Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy

From the belt to the plate!

Come on, Drax, you shouldn't have even swung at that. It was a ball.

It is still a ball, Quill. You told me to hit it.

I am Groot.

Yeah, Groot's right.

You told us we was gonna make a diamond.

It's a baseball diamond, Rocket,

where you play baseball.

And you hit the ball unless it's a bad pitch.

Then it's a ball, but only if you don't try to hit it.

I do not understand this game.

Game? Game?

Baseball is more than a game.

It's a way of life.

In fact, it once saved my life.

Quill, the nav point from your star map? It's moving.

- Toward us. - Hang on, Gamora.

I'm about to impart some Earth wisdom here.

Now the nav point is sending out a distress beacon.

Hello? Earth wisdom. There was this dog, okay?

Lived right next to the field and he was huge.

Bigger than that one?

It's okay. I got this.

I'm super good with dogs.

They can smell fear, okay? Everybody just stay calm. (SHOUTING)

Why doesn't anybody listen to me?

There's the mutt. Grab him!

Huh?

Hey! Get away from my boom box, Fido!

Here, boy. Hey.

Go fetch.

Look out!

Well, at least we don't have to play that stupid game no more.

Come back with my ball!

Forget your stupid ball. Quill, wait!

We need to figure out where we've been teleported.

It's not about the ball.

It's about how I'm supposed to be the leader of this team,

but no one listens to a word I say.

No one listens to you? If you had listened to me,

you would have known about the nav point moving,

and about the distress call.

There was a distress call?

All right, so who's in distress?

I mean, there's nobody here but a giant, slobbering baseball thief!

What is it, boy? Huh, what is it?

Timmy in the well?

You know, on Earth that's totally hilarious.

I can see why you don't go back.

Okay, ignoring the snide remark.

Checking out the glowing pod thingies.

Whoa. A sleeping princess.

Huh. Just like in a fairy tale.

Ooh.

(QUILL GRUNTING)

You would dare take such liberties with Medusa,

Queen of the Inhumans?

Hey, it was just one little kiss.

Let go of me, beast!

I am a married woman. My husband would have words with you.

- I won't say anything if you won't. - Neither will he.

All right, knuckleheads.

I followed the tracking beacon in Quill's helmet this far.

But I can't get a solid fix on it now.

Quill! Gamora!

I am Groot.

Forget it, guys. This place looks like a ghost town.

Drax the Destroyer does not fear ghosts.

I mean, it's empty. Like your head.

- I am Groot. Good point.

Maybe we can empty this city of a few treasures.

What?

It's not like there's anybody here to use the stuff.

We cannot take these statues.

You're absolutely right, Drax.

We gotta find out what they're made of first.

Don't want to waste our time hauling around a bunch of worthless rocks.

I am Groot.

(SCREAMING)

Hey, these rocks are alive.

And they're pretty cheesed off!

I will remove the remainder of their cheese.

I am Groot.

I am Groot, I am Groot, I am Groot!

Got my own problems here.

Whoa!

Now I'd like some answers.

Who sent you? Are you Kree?

Nobody sent us.

We were answering your distress call

when that slobbering sofa over there shanghaied us.

And he took my ball!

Is this true, Lockjaw?

But I sent no distress signal.

Somebody did.

Alpha primitives. Cease this attack.

Back! Back, my loyal subjects.

Oh, this has all been a terrible misunderstanding.

I am so very sorry about all this.

I was expecting someone else.

I am Maximus, the Magnificent.

Supreme Leader of the Inhumans.

Okay. What's an Inhuman?

Many thousands of years ago on a planet called Earth,

the Kree experimented on a tribe of prehistoric humans.

- They... - Wait, you're from Earth?

Great, tell her about baseball. It's super important, right?

I know nothing of baseball.

Okay, she is not from Earth.

These experimental Inhumans

became hyper-evolved, genetically superior.

They were feared and hated by their primitive brethren,

and forced to live in seclusion.

Those were my ancestors who built this marvelous city, Attilan.

It was then that they discovered the Terrigen Crystals

in the caverns beneath the city.

Exposure to the crystals gave us each unique and amazing powers.

- Like the hair thing? - (SIGHS) Like the hair thing.

Hidden from the world, we Inhumans lived in peace.

Until three decades ago, when the plague appeared.

Plague?

The plague slowly turns our bodies into Terrigen Crystal.

It only affects Inhumans. Including Lockjaw.

Aw, who's a poor puppy!

You've seen the effect on our servant class, the Alpha Primitives.

The plague made them nearly indestructible.

Their strength increased a hundred-fold.

But for the rest of us, the plague would prove quite fatal.

Until now. After years of tireless work, I, Maximus, have found a cure.

Soon I will have enough of the serum to save the rest of my family.

Even Black Bolt, my poor mute brother.

Since it was the Kree who created the Inhumans,

we hoped they might help us find a cure.

We placed ourselves in stasis and launched our city into the stars.

My husband.

The king is missing.

And so is his rat of a brother, Maximus.

Lockjaw, to Maximus' lab.

Wait.

Who's Maximus again?

Hey, it's Quill and Gammy.

And the kidnapping pooch.

And some lady having a seriously weird hair day.

Maximus the Mad. Where is Black Bolt?

What have you done with my husband, the king?

- I thought you was the king. - By rights, I should be.

I isolated the Terrigen plague. I found the cure.

While this one said nothing, did nothing.

Until he himself succumbed to the threat.

Black Bolt is unworthy of the crown.

Maximus is the true savior of the Inhumans.

Okay. Good luck with that.

We're just gonna take our friends and head out.

You found a cure but you refused to share it

unless you were crowned Supreme Ruler.

We would rather succumb to the plague

than yield to your insane grab for power.

You deceived us. Why would you do such a thing?

It was nothing personal, friend.

I had to do something to keep you from interfering

until I completed my greatest invention.

Behold!

Complete and total mind control.

Obey me, my brother. Destroy them!

Destroy them all!

You will not harm my friends!

No!

Finally, one of you will listen to what I say.

So, you're the hair lady's husband, huh?

For the record, dude, I never touched her.

Black Bolt, obey your brother and true king.

Destroy them!

Bravo! Well done, my puppet.

Fight Maximus' control, my husband.

No mind is as resilient as yours.

No will so strong.

Okay, you guys draw Black Bolt away.

I'll take out Maximus and get the mind control gizmo.

Or you two could just ignore my awesome plan,

and totally do your own thing, as usual.