Author's Note: So lately I've been reading a lot of Inception fics and I thought I'd try one out. So here it is and yes, it will eventually be Ariadne and Arthur. So tell me what you think!

Disclaimer: I don't own Inception

Three.

Two.

One.

Beep. Beep.

Cobb groaned and slowly opened his eyes. Without looking at what he was doing, he removed the needle that was jammed into his arm.

Another day, another dream run, he thought as each of his co-workers woke up and removed their own needle.

"Well that was an interesting run," Eames declared with a grin. He was met with a smirk from Cobb and an icy stare from Arthur.

"I think we need more paradoxes," the point man conveyed. "That was child's play."

"Ariadne, are you just going to let him insult your work?" Eames asked. The forger was met with silence. "Ariadne?"

The three men fell silent as they caught sight of Yusuf standing over the youngest member of their team.

Her head was dropped forward and a needle was still dangling from her arm.

She was still asleep.

Eames looked at the countdown clock that still had five zeros as its time and gave it a few whacks, while Arthur and Cobb rushed over to the sleeping girl.

Cobb crouched in front of Ariadne, studying her soft breathing and closed eyes. "What's wrong with her?"

There was a long pause until, eventually, Yusuf reluctantly admitted he didn't know.

"Prop her chair up and give her another kick," the leader of the team instructed.

The chemist and point man did as told, but when the chair legs finally hit the ground the only reaction was a soft thud!

"We could try dunking her in water, that always works for you, Cobb," the Brit joked.

Arthur whirled on him. "You think this is funny?"

His antagonist was shocked silent at the sudden derail of the details man's calmness.

"Shut up, both of you!" Cobb finally demanded.

They turned to look at the man in charge, all four of them silently thinking the same thing. "What are we going to do?" Eames finally asked.

Cobb looked down at the floor. "I don't know. She's probably stuck in limbo, but I have no clue how to get her back." The man looked back up at his team.

"I've never seen anything like this before," he admitted painfully.

At this declaration, the team fell silent; all rubbing their eyes and frowning. What were they going to do? What could they do?

"Hey," Eames called out to them. "Hey, look at this!"

The men walked over to the countdown clock the forger had been viciously staring at and watched as it changed from 0:00:00 to 3:00:00.

"What the heck is happening?" Yusuf finally spoke.

"We have to go back in," Arthur decided.

Cobb looked at his wingman. "Now hold on Arthur, you know I can't just go into this headfirst. I just got my family back."

"It's Ariadne, Cobb," the point man seemed to plead.

"I know. But I have a family to think about."

"Ariadne is a part of your family."

Cobb closed his eyes and took a deep breath. "Fine."

A ghost of a smile passed over Arthur's features, but it was gone before anyone could double-check it.

"Did he just?" Eames questioned. "Nah, not possible."

"Okay, let's get started," Cobb announced. "Yusuf, you stay here and be the watchguard. Give us enough sedative for three hours and then have a kick ready when those three hours are up. We're coming back with or without Ariadne, understood?"

The team members all agreed to Cobb's terms, though one of them was a bit more reluctant than the rest.

Yusuf worked quickly at hooking them all back up.

"See you guys in three hours," he waved as their eyes drifted shut. "Good luck."

Three...

Two...

One...

Into your head, into your mind
out of your soul, race through your veins
You can't escape, you can't escape.
-Rush, Aly & AJ