On the Verge of Eternity, the Core Destroyed!

"How could... this happen?!" Rocket picked up Star-Lord's remains from the ground in disbelief, only to discover that even his bones had become as light as feathers, crumbling into dust and scattering away. "No... impossible. This has to be fake. That brat Star-Lord couldn't have died so easily!" The adopted son he had come to love like family had died so horribly right before his eyes. Yondu simply could not accept it. He even kept lying to himself, telling himself that everything before him was fake.