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Chapter 4

"Hello?"

Dom answered, as his cell phone was going off. "Have you ever wondered if the things we do now are a dream and we're all just in a room sound asleep right now?" the voice responded in a eerie tone. Dom's eyes widened once he heard the voice and immediately had tears well up in his eyes.

"Alexandra?"

He asked incredulously as he heard a long sigh on the other line. "Hey older brother how have you been?" Dom immediately jumped in his seat, leaning forward with complete shock upon his face. "Alexandra! Where the hell have you been! What happened to you! I thought you were killed! That something terrible happened to you!" Alex smirked on the other line, bowing her head as she was sitting on the bed in her hotel room.

"Well now you know I'm not dead that's always a plus right?"

She with a slight bit of laughter in her voice, Dom scoffed, rising up from his chair starting to pace back and forth. "This is not a good time to joke around Alexandra! You have no idea what I've been going through, thinking that you're gone and not knowing what happened!" Alex clenched her eyes shut and softly laid down on the bed, feeling his pain as well.

"I'm sorry… I'm sorry I couldn't tell you, I had to go… I had no choice."

She said brokenly, Dom scoffed and rolled his eyes. "Look if you didn't want to marry Arthur you could've been honest with me! You didn't have to run the way you did!" Alex shook her head as she looked out her window to see the dark city lights. "That wasn't it… that's not the reason why I left. If I had it my way I would be married right now." Dom was starting to get frustrated and slammed his fist against the table causing everyone from the far distance to look over at him.

"Then what the hell happened! Did you get into some kind of trouble or something? What forced you to go!"

He whispered noticing that Arthur was making his way over to him. "I will tell you in all due time but I'm calling because I hear your in the market for a second extractor. I heard you have been slipping Dom and you're going need help with this extraction." Dom looked over at Arthur who was standing next to him right now, wondering what was wrong with his friend.

"I'm fine you don't need to worry about me."

He growled and stormed away from him. "Who's that?" His sister asked, Dom ran his hand through his hair and closed his eye. "Take a guess and I don't know where you're getting you're information from but I can handle this on my own." Alexandra laughed and slowly shook her head.

"It's getting worse isn't it? She's showing up all the time now isn't she?"

Dom sighed as he stared out the window, seeing all the busy people going about their daily lives. "I can't let her go." He said brokenly, Alex nodded and gently moved onto her back. "Dom you need me you know this… I'm the only one who could fight her back and you know that. I have an offer that you cannot refuse but that is if only everything can go right and I need to be there to make sure that happens." Dom nodded, placing his hand on the cool glass of the window and bowed his head.

"Where can I meet you?"

Alex smiled on the other line and gently rose up from the bed now sitting Indian style. "Don't worry about finding me I'll find you just be expecting me tomorrow alright?" Dom nodded; just thrilled to know that after all this time his sister was really alright.

"Ok... any specific time?"

Alex shook her head; leave it to her brother to have to be sickeningly prepared. "No… just be prepared. Oh and Dom?" Dom looked up and answered. "Yeah?" Alex sighed and quietly said. "Don't tell Arthur about this please? I want to explain this to him myself." Dom smiled and gently nodded. "Alright see you tomorrow?" Alexandra nodded, a small smile morphing on her lips. "Yup see you tomorrow." And with that she hung up the phone.

Dom couldn't help the smile that was appearing on his face, he finally was going to have his sister back. He took his totem out and quickly walked to a table and turned the top quickly causing the totem to spin but after awhile it finally toppled, telling him that this wasn't a dream. "Mind explaining to us what the hell just happened?" Arthur asked, Dom looked up and grinned.

"We have another team member."

Arthur arched his brow at him, while Dom walked pass him. "Mind telling us who it is?" Dom shook his head. "They'll present themselves tomorrow." He noticed all the skeptical looks on everyone's faces and gave them all a reassuring smile. "Don't worry everything will be explained tomorrow I promise." Eames then quickly asked. "So what's the need for another team member? Do you not think we can finish the job?" Dom immediately shook his head.

"I know we can do it, but trust me you'll want this one along for the ride."

Arthur crossed his arms over his chest, getting irritated with Dom's cryptic demeanor. "Mind telling us who it is then?" Dom's smile grew even larger since he knew that Arthur will be in pure shock once he sees her again but what made him worry also is how he will handle the situation if he sees her again. He knew that Arthur was completely devastated once Alex had left and it was another reason why Arthur had became so serious and have the mentality of business before pleasure.

Eames always considered Arthur quiet the stick on the mud and had zero personality but that was before he even knew how Arthur was like with Alex. Dom remembered their relationship completely and saw how full of life the two of them were and when Alex left the way she did it stunned the both of them.

It had hurt Dom quiet severely but after Mal he just lost it but with Arthur he was suffering the most with Alex leaving the way she did and he almost wondered how this coming reunion was going to turn out.

"I told you everything will be explained tomorrow, I promise just trust me on this."

And with that Dom walked off to go and continue working on their plan.

Flashback

"I don't know if I should do this…"

Alex said hesitantly, Arthur laughed as he picked up a bag that was sitting on the table. "You'll be fine trust me." He then handed the bag to her and smiled as she looked at the bag skeptically. "What's this?" Arthur shrugged, placing his hands into his pants pockets. "You're totem." Alexandra gave him a confused look as she started to open the bag.

"A totem? What's a totem?"

Arthur smiled, shifting his weight on both feet. "Let's say you have a top and you spin the top. In the dream world the top will continue spinning and not topple. It's our way of being able to tell if we're in the real world or the dream world." Alexandra nodded, as she opened the bag and pulled out a small box, she hesitated at first to open it but Arthur urged her to continue.

"Go ahead it's not going to bite you."

Alex laughed and gently opened the box and saw a gold band with a gold chain looped around it. Alex arched her brow at the elaborate piece and looked up at Arthur. "Are you trying to tell me something?" Arthur laughed and immediately shook his head. "No! no, no, no it's not like that Alex. The band is for you to spin so if you're in the dream world it'll be able to tell you so. The chain is so you won't lose it, I was kinda hoping if I got the chain you wouldn't think that I was trying to pull on a play on you but I guess I was wrong." Alex laughed and walked up to him, wrapping her arms around his neck and hugged him.

"Thank you Arthur it's beautiful."

Arthur smiled and wrapped his arms around her waist. In all honesty he bought the band because he thought of her when he saw it. He never picked up the band or anything because only she can know it's true weight but when he saw her confusion when she opened it he knew that she was going to think he had other intentions and even though he does he didn't want her to think that he did so he tried to cover it up as much as he could.

"You're most welcome."

They held each other for a little longer than the usual required time and Arthur couldn't help but run his fingers through her hair and kiss her temple. "You ready?" he asked, his eyes slowly closing shut as he held her against him.

Alex was just relishing in the feeling of having him close to her but she knew that she needed to bound her limits with him and gently pulled away from him. "I guess so… Can you help me put this on?" Arthur nodded as he took the necklace from her and waited for her to pull her hair aside and once she did he clasped the gold chain around her neck.

As soon as he was done Alex immediately turned around and started to model her necklace. "How does it look?" Arthur laughed and took her hand and started to lead her to a chair. "Beautiful." She sat down as he hooked up the lead to her arm and smiled at her.

"Close your eyes. I'll be there in just a moment."

Alex hesitantly nodded and closed her eyes and allowed the sedative consume her. Arthur had set the timer for when they needed to wake up and sat down in the chair across from her and placed his lead on and pressed the button to set off the sedative causing him to fall asleep as well.

Alexandra immediately opened her eyes to see that she was in Central Park on a spring day. She looked down to see she was wearing a blue off the shoulder summer dress and a pair of blue flats. She smiled at her attire and looked up to see Arthur wearing a white button down shirt that was tucked into a pair of straight legged khakis.

"You look nice."

She grinned; Arthur gave her a closed mouth smile as he looked over her, wishing that this was reality for the both of them right now. "You looked very nice yourself." Alex blushed and looked around the dream world, it seemed so real as if this was reality and she could see how addicting this could be and how easily you could get lost into this if you weren't careful.

"What do you think?"

Arthur asked her as she immediately whirled around and looked at him. "It's amazing!" Arthur laughed and gently nodded his head. "Yes it is." Alex smiled once she saw a young boy and girl running across the park towards the large pond. "Why Central Park?" He asked as she started to follow the two small children. "It was one of the only places we ever felt safe." She said softly as she watched the young boy with blond hair blow out bubbles while the small dark haired little girl who was wearing a little sun dress and had pig tales laughed and clapped her hands excitedly.

It became very apparent to Arthur that the two children were indeed Dom and Alexandra, he saw how their parents lovingly watched the two children play within a safe distance and as he looked over at her he noticed the content smile that was on her lips.

Arthur softly chuckled and took her hand into his. "Come on I'm going to explain how this works." Alex nodded and allowed him to pull her towards a large tree that had a swing attached to a heavy branch. Alex immediately ran to the swing with excitement and sat down upon it, while Arthur laughed and gently started to push her.

"In your dream you can make anything happen which you already know. But the one thing you need to stay clear from is reliving your memories."

Alex turned around and looked at him curiously, tilting her head to the side. "Why not?" Arthur smiled as he stopped pushing her and crouched down, resting his chin on her shoulder while he watched the two children play.

"Because you will lose sight of what is real and what is not. That's why we have the totems… Also in the dream world only one person controls the dream which is you. It's your subconscious driving the events. So let's say we go down to another layer it would be my subconscious controlling the dream since yours is controlling the first layer."

He then wrapped his arms around her waist, pulling her back up against his chest as he turned his head and smiled over at her. "Does that make sense?" Alex smiled and looked back at him, their faces mere inches from one another. "Completely." Arthur grinned and allowed out a small laugh. "Good. The 2nd rule to a dream sequence is that when in Limbo no one owns the dream. It is a place of shared consciousness by all dreamers of the dream sequence." Alex looked over at Arthur completely confused as he continued to look straight again. "What is Limbo?" Arthur sighed.

"Let's say in this layer someone comes up and shoots you. Instead of dying you'll immediately wake up. Now let's say we go down into the 2nd level and I get killed I'll end up coming back to the 1st level automatically. That is only with a regular sedative like the one you and I are using right now. But if you use a much deeper sedative and get killed you won't just get boosted up to the level before but will go into Limbo… which is considered a state of time dilation that makes it feel like you have been there for a lifetime."

Alexandra arched her brow and gave him a questioning look. "Couldn't there be forced away if need be?" Arthur shook his head. "It has been known that if you force someone to awake while in limbo that they are in such a vegetative state that they would never be able to function." Alexandra frowned and simply nodded. "Oh…" Arthur laughed and kissed her temple. "Don't worry neither I nor Dom would let that happen to you." Alex smiled and gently bowed her head while Arthur continued on with the rules.

"The 3rd rule is the more and more deeper you go Time will pass much differently in each layer of the dream sequence. The deeper the dream layer the longer the amount of time passes respectively. So let's say five minutes at level 1 could be like fifty years at level 4. However the only way you age is when you don't realize that you are in a dream. Now the 6th rule is that once an idea is implanted in the subject's mind in the dream state it remains there and it grows like a disease and could be extremely dangerous once you come back to reality. But to make this all happen you need a dream architect that constructs then entire dream. There is the Extractor, the Point man, The Forger, The Chemist and The Architect who can conduct an entire team to help steal what sorts of information we need. That's what myself and your brother does."

Alexandra nodded and asked. "What sort of role are you?" Arthur smiled and slowly moved away from the swing and sat down against the tree, gesturing for her to come sit with him. "I'm the point man. I basically take care of the details and make sure everything is right. I do background checks on our mark and research their every movement so our extraction is perfect. Your brother is an Extractor. He is basically the master planner which consists of stealing our client's ideas by infiltrating their dreams and stealing valuable information from them." Alexandra gently rose up from the swing and sat down beside him as he wrapped an arm around her shoulder and asked.

"Can you plant them?"

Arthur shook his head. "You could but like I said it's a very dangerous task if you do it wrong. We just steal the information from our marks and retrieve the information to our company or clients. Now a forger is an essential part of the secrecy and deceit within the dream world. They basically can project the image of anyone essentially forging an identity as a literal physical manifestation which comes in handy and can help convince another person that they are whomever the teams needs them to be in order to aid their deception. The Chemist is who sets up the sedatives to whether we need to have a deeper, stronger sleep to get to the lower levels. The Architect is basically designer of the dream; they are what makes the dream seem so real. Like right now you thought up central park from your memory so you designed this dream to your needs and the image you wanted it to be." He then turned his body and smiled over at her. "Does any of this make any sense?" Alexandra nodded as smiled.

"Weirdly enough it does… Thank you for explaining this all to me."

Arthur shrugged, as he felt her rest her head on his shoulder. "I just wanted you to see what we do… to show you why your brother and I love this so much." Alex giggled and turned her body so she is completely facing him. "I can definitely see why, this is amazing! I would love to learn more if you'd be willing to teach me?" Arthur chuckled and bowed his head. "I would love too, next time we'll get Dom more involved as well." Alex smiled and nodded as he was moving his body closer towards hers.

"I would really like that."

She said softly as he placed his hand on her cheek and continued to lean closer to her. "This has to be the most… amazing… thing…" Arthur then finally leaned in and kissed her. He softly broke the kiss for a second as she continued to speak but more in a whisper. "I… have…" He then kissed her again. "Encountered." She whispered as Arthur crashed his lips against hers. Alexandra pressed her lips deeper against his and wrapped her arms around his neck as he pulled her close to him, lowering her down onto her back.

Alexandra moaned against his lips as his hands wandered up and down her body. His body literally between her legs as his hand moved under the hem of her dress so he could feel the soft flesh of her thigh and glided his hand up agonizingly slow.

"Arthur…"

Alexandra whispered as his tongue started to fight for dominance with hers. "Alex…" He whispered as he started to kiss her cheeks, down to her neck. Once Arthur found the sweet spot on her neck Alexandra moaned and accidently arched her hips against his causing Arthur to moan against her neck.

"Dammit!"

He growled as he crashed his lips against hers, feeling her legs wrap around his waist. He wanted her so badly and the way she was responding back to him was amazing. He has always secretly dreamed of them doing this together but was always afraid to take the initiative in doing so.

Suddenly it started to storm and rain started to crash down upon them. "Shit!" He said quickly and immediately moved away from her and pulled her up with him to hide under the tree as it continued to pour.

He wrapped his arms tightly around her to cover her from the rain drops and rested his chin on top of her head. "Arthur… what are we doing?" She whispered Arthur held her tightly to him as he saw a figure walk through the rain, it was blurry but he could tell the figure was walking towards them. "I don't know…" He whispered, Alexandra sadly looked down and buried her face into his chest.

"We can't do this Arthur it's not right."

She said softly as the figure finally appeared in plain sight to show them that it was Clare standing there watching them. "I can't let you ruin something that you work so hard to have and I can't allow my emotions to overtake that." She said brokenly as she pulled away from him. Arthur immediately looked over at Clare who was glaring at him and then back at Alexandra who walked out from under the tree.

"Alex! Come back here we can talk, just get out from the rain."

Alexandra shook her head as it started to thunder and lighting. "I'm sorry Arthur… But there's nothing else to say." She said loudly enough over the rain and looked up to see the lighting come crashing down and onto her. The electricity to seared through her entire body as Arthur's eyes widened and immediately shouted.

"NO!"

Arthur jolted up and immediately looked over to where Alexandra was supposed to be and saw that she was gone. He ran his hands through his hair and immediately rushed to a table and pulled out his loaded dice and rolled them to see if he was in the real world and to his disdain the results became clear that he was.

End of Flashback.

"How are you holding up?"

Dom asked, as he saw Arthur standing by the window watching the rain. "Fine…" he said pulling himself back together and started to move away from the window. "Come on we have work to do." He said in his typical casual tone and went to go back to work on his research.

Dom nodded knowing it was becoming harder for Arthur to concentrate as well and he was honestly hoping that with Alex coming back it will make things more easier but the way Arthur was becoming he truly wasn't sure if anything could fix his demeanor that his point man has learned to equip.

Thank you guys sooo much for the wonderful story adds and reviews! You all have been so amazing! I hope that you all like this fourth chapter and promise that more will be on it's way. So stay tuned my darlings Chapter 3 will be out soon! ;)