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"After all, you abandoned the family that you claimed to love. You weren't there so how did you know?" Peter's words seemed to strike a major nerve in Quill's father.

Though instead of shouting, attacking, or even refuting Peter's claims, Ego reigned himself in and turned to his son.

"Over the millions and millions of years of my existence, I've made many mistakes..." He says as he steps forward and grabs Quill by the hands.

As soon as their hands met, Quill's eyes went wide as they glazed over with the image of a starry night sky.

"Please give me the chance to be the father that your mother would have wanted me to be. There's so much that I need to teach you about this planet and the light within. They are a part of you, Peter."

"What do you mean? What's happening..." Quill asked in awe of what he was seeing.

Sort of like a dumbed down version of the 'Open your mind' thing that Peter went through, Quill's sight was thrown across the universe and into infinity and beyond.

(A/N: - Buzz Lightyear)

"Hey! What are you doing to him?!" Gamora exclaimed as she drew her knives and stepped forward.

And she wasn't the only one.

Everyone drew their weapons and were just about to pounce on Ego, but before they could...

"Don't interfere." Peter spoke up.

"But-" Surprisingly, Rocket was the first to object, as he glanced worriedly at Quill, who looked like a zombie at the moment.

"Just wait a minute." Peter tried to sound reassuring, though they still looked antsy about the whole situation. "I'll interfere if it gets out of hand, but for now let's just watch."

'Come on, help Quill activate his powers already...' Peter thought impatiently.

As they heeded Peter's words, Ego took the opportunity he was given and got right back to work.

"Now, you need to readjust the way you process life. Everything around us, including your friends, are temporary. Only we are forever." Ego explains as he gives the Guardians a sideways glare.

"..." The crew glares back as they wait for Peter to say the word, so they can attack.

Meanwhile, Mantis stood off to the side without a clue as to what she should be doing.

"I told you how all those years ago I had an unceasing impulse to find life. But what I did not tell you was that, when I finally did find it, it was all so... disappointing. And that is when I came to a profound realization. My innate desire to seek out other life was not so that I could walk among that life. Son, I have found meaning. Meaning for the both of us!"

"Both of us..." Quill repeated back in his dazed state with the infinity of space still flashing over his eyes.

Instantly, the monitor in front of them changed again, showing planet after planet alongside the image of Ego planting a large glowing seed.

"I call it the Expansion. It is my purpose and now it is yours as well. Over thousands of years, I implanted extensions of myself on countless worlds. I need to fulfill life's one true purpose. To grow and spread, covering all that exists until everything is... Me!" Ego ended his villainous monologue with a bit of excitement.

"This nut job is seriously insane, huh?" Rocket comments as he took aim at Quill's father.

"I am Groot!" Groot agreed as his tiny vines began whipping around threateningly.

"Are you sure we shouldn't do something?" Gamora asks worriedly.

"No, we wait." Peter shook his head.

As he wasn't a Celestial yet, Peter didn't know how to activate or train Quill's powers, so he thought it best to let his Dad give him a helping hand before his timely death.

"I only had a single problem. One Celestial doesn't have enough power for such an enterprise. But two Celestials... Now, that just might do."

Ego looked toward his son with hope-filled eyes as he reached out...

"Here. Hold your hands like this. Now, close your eyes and concentrate." As Quill complied with his father's words, he felt an odd sensation in his body. "Take your mind to the center of this planet..."

Though he was still in a bit of a fog, Quill continued to comply as the image of a giant brain inside what appeared to be a cave flickered into his mind.

"Yes!" Ego exclaimed in joy as he watched a ball of blue energy appear between Quill's outstretched hands.

"Whoa..." Quill muttered in shock as he felt the energy in his hands, which partially broke him from his foggy state of mind.

Even the Guardians were shocked, as Quill never showed any sort of energy-related powers before today.

"Out of all my labors, the most annoying 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. I even had Yondu deliver them to me."

In all of his excitement, Ego seemed to forget that he needed to lie and started to blabber as most bad guys tend to do.

"It broke the Ravager code, but I compensated him generously and to ease his conscience, I said I'd never hurt them. I mean, that was true. They never felt a thing. But one after the other, they failed me. Not one of them carried the Celestial genes. Until you, my son. Out of all my progeny, only you carried the connection to the light."

'Wait... are Quill's powers connected to his father?' Peter wondered as he put the pieces together based on Ego's words this far. 'It's times like this that I wish I watched the Marvel movies multiple times...'

Ego's words replayed in Peter's mind.

'...If I don't return regularly to my planet and the light within it then this form will wither and perish... There's so much that I need to teach you about this planet and the light within... They are a part of you, Peter... take your mind to the center of this planet... only you carried the connection to the light...'

'This makes things complicated...' Peter thought, as he now needs to keep Ego alive somehow if he wants Quill to keep his powers.

As Peter was thinking to himself, Ego seemed to grow even more excited, spreading his arms wide with a wide smile on his face.

"For the first time in my existence, I AM NOT ALONE!" Ego shouted like a madman as he noticed a frown on his son's face. "What's the matter, Peter(Quill)?"

"My friends." Quill muttered as he turned to look toward the Guardians, his mind still partially clouded.

"You see, that's the mortal in you." Ego grabs his son by the head and forces him to look at him, face to face. "We are beyond such things."

"..." Quill remained silent.

"Now..." Ego turned to Peter and the Guardians, ready to make quick work of them...

"But my mother..." Quill asked as his face began to harden. "You said you loved her."

"I did. My river lily who knew all the words to every song that came over the radio. She was a sight to behold..." Ego said with a far off reminiscent look in his eyes. "I returned to Earth to see her three times, and I knew that if I returned a fourth, then I'd never leave."

Soon enough, that far-off look resembling a mourning man looking back on his long-lost love disappeared, and a resigned almost uncaring expression took its place.

"The Expansion... The reason for my very existence would be over. So, I did what I had to do." Ego said as a melancholy frown flashed onto his face for a brief moment. "But, it truly broke my heart to put that tumor in her head..."

"...what?" Quill sobered up in an instant as his eyes returned to normal.

The murderous look he sent his father would send lesser men fleeing in fear.

"Now, now, all right..." Ego holds up his hands, as he knew that was something he shouldn't have revealed. "I know that sounds bad-"

*pewpewpewpewpew...*

Without a second of hesitation, Quill pulled his pistols and opened fire on his father in a silent fit of rage.

With each shot, parts of Ego's body disintegrated, revealing a ghostly blue figure underneath.

"Haha! Are we finally shooting?!" Rocket yelled happily as he pumped his large cannon-like blaster and joined Quill.

Though when the shooting died down...

"Who..." Ego muttered in shock though he soon snapped out of it. "WHO IN THE HELL do you think you are!?"

"YOU KILLED MY MOTHER!" Quill yelled in a furious rage as the Guardians formed up behind him, ready for battle.

Of course, Peter didn't stop them this time. He already got what he wanted.

"You know, I tried so hard to find the form that best suited you..." Ego says as he heals himself in a matter of seconds. "...and this is the thanks I get? You really need to grow up!"

'Dude, you just admitted to killing his mom...' Peter rolls his eyes at Ego's behavior. 'Don't act like you're the victim.'

"I wanted to do this together." Ego laments as he sends his son a deadly glare. "But, I suppose you'll have to learn by spending the next thousand years as a battery!"

Without hesitation or sympathy for his own son, Ego whips a hand forward and shoots out a tentacle of blue energy, aimed right at Quill's chest.

"!" Quill and the Guardians saw the attack coming but none of them were fast enough to do anything about it.

Except...

*Slap!*

Appearing in front of his Vice Captain, Peter wound his hand back and swatted the blue tentacle aside like a true Chinese Young Master from a novel.

(A/N: You do not give this Young Master face? [Slap!] You did not see Mount Tai? [Slap] Courting death? [Slap!] I'm your Grandfather! [Slap] Dare to covet my harem of fairies? [Slap] | Okay... I may have gotten carried away...)

As the ethereal energy tentacle crashed into the monitor, which exploded into sparks and flickered off, Peter and Ego eyed one another dangerously.

"Only one person is allowed to beat my Vice Captain and that's his Daddy." Peter says with a smirk under his mask. "And since Yondu ain't here right now, I'll have to whoop your a*s in his place."

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