The last time I updated was the day before I went back to school so I then went to school and that is why I haven't been updating because I have unfortunately been in school. I wont get out until June so please be patient with updates and try to stick with me :] thank you for all the support I know that even though you haven't been reviewing a lot of you have been favoriting and adding this to your story alerts and for that I thank you all :]
"Arthur, come with me," Abbey pulled on Arthur's arm leading him away from Ariadne. She didn't even bother glancing at her, she knew that she was probably immediately jealous and that was a plus for her.
"Did you sleep with her last night?" she demanded, anger and hurt in her voice.
"Yes… Abbey I thought we decided that we weren't going to be involved like that. I thought you would be happy for you…"
"You can be so stupid sometimes," she whispered.
"Arthur I…" she couldn't even bring herself to finish her own words.
"I am sorry Abbey, but you knew that whole time I loved Ariadne. I wasn't just going to leave her for you!" he answered fiercely staring into her green eyes.
"Well… you made a wrong choice…" she whispered.
"What are you talking about?" he demanded.
"I know that you found out about Julie. I need to make sure you don't go and tell the others about our plan. Because of you we need to move it up to today."
"Move what up to today" he was barely aware that there were other people.
"You will see." She said angrily.
The elevator doors slid shut with a small ding. Only Eames was left.
"I will see. What the hell do you mean? I will see?" he asked angrily. He was hurt too. This whole time he trusted her. They were best friends, he thought that she knew that as well. This whole time she was just a scout for Julie.
"I am a chemist don't get me wrong," she said almost reading his mind, "I just want to be the only one. I need the money Arthur."
"You greedy…"
"Whoa there, no need to get angry. You were offered the same thing… and took it so I am told." She said with a sly smile.
"That is not true. I was just deceiving her."
"Typical," Abbey rolled her eyes, "You could have been great Arthur… but now I am going to have to kill you…." She sighed.
"What was that?" Eames looked over. He must have not heard the entire conversation but hearing the words kill and you in the same sentence was never good.
"Shut up," Abbey said narrowing her eyes. She pulled a gun out of its holding place on her belt. At the same time they both went for theirs but found they were empty. She smiled, "I am a wonderful pickpocket."
"What do you want?" Eames asked more annoyed than afraid.
"Nothing… but perhaps Arthur will explain," she said.
"Don't dare move," she was grinning a scary false smile. Arthur could see she wasn't really happy though. Sadness flowed through her green eyes as tears dripped down her face. She truly did love him, but he didn't feel the same way. Now she had to chose.
"Julie will be here in less than an hour… you better get going," she lowered the gun. Eames glanced at Arthur. Eames ran to the elevator and pushed the button as many times as he could. Arthur moved forwards taking Abbey by the hand, "Thank you."
"Get out of here now… before I change my mind." He nodded and moved to the elevator. He did believe her. The doors opened again. Eames and Arthur got inside and quickly shut the doors.
"What the bloody hell was that?" Eames screamed at the top of his lungs.
"I… ah…"
"Arthur… you need to stop banging your co-workers, Casa Nova. It's just not professional." He said with a shake of the head.
"Eames… I… I am not…"
Eames' had that same smug smile he always had when he knew that he was right. It bothered Arthur. Eames shook his head and stopped the elevator on the fifth floor.
"What are you doing?" Arthur asked.
"Well, I need another gun… don't you? Plus its safer to take the stairs," he said as he got off. Annoyed Arthur followed. He was right, Julie would be back and it was best to be armed at all times, he had learned that the hard way.
"So do you want me to tell me all about this Julia thing?" he said, "Is that another girlfriend of yours?"
"NO!" Arthur snapped angrily. Eames got into the room and went to his back. He zipped it open and instead of a suitcase full of clothing, it was full of guns. Of course, Eames would. He offered it and Arthur went over and took one. They didn't have much time. So Arthur began explaining. He told him about how he had worked with Julie before and that was how he recognized her and he told him about how they planned to wipe their memory completely so that they couldn't do their jobs.
"We need to get out of here," was his only response. As if that weren't obvious. Arthur bit back his tongue and they headed out. The elevator was obvious. They would have to take the stairs. They ran to the back emergency exit and pushed their way through. Down and down the steps.
They came out into the lobby, not where they expected but it was better than an unfamiliar hallway. They started to run for the door when a blonde woman in a tight black dress entered. With her she brought a burly looking man in a tight tee shirt and a young looking one who wore glasses and was fiddling with a device that neither of them had seen before. The group looked odd but Arthur and Eames knew why they were there. Arthur held up his hand to hold Eames back. Like Ariadne had said, they couldn't just go and shoot people in real life.
They began walking towards the elevators, perfect timing. The two made a run for the door. He wasn't exactly sure what made her see him when she had her back facing towards them but what was luck in this business? In seconds they heard the man scream, "HEY!"
They ran faster. Out onto the streets. Arthur cursed himself for a moment. He had only gone over the map of London ten times, if he had done it more he could have memorized the back alleyway entrances and such. As they ran past the people Arthur couldn't help but feel bad. If one of them was shot, it wasn't like they didn't have a life and a family to get home to. They were actual people. Shots however still rang out.
Eames led the way. Every once in a while they would shoot back but for now it was unnecessary. There were too many people for the men to shoot at them. They would miss every time. They ran along the streets, it was a nice day, though they had predicted it was going to snow. The first time of the winter season it would snow. But for now there didn't seem to be any snow.
"This way!" He could hear Eames say over his shoulder. Arthur followed quickly. They turned into an alley and hurried into the backdoor of a building. Unfortunately it must have been someone's shop because they ended up in a candy store. Small kids ran about looking at the different sweets that were on the shelves and under boxes. They headed for the back and ducked down into a closet.
"What are you doing?" Eames asked out of breath as Arthur took out his phone.
"I have to warn Ari." He said simply. Even in the dark he could see Eames roll his eyes.
"They did go in here!" the voice came into the store, yelling. Kids screamed and the sounds of running and the door opening and closing all blurred together.
"We don't know what you want!" one of the owners must have stayed.
"Did you see two men come by here?" the voice demanded.
"Emergency, don't talk just create a distraction and get out of there now…They know…" Eames grabbed the phone away from him.
"I wasn't finished!" Arthur said in a hiss. Eames rolled his eyes once more and waited in the silence. The door swung open. Instinctively they both held their guns up, ready to shoot but the other one was too quick. They weren't standing there. They stood away back and shot. As the bullets hit them they realized they weren't real bullets they had a tazer gun.
….
When Arthur awoke he was in a room that he didn't recognize. Chains were tied around his wrists and ankles. It was the same type of chains that people had used to use on slaves. There was barely any light except for a few beams that came through a small window not big enough for a cat to slip through. The smell was worse than anything that had ever been smelt. It smelled like rotting flesh, rotting food, mold and the worst, excrement. Arthur looked around. Next to him lay Eames, he seemed to be waking up as well. There were others in the room as well but they all seemed to be sleeping.
"Arthur… Eames… my god is that you?"
"Yusuf?" Eames squinted in the horrible light.
"Yusuf!" Arthur cried. The sound of chains and someone struggling were clear as he came closer into the light. They were both horrified and shocked to see him. His curly black hair was gross and flattened. His skin was wet from sweat and blood. His cloths were almost rags and he looked like he had been there for a while.
"Where are we?" Eames demanded.
"I am not one hundred percent sure… but we figure… we're either in limbo… or just a dream. They might be waking us up and then putting us back under… I am not sure." He said uncertain. His glasses were gone making him squint even more.
"They are going to wipe our memories." Arthur said trying to pull on the chains.
"I know… and don't even try… there is no use… we have tried everything," the chemist said defeated.
"I would rather have them wipe my memory than kill me," Eames said quietly. Their talking seemed to be waking everyone up. Horror filled Arthur as he realized who these people were. Most were people he had worked with before, old friends and colleagues. They were all a part of the dream. Extractors, architects, chemists, forgers even. The other people must have been point men because he didn't know all of them.
"Arthur, Eames." Everyone in the room seemed to recognize each other, like they had at least worked with each other at one point in their dream career.
"Oh shit!" Arthur hissed.
"What is it now?" Eames demanded.
"They are going to get Ariadne…" he said, looking around at some of the architects he had worked with. There were very few woman in the room but he knew the ones that were and them looking so horrible made Arthur feel even worse about bring Ariadne into this.
"ALL RIGHT!" a voice echoed through the room. Everyone looked around, scared of what was going to happen. The wall began to break away, it was definitely a dream. Light flooded into the room and some of the people began to scream at it. They had been locked away for so long.
"We have the last team that could get in the way. It's time for this to all just become a nightmare." The wall opened up to show that they were high up, not in a basement at all. They must have been on the top floor of a high skyscraper. They all looked out. A ruined city stretched out below them. All the buildings looked tiny but the way everyone gasped he knew that they were very tall buildings and they were simply on the tallest.
Julie was in the room with them, in the very center. She held two people by the shoulders and threw them onto the ground.
"Ariadne!" Arthur called out. The architect was unconscious though.
"The second you jump and die… you will wake up knowing nothing about this job. You can go on with your life as it should have been. Thanks to a brilliant chemist." She said. Arthur clenched his teeth, Abbey. With that Julie ran and jumped off the building. She obviously hadn't taken whatever it was they had forced to take all the people. There had to be more than a hundred of them in the room, and as bad as it was, no one wanted to jump.
"Ariadne please wake up," Arthur was too busy to really think about it. No one wanted to die. Suddenly the dream began collapsing. No matter what they were going to die. Eames tried to get Cobb up as well.
"Ari please." Arthur shook her.
"Arthur?" she opened her eyes slightly.
Suddenly the other wall fell over. A storm came in. The ceiling was coming down. It fell and the lucky ones were waking up. People began to climb over the edge and make their way down, but no one would be able to survive a collapsing dream.
"It's over," he said softly.
"What?" she demanded looking up.
"The second we wake up from this nightmare… we won't remember a thing about our dreams…" he said.
"I won't remember you?" she asked. He shook his head. Tears were forming in her eyes.
"This is all Abbey's fault," she muttered.
"I know… I'm sorry," he said, still ignoring the people all around them. Screams and yelling as they shouted goodbyes, hoping to remember each other. Cobb was waking up as well. There weren't many left. In fact it was just them now. Yusuf, Cobb, Eames, Arthur and Ariadne. The Inception team.
"Good luck to you. I am ready to forget this. We will remember about our jobs… one day," Yusuf said looking over the edge.
"Goodbye," Eames said noting that Cobb wasn't going to wake up. He grabbed him by the shirt and pulled him over the edge with him. Yusuf followed. That left them. The ceiling was gone now, blown away by the horrible wind that was pushing them closer towards the edge.
"Just remember me Arthur. Remember that I love you." She said as the wind picked up to a violent gust. He nodded and repeated the words, "I love you." They pressed their lips together and pulled each other into a hug. Then they took each other's hands, ready to wake up. The floor began to fall in. They fell and fell and fell for what was hours. They refused to let go and as they hit the ground. It was over.
DUN DUN DUN! Yeah epic right? Well I promise to update as soon as I can. I just need to update one of my other stories and I'll get working on it kk? YEAH! Don't worry by the end I WILL MAKE THEM… well I am not going to spoil the story for you :] heehee Just remember it's not over till the fat lady sings… and since there is no fat lady then… it won't be over for a while…
