It's all right, Spartax citizens! You can come out now!
Your planet has been saved once again
by the legendary Star-Lord and his Guardians of the Galaxy!
Now with Nova Centurion power!
- I am Groot? - Good point, bud.
Since when does he get top billing?
I see no bills on his top, Rocket.
Nor am I convinced Magus could've been so easily destroyed.
I don't know, Drax. These helmets were created
to vanquish Magus if he ever turned dark.
And what we saw here was pretty dark.
No argument there, Gamora. But if we vanquished Magus,
why is my helmet still sensing him?
Sam is correct. I sense it as well.
Yeah. Kind of like a tune you can't get out of your head.
Hey, start humming that "ooga-chaka" song, and I vaporize your vocal cords!
If Magus is still out there, we need to find him.
Why does this look so familiar?
Maybe 'cause it's the last thing you saw
before we all blasted you halfway across the galaxy!
No. It looks familiar because it is my home planet.
What, wrecking Quill's home planet wasn't enough for you?
Actually, no.
You Guardians are all that stands between me and ruling the universe.
I won't rest until I've destroyed everything and everyone you hold dear.
Adam, I know you're not in control.
Just spit my dad out of your gem, and you can be your old self again.
Naive, innocent Adam is no more!
It only took one such asteroid
to wipe out the Earth's entire dinosaur population.
Imagine what a multitude of them will do to your planet.
No...
Save Drax's civilization or contain the Magus.
Which will you choose?
Drax has made his choice!
I am Groot!
Your civilization's next, twig!
What Adam gave, I can take away!
- I am Groot! - Hang on, bud!
My family's on your planet too!
Wait! He's trying to separate us.
He knows we have the power to defeat him together!
And we will, but first we have a planet to save.
Drax the Destroyer does not fear large rocks!
It's just like that video game.
I know that game. Yeah! Earth reference!
My grandpa used to play it.
And now I'm depressed.
Don't worry, bud. Bad Hair Day may have found your planet,
but he ain't getting your seedlings.
- I am Groot! - The Klyntar got 'em protected.
Hey, any of you blobs seen a family of trash-rooting critters scampering around?
I seem to recall these "blobs" are rather sensitive to sound.
And I suspect these weeds are susceptible to root rot!
I am Groot!
Especially when I remove the source of energy that sustains them.
Your civilization's World Pod that my benevolent other self revived.
And whose power I will use to end the next civilization on my l...
Yeah, I'm gonna have to stop you right there.
Especially if that list includes Earth.
I am Groot?
Eh, maybe they just need fertilizer?
Yo, Klyntar, now that you're all back in one piece,
why don't you go find my family and keep them safe
while we take down Magus?
Aw, am I bothering you? Ah, too bad.
You know you'll never stop us as long as we have these Centurion helmets.
Unless, of course, you absorb us into that crystal zit on your forehead.
You actually think I'm foolish enough to let you into my gem?
Right. Why am I wasting time fighting the ship
when I should be fighting the pilot?
That's right! Talking to you, Dad!
Afraid to face your own son, huh?
That's why you're hiding inside Magus' gem, isn't it?
J'Son cannot hear you, Peter Quill.
Oh, please. That's what you want me to think, isn't it, Dad?
'Cause you know you can't beat me
without an all-powerful cosmic being under your sway.
Aahh!
Ha! Guess who's inside your gem!
You have something to say to me, Peter?
Okay, Dad.
Give up this stupid, pointless quest for power already.
What's it got you except the hatred of your family?
My estrangement from my children is one of my greatest regrets, Peter.
That's why I want you to join me in ruling the galaxy!
He's slowing down!
Quill's plan might actually be working!
That sounds so wrong.
We're not powerful enough.
We need all six Nova Centurions to take down the Magus.
There might be another way, but you guys won't like it.
Probably not. But I don't like anything.
Okay, remember that supernova thing?
The Nova Force overload that destroyed your father?
And failed to destroy J'Son when he attempted it?
That was just one supernova. What if there were five?
- I am Groot! - Take out the planet?
You kiddin'? That could take out the whole flargin' galaxy!
I won't take that risk.
We just need to penetrate Magus' shield while he's still distracted.
Concentrated attack. On my mark.
Now!
We did it!
One last push should take him down.
I am Groot?
What are you stopping for?
Ma?
Sis? Ranger?
My family?
Alive?
And mine.
Dad?
I am Groot?
I am Groot!
Your family's attacking? Join the club!
I see no club.
Only swords!
I'm seeing something much worse.
Mother! Father!
No!
This can't be happening.
Tell that to my dad!
Stay back. I don't wanna hurt you.
No!
Wait. Gammy was right. It can't be happening.
That does not make this any easier.
Ovette, Camaria, forgive me.
Sorry, Dad.
I am Groot!
What kind of sick game is this, Magus?
What's the point of destroying your enemies
if you can't break their spirit first?
You will suffer for what you made me do!
- Oh-ho, got that right! - I am Groot!
I made you do nothing!
You merely succumbed to the darkness within you.
And now that darkness feeds me!
You don't know what you're doing, Peter.
The galaxy needs a strong hand to guide it.
That is why I must control the power of the Magus!
How does destroying Drax's planet, Rocket's family,
and Groot's whole civilization help you bring order to the galaxy?
I think the power of the Magus is controlling you,
not the other way around.
You say you want ultimate power,
but you always end up serving someone more powerful,
like Magus or Thanos.
That's not a leader, Dad.
- That's a lackey. - Silence!
Noooo!
Adam, is that really you?
What has happened to me?
Oh, not much.
Just Quill and J'Son inside your gem, dukin' it out for your very soul!
Quickly, Adam, purge them from your gem before it is too late.
You will be contained!
Sorry, Dad. I'm a little too old to be grounded.
Nooooo!
Please forgive me, my friends.
I am Groot.
I will destroy you all!
Make up your krutackin' mind!
The only way to stabilize him is to help Quill defeat J'Son.
I cannot absorb you into my gem
while you wear the Centurion helmets!
Please, you must trust me!
Oh, yeah! Score points for "good"!
Even you admit you're not all good, Peter.
That's been your flaw, always.
You only commit halfway...
whether it's relationships, heroism,
or even your genetic makeup.
Such noble heroes,
willing to sacrifice yourself to save me from darkness.
Pity you can't save yourselves.
I'm going to enjoy this.
You will be the first to perish, rodent. Aah!
I ain't no rodent!
And neither's my family.
Especially when they're bonded with Klyntar.
You're right, Dad. I'm not all good.
I'd rather be 50 percent hero than a hundred percent jerk!
But it's not up to me, is it?
It's up to Adam. Remember him?
The guy with the power to save the universe or destroy it?
He makes the choice. Not you, not me.
But unlike you, I trust him to make the right one.
Hurry, my friends, before my other self takes over!
Go! We'll have your back out here!
Since you refuse to ally yourself with me, son,
then I am sadly forced to eliminate you.
See, Dad?
These are what real allies look like.
You think they can help you, son?
They've already succumbed to the darkness.
And so will you, Peter.
Not without a fight!
Fight all you want, Peter!
That can't be good.
If you want to stop me, son,
you'll have to destroy me.
You know I won't do that, Dad!
And that's precisely why you'll lose everything
and everyone you hold dear.
No!
You must destroy him, Quill!
He ain't real. Warlock pulled the same trick on us with our families.
He's trying to break your spirit.
No. Magus said we're the only ones
standing between him and ruling the universe.
But not because we can destroy him.
Because we can bring out his better nature.
Which means we're just gonna have to hug it out... Dad.
What?
No!
You back for good this time, Adam?
Almost.
J'Son of Spartax,
you are under arrest.
Wait. Are we authorized to do that?
Who cares? I authorize myself to blast the jerk if he makes a move.
Well, we did it, team. We saved the galaxy... again.
I am Groot.
Fret not, my leafy friend.
What my other self took, I can restore.
Ooh. I am Groot.
You can't restore everything!
Or have you forgotten, Peter...
that if your helmet is keyed to your DNA,
it's keyed to mine as well?
Oh, man. He's gonna do it.
He's gonna go supernova!
We need to stop him before he takes out the whole planet!
If I can't control the Warlock, then no one will!
So be it.
Aaahhh!
No, Adam! The blast...
will give you a growth spurt?
I think it's much worse than that, Quill.
Sorry, my friends.
I... I failed.
Dude, you saved the galaxy.
I did nothing to improve it,
let alone rid the galaxy of evil.
I am Groot.
He's right. You done a lot more than you realize.
Aah!
You got my family to recognize me again.
I wouldn't even remember my family if it wasn't for you.
You save the life of my fellow warrior
and helped us both understand the Destroyer need not walk alone.
Most important, you became part of a family.
Our family.
And for that, I thank you all.
I hope the next time I return, I can usher in the Golden Age
that so many believed I would bring.
Us Guardians may not be big on belief, but we got tons of hope.
Thank you, Peter Quill.
I am Groot.
Don't you want to be full size again?
Apparently, he's got something else in mind for that World Pod energy.
I am Groot.
Your family ain't the only ones who'll keep Adam's cocoon safe.
I got peeps too.
Bye, guys.
Don't root through any trash you don't know.
So, what do we do now?
Now that we're Nova Centurion Guardians,
the sky's the limit.
Wait. Was that not a metaphor?
Come back here, ya krutackin'...
Apparently they're done with us and off to fulfill their new destiny.
But... But I ain't done blowin' stuff up with mine!
Well, I got my own destiny to fulfill.
It's called... detention.
Oh, hey, uh, hi. Think you could give us a lift back to our ship first?
You never answered my question, Quill. What do we do now?
Eh, same thing we always do.
Something good, something bad,
bit of both, with an occasional dance break.
♪ Well, you don't know ♪
- ♪ What we can find ♪ - No. No, no. No, no, no, no, no, no!
- Flarg it, Quill! - ♪ Why don't you come with me, Little girl ♪
- Don't get another krutackin' song in my head! - ♪ On a magic carpet ride ♪
♪ You don't know what we can see... ♪