01x25 - Mantis

[bunniefuu]

[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]

I am Mantis.

What are you doing?

Smiling.

I hear it is the thing to do

to make people like you.

Not if you do it like that.

[SLURPS]

Oh.

I was raised alone on Ego's planet.

I do not understand

the intricacies of social interaction.

Can I pet your puppy?

It is adorable.

Yes.

- [GRUNTS]

- [SCREAMS]

[LAUGHING]

That is called a practical joke!

[BOTH LAUGHING]

I liked it very much!

QUILL: Hey, can I ask you

a personal question?

No one has ever asked me

a personal question.

Your antennae, what are they for?

They have something to do

with my empathic abilities.

If I touch someone,

I can feel their feelings.

You feel love.

- For her!

- No!

[GUFFAWING]

QUILL: Okay.

You must be so embarrassed!

Welcome, everyone, to my world.

DRAX: How did you get to

this weird, dumb planet?

Ego found me in my larva state.

Orphaned on my home world.

He raised me by hand,

and kept me as his own.

So you're a pet?

I suppose.

People usually want cute pets.

Why would Ego want such a hideous one?

I am hideous?

You are horrifying to look at.

Yes.

- But that's a good thing.

- Oh?

When you're ugly and someone loves you,

you know they love you for who you are.

Then I am certainly grateful to be ugly.

GAMORA: Why are there no other beings

on this planet?

The planet is Ego. A dog would not

invite a flea to live on its back.

And you're not a flea?

I'm a flea with a purpose.

He lies awake at night

thinking about his progeny.

I help him sleep.

EGO: Only we can remake the universe.

Come with me.

Drax, Drax. Drax! Drax!

We need to talk.

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

I'm sorry.

But I like a woman

with some meat on her bones.

What?

I tried to let you down easily

by telling you I found you disgusting.

No, that's not what I

[RETCHES]

Listen! Ego's gotten exactly

what he wanted.

- [GAMORA YELLS]

- [MANTIS CHOKES]

Who are you people?

What is this place?

- Gamora, let her go!

- [MANTIS GASPING]

GAMORA: The bodies in the caverns

Who are they?

Oh, my God.

The bodies are his children.

EGO: Out of all my labors,

the most beguiling was

attempting to graft my DNA

with that of another species.

I hoped the result of such a coupling

would be enough to power the Expansion.

How do we k*ll a Celestial?

There's a center to him.

It's in the caverns below the surface.

He's coming.

Didn't you say you could make him sleep?

When he wants.

He's too powerful. I can't!

You don't have to believe in yourself

because I believe in you.

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

[EGO YELLS]

Sleep!

[PANTS]

It's beautiful.

DRAX: It is.

And so are you.

On the inside.

We are arriving.

All right, Guardians,

don't forget this might be dangerous

so let's put on our mean faces.

[ALL EXCLAIM]

[SOFTLY]

Wake.

- [THOR YELLS]

- [ALL EXCLAIM]

[CLATTERING]

There are six stones out there.

Thanos already has the Power Stone

He stole the Space Stone from me.

The Time and Mind Stones

are safe on Earth.

They're with the Avengers.

- The Avengers?

- Earth's mightiest heroes.

Like Kevin Bacon?

Yeah, we got one advantage.

He's coming to us.

- Kick names, take a*s.

- Yeah, that's right.

[THANOS AND MANTIS GRUNT]

[SCREAMS]

You ever feel lost, just look into

the eyes of the people that you love.

They'll tell you exactly who you are.

Why don't you want me to tell him?

PETER: How does this thing work?

DRAX: He should know you are his sister.

Our only connection is the source

of his greatest shame.

I think not.