Chapter 23: 'Unspoken Thing'

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OMG! Infinity War is out guys! Can you belive it, because I can't! I'm so excited, I'm seeing it on Sunday, so no spoilers! Anyways, this may or may not be the last chapter of Found, but I'd like to thank all of you guys for reading it, I really appreciate it. I was also wanting to know what you guys think of Kiana, do you guys like her whole character, or is she okay, or do you guys hate her guts. You know, I just want your opinion. Oh, and if you want to see more of Kiana, then read my Infinity War book, which is called Devestation, she will be in it! Along with Frost, who's from my Peter Parker fanfic, but the first chapter won't be posted till Monday, maybe on Sunday if I get a chance, you never know. Anyways I'm taking up your reading time, please enjoy this chapter of Found! And thanks agian my fellow readers! Enjoy!

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~ With Baby Groot ~

Groot is currently running and hopping through the tunnels, with the bomb in his hands. He stops as he sees a split, one side was dark while the other was shinning, Groot thought for a moment, before heading down the tunnel with light. May god help them now.

~Back with Kiana and the Guardians~

"How long before the bomb goes off?" Quill asked as he looked down at Rocket.

"In the unlikely event Groot doesn't kill us all, about six minutes." Rocket replied.

Yondu picked up his comm and spoke through it.

"Kraglin? We need the Quadrant for extraction in T-minus five minutes."

"Aye, Cap'n!"

We all look up and see the surface of the planet unfolding, so that the bright light shinned through.

"Someone needs to be up top when Kraglin arrives. Drax, take Mantis." Quill said. 

Drax nods as he walks over and picks, Mantis up, Quill grabbed and aero-rig and slaps it onto Drax's back and it automatically wraps around his upper half.

"Ahhh! My nipples!" Drax yelled as he flew up.

The ground around us began to split into enormous cracks, I look up as I see a crack rushing towards Quill and I, and I turn to face him. All of the sudden my side crumbled away, causing me to fall, my eyes widened as my hands were up, trying to grasp the air, my hair flying everywhere. 

"Kiana!" Quill yelled.

The planet had formed giant tentacles that attacked my friends.  I could do nothing as I was seemingly plummeting to my death, but I looked over and saw Nebula falling as well, Nebula grabbed my arm and then grabbed onto a passing cliff. I look down and back up at Nebula in surprise. She then tossed me back up onto a flat surface, and climbs up. When she gets up, I still stare at her in surprise.

"I owed you." She said. I smiled back and looked up.

"We have to get up to the extraction point!"

We look over the edge and see a huge rift that was rising, Nebula and I grab onto it, and let it take us back up. As we were rising up we slammed into a wall near the opening in the surface of the planet. Nebula and I scramble, trying to get back up, when all of the sudden, tendril wrapped around us, stopping us from going any further.

~ With Quill ~

Quill watched as his father approached him, back in his original form.

"I told you I don't want to do this alone." Ego said.

"You can't deny the purpose the universe has bestowed upon you!" He continued.

And once again the light tendrils stabbed through Quill's back, thrusting him to his knees. The light was being sucked out of Quill, and into the self chamber, and it burst with light and power.

"It doesn't need to be this way, Peter." Ego said as he approached Quill.

"Why are you destroying our chance?!"

On another planet Aakons run from a giant wave.

"Stop pretending you aren't, what you are!"

Kree Monks run from the cosmic flesh as it pours down the hill side behind them, But it was too fast, and it rushed over them.

Thousands of Orloni dart in fear across a dust desert, as it washes over them.

"One in billions..."

Three Hurctarians run, screaming.

"Trillions, even more!"

An Easik mother clutches her baby, covering it with her own body, as the spreading life form looms up behind her. She closes her eyes and waits for the worst.  

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

"What greater meaning could life possibly have to offer?!"

Yondu struggles beneath the tentacle beside Quill.  

"I don't use my head to the arrow, boy! I use my h-" But Yondu was cut off as the earth began to cover him. And all of the sudden it became quiet, as tears streamed down Quill's face, as he remembered his mother.

YOUNG PETER QUILL AND HIS MOTHER CUDDLED AND LISTENED  TO MUSIC ON THE WALKMAN TOGETHER, EACH WITH ONE EAR PIECE.

 QUILL AND DRAX LAUGHING HYSTERICALLY ON THE MILANO. 

KIANA AND PETER DANCE LOOKING INTO  EACH OTHER'S EYES WHILE  ON KNOWHERE.

QUILL AND ROCKET FLYING THROUGH THE SKY ON AERO-RIGS FORTHE 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 at Ego. He clutches his fist and the light grows. Bits of earth begin to roll up and swirl around Quill's body, arms and legs . Ego looked at his son confused as the ground around him shakes. Quill glared at his father and spoke, but his voice sounded deeper.

"You shouldn't have killed my mom and squished my Walkman." 

All of the sudden a solid tornado of earth propels Quill forward towards his father. Ego looked panicked and tried to protect himself as Quill slammed into him, causing him to lose his concentration.

~ Meanwhile ~

A pair of arms hold Mantis above as the earth covered their form, leaving Mantis in the air. All of the sudden the earth levels back down, casing Drax to breath heavily.

The tendrils fall, freeing both Nebula and Kiana as they gasp for air.

Yondu breaks through the rocks around him, drawing in a breath. The tentacles that held Rocket and Gamora crumble, causing the two to look around confused.

~ Elsewhere ~

The Easik mother clutching her baby looks behind her; the wave has stopped. She clutches her baby to her chest, relieved.  

~ Back with the Guardians ~

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 like a giant brain composed of prismatic light. He runs forward.  

Rocket then flies up to Groot and yells.

"Groot! Groot, if you can hear me hurry up - I'm not sure how long Quill can keep him distracted!"

  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 furisouly, 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 whichone 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 begins.Baby Groot then turns, terrified, and runs. Hoping that he did well.

Drax moves with Mantis into the loading bay of the ship, he throws her down, and climbs up the ladder. 

Kiana and Nebula proceeded climbing up to the surface in the dirt storm.

~ Back with Quill ~

Ego rises on his own molecular tornado and strikes back atQuill. He yells as he slams Quill against the wall, dragging his face along the wall.He then  tosses Quill into another wall.   

Quill brings his arm filled with light away from the wall, so that he causes a wave of light and rock around the interiorof the hollow, flying towards Ego and knocking him aside.  

Yondu throws his hands up to protect his face as dirt swirls due to the battle between Quill and Ego.

"Yondu! We're about to blow!" Rocket yelled.

"Get to the ship." Yondu spoke.

"Not without Quill."

"You gotta take care of the twig."

"Not without you."

"I ain't done nothing right my whole damn life, rat. You need to give me this."

Rocket, hesitantly, nods. He grabs some things from his bag. He hands them to Yondu.  

"A space suit and an aero-rig. I only have one of each." 

Yondu nods. Rocket nods too.

Rocket starts to go, but stops and looks at Yondu. He was hesitant to speak to him, but he didn't know what to say. But Baby Groot does.

"I am groot."

"What's that?" Yondu asked.

"He says welcome to the frickin' Guardians of the Galaxy... only hedidn't use 'frickin'."

"Bye, twig."

Groot waves. And Rocket flies up toward the surface. Rocket mutters to Groot.  

"We're gonna need to have a discussion about your language."

~ Back to Quill and Ego ~

Ego slams Quill back against a wall. He then  pulls the huge rocks away from the wall, shooting them towards him and battering him there. Ego and Quill fly towards each other. Ego uses the light to bring rocks to his body , forming agiant more dangerous self. Quill brings yellow rocks to his body, forming a giant Pac-man. Ego's form flies into Pac-Man's mouth, so hard that they create a sonic boom. They then fall due to the force, tummbling, still striking one another on the waydown. And the they land hard onto the floor, both out of breath.

~ Kiana's p.o.v ~

Gamora, Nebula and I are caring for Mantis as Rocket and Groot arrive.  I notice him and got up.

"Where is Peter?" I asked. But Rocket said nothing as he looked away, which worried me more. 

"Rocket, where is he?!" I yelled as I walked foreward. All he did was look down at the timer in his hand, I noticed the  the timer was almost up and I panicked.

"Rocket?! Rocket, look at me! Where is he?!" Rocket only shacked his head a little, while Groot pointed outside. 

"I am not leaving without him." I stated, I walked over and pulled a rifle off the wall and cocked it and I start to head out of the mead bay, when all of the sudden I felt a shock pulse my body, and I fell unconscious.

"I'm sorry. I can only afford to lose one friend today." Rocket said as he lowered his gun, and began to speak into the comm.

"Kraglin, go!"

~ 3rd person p.o.v ~

Drax looks uncertain as Kraglin presses thrust.  

"Wait. Is Quill back?" Drax spoke through the comm.

"Rocket, where's Quill?!"

Rocket looks sadly out the bay door as it closes; Drax's voice echoes on his comm.

"Where's Quill?! Where's Quill?!"

~ With Quill ~

Quill and Ego are exhausted, on their knees and leaning against one another like boxers after too many rounds.   

Ego reaches for the core.

"No, we need to stop it!"

Quill throws him to the ground. But Ego comes back up, grasping his son's jacket, pleading with him now.  

"Listen to me! You are a god! If you kill me, you'll just be like everyone else!'

"What's wrong with that?" Quill asked.

Ego looks at his son, scared.   

"No-" But Ego was cut short as the countdown reached zero, and his brain exploded.

Everything around Quill begins to explode. He looks down at his hands, where the glow fades and disappeares. He gazes up at the mammoth walls around him as they blow up and collapse. He lowers his head, at peace with the death that's coming, when, from the side, through the debris when all of the sudden Yondu is flying towards him with an Aero-Rig. Yondu grabs him, almost a tackle, really, lifting him up and flying away.  

As Yondu and Quill fly upward, the planet explodes behind them, flames licking their heels, huge stretches of the planet caving in.   

Yondu holds a surprised Quill as they soar up into the sky.

"He may have been your father, boy. But he wasn't your daddy." Yondu said.

"What?" Quill asked confused.

"I'm sorry I didn't do it right. I'm damn lucky you're my boy." 

Quill smiled up at Yondu.

Yondu then slaps the space suit onto Quill. Quill looks at him surprised as Yondu's blue skin started to freeze.

"What?"

Yondu breathes out as completely as he can, emptying his lungs. And they exit the planet's atmosphere, bursting into space.

Quill struggles to get free, but Yondu holds him there, trapping him, but it is also an embrace. The entire planet begins to collapse behind them.   

"Yondu, you can't! What are you doing? What are you doing?!" Quill yelled. Yondu's jet pack expires its supply of fuel, and they stop there, in space, floating. Yondu's grip weakens. Quill turns to face him.

"Yondu. Yondu, no!"

Yondu grabs his son's face with both hands, looking and touching him with love.   

"No."

Yondu's face expands and his body goes limp as he dies. And he starts to drift away. Quill grabs onto his shirt and begins to cry.

"No!" And, suddenly, behind Quill, Rocket and Drax propel themselves toward him in aero-rigs, grabbing him.   

~ On the ship ~

Yondu's body lies on a plank here: Various colored cloths are laid in strips over his body and face, yaro lilies beneathhim, red-fired pyres and Yondu's toys all around. Rocket, Groot, Drax, Kiana, Gamora, Mantis, and Kraglin surround the table. Quill is at the head. He has to say a few words. 

"The other day I told Kiana how I used to pretend my dad was David Hasselhoff."

Drax and Rocket look at each other as Kiana smiles to herself.

"He's a singer and actor from earth... a really famous guy." Quill explains as Drax nods his head.

"And, you know, today it struck me. Yondu didn't have a talking car, but he did have a flying arrow. And he didn't have the voice of an angel, but he did have the whistle of one. And both David Hasselhoffand Yondu went on kickass adventures, and hooked up with hotwomen, and fought robots. So, the thing is, David Hasselhoff kinda did end up being my dad after all, only he was Yondu. I had a pretty cool Dad."

Quill then begins to cry 

"And what I'm trying to say here is, that thing you're searching for your whole life, sometimes it's right there by your side all along and you don't even know it." He continued.

  Gamora sees Nebula, watching from a darkened doorway, before she turns and walks away. She moves after her. 

Groot looks up at an upset Rocket.  

"I am Groot?"

"Yeah. That's the friend I was talking about." Rocket replied."

"I am Groot."

"He did call you 'twig.'"

The Guardians lift Yondu on the plank. A bulbous and rusty crematory is at the center of the room. It doesn't burn with fire, but a swirling, vibrant cosmic energy. They slide Yondu in as they watch with sadness and respect as his body is enveloped by the sparkling colors. Quill closes the door on the crematory. As Quill moves away, Kraglin approaches. 

"Pete." Kraglin spoke.

Quill turned to face Kraglin to see that he was holding something in his hand.

"Cap'n found this for you in a junker shop. Said someday you'd come back to the fold."

Kraglin puts an MP3 player in his hand.  

"It's called a Zune - what everyone listens to on earth nowadays. It's got three hundred songs."

Quill nods his head as he looks at the Zune.

"Wait." Quill said as Kraglin turned around, Quill then hands him Yondu's arrow. Kraglin's eyes widened as his lip trembled.

"Rocket grabbed the pieces and reassembled them. I think Yondu would want you to have it."

"Thank you... Cap'n."

Yondu's sparkling ashes are blown out in spurts from the crematory into space. Rocket, Kiana, Drax, and Mantis are here, watching Yondu's ashes in the vacuum of space, swirling almost magically.      

Quill sits down on the bed in Yondu's quarters. He scrolls through selections on the Zune. He comes to "FATHER AND SON" by CAT STEVENS. He presses play. He listens. As he does, Groot crawls up onto the bed, andthen onto his lap. Quill offers him one of the ear buds. Groot holds it against his ear, amazed by the clarity of sound. Quill watches him, hearing the beauty of the song more through Groot's face than the music itself. And they sit there together, listening to the music, a new father and son. 

Rocket sees something by the ashes. His eyes alight.  

"They came." He spoke as Kiana looked out the window with him.

Groot sees colorful flashing lights out of the window. He pulls on Quill's shirt to show him. They go to get a better view.   

Drax, Kiana and Rocket see Yondu's cosmic ashes pulsing and swirling out in space as, one by one, enormous Ravager ships arrivearound them. They each flash specific light sequences - and, with all the ships together.

"It's beautiful." Kiana whispered as she watched in awe. 

"What is it?" Drax asked.

"I sent word to Yondu's old Ravager buddies and told them what he did." Rocket responded, which caused Kiana to smile as she rubbed Rocket's head.

Quill comes up behind them with Groot, just as Gamora enters. Quill smiles.  

"It's a Ravager funeral." Quill said.

And the Guardians all watch, enchanted by the majesty.

"He didn't chase 'em away." Rocket said.

"No." Quill responded.

"Even though he yelled at 'em." Rocket said as Quill shook his head.

"And was always mean." Quill shook his head again.

"And he stole batteries he didn't need."

Quill looks at Rocket surprised. 

"Of course not." Quill mumbled.

Baby Groot is on Kiana's shoulder. He reaches for Drax, who takes him. Baby Groot yawns and nuzzles into Drax's shoulder, falling asleep. Drax lovingly pats his back. Kiana looks at Drax and Groot, and Rocket, and Mantis, taking it all in, this strange family of hers. She turns to Quill, staring at him with love.  

"What?" Quill asked.

"It is  just some unspoken thing." Kiana spoke. As Quill smiled and wrapped his arm around her shoulder and brought her to his side.

They turn back to the window and they stand there together, our Guardians of the Galaxy, watching the Ravager funeral and the colorful dust of an old friend dance.     

And the shape of the dust seems to form something very close to an arrow.

Rocket sees this and he cries.  

Kiana looks up at Quill who looks down at her. She smiled as she brought him down and planted a soft kiss on his lips. His eyes widened a bit, but he soon melted into the sweet kiss, pulling her in closer. Kiana pulls away and gazes up at Quill with loving eyes.

"What was that for?" Quill asked.

"I was just conforming, our 'Unspoken Thing'." Kiana said as Quill smiled as he brought her in for another kiss, smiling at eachother. Feeling complete.

~ Kiana's p.o.v ~

Ever since I lost my home world, I thought that I could never be happy, that I'd never have another family. Yet here I am, with my new family, and because of them, my heart no longer drenches in hatred. They were my saviours, my light, and it was because of them that I was...........Found.



























Quill is standing in the bedroom doorway, looking down.  

"Dude, seriously, you got to cleanup your room. It's a complete mess." 

Teenage Groot groans as he sits up.

"I am Groot."

"I'm not boring, man. You're boring. Once I got stuck on a planet where everyone was just lines and dots. I had to use geometry to get out of prison. Is that boaring ."

Teenage Groot shakes his head.

"You know what's boring? Not doing the dishes. What's boring is me tripping over your vines everywhere."

Groot sighs.

"Drax and I switched pants in the middle of that party last weekend. For no reason other than we're awesome and very much not boring."

Quill walked away then comes back.

"Once I got a venereal disease that made me float for three days...Don't tell Kiana... it's dormant,but... If that's boring then, I guess I'm boring."

Groot looked at him.

"I'm not boring."

Groot then rolled his eyes and makes an exasperated sound.

"What's boring is when you roll your eyes like that at me and make an exasperated sound like I'm an old, boring, stupid idiot." 

Quill then begins to think.

"Now I know how Yondu felt."

Quill lets a tear run down his cheek as he thinks of Yondu.

"Yondu." Quill whispered.























The Guardians of the Galaxy will return, in Infinity War 

    

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