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Chapter 9
"So where is Alex?"
Eames asked Dom as soon as everyone finally came walking into the warehouse. He noticed that when he walked in that Arthur was in a terrible mood and for the first time Satio had decided to join in on their little plan. Dom looked over at Eames and slowly shrugged his broad shoulders. "She said she had some things she needed to take care of, she'll be here soon." Eames nodded, crossing his arms over his chest noticing Arthur angry demeanor.
"What is with him I wonder?"
He said thoughtfully, Dom looked up at him as he placed his suitcase on the table and looked over towards Arthur, seeing him angrily slam things on the tables and chairs. "He and Alex got into a fight… apparently she told him that she was never with anyone since she left and when he confronted her about you she hesitated." Eames arched his brow and smirked. "Really?" Dom nodded as he opened up his briefcase. "Yup, he told her he didn't want to listen to anymore lies so she just left." Eames glared over at Dom, starting to get very irritated.
"You're kidding!"
Dom looked up at him and shook his head very seriously; Eames scoffed and turned his glare over towards Arthur. "Well then… I guess I'll have to give the bastard a piece of my mind then." Dom then started to protest but Eames was already storming his way over towards Arthur
"You are a bloody son of a bitch you know that right?"
Arthur finally looked up and turned his head towards Eames and arched his brow at him. "Really how so?" Eames scoffed, crossing his arms over his chest. "Don't you act stupid with me Arthur! I'll be straight out honest with you mate you don't bloody deserve her! She is way too damn good for you!" Arthur glared over at him and finally turned his body towards Eames.
"Really? Funny you should say that since you and her are or were something! Hell she couldn't even give me a damn straight answer when I asked her about you two so what makes you think that I'm the ass! She's the one who lied to me!"
Eames just sat there and laughed at Arthur completely astounded. "You think that Alexandra and I were an item?" Arthur gritted his teeth, tired of the mind games from him and Alex. "It's pretty obvious when you two are all close with one another and just randomly leave the warehouse for God knows what!" Eames continued to laugh and shake his head.
"You are really unbelievable Arthur do you know this? We left the warehouse to discuss some business regarding I.D.A. we needed to be out of ears length to discuss a very important mission."
Arthur scoffed, starting to walk away from him. "Right and what kind of mission would that be?" He said condescendingly as he walked further away from everyone else, Eames followed him and finally answered his question. "Her freedom." Arthur's eyebrows rose and slowly looked back over at him.
"Freedom huh? Why so she can be with you as freely as possible?"
Eames glared him, starting to get severely ticked off.
"Actually no. And if you honestly want to know what happened between me and your darling girl I will tell you right now."
Flashback:
"Come on darling! Please have one drink with me!"
Eames begged to Alexandra as they both were walking down to the lobby of the hotel I.D.A. had set them up in. "I told you Eames I'm not interested it." Eames groaned out of frustration and immediately rushed in front of her stopping her in her tracks. "Look are you married?" Alex had a bit of sadness in her look and slowly shook her head. "No." she whispered, Eames nodded and asked. "Are you tied to someone?" Alex looked up at him and frowned. "Sort of." Eames nodded once again and smiled.
"Well then darling you are not attached and are more than capable of having a drink with me!"
Alexandra shook her head, trying to move away from him. "Eames I just can't! I was just ripped away from someone I really care about and I don't know how he's going to act if he ever sees me again." Eames nodded, somewhat appreciatively and placed his hands into his pockets. "Well then… let's just have a drink and talk." Alex arched her brow at him as he rose his hands up defensively. "No funny business I promise." Alexandra sighed and gently nodded.
"Fine… but I mean it Eames no funny business!"
Eames gave her a scout's honor and swiftly took her hand and led her to the nearest bar. Once they have gotten there Alex sat down at the counter while Eames ordered their drinks. "So tell me about this guy you're so hung over about!" He yelled over the music, Alexandra frowned and slowly looked over at him.
"What is there to say? He's the love of my life and I wish I was with him instead of here."
Eames slowly nodded and handed her, her drink as he sat down beside her. "Now listen dear, if it is meant to be by God it will happen for the two of you but until then live a little, have some bloody fun! You're young¸beautiful, intelligent, funny! Completely exquisite! Use it to your advantage!" Alexandra laughed, playing with the straw that was in her drink. "I was never that type of girl to you know… go all out like that." Eames smiled at her and shrugged his shoulders. "Why not?" Alexandra shrugged, giving him a small smile. "Maybe because I don't want to be some guys play thing and actually want to be respected." Eames nodded, taking a sip out of his drink. "Ah you're the good Apple." Alex started to laugh and gave him a confused look. "Excuse me?" Eames laughed as he quickly took another sip.
"Women are like apples… the best ones are always the ones on the highest part of the tree. And you see men don't always want to reach for the good ones for fear of getting hurt or falling when they take the chance to actually climb up and get that apple. So instead they just get the rotten apples that are on the ground and are not really good for them but are much easier to receive. So the poor apples at the very top always seem to think that there's something wrong with them when in reality they are absolutely perfect. So honestly, they just have to wait for that right guy to be brave enough to take that climb to get the apple they truly wanted."
Alexandra stared at him for a moment but softly smiled. "That is actually a really cute analogy." Eames shrugged giving her a daring smirk. "It's one of the many that I have. You want another one?" he asked noticing her drink was getting low. Alex looked down at her drink and softly nodded. "Yeah sure why not?" Eames nodded and ordered another for her.
After a couple of hours Alex was completely hammered for the night along with Eames who decided to do a little drinking contest with her to loosen her strings up. Now as the music was roaring over the entire bar, Alex and Eames were now dancing with one another being loud and extremely affectionate with one another. Or at least Eames was being extremely affectionate and Alex just allowed it. "Are you having a good time?" Eames shouted over the music, Alex looked up at him with glazed eyes and a large smile on her face.
"This is the most fun I have ever had in a long time!"
She yelled, Eames grinned at her and wrapped his arms around her waist as a slow song finally came on, pulling her close to him. Alexandra wrapped her arms around his neck and rested her head on his shoulder as they both started to sway. "You know darling you are definitely a lush." Alex burst out into laughter and immediately looked up at him. "So are you!" Eames grinned at her, loving the feeling of her body so close to his.
"I can out drink you anytime and anywhere my dear."
Alexandra scoffed, feeling his hands move up and down her back. "I honestly doubt that sweetie!" Eames chuckled at her as they both stared into each other's eyes. In all seriousness he couldn't help but be completely compelled by this woman, she was so beautiful and so down to earth that he just didn't care about her hesitation. So as the song was getting more and more intense Eames then finally leaned down and crashed his lips with Alex's. Alex drunkenly wrapped her arms tighter around Eames' neck and kissed him with just as much passion.
Eames took this as an ok to be more forward so he roamed his hands around her sides and back as they both were intertwined in a passionate embrace. Eames then finally broke the kiss looking down at her with complete seriousness in his eyes. "Want to take this elsewhere? Maybe more private?" Alexandra wobbly looked up at him and gave him a large smile.
"Yeah…"
Eames grinned down at her and grabbed her hand along with his and yanked her out of the bar. Once they got back to the hotel, he was on her completely. They both acted as if they were a newly married couple. Eames had Alexandra pinned against the wall of the elevator never moving his lips away from hers until their floor finally dinged. He then quickly yanked her out of the elevator and crashed his lips against hers once more, sloppily walking back to his room.
He finally managed to open the door and shut it while he and Alex were still embraced. He managed to direct them to his room, as they both were kissing each other with such passion. Eames kicked his shoes off and gently laid Alex onto his bed, climbing on top of her, kissing her once again.
His hands then started to travel her body as he broke his lips away from hers and started to kiss down to her neck. Alexandra moaned once he found her spot and gently whispered.
"Arthur…"
Eames immediately stopped, even though he was extremely drunk off his ass he still had some to little common sense as to what just happened. He slowly looked back down at her and gave her a serious look. "I'm sorry?" Alexandra looked up at him and giggled. "What?" Eames smiled down at her and shook his head. "You called me Arthur…" Alex's smile then finally diminished and pure realization morphed onto her face.
"Oh my God… I… I need to get out of here!"
She said quickly and shoved Eames away from her. "What are you talking about! What's wrong we just started something great here!" Eames said frantically, Alexandra looked at him apologetically as she grabbed her purse and pulled on her shoes. "Eames I'm soo sorry for my behavior but I just can't do this I can't do this to him!" Eames then started to get frustrated and stormed up to her and forcefully turned her around.
"Who is this Arthur bloke? Is he the one you had to leave behind?" Alexandra frowned and gently nodded her head, tears starting to well up in her eyes. Eames scoffed and slowly shook his head. "Alex… it's over darling. It's like you said you are not even sure he'll even forgive you! What we're doing here is fun… you need some enjoyment in your life and I can give that to you." Alexandra gave him a sad smile and gently cupped his cheek.
"I'm sorry… but Eames you just don't understand. I am absolutely, completely, irrevocably in love, it's a love you could not honestly understand and after this mission is done I'm going back home to him."
Eames glared down at her, taking her hand off of his cheek and holding it into his. "How do you know he'll be there when you come back and not move on?" Alexandra smiled at him, moving her hand out of his.
"Because he loves me just as much as I love him."
Eames scoffed, starting to shift his weight side to side on his feet. "I just hope this bastard knows how lucky he is…" Alexandra softly laughed and nodded her head.
"Trust me… he's not the only one who's lucky."
End of Flashback.
"So you see mate… nothing happened. I ended up taking her back and sure I tried to pursue her some more but she wouldn't have any of it. She's so damn hung up on you!" He said distastefully, as Arthur was taking all of this in. "After awhile our relationship became nothing but just friendly banter and when I tried to pull that one incident by getting her drunk and all once more she tied me to the bed half naked and left me there until Room Service could find me." Eames then started to laugh. "Those were some good times." Arthur nodded, he was very silent for the moment and then out of nowhere he punched Eames square in the face. Eames in shock grabbed his nose while pain was searing all over.
"What the hell! What was that for!"
Arthur smirked at him as he started to walk away. "Take that as a warning, if you ever try to touch her again I will do much worse." Eames then scoffed. "Right… do you honestly think that after the little stunt you pulled she's going to come running back to you even if you do know the truth now about she and I? You have been doing nothing but pushing her away and I'll be damned if I have to see that poor girl in tears once more because of your bloody sorry ass!" Arthur turned around and glared at him.
"I'm not saying that she and I are fixed and are back to where we're supposed to be but knowing that you are the instigator of our relationship gives me a full and higher advantage as to know what to expect from you. So my warning still stands Eames if you Touch Alexandra, kiss her, say anything derogatory to her I will do more than just hit you in the face you understand?"
Eames then slowly smirked at him, never in his life had he seen Arthur so protective and so assertive to something that important before.
Usually Arthur was very to the book and did not allow his emotions to run through the main goal. However, Alex changed all that and now it seemed like everyone was starting to see the real Arthur and Eames had to admit this Arthur really amused him. "You honestly think that's going to keep me away? I'll have you know mate that she is a very dear friend of mine and if for any reason you try to dissuade that well then I'll have to give you the same warning as well." Eames said with the largest grin he could ever give him. Arthur sneered at Eames while Eames slapped his hand on Arthur's shoulder.
"Just so you know mate… this is survival for the fittest and even though you have the upper hand she still does rely on my words so all I have to say to you mate is… Welcome to the Jungle, I hope your bite is much, much worse than you're bark."
He said in a low, yet cool tone and then walked away as he whistled a happy tune to himself.
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"Wait you want me to what!"
Alexandra said in complete shock as she sat across from Harold at a small café near the warehouse. "I.D.A. has decided that once Satio completes his end of the bargain on gaining your brother freedom that it would be best to execute him once all is said and done." He answered as he took a sip out of his tea. Alexandra stared at him in complete shock and honestly didn't know how to respond to such an order… she's never had to kill anyone before, sure beat them up a bit but never actually had to kill someone and this was a sure realization to herself that I.D.A needed to go down.
"Harold I've never killed anyone in my life!"
Harold nodded as he placed his tea down and looked up at her with his cold blue eyes. "Yes I understand that but there is always a first for everything. Now… let's discuss our future arrangement on the assassination of Mr. Satio." Alexandra immediately shook her head, rising up from her seat angrily.
"I am not an assassin Harold! Nor will I do your dirty work for you."
She growled as she leaned down to grab her purse and started to walk away. "Really… You do realize that as long as you are a part of I.D.A's property our threat still holds out to its caliber." Alexandra whirled around and glared at him. "What are you talking about Harold?" Harold smirked at her and nonchalantly took another sip from his tea.
"If you do not go through with this Alexandra I will personally make sure that not only will you're beloved and brother will be killed but also everyone who has ever been associated with them. Such as their elite team they have conducted and your sweet Niece and Nephew… after all they already had one tragedy why allow them to suffer with another?"
Alexandra then sneered at Harold. "You touch those children and so help me Harold!" Harold then chuckled. "You'll do what Alexandra? You're family, your friends; anyone you held so dear would be gone in a minute. Anyone you would care for would be gone all you would have is yourself and your thoughts of what it could've been if you just listened to poor old Harold… Imagine that my dear." Alexandra stared at him with complete fear and heartbreak as he rose up from his seat and moved closer to her.
"Now my dear… you will assassinate Mr. Satio once this mission is over with and you will make sure that your brother's elaborate team will all be recruited into I.D.A. and be claimed as I.D.A.'s own personal property such as yourself do we have an understanding?"
Alexandra looked away from him and gently nodded, but that wasn't good enough for Harold. "I'm sorry my dear I didn't hear your voice. Did we have an understanding?" Alexandra's eyes welled up and she begrudgingly looked back up at him.
"Yes."
Harold triumphantly smiled and nodded in approval.
"Good you will report to me once the mission is complete until then you can handle the rest."
He said smugly as he started to walk away, leaving Alexandra in a complete stupor and resentment.
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As Alexandra nervously walked towards the warehouse she couldn't help but reflect on the past couple of days. In all honesty if her life could get any worse she honestly wouldn't know what to do… She was so stressed out and so broken that she just didn't know how to handle this anymore, she just didn't know what she was going to do.
As she quietly walked into the warehouse she overheard Mr. Satio claim his demands. "Now Mr. Cobb if you do not allow me to join you on your little excavation then I am sorry our little deal will not work." Dom sighed; he really didn't want to add Satio to this mix if anything he was going to be more in the way than any help. "We cannot use a tourist; you'd simply would be in the way." Satio smirked at Dom as he rose up from his seat.
"I do not think you understand Mr. Cobb I am not requesting to come along I am telling. I need to make sure that my investment is treated properly and if I cannot join your elite little league then I assume that our deal is off."
Dom was about to argue until they all heard a female voice interrupt. "Actually Mr. Satio you will not end your agreement with my brother since your contract with I.D.A. is still active and will be active once our agreement is finished." Satio looked up and smiled as he clasped his hands together with joy. "Ah! Miss Alexandra we meet at last!" Alexandra smirked at Mr. Satio as she walked up towards the group, disregarding their confused looks.
"Mr. Satio have I heard correctly that you have threatened your offer towards my brother?"
Mr. Satio grinned at Alexandra as she walked up directly towards him and crossed her arms. "I understand your desperate need to free your brother's good name. However, I am the one in charge and if you think you and your little company can…" Alexandra then immediately pulled out a Glock 18 and aimed it at his head. Satio stared at the serious woman while everyone rose up in shock, he allowed out a small laugh as she kept the gun aimed directly towards him.
"It's interesting Ms. Alexandra for I thought that I.D.A. doesn't limit to themselves to this level."
Alexandra grimly smirked at him, her blue eyes practically searing through his.
"It's true we do not but you see Mr. Satio even though you did specifically ask for me and paid extra to I.D.A. to have me as your security I am still considerably I.D.A.'s property and according to I.D.A. in order for you to keep me as your lead security you will have to abide by your agreement with the agency."
Satio glared at her and went to grab her but she was too quick and grabbed his arm and immediately twisted it behind his back, causing him to buckle in pain. Satio groaned while everyone stared not knowing what to do. Alexandra grimly laughed and slowly placed her lips next to Satio's ear, staring straight at her brother.
"Now, now Mr. Satio don't worry you will join us but if you cause any problems such has threatening my brother again I am under complete order to make your life as miserable as I can." Satio growled.
"Wait till Harold…" He was then cut off by Alexandra's laughing.
"Who do you think gave me the order? Now… you be a good little tourist and we won't have any problems." She said in a dark tone and shoved him away from her.
"Do we have an understanding?"
Satio glared at her but slowly nodded, causing Alexandra to smirk and tilt her head to the side. "Good." She then looked over at Eames and gave him a serious look. "Can I talk to you outside please?" Eames nodded and started to follow her out of the warehouse while Yusuf grinned at Satio and shrugged. "Guess she sure told you!" Satio glared at him while Dom and Arthur gave each other a look.
Meanwhile outside of the warehouse Alexandra was now pacing back and forth while Eames looked watched her. "Honestly darling I had to say that was one hell of an entrance." Alexandra sighed slowly shaking her head. "I needed to let some steam off anyways it was worth every bit of it." Eames chuckled as he placed his hands in his pockets.
"So what did you need to talk to me about?"
Alexandra ran her fingers through her hair and shook her head. "Harold wants me to assassinate Mr. Satio once the mission is completed." Eames' eyebrows rose in complete confusion as he now crossed his arms over his chest. "But you're not an assassin!" Alexandra then waved her hands up in the air.
"I know! Harold told me that if I do not assassinate Mr. Satio once the mission is finished then he will make sure that not only will Arthur and Dom be killed but my niece and nephew all of you even Dom's mother and father in law! What am I going to do Eames! I can't kill him! But I can't have all of yours blood on my hands! Eames I can't handle this! I 'm going to lose it any minute what with Arthur hating every bit of me and Harold forcing me to do this crazy task I don't even know what to do anymore!"
She said as tears started to roll down her cheeks, Eames then immediately walked up to her and pulled her into a huge bear hug. "Hey… Hey darling it's going to be alright. You won't have to kill Satio and we all will be ok. I'm going to make sure that Harold and I.D.A. will see who their messing with ok? Just keep cool and don't worry." Alexandra sighed.
"You are so good to me Eames… I don't deserve your friendship."
Eames chuckled, to onlookers it just looked like they were two lovers in a passionate embrace but in reality it was completely different. "You're a good girl Alex… you're just so lost and you're lost because you were ripped away from everything you care for. That is why I spoke with Arthur this morning about what happened." Alexandra's eyes widened in surprise and she slowly looked up at him.
"You mean about yesterday right? You didn't tell him what really happened to us did you?"
Eames shrugged and gave her a small smile. "I told him everything. I didn't want him to act like an ass for the rest of this mission so Dom told me what happened and I explained yours and I's relationship and he ended up punching me square in the face." Alexandra's jaw dropped and slowly shook her head. "Unbelievable! I cannot believe you told him what happened that night!" Eames arched his brow at her as she moved away from him.
"You didn't want him to know?"
Alexandra then glared over at him. "Of course I did but I wanted to tell him! Now he's going to think you and I are more intimate than reality! Eames I want Arthur to trust me and now he never will!" Eames shrugged, giving her a small smirk.
"Never know until you talk to him."
Alexandra groaned out of frustration and stormed back into the warehouse while everyone seemed to have debriefed and went on with their tasks. Alexandra saw Arthur looking over some more files regarding Fischer and Browning, she was nervous but she slowly walked up to him anyway and placed her hand on his shoulder. "How's it going?" Arthur sighed, slowly looking up from his files. "They trained you in a very interesting way didn't they?" Alexandra sighed as she gently took the seat next to his, his brown eyes watched her every move as she slowly took his hands into hers. "I want to be honest with you Arthur." She said looking him directly in the eyes.
"I'm in a lot of trouble and unfortunately I cannot tell you what kind of trouble I am in. But that night… With Eames and I, I just want you to know that nothing happened between me and him. It was my third week in the agency and he was trying to make me feel better… I got drunk and so did he and we kissed which lead to him taking me to his room but I stopped it. I was just so broken up about you, having to leave you and I don't know what was in my head at the time but it just happened. I just want you to know that I care for you very deeply and I would do anything to make you happy. I hated myself for leaving the way I did and seeing you lying there and knowing that you'll probably hate me was killing every bit of me. Arthur I know you need time and I know you need space but I just want you to know that I love you very, very much and I never meant to hurt you the way I did if I had it my way things would've been so different. But I understand that you need to think things through and I will respect that just know that I have never betrayed you and the relationship Eames and I have is purely out of friendship."
Arthur then scoffed. "He doesn't look at it that way." Alexandra shrugged her shoulders and shook her head. "He can think what he wants but you are the only person I want." She then moved her chair closer to his and cupped his cheek with the palm of her hand. "You're the only person I'm in love with." Arthur nodded as he slowly leaned up and kissed her forehead.
"I promise… to be a better listener."
He whispered, Alex smiled as she slowly looked up at him and gave him a small peck on the lips. "I love you…" Arthur smiled at her and nodded. "You are… my life. Just know that ok?"Alexandra nodded as he rose up from his chair and pulled her up along with him. He then wrapped his arms around her, holding her in a tight embrace.
"Whatever it is that's hurting you I promise that I will make it go away."
Alexandra smiled as she buried her face into his chest and started to laugh. "What… what is it?" He asked, smiling down at her as she still had her face against his chest. "I cannot believe you punched Eames this morning." Arthur chuckled, giving her a smug smirk.
"Well he shouldn't of have tried to have sex with my girl."
Alexandra then smirked at him. "So all of the sudden I'm your girl?" Arthur grinned down at her and kissed her on the lips. "You've always been my girl." He whispered and pecked her on the lips again. "But I do gotta say you always were quite the lightweight." He snickered, while she playfully slapped him.
"You know what we need to do tonight?" she asked, Arthur arched his brow at her and shrugged. "What's that?" Alexandra then grinned at him. "We need to go out. All of us… we need to go out and have fun and I know just the place!" Arthur then looked down at her and just smirked.
"Sounds like an incredible plan to me."
First and foremost I want to thank everyone for helping me pick out the scenarios for the story! You all have been absolutely wonderful and so incredibly helpful! Now regarding this chapter... So what do you guys think? It seems that Arthur and Alexandra are finally reconciling but what is she going to do now that Harold wants her to kill Mr. Satio? And what about Eames? He kinda made it clear that he has some feelings for Alex to Arthur, will that only produce some more animosity towards them? Guess you'll have to see. I promise to you all that the chapter 10 will be out soon, Well I hope you all enjoyed this chapter and I promise more exciting things between Alex and Arthur are still in line. Once again thank you all! :)