Luna lay back on the step panting a moment, the run, the climb, the sheer exertion of it all making her breathless, and she closed her eyes. The numerous scratches and scrapes along her body ached, but she didn’t focus on them as she gained her breath once more, quickly searching to make sure that her companions were alright, the sheer destruction around them going, for the moment, unnoticed by Luna. Everyone seemed okay, and that was what was important to Luna.
Finally, she looked around, the destruction immense, yet she couldn’t deny the beauty in it, as the cliff face was revealed and the land was spread out before them, albeit it in a long, deadly drop. ”Oh, wow” She breathed, totally impressed, and for a moment she wished she had a way of recording this amazing, wondrous view. The world was so much larger than she ever knew, and Luna’s mind stretched to what other wonders they might see. Was it possible that this ancient technology, that seemed apart of what they were experiencing, was from a ancient civilisation?
Or…. maybe different life forms? They certainly couldn’t be the only beings out there, and for a moment, Luna was transfixed with that idea. Her gaze was taking to the skies, and she wondered. If the world was bigger than she knew, then she thought, was it possible that the universe was bigger than anyone thought? That thought was too large, for the moment, and she brought her attention back to what was going on, right now.
The words seemed important, and Leela focused on them a moment. Defense was used a lot, and for a second or two, Luna wondered what they had done to trigger this ancient system, dolice for 100 plus years. Shut off time... ten minutes... That grabbed Luna's attention, and she held onto it. Ten minutes to stop this, ten minutes to figure it all out, ten minutes before it was too late… She swallowed, thinking that that was nearly impossible. She closed her eyes once more, drawing in a deep breath. Everything they had done on this journey could be considered impossible, and yet, they had done it.
Her eyes snapped open, and she gazed around. As the Endurance rose, Luna sighed in relief. It looked like the plane had gotten away, with Conway. Was he trying to get them loaded? It didn't seem possible right then, at least not while this... protocol was going off. At least they were all okay, if only for now, for the net then minutes. She figured that Conway had found them by simply looking for the centre of destruction. It seemed a reasonable assumption to assume that they’d be there. She sighed, looking about for a way to turn whatever was happening off.
She couldn’t see anything, couldn’t see anyway the thing was controlled. ”I don’t know… but there has to be a control somewhere.” She looked up, anywhere she could. There were few options she could see right then… ”Do you think we can get onto the Endurance?” She asked, a decision forming in her mind. Luna was going to do whatever she could to stop this, as she suspected it was going to destroy the island, and take the people with it. She wasn’t going to see that happen.
And then suddenly something came to mind, and she turned to Edward, saying to him loudly, through all the noise, ”The cube, Edward! It started this, it must be able to turn it off, or at least control it!”