Holding out for a hero, Peter Quill

012. A WALK IN THE WOODS

Chapter twelve

"A walk in the woods." 

Having just crashed, Drax was laughing as Gamora and Atara stood on solid ground "that was awesome!" Drax voiced, laughing "yes!" he voiced, as Gamora reached her hand out, pulling branches and leaves out of Atara's hair "Peter and Rocket!" Atara yelled, and as she did, Peter and Rocket along with Nebula came walking out "yeah?" Peter asked, as Atara held her arms out "look at this!" she voiced "where's the other half of our ship?" Gamora asked "my ship." Peter said, as Atara reached her hand up and smacked him in the back of the head "ow!" Peter voiced.

As Atara pointed at him and Rocket "both of you have the capability of flying us through that asteroid field..but no! You two decided to fly with what's between your legs!" she voiced, as Peter looked to Drax "if what's between my legs had a hand on it..I guarantee I could've landed this ship with it." he shared, as Atara groaned, lunging at him, Gamora grabbed her before she could get too close "we almost died because of your arrogance." she shared.

As Peter pointed to Rocket "more like because he stole..the anulax batteries!" he voiced "they're called harbulary batteries." Drax told him, as Peter looked to him, holding his arms out "no, they're not!" he voiced "you know why I did it, stat munch? Hmm?" Rocket asked, as Peter looked to him "I'm not gonna answer to star munch." he told him "I did it because I wanted to!" Rocket voiced "dick." Peter said, turning away from them all.

"What are we even talking about this for? We just had a little man save us by blowing up fifty ships!" Rocket voiced "how little?" Drax asked "well, I don't know, like this?" Rocket questioned, holding his two fingers together "a little one inch man inch man saved us?" Gamora asked "well, if he got closer, I'm sure he would be much larger." Rocket shared, as Peter turned to him "yeah, that's how eyesight works, you stupid raccoon." he told him "don't call me a raccoon!" Rocket voiced "I'm sorry. I took it too far. I meant trash panda." Peter shared, as Rocket furrowed his brows "is that better?" he asked.

"I don't know." Drax told him "it's worse. It's so much worse." Peter shared, smiling "you son of a.." Rocket said, lunging at him "hey!" Peter voiced, moving away from him "i've had it with you!" Rocket voiced "no! Back up!" Peter voiced "someone followed you through the jump point." Nebula shared, as they all looked to the ship, getting their weapons ready "set me free, you'll need my help." Nebula shared "I'm not a fool, Nebula." Gamora told her "you are a fool if you deprive yourself a hand in combat." Nebula shared "the moment we un cuff you, you'll attack us all." Atara shared.

"No, I won't." Nebula said "you'd think an evil supervillain would learn how to properly lie." Peter shared "I bet it's the one inch man." Drax shared, as the ship that was shaped like an egg came closer, landing down in front of them, it soon opened with a yellow light, where this man with grey hair walked out, with a women that had antenna's on her head "after all these years, I've found you." the man shared "and who the hell are you?" Peter asked "I figured my rugged good looks would make that obvious. My name is ego..and I'm your dad, Peter." Ego shared, as Atara turned looking at Peter who was in shock.

It was soon dark out as they all were sitting around a fire "I hired Yondu to pick you up when your mother passed away. But instead of returning you..Yondu kept you. I have no clue as to why." Ego shared "well, I'll tell you why. Because I was a skinny little kid who could squeeze into places adults couldn't, it made it easier for thieving." Peter shared "well, I've been trying to track you down ever since." Ego shared "I thought Yondu was your father." Drax shared, as Peter looked to him "what? We've been together this whole time..and you thought Yondu was my actual blood relative?" he asked.

"You look exactly alike." Drax shared "one's blue!" Rocket voiced "no, he's not my father! Yondu is the guy who abducted me..kicked the crap out of me so I could learn to fight..and kept me in terror by threatening to eat me." Peter shared "eat you?" Ego asked "yeah." Peter told him "oh, that son of a bitch." Ego shared "how exactly did you find us?" Atara asked, as Ego looked to her "well, even where I reside, out past the edge of what's known..we've heard tell about the man they call star lord." he shared, looking to Peter "what say we head out there right now?" he asked, standing up.

"Your associates are welcome. Even that triangle face monkey right there. I promise you..it's unlike any other place you've ever seen. And there..I can explain your very special heritage. Finally get to be..the father I've always wanted to be. Excuse me. I've gotta take a whiz." he shared, walking off, leaving them there, Peter furrowed his brows "what's wrong?" Atara asked him "I'm not buying it." Peter said, as Atara sighed, standing up, she began walking off, as Peter stood up, following after her.

The two walked into the woods away from the others "give me a break. After all this time you're just gonna show up and all of a sudden..you wanna be my dad?" Peter asked "I know." Atara told him, as Peter stopped and turned to her "and by the way, this could be a trap." he shared, stepping toward's her "okay? The Kree purists, the ravangers..they all want us dead." he shared "Peter.." Atara told him, bringing her hands up to his face, Peter looked into her eyes and for a second he thought she was gonna kiss him until she started talking.

"You told me that before I became your story, your dream, that when you were a boy you'd show people a picture of this guy who owned a talking car and that it helped him fight crime and supported him and you went around telling everyone that he was your father and that he was out of town." Atara shared "shooting knight rider or touring with his hand in Germany. I told you that when I was drunk. Why are you bringing that up now?" Peter asked "because I love that story." Atara shared, as Peter brought his hands up, taking her's off his face "I hate that story." he told her.

As Atara sighed, turning and walking away from him "it's so sad!" Peter voiced, following after her "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! But then things changed and I wanted something else more." he shared, while Atara grabbed onto one of the tree branches and climbed onto it "that's why I'm telling you this!" she voiced, looking down at him, Peter looked up at her "because you have these dreams that you've dreamt of your entire life and they happen and then the next your going on to find a new dream." Atara shared.

As Peter walked up to the dream, climbing onto it "what if he's your new dream?" Atara asked him, and when she did, Peter walked toward's her and as he did, Atara walked away from him, where as she did, her back hit the trunk of the tree, where the two of them were really close to each other "Atara.." he told her, knowing his new dream wasn't to find his dad, Atara began to feel like she had back on Knowhere that strange feeling that was more then friendship "and if he turns out to be evil, we'll kill him." she told him, as Peter leaned closer to her, Atara spun around, climbing to the other side of the tree and jumping off of it.