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Limbo Day 1

"Ugh, where am I?"

Arthur looked around. On his right he saw Yusuf and Eames laying in the sand groaning. And on his left side he saw Cobb on the ground muttering obsenities under his breath. Something along the lines of losing their minds in Limbo, and how he's going to go crazy.

Arthur didn't see Ariadne anywhere and he hoped she didn't get trapped in Limbo as well. Ofcourse that was too much to ask for. When he turned around to watch the crystal blue waves crash onto the shore, he saw a dark head pop up from under the waves. The dark head then sunk back under the waves and popped up farther away from the shore. That's when he realised that it was Ariadne and that she was drowning and struggling against the waves.

Arthur jumped to his feet with renewed energy and ran down to the waves to go save her.

"Ariadne! Why is she so far away from the shore?"

Arthur dove into the surprisingly strong waves and saw out to Ariadne. The water was surprisngly deep. When he reached her she was already half drowned and her struggles were getting weaker by the second. He put his arm around her waist ignoring the sparks that flew up his hand at the contact. He dragged her to the shore line and staggered out of the waves and gently put her down on the beach.

"Cobb, what should we do now that we're stuck in Limbo for who knows how long."

Cobb looked genuinley worried and more than a little pissed off. Yusuf looked worried and confused about where they were. And Eames well Eames is Eames, while he looked worried about Ariadne he just had to get in a jab at Arthur.

"My darling, you look like you tried to drown yourself."

"Shut up Eames. Unlike you I actually saved Ariadne instead of sitting on a beach doing nothing but wallow in self pity."

Eames opened his mouth to retort but Cobb cut him off.

"Guys we need to get Ariadne into some shelter and warm her up, her lips are turning blue."

And true to his word Ariadnes lips were turning blue and she was shivering violently and her eyes were starting to look far off into the distance and stare at something that noone could see. Arthur concentrated and made a small house appear out of the ground all the while keeping a stoic expression on his face. He created a small house. It was nothing compared to the magnitued of what Ariadne could create but it was only temporary. Ariadne could create them a bigger and better house when she was feeling up to it. Eames, Yusuf and Cobb stared at him and when Ariadne looked at him he thought he could see a little pride in them. Cobb cleared his throat.

"Um, Arthur I never realised that you were that good at architecture."

His expresionless face never changed, although he never was one to be nervous in the spotlight.

"Ariadne gave me a few lessons and pointers on architecture. It's harder and easier than it looks."

Cobb nodded.

"Come on let's get her inside."

He carried Ariadne who even with her water logged clothes was a lot lighter than he would have expected. She protested to no avail but by the time she stopped arguing they were already in the makeshift house.

When Arthur entered he made more rooms and furnished the house with chairs and beds. Cobb set Ariadne down in one of the rooms on the bed. She immediatley tried to sit up again but Arthur gently pushed her back down.

"You need to rest Ariadne, you almost drowned to death. Besides, we're stuck in Limbo for a while until we find a way out of here."

Ariadne sighed.

"Yeah we might be stuck here for a while."

Some where in the background Cobb coughed. Eames and Yusuf were nowhere to be found. Arthur realised that they had been in their own personal world and that his hand was still on her shoulder. He backed up a little and Cobb smiled a little in amusement.

"Ariadne how do you feel?"

"I feel fine Cobb. Can I get up now?"

Cobb gave her a long look meaning tell me the truth don't lie to me or you will regret it. She sighed again.

"Really, I'm fine."

"Are you in any pain whatsoever?"

"No, now can you please stop hovering and let me up, you're making it hard to breath."

"Fine, but if you're in any pain tell me."

Cobb reluctantly walked out of the room. She really is a part of this team, she's like a favorite niece to me, and I see the way the others treat her like a little sister. Except for Arthur he treats her differently in someway.

Ariadne sat up and looked around nodding taking in the dark wood flooring and the darkly painted walls and sparsley furnished rooms.

"Arthur did you make this house?"

"Yes, how do you know?"

"Well, I did teach you some architecture and I have examined your work. And well it's just so you. Everything is neat and organized and well, the walls are your favorite colors."

She didn't notice Eames standing in the doorway. Eames raised an eyebrow and stared intensley at the couple like he was trying to decide what was going on between the two.

"Arthur, could I talk to you for a moment?"

"Yes Eames?"

"What's going on between you and Ariadne?"

"Nothing, what makes you suspect that?"

"Oh, just the way you two act around eachother."

Arthur started to splutter completely losing the stoic expression on his face. Eames smiled succesfuly.

"Wh-what?"

Arthur sounded completely shocked.

"You don't see it? She is completely enthralled with you and vice versa. Really Arthur as the point man I would have expected you to have noticed by now."

"I think you're reading too much into my and Ariadnes friendship Eames."

With that the point man turned away to rejoin Ariadne. Mean while Cobb walked up behind Eames and examined Arthur and Ariadne. Ariadne was laughing at something Arthur had said and the point man looked somewhat relaxed.

"Do you actually think they're in love with eachother?"

"Yes you can see it in their eyes. Their eyes light up whenever they're around eachother or when some one mentions one of their names. They may just not know if their in love yet. Although why she would fall for that stick-in-the-mud I don't know."

Cobb glared at Eames.

"They do seem to make a good couple. As long as they don't end up..."

"Like Mal. A relationship like that only works if both parties have a sane mind."

Eames said it gently knowing that he was treading on thin ice mentioning Mal. Eames walked away to go find Yusuf leaving Cobb to examine the somewhat happy couple. At least as happy as you could get when you're stuck in Limbo...