FAN REQUEST!
Arthur saves Ariadne from an abusive relationship. WARNING EROTICA in BDSM flash backs that do not involve Arthur! You have been warned!
So, as many of you know, I'm NOT a fan of "Twilight" or it's even it's inbred, cousin "Fifty Shades" which is only okay in the world of erotica and down right creepy in the world of romance. I found Christian, like Edward, way too controlling.
I would read the first book and I couldn't believe that Anna put up with that jerk. There is a difference between a strong man and a controlling dick. A strong, protective, authoritative man, like Arthur, is sexy as shit. A controlling dick isn't.
When a guy controls who your friends are, that's not good. When he tells you you can't go somewhere or do something because he is jealous you're not with him, that's a problem and it's time to get a new man. If you think you cant find a new man, trust me you can. Because if a guy is that possessive, it's because he knows you can do better and he is scared of losing you.
So I wrote this as a Fifty Shades/Inception cross over type of thing. I know it might not be to everyone's taste. Personally, I think Ariadne is WAY too smart to have gotten involved in an abusive relationship, so I made her very young when it started.
I've always like the men of Inception because they treat their women so well. Cobb loved Mal to the point he worshiped her like a Goddess. Awesome. And the other men treated Ariadne like a member of the Team. Again, awesome.
I have friends who are into the BDSM life and they are very upset with the "Fifty Shades" books because it doesn't describe their life style at all. I'm made to understand that BDSM is more of a game like role play. Not one where a contract has to be laid down in Fifty.
1.
~ Ariadne sat trembling in her chair. Cobb sat across from her. His posture relaxed as he rested his elbows on his knees. His sharp blue eyes looking at her concerned. His face, kind as always.
"How did this all start, Ariadne?" The Extractor asked gently.
The Architect tried not to cry. She pushed back the painful bubble of emotion that threatened to spring out of her mouth and reduce her to a blubbering mess of tears and long pent up feelings.
"Is your name even Ariadne?" The Point Man asked gruffly.
The Architect looked up at Arthur in shock. How much did he really know about her? She had been living a lie for so long now, how much had she let slip? How much did he find out on his own?
"My real name is Anna." She whispered looking at her hands.
Yuseff looked worriedly from Cobb to Arthur. It had been the Chemist who had noticed the bruises when he went to pull out the needle from the PSAV device. The gentlemanly chemist immediately telling Cobb as the Extractor examined the bruises on her arm while she was just coming out of the dream. Arthur waking up by her side and looked murderous at the sight of the obvious hand print on her normally pristine skin.
She couldn't lie about it anymore. She couldn't say she fell or was clumsy. The bruises were of a man's hand on her arm. A man who had grabbed her so firmly he had left his mark in black and blue.
Christian once told her he liked leaving his mark on her.
"Anna?" Arthur whispered in shock.
"Ariadne." Cobb said sitting up straighter. The Extractor using the name he always knew her as. A protective and kind thing to do. "When did Christian Tate find you?"
"Last week." Ariadne said brushing off tears from her eyes.
"And he started beating you up again?" Arthur growled.
Ariadne shook her head.
"It wasn't like that. It wasn't like that at first." She started to cry again. She couldn't help it.
How could she have been so stupid?
"How did it start?" Cobb asked as Yuseff looked scared and Arthur looked angry. The Point Man not understanding how he was like so like Christian Tate and yet so drastically different.
"I was 19 years old. I was in in school when I met him. He was this handsome billionaire as you know. When he started to call me, pursue me, I was so flattered. I had never even had a boyfriend before. He said he liked the fact I was so... innocent." Ariadne admitted.
Arthur looked like he might be sick with rage. His handsome face distorted by a scowl that made him look dangerous.
"How did the abuse start?" Cobb asked.
"Cobb, it didn't start as abuse! He told me he loved me." Ariadne pleaded. Making excuses for the man who hurt her. "He did love me!" She cried.
The men around her let her collect herself. Men who had had never hurt her or said an unkind word to her. Who never took decisions away from her, stalked her, told her what to do, how to dress or even who she could talk to. Arthur never once prevented her from going out with friends because he "loved" her.
"I'm sorry." Ariadne whispered.
She took a deep breath.
"He was the subject of a news article a friend of mine was doing. I was taking pictures. He asked me out. Made special trips to Portland to see me. He... he had always been really bossy. But he is CEO of his own company, I thought that was how they all act. I was attracted to him being so in charge. He would send me expensive gifts all the time. Computers, jewelery, rare books. He would take me out on amazing vacations. The whole time, he became a little more controlling. A little more possessive." She whispered sadly.
Arthur stepped away slightly. His hands going to his pockets.
"Soon, he didn't want me to live with my roommate. He wanted me to live with him. Then, I wasn't allowed to see my friends anymore. He said they were bad for me. He didn't want me to go to school or work. He said he wanted to marry me and... he told me he loved me... and I believed it. He didn't want me to leave his pent house. He bought clothes for me to wear and I had to wear what he picked out. He wouldn't even let me have a cell phone. He had his security make sure I wouldn't leave the building."
"What happened if you tried to leave? Or broke one of his rules?" Arthur growled.
Ariadne shook her head and didn't look at him.
"I had never dated before. I thought that was what you did when you loved someone." She said. "Then, I realized I could never leave. He had me trapped. I had no education, no money of my own. He's so rich and connected, I knew he could find me anywhere." She admitted.
"How did you escape?" Cobb asked gently.
"Mac." She said. A faint smile coming to her face. "He always liked me, but he was Christian's right hand man. His ex- Navy Seal body guard that was always around. He knew what was happening and he helped me to get away. We sold every piece of jewelery Christian gave me, every $10,000 dress." She laughed bitterly.
Arthur looked ready to kill as Cobb nodded for her to continue.
"Mac bought me a new identity through his own connections. He knew Christian would hunt me down as long as he still thought I was alive. I could never really escape him and keep my own name. He helped me fake my death. I asked Christian to take me on a sailing trip to Greece. I made it look like suicide. I went to the bow of the ship where he was sure to see me. I tied free weights from the gym to me he had on board, made sure he saw me, and I jumped into the water. I almost drowned, but Mac had a friend of his waiting in the water for me. He helped me out of the weights, had a diving tank." She said. Still in shock over what she had done to escape.
"We swam underwater for five miles and since my body was never found, Christian assumed I had drowned. The authorities were paid off by Mac to say my body was most likely lost in the rip tide." She said simply. "There couldn't be a body of course. Could never be any doubt that I had drowned. I always told Christian I couldn't even swim and he knew I had been depressed over..." She bit her lip hard and shook her head.
"Your family?" Cobb asked.
Ariadne shook her head.
"I haven't contacted them in over 3 years now. Not since I faked my death. They never knew what Christian was really like. How could I tell them I had been so stupid? Falling for a guy who hurts me. They were so happy I had landed such a successful man." She laughed bitterly. "I tried to make my mother understand once, but she told me not to mess up a good thing."
Arthur looked at his shoes as Cobb nodded for her to continue.
"Mac's friend hid me. I left the country a week later and came to Paris. With a new name, I started to pick up where I left off. I even had plastic surgery to change my face. I've always been afraid Christian will come to Paris and recognize me on the street."
"When did he find you?" Arthur asked curtly.
"A few days ago. He had Mac with him, I don't think he ever even suspected his own body guard helped me." Ariadne said.
"Did he try to make you leave with him?" Arthur demanded harshly.
Ariadne sat back. Her survival instincts kicking in. Sometimes Christian would demand information from her in just the same way.
"He's been able to track my cell phone. He's been following me. He knows I'm here and most likely knows about all of you. He would spare no expense when it comes to getting what he wants." She explained.
"What he thinks is his." Arthur grumbled.
"He tracked your cell phone?" Cobb asked in disbelief.
Ariadne nodded.
"I switched phones and numbers, but I'm sure that didn't even slow him down. When he first started to date me, he tracked my phone. Always to make sure I was alright. It's like he knew my every move." She said sadly.
"We have to alert the police. He's stalking you. Hurting you." Cobb told the Team.
"Tell the police what?" Arthur asked.
The Point Man looked at the Architect.
"That a woman under a false identity has been living in this country for three years? That she faked her death in another country to defraud the government there as well as the government of her homeland? Cobb, that's a whole mess we can't be connected to." Arthur said shaking his head.
"I don't expect you to help me." Ariadne said soberly. "I should have never lied to you. It's just, I was living this lie for so long, I didn't know how to tell you the truth.
"Ariadne." Arthur growled. His voice that anger she so often saw directed at Eames or Cobb when the mission went bad. A tone he never used on her.
"Were not going to let that insecure little bitch hurt you or take you anywhere. We just have to handle this... privately." The Point Man explained.