Enjolras' head pounded as his eyes adjusted to the complete darkness. He put two fingers up to a throbbing pain, only to have blood once he drew his hand back.
The next thing that hit him was the smell. Of blood and rust and mildew, it made Enj gag as he finally saw what was around him. He saw Marius, Courfeyrac, Joly and Grantaire, their bodies twisted at strange angles.
"Guys," Enj said, crawling in the never-ending pit, "C'mon. What happened? Where are we?" He pressed his finger against their necks and felt the slightest of pulses, each seeming to slow down by the moment.
He stared up from the never-ending abyss they seemed to be stuck in and called out with all the might he had, his voice cracked and dry, "Hello?" There was no answer.
Enjolras thought. He really, really did. But everytime he would try to think of where he was, his mind would come up blank. The last thing he remembered was shining the fire truck with Marius and getting yelled at for goofing off. He glanced down at his uniform, which confirmed that he was no longer a cadet. Was he now an actual part of the squad?
That didn't matter as he put a shaking hand to get Marius' gear off. It was only important to drag these boys he had grown up with out of this dark dungeon wherever they were.
He gripped a piece of metal, cold to the touch as he dragged Marius up, careful to not have the unconscious boy hit his head. What had happened to get them down into this hole of blood, misery and despair?
He sat Marius on a ledge, almost near the top. His throat ached for water and he wanted to fall asleep and never wake up. But he knew he couldn't. Something was up there. Maybe the key to what had happened.
He then dragged Courfeyrac and then Joly and finally, Grantaire. He seated them on the ledge, finally reaching the light he so desperately craved.
"Hello?" He called into the sunlight that nearly blinded him, "Please help. I just woke up and... my friends are down there,"
Enjolras' voice was barely above a whisper as he looked onto the smoking pile of rubble. Something horrible had happened. And this was just the beginning.