Hi everyone, so whilst this isn't my first fanfiction it is my first one for inception...so please be kind! I wanted to reveal the big thing in the little description thing, but I decided then there'd be no point in writing the story! Please stick with me, the first few chapters are never very good until you get really into the plot...please review, reviews make me happy! Enjoy!

"I'm sorry Arthur but it can't be helped. You know she's the best one for the job." Dom whispered to Arthur as the seven-seater taxi left the airport. Ariadne was squashed into the two back seats with Eames whilst Arthur, Cobb and Yusuf were in front of them and Mr Saito sat in the front with the driver. Ariadne watched the exchange between the two with wide eyes. She had refrained from asking any questions when Arthur reacted violently by throwing a chair at the wall in the loft when Cobb had told the team they were going to England to pick up one final person; a woman called Selena Ezili, but watching Arthur's tense and angry face now she could not help herself as she leant forwards and asked Cobb in a stage whisper who this woman was. The only other team member who seemed to be in the dark about her was Yusuf.

A long silence followed her question until Eames finally answered her after chucking his cigarette out of the open taxi window.

"Selena Ezili is an odd-job girl." He said lazily, taking out another cigarette. "She can do just about everything...the reason dear Arthur is so uptight about her is because he's in love with her." Arthur turned around in his seat, his face contorted in anger at Eames' flippant approach to his private life.

"That's enough Eames." Cobb said, holding up a hand to stop Arthur's rage. After a final glare at Eames, who was smirking away as he lit his eighth cigarette of the day, Arthur turned back around, his body still tense and stressed.

Eames continued as though nothing had happened, "She can do everything and anything...make bombs, build guns...she can stand in as a point woman, do a bit of forgery and she's not at all bad at architecture... "She has degrees in medicine and psychiatry, she can hold an intelligent conversation about anything, she can sing, dance and act, plays 5 musical instruments and speaks 8 different languages fluently. Every single person that meets her describes her as the most beautiful woman they know, and to top it all, she's a nice person." Eames said with a grin.

There was silence in the taxi as everyone thought through the sheer amount of Selena's abilities.

"That's impossible. No 24 year old can do so much." Ariadne muttered, both jealous and embarrassed that she was the same age as the woman and was only good at architecture.

"Mmm..." Eames was too busy taking another drag of his cigarette to reply immediately. "Selena can. She's every man's fantasy because she comes across as delicate and helpless, but if you're looking for it you can see that she's one of the strongest people you'll ever meet...Why she chose Arthur no-one will ever know." Eames finished his description of Selena and Ariadne realised that it was not just Selena who was smart; Eames too had just shown himself to have great insight into people. Arthur instantly spun in his seat and attempted to reach for Eames angrily, but Cobb held him back.

"She has one fatal flaw though that - " Eames was interrupted by Arthur's roar that was so furious it terrified Ariadne. The whole concept of Arthur losing control terrified her for he was always so calm, co collected.

"Thornside Theatre. That's £20." The taxi driver interrupted, the taxi sliding to a halt and Arthur's attack on Eames stopped. Mr Saito paid the man and Cobb ushered Arthur out of the taxi before he could harm Eames.

As Ariadne climbed out of the taxi she looked at Arthur and Eames as they exchanged a warning look and she realised that they were holding back something big, something major.

"She'll find out anyway." She heard Eames mutter almost sulkily.

The theatre was a large building with glass front doors through which the team could see the plush interior that imitated the theatre decor of the 1950's.

Strands of hauntingly quiet music gradually reached them all before changing tempo and volume. Cobb looked at Arthur expectantly.

"She's here." Arthur whispered.

"How do you know?" Ariadne asked from beside him.

"This is one of her favourite pieces of music." He replied, leading the way up the steps. As they opened the door the music intensified, gradually getting louder and louder as they approached the entrance to the stage. It was so loud Ariadne was sure she could see the framed posters on the walls vibrating and her heartbeat was painfully joining with the beat of the music.

Arthur opened the door and the 6 filed slowly into the dark auditorium that was lit only by bright lights hidden behind a screen at the back of the stage. In front of it was a group of people, their bodies all entwined and nothing but a dark shadow. The music intensified again and the body of people began to rise and fall as though the creature they had created was breathing. After three up and down breaths it went up and down in a circle, alternating which direction it went in three times again. The music gave a jolt and a woman who had been at the top of the creature sat up suddenly, only her outline visible.

The music suddenly developed a fast dance beat whilst the eerie music still continued over the top of it and the woman stood up and jumped off the tangled bodies, making a magnificent arc as she seemed to hang in the air for a moment. Lights suddenly came on and shone down as the creature separated in 5 other people who all spread out around the stage and started their own dance. Ariadne's eyes were drawn to the girl at the centre of the stage who'd started the separation and she knew instantly that this was Selena.

Selena arched her back impressively before swinging her hair around wildly for a few counts. Next she did a sextuple pirouette and then slid to the floor suggestively, using her hands to push herself backwards before flipping over and arching her back, pulling herself into a sitting position using only her stomach muscles. One of the men stood in front of her and the two reached for each other with their arms crossed over. Holding onto each other's hands he pulled her from the floor and she did the splits around him in mid air before using her legs to grasp onto his torso as he swooped her down in a slow arc. Next the two walked around each other, each with a hand on the others face in an intimate and romantic pose until Serena's partner put his hands on her lower back and lifted her high above his head until one of the dancers stopped and pointed at the team.

"Hey! You can't be here!" He shouted. The person in the box turned on the house lights and the team were almost blinded in the sudden brightness.

"What are you doing here?" Selena's dance partner asked hostilely, gently putting her down.

"It's alright!" Selena said, holding up her hands to her team of dancers. There was something nice about her voice. It was smooth enough to put you at ease, but strong enough to make you listen. She was well spoken – Ariadne had expected nothing less; and now that the lights were on she could see Selena for the beauty everyone claimed her to be. "They're here to see me..." Selena said, sliding off the stage gracefully.

She walked towards the group with a raised eyebrow, but as she neared them a grin broke out on her face as she focused on Cobb.

"Dom Cobb. The only man in the world I can't seduce." She said teasingly. The two embraced and Ariadne was surprised to see even Cobb smiling with a genuine happiness.

"How are you, Selena?"

"I'm ok thanks. How are the children? I went to see them last month..." She trailed off, looking up at him with concern in her eyes.

"Then you'll know more than me." He said; his usual sad and haunted look back in his eyes.

"But I get the feeling you'll be seeing them soon..." She said; her tone suggestive and questioning.

Cobb gave a smile. "Yes, indeed. If I do this one job I'll be able to go back home."

"And I suppose you want me on your team?"

"I wouldn't be here if I didn't."

"Why don't you ever visit me as a friend? Why is it always work with you?" She moaned playfully, patting his chest and shaking her head at him. "So, this must be your team...?" She started to walk down the line that they'd formed with an interested eye.

"You look like an architect." She said, smiling kindly at Ariadne who could only nod, dumbfounded. "I can tell by the calculating and analysing look you all have..."

Ariadne hadn't been aware of a certain look that she had, but she was right now assessing Selena's appearance and could only agree with Eames' earlier words that she was the most beautiful woman she'd ever met. She was a slim woman but she still had curves that seemed extreme. Ariadne knew that the ideal ratio for a woman's waist-hips was 0.7, but Selena's waist was definitely smaller than the ideal ratio and she even looked great in her leotard and shorts. She wore no make-up, but her eyelashes were longer than those of models in many mascara adverts, even the ones who had lash inserts. Her eyes were huge and a chocolate brown colour and she had a way of holding her body that seemed to draw you in too her, like a magnetic pull. Her skin was tanned and unblemished and she had a dainty nose, mouth and chin that would've given her the appearance of a child if she did not have cheekbones. Her hair fell in layers to below her waist with each layer curling slightly in a different direction at the end. It was shiny and glossy to the extreme and was the same chocolate brown as her eyes.

Ariadne had felt her guard immediately rise at the sight of Selena, but now that she had seen her up close she felt the cold hands of jealousy enfold her.

"Mr Saito." Ariadne was pulled out of her evaluation when Selena stepped in front of the oriental man who stood very rigid and poised in front of her.

"Miss Ezili. You are a very hard woman to find." He stated with a raised eyebrow.

"And you make it too obvious you're looking for me." She retaliated with a smirk.

She moved on, "Eames." The forger simply smiled at Selena and kissed the back of her hand suavely. Selena rolled her eyes and stepped away from him, next encountering Yusuf who was gazing at her stupidly with his mouth hanging open slightly. Selena burst into tinkling laughter as she saw his face.

"That expression never gets old!" She exclaimed. She widened her eyes to great effect and pouted slightly at Yusuf. "And what's your name?" Her voice had taken on a sweet and innocent tone and Yusuf's eyes glazed over.

"That's enough, Serena!" Selena snapped her gaze to Arthur's at his annoyed tone.

"What's the matter Arthur? Don't you like me flirting with other men?" She waited for his answer with an eyebrow cocked; her tone scathing. He didn't reply but simply stared at her with his strange, half wistful, half reproachful eyes. She turned on her heel and stalked away from him with her head held high though her expression was tense.

"So why are you here Cobb?"

"You know exactly why I'm here." The older man replied.

Serena suppressed a smile, "I do indeed, and I feel you should know that your journey has been futile..."

"Has it really? Surely you of all people don't think it's impossible?"

"No, I know it's not. It's very difficult, yes, but I've done it before..."

"Who'd you do it to?" Cobb immediately demanded.

Selena gave him a beautiful crooked smile. "You know how Take That recently got back together with Robbie? Yeah...well I was part of the team that worked on Gary Barlow." She said with a slight hint of smugness.

"Seriously...that's it? You managed to perform inception...and made Take That get back together?" Eames asked in disbelief, struggling to keep the smile off his face.

Selena gave a false huff of annoyance at him. "You'd be surprised how much someone would pay for their reunion...and at least our idea took! Yours failed!" She teased Eames, raising an eyebrow in what was meant to be playfulness but was simply stunning. "Anyway, I no longer do dream work." She said as the team watched the two interact with bated breath.

"So you won't join us, even for inception?" Cobb asked, raising an eyebrow disbelievingly at her.

"Why should I waste my energy?" She asked him, turning away and walking back towards the stage before he tried to answer a question she had meant to be rhetorical. "I have a show to put on!" She called over her shoulder at them flippantly.

"Because you're bored." Cobb called out to her diminishing figure. She spun around to face him and took a few steps back.

"She's not really like this; it's what she's like when she's trying to disguise the fact that she's nervous. Probably because it's the first time she's seen Arthur since they broke up." Eames whispered to Ariadne.

"Dance is my passion. How can I be bored?"

"Because you need some danger in your life." Selena glanced over her shoulder quickly to make sure none of her dance group were listening, realising that they all were she walked back to Cobb and spoke in a much quieter voice.

"I got out in time. I can still go to sleep at night and have dreams that are my own, dreams that my subconscious creates, not an architect!" She said in a stage whisper, her tone challenging and defensive.

"But do you want to be in those dreams?" Cobb asked. "There's a fine line between dreams and nightmares."

"And what do you know about nightmares, Cobb? You can't dream anymore!" The friendly greeting that the two had shared was forgotten as they challenged each other.

"You forget that my real life is a nightmare." Selena's gaze softened slightly as she realised that he was right; his family had been his world and they had all been wrenched away from him by one tragic event. "Your despair isn't as great as mine." Her gaze hardened again at his whispered words that were only overheard by Ariadne and Saito and she turned and walked away quickly, her posture rigid.

"Seven." Cobb called out after her. She stopped again and slowly turned around to face him.

"Are you serious?" She asked; her tone disbelieving. Her mouth hung open slightly and she looked awestruck.

Cobb nodded and took a slow and confident step towards her. "Seven million. Each."

Selena looked away for a moment as she seriously contemplated the offer. "Alright, I'm in." She said with a sudden smile. Ariadne could not help shooting a glance at Arthur who simply shook his head and closed his eyes in despair at her three damning words.