Hey guys, I know I haven't updated in awhile and I completely apologize. I've been busy and have had some serious writers block. Now this is a bit of a warning, this chapter is a little short, only because I didn't want to give away TOO much for the next chapter. The next chapter will probably be on sometime between the 21st and 23rd of this month (May.)

Cobb was hurrying out of the building. He didn't even bother to take the elevator down. Instead, he ran down the stairs, skipping the last step and grabbing the handle to the door that lead to the lobby. Pulling open the door, he ran through it and crashed into someone. It was woman, who at first glance, looked to be about Kyra's age. Cobb was a little put off for a moment but he finally realized what happened and began to apologize. "I'm so sorry. I'm in a rush. I didn't me-"

"No worries. It's cool." She said, holding up a hand and shaking her head. Cobb gave her a once over and noticed something about the girl that he didn't notice right off the bat. The girl was wearing one of Kyra's hoodies. It was very possible that this girl could have just bought the same hoodie at some store but this hoodie was unique. Kyra's hoodie had a tear on the left side of the hood, where the string goes. Everything else on the hoodie was fine, except that damn hood.

As Cobb continued to examine her, the girl raised a brow, now feeling uncomfortable. "Um…I think I should be going now."

When she started to walk away Cobb piped up. "I'm so sorry but where did you get that?"

With her brow still raised, the girl turned back to him. "Get what?"

"That hoodie."

"Oh…well it's my friends. I was actually just going to visit her. Why?"

All of the air in Cobb's lung suddenly left him. His tongue slid over his bottom lip as his mind worked quickly. This girl was Kyra's friend. Or maybe she wasn't her friend and she had taken her. "You're a friend of Kyra's?"

At that point, the girl had turned to start walking away again. Her hand reached out and pressed a button near the elevators, waiting for one to come down. She looked over her shoulder, confusion written on her face. It was obvious that she had no idea who Cobb was but it surprised Cobb that Kyra hadn't even mentioned him. "Yeah … and you … are?"

"My name is Dom Cobb. I've been seeing Kyra for some time now."

"Ahh…so you're the new squeeze," she said with a smile. "It's nice to meet you. I'm Aislin."

Cobb nodded at her, and then extended his hand to her. "It's nice to meet you. Do you know where Kyra is?"

Ace looked even more confused now than she did a few moments ago. She shook her head and told Cobb that Kyra was supposed to be staying home tonight to study. Or at least she thought she was studying. Cobb then explained everything to Ace. Well, he explained that she was missing. Aislin was in a bit of shock. Cobb placed a hand onto her shoulder and told her to come with him. He was going to get her back no matter what. Kyra was the only other person, besides Mal and his children, that he really cared for.

Cobb waved his arm, summoning a cab to pick him up. Aislin was at his side, nervously biting her bottom lip. Her arms were wrapped around her, her eyes staring at the objects in front of her absently. Cobb turned his head back to look at her. His lips pursed slightly. "We'll find her. I'll make sure of it."

When a taxi pulled up, they both hopped in. Cobb gave the driver an address before digging through his pocket and pulling out a cell phone. He flipped through his contacts and clicked on Arthur's name. "Yeah?"

"Arthur, I have a friend of Kyra's with me. She's going to help us find her."

Arthur was silent for a moment, mulling over what Cobb had just said. "Cobb, we may have to use extraction to find Kyra. We don't have time to train this girl."

It was true; they really didn't have the time. Cobb figured, though, that she could still be of some help. She could always monitor the boys as they went into the dream world. It didn't take a genius to handle that job. "Don't worry, I have a plan."

Aislin had been watching Cobb talk to Arthur on the phone. She stayed silent, too worried about Kyra to really say anything. Before she knew it, they had arrived at their destination and Cobb was already climbing out. She followed him into a building, going up a few flights of stairs before reaching a decrepit looking studio. Aislin's eyes scanned the room until they fell upon a man with slicked back black hair, dress pants, a dress shirt and what she thought to be a vest. He looked her up and down then gave her a small smile. "Hi, I'm Arthur."

"Aislin. Nice to meet you." Ace walked over to a lounge chair and plopped down onto it. Looking to her right, she saw a table with a metal briefcase on it. Arthur was now standing in front of the table, looking at some sort of papers. Ace let out a small laugh and shook her head. "Kyra didn't tell me you were extractors."

Cobb stared at Aislin as Arthur stared at Cobb. Cobb opened his mouth to speak. "How do you know about extractors?"

With a shrug of her shoulders, Aislin answered with a "Because I am one."

Arthur turned to look at her, this time a genuine smile on his face. "Looks like we just saved ourselves a lot of time."

"Meaning?" Ace narrowed her eyes slightly, not sure of what he was talking about.

"Well, we're probably going to have to extract the location of where Kyra is from either her former employer or one of the goons that kidnapped her."

It made sense to Ace. The only way to really find out where Kyra was being kept was to do a little digging and that digging was going to have to be in the dream world. Ace mentioned to the guys that it would be a lot easier for them to get the sought after information from one of Marlene's henchman. Cobb, however, had a slightly different idea. An idea that Arthur rolled his eyes and shook his head at. "Cobb that's a hundred times more difficult. Aislin's way is easier and probably a lot faster."

"Yeah it is but Marlene wouldn't expect us to do it my way."

Ace bit her lip again. The idea made her nervous. Hell, it made her want to talk out of there and have the police deal with it. However, Kyra was her friend. She couldn't leave it to the police, especially since Kyra hadn't been missing for twenty-four hours. She closed her eyes and finally said, "Okay let's do it."