The appearance of the Crossbone Gundam took Peter Quill completely by surprise. He had never expected his fellow Earthling to secretly follow him out of concern for his safety.
"Kraft! Watch out! Ego is-"
Before Star-Lord could finish, the Crossbone Gundam kicked the ship carrying him and Yondu aside.
"You're in the way."
The disdain in Kraft's voice over the comms told Peter Quill he had been flattering himself.
After kicking aside the ship that was getting in his way, Kraft piloted the Crossbone Gundam straight at the enormous humanoid figure glowing blue before him. Its Lightsaber flashed, slicing Ego into several pieces.
"That won't work. That's only an avatar of my master. Destroying it won't accomplish anything."
Mantis, who had boarded the ship with Star-Lord, offered the warning in a small voice.
"What does that matter? Let him keep Ego busy while we get out of here!"
Unaware of Ego's ambitions, Yondu couldn't care less. He steered the ship toward an escape from the planet.
"No!"
Star-Lord stopped Yondu and quickly explained the situation with Ego.
"So unless we take him out, sooner or later he'll devour our entire world!"
"Then you tell me how a handful of us are supposed to fight a planet that's also a Celestial!"
Yondu loudly argued with Peter Quill while continuing to steer the ship away.
He had no interest in playing savior. Escaping, spreading the information, and leaving someone more capable to deal with it-that was how Ravagers operated.
But Ego wasn't about to let Peter Quill, the only "battery" to have inherited his genes, leave. While his blue giant of light fought a earthshaking battle with Kraft's Crossbone Gundam, he also sent countless enormous tendrils of light curling toward Yondu's ship.
Although Yondu's little ship carried some weapons, they were of