Disclaimer: I do not own nor profit from the series Inuyasha, the creation belongs entirely to Rumiko Takahashi.
Author's Note: This chapter deals with an event that occurred in the past. It is not a flashback, merely a moment in time that is imperative part of the plot.
Chapter 3: The Escape
"We should not have taken it! If we turn around now, we can put it back before anyone notices!"
"Are you mad Ariadne? The second we step foot inside the castle, the king will have our heads!" The man said as he maneuvered his wife to their departure location.
"Just breathe honey. Relax it'll all go as promised. As long as you remember what I taught you, we'll all be fine." Marcus said trying to soothe his panicking wife.
"Without a significant power source we won't make the jump let alone reach whatever damn destination you have in mind!"
The sound of running soldiers could be heard in the distance. Marcus grabbed Ariadne's hands and kissed each of her palms. His eyes drifted to the bundle his wife had coddled in silken sheets between her arms. Marcus placed his hand on the egg his wife carried and exhaled deeply. He had taught his wife well but he knew for a fact that she would not be able to make the jump before the soldiers arrived. He needed to insure her safety and the only way to do that was to make sure that someone stalled the soldiers.
"You'll have to jump first! I'll be right behind you!" Marcus let his aura surround that of his wife's in order to kick start her own abilities.
"I will not leave without you!"Cried out Ariadne.
"You must! Remember why we're doing this!" Marcus said sternly as his gaze lingered on the forest that would soon be overcome with the presence of soldiers. If he continued to argue with his wife Marcus knew that none of them would make it off this world alive. He already resigned himself to the idea that he would give up his life to make sure that his wife reached the planet he was commissioned to research. His mood darkened when he began to realize that this would be the last moment he ever got to see his wife but he had no other choice. The creation he and his comrades had formed became something that his world was not prepared for. The war ravaging his world had only increased the need for weapons and unfortunately for Marcus he had engineered the perfect one.
In the blink of an eye, soldiers had encircled the couple and aimed their weapons.
"Relinquish the incubus immediately and extinguish your auras!"Commanded a soldier.
Marcus summoned his abilities and created a magnetic shield around his wife and himself.
"Just go already!" Marcus screamed and concentrated his mind on the destination he knew would suit her needs. As the jump began to take hold, Ariadne watched as the shield her husband constructed wavered because of the amount of energy Marcus had released. Marcus gazed at the diminishing image of his wife as soldiers poured through the hole in his defenses. An intense feeling of pain bloomed in his chest as he realized that a soldier must have succeeded in hitting him. The pain and sadness that he saw on the disappearing image of his wife hurt him more than the wound he received. He closed his eyes. She would be safe. He had her sent her somewhere that his kind would never venture to, a place he had only dreamed of visiting. She would learn to be happy because only the planet Earth could offer her safety.