Eames was sitting at a table in London, drinking tea at his favorite cafe when his phone rang. "Hello?" he said, answering his phone. He listened diligently to the person on the other end, making a few noises to let them know he was listening and understanding what they were saying. "I will be there in 30 minutes love," he answered, ending the call. He finished his tea then left to go to the flat he knew so well.
Jackie returned to the bedroom where Mickey was watching Rose who in turn was watch the new Doctor sleep.
"He said he would be her in half an hour."
"Thanks mum," Rose said softly with a slight smile.
"Perhaps you should go rest Rose, you look tired." Rose just nodded before leaving the room.
After a 30 minute drive, Eames knocked on the door to the flat. "You called my dear?" Eames asked as the door was open, flashing Jackie a smile.
Jackie smiled back at him, "It's good to see you," she said as she hugged him then moved so that he could come inside.
Eames came in and began to follow Jackie to the room where the unconscious Doctor was laying. Eames pulled out a stethoscope and began to listen to his chest.
"Let me call some friends of mine and see what I can do," Eames told Jackie. Eames walked down the hall and called Cobb.
"This is Cobb. What do you need Eames?" Cobb asked slightly irritated.
"Cobb, I need to call in a favor," Eames said before explaining the situation to Cobb.
"I will call Arthur, he is over in Paris currently so he can pick up Ari," Cobb told the other man.
"I'm sure you just need to call him to get both of them," Eames said, laughing before hanging up. "My team will be coming and be here by tomorrow morning at the latest."
"That's wonderful," Jackie said pausing amount before adding, "Really thank you for coming on such short notice, will you be needing a place to stay till your team arrives?"
Rose had moved back into the Doctor's room and was setting on the bed beside him. She borrowed the stethoscope once Eames had left the room and she checked both the Doctor's hearts. Only the left one was working; this troubled her.
Ari looked over at Arthur as his phone went off; she smiled at him. "You should probably get that."
Arthur grumbled before answering the phone. "Yes?"
"Arthur, Eames is calling in a favor, pack your bags and get to London. Let Ari know as well," Cobb instructed before hanging up. Arthur closed his phone and sighed.
"We need to make a trip to London."
Ari lay with her head on Arthur's chest, she snuggled a little closer to him under the blankets as he spoke on the phone. Her eyes had started to drift closed as he hung up, she sighed softly as the vibration of his voice started to lull her to sleep. "It can wait 5 minutes," she murmured.
Arthur kissed the top of Ari's head. "You're right."
Ari smiled and soon had fallen asleep using her boyfriend a pillow; he wrapped his arms around her and in no time fell asleep with her. It was about 30 extra minutes later that they woke again. Ari stirred slightly as she started to come around again.
Arthur mumbled in his sleep, subconsciously registering that Ari was awake.
Ari opened her eyes then slowly moved to where her face was only a few inches from Arthur's sleeping one. She smiled at him before moving, brushing her nose against his, kissing him lightly on corner of his mouth. "Arthur, we need to get up now," she said softly, nuzzling him again.
Arthur groaned. "Ari, 5 more minutes."
Arthur rolled over, his back facing Ari.
Ari eyes narrowed playfully at him, she moved to closer to him. She placed a feather light kiss on his shoulder then another a little bit higher then another slowly working her way over his shoulder then up his neck to joint of his lower jaw, a spot she found that he enjoyed quiet a lot.
Arthur moaned. He turned to capture her lips in a kiss but she pulled away and left the room. "Fine I get the hint, get up and go to London," Arthur grumbled, getting up to pack. The next morning Eames opened the door to let his teammates into the flat.
Cobb entered the flat followed by Arthur then Ari, Cobb carried the metal case which held their equipment and Ari had her leather bag with different mazes and other architectural details.
"Thanks for coming so quickly. Ok, here are the details. The Doctor, that's what they call our subject, is in a coma and they want us to figure out why," Eames said as the team sat down at a table.
"Is his mind militarized?" Cobb asked.
"Not from what I can tell," Eames answered.
"I tried looking up information on him but found nothing," Arthur stated, obviously frustrated with the lack of information recovered.
"Cept for this one person website that says he is an alien," Ari added.
"He looks human and has only one heart," Eames said, dismissing the statement.
Ari raised an eyebrow, "playing Doctor are we?" she teased.
"Of course darling," Eames replied with a smile. Arthur glared at him and pulled Ari closer to him.
Ari smiled glancing at Arthur as she leaned against him a little, her last relationship had been with a man that at every turn cheated on her so she found Arthur's possessive tendencies rather endearing.
"Ok, now that we have everything set shall we start the mission?" Cobb asked, receiving nods from his team members.
The group moved to the guest room where the Doctor lie, a girl who looked to be a few years younger than Ari sat on the edge of his bed. She glanced up at them before turn her attention back to the man. A blonde woman, her mother Ari guessed, moved toward them. "So what is it you're going to do?"
"We are going to go into his mind and see what is going on," Cobb answered.
"I'm going with you," Rose said looking back at them.
"It's too dangerous," Arthur said.
Rose let out a small laugh, "you have no idea."
Before Arthur could argue back, Cobb held up a hand. "Are you his wife or girlfriend or something?" Cobb asked.
"Neither," Rose told him, "I'm…I'm just a friend."
Cobb looked her up and down. "Fine."
"But..." Arthur began but became silent with a look from Cobb.
Rose relaxed a little when Cobb agreed, she had a bad feeling part of this had been her fault and she desperately wanted to help fix it. Arthur was giving Mickey and Jackie instruction on when and how to wake them up while Eames, Cobb and Ari got Rose and the Doctor ready. Cobb nodded to Mickey who then hit the button sending them into the dream.
