Chapter 300: Plan/Setting Off

Chapter 300: Plan/Setting Off

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"I'm not buying it," Quill frowned suspiciously. "I mean, give me a break! After all this time, he's just gonna show up, and all of a sudden he wants to be my dad?"

"I agree, it's suspicious," Peter nodded as Quill complained. "He gives me bad guy vibes... Trust me, I've got a sense for these types of things."

"And by the way, this could be a trap. The Kree purists, the Ravagers... They all want us dead," Quill added in a huff.

"I know, but..." Gamora frowned in contemplation as she looked Quill in the eyes.

"But what?" Quill asked.

"What was that story you once told me about Zardu Hasselfrau?" she asked.

"Who?" he asked in confusion.

"Do you mean David Hasselhoff?" Peter guessed with a raised brow. "What the hell does this have to do with some old actor from Earth?"

"Right," Gamora nodded. "And as a child, you would carry his picture in your pocket and tell all the other children that he was your father."

Peter frowned sadly under his mask as he recalled this from the movie.

"That's really pathetic..." Drax commented without understanding the vibe of the room.

"Shut up!" Quill shouted at Drax before turning back to Gamora. "I told you that when I was drunk. Why are you bringing it up now?"

"I love that story," Gamora admitted.

"Yeah? Well, I hate it. As a kid, I used to see all the other kids off playing catch with their dad and I wanted that more than anything in the world..." Quill felt embarrassed as the whole crew heard this.

"That's my point. What if this man is your Hasselhoff? And if he ends up being evil... we will just kill him," Gamora shrugged uncaringly.

"Then let me be the bearer of bad news," Yondu stepped up and ruined the moment. "That f*cker is evil."

Peter smirked under his mask as Yondu finally spoke up.

"Care to explain how you know that?" Peter asked as all eyes turned to Yondu.

"Well, it all started back before I picked up Quill. Ego got in touch with me and hired me to traffic some kids for him," Yondu's words caused a few pointed looks to be thrown his way. "At first, I refused."

"What changed your mind?" Peter asked.

"The money," Yondu admitted in shame. "Though he also promised that the children wouldn't be hurt. But that was a damn lie."

"So, you were kidnapping kids and bringing them to my father? And he was hurting them?" Quill was beyond confused. "Guess I should be glad that I was a skinny kid. Otherwise, you'd have delivered me to him too."

"You still believe that's the reason I kept you around, you idiot?" Yondu didn't look very happy.

"That's what you told me, you old Smurf!" Quill responded in kind.

"Once I figured out what happened to them other kids, I wasn't just gonna hand you over," Yondu said in his defense.

"You said you were gonna eat me," Quill glared.

"That was me being funny!" Yondu shouted in exasperation.

"Not to me!" Quill yelled back.

"Damn, you got some serious Daddy issues..." Rocket commented.

"I am Groot..." Groot nodded from his seat on Peter's shoulder.

"Keep quiet, you trash bandit!" Quill just kept yelling.

"Alright, let's all just calm down," Peter interjected as he turned to Yondu. "What happened to the kids?"

...

"Hey, can I ask you a personal question?" Quill asks after everything calmed down.

"No one has ever asked me a personal question." Mantis nods for him to ask.

"Your antennas. What are they for?" He asks curiously.

"Their purpose?" Mantis mutters as she goes on to explain her empathic abilities. "If I touch someone, I can feel their feelings."

"You read minds?" Rocket mutters as he looks at Peter, realizing that their Captain wasn't lying earlier.

"No. Telepaths know thoughts. Empaths feel feelings and emotions. May I?" Mantis holds her hand out to Quill.

"Alright." He shrugged and grabbed her hand.

Instantly, Mantis' antennas lit up as she felt his feelings.

"You feel love!" She exclaimed with blushing cheeks.

"Yeah, I guess I feel a general, unselfish love for just about everybody around me." Quill started pulling out excuses as he looked toward Gamora, hoping that she wouldn't catch on.

"No. Romantic, sexual love..." Mantis clarifies explicitly.

"No... no, I don't!" Quill denied it in embarrassment.

"For her!" Mantis exclaims as she points at Gamora.

"No!" Quill shouts as Gamora looks surprised by this revelation. "That is not..."

After all, she thought of Quill as more of a playboy, who simply wanted to get into her pants.

Drax suddenly starts laughing uproariously and points at Quill in unending amusement.

"She just told everyone your deepest, darkest secret!" He continued to laugh in Quill's face.

"Dude, come on! I think you're overreacting a little bit." Quill said in annoyance.

"I am Groot..." Groot seemed to agree with Quill.

"Eh, it's a little funny..." Rocket admits with a shrug.

"You must be so embarrassed!" Drax continues cackling as Gamora smirks in amusement. "Do me! Do me, do me!"

Mantis reaches over and touches Drax's chest and immediately starts laughing uncontrollably as well.

"I have never felt such humor!"

...

After everyone was done having a laugh at Quill's expense, Mantis continued her explanation.

"I can also alter other people's emotions to a certain extent." She admits.

"Yeah, like what?" Peter asks.

"If I touch someone who's 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." She explains further.

"Oh, really? How many other children does Ego have? I thought Quill was the only one..." Peter asks in interest.

"Umm..." Mantis froze as she instantly realized that she spoke too much. "I don't know... Master doesn't talk about them very much."

'She isn't a very good liar is she?' Peter thought with a smile. 'Though she'll make a good Guardian when this is all over.'

Everyone else couldn't shake the feeling that something was off. They decided to keep an eye on Mantis and made a mental note to look into Egos other children.

...

As the ship grew closer to Ego's planet, the Guardians of the Galaxy prepared for what was to come. They had no idea what kind of dangers awaited them, but they were ready to face them head-on.

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