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"I'm glad you got your sedatives in." Eames griped to Yusuf.

"Why is that?"

"Because now you will bloody shut up about it."

"Eames, what is your problem?" Cobb asked.

"Nothing a good drink won't cure." Eames grumbled as he grabbed his coat and walked out.

"Geez Eames. Watch where you're going." Ariadne fussed when he ran smack into her.

"Sorry." He mumbled.

"Hey, what's wrong? You've been more belligerent then usual."

"You would think I'm crazy." He admitted. He felt vulnerable. Nothing else was working for him. Not even his nightly drinks.

"I've seen some pretty crazy stuff lately." She laughed.

"I, I can't." He shrugged it off. She could tell something was wrong. He wasn't himself.

"Can't or won't?"

He didn't say anything. He started walking away.

"It's Cassie isn't it?"

He stopped.

"Your behavior changed after you saw her that day."

"The least she could have done was to pretend she was glad to see me. Maybe it was too much to ask for. I can't dream anymore, but I still imagine I'm with her. She's the most important thing that ever happened to me. And I left her."

"But, you thought…"

"It doesn't matter what I thought. I still left her."

"Eames, I'm sorry."

"It's not your fault darling." He smiled and walked away.

"What's eating him?" Arthur asked.

"Cassie."

"I thought so." He wrapped his arms around her.

"I'm worried about him Arthur."

"He'll be fine." Arthur kissed her.

"Be nice Arthur."

"Oh come on, being a little lovesick is liable to do him some good."

"And do you think it would do you some good?" She teased.

"Uh, no." He blushed.

"That's what I thought."

"What do you want me to do?"

"I don't know yet." She pulled him in for a kiss.

"So tell me what happened that day." Cobb looked at Cassie across the table.

"I died. At first I thought it was a dream, and I would wake up. Then I realized that I had woken up, and then was shot."

"What do you remember?"

"Voices. Noises. A lot of pain. I must have been shot at least 3 or 4 times."

"Six. It was six times." He said staring at the table.

"Oh. Okay. I didn't know how many. Not long after that I was in limbo." Somehow knowing the exact number of shots didn't make her feel better.

"But you weren't in a dream state."

"I know, but I felt like I was in limbo. Then the next thing I knew I woke up in a hospital room. Three days had gone by. They decided to save me. They ran all these blood tests to find out who I was. They discovered I was pregnant so they let me live. On one condition."

"What was that?"

"That I never try to track down my former team. If I did, they would kill you all, and make me watch." Tears welled in her eyes.

"Who was it?" Cobb asked casually.

"Cokeley." She whispered. Cobb looked up and swore under his breath.

"So that's who we're up against."

"Yeah."

"We wouldn't have let them kill us, or hurt you." Cobb smiled.

"How can you be so sure?" She looked up when the door blew open all by itself. A chill ran down her spine. "What have you done?"

"What do you mean?"

"We're dreaming aren't we?"

"Are we?"

Ariadne walked in the back room to find Eames, and saw Yusuf monitoring Cobb and Cassie both hooked up to the machine.

"What have you done?" She screamed.

"What do you mean?"

"She can't go under. The people who saved her put a chip under her skin. They'll find you all and kill you! I'm going in."

"No. Ariadne wait!" He said.

"No." She put the needle in her arm, and went to sleep.

"What is going on? Eames asked.

"She was screaming that I did something wrong. I can't concentrate when people are yelling at me!"

"She went in?"

"Yeah, it won't be easy to find them. Cobb, and Cassie are down deep.

"I'm going in after Ariadne. She doesn't need to be down there by herself." He sat in the chair next to her, and put the needle in his arm.

Eames found Ariadne sitting under an awning. It was windy and pouring rain. She had her arms around her knees and was rocking herself. She looked like a scared little girl.

"Come on, what say you we get out of the rain?" He held out his hand. She nodded. He helped her up. She threw her arms around his neck and burst into tears.

"What's this?" He hugged her.

"Cobb wasn't supposed to bring Cassie here. The people that saved her, they implanted a chip in her wrist. So that they could find her if she ever came here. Then they would know that she found her team."

"I don't understand."

"The reason she didn't come find you wasn't because she didn't want to. It was because if she did, they would kill you. All of you."

Eames didn't say anything. He just nodded. They looked up and saw people coming towards them. He turned his back to them, and gave Ariadne a quick kiss. It worked – the projections kept walking. "Come on love, oh, and it's best we don't tell Arthur about this." He winked. She rolled her eyes.

Ariadne knew they must have been walking for hours. Had to have been. The weather was only getting worse. She sneezed and shivered. Eames looked down at her concerned.

"Don't you get sick. 'Cause if you do Arthur will never forgive me." He joked.

"Okay. How much longer do we have to go?"

"I don't know. Yusuf said they were in deep."

"Do you think she knows?"

"We would have found them already." He looked at her. She looked exhausted. "Want me to carry you?"

"No, I'll be alright." She stopped and squinted. "There." She pointed. "That's where they are." She started running toward them.

"Ariadne, stop!" Eames ran after her. If she interrupted them Cassie might realize it's a dream and then they'd all be in trouble.

"Cassie!" Ariadne burst through the door.

"Ariadne? What are you doing here?" Cassie asked calmly. Ariadne realized she was out of place. The restaurant was full of Cassie's projections. They all stopped and looked at her.

"Sorry, I've just been running around in the rain looking for you."

"I see that. Forget your umbrella?" She raised an eyebrow. She almost knew she was dreaming. Almost. It was everything she could do to keep her subconscious in check. Out of the corner of her eye she saw Eames standing outside. Her heart jumped into her chest. The projections were getting restless. She handed Ariadne a note. "I forgot to give you my list so you could run my errands for me."

"Uh, yeah." Ariadne acted put out.

"I'm so sorry." Cassie smiled. Ariadne glanced at Cobb who hadn't said anything. Still nothing.

"I'll get right on these." She backed away from the table and walked back outside. She and Eames walked around the side of the building where they couldn't be seen. She unfolded the piece of paper. Cassie had written her a note. "Ariadne, If you're reading this then it is too late to save me. I need you to do just one thing for me. I need you to get Joella. Keep her safe. And run! You must run Ariadne because they will never stop looking for both of you. Take care of my baby. Please. You are the closest thing to family that she has. Tell her everyday that I love her and that one day I will come back to her. One more thing. You should tell him. I was going to today, but I don't think I will be waking up anytime soon. He needs to know. Tell him I love him, and that I'm sorry." Cassie. Ariadne folded the paper.

"We have to go."

"Alright." He seemed to understand without her having to explain that Cassie was barely able to hold the dream together. Hopefully Cobb got the information he needed.

"Arrrrr-thurrrr. I'm hungry." Joella whined. Miles had called Ariadne to come pick up Joella, and since Ariadne was dreaming that left Arthur.

"Miles said he fed you lunch." He looked at her sternly.

"Yeah, but it's snack time." She said sheepishly. Arthur rolled his eyes. He never liked being around kids. Although if he had to admit it – this one was growing on him.

"I'll get you something when we're done here. After Ariadne wakes up."

"So they're sleeping?" She slid off the desk. She walked over to Ariadne and lifted up her eyelid. "That looks creepy." She shuddered. She did the same to Eames, Cobb, and Cassie.

"Joella, leave them alone." Arthur sighed.

"By the way, Ariadne said you have pretty eyes." She grinned. Arthur blushed.

"She told you that?"

"Well, she said it in her sleep."

"You watch people when their sleeping don't you?" He raised an eyebrow. The little girl just laughed. Yusuf laughed too. "Don't encourage her." Arthur warned.

"It's time for Ariadne and Eames to wake up." Yusuf said as he started the music. Ariadne woke up first. She went over to Cassie and took the note from her hand. The same note that Ariadne had read in the dream. She sighed, and rubbed her face with her hands. She didn't want to be the one to tell him.

"Hi Ariadne." Joella waved. She was eating trail mix that Arthur found for her and listening to classical music to keep her quiet.

"Hey, what are you doing here?"

"Miles had to go somewhere, and since you were sleeping Arthur was nice enough to come get me." She said loudly over her music.

"That was very nice of him." She kissed Arthur's cheek and handed him the note. About that time Eames woke up.

"Ariadne would you please tell me what is going on?" The sedative had made him dizzy. He glanced over at the desk and saw Joella eating his trail mix. "Who's that?" He asked.

"She's Cassie's daughter."

"What's her name?"

"I think you already know. Don't you?" She smiled.

He nodded and walked over to her. He tapped her headphones. She took them off and looked up at him. It was like looking in a mirror. "Hi." She smiled.

"You ate my trail mix." "What the Hell was that Eames?" He kicked did he even say that? He was nervous. Surely she knew who he was. She wouldn't care if he was nervous.

"Oh, oops!" She giggled. "Well, Arthur gave it to me. It was snack time, and I was hungry." She smiled. She seemed like she was a happy child.

"Thanks for bringing me into it." Arthur said. Ariadne elbowed him.

"Know what I think?" Joella asked Eames completely ignoring Arthur.

"What's that?"

"I think I have your eyes." She said staring intently at him.

"I think you do too." He picked her up and hugged her.

"I found you." She giggled and kissed his cheek. "Did you know about me?"

"No. I didn't." He frowned. He wished that he had.

"Mommy said you were hard to find."

"We talked about having a kid. I told her if we ever had a little girl I wanted to name her Joella."

"That's my name!" She squealed with delight.

"Did she ever say anything about me?"

"Not much. She told me one time that she never got a chance to tell you about me. When is she going to wake up?"

"Soon." He smiled.

"What do you mean she won't wake up?" Eames asked. He glanced down at Joella who was sleeping in his lap. "Because of the chip?"

"No, they gave her something that would react with any sedative once it was introduced into her body. She knew if she went under she would never wake up. She'll be in limbo." Ariadne said.

"How long?"

"Until we get her out." Arthur said. "Cobb is still in there. Maybe he can bring her out."

"And what if he can't?" Eames raised his voice. Joella stirred.

"I'll go in after both of them." Arthur said.

"Arthur, you can't. It's not safe." She pleaded. She grabbed his hands.

"Why do you get to be the hero Arthur?" Eames was sounding like his old self.

"Well, I, uh, I don't know." Arthur stammered.

"You have your woman." He grinned. Arthur and Ariadne blushed. "Give me a shot to get mine back. I lost her once. I can't lose her again. I'm not leaving her. I'll stay by her side until she wakes up."

"Goodnight Joella." Eames kissed her forehead.

"Goodnight Daddy." She yawned.

"Call if you need anything." Arthur told him.

"Try not to miss me darling." He winked.

Ariadne carried Joella down the hall to her room. "Goodnight baby." She whispered. She closed the door and walked to the living room. Arthur had loosened his tie and was standing over the kitchen counter.

"Is she still asleep?" He looked exhausted. Ariadne nodded. "Good. You should get some sleep." He kissed her forehead. "I'll stop by in the morning." He turned to leave.

"Will you stay here tonight?" She touched his arm. "Cassie did laundry this morning so all the sheets are clean. I just don't want to stay here alone tonight."

"I'll stay." He whispered.

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