Marius lay unconscious at the bottom of the barricade, his friends crowding round him trying to see to the shot-wounds on his chest and upper-arm the best they could with the little first-aid equipment that they had stored on the barricades.

"Give him some-space!" Ordered Val-Jean. "Get back to the barricades, that's where he'd want you to be, not looking after his sorry-body." The elderly-man told them sternly.

"But Sir we can't possibly leave-him here on the Barricades, his wounded-body will only suffer." Argued Enjorlas.

"I'm sorry Sir but I must ask you to leave and get on with your job, this is not what the young-boy needs right now." Val-Jean ordered.

Enjorlas clearef-off as he headed to the top of the barricades to lead his rank.

Cossette wandered dreamily around France, just outside of where the barricades stood strong and tall. She knew Marius would be in there, and she was desperate to see the man she loved so much once-again.

It had been like love-at-first-sight for the pair of them, literally. He was young, fresh-faced, strong and handsome, what more could a young-girl dream-for? Especially a young-girl such as Cossette, who's Mother had fallen-ill on the streets, then had eventually died. And her Father, an ex-convict who broke his parole, but was probably the most-caring-man, aside from Marius, that Cossette had ever met in her life-time.

Eventually Cossette built-up the courage to enter the barricades, fighting-off the Soldiers at the Main-Gate in desperation so that she could see her lover-boy. "Ohhh Maaarrriiuusss." She called flirtatiously.

Her father heard her straight-away. "Cossette, Cossette my darling, what are you doing here? It's not safe here, and you know that. You must never come-here again now be-gone, before the dark comes." Val-Jean told his precious-daughter whom he had given so much for. Not only was it dangerous for her to be here, it was also another person to take-care-of, he didn't want her to see Marius led barely-breathing on the dusty-ground behind-him. It would be too much for the young-girl, and she wouldn't be able to deal with it.

"Dad I'm old enough to look after myself, now let me see Marius!" She said, practically having a teenage-tantrum as she stormed forward before noticing that it was indeed Marius who was led bleeding on the ground.

"Marius!" She whispered in shock as the first-tear fell from her eye. "MARIUS!" She screamed before crouching-down next to him and shook-him. "Baby wake-up, please wake-up." She said the shaking became more violent.

Val-Jean crouched-down next to his daughter. "Cossette it's no use, he's unconcsious, we can't do much-more for him now." He told his daughter as he took her arms to stop her from shaking-him. "All we can do is pray to God that he awakes."

Cossette sobbed as she sunk into the frim and safe grip of her father's arms, resting her head against his chest. "But Father, you HAVE to do something, there's nothing-else worth living-for. Mother's not with us anymore, and you're always-here, I'll be all-alone if you don't save-him. PLEASE DAD DO SOMETHING!" She begged her Father before leaning-down and placing a kiss on Marius' forehead before resting her head gently against his stomach.

"OKAY." Val-Jean confirmed in a loud and firm voice. "But we'll have to wait until dark Cossette, he doesn't stand a chance in this daylight, battle hasn't finished for the day-yet, we must wait until the enemies-sleep, it is then, and Only then, that we can make our escape. Do you understand?"

Cossette failed to reply, she just cried.

"COSSETTE DO YOU UNDERSTAND?" Val-Jean shouted.

"Yes." Cossette whispered tearfully in reply as she nodded her head.