The next day the team met at the airport.

"Plane tickets please," the lady said.

"Alright their here somewhere," Arthur said as he dug in his bag. "Oh crap."

Dom said, "I swear Arthur if you forgot them I'm gonna-"

"Here they are!" Arthur said as he handed them over. "Second class. Sorry Dom I don't have the kind of money that Saito has to get us first class."

The five of them walked onto the plane and flew to Gotham. It had been a long ride thinking, planning on what they were gonna do to find Batman and stop the Joker. But they couldn't think of much.

"I heard he only appears at night," Eames said.

"We'll think about it once we get there," Arthur answered.

As the plane docked, they exited, got their bags, and walked through the streets of Gotham discussing their situation and sightseeing.

"Arthur now try making yourself useful," Dom said.

"Ha ha," Arthur said sarcastically.

"Got any leads on where Batman might be?" Dom asked.

"I got one," Arthur spoke on. "Police Commissioner Jim Gordon. He's in charge of the police. He the one who calls Batman to deal with the scum here. He might have contacts with him."

The team went to the police station to find Gordon. Dom walked to the front desk and asked Officer Ramirez if they could see Gordon.

"Yes Ramirez is it? I would like to see Jim Gordon."

"You here on important matters?" she asked.

"Yes you could say that. Matters involving the Joker. You know him right?" Dom said.

Ramirez then looked startled as she said, "One moment please." She walked into the other room and told Gordon about their visitors. "Alright you can come in," she said.

Dom and Arthur walked into the commissioner office carrying a suitcase and the others waited outside.

Dom, Arthur, and Gordon discussed the matter in a coffee shop.

"Hello there Gordon my name is Dom Cobb," Dom introduced himself. "This is Arthur."

"Hello gentleman what are you for?" Gordon said. "Try not to waste my time I got a lot of things tonight."

"This won't take long hopefully," Dom said. "Now I believe the Joker has broken out of Arkham."

"Yes it's a very troubling matter," Gordon said. "I don't how he did it. That place is rock solid."

"I'm afraid the Joker has made a threat to Gotham," Arthur said as he handed Gordon the letter. He read it.

"This is bad," Gordon said. "The people don't know about Harvey Dent. I've kept it under attention for so long. Had to pull a lot of strings to clear Batman's name. Gotham was safe for that time though, but now that the Joker's back I don't think our citizens can take much more of it."

"Who was Harvey Dent by the way?" Dom said.

"I can't tell you guys, I'm going," Gordon said assertively.

"No don't worry me and my friend are not from here. And trust me if there are secrets here you can tell me it's what I specialize in," Dom said.

"Alright." Gordon said. "Harvey Dent was Gotham's former district attorney. He became Gotham's white knight. We all believed him. But then the Joker killed his girl and Harvey went mad. It only took a little push after that. While Harvey was at the hospital the Joker visited him and corrupted him. Disfigured and insane Harvey became a murderer and in the end he died. If Gotham knew this the people would lose their spirits."

"Heavy stuff there," Arthur said.

"Yeah." Gordon said. "But now that the Joker's back I'm afraid Batman might have a harder time now stopping him."

"That's what we came to you to talk about," Dom said.

"I'm afraid the Joker has learned a few new tricks," Arthur told him.

"Yes and we need the Batman's help to stop him," Dom said. "Do you know where he is?"

"You're going against the Joker?" Gordon said. "You're crazier than he is."

"This is too important," Dom said. "The Joker has invaded our business."

"Where's your business," Gordon asked.

"That's the thing," Dom said. "We specialize in a very unique type of business. It's called extraction."

"What's extraction?" Gordon said.

Arthur informatively answered Arthur's question. "When a person is asleep they dream, right? The architect creates the world of the dream. Now we put another person, the subject, into that dream and they fill it with their secrets. As extractors it's our job to steal those secrets."

"You guys are here to steal my secrets?" Gordon said as he stood up and pulled a gun on them.

"No." Dom answered as he stood up. "You see I'm afraid the Joker has become an extractor."

"What?" Gordon said as he put his gun down.

"Joker now has the ability to go into people's dreams and steal their secrets," Arthur said.

"This is not good," Gordon said.

"It's gets worse," Arthur said. "With the Joker's insane nature he'll soon be able to figure out the opposite… Inception."

"You mean instead of stealing a person's secrets he puts a new one in their mind?" Gordon asked.

"Correct," Dom said. "If implanted in a mind, that simple idea can grow like a parasite. And considering the Joker, that idea can destroy that person from the inside out."

"If the Joker could implant the truth of Harvey Dent into person's mind that person would break," Gordon said.

"That's what we came to you for Gordon," Dom said. "It would take the most skilled extractor to stop a maniac like the Joker. Lucky for you I am the most skilled extractor."

"Good luck," Gordon said. "The Joker had the people of Gotham cowering under his fingertips a few years ago. Only Batman could stop him. We need to act fast if we need to stop him. Let's get to my car."

"Your car's not here," Dom said.

"What are you talking about?" Gordon said.

"Try look outside," Arthur said.

Gordon walked to the window and peeked outside into the rainy night street to see the streets completely clear.

"I don't get it," Gordon said. "How did we get here then?" He asked them.

"That's a good question. Can you remember how did we get here?" Dom said.

Gordon thought to himself and realized what was going on. "No way," he said.

"You're dreaming," Dom said.

Just then Gordon closed his eyes and woke up in his commissioner office. He lifted his head up. Then Dom and Arthur also woke up from their sleep. They were sitting in the two chairs in front of Gordon's desk. Gordon noticed he was hooked up to a suitcase so he took off the wire.

"That was weird," Gordon said. "I was dreaming."

"Yeah," Arthur said. "Remember dreams feel real while we're in them. When you wake up then you realize something was actually strange."

"We came here to ask you to help us find Batman," Dom said. "Do you know where he is?"

"No," Gordon said. "But I know how to call him."

The three of them went to the roof. Gordon showed them the new Bat-signal.

"This gentlemen is the Bat-signal," Gordon said. "It's what I use to bring Batman here."

"A spotlight with a bat on it how original," Arthur said.

"Heh, you just wait," Gordon said. "He'll be here in a flash."

The three of them waited for about five minutes.

"He's not here yet Gordon," Dom said.

"He's probably busy," Gordon answered. And he was right.