The room was small and compact, so Arthur's screams of anger propelled off the walls and went straight back into the other's ears. Ariadne wanted to cover her ears, as his cursing and yelled scared her slightly. Eames would occasionally tell him to shut up, but he would only retaliate and start to insult Eames. Cobb just sighed and kept his anger quiet. The next hour went by and Arthur eventually grew quiet, and soon the whole team was in silence.
"We have no choice in this right?" Ariadne asked.
"No. I'm sorry." Cobb sighed. "I know none of you want to do Inception again. If this is our only way out then we have no choice." The hours went by and the light in the room was eventually switched off. It was pitch black and the only sound was the gentle breathing in the room. It must have been in the early hours in the morning when they heard footsteps approaching. Arthur grew stiff and the sound. This probably meant more torture. The door opened and the footsteps walked into the room. The light still didn't go on. The footsteps grew closer and eventually stopped.
"Cobb. Arthur. Long time no see." Arthur growled, and Cobb flicked his head around.
"Nash." The light switched on to reveal Nash, the former Architect, looking beat down and menacing. "It appears you're in a rather sticky situation." He walked closer and bent down to Arthur, who still hadn't changed his angry expression. "I bet you could really use my help." Arthur looked him directly in the eyes.
"Nash you asshole." Nash laughed and bent down so that his face was almost horizontal to Arthur's.
"I think you should have a little more respect for me now." He raised his hand and hit Arthur right across the jaw. "Unfortunately, this time, you'll be working for me. "
"Nash, you're better than this. You can help us. Please." Nash looked at Cobb.
"You treated me like dirt. You never gave me respect , and now you want me to help? Sorry, that's not the way I deal with things." Nash gave an evil smile then walked out of the room, leaving Arthur with a sore jaw and Cobb with an angry feeling.
"I'm sorry, I think I'm a bit left out, who is Nash?" Eames asked.
Cobb sighed. "He was our Architect before Ariadne. He wasn't particularly loyal, so he was taken to Cobal and we thought he'd been killed."
"He was a terrible Architect anyway." Arthur looked at Ariadne as he said this, who was staring at his probably broken jaw.
"Listen, the only way to do this is to get it done quickly and well. Then maybe they will let us go." Cobb grew quiet as he said this. Knowing that they would probably be killed, whether they did the Inception or not.
It was morning. No one had gotten any sleep during the long hours. They looked awful, and they were tired and hungry. Phillips walked in, accompanied by Nash. He looked angry and impatient. Less willing to wait.
"Enough. Are you going to help us?" Cobb nodded.
"Do we even have a choice?" Phillips did not answer. 4 men came in and untied the others and pulled them across the hall with unnecessary force. They were taken into a room were there were 4 desks, full of papers and folders. Everyone was taken to a desk and handcuffed to the chair.
"Get to work. Everything is in the folder."
They were left in silence. The only sound was the clinking of the chains against the chair as Ariadne tried to get free. She gave up after 5 minutes. Arthur sighed and turned around as far as he could.
"Let's just get this over with." he growled.