The Planet 11.1

11.

11.1 Core breached

The explosion resounded loud inside the cavern. It loudness resonated across the walls on the cavern. With it, it can be seen the explosion have caused an imbalance in there. I felt the shift of weight on my body which was unusual in that anti gravity environment. I looked for the cause and saw that it was the Core Domain which had moved. The explosion had affected it, and caused a shift in the cavern. So was Daniel which had lost its cohesion form but it took command of the situation.

I saw the dust there, or were they L 391-1 took off like swarms of hornets into the cracks of the cavern. The most astonishing sight then was the invasion of the droids. Those were the battle droids; standing at twelve feet high droids like menacing quarterbacks with then bend forward stance but instead of menacing biceps, these droid held a twin set of six barrels roller cannons. They were last seen at the perimeter but at the cavern, I saw there was about thirty of these units. The droids descended in rows of five with the cannons firing at the Core Domain. It formed a concave form in shape with the surface of the Core Domain. They were firing then on Core Domain surface. The shots ripped into the spikes and rounded discs there. The Core Domain took to its defenses and twirled in clock wise but it exposed more of its surfaces to the shots. The streams of wind that released by the discs was protective but it was no defense against the cannon shots.

The Core Domain went into a spin and soon a vortex was created to surround it. By then the Core Domain was protected from the cannon shots. An amazing thing occurred then; it ejected the layer of damaged discs and spikes. The ejected parts were soon to become metal projectiles that shot towards the cavern walls. It shot like missiles and hit some of the droids. The metal missiles tore through the droids that were in its part; a round break will appeared on the droid, or where it hits the protruding limbs, they were torn off from its sprocket. I saw one droid had the disc slammed onto its chest. It flew back to break apart on the wall.

I counted five droids that were caught by the projectiles.

I missed on piece of the spikes when Daniel pushed me away. It kept on pushing me till I was against the wall cavern. By then the remaining droids stopped the firing at the Core Domain.  The unit then became to stop its whirring and I saw then the next unusual scene. The damaged surfaces were rebuilding with the remaining surfaces. The good surfaces smoothen over to the damaged sides like silts on the river mouth. It was covering over the damaged areas with a new coat of materials. Then new spikes appeared and the some reformed into discs.

It was alive.

The Core Domain was not any machine but a living one.

It was not the only living thing there.

From the cracks of the caverns where L 391-1 had taken cover, there were movements. The wall surfaces vibrated and then long extended stone surface from it. It reached out like branches on the trees with its base still on the wall. Each branch was about five inches in radius and tapered with the larger base at about triple its dimensions as if it was compensating for the length reach. It was everywhere like sprouting roots. The branches reached out across the caverns towards the Core Domain.

The branch of stone was not without its ability to defend.

One of the branches had struck at one of the droids. It did not spear it but exploded on impact. The stony branch spread out all over the droid and soon covered all of it. Without warning, it crushed the droid within the shell of stone. The droids explosive components went off but the shell of stone held the explosion inside.

Seven more droids went down like that. The other eighteen droids then regrouped and flew upwards, breaking the stone branches in its part. The broken stone branches resumed the growth from where it had cracked. It reached the Core Domain and then it sunk into the surface. The Core Domain then was seen to grow on its surface as if it was fed by the branches of stones.

Or dusts.