It was cold and I was freezing,
"Bloody hell Eames you know I hate the cold!" He laughed,
"Well too bad love." I rolled my eyes at him.
"Saito, Sherri, and Fischer will make their way to the hospital. Eames you will draw their fire. Ariadne and I will provide cover fire for if there are any stragglers." I nodded and headed off with Fischer and Saito. We were skiing down a large slope and once we came to the edge.
"What do we do now?" I pulled some rope out of Saito's bag and threw it to Fischer,
"We go down it." I strapped Fischer in and then Saito. I hooked myself up and we began our climb down the side of the cliff. We kept going and made it half way down when I heard something.
It was faint but then it began to grow…music.
"No…" I used my com link add got in contact with Cobb,
"Cobb, is that what I think it is?"
"Yeah it's music."
"Listen I'm going to try and find a short cut for you guys." I kept repelling down the mountain until Cobb called again.
"Listen, you're going to have to cut the rope. We're running out of time fast. There's a drain system on the side of the building. You'll have to blow the grill up, but it will be quicker."
"Alright. Sherri out. Oi! Brace yourselves!" I cut the rope and we began a free fall. I felt the wind rush through my hair and for a moment I forgot all the trouble around me. But only a minute because the next thing I knew I hit the snow and began to tumble down the hill. I was the first to recover and checked with Saito and Fischer and we began our rush to get to the drain.
After about ten minutes of tracking through the snow we finally came to the hospital.
"Hold up here. I'll go check to make sure it's clear." I pulled my gun out and made my way to the drain, "It's all clear!" Saito and Fischer came around the corner and I pulled the charges out of Fischer's bag. I set the charges and we hid around the corner while I blew a hole into in. Fiscer went in first then me and then Saito. We made our way up the stair case and had to stop every now and then because Saito was getting weaker and coughing up more blood.
Finally though we reached the top. I sat Saito against a wall while Fischer got a look around. I began to make my way to Fischer when Mal dropped from the ceiling on a rope. She pulled a gun out just as Fischer began to turn around. No way was I going to let him die. I lost my job because he chose to save his reputation; I wasn't going to let him die. I ran towards them and I made it in front of him just Mal fired the gun. I felt the bullet pierce my skin and then my heart. I began to fall. I felt the world spin and everything seemed to fade. I didn't even feel it when I hit the ground. I didn't even hear Fischer call my name. All I could think about was Eames, and Dom, and Arthur. Dear God help them. Slowly I felt the life leave me until I fell into a sleep of nothingness. And the darkness overtook me dropping me into a limbo like state.
One that I would never be able to return from.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Cobb pov~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Dear God…" Sherri… I can't believe… why… why would she do that?
"What happened… Cobb, what happened?" I pulled back and fell to the ground. I didn't even feel the tears that had swelled into my eyes.
"We have to hurry," I got up and pulled Ariadne with me, "Eames, Eames!"
"Yes?" How could I tell him? Sherri always felt like a sister to me, but she was actually Eames' sister.
"You have to get in there…Sherri's been shot." I didn't hear anything on the line and I felt a lump grow in my throat,
"I'm on my way."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Eames pov~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I was running to get to the top of the stairs. I couldn't believe what Cobb had said. She couldn't… she couldn't die on me. I ran and pushed myself further and further up the stairs until I reached the top. I ran into the room and found Fisher holding Sherri. I ran to the side wall and pulled out the defibrillator. I ran back to them and leaned down beside her. I tried to use them on her. Nothing. I tried again. Nothing. I kept trying until I felt a hand on my shoulder,
"Eames…"
"She can't be dead Cobb… She can't. Not when I just found her. I won't loose her again." I kept trying until Cobb pulled them out of my hands. I leaned my head down to hers and cried. I couldn't help it. I looked at her lifeless form and pushed a strand of hair out of her face,
"Why don't we go into limbo? Get her back. Revive her on the kick." I looked to Cobb,
"Can it be done?"
"It just might work. But Eames you'll need to set the charges and then revive her. Fischer when he comes back you'll have to open that safe." I nodded and hooked Cobb and Ariadne up.
"I'll get her back. I promise Eames. I will get her back." I nodded and sent them under.
"Please bring her back…"