"LEAVE HIM ALONE! HE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING! PUNISH ME DAMMIT!" Cobb yelled furiously at the man in front of him.

Cobal engineering had finally caught hold of them and captured the whole team, even Saito. They were demanding why they had failed the job and how to do inception so they could do the jobs themselves.

Cobb had refused to talk, staring defiantly at them. They pointed a gun at each one of the team and saw his eyes flicked with fear when they aimed it at Arthur.

"We have a winner." The man smirked.

He pulled Arthur up by the neck, making the point man choke for air and threw him at another thug. The thug grabbed Arthur by the arms, restraining him as the other man laid into him.

They had heard cracks as his bones cracked and snapped and each and every one of them screamed furiously at the men to let him go.

Arthur looked up at Cobb and through the fear and pain that filled his eyes, the extractor could see the look that screamed 'don't tell them anything'. Cobb hated leaving Arthur to be tortured like this, but the point man would hate him if he told them the secrets of extraction and inception.

They watched helplessly as he was beaten to a bloody mess and dropped to the floor. The two men spat on him before walking out.

The team watched, holding in their breath as they watched their teammate's form with wide eyes.

Was he…dead?

They sighed in relief when he groaned, shifting painfully to lie on his side.

"Arthur, I am so sorry. That should've been me getting tortured. Not you."

"Cobb, you have kids. They would have killed you. They already lost their mother; it's not fair if they lose their father too. And like I told you when I first started the job; I'm with you." He smiled weakly at them, blood covering his face.

"Just rest Artie, we'll get out of here, don't you worry." Eames said gently, a reassuring smile on his face. Arthur grinned gratefully back and closed his eyes, falling into a pained and dreamless sleep.

The team looked at him worried. If they didn't get out of here soon and get him medical attention, he could die from bleeding out, infection, or the thugs could kill him to get information out of them.

They would get out of there, not for themselves, for their point man that had shown his loyalty to them time and time again.