Author note:
This is probably my best fanfic idea ever. And why isn't this put under crossovers you ask? Well, because I was hoping people would be able to see this and there are too many movies to individually put as the 2nd topic of crossover. I hope you enjoy this. Of course I don't own any of the characters put into this fanfic so let's begin to have some fun!
Chapter 1. Deceptive mission
The team was reunited to do another mission but not under Saito's control. This mission was specially made for Cobb. To hunt down and extract by themselves: the projection that haunts and sabotages Cobb and his missions: Mal. Cobb was quite oblivious and didn't know of this mission since he thought they were doing Saito's work but it would be in due time that he'd find out.
The team (which was more like a trio to this mission) stayed in the warehouse for over 7 months trying to plan in hope to execute this mission. Cobb would come into the warehouse on weekdays to work but the trio had to come back to work on the weekend to focus on their real mission. There was so much to think about. How would they exactly remove Mal? How could they start the mission without Cobb knowing? For the first 3 weekends, the trio has sat at a table trying to discuss along with a whiteboard in front of them but the plan was just a blank canvas to them. Where were they to start?
The three of them sat in silence trying to think but were in fact just sitting there in frustration at the difficulty of planning this mission. Arthur was sitting back in his chair tapping the top of the table with his hand. Eames was rubbing the temple of his head and Ariadne had her head laid back over the chair. They were having a mind blank. "How is it that we haven't found any ideas" Ariadne uttered. "It could be that we have limited time in ratio to the time we waste every week just to keep an act in front of Cobb" Eames replied. "This is harder than I thought it'd be" Arthur commented. They sat in silence again before Ariadne broke out again. "Could it be that we don't have Cobb to assist us?" Ariadne raised her head to look at the two of them. Arthur shifted his vision towards her from staring at mid-air. "Look, we can do this without Cobb because 1, he's the target of this mission. 2, if we told him he'd want to stop us because of all the dangers of Mal and whatnot. 3, this is for his benefit and 4, it's somewhat for our benefit as well. All we need to do is just try not to be killed, find Mal and remove her somehow from Cobb's subconscious then it might be a job well done" Arthur explained. Ariadne sat upright. "It's not that simple though. He told me that you can't control your subconscious so how can we expect to grab hold of his subconscious and remove Mal?" she questioned. "That's why I added the somehow" Arthur responded. "And we haven't even begun using the drawing board" Eames pointed to the empty whiteboard. They sighed frustratedly in unison. "If only Yusuf was here to help carry our workload" Eames added.
Speaking of Yusuf, Arthur's phone rang. He picked it out of his jacket pocket and answered "Arthur speaking" There was murmuring coming from the caller then Arthur exclaimed "Yusuf! Where have you been? We've started this mission already. We've been wondering where you've been" Eames and Ariadne looked at Arthur as they heard Yusuf's name. "Wait, I'll put you on speaker" Arthur placed the phone on the table after pressing the speaker button. "Talk to us. I'm with Ariadne and Eames" Eames and Ariadne both greeted Yusuf before he shared his story. "I apologize. I received your memo before but I got bogged down with work. I've had to make medicine for quite a few customers. I'm sorry I've missed the first couple of weeks" Yusuf explained. "It's alright but are you going to come over here or what because we need some inspiration to come up with an idea of a plan for this mission" Eames mentioned. "I'm sorry but I can't leave the shop" Yusuf apologized. "So you're not going to help us?" Arthur questioned. "I'm not that cold Arthur. I read about the mission and all so I've contributed specially for this mission" Yusuf revealed. "What do you mean?" Ariadne asked. Soon enough, a knock on the warehouse door down the hallway echoed. They all looked towards the direction of the knock. Eames stood up holding his gun close and walked towards the hallway. Ariadne and Arthur watched as Eames disappeared into the hallway. "What did you send us?" Arthur inquired. They listened as Eames opened the door. "Delivery from Yusuf.R for Arthur.F" Arthur stood up and walked to see Eames and the delivery person in vision. "Yes, that's me" The delivery person carried it through the hallway in front of Arthur. "If you could sign here" The person requested. Arthur signed the clipboard then the delivery person greeted farewell and left. Ariadne asked again for Arthur. "What did you send us Yusuf?" Arthur carried the package to the table and Eames took his seat again. "Something I've been working on for the past two years and I think I just perfected it. I thought you guys would want to use it" Yusuf answered.
They opened the box to find 2 smaller boxes. "I was only able to make a limited amount but it should be enough" Yusuf added. Arthur took out the 2 smaller boxes and put down the package box on the floor. "Have you opened it yet?" Yusuf enquired. Arthur ripped the sticky tape from the box then opened it. Inside were 3 syringes of grayish substance. "What is it?" Eames asked. "It's a special chemical I've created from a mix of anesthetics and other compounds which would be useful for your mission." The trio waited for Yusuf's explanation to continue. "It can wipe out a memory"