Topple one and Topple All

He reaches for the lever and finds himself on the stonework in the next second, confused before the pain catches up, clawing at his nerves and setting his leg on fire. He cries out, and the pain is rough and deep, the dark arrow buried in the thick of his leg.It’s only pain! Kili snarls to himself, hearing his kin shouting below, trapped in the gate, and throws himself up, into the lever. It lowers slowly, but bounces back up as the gates release, and knocks him on the chin.He can hear Thorin’s proud cry as the barrels and company are freed, but he can’t see a thing, his vision greyed with pain, and his head spins when he tries to throw himself back into the river.He winds up collapsing on the stones instead, trying to reach out to his brother, because Fili is screaming, and he sounds….so upset.