Case Closed 5/8
Title: Case Closed
Author: safaiagem / bloody-hellfire
Word Count: 21,590
Rating: light R
Characters/Pairings: Arthur/Eames, ensemble, OMC
Warnings language and violence
Summary: When Agent Nathan Burman of the International Dream Crime Association learns from an informant that a team has attempted inception he knows this will be the case that propel him to the top. Catching the people that have attempted inception might be a little harder than Nathan originally thought.
Notes: Based on this prompt on inception_kink. As always my beta is laria_gwyn and she is amazing/lovely/seriously I love this girl. This is the second part of the No Definition series and takes place between Against Us and I Took A Ride To Meet An Enemy. Reading in order is probably the best idea though this is the shortest of the series thus far. Still love this verse I so there will probably be more.
Case Closed
Saito Hiroshi
Out of all the people on his list Saito Hiroshi was the one that worried him the most. It was one thing to go after a graduate student or a stay at home dad, but it was another thing to instigate an investigation of one of the most powerful men in the world. When he called his superiors from the plane they had yelled at him for twenty minutes. They wanted results and they did not see how going after Saito was going to bring them. After the first five minutes Nathan had tuned his boss out and was too busy thinking about how he was going to do this. He heard something about expenses, which he ignored, and something else about reputation, which he also ignored. There had to be something he could pin on one of these people and he was going to find it.
By the time he touched down in Tokyo he had a plan to spend the day doing his own research and keep out of the IDCA offices. The last thing he needed was to give the police a reason to let Saito what was going on. He assumed that someone with as much power as Saito did had moles in the police, maybe even in the IDCA, and it made it impossible to trust anyone. That was why he was locked in a hotel room looking through files on his own.
Nathan scrolled through and found absolutely nothing.
“That’s impossible. There has to be something on this man,” he said to himself but everything was coming back clean. He had a mistress but he was not subtle about it and if his wife knew, which she probably did, she did not care. Aside from that there did not seem to be anything to raise suspicion. There were no major money transfers that were suspicious and the few that he found went toward legitimate resources. His company, Proculus Global, was at the top of the energy tower and there was no one left to compete. Saito seemed to know that because he did not make any attempt to lower his prices. If anything he made the smart businessman decision and raised them.
Something that made him nervous was the set of bodyguards that followed Saito everywhere. There was nothing on those men as well; they were ex-military and not trying to hide it, and wherever Saito went they followed. The man was aware that he could have enemies and had taken precautions against it. There was nothing he could pin on this man that even connected him to dream crime.
Over the course of the next two days Nathan charmed his way into the good graces of Saito’s personal assistant. She was a lonely woman and took to his flirting easily. While she was in the restroom Nathan easily copied the entire contents of her phone onto a flash drive and soon had Saito’s schedule for the next two weeks.
“If there’s nothing on paper, the next step is to follow him,” he mused out loud later in his hotel room.
Following Saito turned out to be surprisingly easy because the man moved with an air of confidence that bordered on narcissism. He seemed to know that he was untouchable and did not seem bothered by it. No one was untouchable, despite what some people might think. It was at a lunch meeting that Nathan realized he was being watched by one of the bodyguards. He picked up his phone, trying to make it look like he was texting but the man sauntered up to him.
“Come with me,” he said.
“Excuse me?” Nathan asked acting surprised.
“Agent Burman, I need you to come with me,” the guard repeated and without warning he was being yanked to his feet and dragged over to the table where Saito was waiting. No one in the restaurant even looked up from their food and idly Nathan wondered how many people Saito had under his thumb.
“Agent Burman, how nice to finally meet you,” Saito said as he ate. “After three days of following me around I was beginning to think you wouldn’t take the risk of being spotted.”
“You’re under suspicion of being involved with illegal dreaming, and international law says that I have the right to follow you,” Nathan replied as he was forced into a chair.
“Do you have any evidence linking me to dreaming?” Saito asked but waved Nathan off before he could answer. “Of course you don’t, because there is nothing to find.”
“Your name came up in the investigation of a possible inception. Someone out there has an idea in their head that is not theirs and I intend to find out who that is.” Nathan folded his hands on the table and stared the other man down. Saito stared right back, not even flinching, and set his fork down.
“Agent Burman, I’m afraid you’ve reached a dead end. I would suggest that you cease your investigation of me.”
“Are you threatening an IDCA agent, Mr. Saito?”
“Not at all; I’m simply telling you to stop wasting your time. There is nothing for you to find and this harassment will not be tolerated.” Saito looked at one of his bodyguards and nodded. The man pulled Nathan back to his feet roughly. “Good luck with your investigation, Agent Burman.” The guard led Nathan through the restaurant and pushed him a little harder than necessary out of the door. The bodyguard glared and walked back into the hotel, leaving Nathan standing in the middle of the sidewalk as people walked by. There was no telling how many people Saito had on his payroll; for all he knew the entire country was answering to him, and Nathan clenched his fists tightly.
“God damn it,” he muttered. Someone bumped into his shoulder roughly, muttered an apology, but Nathan did not stop to look at the person. Whoever they were they were not a problem right now. He was, once again, left with nothing against these people. “No one is untouchable.”
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Saito finished his meal quietly and made a mental note to tell his PA that she should watch who she had lunch with. Being followed was extremely irritating and altering his schedule was not something he liked doing. Saito picked up his phone and dialed a number, waiting patiently as it rang.
“Arthur. I have an update for you.”
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Author: safaiagem / bloody-hellfire
Word Count: 21,590
Rating: light R
Characters/Pairings: Arthur/Eames, ensemble, OMC
Warnings language and violence
Summary: When Agent Nathan Burman of the International Dream Crime Association learns from an informant that a team has attempted inception he knows this will be the case that propel him to the top. Catching the people that have attempted inception might be a little harder than Nathan originally thought.
Notes: Based on this prompt on inception_kink. As always my beta is laria_gwyn and she is amazing/lovely/seriously I love this girl. This is the second part of the No Definition series and takes place between Against Us and I Took A Ride To Meet An Enemy. Reading in order is probably the best idea though this is the shortest of the series thus far. Still love this verse I so there will probably be more.
Case Closed
Saito Hiroshi
Out of all the people on his list Saito Hiroshi was the one that worried him the most. It was one thing to go after a graduate student or a stay at home dad, but it was another thing to instigate an investigation of one of the most powerful men in the world. When he called his superiors from the plane they had yelled at him for twenty minutes. They wanted results and they did not see how going after Saito was going to bring them. After the first five minutes Nathan had tuned his boss out and was too busy thinking about how he was going to do this. He heard something about expenses, which he ignored, and something else about reputation, which he also ignored. There had to be something he could pin on one of these people and he was going to find it.
By the time he touched down in Tokyo he had a plan to spend the day doing his own research and keep out of the IDCA offices. The last thing he needed was to give the police a reason to let Saito what was going on. He assumed that someone with as much power as Saito did had moles in the police, maybe even in the IDCA, and it made it impossible to trust anyone. That was why he was locked in a hotel room looking through files on his own.
Nathan scrolled through and found absolutely nothing.
“That’s impossible. There has to be something on this man,” he said to himself but everything was coming back clean. He had a mistress but he was not subtle about it and if his wife knew, which she probably did, she did not care. Aside from that there did not seem to be anything to raise suspicion. There were no major money transfers that were suspicious and the few that he found went toward legitimate resources. His company, Proculus Global, was at the top of the energy tower and there was no one left to compete. Saito seemed to know that because he did not make any attempt to lower his prices. If anything he made the smart businessman decision and raised them.
Something that made him nervous was the set of bodyguards that followed Saito everywhere. There was nothing on those men as well; they were ex-military and not trying to hide it, and wherever Saito went they followed. The man was aware that he could have enemies and had taken precautions against it. There was nothing he could pin on this man that even connected him to dream crime.
Over the course of the next two days Nathan charmed his way into the good graces of Saito’s personal assistant. She was a lonely woman and took to his flirting easily. While she was in the restroom Nathan easily copied the entire contents of her phone onto a flash drive and soon had Saito’s schedule for the next two weeks.
“If there’s nothing on paper, the next step is to follow him,” he mused out loud later in his hotel room.
Following Saito turned out to be surprisingly easy because the man moved with an air of confidence that bordered on narcissism. He seemed to know that he was untouchable and did not seem bothered by it. No one was untouchable, despite what some people might think. It was at a lunch meeting that Nathan realized he was being watched by one of the bodyguards. He picked up his phone, trying to make it look like he was texting but the man sauntered up to him.
“Come with me,” he said.
“Excuse me?” Nathan asked acting surprised.
“Agent Burman, I need you to come with me,” the guard repeated and without warning he was being yanked to his feet and dragged over to the table where Saito was waiting. No one in the restaurant even looked up from their food and idly Nathan wondered how many people Saito had under his thumb.
“Agent Burman, how nice to finally meet you,” Saito said as he ate. “After three days of following me around I was beginning to think you wouldn’t take the risk of being spotted.”
“You’re under suspicion of being involved with illegal dreaming, and international law says that I have the right to follow you,” Nathan replied as he was forced into a chair.
“Do you have any evidence linking me to dreaming?” Saito asked but waved Nathan off before he could answer. “Of course you don’t, because there is nothing to find.”
“Your name came up in the investigation of a possible inception. Someone out there has an idea in their head that is not theirs and I intend to find out who that is.” Nathan folded his hands on the table and stared the other man down. Saito stared right back, not even flinching, and set his fork down.
“Agent Burman, I’m afraid you’ve reached a dead end. I would suggest that you cease your investigation of me.”
“Are you threatening an IDCA agent, Mr. Saito?”
“Not at all; I’m simply telling you to stop wasting your time. There is nothing for you to find and this harassment will not be tolerated.” Saito looked at one of his bodyguards and nodded. The man pulled Nathan back to his feet roughly. “Good luck with your investigation, Agent Burman.” The guard led Nathan through the restaurant and pushed him a little harder than necessary out of the door. The bodyguard glared and walked back into the hotel, leaving Nathan standing in the middle of the sidewalk as people walked by. There was no telling how many people Saito had on his payroll; for all he knew the entire country was answering to him, and Nathan clenched his fists tightly.
“God damn it,” he muttered. Someone bumped into his shoulder roughly, muttered an apology, but Nathan did not stop to look at the person. Whoever they were they were not a problem right now. He was, once again, left with nothing against these people. “No one is untouchable.”
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Saito finished his meal quietly and made a mental note to tell his PA that she should watch who she had lunch with. Being followed was extremely irritating and altering his schedule was not something he liked doing. Saito picked up his phone and dialed a number, waiting patiently as it rang.
“Arthur. I have an update for you.”
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