondu’s + current model. Groot smiles hugely, picking up - + + THE TIN OF CANDIES! He’s found it! + + KRAGLIN (O.S.) + That ain’t it. + + Groot SWIRLS to see KRAGLIN, BACKLIT IN THE DOORWAY, + LOOMING OVER HIM, intimidating as hell. And CUT TO -- + + +85 INT. ECLECTOR CELL - MOMENTS LATER 85 + + The RED FIN PLOPS DOWN at Yondu’s feet. + + Yondu and Rocket look up to see Kraglin, holding Groot. He + stares at the ground - + + KRAGLIN + I didn’t mean to do a mutiny. + (pause, then, sadly) + They killed all my friends. + + YONDU + Go get the third quadrant ready for + release. + + Kraglin SALUTES. + + ROCKET + One more thing. + + Kraglin stares at him. + + ROCKET + You got any clones of Quill’s old + music on the ship? + 75. + + +86 INT. ECLECTOR BATHROOM - OUTER SPACE 86 + + Brahl is shaving, when, suddenly, JAY AND THE AMERICAN’S + “COME A LITTLE BIT CLOSER” STARTS PLAYING over the + intercom. + + He looks up, confused. + + +87 INT. ECLECTOR HALLWAY/CELL - OUTER SPACE 87 + + TWO RAVAGERS outside the cell hear the MUSIC. They turn, + unlocking the cell door. + + As they enter, THE CAMERA OVERTAKES them, arriving before + they do at -- + + Yondu, sitting calmly; Rocket is finishing ATTACHING THE + BIG-ASS FIN TO HIS HEAD. Its electrical systems POP on. + + PUSH IN ON the two surprised Ravagers trying to UNHOLSTER + THEIR PISTOLS in time. + + Too late. + + Yondu WHISTLES. + + +88 INT. ECLECTOR CLOSET - OUTER SPACE 88 + + The ARROW FLIES OFF a shelf of supplies and SHOOTS TOWARD A + WALL. + + +89 INT. ECLECTOR CELL - OUTER SPACE 89 + + The ARROW PUNCHES THROUGH THE WALL behind the Ravagers. + They swirl to see it -- + + IT SHOOTS THROUGH ONE RAVAGER + + And THEN THE OTHER -- + + And then to Yondu; he CATCHES it, and STANDS. + + He SAUNTERS past the two Ravagers as they WOBBLE and FALL. + + Rocket and Groot follow. + + On the way out the door, Rocket looks down and sees TWO + PISTOLS beside the dead Ravagers. + 76. + + + He smiles. + + +90 INT. CAPTAIN’S QUARTERS - OUTER SPACE 90 + + Taserface is awoken by JAY AND THE AMERICANS on the PA. He + glances over to see the open drawer beside him, sans + gargantuan fin. + + He SCRAMBLES for the comm, yelling into it -- + + TASERFACE + He’s got it! + + +91 INT. BAR/QUADRANT FLIGHT DECK - OUTER SPACE 91 + + The hoard of Ravagers hear Taserface’s voice. + + TASERFACE (O.S.) + HE’S GOT IT! YONDU’S GOT THE DAMN + FIN! + + RETCH + GO! + + +92 SERIES OF SHOTS - INT. ALL OVER THE SHIP - OUTER SPACE 92 + + ALL OF THE RAVAGERS all over the ship, in a panic, LOAD + THEIR WEAPONS and HEAD TOWARD THE CELL. + + +93 INT. ECLECTOR HALLWAY - OUTER SPACE 93 + + Yondu and Rocket and Groot COME AROUND THIS CORNER IN SLOW- + MOTION, the three biggest badasses in the history of + cinema. + + A HOARD OF RAVAGERS, led by Brahl, FILE IN at the end of + the hallway. + + But Yondu WHISTLES and the ARROW TWISTS QUICKLY BACK AND + FORTH, SLICING THROUGH EACH OF THEM. + + Yondu SLAMS through a door into - + + +94 INT. ECLECTOR DOCKING BAY - OUTER SPACE 94 + 77. + + + Our heroes step onto a catwalk in this, the biggest space + in the Eclector. There are catwalks throughout and dozens + of docked M-ships. The SCURRILOUS RAVAGER sees them from + above -- + + SCURRILOUS RAVAGER + Down there! + + IN AN EXTREME WIDE ANGLE, we see the ARROW FLYING UP AND + DOWN, BACKWARDS AND FORWARDS, CUTTING THROUGH ALL SORTS OF + RAVAGERS, closer and further from CAMERA. + + We TRAVEL BEHIND YONDU AND ROCKET as BODIES FALL AROUND + THEM IN SLOW-MOTION LIKE FIREWORKS. + + Groot looks up and sees RETCH looking down at him. + + RETCH FLEES in terror as Groot GROWS branches to pull + himself up behind him. + + Groot HOWLS FURIOUSLY, TAKING CHASE. + + Retch YOWLS like a child as he frantically runs. + + But Groot GROWS HIS BRANCHES around RETCH’s legs, TRIPPING + HIM. + + BAM! He FALLS, face first to the floor. + + And, with a WAR CRY, Baby Groot FLINGS the sadistic Ravager + off the edge towards the abyss below. + + As RETCH FALLS past Yondu and Rocket, Baby Groot DROPS back + down onto Rocket’s shoulder, and they push their way + through the doorway - + + +95 INT. ECLECTOR SECURITY DOCK - OUTER SPACE 95 + + Yondu, Rocket, and Groot move into this area, where they + look up at DOZENS OF SECURITY MONITORS encircling them + showing Ravagers filing toward them from every part of the + ship. + + Yondu WHISTLES as he watches the MONITORS - + + ON A MONITOR, the arrow FLIES out the wall. He whistles so + that it strikes TWO RAVAGERS running towards them. + + It ZIPS out of that room and + 78. + + +96 INT. DARK HALL - OUTER SPACE 96 + + A HOARD of Ravagers come running down a hall. The ARROW + ZIPS overhead, smashing out all the lights so that the hall + is completely dark, except for the DIM RED LIGHT OF THE + ARROW. + + And we can just make out the RED LIGHT smashing through the + body of every Ravager there and then on into -- + + +97 INT. SPACEPORT - OUTER SPACE 97 + + A YELLING CROWD OF RAVAGERS come, hungry for war, when the + arrow SHOOTS THROUGH THE CHAINS holding a giant spaceship + in place over their heads. + + It FALLS, instantly CRUSHING them all, and then zips on -- + + +98 INT. BAR - OUTER SPACE 98 + + Gef the Ravager is drunkenly drinking a mug of beer, when + the arrow zips past him and through the mug, SHATTERING it. + + As Gef looks at the shattered mug, confused, the arrow + comes flying back, ripping through Gef himself, FLINGING + him off the bar stool. + + +99 INT. ECLECTOR SECURITY DOCK - OUTER SPACE 99 + + Rocket also uses the MONITORS to pinpoint where their + attackers are. He methodically SHOOTS THROUGH the walls, + striking the Ravagers as they get closer. + + WIDE OVERHEAD SHOT, the CAMERA REVOLVES as hoards of + Ravagers GET CLOSE to Yondu and Rocket but the arrow and + gunshots ZIP THROUGH THE WALLS taking them all down, one by + one, like Busby Berkely gone mad. + + Then Yondu stops, seeing something on one of the MONITORS. + + Taserface, clutching a big ass gun, is marching down the + hall towards them. + + Yondu WHISTLES, loudly and angrily. + + +100 INTERCUT - INT. ENGINE ROOM/SECURITY DOCK - OUTER SPACE 100 + + Taserface sees THE ARROW COMING AROUND A CORNER TOWARDS + HIM. + 79. + + + Yondu WHISTLES again. + + The ARROW BURSTS INTO FLAMES. + + Taserface DODGES it. + + He turns to watch it go, CACKLING pridefully over his + agility. + + But his smile quickly dissipates. + + The arrow PLUNGES into a giant tank - which EXPLODES, + ENGULFING HIM. + + +101 EXT. ECLECTOR - OUTER SPACE 101 + + A huge portion of the giant spacecraft EXPLODES, leading to + a domino effect of one part of the ship BURSTING after + another. + + +102 INT. ECLECTOR SECURITY DOCK - OUTER SPACE 102 + + ROCKET is dumbfounded as he sees on the MONITORS the + numerous EXPLOSIONS throughout the ship. + + ROCKET + You maniac. The whole ship is gonna + blow. + + +103 INT. ECLECTOR SECURITY DOCK - OUTER SPACE 103 + + A DOOR SWINGS OPEN and TASERFACE FALLS ONTO THE FLOOR, + ENGULFED IN FLAMES, but furious. + + He angrily SLAPS off the flames as he reaches for a + COMMUNICATIONS MODULE. + + +104 INT. ECLECTOR SECURITY DOCK - OUTER SPACE 104 + + YONDU + Not the whole ship. + + Yondu catches the arrow and walks out. + + +105 INT. BAR/QUADRANT FLIGHT DECK - OUTER SPACE 105 + 80. + + + Kraglin ENTERS, pulling latches and flipping switches and + twisting dials on elementary flight controls. + + +106 INT. ECLECTOR SECURITY DOCK - OUTER SPACE 106 + + With pained effort, Taserface PULLS UP A VIDEO SCREEN with + a SOVEREIGN CHAMBERMAID. + + CHAMBERMAID (ON SCREEN) + Who is this? You’re not supposed to + be on this line. + + TASERFACE + I’m sending you the coordinates for + Yondu’s ship. + + +107 INT. QUADRANT FLIGHT DECK - OUTER SPACE 107 + + Yondu enters with Rocket and Groot. + + YONDU + Release the quadrant. + + KRAGLIN + Aye Capn’ + + +108 INT. ECLECTOR SECURITY DOCK - OUTER SPACE 108 + + TASERFACE + I only ask one thing. That your + High Priestess tells him the name + of the man what sealed his fate: + Taserface. + + The CHAMBERMAID laughs uncontrollably at his name. + + Taserface looks really sad as he EXPLODES. + + +109 INT. QUADRANT FLIGHT DECK - OUTER SPACE 109 + + As Rocket and Groot, frightened, feel the SHIP EXPLODING + around them, Kraglin pulls up one final latch - + + +110 EXT. ECLECTOR - OUTER SPACE 110 + + THE ENTIRE REAR UPPER QUADRANT OF THE ECLECTOR DETACHES + FROM THE REST OF THE SHIP, while the remains CONTINUE + EXPLODING. + 81. + + +111 I/E. QUADRANT FLIGHT DECK - OUTER SPACE 111 + + Rocket and Groot are amazed as the SHIP thrusts forward, + away from the explosions. + + Kraglin keys into a JUMP POINT ahead. Nearby, Rocket pulls + up the Navigation panel. + + KRAGLIN + Where to, Cap’n? + + Rocket SETS THE DESTINATION: + + ROCKET + Ego. + + YONDU + NO, BOY! + + The Quadrant TREMBLES as they hit THE JUMP POINT. It BLOOPS + out of present space, making the JUMP to - + + +112 EXT. DESERT - DAY 112 + + The Quadrant POPS into a blue sky above a DESERT with two + fighting KRONANS. + + +113 INT. QUADRANT FLIGHT DECK - VARIOUS OUTER SPACE LOCATIONS 113 + + Inside the ship, Rocket, Yondu, Kraglin, and baby Groot + hold on for dear life as the ship VIOLENTLY SHAKES and THE + LOCATIONS OUTSIDE OF THE WINDOW RAPIDLY SHIFT. + + Their bodies DISTEND SLIGHTLY. Yondu is furious. + + YONDU + It ain’t healthy for a mammalian + body to hop over fifty jumps at a + time. + + ROCKET + I know that. + + YONDU + We’re about to do seven-hundred. + + Rocket looks bummed. + + +114 EXT. PINK SKY - AMOEBA BLOBS - OUTER SPACE 114 + 82. + + + The Quadrant pops out of a jump point into this Pepto + Bismol pink land, SMASHING THROUGH an AMOEBA-LIKE BLOB, and + then through the next jump point. + + +115 INT. QUADRANT FLIGHT DECK - VARIOUS OUTER SPACE LOCATIONS 115 + + Kraglin, Yondu, Rocket, and Baby Groot all SCREAM, their + entire faces and bodies distorting as if in some evil + funhouse mirror. + + +116 EXT. RED PLANET LANDSCAPE - VARIOUS 116 + + The yellow sun CURVES SLOWLY WEST TO EAST over this + magnificent landscape. + + “BRING IT ON HOME TO ME” BY SAM COOKE PLAYS. + + +117 EXT. SLEEPING QUARTERS - VERANDA - DAY 117 + + TILT DOWN to Quill, on this veranda, gazing out at the + beauty. The Walkman is connected to small, jerry-rigged + speakers nearby, PLAYING SAM COOKE. + + QUILL + So I guess this could all be mine + someday. + + Gamora isn’t paying attention. She’s fooling with a + communications device, which has no reception. + + GAMORA + Rocket? Rocket, you there? Dammit. + + Quill comes up behind her, messing with her. + + GAMORA + What are you doing, Peter? + + QUILL + Dance with me. + + GAMORA + No. I’m not -- + + QUILL + Come on. This is Sam Cooke, one of + the greatest Earth singers of all + time. + 83. + + +Gamora lets out an exasperated SIGH, but, reluctantly, +starts DANCING with him. She is incredibly light on her +feet. + +Quill smiles and Gamora, despite herself, does as well. He +TWIRLS HER AND BRINGS HER BACK IN. This is definitely not +the first time they’ve done this. + + QUILL + Drax thinks you’re not a dancer. + + GAMORA + If you ever tell anyone about this, + I’ll kill you. + +They look at each other. + + QUILL + When are we going to do something + about this... unspoken thing + between us? + + GAMORA + What unspoken thing? + + QUILL + This Cheers-Sam-and-Diane-guy-and- + girl-on-a-TV-show-who-dig-each- + other-but-never-say-it-’cause-when- + they-do-the-ratings-would-go-down + sort of thing? + + GAMORA + There is no unspoken thing between + us. + + QUILL + Well, that’s a Catch-22. Because if + you said there was, it would be + spoken, and then you’d be a liar. + So by saying there isn’t, you’re + telling the truth, and admitting + there is. + + GAMORA + That’s not -- + +Gamora PULLS AWAY. + + GAMORA + What we should be discussing right + now is that something about this + place doesn’t feel right. + 84. + + + QUILL + What are you talking about? You + were the one who wanted me to come + here! + + Gamora moves into -- + + +118 INT. SLEEPING QUARTERS - DAY 118 + + GAMORA + That girl, Mantis. She’s afraid of + something. + + Quill follows her. He stops, staring at her, hurt and + frustrated. + + QUILL + Why are you trying to take this + from me? + + GAMORA + I’m not -- + + QUILL + He’s my father. He’s blood - + + GAMORA + You have blood on earth. You never + wanted to return there. + + QUILL + Again - you made me come here! And + Earth?! Earth is the place my + mother died in front of me. + + GAMORA + No, it’s because that’s real, and + this is a fantasy. + + QUILL + This is real. I’m only half human, + remember? + + GAMORA + That’s the half I’m worried about. + + QUILL + Oh, I get it. You’re jealous + because I’m part god! You like me + being the weak one! + + Gamora adds some pieces to her transmitter. + 85. + + + GAMORA + Uh. You were insufferable to begin + with. I haven’t been able to reach + Rocket. I’m going to see if I can + get a signal outside. + + QUILL + You know, this isn’t Cheers after + all. It’s whatever the show is + where one person is willing to, you + know, open themselves up to new + possibilities, and the other person + is just kind of a jerk who doesn’t + trust anyone! It’s a show that + doesn’t exist - it would never be + made, it would be so horrible! It + would get zero ratings! + + GAMORA + You’re having a conversation with + yourself! I don’t know what Cheers + is! + + QUILL + I finally found my family, don’t + you understand that!? + + GAMORA + I thought you already had. + + QUILL + So this is how it ends, then? Our + whole story. Like this? You and me? + + GAMORA + Get it through your head, Peter. + There is no you and me. There never + was. + + Quill watches her leave. + + +119 EXT. EGO’S FIELDS - SUNSET 119 + + Gamora sits, alone in the fields, pouting, fuming. She + stops, staring angrily inward. + + Two plants, nearby, flitter against one another in the + wind, making a CLICKING sound. She side-eyes them. They + don’t stop. + + She slices them off with her sword. + 86. + + + GAMORA + Dammit. + + Gamora hears something. She turns to see, in the distance, + an M-ship flying toward the planet. + + She watches as it gets closer and closer, and realizes it + is FLYING DIRECTLY AT HER. + + Gamora RUNS. + + +120 INT. NEBULA’S SHIP - SUNSET 120 + + Nebula HOLLERS as she BLASTS HER GUNS, DIVING towards + Gamora. + + +121 EXT. HILLSIDE - SUNSET 121 + + Gamora FLEES from Nebula’s ship like Cary Grant from the + crop duster in North by Northwest as HUGE CHUNKS OF LAND + EXPLODE on either side of her. + + Gamora leaps into a DITCH, LANDING HARD, as the M-Ship + SWOOPS just a couple feet above her. + + GAMORA + You psychopath. + + Gamora sees the M-Ship banking and FLYING BACK at her + again. + + She stands and runs along the hillside as GUN BLASTS burst + behind her. But Gamora sees a CAVERN, leading down into the + earth. + + She DARTS into it. + + +122 INT. EGO’S CAVERN - FIRST/SECOND LEVELS - SUNSET 122 + + As Gamora RUNS down the cavern, she glances back over her + shoulder where Nebula, insane with rage, continues FLYING + towards her -- + + The M-SHIP ENTERS THE CAVERN, which is too small for it, + CLIPPING ITS WINGS - but it keeps flying. It again BLASTS + at Gamora as she FLEES - + + The BLASTS cause the ground to COLLAPSE around Gamora, and + she FALLS, SMASHING DOWN THROUGH ONE LEVEL, to another + level below, SLAMMING HARD on the ground. + 87. + + + The underside of the M-ship gets SCRAPED APART as it flies + above her, and pieces of it come RAINING DOWN around her. + + Nebula ZOOMS towards a huge cavern wall. She tries to turn + her ship in time, to no avail. + + She SIDESWIPES it, falling down, CRASHING on the ground, + where she is now on the same level as Gamora. + + Gamora sees something beside her: it’s one of the ENORMOUS + BLASTERS from the M-ship, attached to an AMMO RIG. + + +123 INT. NEBULA’S M-SHIP - SUNSET 123 + + Nebula sees Gamora, through the canopy, picking up the + blaster, and clutching it. It is comically enormous. + + Nebula struggles to get free and out of the way, but her + legs have been pinned in the crash - + + +124 INT. EGO’S CAVERN - SECOND/THIRD LEVELS - SUNSET 124 + + Gamora CLAMPS two metal switches together, MACHINE-FIRING + THE GUN, as she walks forward. + + The front of the M-ship is peppered with blasts and then + EXPLODES. + + The explosion causes the thin ground around it to COLLAPSE, + and the entire ship FALLS BACKWARDS to an even LOWER LEVEL + - BURSTING some more as it hits the ground. + + Gamora gazes down at the ship. + + +125 I/E. NEBULA’S SQUASHED M-SHIP - SUNSET 125 + + Nebula is a mess. Her legs are broken, trapped in the ship. + + There is a FIRE at her feet. + + She struggles, trying to get out, but her machine parts are + SPARKING and she can hardly breathe. It seems as she’s + going to die, when -- + + Part of the ship is TORN AWAY. She sees Gamora. + + Gamora GRABS HER, unceremoniously PULLING HER FREE, just as + the M-ship EXPLODES, PITCHING THEM BOTH to the ground. + 88. + + +They lie next to each other. Nebula COUGHS as her legs are +healing, CRACKING back into place. + +She looks over and eyes Gamora. + +And then she HOLLERS and attacks her. + + GAMORA + Are you kidding me?! + +They FIGHT. + +Nebula snatches Gamora’s blade from her, and TUMBLES on top +of her as she gains the upper hand. She holds the blade +above Gamora, ready to plummet it into her. + +She wants to - she really does - but now that the moment is +here... + +She SCREAMS in frustration, and falls back. + + NEBULA + I win. + +Gamora eyes her, a little surprised. + + NEBULA + I win. I bested you in combat. + + GAMORA + Uh, no, I just spared your life - + + NEBULA + You were stupid enough to let me + live so - + + GAMORA + You just let me live! + + NEBULA + I WIN! + + GAMORA + Nebula, I really don’t need this. + My day has been bad enough - + + NEBULA + I don’t need you always trying to + beat me! + + GAMORA + 89. + + + I’m not the one who just flew + across the universe because I + wanted to win! + + NEBULA + Don’t tell me what I want! + + GAMORA + I don’t have to because you make it + obvi - + + NEBULA + YOU WERE THE ONE WHO WANTED TO WIN, + I JUST WANTED A SISTER! + + Gamora stops suddenly, struck. Nebula is cracking. + + NEBULA + You were all I had, but you were + the one who needed to win! Thanos + pulled my eye from my head and my + brain from my skull and my arm from + my body because of you! + + Gamora doesn’t know what to say. Nebula is almost instantly + embarrassed. + + They sit there for a moment, saying nothing. + + +126 EXT. SLEEPING QUARTERS - NIGHT 126 + + The Quarters are entombed in stars. The dim sound of + “BRANDY” comes from within. + + +127 INT. SLEEPING QUARTERS - NIGHT 127 + + Quill lies in bed, unable to sleep, listening to the song. + + EGO (O.S.) + You all right, son? + + Quill turns to see Ego in the doorway. + + EGO + I saw your girl stomp off earlier + in quite a huff. + + Quill sits up, nods. + + QUILL + Yeah. + 90. + + +Ego sits beside him. + + EGO + It’s fortuitous you’re listening to + this song. + + QUILL + You know - ? + + EGO + ‘Brandy’ by Looking Glass. A + favorite of your mom’s. + + QUILL + Yes. + + EGO + One of earth’s greatest musical + compositions. Perhaps its very + greatest. + + QUILL + Yeah, it is. + + EGO + You and I, Peter, we’re the sailor + in the song. + +Ego speaks along with the lyrics as they play. + + EGO + He came on a summer’s day, bringing + gifts from far away - like the + child I put in your mother, or the + freedom you brought Gamora. + +Quill listens. + + EGO + Brandy, you’re a fine girl, what a + good wife you would be. But my + life, my love, my lady is the sea. + The sea calls the sailor back. He + loves the girl, but that’s not his + place. The sea calls upon him as + history calls upon great men, and + sometimes we are deprived the + pleasures of mortals. + + QUILL + Well, you might not be mortal, but + me - + 91. + + + EGO + Death will remain a stranger to + both of us as long as the light + burns within the planet. + +Ego smiles. + + QUILL + I’m immortal? That’s... really? + + EGO + Yes, as long as the light exists. + + QUILL + And I can use the light to make + cool things? Like how you made all + this? + + EGO + It’ll take thousands of years of + practice before you get really good + at it . But, yes. + + QUILL + Well, get ready for an eight + hundred foot statue of Pac Man, + then. With Skeletor. And Heather + Locklear. I’m gonna make some weird + shit. + +Ego puts his arm around him, smiles kindly. + + EGO + I can’t wait to see your weird + shit. + + QUILL + Wow, that... + + EGO + Came out a little disgusting. + +They CHUCKLE. + + EGO + It is a tremendous responsibility, + Peter. Only we can remake the + universe. Only we can take the + bridle of the cosmos and lead it + where it needs to go. + + QUILL + How? + 92. + + + Ego holds up his fingers, letting forth a flame of white + cosmic light. Quill holds up his fingers, letting forth a + smaller, less intense flame of white cosmic light. + + REVEAL MANTIS, IN THE HALL, around the corner, looking at + Ego and Quill and the light emanating from their fingers. + + EGO + Come with me. + + Mantis looks like she’s having a panic attack. + + +128 INT. DRAX’S SLEEPING QUARTERS - MOMENTS LATER 128 + + CLOSE-UP OF DRAX, sound asleep. + + MANTIS (O.S.) + Drax! Drax! + + He WAKES to see a panicked Mantis sitting on the bed beside + him. + + MANTIS + Drax, we need to talk - + + DRAX + Ugh. I am sorry, but I like a woman + with some meat on her bones. + + MANTIS + What? + + DRAX + I tried to let you down easily by + telling you I found you disgusting. + + MANTIS + No! That’s not what I - + + Drax starts to GAG. + + MANTIS + What are you doing?! + + DRAX + I’m imagining being with you + physically! + + MANTIS + Drax, that’s not - I don’t like you + like that. I don’t even like the + type of thing you are. + 93. + + + DRAX + (offended) + Hey! There’s no need to get + personal! + + MANTIS + Listen! Ego’s gotten exactly what + he wanted. I should have told you + earlier, I am stupid. You are in + danger. + + +129 EXT. NEBULA’S SQUASHED M-SHIP - NIGHT 129 + + Gamora and Nebula still sit here, quietly and awkwardly. + + Gamora glances down a twisting tunnel, where phosphorescent + lights shine brightly. + + GAMORA + What’s that? + + She moves towards it. Nebula, hesitantly, follows. + + +130 INT. PALACE - NIGHT 130 + + Ego and Quill enter the palace. + + EGO + You need to readjust the way you + process life. Everything around us + - including the girl - is + temporary. We are forever. + + QUILL + Doesn’t eternity get boring? + + EGO + Not if you have a purpose, Peter. + Which is why you’re here. I told + you how all those years ago I had + an unceasing impulse to find life. + + Ego is standing underneath the diorama of him facing the + little alien girl. + + EGO + I didn’t tell you how when I did + find it, it was all so... + disappointing. + 94. + + +131 INT. TWISTING CAVERNS - NIGHT 131 + + Gamora and Nebula move further down the cavern, stepping + into light, getting closer. + + EGO + And that is when I came to a + profound realization. + + +132 INT. PALACE - NIGHT 132 + + EGO + My innate desire to seek out other + life was not so that I could walk + among that life. + + Ego looks at his son, moved by the memories. + + EGO + Peter, I had found meaning. + + Quill is taken aback. But Ego sets his finger lightly on + his forehead, and the white light bursts through his son’s + body. + + We see THE COSMOS IN QUILL’S EYES. He looks ecstatic, far + beyond where he stands, and seems to finally understand. + + QUILL + I see it. Eternity. + + +133 INT. TWISTING CAVERNS - NIGHT 133 + + Gamora and Nebula stop, in horror. + + GAMORA + Oh my God. + + They are staring at piles and piles of skeletons of various + species, thousands of them, seeming to go on forever. + + NEBULA + We need to get off this planet. + + +134 EXT. GALAXY/UNIVERSE - OUTER SPACE 134 + + We see traces of the UNIVERSAL NEURAL TELEPORTATION + NETWORK, the Quadrant a blinking light POPPING IN and OUT + on a trail across the cosmos - + 95. + + + And then ZOOM BACK FURTHER TO THE UNIVERSE, the same + blinking light making its way while ROCKET, YONDU, and + KRAGLIN SCREAM. + + +135 EXT. ASTEROIDS - OUTER SPACE 135 + + WATCHERS swirl to the Quadrant SWISH past them and JUMPS + OUT. + + They turn back to STAN LEE, in a spacesuit with a fishbowl + helmet. + + STAN LEE + Anyway, before I was so rudely + interrupted, that time I was a + World War II vet - + + +136 EXT. RED PLANET - OUTER SPACE 136 + + THE QUADRANT POPS INTO SPACE, EGO’S PLANET nearby. + + +137 INT. QUADRANT FLIGHT DECK - OUTER SPACE 137 + + Yondu, Kraglin, Rocket and Groot FALL OUT OF THEIR SEATS, + RETCHING, clutching their stomachs. + + YONDU + What the hell you doing, boy?! + + ROCKET + I could tell by how you talked + about him - this Ego is bad news. + We’re here to save Quill. + + YONDU + For what? + (derisively) + For ‘honor’? For ‘love’? + + ROCKET + No! I don’t care about those + things! I want to save Quill so I + can prove I’m better than him! I + can lord this over him forever! + + Yondu LAUGHS bitterly as he pulls himself up to the + controls. + + Rocket yanks himself up beside him. + 96. + + + ROCKET + What are you laughing at me for?! + + 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 the meanest and the + hardest ‘cause you actually 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 how big and empty that + hole inside you actually is! + + ROCKET + I said, shut up. + + YONDU + I know the scientists what 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. + +They stare at each other there, a mirror. + + ROCKET + What kind of pair are we? + + YONDU + The kind that’s about to go fight a + planet I reckon. + 97. + + + ROCKET + All right, okay, that’s - Wait. + Fight a what? + + +138 INT. DRAX’S SLEEPING QUARTERS - NIGHT 138 + + Gamora, furious, BURSTS into the room. She sees Mantis + standing with Drax. + + She RUNS to her, GRABBING HER by the neck -- + + DRAX + Hey! + + And she SLAMS her against the wall. + + GAMORA + Who are you people?! What is this + place?! + + DRAX + (re: Nebula) + What is she doing here? + + NEBULA + Just watching the fireworks. + + DRAX + Gamora, let her go! + + GAMORA + The bodies in the caverns, who are + they?! + + MANTIS + You are scared. + + Gamora, whose skin is touching Mantis, lets go of her neck, + terrified. + + +139 INT. PALACE - NIGHT 139 + + The DIORAMAS all around Quill and Ego TRANSFORM into a map + of the universe. Quill stares in his cosmic reverie at the + PLANETS around him - thousands of them with pieces of EGO’S + LIFEFORM - GLOWING COSMIC PLANTS - buried within them. + + EGO + I call it the Expansion. It is my + purpose. And now it’s yours as + well. + 98. + + + QUILL + It’s beautiful. + + Quill stares up at a DIORAMA: Ego grabs handfuls of his own + body, engulfed in light, and plants the wriggling pieces on + various planets. + + EGO + Over thousands of years I implanted + thousands of extensions of myself + on thousands of worlds. + + In the DIORAMAS, the COSMIC PLANTS OVERGROW and COVER each + of the planets, like chocolate on a malt ball. + + EGO + I needed to fulfill life’s one true + purpose: to grow and to spread, + covering all that exists, until + everything... is me. + + +140 INT. DRAX’S SLEEPING QUARTERS - NIGHT 140 + + Gamora backs away, recovering. + + GAMORA + What did she do to me?! + + DRAX + She already told me everything. + + +141 INT. PALACE - NIGHT 141 + + EGO + I only had one problem. A single + Celestial doesn’t have enough power + for such an enterprise. But two + Celestials - well now, that just + might do. + + +142 INT. DRAX’S SLEEPING QUARTERS - NIGHT 142 + + MANTIS + The bodies are his children. + + Gamora is horrified. + + +143 INT. PALACE - NIGHT 143 + 99. + + + On the DIORAMAS we see Ego with hundreds of species of + female aliens. + + EGO + Out of all my labors the most + beguiling was attempting to graft + my DNA with that of another + species. I hoped the result of such + a coupling would be enough to power + the expansion. + + +144 INT. ECLECTOR HALLWAY - NIGHT 144 + + Yondu and Rocket walk here. + + EGO (O.S.) + I had Yondu deliver some of them to + me. It broke the Ravager code - but + I compensated him generously. And, + to ease his conscience, I told him + I would never hurt them. + + +145 INT. PALACE - NIGHT 145 + + EGO + That was true. They never felt a + thing. But, one after the other, + they failed me. None of them had + the Celestial genes. Until you, + Peter. Out of all my spawn, only + you have carried the connection to + the light. + + Peter smiles, an enchanted idiot, the cosmos in his eyes. + + +146 INT. DRAX’S SLEEPING QUARTERS - NIGHT 146 + + GAMORA + We need to find Peter now and get + off this damn planet. + + MANTIS + Ego will have won him to his side + by now. He has a way of - + + NEBULA + Then we just go. + + GAMORA + No. He’s our friend. + 100. + + + NEBULA + 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 behind. + (To Nebula) + Except maybe you. + + NEBULA + Oh my god. + + +147 INT. PALACE - NIGHT 147 + + EGO + For the first time in my life, I am + truly not alone. + + Quill suddenly looks sad. + + EGO + What is it, son? + + QUILL + My friends. + + EGO + That’s the mortal in you, Peter. + + QUILL + Yes. I don’t need that. + + EGO + What are we? + + QUILL + Forever. + + EGO + What are they? + + QUILL + Temporary. + + EGO + You think you love them. But love + is merely an evolutionary trick in + the service of reproduction. We are + beyond such things. + + QUILL + 101. + + + Yes. + + EGO + Now - + + QUILL + But my mother. + +Ego looks at him, questioningly. + + QUILL + You said you loved my mother. + + EGO + That I did. My river lily, who knew + the words to every song that came + on the radio. I returned to earth + to see her three times. I knew if I + came back a fourth, I’d never + leave. + + EGO + 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. + + QUILL + Wh- what? + +ZOLLY IN ON QUILL as the cosmos disappear from his eyes. + +Tears stream down his face. + + EGO + I know that sounds bad - + +QUILL PULLS OUT HIS PISTOLS AND FIRES; THE BLAST TEARS +THROUGH EGO, DISPERSING the MOLECULES forming his body. + +Quill SHOOTS at him AGAIN and AGAIN and AGAIN. The flesh +disappears from Ego like bites from a cookie, exposing the +angry alien skeletal form beneath. + +But, as the charge on Peter’s blasters wears out, Ego just +looks at him, and, although he’s filled with holes, he’s +merely disappointed. + + EGO + Who in the hell do you think you + are? + 102. + + + QUILL + You killed my mother! + + EGO TRANSFORMS into DAVID HASSELHOFF. + + EGO + I tried so hard to find the form + that best suited you, and this is + the thanks I get? + + And then, once again, BECOMES HIS USUAL FORM. + + EGO + You really need to grow up. + + A SPIKY COSMIC LIGHT-PROPELLED TENDRIL SHOOTS UP from the + floor behind Quill, and JUTS into Quill’s body. + + Quill is THRUST INTO THE AIR. He opens his mouth to SCREAM + and WHITE LIGHT EMITS. + + EGO + I wanted to do this together! But I + suppose you’ll have to learn by + spending the next thousand years as + a battery, ‘Star-Lord’. + + +148 INT. DRAX’S SLEEPING QUARTERS - NIGHT 148 + + THROUGH THE WINDOW to the PALACE - PAN TO Gamora watching + as her TRANSMITTER - the one she was trying to contact + Rocket on - BEEPS. She answers. + + GAMORA + Rocket?! + + Gamora follows Drax, Nebula, and a confused Mantis as they + move out. + + +149 INT. LASER DRILL - OUTER SPACE 149 + + Rocket, Yondu, and Groot are CRAWLING into a huge LASER + DRILL. + + ROCKET + 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. + 103. + + + GAMORA (O.S.) + Ego’s unhinged - + + ROCKET + I know. Get ready. + + YONDU + Drop it, Kraglin! + + +150 INT. QUADRANT FLIGHT DECK - OUTER SPACE 150 + + Kraglin YANKS a lever. + + +151 I/E. LASER DRILL - OUTER SPACE 151 + + An ugly, bulbous and uneven craft PLOPS from the Quadrant, + and heads toward Ego’s surface. + + ROCKET + I got a plan. + + YONDU + What is it? + + ROCKET + It’s pretty simple. + + +152 INT. PALACE - NIGHT 152 + + Ego walks calmly up beside the trapped Quill. He snatches + the Walkman off of him. He stares at it. Quill can barely + speak. + + QUILL + NO. + + EGO PRESSES PLAY. A distorted version of “Brandy” plays. He + stares at it - perhaps he’s feeling wistful sadness, or + perhaps nothing at all. + + ‘Brandy, you’re a fine girl. What a good wife you would + be.’ + + EGO + ‘My life, my love, my lady is the + sea’? Peter, THIS IS THE SEA. + + EGO CRUSHES THE WALKMAN IN HIS GRIP as Quill watches + helplessly. + 104. + + + The POWER SURGES from Quill through the TENTACLE and + throughout the entire PALACE -- + + +153 EXT. PALACE - NIGHT 153 + + As Gamora, Mantis, Drax, and Nebula run toward the Palace + it BURSTS WITH COSMIC LIGHT, so brightly they have to + protect their eyes. + + +154 INT. PALACE - NIGHT 154 + + EGO basks in the power and we TRAVEL down his legs -- + + +155 INT. RED PLANET/SELF CHAMBER - NIGHT 155 + + We FOLLOW THE ENERGY THROUGH THE SURFACE OF THE PLANET -- + + +156 THROUGH THE TWISTING VEINS OF LIGHT BENEATH -- 156 + + And INTO an ENORMOUS, METAL ORB, the SELF CHAMBER, which + EXPLODES WITH LIGHT. + + Boom. + + +157 EARTH - EXT. WOODS BEHIND DAIRY QUEEN - MOMENTS LATER 157 + + We PUSH INTO the small plant - now a bit larger - that Ego + planted at the very beginning of the film. + + It LIGHTS UP and GROWS, INSTANTLY BURSTING UPWARDS - + + +158 EARTH - EXT. DQ - MOMENTS LATER 158 + + The PLANT BURSTS UP BEHIND the Dairy Queen (now a modern + DQ), a huge ORGANIC, BLOB-LIKE MASS OF LIGHT that comes + down instantly on the building, CRUSHING it and everyone + inside -- + + AND CONTINUING TO SPILL FORWARD, SPREADING. + + +159 INT. PALACE - NIGHT 159 + + EGO SUMMONS all his energy, when, SUDDENLY, a DOOR beside + him SMASHES APART. + 105. + + + Drax has kicked through it and Gamora, Nebula and Mantis + are with him. Ego turns to see them, then hears a RUMBLING + above him. + + He turns to look at a window on the palace wall behind him. + + AND THE GIANT LASER DRILL COMES SMASHING THROUGH THE PALACE + WALL. + + YONDU + Hey there, Jackass. + + Ego looks surprised. + + The LASER DRILL lands on Ego, SQUASHING HIM. + + The tendril retracts from Quill as he falls and heaves for + breath. + + +160 EARTH - EXT. STREET - DAY 160 + + The cosmic plant, barreling down the street, suddenly + STOPS. + + +161 INT. PALACE/LASER DRILL - SUNRISE 161 + + Drax, Gamora, Nebula, and Mantis rush into the crumbling + palace. + + The door on the side of the Laser Drill SLIDES OPEN. Baby + Groot is standing there, smiling, and waving. + + DRAX + Out of the way, dumber, smaller + Groot. + + As Drax crawls in, Groot starts PUNCHING Drax as hard as he + can. Probably because he called him dumb, but who’s to say. + + Gamora helps up Quill. + + GAMORA + I told you something didn’t feel + right. + + QUILL + ‘I told you so.’ That’s really what + I need right now. + + GAMORA + 106. + + + I came back, didn’t I? + + QUILL + Because there’s an unspoken thing. + + GAMORA + There is no unspoken thing. + + +162 INT. LASER DRILL - NIGHT 162 + + Drax, Mantis, Gamora, and Quill step inside the door. + + DRAX + What are you doing? You could have + killed us all crashing in here like + that! + + ROCKET + Uh, ‘Thank you, Rocket’? + + DRAX + We had it under control. + + MANTIS + We did not. That is only an + extension of his true self. He will + be back soon. + + QUILL + (re: Nebula) + What’s Smurfette doing here!? + + NEBULA + Back rubs, dishes, killing gods, + whatever I need to do to get a damn + ride home. + + ROCKET + She tried to murder me! + + NEBULA + I saved you, you stupid fox. + + GAMORA + He’s not a fox. + + GROOT + I am Groot. + + ROCKET + I’m not a raboon either! + 107. + + + GROOT + I am Groot. + + ROCKET + ‘Raccoon,’ whatever! + + Drax looks out the window. + + +163 INT. PALACE - NIGHT 163 + + TENTACLE-LIKE STRANDS BURST UP through the palace flooring + all around the drill. + + +164 INT. PALACE - NIGHT 164 + + Drax turns to the others. + + DRAX + How do we kill a Celestial? + + QUILL + There’s the center to him - his + brain, his soul, whatever it is, in + some sort of shell -- + + MANTIS + It’s in the caverns below the + surface. + + Quill climbs up the ladder to see - + + QUILL + YONDU? + + Nebula looks at Gamora. + + NEBULA + If he’s got that fin back, I am so + screwed. + + +165 I/E. PALACE - SUNRISE 165 + + Yondu THRUSTS the ship upward for takeoff. But TENTACLES + wrap around the ship -- + + And YANK IT BACK DOWN into the floor, destroying the + foundation of the palce. + + THE ENTIRE PALACE SLOPES. + 108. + + +166 INT. LASER DRILL - SUNRISE 166 + + Everyone FALLS forward. + + YONDU + Thrusters are out! + + Quill starts rewiring the mechanics. + + QUILL + I guess I should be glad I was a + skinny kid. Otherwise you would + have delivered me to this maniac! + + YONDU + You still reckon that’s the reason + I kept you around, you idiot?! + + QUILL + That’s what you told me, you old + doofus! + + YONDU + Once I figured out what happened to + them other kids, I wasn’t gonna + just hand you over. + + QUILL + You said you were gonna eat me! + + YONDU + That was being funny! + + QUILL + Not to me!! + + ROCKET + You people have issues. + + Quill sees THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD where EGO’S CREEPY + SKELETAL is GROWING IN FRONT OF THEM. + + QUILL + Of course I have issues that’s my + fricking father!!... Thrusters are + back up. + + Quill thrusts the ship FORWARD instead of up. + + It CRASHES through Ego and DOWN THE SLOPING FLOOR -- + + And OUT THROUGH the giant pane of glass at the end. + 109. + + +167 I/E. LASER DRILL/CRACK IN THE PLANET - SUNRISE 167 + + Everyone holds on in what’s essentially the worst roller + coaster drop ever. + + 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. + + They PLUMMET toward a fissure in the earth below. It’s too + small for the ship. + + QUILL + Rocket! + + ROCKET + Got it. + + Rocket BLASTS the lasers perfectly, CHIPPING AWAY PIECES of + rock, forming an opening in the crack. + + They SMASH into the opening, barely fitting, leading down + into the planet. + + Quill flies perfectly, TWISTING through tunnels and around + corners. + + Rocket mans the lasers, BLASTING PIECES OUT OF PLACE just + in time so they can SCRAPE through. + + 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 is + where your mind goes. + + ROCKET + It was just a random thought, man! + I thought we were friends! + 110. + + + ROCKET + Of course I care about the planets, + and the buildings, and all of the + animals on the planets. + + QUILL + And the people. + + ROCKET + Meh. + + Mantis GIGGLES. + + MANTIS + The crabby puppy is so cute he + makes me want to die! + + DRAX + Your suicidal thoughts sadden me, + but your wish will likely come + true. + + +168 I/E. QUADRANT FLIGHT DECK - OUTER SPACE 168 + + MEANWHILE, Kraglin is mellowly hanging out, eating some + soup and listening to “WHAM BAM” BY SILVER as he sees + something out in the distance of space. He looks a bit + closer. + + SOVEREIGN OMNICRAFT ARE POPPING THROUGH JUMP POINTS ABOVE + EGO’S PLANET. + + +169 EXT. AYESHA’S SPACECRAFT - OUTER SPACE 169 + + AYESHA is remotely piloting one of the ships. She looks + determined and angry on the vid-screen. + + And, one by one, Sovereign OMNICRAFT POP IN all around her, + until there is a large fleet. + + +170 INT. SOVEREIGN PILOT BAY - DAY 170 + + Ayesha, in full pilot gear, yells into her comm. + + AYESHA + Pilots, release envoy units! + + +171 EXT. AYESHA’S SPACECRAFT - OUTER SPACE 171 + 111. + + + Smaller, more nimble robotic ENVOYS, like big pods with + blasters for arms - detach from the front of every + Omnicraft. + + AYESHA + Our sensors detect the batteries + are below the surface of the + planet. + + +172 INT. SOVEREIGN PILOT BAY - DAY 172 + + AYESHA + Dive! + + OVERHEAD SHOT: On the screens in all the pods, the envoys + DIVE toward the planet from slightly different directions. + + +173 I/E. QUADRANT FLIGHT DECK - OUTER SPACE 173 + + Kraglin, in shock, watches the massive fleet of envoys + diving downward. He grabs the comm. + + KRAGLIN + Uhh... Cap’n? + + No answer. + + KRAGLIN + Cap’n? + + +174 INT. LASER DRILL/CRACK IN THE PLANET - SUNRISE 174 + + Yondu doesn’t hear the CRACKLING SPEAKER beside him as they + maneuver down through the fissure. Quill eyes him. + + YONDU + So why’d Ego want 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. + + YONDU + So could you? + + QUILL + A little. I made a ball. + 112. + + + YONDU + A ball? + + QUILL + I thought as hard as a could, + that’s all I could come up with. + + YONDU + You ‘thought’? + + Quill nods. + + YONDU + You think when I make this arrow + fly I use my head? + + QUILL + What do you use? + + They look at each other instead of where they’re going, and + the CRASH into an overhanging piece of rock. + + The entire side door is RIPPED OFF. + + As the SCREECH through a smaller space and into -- + + +175 INT. PLANET’S HOLLOW/LASER DRILL - DAY 175 + + The Laser Drill DROPS into this enormous open space within + the planet. + + The Guardians gather on the side of the ship open to the + hollow, gazing out at its stunning beauty, lit by Ego’s + white glow running throughout it. + + GAMORA + Whoa. + + Mantis turns, looking through the portholes on the other + side. + + MANTIS + There! Thats Ego’s core. + + Mantis points at the Self Chamber, down below them. They + twist down towards it. + + GAMORA + That ore’s thick. Rocket, we’re + gonna need to use the big laser. + 113. + + +Rocket nods, FLICKS switches. + +All the small lasers on the sides move through grooves to +combine into one huge laser in the center of the ship: the +MEGA-LASER. + + MANTIS + We must hurry. It will not take Ego + long to find us. + + ROCKET + Keep it still! + +Quill steadies the craft as best he can beside the Self +Chamber. But it’s an unwieldy beast, built for power, not +precision. + +Rocket powers up the mega-laser and holds tight to the +SHUDDERING CONTROLS as it DRILLS, BURNING a HOLE into the +protective sheathe. It melts and drips down. + + QUILL + We drill into the center, we kill + him. + +Quill holds tight to the steering wheel. Yondu notices the +BLINKING LIGHT on the comm. He taps it. + + YONDU + What is it, Kraglin? + + KRAGLIN (O.S.) + Um, remember that Ayesha chick? + + YONDU + Yeah, why? + +Yondu looks out the window where AYESHA’S SQUADRON is +SWOOPING OUT OF the cracks in the ceiling all around them. + + YONDU + Aw, hell. + +Quill PULLS AWAY from the envoys. + +But the Sovereign envoys start BLASTING AT THE CRAFT all at +once; the LASER LOSES POWER and the VEHICLE TURNS SIDEWAYS +- + +Drax, Mantis, and Gamora GO TUMBLING from the hole in the +side. Nebula and Groot grab onto the floor. + 114. + + +176 INT. BELOW SELF CHAMBER - DAY 176 + + Gamora, Drax, and Mantis FALL from an incredible height. + They LAND - ONE, TWO, THREE - WITH APLOMB. + + Gamora looks up and sees the Laser Drill CURL behind the + Self Chamber as it tries to avoid the envoys’ BLASTERS. + + +177 INT. SELF CHAMBER/LASER DRILL - DAY 177 + + Nebula and Groot settle as the ship rights itself and + BLASTS PIERCE the ship around them. + + Quill peers down at Rocket, who has jumped out of his seat + and is pouring out the contents of his satchel. + + QUILL + Why aren’t you firing the laser?! + + ROCKET + They blew out the generator! I + think I packed a small detonator. + + NEBULA + A detonator is worthless without + explosives! + + ROCKET + We got these! + + Rocket shows Nebula the Anulax batteries. + + Quill leaves the controls to Yondu as he CLIMBS down beside + Rocket, now messing with wiring on his BOMB. + + QUILL + Is it strong enough to kill Ego? + + ROCKET + If it is, it will 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. + 115. + + + Rocket stuffs the bomb back in his satchel. Groot climbs on + his back. + + Rocket and Quill slap on their AERO RIGS. + + QUILL + Go! + + The run and jump out of the laser drill, FLYING ON THEIR + AERO RIGS, avoiding the GUNFIRE. + + The ZOOM towards the blast hole on the side of the self + chamber. + + +178 INT. OPENING OF BLAST HOLE - DAY 178 + + Rocket and Quill land here, messily, TUMBLING. + + +179 INT. BELOW SELF CHAMBER - DAY 179 + + Mantis is worried about something else entirely; the entire + chasm begins TREMBLING and the walls start to MUTATE. + + 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. + + They look ahead. They see, on the enormous wall in front of + them, the LIGHT-FORM of a giant EGO SCREAMING ANGRILY. + + His SCREAM becomes a TUNNEL OF ROCKS RUSHING TOWARDS THEM + like a train. + + Mantis sees a nerve bundle on the ground coming from Ego’s + Core. Although afraid, she grabs it. + + MANTIS + SLEEP! + 116. + + + She SCREAMS with effort and some pain as energy travels + through the bundle and into the core, where it darkens. + + The LIGHT LEAVES THE ROCK FORMATION and it SLAMS into the + ground in front of them, SPLASHING DIRT OVER THEM. + + But they are safe, shivering. Drax and Gamora look at each + other. + + DRAX + I never thought she’d be able to do + it. With as skinny and weak as she + appears to be. + + Mantis’s arm is TREMBLING. + + MANTIS + I don’t know how long I can hold + him! + + GAMORA + You need to, girl. If you don’t + keep Ego at bay, we all die. + + +180 INT. OPENING OF BLAST HOLE - DAY 180 + + Rocket shines a powerful PEN-LIGHT inside the cavity, + exposing the interior, spattered with Swiss-cheese-like + holes glowing with light. + + ROCKET + The metal is 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... + + Quill slowly eyes Groot, who is playing with a leaf on his + arm and thinking about something else entirely. + + ROCKET + That’s a terrible idea. + + QUILL + Which is the only kind of idea we + got left. + + Rocket SIGHS. He puts Groot on his back and MOVES with + Groot deeper into the blast hole, mumbling to himself: + 117. + + + ROCKET + Unbelievable. ‘Rocket, do this. + Rocket, do that.’ + + Quill turns toward the opening. PUSH UP AND IN ON QUILL. + + QUILL + Uh, what a day. + + He jumps out into the fray. + + +181 INT. PLANET’S HOLLOW - DAY 181 + + Quill FLIES UP as a ship FLIES in toward him BLASTING, and + he’s about to fire back. MAN VS. SPACESHIP. This is most + likely the beginning of the biggest, baddest fight scene + ever, but instead we CUT TO - + + +182 INT. INSIDE BLAST HOLE - DAY 182 + + Quiet. Blasts in the deep background. Rocket places a tiny + bomb in front of Groot. It is a small, simple device with + two switches and two buttons. He explains, very carefully: + + ROCKET + All right. First you flick this + switch, then this switch. That + activates it. And then you push + this button, which will give you + five minutes to get out of there. + 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 + I am Groot. + 118. + + + ROCKET + No! That’s the button that will + kill everyone! Try again. + +Groot thinks. + + GROOT + I am Groot. + +Rocket nods. + + GROOT + I am Groot. + +Rocket nods. + + GROOT + 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 thinks. And he points to the one that will kill +everyone. + + ROCKET + NO!!! + + QUILL (O.S.) + Hey, you’re making him nervous! + +Rocket runs to see, at the end of the hole, a sliver of the +outside as Quill peeks in while SHOOTING at envoys. + + ROCKET + Shut up! And give me some tape! + Does anyone have any tape out + there!? I want to put some tape + over the death button! + + QUILL + I don’t have any tape. Let me + check. + +Quill disappears from the hole. As Rocket waits, he hears, +amongst the chaos, faintly - + + QUILL (O.S.) + Yo, Yondu, do you have any - ow! - + do you have any tape?! + 119. + + + O.S. GUN BLASTS. + + We hear VOICES GRUMBLING. + + Rocket and Groot look around, waiting. Rocket is impatient. + + He coughs. Groot is like a bored kid in a waiting room. He + shifts around and plays with the wires on the bomb. + + Quill reappears outside the hole, SHOOTING an envoy. + + QUILL + No one has any tape. + + ROCKET + Not a single person has tape? + + QUILL + You have priceless batteries and an + atomic bomb in your bag! If anyone + had tape it would be you! + + ROCKET + That’s exactly my point! I have to + do everything! + + QUILL + Dude, you’re wasting time! + + Rocket turns back to Groot, who has already taken the bomb + and is heading towards the hole. + + He makes a “WHEEEEEE” sound and smiles brightly as he HOPS + into the hole and SLIDES down as if on a water slide. + + Rocket, heavy-lidded, watches him go. + + ROCKET + We’re all gonna die. + + +183 INT. PLANET'S HOLLOW/LASER DRILL - DAY 183 + + Yondu and Nebula, in the cockpit, are being overcome as + blasts come through the walls. + + YONDU + We’re done for without the + generator. + + Nebula MOANS, frustrated. She flips open a section of the + dashboard, then a part of her arm. + 120. + + +184 INT. PLANET'S HOLLOW/LASER DRILL - DAY 184 + + The remaining Sovereign envoys have ENCIRCLED the battered + Laser Drill, BLASTING IT TO BITS. + + Quill FLIES into the Laser Drill, SLAMMING into the wall. + + AYESHA (ON SHIP) + Guardians! Perhaps it will provide + you solace that your deaths are not + without purpose. + + Nebula is feeding the wires from the craft into her + mechanical arm. + + +185 INT. SOVEREIGN PILOT BAY - DAY 185 + + The actual Ayesha, fitted with the pilot gear, looks at the + Laser Drill on the screen. + + AYESHA + They will serve as a warning to all + of those tempted with betraying us; + don’t screw with the Sovereign. + + +186 INT. PLANET'S HOLLOW/LASER DRILL - DAY 186 + + Yondu works some switches: The LASERS slide back into the + slots all over the ship. + + YONDU + This is gonna hurt. + + NEBULA + Promises, promises. + + Yondu flips ALL the switches; ALL THE POWER RUNS PAINFULLY + OUT OF NEBULA’S BODY INTO THE VEHICLE -- + + AND THE LASERS BEAM OUT OF THE SHIP IN ALL DIRECTIONS AT + ONCE, like a dangerous disco ball, slicing through almost + nearly every single ENVOY. + + +187 INT. BELOW SELF CHAMBER - DAY 187 + + A BEAM ALMOST HITS Drax, but he LEAPS out of the way. Smoke + rises from a hole in the ground between him and Mantis. + + DRAX + Hey! + 121. + + +188 INT. PLANET'S HOLLOW/LASER DRILL - DAY 188 + + With flair, Yondu spins the pilot’s wheel, so that the + whole rig REVOLVES. + + Ayesha looks on, in horror as the BEAMS SLICE THROUGH the + remaining CRAFT - and one is COMING HER WAY. + + AYESHA (ON SHIP) + NO!! + + AYESHA’S ENVOY IS RIPPED APART. + + +189 INT. SOVEREIGN PILOT BAY - DAY 189 + + Ayesha SITS BACK. She looks around her at the other pods: + all of them are down. + + AYESHA + NO! NOOOOO!! + + +190 INT. PLANET'S HOLLOW/LASER DRILL - DAY 190 + + Quill sees FLAMING CHUNKS FLY into the rig... + + And FIRE SPILLING toward the ship’s engine, dripping fuel. + + QUILL + We’re gonna blow! + + Yondu WHISTLES as the FLAMES HIT THE FUEL - + + +191 INT. BELOW SELF CHAMBER - DAY 191 + + Gamora watches as the ENTIRE LASER DRILL EXPLODES. She is + stricken. + + GAMORA + Peter? + + She sees a tiny body flying from the ship - it’s Nebula, + who LANDS across from her on her feet. + + Gamora looks at her, worried. Nebula gives her what might + be a little smile, and looks upward. Gamora follows her + line of sight. + 122. + + +Quill is FLYING FROM THE EXPLOSION on his aero-rig. Yondu +is holding onto a flying arrow: his one arm up straight, +his heels touching. Quill looks at him and SNICKERS. + + YONDU + What? + + QUILL + You look like Mary Poppins. + + YONDU + Is he cool? + +Quill looks at the man who raised him. He smiles. + + QUILL + Yeah. He’s cool. + +Yondu looks out at the Guardians as he comes in for a +landing. + + YONDU + I’m Mary Poppins, y’all! + +Quill and Yondu LAND beside Nebula. Gamora sees Quill and +MARCHES TOWARD HIM. + +The CAMERA CIRCLES GAMORA AND QUILL, FIERY SHIP FRAGMENTS +RAINING DOWN AROUND THEM IN SLOW-MOTION, as if this is the +greatest heavy metal video of all time. + +The other Guardians enter, one by one - Nebula, Drax, +Yondu, Rocket FLYING DOWN on his aero-rig, and finally, +Mantis, staring forward with concentration until -- + +A HUGE CHUNK OF SPACESHIP FLIES IN FROM THE SIDE, +FLATTENING MANTIS. The others all look down at her in +shock. + + QUILL + Oh. Wow. + +Mantis, UNCONSCIOUS BENEATH a ship fragment, has lost hold +of Ego. + +THE ENTIRE HOLLOW AROUND THEM BEGINS TO RUMBLE. THE GROUND +AND WALLS THEMSELVES SHIFT and WAVER. + +The whole cavity is alive. Drax checks on Mantis. + + DRAX + She’s just unconscious. + 123. + + +192 INT. SELF CHAMBER TUNNELS - DAY 192 + + Groot RUNS and HOPS through the tunnels. He comes to a + crossroads. + + He sees a COSMIC LIGHT emanating from one tunnel. He dashes + off toward it. + + +193 INT. BELOW SELF CHAMBER - DAY 193 + + QUILL + How long before the bomb goes off? + + ROCKET + In the unlikely event Groot doesn’t + kill us all, about six minutes. + + Yondu speaks into the comm on his lapel. + + YONDU + Kraglin. + + +194 INT. QUADRANT FLIGHT DECK - DAY 194 + + Kraglin, NODDING OUT, abruptly wakes. + + YONDU (O.S.) + We need the Quadrant for extraction + in T-minus five minutes. + + KRAGLIN + Aye, Cap’n! + + +195 EXT. BELOW SELF CHAMBER - DAY 195 + + Our heroes peer up to see the SURFACE OF THE PLANET + UNFOLDING ABOVE THEM, so that THE BRIGHT SKY SHINES + THROUGH. + + QUILL + Someone needs to be up top when + Kraglin arrives. Drax, take Mantis. + + Drax nods. He picks up Mantis. Quill grabs the aero-rig off + himself and SLAPS it on Drax’s back, which AUTOMATICALLY + WRAPS around his upper body. + + DRAX + Ahhh! My nipples! + 124. + + + He FLIES UPWARD. + + The ground around them SPLITS INTO ENORMOUS CRACKS. Gamora + sees a CRACK IN THE EARTH RUSHING TOWARD her and Quill, and + she turns toward him. + + And Gamora’s side CRUMBLES AWAY, GAMORA FALLING DOWN with + it. + + QUILL + Gamora!! + + HUGE BURSTS OF EARTH SHOOT UP all around Drax, Yondu, + Rocket, and Quill. + + The planet has formed GIANT TENTACLES THAT HURTLE towards + our heroes. + + +196 EXT. LOWER RIFT - DAY 196 + + Gamora is PLUMMETING, seemingly to her death, when she + looks over and sees Nebula FALLING just behind her. + + Nebula grabs Gamora’s arm and then grabs onto a passing + cliff. + + They SNAP TO A STOP- OW! - hanging down off the side. + + Nebula tosses Gamora up onto a flat surface. + + As Nebula climbs up after her, Gamora looks at her, wary + but surprised by this beneficence. + + NEBULA + Oh, get over it. + + +197 EXT. BELOW SELF CHAMBER - DAY 197 + + Quill BLASTS a tentacle. + + Yondu WHISTLES, the ARROW WEAVING THROUGH TENTACLES around + them. + + Rocket TOSSES a bunch of tiny bombs at some, which they + stick to and EXPLODE. + + But they are by no means winning this fight. + + +198 EXT. PLANET SURFACE - DAY 198 + 125. + + + The giant Quadrant LOWERS toward the surface. + + +199 EXT. LOWER RIFT - DAY 199 + + Gamora looks at Nebula. + + GAMORA + We have to get up to the extraction + point! + + They look over the edge and see a huge RIFT OF LAND RISING + QUICKLY. They look at each other and JUMP - + + They GRAB ONTO THE EDGE of the rising rift, CLUTCHING TO IT + as it FLIES upward toward the open space above them. + + +200 EXT. PLANET SURFACE - DAY 200 + + Drax FLIES UP onto the surface; he sees the Quadrant + waiting for him there. He DARTS for the ship. + + +201 INT. QUADRANT FLIGHT DECK - DAY 201 + + Kraglin opens the LOADING DOOR + + +202 EXT. PLANET SURFACE - DAY 202 + + But huge swatches of the planet reach up and GRAB onto the + Quadrant, YANKING IT DOWN. + + +203 INT. QUADRANT FLIGHT DECK - DAY 203 + + Kraglin, freaking out, throws the thrusters into high gear. + + +204 I/E. PLANET SURFACE/QUADRANT LOADING BAY - DAY 204 + + The thrusters FLARE as the massive ship STRUGGLES to free + itself from Ego’s tendrils. + + And it does PULL ITSELF UP for a moment, but the tendrils + tighten, SLAMMING it back down. + + The whole Quadrant starts to TIP OVER. Kraglin falls down + against the side of the ship. + 126. + + + Drax sees the ship FALLING TOWARDS HIM and he RUNS away + from it in fear. + + But he arrives a the edge of a cliff. He crouches as the + ship CONTINUES DOWN toward him, about to SQUASH both he and + Mantis -- + + But Kraglin heroically CRAWLS his way back up to the + controls as he dangles from them. He pushes on the + thrusters, so that the ship goes back upright. + + Drax turns and again RUNS toward the Quadrant. + + +205 EXT. PLANET’S HOLLOW - DAY 205 + + Gamora and Nebula are still rising on the rift when they + SLAM into a wall near the opening in the surface of the + planet. + + +206 EXT. BELOW SELF CHAMBER - DAY 206 + + Quill turns and sees Ego, in his terrifying SKELETAL LIGHT + FORM, STROLLING DOWN TOWARDS HIM as the land around him + PARTS LIKE THE RED SEA. + + As Ego walks, THE DIRT AND MOLECULES AROUND EGO FORM ORGANS + IN HIS BODY, piecing himself back together. + + Quill sees a tentacle SLAM Yondu to the ground and COVER + HIS ENTIRE BODY. + + He turns to see Rocket HOLLERING as he FIRES at tentacles, + but they OVERWHELM him. + + +207 EXT. PLANET SURFACE - DAY 207 + + The earth WRAPS AROUND Drax’s legs like quicksand, pulling + him and Mantis down into it. + + +208 EXT. PLANET’S HOLLOW - DAY 208 + + Gamora and Nebula scramble, trying to CLIMB BACK UP, when + TENDRILS WRAP AROUND THEM, stopping them from going + further. + + +209 INT. SELF CHAMBER TUNNELS - DAY 209 + 127. + + + The walls are tightening around Groot. He grows his + branches to try to stop them, but they aren’t working. + + He begins to CRY, like an actual baby, terrified, on the + brink of suffocating. + + +210 EXT. BELOW SELF CHAMBER - DAY 210 + + Ego approaches his son. He is fully formed, and he is more + truly “himself.” Alien. Dark eyes and pale skin. + + EGO + I told you I don’t want to do this + alone. + + +211 EXT. BELOW SELF CHAMBER - DAY 211 + + EGO + You cannot deny the purpose the + universe has bestowed upon you! + + And once again, the LIGHT TENDRILS STAB THROUGH QUILL’S + BACK, thrusting him to his knees. + + Smaller light tendrils stab into his face and body. + + And we see the LIGHT being sucked out of Quill and up into + the Self Chamber once more as it BURSTS WITH LIGHT. + + +212 EARTH - EXT. STREET - DAY 212 + + POLICE OFFICERS and bystanders are in the streets, snapping + phone photos, etc, beside the HUGE, STILL SWATCH OF EGO’S + LIFEFORM. + + OFFICER FITZGIBBON + Please, everyone. Step back. I need + you all to clear the - + + WEIRD OLD MAN + What is that? + + The LIFEFORM ALIGHTS WITH ENERGY and MOVES again, SPILLING + INCREDIBLY QUICKLY towards them. + + People abandon their cars in traffic as it RUNS OVER THEM. + + A WOMAN FALLS. People TRAMPLE around her. + 128. + + + But an old man’s hands reach in, helping her up. + + REVEAL GRANDPA QUILL, in his 70’s or 80’s now. + + GRANDPA QUILL + Come on, ma’am. + + He HELPS the woman into an SUV. + + He SLAMS on the gas, SCREECHING AWAY from the enormous + tidal wave of organic light. + + +213 XANDAR - I/E. STARBLASTER/CITY - DAY 213 + + EGO’S LIFEFORM smashes down the PARK WALLS and into the + street. + + EGO + (O.S) + It doesn’t need to be like this + Peter + + +214 EXT. BELOW SELF CHAMBER - DAY 214 + + Ego approaches his son. + + EGO + Why are you destroying our chance?! + + +215 AAKON - EXT. AAKON CITY - NIGHT 215 + + AAKONS run from a giant wave behind them. + + EGO + (O.S) + Stop pretending you aren’t, what + you are! + + +216 KREE HOMEWORLD - EXT. STEEP HILLSIDE - DAY 216 + + KREE MONKS run from the cosmic flesh as it pours down the + hillside behind them. + + But it’s too fast, RUSHING OVER THEM. + + +217 PRIMITIVE PLANET - EXT. WETLANDS - DAY 217 + 129. + + + THOUSANDS OF ORLONI are darting in fear across this dusty + desert, as it WASHES OVER them. + + EGO + (O.S) + One in billions.. + + +218 ARAGO-7 - EXT. STONY LANDSCAPE - DAY 218 + + THREE HURCTARIANS run, SCREAMING. + + EGO + (O.S) + Trillions, even more! + + +219 EASIK - EXT. FOREST - NIGHT 219 + + AN EASIK MOTHER clutches her BABY, covering it with her own + body, as the spreading lifeform LOOMS UP behind her. + + She closes her eyes and waits for the worst. + + +220 EXT. BELOW SELF CHAMBER - DAY 220 + + Quill looks up at Ego, barely able to focus, as the + molecules form skin over the muscle and skeleton and + innards beneath. + + EGO + What greater meaning could life + possibly have to offer?! + + Yondu struggles beneath the tentacle beside Quill. + + YONDU + I don’t use my head to fly the + arrow, boy! I use my h - + + Quill hears this as the earth COVERS Yondu’s face. + + Quill LOOKS INWARD. And suddenly, everything becomes... + + QUIET. + + Tears come to Peter Quill’s eyes as he remember those + around him and what they mean to him. And we see his + MEMORIES. + 130. + + + - YOUNG PETER QUILL AND HIS MOTHER CUDDLED AND LISTENING TO + MUSIC ON THE WALKMAN TOGETHER, EACH WITH ONE EAR PIECE. + + - QUILL AND DRAX LAUGHING HYSTERICALLY ON THE MILANO. + + - GAMORA AND PETER LOOKING INTO EACH OTHER’S EYES AND + DANCING ON KNOWHERE. + + - QUILL AND ROCKET FLYING THROUGH THE SKY ON AERO-RIGS FOR + THE FIRST TIME, SMILING AS THE AIR RUSHES THROUGH THEIR + HAIR. BABY GROOT CLUTCHES HAPPILY ONTO QUILL’S BACK. + + - YONDU AND YOUNG QUILL IN THE FOREST. YONDU’S ARM IS ON + PETER’S ARM AS HE TEACHES HIM HOW TO SHOOT. + + Quill looks back up at Ego as we HEAR the gentle chords of + FLEETWOOD MAC’S “THE CHAIN” starts echoing throughout the + hollow. + + He clutches his fist and we see the light growing within + it. + + Bits of earth begin to ROLL UP AND SCRAMBLE AND SWIRL + around Quill’s body, his arms, his legs, as if he’s pulling + them towards himself with magnets. + + And Ego looks confused, as the GROUND QUAKES AROUND HIM. + + Quill glares at his father, his voice distorting with + Celestial thunder. + + QUILL + You shouldn’t have killed my mom + and squished my walkman. + + Ahd a SOLID TORNADO OF EARTH PROPELS QUILL FORWARD. Ego + tries to protect himself as Quill SLAMS into him, FLYING + UPWARDS WITH HIM -- + + Quill raises his fist, NOW A GIANT CLUB. And he SMASHES + Ego. + + As Ego loses his concentration -- + + +221 EXT. PLANET’S SURFACE - DAY 221 + + A pair of arms are protruding from the surface of the + planet, still holding Mantis aloft. + + The earth falls away, and Drax, who was entirely covered, + heaves for breath. + 131. + + +222 EXT. CRACK IN PLANET - DAY 222 + + The TENDRILS FALL, freeing Gamora and Nebula as they GASP. + + +223 EXT. BELOW SELF CHAMBER - DAY 223 + + Yondu BREAKS THROUGH THE ROCKS around him, drawing in + breath. + + The TENTACLES HOLDING ROCKET ALOFT CRUMBLE, and he looks + around, confused. + + +224 EARTH - EXT. ST. CHARLES, MISSOURI - DAY 224 + + The WAVE PUSHES UP against the back of Grandpa Quill’s + CAMARO and suddenly STOPS: + + the mountainous plant, a hundred stories high, is up + against the back of the car. + + +225 EASIK - EXT. FOREST - NIGHT 225 + + The Easik Mother clutching her baby looks behind her; the + wave has stopped. + + She clutches her baby to her chest, relieved. + + +226 INT. SELF CHAMBER TUNNELS - DAY 226 + + The tunnel around Groot SNAPS BACK to what it was. Once + more he can see the light at the tunnel’s end, and one + looks like a GIANT BRAIN composed of prismatic light. + + He RUNS forward. + + +227 INT. INSIDE BLAST HOLE - DAY 227 + + Rocket flies up and yells at Groot. + + ROCKET + Groot! Groot, if you can can hear + me, hurry up - I’m not sure how + long Quill can keep him distracted! + + +228 INT. SELF CHAMBER CORE - DAY 228 + 132. + + + Groot ARRIVES at the end of the tunnel, and stops there. + + The center of the core holds a huge cosmic placenta, and, + within that, EGO’S TRUE SELF, the COSMIC BRAIN. It ROILS + FURIOUSLY, the reflection of its fight with Quill, + thrashing around within this womb. + + Although afraid, Groot places the bomb on the placenta. + + Groot stares at both buttons, scared - he doesn’t know + which one to pick. + + Groot makes a decision on which button to press. He goes to + push the death button. + + Then his finger STOPS just millimeters from the button, + TREMBLING. He thinks... + + And then changes the course of his finger, PUSHING THE + CORRECT BUTTON. + + THE COUNTDOWN CLOCK COMMENCES. + + Baby Groot turns, terrified, and RUNS. + + +229 I/E. PLANET SURFACE/QUADRANT LOADING BAY - DAY 229 + + Drax moves with Mantis into the loading bay. He throws her + down and climbs up a ladder. + + THE CAMERA SWINGS TO GAMORA AND NEBULA, climbing up to the + surface in the dirt storm. + + +230 INT. PLANETS HOLLOW - DAY 230 + + Ego RISES on his own MOLECULAR TORNADO and STRIKES BACK at + Quill. He YELLS as he SLAMS Quill against the wall, + DRAGGING his face along the wall. + + He TOSSES Quill into a another wall. + + +231 EXT. BELOW SELF CHAMBER/PLANET’S HOLLOW - DAY 231 + + QUILL brings his ARM FILLED WITH LIGHT away from the wall, + so that he causes a WAVE OF LIGHT AND ROCK around the + interior of the hollow, FLYING TO EGO and knocking him + aside. + 133. + + +Yondu protects his face as DIRT SWIRLS in the wake of the +Quill/Ego battle. + +Rocket, carrying Groot, FLIES BACK DOWN beside him. + + ROCKET + Yondu! We’re about to blow! + + YONDU + Get to the ship. + + ROCKET + Not without Quill. + + YONDU + You gotta take care of the twig. + + ROCKET + Not without you. + + YONDU + I ain’t done nothing right my whole + damn life, rat. You need to give me + this. + +Rocket, hesitantly, nods. He grabs some things from his +bag. + +He hands them to Yondu. + + ROCKET + A space suit and an aero rig. I + only have one of each. + +Yondu nods. Rocket nods too. + +Rocket starts to go, but STOPS and looks at Yondu. + +He wants to say something, but he doesn’t know what. Baby +Groot does. + + GROOT + I am Groot. + + YONDU + What’s that? + + ROCKET + He says welcome to the frickin’ + Guardians of the Galaxy... only he + didn’t use ‘frickin’. + 134. + + + YONDU + Bye, twig. + + Groot waves. + + And Rocket FLIES UP toward the surface. Rocket mutters to + Groot. + + ROCKET + We’re gonna need to have a + discussion about your language. + + +232 EXT. BELOW SELF CHAMBER/PLANET’S HOLLOW - DAY 232 + + Ego SLAMS Quill back against a wall. Ego pulls the huge + rocks away from the wall, FLYING THEM TOWARDS HIM and + BATTERING HIM THERE. + + Ego and Quill FLY TOWARDS each other. + + Ego uses the LIGHT TO BRING ROCKS TO HIS BODY, forming a + giant AVATAR OF HIMSELF. + + Quill brings YELLOW ROCKS to his body, forming a GIANT PAC- + MAN. + + Ego’s form flies into Pac-Man’s mouth, so hard there’s a + SONIC BOOM. + + They fall, TUMBLING, still striking one another on the way + down. + + They LAND HARD. + + +233 INT. SELF CHAMBER CORE - DAY 233 + + The timer counts down. A minute left. + + +234 I/E. PLANET SURFACE/QUADRANT LOADING BAY - DAY 234 + + Gamora and Nebula are caring for Mantis as Rocket and Groot + ARRIVE. + + GAMORA + Where’s Peter? + + Rocket doesn’t answer. Or he can’t answer. + + GAMORA + 135. + + + Rocket, where is he?! + + Rocket looks down at a timer in his hand. The time is + almost there. + + GAMORA + Rocket?! Rocket, look at me! Where + is he?! + + Rocket just shakes his head a little. + + But Groot points sadly outside. + + GAMORA + I’m not leaving without him. + + Gamora hardens. She stands and SNATCHES A RIFLE off the + wall. + + She COCKS IT. + + She STARTS OUT the bay door -- + + When AN ELECTRICAL BLAST HITS HER from behind. + + She FALLS OVER, unconscious, REVEALING Rocket with his gun. + + ROCKET + I’m sorry. I can only afford to + lose one friend today. + (into comm) + Kraglin, GO! + + +235 INT. QUADRANT FLIGHT DECK - DAY 235 + + Drax looks uncertain as Kraglin presses thrust. + + DRAX + Wait. Is Quill back? + (into comm) + Rocket, where’s Quill?! + + +236 I/E. PLANET SURFACE/QUADRANT LOADING BAY - DAY 236 + + Rocket looks sadly out the bay door as it CLOSES; Drax’s + voice echoes on his comm. + + DRAX (O.S.) + Where’s Quill?! WHERE’S QUILL?! + 136. + + +237 EXT. BELOW SELF CHAMBER - DAY 237 + + Quill and Ego are exhausted, on their knees and leaning + against one another like boxers after too many rounds. + + +238 INT. SELF CHAMBER CORE - DAY 238 + + The timer reads 00:26 seconds + + +239 EXT. BELOW SELF CHAMBER - DAY 239 + + Ego reaches for the core.. + + EGO + No, we need to stop it! + + Quill throws him to the ground. But Ego comes back up, + grasping his son’s jacket, pleading with him now. + + EGO + Listen to me! You are a god! If you + kill me, you’ll just be like + everyone else! + + QUILL + What’s so wrong with that? + + Ego looks at his son, scared. + + EGO + NO - + + +240 INT. SELF CHAMBER CORE - DAY 240 + + The countdown reaches zero. The brain EXPLODES. + + +241 I/E. EGO’S NERVOUS SYSTEM - DAY 241 + + The explosion causes the life forces to BURST THROUGH THE + ENTIRE PLANET. + + +242 EXT. BELOW SELF CHAMBER - DAY 242 + + Everything around Quill is EXPLODING. + + He looks down at his hands, where the glow FADES and + DISAPPEARS. + 137. + + + He gazes up at the mammoth walls around him as they BLOW UP + and COLLAPSE. + + He lowers at head, at peace with the death that’s coming, + when, from the side, through the debris -- + + +243 YONDU IS FLYING TOWARDS HIM ON AN AERO-RIG. 243 + + Yondu GRABS him, almost a tackle, really, LIFTING HIM up + and FLYING AWAY. + + +244 EXT. PLANET'S HOLLOW - DAY 244 + + As Yondu and Quill FLY UPWARD, the planet EXPLODES behind + them, flames licking their heels, huge stretches of the + planet caving in. + + +245 EXT. SKY - DAY 245 + + Yondu holds a surprised Quill as they SOAR up into the sky, + + YONDU + He may have been your father, boy. + But he wasn’t your daddy. + + QUILL + What? + + YONDU + I’m sorry I didn’t do it right. I’m + damn lucky you’re my boy. + + Quill is touched. + + Yondu SLAPS the SPACESUIT disk onto Quill; THE SHIMMERY + SHEATHE COVERS HIM. + + QUILL + What? + + Yondu breathes out as completely as he can, emptying his + lungs. And they EXIT THE PLANET’S ATMOSPHERE, bursting into + - + + +246 EXT. SPACE - OUTER SPACE 246 + + Quill struggles to get free, but Yondu holds him there, + trapping him, but it is also an embrace. The ENTIRE PLANET + is COLLAPSING BEHIND THEM. + 138. + + + QUILL + Yondu, you can’t! What are you + doing? What are you doing?! + + Yondu’s jet pack expires its supply of fuel, and they STOP + THERE, in space, FLOATING. + + Yondu’s grip weakens. Quill turns to face him. + + QUILL + Yondu. Yondu, no! + + Yondu grabs his son’s face with both hands, looking and + touching him with love. + + QUILL + No. + + And Yondu’s FACE EXPANDS and his BODY GOES LIMP as he DIES + there. And he starts to DRIFT AWAY. Quill grabs onto his + shirt. He is CRYING. + + QUILL + No! + + And, suddenly, behind Quill, Rocket and Drax PROPEL + themselves toward him in aero-rigs, GRABBING him. + + FADE TO BLACK + + +247 INT. ECLECTOR CREMATORY - LATER 247 + + Yondu’s body lies on a plank here: Various colored cloths + are laid in strips over his body and face, yaro lilies + beneath him, red-fired pyres and Yondu’s toys all around. + + Rocket, Groot, Drax, Gamora, Mantis, and Kraglin surround + the table. Quill is at the head. He has to say a few words. + But it is not easy. + + QUILL + The other day I told Gamora how I + used to pretend my dad was David + Hasselhoff. + + Rocket and Drax exchange a look. + + QUILL + He’s a singer and actor from + earth... a really famous guy. + + Drax nods. + 139. + + + QUILL + And, you know, today it struck me. + Yondu didn’t have a talking car, + but he did have a flying arrow. And + he didn’t have the voice of an + angel, but he did have the whistle + of one. And both David Hasselhoff + and Yondu went on kickass + adventures, and hooked up with hot + women, and fought robots. So, the + thing is, David Hasselhoff kinda + did end up being my Dad after all, + only he was Yondu. I had a pretty + cool Dad. + + Quill starts to break down. + + QUILL + And what I’m trying to say here is, + that thing you’re searching for + your whole life, sometimes it’s + right there by your side all along + and you don’t even know it. + + Gamora sees Nebula, watching from a darkened doorway, + before she turns and walks away. She moves after her. + + Groot looks up at an upset Rocket. + + GROOT + I am Groot? + + ROCKET + Yeah. That’s the friend I was + talking about. + + GROOT + I am Groot. + + ROCKET + He did call you ‘twig.’ + + +248 INT. QUADRANT SMALL HALLWAY - MOMENTS LATER 248 + + Gamora catches up to Nebula in the hall. + + GAMORA + Nebula. + + Nebula turns toward her, but she doesn’t look her in the + eye. + 140. + + + GAMORA + I was just a child. Like you. I was + concerned with staying alive until + the next day - every day. And I + never considered what Thanos was + doing to you. I am sorry. + + Nebula nods. + + GAMORA + I’m trying to make it right, + everything I did. + + GAMORA + There are little girls like you + were - little boys - all over the + universe - who are in danger. You + can stay with us, and help them. + + NEBULA + I’ll help them by killing Thanos. + + GAMORA + I don’t know if that’s possible. + + Nebula shrugs: maybe. She turns to leave. But Gamora grabs + her, perhaps too roughly. Nebula turns, ready to snap. + + And Gamora EMBRACES her. Nebula does not know how to react. + + GAMORA + You’ll always be my sister. + + Tears well in Nebula’s eyes and, for just a moment, she + embraces her sister back with one hand... + + Before pushing her away and leaving. + + +249 INT. ECLECTOR CREMATORY - MOMENTS LATER 249 + + The Guardians lift Yondu on the plank. A bulbous and rusty + crematory is at the center of the room. It doesn’t burn + with fire, but a SWIRLING, VIBRANT COSMIC ENERGY. + + They SLIDE YONDU IN as they watch with sadness and respect + as his body is enveloped by the sparkling colors. Quill + closes the door on the crematory. + + As Quill moves away, Kraglin approaches. + + KRAGLIN + Pete. + 141. + + + Quill turns toward him. He’s holding something. + + KRAGLIN + Cap’n found this for you in a + junker shop. Said someday you’d + come back to the fold. + + Kraglin puts an MP3 player in his hand. + + KRAGLIN + It’s called a Zune - what everyone + listens to on earth nowadays. It’s + got three hundred songs. + + Quill nods, touched. + + QUILL + Wait. + + Quill holds out Yondu’s arrow. Kraglin’s lip trembles. + + QUILL + Rocket grabbed the pieces and + reassembled them. I think Yondu + would want you to have it. + + KRAGLIN + Thank you... Cap’n. + + +250 EXT. QUADRANT - OUTER SPACE 250 + + Yondu’s SPARKLING ASHES ARE BLOWN OUT IN SPURTS FROM THE + CREMATORY INTO SPACE. + + +251 INT. QUADRANT FLIGHT DECK - OUTER SPACE 251 + + Rocket, Drax, and Mantis are here, watching Yondu’s ashes + in the vacuum of space, SWIRLING almost magically. + + +252 INT. CAPTAIN’S QUARTERS - OUTER SPACE 252 + + Quill sits down on the bed in Yondu’s quarters. He scrolls + through selections on the Zune. + + He comes to “FATHER AND SON” by CAT STEVENS. + + He PRESSES PLAY. + 142. + + + He listens. As he does, Groot crawls up onto the bed, and + then onto his lap. + + Quill offers him one of the ear buds. + + Groot holds it against his ear, amazed by the clarity of + sound. Quill watches him, hearing the beauty of the song + more through Groot’s face than the music itself. + + And they sit there together, listening to the music, a new + father and son. + + +253 INT. M-SHIP - OUTER SPACE 253 + + Nebula FLIES AWAY, sad, perhaps regretful, but forcing her + chin up to brace against what’s to come. + + +254 INT. QUADRANT SMALL HALLWAY - OUTER SPACE 254 + + Gamora watches, THROUGH A WINDOW, as Nebula leaves. + + +255 INT. QUADRANT FLIGHT DECK - OUTER SPACE 255 + + Rocket sees something by the ashes. His eyes alight. + + ROCKET + They came. + + +256 INT. CAPTAIN’S QUARTERS - OUTER SPACE 256 + + Groot sees COLORFUL FLASHING LIGHTS out of the window. He + pulls on Quill’s shirt to show him. + + They go to get a better view. + + +257 INT. QUADRANT FLIGHT DECK - OUTER SPACE 257 + + Drax and Rocket see Yondu’s COSMIC ASHES PULSING AND + SWIRLING out in space as, one by one, enormous RAVAGER + SHIPS arrive around them. + + They each FLASH SPECIFIC LIGHT SEQUENCES - and, with all + the ships together - it looks like fireworks. + + DRAX + What is it? + 143. + + + ROCKET + I sent word to Yondu’s old Ravager + buddies and told them what he did. + + Quill comes up behind them with Groot, just as Gamora + enters. + + Quill smiles. + + QUILL + It’s a Ravager funeral. + + +258 INT. HALLWAY - OUTER SPACE 258 + + Kraglin sees it from here. He SCREAMS with joy, and he + slams his fist twice against his chest, a Ravager salute. + + +259 I/E. RAVAGER FLIGHT DECK 1 - OUTER SPACE 259 + + STAKAR and Martinex watch him there, moved. + + MARTINEX + He didn’t let us down after all, + Cap’n. + + STAKAR + No, he did not, son. He did not. + + +260 I/E. RAVAGER FLIGHT DECK 2 - OUTER SPACE 260 + + CHARLIE-27, an enormous man, is wistful as he salutes. + + CHARLIE-27 + Fare thee well, old friend. + + +261 I/E. RAVAGER FLIGHT DECK 3 - OUTER SPACE 261 + + ALETA is here, tears in her eyes, alcohol in her hand, an + ALL-FEMALE RAVAGER CREW around her. + + ALETA + See you in the stars, Yondu Udonta. + + +262 INT. QUADRANT FLIGHT DECK - OUTER SPACE 262 + + And the Guardians all watch, enchanted by the majesty. + 144. + + + ROCKET + He didn’t chase ‘em away. + + QUILL + No. + + ROCKET + Even though he yelled at ‘em. + +Quill shakes his head. + + ROCKET + And was always mean. + +Quill shakes his head. + + ROCKET + And he stole batteries he didn’t + need. + +Quill is surprised - what? And then he looks at Rocket, a +little animal who doesn’t know the rules of how to be any +more than a young boy whose tribe sold him into slavery. + + QUILL + Of course not. + +Baby Groot is on Gamora’s shoulder. He reaches for Drax, +who takes him. Baby Groot YAWNS and nuzzles into Drax’s +shoulder, falling asleep. Drax lovingly pats his back. + +Gamora looks at Drax and Groot, and Rocket, and Mantis, +taking it all in, this strange family of hers. She turns to +Quill, staring at him with love. + + QUILL + What? + + GAMORA + It’s just some unspoken thing. + +Quill wraps his arm around her and she sinks into him. + +Mantis smiles and becomes teary and GASPS, overwhelmed, as +she looks out the window. + + MANTIS + It’s beautiful. + + DRAX + It is. And so are you. + (beat) + On the inside. + 145. + + + They turn back to the window and they stand there together, + our Guardians of the Galaxy, watching the Ravager funeral + and the colorful dust of an old friend dance. + + And the shape of the dust seems to form something very + close to an ARROW. + + Rocket sees this and he cries. + + THE END (NOT REALLY) + + RUN CREDITS. + + “SURRENDER” BY CHEAP TRICK PLAYS. + + +263 CREDIT BREAK 1 - INT. ECLECTOR HALLWAY - OUTER SPACE 263 + + SURRENDER is PLAYING HERE. Kraglin has had a version of + Yondu’s fin implanted in his head. He looks nervously down + at the arrow on the floor. + + He tries to WHISTLE. It just flips around like a dead fish. + + He WHISTLES again, and it FLIES UP, hitting a wall, and + falls back down again. + + He WHISTLES again, and it ZIPS AWAY. We HEAR A SCREAM. + + Kraglin looks around the corner where Drax is sitting, the + ARROW IMPALED in his chest, yelling in agony. + + Kraglin looks around, hoping no one saw him there, and he + tries to slink away. + + MORE CREDITS as SURRENDER CHORUS KICKS IN: Mommy’s all + right, Daddy’s all right, they just seem a little weird. + + +264 END CREDITS - INT. STAKAR’S SHIP - OUTER SPACE 264 + + Stakar looks sad, serious. + + STAKAR + It’s a shame it takes a tragedy + like losing Yondu to bring us all + back together. But I think he’d be + proud if he knew we were working as + a team again. + 146. + + + Over Stakar we see this incredibly motley crew - MARTINEX, + CHARLIE-27, ALETA, who is holding MAINFRAME (a robotic head + in a cage), and the mouthless, wormlike KRUGARR, + + STAKAR + What say we steal some shit? + + CHARLIE-27 + In. + + MARTINEX + Dope. + + MAINFRAME + I MISSED you guys! + + Krugarr makes a hex symbol and TWO COLORFUL THUMBS-UP BURST + in front of him. + + ALETA + Hell. Yes. + + +265 END CREDITS - INT. BIRTHING PODS CHAMBER - DAY 265 + + Ayesha sits on a bench, brooding, disheveled and still + furious. The Chambermaid cautiously approaches. + + CHAMBERMAID + High Priestess, the Council is + waiting. + + AYESHA + They are perturbed I have wasted + our resources. + + The Chambermaid smiles politely, nods slightly, agreeing in + a circumspect manner. Ayesha stares across the way. + + AYESHA + When they see what I have created + here, their wrath will dissipate, + though it will be some time. + + The Chambermaid looks where Ayesha is looking. + + CHAMBERMAID + That is not just another birthing + pod, ma’am? + + AYESHA + 147. + + + That, my child, is the next step in + our evolution: more powerful, more + beautiful, and more capable of + destroying the Guardians of the + Galaxy. + + A large, human-sized cocoon stands where Ayesha stares. + + AYESHA + I think I shall call him... ‘Adam’. + + +266 BOX OVER CREDITS - INT. GROOT’S BEDROOM - OUTER SPACE 266 + + Quill is standing in the bedroom doorway, looking down. + + QUILL + Dude, seriously, you got to clean + up your room. It’s a complete mess. + + We REVEAL a gawky ADOLESCENT GROOT, hunched over, playing a + video game, in this very messy room. + + ADOLESCENT GROOT + I am Groot. + + QUILL + I’m not boring, man. You’re boring. + Once I got stuck on a planet where + everyone was just lines and dots. I + had to use geometry to get out of + prison. Is that boring? + + Adolescent Groot shakes his head in disdain. + + QUILL + You know what’s boring? Not doing + the dishes. What’s boring is me + tripping over your vines + everywhere. + + Adolescent Groot SIGHS. + + QUILL + Drax and I switched pants in the + middle of that party last weekend. + For no reason other than we’re + awesome and very much not boring. + + Quill starts to walk away then comes back. + + QUILL + 148. + + + Once I got a venereal disease that + made me float for three days... + Don’t tell Gamora... it’s dormant, + but... If that’s boring then, I + guess I’m boring. + +He looks at him. + + QUILL + I’m not boring. + +Groot ROLLS HIS EYES and makes an exasperated sound. + + QUILL + What’s boring is when you roll your + eyes like that at me and make an + exasperated sound like I’m an old, + boring, stupid idiot. + +Quill thinks. + + QUILL + Now I know how Yondu felt. + +Quill begins to CRY. + + QUILL + Yondu. + + CUT TO BLACK. + +THE END + \ No newline at end of file