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They opened their eyes again and found themselves in level two. Arthur looked around and made one assessment. There were alot of people, which meant that if Destrey's subconscious noticed anything different, they'd have a big problem.

He stood up and realized they were in the city level. It was a huge city, but there was no doubt in Arthur's mind that they'd have a problem getting Destrey's pin number from him. As long as they abided by the plan and stayed out of his subconscious's way, they'd be alright.

"There you are, we were wondering what happened." Cobb said spotting them and waving them to come closer.

"Sorry, Dom. But this little bugger got lost." Eames said, pointing to Arthur who glared.

"And this one was impersonating a hooker." Arthur said, pointing to Eames who smirked.

"Whatever, let's just go." Cobb said, shaking his head smiling at the silliness of his colleagues.

Arthur followed them down the road and they saw Destrey disappear into an outdoor elevator to an apartment building and they went to follow him. They had intended to get him on the first level but much to their displeasure Destrey had fallen asleep before they'd gotten to him.

So here they were in level two. And that small voice was back in Arthur's head...

You walk along the staircase. You know where it will end. You can feel it when others can't. Or you usually can. What's happened to you, Arthur? You've lost your touch. You no longer no the end. You will fall... Paradox.

"ARTHUR!" Cobb roared as a staircase built itself into the side of the apartment.

Arthur blew up at him, "I'M NOT DOING THIS, DOM!"

Cobb pointed to a few civilians who went for Arthur, fury shining in their eyes...

"THEN WHY ARE THEY AFTER YOU?"

Arthur struggled as the dragged him down the street, "I DON'T KNOW! HELP ME, COBB!"

Cobb, Lance, and Eames all whipped out their guns and fired at each pedestrian that had gotten ahold of Arthur who elbowed one in the nose and broke free, brushing off his coat.

"There's gonna be more of them the farther we go if you keep doing that, Arthur! What the hell is wrong?" Cobb snapped.

Arthur thought it out trying to figure out the same exact thing.

"Maybe all this work with Inception at the young age like he is starting to affect his erm- sanity." Lance suggested coldly.

"Shut up, alright Lance? C'mere, Arthur." Cobb said in a superior manner.

He put an arm around Arthur's shoulders and steered him away from Lance and Eames, towards another sidewalk. Once there he hissed,

"What's wrong with you Arthur?"

Arthur was irritated by the fact that they all thought it was him. Although, maybe it was and he didn't even know it.

"I don't know, Cobb I-"

Just then pain shot through Arthur's head and his knees buckled. Cobb quickly grabbed him under the arms to prevent him from hitting the ground.

"Arthur!"

Arthur was standing in the middle of the blackness when a bright white staircase flickered into view. He looked around, and seeing no where else to go, he climbed it. He reached a landing that led to another flight of stairs. He climbed that too and on the next landing, was Lance.

"Lance! What the hell did you do to me?"

Lance laughed in such a cruel, condescending way, Arthur wondered how he could ever have trusted him.

"Ah, Arthur, Arthur, Arthur... Don't you see? I did it on purpose. On that first test, I planned it to sabotage you're job as Point Man. I messed with your head, I screwed up your mind. When you saw the staircase from a dream you'd had before, you didn't know what to do. On the one hand it was a dream and so it hadn't been built from memory, on the other you had seen it before."

Arthur thought this over and snapped, "How did that mess up my mind?"

"Ah, I'm getting to that. Have you heard of a recurring dream, Arthur?"

Arthur nodded and Lance continued, "Well, in the Inception operations, all aspects of a dream mean something important. A recurring dream can screw with your senses, hence you lost your sense of the end of the staircase and another small part of you mind caused you to dream again, basically losing all the extraction experience you've ever gotten."

Arthur groaned. He then asked, "Why though, Lance? Why would you do that?"

"Which member of the team hardly ever gets replaced, Arthur? Who? The Point Man. I stole Cobb's blueprints from when he used to be the architect, and learned from that so I could get a spot on the team. And once on the team, I needed to get myself into the Point Man's position. And how better to get you fired than to have you lose your mind?"

"ARTHUR!"

"You're a sick bastard!" Arthur choked, "And what are you gonna do once you're close to Cobb?"

"Extract all his secrets on Inception, and begin my own buisness with it."

Arthur shook his head, smirking, "Cobb will know if you try that, and he'll have you arrested for mind-theft."

"Ah, that's the best part. Right after the extraction? I kill him."