Like Father, Like Son
Chapter 1
I own neither Inception nor its characters. But that doesn't mean that I can't mess with your head, just like they messed with mine.
James Cobb looked at the faded photos of his parents. His mother's deep eyes stared out longingly at him, while his father's loving gaze seemed somewhat distracted. His mother, Mal, died when he and his older sister, Philipa, were children. But throughout his early childhood, his father, Dom, always seemed to be away working. At least, that's what he was told, until two years ago, when his father told him the truth; the truth about being an extractor.
Two years before
Dom, still the best known extractor in existence, picked up the receiver. He drew a long, deep breath before punching in the numbers to his son's mobile. He had been dying to tell James since he was around eight years old, but he knew that such knowledge would drastically change his life.
Dom recently reached the age of sixty, and his father-in-law was ready to move into a home, whether he liked it or not. Dom's old work team couldn't fight aging either.
Arthur and Ariadne were happily married and currently living just out of the city. Arthur and Dom were still career partners, but their worked had slowed down.
Ariadne was still amazing Dom with her love and creativity for architecture. The ability to design buildings in a dream before they were constructed in reality gave her a major advantage. But it was a secret; only the team and a few close work colleagues knew.
Eames was most likely floating around a casino in some far-off city, humorously watching the young men lose their chips to the cards.
But Yusuf, unfortunately, had an accident with one of his own sedatives. His life support was turned off four years ago, as he never awoke from his coma.
Dom knew that it would take time to teach James the skills of being an extractor. And he also planned to teach the boy about whole art of extraction. He had contacted Ariadne, Arthur and Eames. They had all agreed to help teach James about the various skills involved with extraction.
Two reunions were organised; one in reality, in Dom's warehouse. The other, in Dom's Sub-conscious, in the café that he had taught Ariadne about the role of an architect.
But Dom was concerned. He knew very well that James was a very bright and curious child, and he knew that teaching his son the art of extraction would raise a question; the question that he had been spending his whole life trying to hide from. What really happened to Mal?
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