Title: Fantasy Dreaming
Summary: Cobb is now over with Mal and the guilt he felt, but Cobb is now feeling a new sensation with a partner that he'd known for a long time.
Timeline: It takes place three weeks after the movie.
Disclaimer: I do not owe Inception.
Arthur's Note: This is my first time writing Inception and for Cobb/Arthur pairing. NO FLAMES!
"Where is he?" Ariadne asked as she and Arthur entered the home of Dom Cobb and instead of him answering the door, it was his father-in-law, Stephen Miles who answered the door.
"His upstairs with a man," Stephen replied worriedly as he closed the door.
Arthur raised an eyebrow at that statement. "What do you mean?" He asked.
Stephen sighed, "He told me to not let the kids in for an hour or two as well as me. I haven't heard from him or the man for thirty minutes now," he said.
"I think I know what's going on," Arthur replied as Ariadne nodded. "We'll go and check on him, why don't you see what the kids are doing?" Arthur suggested.
"Very well, call me if you need me," Stephen replied as he looked at the two for a moment before leaving.
"I thought he was over this dreaming state," Arthur murmured as he and Ariadne walked upstairs.
Ariadne looked at him surprised, "What are you talking about?" She asked.
"Approximately three weeks ago, right after we were done with Fischer, he called me. He had said that he wasn't into dreaming anymore and that he was done and he was back within reality now that he was able to see his children again," Arthur explained.
"What about his mind and the dream that his built? Is it still there?" Ariadne asked.
"Of course, everything is still in his subconscious mind until he dies," Arthur replied. The two were now upstairs and they were looking for the master bedroom in where Cobb would be. "That must be it," Arthur said gesturing to the double doors that were ahead of the two.
"There aren't any pictures of his ex," Ariadne said looking around.
"Not in plain sight," Arthur said remembering why Cobb took down the pictures, "there are a few pictures in the kids' room though," he added.
The door to the master bedroom was locked and Arthur quickly went to the nearest bathroom and he opened the medicine cabinet as he began rearranging the items that were inside.
"What are you doing?" Ariadne hissed at him.
"There's an extra key that Cobb keeps in here in case the master bedroom gets locked accidentally," Arthur explained as he spotted the small box that was hidden behind the medicines. He opened the box and he got out four small keys.
"Which one is it?" Ariadne eagerly asked.
"See those small stickers," Arthur said indicating to the sticker to the key that was a star, moon, sun, or cloud. "One of those is the master bedroom," Arthur said and if he remembered correctly, it was the sticker with the star on it. Arthur quickly got the key and he quickly put back the keys into the box and into the medicine cabinet as he rearranged the items that were inside there. Once done, the two went back to the master bedroom and Arthur opened the door startling Yusuf who was watching Cobb dream.
"How did you get in?" Yusuf demanded.
"Cobb and I have known each other since high school, Yusuf. He tells me everything," Arthur replied as Ariadne hadn't known that. "I want to know what his dreaming about," Arthur said slowly as he looked at Ariadne, "his hiding something from me and I want to find out what. I don't want to be left out again like he did to me before with Mal," Arthur said.
Ariadne nodded in understanding as this was her mission to infiltrate Cobb's mind and see what his dreaming about. "Hook me up," she said to Yusuf and Yusuf looked at Arthur and he saw the 'look' that he was getting and Yusuf sighed as he did what he was told.
(Cobb's Dream)…
Ariadne opened her eyes and looked around. The place was unfamiliar to her as she was standing on a bridge. There were people around her and her eyes scanned the area hoping to find Cobb. However, the person that she saw was Arthur. He was standing on the bridge looking over the water as he was dressed in tuxedo. Ariadne frowned as she thought that she have left Arthur behind with Yusuf. She quickly went to him, "Arthur, what are you doing here?" She asked surprised.
Arthur looked at her and Ariadne saw the confuse look on him. "I'm sorry, do I know you?" He asked.
"It's me, Ariadne! I thought you would be with Yusuf?" Ariadne replied.
"Who's Yusuf?" Arthur asked as the two heard a beeping noise and Arthur took out his cell phone. He smiled as he read the text, "I'm sorry, but I have to go and meet someone," Arthur replied and he quickly shut his phone and called for a taxi.
"Wait! You're going to meet Cobb, aren't you? Let me come with you," Ariadne replied. Arthur ignored her as the taxi came and he went inside and the taxi quickly drove off. Ariadne swore under her breath as she had no idea where Arthur was going. This was going to be a long mission…
TBC...
me: Well, since it's the first day of March, I thought it would be a nice treat to all of you to the story that I'm writing now. I'm on chapter 03 right now writing, so don't expect another update until like next week or so.
Arthur: We'll be onto the next chapter soon.
Cobb: Review and update.
me: I really think that Inception should have won the Score Category during Oscars. The music's awesome! How did The Social Network Score won? The music isn't that good...