CHAPTER 3

——-lotus POv——-

Existing the ship me and Chel walked down and surprisingly we saw Tennos everywhere but wean we tried to talk to them they didn't respond instead they just made their way to their own orbiters and left.

Makeing our way inside the dojo we saw a bunch of Tenno talking so we walked over to them.

"Hello, sorry to interrupt but what's going on here?" I asked politely and gently.

"Lotus." they all said and nothing more.

"What is happening, why are all the Tenno leaving? And do you know where Tenno 7 is?" I asked and immediately all the Tenno in front of us had a look of realization.

"So no one told you huh well I guess I will then." One of the Tenno said before takeing a step closer.

"The first ten have told all of us to leave and replenish our numbers after all how many Tenno do you think there are?" He said.

"A little over ten thousand." I said but that must have been the wrong answer because then they all started laughing and it was only minutes later that the laughter died down and in each one of there eyes was a blankness that I have never seen before.

"Wrong all in all there are only a hundred Tenno left with only about twenty of them that are not bonded with a filthy mimic." He said and as they turned around I called out for one final question.

"Wear are all of you going." I asked and with out turning around thay all answered in unison.

"That is none of your business but you can consider this system abandoned."

———POV change—Tenno——

Pulling and lifting my hair I slowly sat down however seconds later I felt egos nasty energy start to poor into me however other then defend myself I didn't say anything however looking at my self through the shiny floor I saw that I looked older like around 17.

"Dude what the f…" Quill couldn't help but gasp as the boy who looked about twelve seconds ago now looked like a young adult.

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"How the heck did you suddenly become a adult?" Quill asked with a bewildered look on his face.

"Would you believe that I am actually older then all of you combined." I said with an amused smirk as all of them were slightly surprised.

"So mantis what are your antennas for? Do they help you in sensing doorways?" Drax asked and immediately Quill jumped in.

But I wasn't paying attention instead I just took a seat further away and started look at my self again after all it's been a couple thousand years since I last saw what I looked like.

I had long black hair that easily reached my waist however I didn't need the shiny floor to know that but my face easily caught my attention the most.

I also had blood red eyes that complemented my red eyes and paired with my pale skin I really couldn't complain.

"Hahahahah she just told your deepest, darkest secret hahahahaha do me do me next!" Drax said while bouncing up and down like a child and she did and she too in turn started laughing hysterically cause it even me to smile.

—-Couple of hours later—- planet ego——

Standing on a platform I looked at ego's planet in amazement, so much green and plants made me almost fall in love with the scenery however I quickly recovered from my enthrallment and looked at Ego skeptically but as we got closer I wasn't the only one who had become skeptical because even Gamora looked at Ego suspiciously.

"You can destroy two dozen ships and have your own planet who are you really." Gamora asked with huge amounts of suspicion.

"I am what you would call a celestial sweet heart." He said

"Like a god?" Quill and Ego could help but smile.

"Small g son well at least on the day wear I am feeling humble as Drax." Ego said as we proceeded to walk into his home and he started talking about his past and like usual I wasn't paying much attention until he said he wanted to find and experience life.

To these people it was valid after all he claimed that he was alone for millions of years but to someone like me I understood more and the disappointment that was hidden so deep was plainly obvious to me.

He didn't have to explain further, the facts were there Ego was quite literally a planet and from what I know higher beings tend to….think that they can do better.

Moveing closer to the group I started to pay more attention to what he was saying but he started talking about Quills mom and I really couldn't be bothered and even though I was grateful to him for bringing along a complete stranger I really could care less about his family matters however I did stay closer to them because I felt a fanatical feeling about Ego and I had a feeling that everything was just a downward spiral from here.

After talking a little more Ego took Quill somewhere saying he wanted to talk alone and that mantis would direct us to our quarters and thankfully everyone had there own rooms that were fitted with a bed, snacks, and a window with a great view might.

Sitting on the bed I let myself sink into deep meditation and after a couple seconds I saw dozens of symbols appear however only two caught my eye.

One looked like someone spilled ink on a peace of paper while the other looked like a shild with a sun on it but what made it more catchy was the thousands of hands reaching it to grab it.

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Looking at each symbols I almost couldn't choose after all both looked good but the ink black one caught my attention the most so I chose it.