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"With that kind of firepower, I don't know that there's a person on Earth who could stop him." "Not one person won't be alone, but a team. Made up of the best our little planet has to offer."
Ego approaches Quill and takes his walkman, crushing it down into a ball of energy to show his power. He then explains his expansion to Quill, the ultimate plan for him to rule the universe.[2][5]
S.H.I.E.L.D. picks up Ego's Ship entering the atmosphere and sends troops out. Peggy Carter orders her men to shoot the ship, which they do, successfully hitting it. The ship then plummets into New York City. Civilians watch as the ship flies towards the ground and lands in front of the Grand Central Terminal.[2]
A NYPD squad, including Officer Daniels, arrive ready and armed. However, they are blinded by a light emitting from the ship. Daniels is surprised to see the light is a Peter Quill, a Celestial-hybrid child. Quill uses his telekinesis to lift the police cars up to the sky and blow them up.[2]
Quill rampages through the city until he is left alone, walking across the Brooklyn Bridge.[2]
Carter and Howard Stark watch Quill on a screen at Project P.E.G.A.S.U.S.. Stark compares Quill to his difficulties with his own son before Carter suggests putting together a team. Stark is hesitant because they are in the middle of a Cold War. However, he is soon convinced to start recruiting.[2]
Hank Pym serves his daughter cereal in their house. However, van Dyne is not very happy as there are no vegetables accompanying her breakfast. Pym remarks that the potato chips are the vegetables, prompting van Dyne to get up and leave, both disappointed.[2]
Suddenly, the phone rings. Pym answers it, only to hear Stark on the other end tellng him not to hang up. Pym does not listen and slams the phone down. He is then called again, prompting him to angrily pick it up and tell Stark that he is slow to understand people not wanting to talk with him.[2]
Stark tells Pym that he does not have to talk, but just turn on the television. Pym grows confused until van Dyne tells Pym to look. Pym turns around and sees what is happening in New York. He tells Stark to send a plane. Within seconds, a plane arrives, shaking the house. Pym asks van Dyne if she wants to come with him to work.[2]
Arriving at the Joint Dark Energy Mission Facility, van Dyne grows excited to see where Pam used to work. Pym corrects her, saying it is where he used to work. Pym is then greeted by Bill Foster earning him a groan as he does not like his old colleague. Foster remarks that there must be nobody to babysit van Dyne. Pym then gets tense, saying Foster knows very well that there is no one to leave her with since Janet van Dyne died. Carter interrupts them, saying to save the fighting for later. Van Dyne then perks up as King T'Chaka of Wakanda approaches in his Panther Habit and Carter explains that with the aliens, he has broken his neutrality and joined the fight.[2]
Stark approaches T'Chaka, remarking that his father was an ally to them in the war. T'Chaka notes that he even gifted them vibranium. Stark confirms, saying they turned it into a shield before it got lost in the Arctic. Suddenly, a Soviet Union plane arrives, leading Pym to ask how they got an invite. T'Chaka explains that Mikhail Gorbachev did not want the aliens getting to his country, so he sent the Winter Soldier to help. As he walks out of the plane, Carter stands in shock as she realizes the rumors of Bucky Barnes being turned into the Winter Soldier are true. Stark reminds her that the man they knew is long gone.[2]
While walking to the hangar, Carter explains the mission and that Quill is at Coney Island. Foster states his worry that they would not be able to get to New York in time. They then approach Wendy Lawson, who overhears their conversation and says that in her Tesseract-powered ship they could. Carter brings up how Lawson is a United States Air Force officer, leading Pym to say her uniform does not look like Air Force. Lawson tells him it is because she is from the KreeStarforce. She then tells everyone she would explain on the way. The group board the plane as Pam recounts its members before takeoff.[2]
The team approaches Quill, and Pym notes how powerful Quill is. However, T'Chaka says he does not look that menacing. Suddenly, Quill destroys a simple carnival stand, making T'Chaka change his mind. While the team discusses their plan, Mar-Vell uses a jet pack to fly to Ego's Ship and run tests on it. Goliath enlarges himself while Ant-Man makes a move on Quill, forcing him to become scared and run away as ants surround him. Mar-Vell radios in, saying that she would be return but the ship's technology is advanced.[2]
Quill is chased by ants into a mirror maze, where Black Panther sets off lasers to trap Quill. However, seeing his decapitated stuffed animal fall to the ground angers Quill, leading him to activate his Celestial powers, causing the building to explode and send Black Panther flying back towards the ferris wheel.[2]
Goliath takes a water tank and traps Quill inside, only for the child to blow that up too and send energy blasts towards Goliath, who shrinks back down asking for help. Winter Soldier then flies in and shines a blinding lights at Quill, causing the child to retaliate by shooting energy spheres back, missing Winter Soldier's ship, but hitting Ego's ship with Mar-Vell still inside.[2]
Mar-Vell jumps from Ego's ship, only for her jet pack to malfunction. Goliath luckily enlarges and catches her. Quill then hits Goliath, causing them to fly backwards before they land and team up. They then retreat as Winter Soldier buys them time by shooting his grenade launcher.[2]
As they try to leave, Quill uses his telekinesis to stop the Asis. As they panic, thunder emerges. Thor then arrives with a lightning strike which knocks Quill to the ground. Thor lands and Quill mistakes him for a member of Van Halen before passing out, confusing Thor.[2]
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Back at the Joint Dark Energy Mission Facility, Peter Quill is locked away as Thor explains that Quill rampaged through the Nine Realms, destroying many places with Earth being the only planet left. He explains that Ego uses his celestial seeds for his expansion. Howard Stark suggests destroying the seed, but Thor says it is impenetrable without a Celestial to open it. Hank Pym remarks that they are lucky since they have one in custody.[2]
Meanwhile, Hope van Dyne uses her father's key card to explore the facility while she listens to music on her walkman. She eventually enters the room where Quill is being detained. She tries to get Quill to sing with her to no avail as he says that the song was his mother's favorite. He also notes how much the walkman must mean to van Dyne as she is holding it tight like he would be doing if he still had his.[2]
Van Dyne remarks that Quill does not seem so bad given where he is from, not realizing that he is from Missouri. Quill says that he was born in the United States of America and just wants to get home. Upon hearing this, van Dyne uses Pym Particles to shrink down Quill's prison so she could set him free. This sets off the alarms, causing the team to investigate.[2]
Before leaving, van Dyne gives Quill her walkman for the long ride he has home. Quill is hesitant, but eventually takes it, telling van Dyne he owes her one. As the team arrive, they see van Dyne by herself. Pym walks over, asking if she is hurt. However, she tells him Quill is from Missouri and is a good person.[2]
The team interrogates van Dyne, who explains that Ego is behind it all and Quill is just being used. Thor gets frustrated and vows to take Quill for himself and submitting him to AsgardIan justice. Goliath argues he needs to be studied. Suddenly, Winter Soldier finally speaks, saying he needs to be killed as he is a threat. This gets a gasp out of van Dyne. Thor agrees with Winter Soldier. Van Dyne argues to keep Quill alive, reminding Pym that it is what Janet van Dyne would have done.[2]
Entering Missouri, Quill hears his father calling to him, but ignores it and turns up the volume on his music. Ego asks why his son cannot hear him, prompting his assistant to say that he was last spotted plumetting to Earth. Ego deduces that he must end what Quill started.[2]
At the Joint Dark Energy Mission Facility, the seedling starts glowing, causing Thor to conclude that Ego was coming. Thor is right as Howard Stark picks up Ego on the radar, showing he was arriving at that moment.[2]
Discussing what to do, Black Panther suggests letting Quill and Ego fight each other. Stark asks Lawson if they have the child. She simply says that they have readings of cosmic energy. Lawson argues that Quill will not fight his father, leading Pym to chuckle as he asks Lawson if she is a parent. Meanwhile, Quill arrives at his mother's gravesite.[2]
In the Mojave Desert, the team line up in front of many tanks, preparing to confront Ego. Ego demands his son, but Thor refuses, jumping at Ego. Ego disposes of Thor by launching a pillar of rock out of the ground. Peggy Carter gets on the microphone and warns Ego to stand down because he will not be able to destroy them. Ego then says he does not want to destroy them, but save them.[2]
Suddenly, Ego summons an army of himself from the ground, prompting Carter to order the firing of the tanks. A fight then ensues. The three superheroes fight while Carter shoots bullets at the incoming army. Thor then summons MjĂžlnir, causing a shockwave to burst out, destroying many of Ego's extensions.[2]
However, Ego just summons them back before manipulating the ground to form a mountain. This causes Goliath to realize he has to get bigger. Carter radios Stark, saying to escape with the seed. Stark calls Winter Soldier to do so, but does not receive an answer answer.[2]
Meanwhile, Winter Soldier is in Missouri and watches Quill in his sniper scope as the child mourns his mother. Pym and Lawson then approach Quill from behind, formulating a plan. Winter Soldier radios this to Vasily Karpov, who asks him if he is ready to comply. Pym speaks to Quill, trying to appeal to him as van Dyne's father. Quill explains that Ego controls him by getting into his head.[2]
Battle of Mojave Desert: Goliath uses his giant hand to wipe out many of Ego's extensions until the army climbs Goliath. Foster's only choice is to shrink, which he does. He then enlarges again, sending many of the extensions flying. Black Panther also fights some more.[2]
Quill explains that he hoped if he came to Earth then he would not feel alone, but with his mother dead, it did not matter. Meanwhile, Winter Soldier goes to pull the trigger until Stark interrupts him, having hacked into Karpov's system. He then tries to talk down Winter Soldier, who insists that he did not exist.[2]
Pym kneels to Quill, saying he understood and talks about how the home has felt lonely with his mother gone too, saying that the pain, anger and loneliness could be drowning but that neither of them had to so long as people pulled them out. Stark then tells Winter Soldier that even though he sees a target, Stark sees a future and he sees it in Winter Soldier too.[2]
Winter Soldier argues that Stark does not know him, but Stark says Steve Rogers did and the person he loved would never take that shot.[2]
Battle of Mojave Desert: As the team get overwhelmed, Ego sends his tendrils into the facility to recieve the seedling.[2]
Pym asks Quill to stay with him and join his family. Meanwhile, Barnes is being talked down as well by Stark, but it is not until Quill hugs Pym when Barnes puts down his weapon. Stark then tells Lawson to get Quill back to them. Getting off the radio, Stark remarks to Hope van Dyne that fifty years later, Rogers is still saving him.[2]
The power suddenly turns off, leading to Ego's tendrils breaking into Stark's room. Stark protects van Dyne over the seed, leading to it being taken. As Ego brings the seed to him, it seems as all hope is lost until the Asis arrives to save the day. Ant-Man and Quill jump out of the ship together and land on an ant. They then fly and grab the seedling from Ego.[2]
The duo then fly into Ego's mountain and meet him inside, enlarging themselves. Quill tells Ego that he cannot destroy his home. Ego argues that his instinct to protect Earth is mortal and Quill will soon learn that everything dies except them. Ego goes on, saying that he had to kill Meredith Quill, getting Peter very upset. Ego acknowledges that Quill is mad, but claims he cannot defeat him.[2]
Quill agrees, saying that he can still absorb the power of the seed and use it to destroy Ego. Quill crushes the seed down, just as Ego did to his walkman. Ego remarks that he is just human. Quill says that his mom actually called him a Star-Lord. Quill then uses the energy from the seed to blast Ego, defeating his corporeal form.[2]
Lawson then asks Stark if they heard about Winter Soldier, causing Pym to ask if they needed to lock their doors. Stark doubted it as something broke through to Barnes that day.[2]
In Brooklyn, Barnes looks out over his old home and nods before leaving.[2]
Finishing his dinner, Thor gets up and announces his departure, saying he needs to kill Ego's planetary form. Foster speaks up, asking if the rest of the team were invited. Thor tells them to suit up. The Avengers then walk out together to defeat Ego once and for all.[2]
References[]
âWhat If... Peter Quill Attacked Earth's Mightiest Heroes? shows an alternate universe which starts being notably different when Quill gets brought to Ego rather than staying with the Ravagers. Therefore, it can be assumed that Quill was born on the same day in the Celestial Invader Ego universe as the main universe of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
â 3.03.13.23.3Sometimes the Marvel Cinematic Universe alludes to events which happened in our world, and it is assumed they happened on the same dates in the universe, for timeline purposes.
âIn What If... Peter Quill Attacked Earth's Mightiest Heroes?, Hank Pam and Hope van Dyne are still reacting to the apparent death of Janet van Dyne. A.C. Bradley explained that the episode was based around Hope and Peter Quill losing their mothers at around the same time. In the Celestial Invader Ego universe, Quill's mother died on December 13, 1987 (see other references). Therefore, it can be taken that Janet van Dyne sacrificed herself in July 1987 like in the main universe of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
â 5.05.15.25.3In What If... Peter Quill Attacked Earth's Mightiest Heroes?, the Watcher says that Quill was kidnapped "Six months earlier" relative to his arrival on Earth, which is shown on screen to happen on "88·6·12." This can refer to an exact six months, placing the kidnaping on December 12, 1987, or more generally in December 1987. A weighted average, putting more weight on the more specific, places Quill's kidnapping on December 13, 1987.
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