Disclaimer: I don't own Inception nor any of it's characters.
Warnings/Rating: M - Graphic M/M Slash relationships/violence/language
This story is for Adults Only. Seriously, minors not welcome.
Note: This Story is not connected to my other story and will have no affect on it or it's updates.
This is based in a alternate universe not connected with the brilliant movie Nolan made sans the characters. This first chapter is merely there to set the scene and bring you into the universe. The action (winkwink) starts up in Ch.2. Enjoy please R&R
Title of story from song Opposite Direction by Union of Knives.
Title of chapter from song Escape from Hellview by CKY which is the theme song of this chapter. Check it out, it's awesome.
Opposite Direction
Ch. 1
Escape from Hellveiw
Arthur took a deep breath as he stared across the busy street. It was the middle of the day and the populace was out in full force. Staring at the derelict buildings that surrounded him Arthur felt a twinge of unease before bringing his attention back down where the day-to-day affairs of the street market were underway. The buildings in this area were falling apart, grey and uniform. The government had made these living spaces ten years before and hadn't done any repairs since then. The slightly richer than homeless typically called these buildings home. The space was claustrophobic and dank.
He checked his gun in its holster on his chest and his Electric Shock Baton (ESB) in its holster on his left hip habitually, before checking his earpiece was in place. A hand was dropped suddenly onto his shoulder. He jumped slightly but relaxed immediately recognizing his partner's presence at his shoulder.
"Nervous?" Cobb's boyishly handsome face was set in a deceptively happy smile. Arthur knew Cobb never really smiled anymore. He fixed the creases in his suit jacket and looked back out at the street.
"I've been with Pasiv for a long time. This should be a cakewalk," Arthur said with bravado he didn't feel at the moment. Even with four years of training and two years experience Arthur was nervous about confronting the infamous group of terrorists known as Inception. Inception had been a thorn in the side of the private company run Government that Arthur worked for, for years. Since it's first attack four years ago, Inception had become a massive destructive power in the country run by the Fischer/Morrow Company.
Fischer/Morrow was the massive energy conglomerate, which had taken over the country with its monopolized grip on the supply of energy for the world. That energy was stored within the core of the world. The centre of the earth was a chamber of eternal power. Fischer/Morrow had been the first company to harness that energy and to monopolize it ever since. Inception claimed that the energy being stolen from the Earth's core was disruptive to the earth and going to cause global destruction if allowed to continue undisturbed like it had for the past fourteen years.
As well as powering the cars, homes and everything else across the country, the energy from the earth could be harnessed by things called Orbs. Orbs were small pebble sized stones that allowed the user to access powers that would be otherwise impossible. Arthur himself had three Orbs. A speed Orb to allow himself to move three times the normal human speed. A heal Orb that allowed him to heal all surface wounds and with great concentration Arthur had even been able to heal broken bones with it. The third was the most important and rare Orb, a Gravity defying Orb that allowed him to run up walls or ceilings with ease. The Orbs were kept inside tiny protected pockets in his gloves along the inside of his wrist, so he could access them when needed. The Orbs were expensive and rare. Mostly only members of Pasiv were allowed to carry them. Pasiv was the government's personal guard. Pasiv was responsible for protecting high members of government such as Maurice Fischer, the leader of Fischer/Morrow, his second hand man Peter Browning and his son Robert Fischer. Arthur had been responsible for the personal safety of Robert Fischer for the last two years with his partner Dominic Cobb. They weren't normal bodyguards though. They didn't just stand by their mark all day long. They also had to go on missions to ensure the continued safety of their charge. This included a lot of assassinations and crackdowns of local criminal activities and drug lords. Their work was as much preventative as protective.
Arthur unconsciously pulled on his leather gloves and straightened his tie. Noticing his partner's nervous ticks Cobb said with a reassuring squeeze on his shoulder, "Relax Arthur. Its unlikely Inception will know the trap we have set. Everything's in place. We'll get him this time."
"Remember your job Cobb, we aren't here for Eames. We're here to make sure the prisoners get to where they're going," Arthur said with a faint admonishing tone. Cobb frowned at him but just then the sound of approaching vehicles silenced them both. They were on the second story hiding on a fire escape between two closely placed apartment buildings. They hid in the shadows while the seven vehicles came rumbling down the street.
"How can we be sure that Inception knows we're moving the prisoners today?" Arthur asked Cobb quietly.
"Because we've suspected for awhile that Eames or one of his men are actually a member of the government. Either that or Eames answers to someone who is high up in the chain of government. That is more likely because Government jobs are demanding. It would be nearly impossible for Eames to maintain both his Rebel leader alias as well as his government job. Either way we are almost certain we have a traitor in the company supplying them with information. Most of the information they get is too high up for it not to be given to them from someone high up on the inside," Cobb answered without removing his eyes from the vehicles below.
"Didn't you catch him two years ago? You didn't recognize him then?" Arthur asked.
"You never heard how we caught him? He caught an explosion that had gone off too early. He was sent through a second story window and landed on the street below. His face was so cut up and bruised it was unrecognizable. His hands were so severely burned we couldn't even get fingerprints. We only had him for four days before he escaped so we never got to see him with the swelling and bruising gone down enough to identify him. We did take a sample of his DNA but that came up with no known matches," Cobb explained with a bitter tone.
It had been two year's since Cobb had been called to go up against his archenemy Eames; his desire to bring down the terrorist leader of Inception was now stronger than ever. Arthur hadn't been Cobb's partner when Cobb had been given the assignment to capture the fugitive three years ago. Cobb had tried to take out Eames for slightly more than a year before he was called off, after the criminal escaped his care and killed his then partner and wife Mal. Shortly after Cobb had been relieved of that assignment Arthur had become his partner.
Now Arthur and Cobb were assigned with making sure two prisoners from Eames' inner circle were escorted safely to Coral Prison where they were to be interrogated. He and Cobb were set in this neighborhood because Cobb knew Eames' patterns inside and out. He was sure that this was where Eames would try to ambush the prison transport vehicle and all of it's guards. On the street below mingling with the civilian populace was a bunch of low-level undercover Pasiv members who worked for Cobb and Arthur when they required them. They inconspicuously slid among the civvies looking for any Inception members.
"Whatever you do Arthur, don't get into a hand-to-hand combat with Eames. Never let him get close enough to touch you with his hands," Cobb said to Arthur who was about to ask why when all hell broke loose belong them. Just as the cars were level with the thick of the crowd Arthur heard gunshots issuing from his earpiece.
"Shots fired! Shots fired! Break cover and proceed towards the east! The rebels are hiding in the buildings to the east," Arthur heard Cobb's voice over his earpiece and was stunned to see his partner hadn't uttered a word. Cobb looked at Arthur and his gaze turned from bewildered to livid.
"They've hacked our feed…" Cobb tried to issue the correct orders into his headset but it was too late. All of their undercover agents had pulled out their weapons and were running towards the east side of the street. Simultaneously the civilians took cover running for the south and north while the members of Inception came out of their midst and from the west flanking all of the guards and agents, firing on the backs of the government men. All of the Inception members held electrically charged stun rifles and Calaveras masks or balaclavas covering their faces. They were on the prison vehicles almost immediately, shooting cables into the rear axle of the lead vehicle. The cables were grounded into the heavy concrete safety barriers on either side of the road. The rear axles as well as the tires were ripped off with a metallic screech as the cables were pulled tight. The vehicle came to a screaming halt sideways across the road. The other vehicles were forced to stop as the massive lead vehicle blocked the road and were unable to go to either side as the four-foot concrete safety barriers blocked them.
The rebels subdued the guards and were grabbing the two hooded and handcuffed prisoners from the middle vehicle with little resistance. Their plan was perfect; the government agents didn't stand a chance between the flawless tactics and the surprise flanking maneuvers. Right out in the thick of the battle leading his men in the charge, was the daunting figure of the Inception leader.
Eames wore his customary red, white and black skull candy mask. It was a half face so though the top half of his face was completely covered, his bottom lip peaked from beneath the crooked skull teeth of the mask. Two long skeletal nostril holes made breathing possible. The decorative black and red designs of the Calaveras mask making the skull horrifying but hauntingly beautiful. A decorative swirl below one eyehole and a crack in the other eye hole framing his eyes below the mask, which were pale grey in the sunlight. The mask was chipped and scuffed from many dangerous encounters. A long sleeved thermal t-shirt covered his upper torso with a bronze muscled cuirass on top. His bottoms were green cargo pants tucked into brown army boots. He was a hulking figure and Arthur felt momentarily intimidated by the impressive image. A carbine rifle was strapped crossways on the right shoulder and down to his left hip. Underneath that a Spartan sword was strapped to the back of his right hip, the sheath lying across his broad back. He was calling out orders to the men around him and they followed his command. Arthur was impressed by the discipline and effectiveness that the group of rebels displayed.
He didn't get long to take in the situation as Cobb jumped from the second story and landed using a Cushioning Orb to take the brunt of the fall. Arthur used his Gravity Defying Orb and followed Cobb into the fray.
Cobb rushed straight into the group of rebels just as the back wheels of the first vehicle were pulled forcefully from it. Cobb was just past the vehicle and unlike Arthur, didn't have to dodge it. Arthur was forced to use his Gravity Defying Orb to run up over the sliding vehicle and flip gracefully to land behind his partner. Cobb single-mindedly made his way towards Eames. Arthur was left with trying to rally the remaining troops as well as trying to keep rebels off his distracted partner's back. He called after Cobb but could barely hear himself over the fighting tumult. He had been afraid Cobb would get like this if they got into a fight with Eames. Cobb had lost his Pasiv partner who had also been his wife, Mal, when Eames had escaped from Coral prison two years ago. His rage and determination for revenge were what had gotten him pulled from Eames' case two years ago, even though he was the most capable Pasiv agent to take out the rebel leader. He and Arthur had only gotten this assignment today because their Pasiv coordinator, Saito, hadn't had any other choice. There were only three other teams capable of going up against Eames and one team had been injured capturing the two prisoners three days ago and the other two were busy protecting the president and vice president on their business trip south to a neighboring country. That only left Cobb and Arthur.
Arthur deflected a sword blow aimed at Cobb's unprotected side with his ESB and shocked the man in the ribs forcing him into unconsciousness. His black ESB was two feet long with a silver corded grip on one end and a second grip situated four inches from the back making it a Tonfa design. A smooth silver button set in the silver cords on the straight grip, set the entire length buzzing with electricity after a moment of gathering power when the button was hit. The weapon was also used for deflecting swords or bullets that may come his way. Cobb bludgeoned a rebel in his way with his ESB and met Eames just as he got to the prisoner vehicle. Eames had just helped a big figure from the truck and was currently helping a slight hooded figure but was forced to push the prisoner to the side as Cobb came flying at him with his ESB striking for his head.
Eames dodged the ESB and pulled his 34-inch sword from his back sheath. He blocked the next blow from Cobb and kicked him in the chest, forcing Cobb several feet backwards into the air. Cobb landed with a heavy thud onto his back and slowly got to his feet. He wasn't hurt; Arthur suspected that the blow had woken Cobb from his blood rage. Hopefully now Cobb would slow down and plan his attacks more carefully.
"Echo, get the prisoners out of here. I'll follow when I'm done here," Eames called to a lithe red clad figure as Cobb got up. Echo, after a lingering glare at Cobb through a skull balaclava and then at Eames, ran over and picked up the slight prisoner before helping lead the others down a side alley. Very few of the government agents were still on their feet and the ones that were were taking cover across the street. Arthur ordered them to cover the injured and stunned and to call for back up. Eames had apparently placed snipers in the surrounding buildings who covered the retreating rebels. This restricted him from ordering the remaining government agents after the retreating rebels. Arthur deflected three of the sniper shots aimed at him and two that were aimed at Cobb. He pulled his side arm with his left hand and tried to find a target to shoot at but it seemed that with the disappearance of the rebels the snipers had gone as well. The entire attack up until this point hadn't taken more than ten minutes. Meanwhile Eames and Cobb squared off in the quickly deserting street. Arthur knowing that it was Cobb who needed him most right now took his place at his side across from the now grinning Eames.
"My, my, my. Cobb it's been awhile. I wondered when you'd come after me again. I missed our times together. They really were something special," Cobb merely glowered in response and started charging his ESB.
"Hold the phone, what's this. Look at you gorgeous," Eames said looking away from the glaring Cobb to the calculating Arthur. He gave him a very obvious up down before purring, "Mmm Cobb you shouldn't have brought me such a delicious gift for our reunion. I quite think he is much too delicious for you to keep all to your own. I might have to take him from you."
Eames said this last part with a wicked grin and Cobb growled before throwing himself at the criminal. As Cobb lunged at Eames, Arthur opened fire at the criminal with his side arm. Eames blocked the bullets with his sword. He obviously had a speed Orb because he both blocked Arthur's precise shots and Cobb's furious blows. Arthur continued firing until Cobb blocked his shot with his close up attacks. He switched to his Tonfa ESB and ran to join Cobb in close combat. Eames saw Arthur coming and decided it was time to make an exit. In his rage Cobb hadn't noticed that Eames had pulled an Orb from beneath his cuirass but Arthur had. He saw the glimmering blue-silver light and knew what the Orb was. He saw Eames start at Cobb and knew what his intention was. Arthur changed his trajectory last minute and pushed Cobb out of the way just as Eames shot forward and grabbed at him with the Orb in hand. Instead of grabbing a hold of Cobb Eames got a fistful of Arthur's suit jacket. Cobb grabbed at Arthur and caught his gloved hand but Arthur was pulled violently from his grasp, sans glove and Orbs. Arthur felt as if his body was hurtled backwards with the force of a hurricane. His ears were ringing and he felt as if he were going to be sick. He stumbled backwards and fell back onto his ass. Through his now pounding head he got the distinct impression that he wasn't in the street anymore. In the street they had been shadowed by the large buildings, wherever he was now he was blinded by light. He blinked his eyes against the bright light. His first impression of his surroundings once his nausea and ringing ears calmed enough for him to be coherent was a hazy heat that blurred his vision as much as the sudden light had. The ground beneath his ungloved fingers was warm.
"Fucking A, I wasn't going after you," Arthur spun on his ass and got to his feet glaring at the rebel in front of him. His gun was already in his hand and pointed at Eames before he had fully turned his body to face him. Eames was dusting off red sand from his pants.
Arthur felt a thrill go through his spine as he confronted Eames. Though no doubt intimidating, Eames was a challenge that Arthur had been looking forward to for a long time. Not often was he confronted with someone who he knew would be a challenge for his extensive skills. He smiled widely at Eames, and Eames returned it with a shark toothed smile of his own. This would be fun.
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