Hi, this is Kierme again. This is a really short chapter I know, but for this chapter I wanted to lay the basis of Ariadne's idea to go after Cobb. There's a hint of coupling but it's meaning is something totally different. Cobb does get an accident but it's all part of the dream space thing that needs to show the little flicks that he's thinking is a little weird. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~A reality year later~ Cobb got into the car and drove to his work. He had to do something now that he can go around without fear of a policeman arresting him. He knew that Saito called for him almost a couple years ago, but that didn't that they were about to forgive him right away.

He turned on the radio and the french song, "Non je Regrette Rien," started playing at the same time every day at the same time. He thought it was weird cause he changed to radio channels and it still played at the same time every day. It was always the same requester, a girl that he could imagine as a beautiful young woman but not as beatiful as his late wife.

He had to take pills that let him fall asleep, but he won't be able to dream anymore. The doctor Half heartedly he was happy about that, He didn't want to revist all the levels and see the empty rooms.

He knew Mal was dead and now that his children knew she wasn't coming back the questions have stopped altogether. Sometimes James would ask but Phillipa would answer his question that she wasn't coming back. He thought about when he was going to tell his kids. Maybe he'll tell them both when James was seventeen.

He imgined the faces and grabbed his coffee before looking up and seeing the other car going through a red light. He quickly slammed on the brake and swore at the driver. He knew that he was going to hit it, and tried to move his car to the other side so his car would take most of the impact. He heard the crunching sound of the metal and plastic and prayed to whoever could hear him that he wanted to see the kids for them.

Eames walked into the hospital with a book and a mp3 player. He walked into the recetionist and asked where Cobb was. She pointed into the Intensive care hallway and she pulled him aside before taking him there. "There's a young woman that comes here everyday with a flower. Do you know who she is?"

He nodded and smiled. "She's a friend of his." Of course she was here. She lived nearby and went to school online with Cobb's father. He walked and knocked on the door.

Ariadne looked up from the half dead body. She had put earphones in his ears and although he couldn't hear the music he knew that it was the french song by Edith Piaf. He nodded to her and looked at the next hospital bed to see if anyone was in the next bed. He walked over to the empty bed and laid down. Ariadne looked at him questionally but didn't say anything.

"We have to find him..." She looked at him and then there was another knock on the door.

Arthur walked into the room and looked at her. "When we find him... If we find him what then? We can't very well just drag him back. He probably thinks he's in reality and then theres no way to get him back."

"You're a little bundle of optimism as always Arthur..." Eames closed his eyes and covered them with his arm. He directed his next question to Ariadne, "So who will you think you need?"

"I was thinking of getting the team back together..." She looked at each of them. "We will need a chemist, an archetect, a constructor, and a person that's going to figure out how we are going to remember once we get into limbo..." She heard from Saito that he had no recollection of what had happend until Cobb reminded him that he was not in reality. She pondered if the totems would help but it would be good to play safe and find other ways. She felt the bishop that was in her pocket and smiled.

As soon as she felt her totem, Arthur quickly reached for his. He felt the loaded die and breathed a sigh of relief.

Eames chuckled and looked at both of them. "I would be dead already if we were in a dream... Arthur can't keep his hands off me during dreams..."

Arthur glared at him and yelled "I don't!" His reation was met with a satisfied look and with that Eames moved to his side away from Arthur. "Why are you laying down?"

Eames looked at him. "Because unlike you, I work still... You know the not-illegal stuff..."

"You mean gambling?" Arthur placed his hands in his pockets and looked at him.

She stayed silent for a bit and Arthur called his name for a bit before walking over to him. He was sound asleep. Ariadne chuckled and took the earphones out and just sat there watching Arthur flip out and Eames just ignoreing him.