Of the sedan, shoving it sideways as an endless train barrels

PAST, A WALL BETWEEN COBB AND THE AMBUSH-

77.

 

A SECOND S.U.V. is behind the cab- PLAIN CLOTHES SECURITY MEN

advance through the traffic, weapons trained on the cab.

Bullets RIP into the cab as Eames throws himself on top of

Fischer, PULLING a SACK over his head-

 

Inside the sedan, Ariadne watches the train passing-

 

ARIADNE

This wasn't in the design-

 

Cobb BACKS UP, SPINS around, heading for the tail of the

train-

 

A Security Man emerges from the front S.U.V. carrying an

AUTOMATIC RIFLE- he steps towards the cab through the rain,

raises his weapon and BLASTS THE CAB'S WINDSCREEN-

 

Cobb clears the end of the train, and SKIDS across the tracks-

 

Arthur CROUCHES down- PUSHES the accelerator with his HAND-

YANKS the wheel- FLYING BLIND. The cab NAILS the Security

Man, CRUNCHING into the front S.U.V.-

 

Cobb SMASHES his car into the rear S.U.V., creating a GAP-

 

Arthur YANKS the transmission and REVERSES- SCRAPING through

the gap- Security Men DIVE out of the way- Arthur throws a

ragged J-turn to head down a SIDE STREET- Cobb follows in the

other car. Rain whips across Arthur's face as he BREATHES-

 

ARTHUR

Everybody okay? Saito?

 

Arthur looks at Saito. Saito's hand is at his belly. Covered

in BLOOD.

 

EXT. WAREHOUSE - MOMENTS LATER

 

The sedan and cab pull into the side entrance- Eames jumps

out- PULLS the shutter down behind them-

 

INT. WAREHOUSE - CONTINUOUS

 

Yusuf and Eames PULL Fischer from the cab, HUSTLING him

through a doorway. Cobb JUMPS out of the sedan, furious.

 

COBB

Arthur! Arthur what the-

 

Arthur pulls the bloody Saito from the front seat.

 

COBB

Oh, Christ. Is he dying?

78.

 

ARTHUR

I don't know. What happened back

there? Where were you?

 

COBB

We were blocked by a freight train.

 

ARTHUR

(to Ariadne)

Why would you put a train crossing

in a downtown intersection?

 

ARIADNE

I didn't.

 

COBB

(snaps)

Why were we all ambushed, Arthur?!

Those weren't regular projections-

they'd been trained!

 

ARIADNE

How could they be trained?

 

ARTHUR

Fischer's had an extractor teach

his mind to defend itself. His

subconscious is militarized. It

should've shown on the research-

 

COBB

So why the hell didn't it?!

 

ARTHUR

Calm down.

 

COBB

Don't tell me to calm down-you were

meant to check Fischer's background

thoroughly. You can't make this

kind of mistake-we're not prepared

for this kind of violence-

 

ARTHUR

Cobb, we've dealt with sub-security

before. We just have to be more-

 

COBB

This wasn't part of the plan, Arthur!

(points at Saito)

He's dying!

 

EAMES

So we put him out of his misery.

79.

 

Eames steps into the room, pulls his gun and moves over

Saito.

 

COBB

No.

 

EAMES

He's in agony. Let's wake him up-

 

Cobb GRABS Eames's arm.

 

COBB

No!

(they lock eyes)

It won't wake him up.

 

EAMES

What do you mean, it won't wake

him? When you die in a dream you

wake up.

 

YUSUF

Not from this. We're too heavily

sedated to wake up that way.

 

Eames looks at Yusuf, then to Cobb.

 

EAMES

So what happens if one of us dies?

 

COBB

That person doesn't wake up. Their

mind drops into Limbo.

 

ARIADNE

Limbo?

 

ARTHUR

Unconstructed dream space.

 

ARIADNE

What's down there?

 

ARTHUR

Raw, infinite subconscious. Nothing

there but what was left behind by

anyone on the team who's been trapped

there before. On this team... just

Cobb.

 

ARIADNE

How long would we be stuck there?

80.

 

YUSUF

You couldn't even think about

trying to escape until the sedation

eases-

 

EAMES

How long?

 

YUSUF

Decades-it could be infinite-I

don't know! Ask him-he's the one

who's been there before!

 

Eames moves to Cobb. Looks him in the eye.

 

EAMES

Great. So now we're stuck in

Fischer's mind battling it out with

his private army, and if we get hit

we're stuck in Limbo 'til our

brains dissolve into scrambled egg?

 

Cobb says nothing. Saito groans more loudly.

 

ARTHUR

Let's just get him upstairs.

 

INT. OFFICE, WAREHOUSE - MOMENTS LATER

 

Saito is laid out on an old desk. Arthur examines him. He

motions to Ariadne. Eames watches Cobb.

 

ARTHUR

Hold this. Firm pressure.

 

Arthur turns to Cobb.

 

ARTHUR

You knew the risks and you didn't

tell us.

 

COBB

There wasn't meant to be any risk.

We weren't supposed to be dealing

with a load of gunnre.

 

ARTHUR

You had no right.

 

COBB

It's the only way you can go three

layers deep, Arthur.

 

Arthur turns to Yusuf, hostile.

81.

 

ARTHUR

And you. You went along with this?

 

YUSUF

I trusted him.

 

ARTHUR

You trusted him? When? When he

promised you half his share?

 

YUSUF

(offended)

No! His whole share. Plus, he told

me he'd done it before.

 

Arthur turns to Cobb.

 

ARTHUR

Oh, yeah? With Mal? That worked out

great, didn't it, Cobb?

 

Cobb grabs Arthur.

 

COBB

You don't know anything about that.

This was the only way to do this

job, Arthur. I did what I had to do

to get back to my children.

 

EAMES

So you led us into a war zone with

no way out.

 

COBB

We have a way out. The kick. We

just have to push on, do the job as

fast as possible and get out using

the kick.

 

EAMES

Forget it. We go any deeper, we

just raise the stakes. I'm sitting

it out on this level.

 

COBB

You'll never make it, Eames.

Fischer's security is surrounding

this place as we speak. The ten

hours of the flight is a week at

this level-you'll never make it

without getting killed. Downwards

is the only way forwards. We have

to carry on.

 

Saito groans. Cobb looks at him-

82.

 

COBB

And we have to do it fast.

 

Eames and Arthur weigh this.

 

COBB

Eames, go get ready. Arthur, let's

get in there and soften him up.