Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Page #20

As Ego walks, THE DIRT AND MOLECULES AROUND EGO FORM ORGANSIN 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.

EXT. PLANET SURFACE - DAY

The earth WRAPS AROUND Drax’s legs like quicksand, pullinghim and Mantis down into it.

EXT. PLANET’S HOLLOW - DAY

Gamora and Nebula scramble, trying to CLIMB BACK UP, whenTENDRILS WRAP AROUND THEM, stopping them from going further.

INT. SELF CHAMBER TUNNELS - DAY

The walls are tightening around Groot. He grows his branchesto try to stop them, but they aren’t working.

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He begins to CRY, like an actual baby, terrified, on thebrink of suffocating.

EXT. BELOW SELF CHAMBER - DAY

Ego approaches his son. He is fully formed, and he is moretruly “himself.” Alien. Dark eyes and pale skin.

EGO:

I told you I don’t want to do thisalone.

EXT. BELOW SELF CHAMBER - DAY

EGO:

You cannot deny the purpose theuniverse 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 intothe Self Chamber once more as it BURSTS WITH LIGHT.

EARTH - EXT. STREET - DAY

POLICE OFFICERS and bystanders are in the streets, snappingphone photos, etc, beside the HUGE, STILL SWATCH OF EGO’S

LIFEFORM.

OFFICER FITZGIBBON

Please, everyone. Step back. I needyou all to clear the

WEIRD OLD MAN:

What is that?

The LIFEFORM ALIGHTS WITH ENERGY and MOVES again, SPILLINGINCREDIBLY QUICKLY towards them.

People abandon their cars in traffic as it RUNS OVER THEM.

A WOMAN FALLS. People TRAMPLE around her.

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.

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He SLAMS on the gas, SCREECHING AWAY from the enormous tidalwave of organic light.

XANDAR - I/E. STARBLASTER/CITY - DAY

EGO’S LIFEFORM smashes down the PARK WALLS and into the

street.

EGO:

(O.S)

It doesn’t need to be like this

Peter

EXT. BELOW SELF CHAMBER - DAY

Ego approaches his son.

EGO:

Why are you destroying our chance?!

AAKON - EXT. AAKON CITY - NIGHT

AAKONS run from a giant wave behind them.

EGO:

(O.S)

Stop pretending you aren’t, whatyou are!

KREE HOMEWORLD - EXT. STEEP HILLSIDE - DAY

KREE MONKS run from the cosmic flesh as it pours down thehillside behind them.

But it’s too fast, RUSHING OVER THEM.

PRIMITIVE PLANET - EXT. WETLANDS - DAY

THOUSANDS OF ORLONI are darting in fear across this dustydesert, as it WASHES OVER them.

EGO:

(O.S)

One in billions..

ARAGO-7 - EXT. STONY LANDSCAPE - DAY

THREE HURCTARIANS run, SCREAMING.

EGO:

(O.S)

Trillions, even more!

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EASIK - EXT. FOREST - NIGHT

AN EASIK MOTHER clutches her BABY, covering it with her ownbody, as the spreading lifeform LOOMS UP behind her.

She closes her eyes and waits for the worst.

EXT. BELOW SELF CHAMBER - DAY

Quill looks up at Ego, barely able to focus, as the moleculesform skin over the muscle and skeleton and innards beneath.

EGO:

What greater meaning could lifepossibly 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.

-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 ofFLEETWOOD MAC’S “THE CHAIN” starts echoing throughout thehollow.

He clutches his fist and we see the light growing within it.

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Bits of earth begin to ROLL UP AND SCRAMBLE AND SWIRL around

Quill’s body, his arms, his legs, as if he’s pulling themtowards himself with magnets.

And Ego looks confused, as the GROUND QUAKES AROUND HIM.

Quill glares at his father, his voice distorting withCelestial thunder.

QUILL:

You shouldn’t have killed my momand squished my walkman.

Ahd a SOLID TORNADO OF EARTH PROPELS QUILL FORWARD. Egotries to protect himself as Quill SLAMS into him, FLYINGUPWARDS WITH HIM -

Quill raises his fist, NOW A GIANT CLUB. And he SMASHES Ego.

As Ego loses his concentration -

EXT. PLANET’S SURFACE - DAY

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.

EXT. CRACK IN PLANET - DAY

The TENDRILS FALL, freeing Gamora and Nebula as they GASP.

EXT. BELOW SELF CHAMBER - DAY

Yondu BREAKS THROUGH THE ROCKS around him, drawing in breath.

The TENTACLES HOLDING ROCKET ALOFT CRUMBLE, and he looks

around, confused.

EARTH - EXT. ST. CHARLES, MISSOURI - DAY

The WAVE PUSHES UP against the back of Grandpa Quill’s CAMAROand suddenly STOPS:

the mountainous plant, a hundred stories high, is up againstthe back of the car.

EASIK - EXT. FOREST - NIGHT

The Easik Mother clutching her baby looks behind her; thewave has stopped.

She clutches her baby to her chest, relieved.

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INT. SELF CHAMBER TUNNELS - DAY

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 likea GIANT BRAIN composed of prismatic light.

He RUNS forward.

INT. INSIDE BLAST HOLE - DAY

Rocket flies up and yells at Groot.

ROCKET:

Groot! Groot, if you can can hear

me, hurry up - I’m not sure howlong Quill can keep him distracted!

INT. SELF CHAMBER CORE - DAY

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.

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