Missing scene for S3E3: Brothers in Arms
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Thinking about it later, Aramis realized that he shouldn't have been surprised at all when everything blew up in their faces…literally.
"Aramis!" he heard. "Hey, wake up."
Pain was something that Aramis was used to after years and years of soldiering, but when someone kept tapping your face when you already had a headache, it was easy to want to hit them back.
"Is he all right?"
"Just dazed, I think; he's lookin' right at me."
That was news to Aramis. Blinking his eyes showed him that he was, in fact, staring right into Porthos' face, with a worried Treville standing beside him.
"Aramis?" said Treville, before coughing a little from the dusty mess that had invaded the room.
The sound of his cough made Aramis' own lungs spasm, and he shifted to turn onto his side, grateful when Porthos assisted him as he choked on the nasty air. "What…" he gasped. "Happened?"
"There was a bomb, looks like," said Porthos.
Aramis tried to get his breathing under control and ignore his headache. He held up a hand and Porthos grasped it, pulling him up to sit. "Anyone hurt?" he asked, with a wince.
"I doubt any of us are completely unscathed," said Treville. "But nothing serious."
A heap of noise erupted nearby before d'Artagnan was suddenly striding over. "We can get through the debris," he said, before looking down at Aramis. "Can you walk?"
Aramis nodded his aching head. "Yes."
D'Artagnan reached down and he and Porthos hauled Aramis up to stand, and they weaved their way to the bottom of the stairs. They all looked up towards the top, knowing what likely awaited them there.
"Here we go again," said Porthos.
Aramis couldn't stop himself from chuckling, and they started the climb.
THE END