Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Page #6

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STAKAR (CONT'D)

You think I take some pleasure inexiling 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.

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, heWHISPERS:

MONSTROUS RAVAGER

First Quill betrays us and Yondujust lets him go, scot-free. Nowhe’s getting all riled overnothing. We followed him ‘cause hewas 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 whisperingfor?

MONSTROUS RAVAGER

You know I’m right, Kraglin.

TULLK:

You best watch what you say aboutthe Cap’n, Tay

RETCH:

Who the hell is that?!

Tullk stops when he sees High Priestess Ayesha approachingbeside 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 asmile.

AYESHA:

Yondu Udonta, I have a propositionfor you.

Yondu looks at her.

EGO (PRE-LAP)

When your mother passed away, Ihired Yondu to pick you up.

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EXT. CAMPFIRE/CRASHED MILANO - NIGHT

Quill sits around a campfire with Ego, Mantis and the others,

eating. Ego indulges heartily.

EGO (CONT’D)

I would have done so myself, but Iwas in the midst of an outlandish

adventure at the time, battlingdemonic forces to save this

dimension or some such nonsense - I

can’t quite recall, it all bleedstogether after awhile. But insteadof returning you, Yondu kept you. Ihave no clue as to why.

QUILL:

Because I was a skinny kid whocould squeeze into places adultscouldn’t, making thieving easier.

EGO:

I’ve been trying to track you downever since.

DRAX:

I thought Yondu was your father.

QUILL:

What?

Drax stares at him.

QUILL (CONT’D)

We’ve been together all this timeand you thought Yondu was myactual, blood relative?

DRAX:

You look exactly alike.

ROCKET:

One’s blue.

QUILL:

He wasn’t my father. Yondu was theguy who abducted me. He’d beat the

crap out of me so I’d learn how tofight and he kept me in terrorthreatening to eat me.

EGO:

Eat you?!

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QUILL:

Yes.

EGO:

That son-of-a-b*tch.

GAMORA:

How’d you locate us now?

EGO:

Even where I reside, out past theedge of what’s known, we’ve heardtell of the man they call Star-

Lord.

He stands, handing his dish to Gamora.

EGO (CONT’D)

Say we head out that way now? Yourassociates are welcome, even that

triangle-faced monkey there.

Rocket, self-conscious, feels his nose.

EGO (CONT’D)

I promise you, it’s like no placeyou’ve ever seen. And there I canexplain your very special heritage,

and finally be the father I’vealways 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.

EXT. CAMPFIRE/CRASHED MILANO - NIGHT

Ego is WHISTLING “BRANDY” and PEEING into the bushes.

Mantis looks at Drax. She GRINS, or at least her best attemptat grinning. It’s kind of creepy.

MANTIS:

I am Mantis.

DRAX:

What are you doing?

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MANTIS:

Smiling. I hear it is the thing todo to make people like you.

DRAX:

Not if you do it like that.

MANTIS:

Oh. I was raised alone on Ego’splanet. I do not understand theintricacies of social interaction.

She points at Rocket.

MANTIS (CONT’D)

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 withdisbelief.

EXT. BESIDE CRASHED MILANO - MOMENTS LATER

Quill and Gamora enter this private spot; the campfireflickers through the trees beyond them.

QUILL:

Give me a break! After all this

time, and he just expects to be myDad all of the sudden!

GAMORA:

I hear you.

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QUILL:

I mean, this could be a trap - theKree purists, the Ravagers, now theSovereign - they all want us dead.

GAMORA:

I know, but

QUILL:

But what?

GAMORA:

What was that story you told meabout Zardu Hasselfrau?

QUILL:

Who?

GAMORA:

The wonderful television-singerman. 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 hispicture in your pocket, and youtold the other children he was yourfather, but he was out of town -

QUILL:

(embarrassed)

Shooting Knight Rider or touringwith his band in Germany. Why areyou bringing this up now? I wasdrunk when I told you that.

GAMORA:

I love that story.

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QUILL:

I don’t. It’s just sad! I was sosad 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 yourHasselhoff. I know it’s a longshot. But I lost my father as achild. I’d give anything...

Quill nods, grudgingly.

GAMORA (CONT’D)

If he ends up being evil, we’lljust kill him.

Quill CHUCKLES.

GAMORA (CONT’D)

What’s funny?

I/E. CRASHED MILANO - SUNRISE

Inside the ship, “THE CHAIN” BY FLEETWOOD MAC PLAYS on thecassette 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-spaceadventurer

version of luggage.

GAMORA (CONT’D)

Shoot her if she does anythingsuspicious. Or if you feel like it.

Rocket GRUNTS. Gamora looks at a sad Baby Groot.

GAMORA (CONT’D)

It will just be a couple days.

We’ll be back before Rocket’s

finished fixing the ship.

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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 knowthey’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 somethingconciliatory but -

ROCKET:

Hope daddy isn’t as big of a dickas you, orphan boy.

Quill just shakes his head and SNICKERS.

QUILL:

So what’s your goal here? To geteveryone to hate you? ‘Cause it’sworking.

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 ovalship. The slit opens. Ego, with Mantis, is waiting inside.

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