Hey guys. Sorry it has been a few days. School has been crazy and is only going to get crazier as the end of the year comes close. It is short but i like the cliffhanger (hint hint hint...) Also, thank you too Legal-Assassin-006 for being the only one to give me ideas of what will happen in limbo... PLEASE HELP!
~Leah
She woke up to the warmth of light on her face. Why was there light? She never sleeps with the blinds open. She put her hands to her head; she had a massive headache. It took her a few minutes to fully wake up. She squinted and looked around at her surroundings. This obviously wasn't her room. The walls were a different color and the layout was wrong. Then she felt the arm around her waist. She looked over, not finding whom she expected. It was Arthur. She was still in her clothes. What had happened last night?
She would ask Arthur when he woke up, but for now, she settled on watching him sleep. He looked so, relaxed. His jaw muscles weren't clenched, he had a slight smile on his face, and his hair was sticking out in every direction possible. He was cute when he slept, though she would never tell him that. If she did he would probably sleep with his hair slicked back and in a suit and tie. Her thoughts snapped back to the reason she was here.
She brushed a loose strand of hair off of his face. He stirred. He blinked then focused on her. He smiled.
"How long have you been awake?" he asked.
"Only a few minutes," she replied, stroking his face, "My problem is though, I don't remember how I got here."
He laughed, "Do you really want to know?"
"Is it that bad?" she was worried now. What did she do?
"Well you got drunk as hell,"
"And?" the suspense was killing her. Arthur wouldn't be acting like this if it weren't bad.
"You may have let the fact that you loved both me and Eames slip out on front of him then he walked out angrily," he admitted
Ariadne gasped. Little tidbits of the night came flooding back to her, "shit, shit, shit, shit, shit."
"Whoa there Ariadne," Arthur commented. She just glared. This was not how she wanted him to find out, especially since she chose Arthur. She loved them both, she really did, but Eames was more like a brother, Arthur was her second half. She laughed, she never thought that she would feel this way, especially after what Mal said, but she knew now that wasn't true. Arthur gave her an odd look. She shook her head. It was Cobb's secret to tell, not hers. Was Cobb with Mal now? She could only guess.
There were so many thoughts about Cobb swirling around in her head. What if they couldn't find him? What if he woke up and didn't remember them, his job, or himself? These questions scared her but she didn't want to think about them now. Getting Cobb back is all that matters. She cuddled up to Arthur and buried her face in his chest. He held her close. She breathed deeply. She knew that they have to go now. They have to get Cobb.
"Ariadne we…" Arthur began but Ariadne was already getting out of the bed.
"I know. We need to go get Cobb. Please don't say anything to Eames. I have a feeling that he is going to be waiting there for us and I want to talk to him ALONE after everything is sorted," Arthur nodded. Ariadne nodded back and started pulling on her clothes from yesterday. No one would care right? They were going to be under for a long time and no one else besides them was going to see her.
Arthur got into a black three-piece suit. They walked out of the room together. It only took them a minute or two to get to room 528. She was right, he was already there. He was looking intently down at the PASIV with a sad look on his face. Ariadne knew why but she knew she couldn't talk about it know. They had to go get Cobb.
Arthur sensed this too and just got right down to business, "Okay who is going to go under with Ariadne?"
"I will," Eames said immediately. On the inside she was secretly glad. She knew that this would probably be the last time she ever saw him, and this gave her the chance to talk to him. It wasn't the ideal time but this was her only chance. Arthur gave her a worried look but she shook her head at him. She wanted Eames to go down with her. She was also more likely to come back. Arthur checked the PASIV twice over then motioned for them to sit down. Ariadne and Eames took seats across from each other.
Arthur took an IV and put it in her wrist, "Come back to me,"
"Always," she brushed her hand across his cheek, and then leaned back into the chair. Eames nodded at him signaling that he was ready.
"Three. Two. One." Arthur counted down. The last thing that Ariadne saw was Cobb's lifeless body.
She opened her eyes. She was standing on the edge of the platform of the start of her stairs dream. Eames was the dreamer, not her. The next thing she knew she was free falling. What the hell just happened? She managed to flip herself over in the air and looked up. Eames was looking down at her with haunted eyes. The next thing she knew, a set of stairs was breaking her fall. She hit the edge and heard a crack then kept falling. She hit another set of stairs but stopped this time. She couldn't move anything. The crack she heard was probably her back. Eames was there in seemingly seconds even though she knew it wasn't. His eyes were even more haunted than before, even red rimmed. She could only gasp. Then he took out a gun, and shot her in the head.
She woke up coughing. Her lungs were filled with salt water. She coughed reflexively trying to get it out. When she was finally able to sit up, Eames was looking down at her with his hand out. She took it and he helped her up. They were both soaking. I am in Limbo. That was good. Yusef's drug was working. Then she remembered how she got here.
"What the hell was that Eames?" she yelled to him over the roar water.
"I was angry," he shrugged, "You're just lucky that that was a dream."
She punched him in the jaw, it cracked. It was most likely broken, "Shit that hurt," she yelled while jumping up and down holding her fist.
"Darling, you're the one talking? You are not the one with them broken jaw here."
She shrugged. She would love to rationalize it by saying he deserved it, but her really didn't. Yes what he did may have been an over reaction but she hurt him too. If anything, she still deserves worse. This was a great start to what was going to be a lovely few years. They were walking out of the water when Eames all the sudden stopped walking. She walked into his back.
"Eames, what the hell?" she asked him annoyed.
"Look," he pointed ahead of him. She saw what he was seeing and gasped. It was her replica of Paris, in Cobb's mind. What the fuck?
Yeah i know this was really short but again i liked the cliffhanger and i didn't want you to have to wait a month for the next chapter. Also i have no idea what i want to happen next so please give me ideas. The more ideas you give me the sooner i can get the next chapter up (also the better it will be!). Also Legal-Assassin-006 gave me a little idea of what i should do for a sequel. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE HELP ME?
