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"I told you I'd be back little brother." Angelica said, not moving the pistol from where she aimed it at Aramis' chest. D'artagnan had lowered his weapon in shock at what she had said but seeing she wasn't about to move the pistol from aiming it at Aramis he lifted his own back to aim at her.
"Angelica." Aramis nodded his head in recognition at his sister, obviously not fazed by having a pistol aimed at him by his sister. "Are you going to put that down?"
"No." She stated before reeling off a load of Spanish D'artagnan couldn't understand.
Aramis seemed to have decided the best way to deal with the situation was to ignore the other Musketeers so D'artagnan watched as the two siblings talked. Leaning over to Athos, D'artagnan asked "Did you know Aramis had a sister?"
"No, I did not." Athos answered, looking at Porthos the bigger Musketeer also shook his head.
"Tell them to put their weapons down." Angelica said, switching back to France.
"You know that won't happen."
"Not even for your sister." Murmurs were passing through the Musketeer ranks, no one knowing what to do. Logically, they should have already arrested the woman being a pirate but at the same time she was Aramis' sister.
Aramis laughed in answer to Angelica but quickly sobered. "Why are you in Paris?"
"Jack." Angelica's tone held anger and D'artagnan saw Aramis roll his eyes.
Catching Athos' gaze, D'artagnan saw the other Musketeer lower his weapon. He walked over and whispered; "I'm going to talk to Treville, don't let her leave," in D'artagnan's ear.
Athos climbed the steps to the Captains' office. Aramis had never mentioned having a sister but explained the way he had been acting on the way back to Paris. Treville looked up when Athos came into the office, a questioning look on his face. "What's wrong?"
"The pirate, she's in the Garrison."
"Then why haven't you arrested her." It was a fair question and under different circumstances Athos would have. The problem was he didn't know how Aramis might react to the idea of his sister being hung. Come to think of it, maybe Angelica's escape beforehand had been because Aramis let her go.
"She's Aramis' question." This caught Treville's attention as he looked up at Athos, frowning.
"I didn't know Aramis had a sister."
"None of us did." Treville frowned.
"She's still a pirate."
"So you want us to arrest her?" Athos asked, seeing that Treville was coming to the same conclusion as he had already come to.
"Does anyone else know who she is?" Athos shook his head. Treville was silent for a moment more before continuing, obviously having come to a conclusion about the best way to react. "Find out why she's here and if she agrees to leave without a fight or causing trouble let her."
"What about the King and the Cardinal?"
"I'll deal with it; just make sure no one finds out she's here." Athos nodded once, leaving and closing the door behind him but not before he heard the sigh of the Captain that was common when he heard about the Musketeers duelling with the Red Guards.
Angelica still had the pistol aimed at Aramis but the Garrison had gone oddly silent. The brother and sister had gone back to talking in Spanish and Athos felt a certain annoyance at it. Resolving to find out more, Athos cleared his throat getting the attention of Aramis and Angelica. Athos was glad that most of the Musketeers were on duty and those that were in the Garrison didn't know what was going on, only that the woman was aiming a gun at Aramis.
"You're free to go." Angelica switched her eyes to Athos and for a minute, Athos could see the same hard brown gaze Aramis' eyes held when he was shooting or fighting. It was oddly disorientating.
"What if I don't want to leave?" Angelica asked, earning an annoyed snort from Aramis. "I'd shoot you if you weren't my brother." She said though she didn't lower the pistol.
"If you're not going to then I'd appreciate you put it down and then maybe we can go somewhere more private and talk." Aramis retorted back to his sister and Athos could see this sort of exchange being common between the two.
"I thought I was free to go." Angelica said but she put the pistol down anyway. Then she did something that almost had Porthos pull out his sword. She walked, surprisingly quickly, up to Aramis and wrapped her arms around his neck. He seemed generally startled at the action but then his arms went around his sister.
"Maybe we should give these two a little time alone." Porthos said, loud enough for the other Musketeers to get the hint and go back to their duties, all the while muttering confused sentences to one another. Porthos was just as confused as them and from what he'd seen of Angelica he couldn't decide if he actually liked Aramis' sister. She had been aiming the gun at Aramis this whole time and it wasn't something he ever expected of any sort of sibling. Then again, Porthos had never imagined Aramis having a sister. A pirate as a sister at that.
Angelica let go of Aramis, who stepped backwards a look of embarrassment in his eyes. "What did Treville say?" Aramis asked, turning away from Angelica and addressing Athos. Ti was the first time he'd taken his eyes off Angelica since she'd appeared.
"That as long as no one knows she's here and she doesn't cause any trouble he won't have her arrest her." Aramis sent a grateful look to Athos but Angelica frowned.
"I don't need your help." She said angrily. Aramis rolled his eyes.
"If you want to get yourself hung by all means don't accept the help." Angelica considered what Aramis said before nodding.
"Where do you live?" Angelica asked Aramis. She seemed to have decided the other Musketeers weren't worth her time as she ignored them. D'artagnan looked put out at this and Porthos couldn't blame the young Gascon. If not for Athos she may well be at the end of a rope y dawn and she didn't seem intent on thanking him.
"We don't have any duties today." Athos said, guessing that Aramis probably wanted to spend some time with his sister.
"But you're going to have to explain later." Porthos added, catching Aramis' gaze so his friend understood that they wanted an explanation and not just half of it.
"Okay and thanks." Aramis said, offering his arm to Angelica who took it. As they walked out of the Garrison, Porthos was hit at how much they were alike. Same dark eyes, same dark hair.
"You never knew?" D'artagnan asked when they knew Aramis was out of hearing distance.
"Really." Porthos said.
"It's a bit weird don't you think?" Porthos and Athos sent D'artagnan a questioning look in answer. "I mean, her appearing here when she knew she'd probably get hanged."
"Aramis did look a bit shocked to see her." Porthos said remembering the look on Aramis' face when he'd first seen Angelica.
"We'll keep an eye on her. If she becomes a problem I don't think it'll matter she's Aramis; sister." Athos said, though he left what the others where thinking unsaid. Because if Angelica was up to something, what would Aramis do. Help them or help her.
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