Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Page #3

ROCKET:

You’re telling me. You wanna buysome batteries?

Rocket grins and shows Drax something hidden in his bag - TWOANULAX BATTERIES.

“LAKE SHORE DRIVE” by ALIOTTA, HAYNES, AND JEREMIAH PLAYS.

Drax LAUGHS. Rocket SHUSHES him so Quill and Gamora don’t

hear.

EXT. SOVEREIGN SPACE DOCK/THE MILANO - MOMENTS LATER

The Milano RISES into the blue sunset over the SovereignSpace 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 andretrieve that bounty!

INT. MILANO LOWER FLIGHT DECK - OUTER SPACE

Groot lies on the rear window peering out the back as theypass overhead.

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On the CASSETTE PLAYER AWESOME MIX VOL. 2 is playing; we PAN

away from it, MOVING IN on Quill, looking perturbed as hetakes off his jacket.

Gamora is nearby, putting shackles on Nebula.

GAMORA:

You all right?

QUILL:

That stuff about my father. Whodoes she think she is?

GAMORA:

I know you’re sensitive about that.

QUILL:

I’m not sensitive about it. I justdon’t know who he is.

Gamora nods.

QUILL (CONT’D)

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’mapologizing.

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 (CONT’D)

There are two types of beings inthe universe. Those who dance, and

those who do not.

QUILL:

Uh huh.

DRAX:

I first met my beloved at a warrally.

(MORE)

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DRAX (CONT'D)

Everyone in the village flailedabout, dancing. Except one woman.

My Ovette. I knew immediately shewas the one.

Quill nods, trying to be polite.

DRAX (CONT’D)

The most melodic song in the worldcould be playing, and she wouldn’teven tap her foot. She wouldn’tmove a muscle. One might assume shewas dead.

QUILL:

Well, that is pretty hot, but-

DRAX:

It would make my nether regions

engorge

QUILL:

All right, okay, fascinating, don’tneed 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 whois 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 foryourself. Yet here you stand, ahero, a Garden of the Galaxy!

GAMORA:

A what?

Nebula stares at her, confused.

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GAMORA (CONT’D)

‘Guardians of the Galaxy.’

NEBULA:

Oh.

GAMORA:

Why would we be ‘the Gardens of theGalaxy’?

NEBULA:

I don’t know. I thought it wasstupid.

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 aprison on Xandar, wishing youcould.

WARNING LIGHTS FLASH.

I/E. MILANO FLIGHT DECK - MOMENTS LATER

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?!

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DRAX:

Probably because Rocket stole someof their batteries.

Quill and Gamora look at Rocket, astounded.

Drax, betrayed.

ROCKET:

Dude.

DRAX:

Oh, right. He didn’t steal one of

those. I don’t know why they’reafter 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’mteaching her a lesson!

QUILL:

Oh! I didn’t realize yourmotivation was altruism. A shame

the Sovereign have mistaken yourintentions 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.

Rocket gawks at

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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 tosteal?

ROCKET:

Are you kidding me?

DRAX:

What?

ROCKET:

You never listen to anything!

GAMORA:

None of you listens! Can we pleasejust put the bickering on holduntil after we survive the massive

space battle?!

Rocket glances at Quill, nodding back at Gamora.

ROCKET:

Whoa. Somebody woke up on the wrongside of the bed this morning.

QUILL:

Do not try to bro down with meright now, dude. I will frickingpunch 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 ROCKETFIRES AT THEM, SCREAMING. They EXPLODE.

On the front of the Sovereign ships is the VIDEO IMAGE OF APILOT.

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SOVEREIGN PILOT (ON SHIP)

Bloody hell!

INT. SOVEREIGN PILOT BAY - DAY

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.

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.

I/E. MILANO FLIGHT DECK

GAMORA:

You’re not killing anyone. Thoseships are all remotely piloted.

INT. SOVEREIGN PILOT BAY - DAY

A SOVEREIGN ADMIRAL is beside Ayesha.

AYESHA:

What is the delay, Admiral?

ADMIRAL:

High Priestess, if we destroy theircraft, we risk destroying thebatteries. They’re extraordinarilycombustible and could, in turn,

destroy the entire fleet.

AYESHA:

We have thousands of batteries and

thousands of ships. Our concern istheir slight against our people. Wehired 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.) (CONT’D)

Fire with the intent to kill.

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A MEAN SOVEREIGN PILOT, FIRING at the Milano, smirks.

I/E. MILANO FLIGHT DECK - OUTER SPACE

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 NEURALTELEPORTATION NETWORK, clicking through “jump points” untilshe finds one.

GAMORA:

It’s called Berhert.

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