A/N: Thanks for all the great reviews so far. Now I'd like to kick off this chapter with a question. This has actually been bugging me for a while:

Should I edit the genre and description for this story? Do you think I should let future readers in on the whole Inception angle or should I just keep it a surprise?

Please tell me what you believe is the best way. Obviously, you guys are super cool and went along with the twist but I'm afraid some might not be so receptive at the sudden turn we took.

Anyway, sorry this one took so long. It's our heroes' first dive into the dream world and I wanted it to be AMAZING because you're all amazing and deserve the best.

Speaking of which; too much doom and gloom lately, huh? So I decided to cram a little brief Jori smut in the beginning. Tell me if it makes you hungry LOL.

;-)

Jade rubbed her arms, shivering from the sudden cold.

The bright white hospital vanished and was replaced with a dark, frigid forest.

"Jade?" Ariadne asked. "Is this typical for Tori?"

She shook her head. "I can't imagine why she would even dream like this. She doesn't like scary stuff."

Jade smiled to herself, remembering several times when Jade was struggling to get Tori to watch a scary movie with her. She remembered one night when the two of them couldn't find anything on TV and the DVD player was busted. So Jade dug out an old VHS of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and hooked up the old VCR. The case clearly showed it was a well-watched tape. Jade actually preferred it that way; old horror movies looked better dark and grainy. Tori popped the popcorn and cautiously sat next to Jade.

The Latina was a little tense during the first few minutes because of the style of the movie. But when the teens picked up that hitchhiker; Tori buried her face in Jade's onyx locks. Not that she minded; when Tori was nervous, she would breathe, hard. And that close to her neck, Jade practically melted. Tori never looked at the screen but whenever there was a scream or the sound of a chainsaw, she would grip tighter.

After being too enamored by the heat on her neck and Tori getting handsy with Jade's chest; it didn't take long for the couple to start heavily making out. The next they knew, Leatherface was dancing with his chainsaw in the sunrise and the movie was over.

"If this is how it always ends up," Tori panted. "I could get used to watching scary movies."

"Then you're gonna like this," Jade grinned as she took the remaining popcorn, still warm because it was a new batch, and poured it all over a topless Tori laying on the couch. The Goth then proceeded to eat the buttery puffy kernels with her tongue.

"You get free refills with that?" Tori giggled as Jade's delicate touch tickled her something awful.

But this wasn't like that, Jade told herself. This wasn't fun because it wasn't all a movie. Tori was in trouble here.

Here the monsters are real.

Tracy looked at Arthur and Cobb. "So tell me, how often have you guys done this."

The two former associates exchanged glances.

"Too many," Arthur admitted.

"What exactly did you guys do?" she asked.

"We specialized in grand subconscious theft and extortion." Cobb replied. "Mostly corporations."

He was comfortable discussing matters of extraction but he remained tight-lipped about "inception" because it is still a touchy subject within the group.

Tracy let out a frustrated sigh. "I don't think you and your super friends understand what you're dealing with. Freddy Krueger is not a dreamer; he is the dream. You can't kill something that's already dead."

"We know," Cobb smiled at her. "Nobody said that was the plan."

"Then what are we doing?" Tracy pressed.

"A search and rescue, love" Eames butted in.

"And how are you gonna do that?" she shot at the big lug who fancies himself the lady killer.

"Yusuf is administering a drug that will alter Tori's body temperature and heart rate."

Jade jumped between them, staring at Eames. "Will that hurt her?"

"With matters of the comatose," Eames putting his shoulders on the Goth to make her relax. "A very extreme kick is called for."

"But how many..."

Jade's words were cut off by Tracy raising her hand for the whole group to be quiet.

"You hear that?" she asked in a loud whisper.

The crunching and snapping of underbrush can be heard but it was hard to determine where it was coming from.

"Over there!" Eames pointed behind the group.

"No there," Jade called out to the right of where they were standing.

"I hear it here," Arthur pointed to the left side.

Cobb looked around. "Either we're surrounded or someone's trying to confuse us."

"I don't like either one," Ariadne said. "It means we're not in control here."

"We know what to do when that happens," Cobb said to encourage his crew. "Think of this Krueger guy as a projection trained to stop us."

Arthur sniffed sarcastically. "Yeah, except the only difference is if he kills one of us we die for real."

"Explain to me how that works," Eames said.

"Simple," Tracy replied. "He's a fucking ghost."

"Shouldn't a medium do this shit?" Eames asked and then reached into his coat and produced a semi-automatic. "Then again," he shrugged. "I suppose a psychic doesn't pack heat like this."

"Let's not get distracted," Tracy warned. "Keep moving. Somewhere out there is Tori."

Jade nodded, grateful for her newly-discovered big sister. She understood the appeal of having such a thing in her life. Even though they butted heads once or twice, Jade was envious of Tori having Trina.

"You heard our guide," Cobb stated. "Let's move."