The alarm was sounding, the heightening and lowering of the noise was blaring in his ears, the constant repetition only spurring him on as he cradled the small child in his arms, her quiet sniffles being the only other sound to his ears besides the pounding of his feet against the metal floors of the passages that he was sprinting through.
'Everythings going to be alright sweetheart' even to his own ears he could hear the wavering in his voice as he continued panting down the hall. It wasn't until he came to a stop next to a large door that he finally looked down at the girl in his arms, her bright blue eyes stared up at him, tears glistening within them as her lips trembled.
Smiling down at his only child Jake Griffin showed his pass to the device sitting by the door, wires sticking out of the security lock, Jake's own creation. Stepping into the room, he made his way towards the centre, the lights flicking above his head caught on the walls of the room, the edges of each wall rusted but the clear colour of titanium shining throughout the room. He stopped once he had reached the device sitting in the middle, it didn't look like much, an old escape pod that looked like it had come from seven different kinds, the obvious discolouration amongst the pieces of metal joining it together, the door fully enclosed with only a small window for the person inside to see through. It was the safest one he could find, he knew when he was building it that he couldn't allow the cargo inside to risked being damaged at all, it was precious after all.
Looking down at his daughter again, Jake smiled, 'I love you so much my beautiful girl' finally walking around to the entrance of the pod he pressed a button to open the door, the wheezing noise it made shook him to his core, signalling to him that this may very well be the last time that he got to see his daughter again.
Placing the small child on the ground, Jake knelt down so he was at eye height to her, grabbing her hands he turned the palms upwards, placing his grandfather's watch into the young girl's grasp,' I'm so sorry I can't come with you baby girl, but this is the only way I know of to ensure that you're safe. I can't explain to you why I have to do this, but I need you to know that I love you so very much, I wouldn't be doing this if i didn't have a choice'
Tears trying to escape her eyes, Clarke looked at her father with the innocent eyes that only a four year old could have, she didn't understand what was happening, all she knew was that her father had grabbed her from her room within the ark and carried her here, screaming and shouting the only thing she could hear until they had reached a part of the ark that she had never been to before.
Looking up at her father, she refrained from crying, she wasn't going to do that, she was a big girl now, but she could see the fear within his eyes as his hands held the watch tightly within her own, 'Daddy…'
Looking at his daughter Jake moved his arms so that they encircles her small waist, squeezing her close to him as he spoke to her,
'I promise it's safe down there Clarke, I sent a probe weeks ago to make sure the area you would land would be survivable, you have to promise me that you'll take care of yourself. There are enough rations in the pod to last you 4 months, it's not much but it should hold you over until I can follow you down'
Pulling away from the child, he stood up, lifting her with him, moving closer to the pod he placed her inside in the single seat. Pulling the seat belt straps around the small child, he fastened them around her, so that there was one coming over either should, metting one that came up through her legs in the middle. Tightening the belts once he had clipped them in, he tugged on them, once, twice, three times to make sure they were secure.
Moving away from the child he moved toward the small console of the pod, lights begging to come to life as he started pressing a number of different buttons. Finally finished, he turned back to the small girl, her eyes following him with every move that he made, flipping the cover to a red light he pointed to it, making sure his daughter followed where his finger was indicating, 'Once the pod has started to move away from the ark, I need you to press this button Clarke'
Looking up at her father, Clarke shook her head, tears finally leaking from her eyes as his words made there way to her ears, 'Wha… Dad….'
"I'm serious Clarke, promise me that you will press that button, promise me once you're pod is out in space, you will push this button' to make sure his point got across, he grabbed her chin gently, making the small girl look directly into his eyes rather than the button she had been staring at, 'Promise me Clarke'
Looking at her father, she could only nod her head once before she suddenly heard shouts from outside in the hall, swearing under his breath, Jake pressed one more button before moving away from his daughter. The door of the pod slowly closed on the small child, sealing shut with a hiss.
Moving over towards a panel that stood against the far side of the wall, Jake ignored the cries of his daughter calling out to him, pressing a number of buttons on the panel he watched painfully with tears streaming down his face as the pod was slowly moved across the room, a belt within the floor pulling it towards one of the walls. Pressing a few more buttons the wall before the pod split open in two, slowly separating to allow the pod to entire the air type room.
He looked towards the door when he heard pounding on it, he knew it wouldn't be long before they entered, he also knew he probably wouldn't be joining his daughter soon now that they had figured out what he was doing. He could only hope that his daughter survived down there, for he knew she would never survive up here.
Finally pressing the last few buttons on the panel, the wall began to slide shut again, the pod safely within the walls of the new room. Jake heard the hiss of the outside panel of the ark as it opened, and the gushing sound of the pod as it escaped its confines, he prayed to everything that it would all work out.
Clarke was still crying, watching through the small window that she could only just see as the pod got further and further away from the ark, finally pulling her young eyes away they landed on the button her father had pointed to not minuets before. Taking a shuddering breath, the four year old moved her hand out, just barely able to reach the button, I sob escaped past her lips as she pressed it down. The lurch of the pod startling her as a bang reached her ears with the thrusters starting, pushing her towards the blue and green planet that she would stare at every night before she slept.
It seemed peaceful at first, only the sound of her small sobs and hiccups invading the hum of the pod as it moved closer and closer to earth. It was with a sudden lurch of the pod that Clarke screamed, entering the Earth's atmosphere she watched within the window as flames seems to attempt to in case the pod that surrounded her, the bangs from outside her small space startling her with each one.
The rumbling of the pod continued, hissing noises beginning to accompany the sounds coming from outside, the sudden lurch of the pod pulled another scream from the young girl's lips, she could see white outside the window as the pod continued towards what she knew was the ground of earth, squeezing her eyes shut, clarke cried as she plummeted closer towards the ground.
Waking with a start, the young girl gasped as she held her hand to her chest. It wasn't the first time she had, had that dream, and she highly doubted it would be her last.
Finally managing to get her breathing under control, she swung her legs over the soft furs of the bed that she had been sleeping on. Looking around, she breathed in the crisp smell of snow and dirt, the familiar pinch of the cool air on her skin reminding her where she was.
Breathing slowly, she looked up as a shout came from the closed flap of her tent, 'Goufa, ge op em ste time gon yo kon tend tran graun, teda yu kon qu seken…. o nou' Child, get up it is time for you to attend the training ground, today you become a second… or not.
Grimacing slowly, the girl let her blond hair fall to the front of her face as she stood, 'Sha, ai'm op ai, don bilaik der ortly' Yes, i'm up, I will be there shortly. The words seemed to escape her without thought, she did not know why her instrustructer insisted on waking her up, she would already know that the young blonde would already be awake. She never slept in, her dreams, or nightmares as she prefered, never let her.
Standing she walked to the far side of the tent that she occupied, furs lined the floors as it did with every basic home would be warriors found themselves in, the only difference from hers to any other was the number of drawings scattered around the place, she didn't bother looking at any of them, the distraction would not be welcomed today.
Making her way to the chest that sat against the wall, she opened it's heavily carved lid, pulling out the fur lined armour, short swords and daggers that lay within. Pulling the clothes on, she slowly made her way to the small mirror that rested on a desk in the far corner of the tent, strapping her weapons on as she went.
Pulling the mirror up she looked at the young face of the eleven year old girl before her, her piercing blue eyes staring back as her blond hair rolled down her head in waves.
She didn't do this often, hating the clear difference between her appearance and the other apprentices around her, it only made her stand out more, but today would most likely be the last day that she would see this face as it was, without the tattoo that she knew was going to be placed by her right eye, the tattoo of her kwin.