Timeless Warrior

Fall of a Prince

Ch.7

Days turned into weeks and weeks into months. Months soon lingered into years as the Greeks tried and failed to break through the walls of Troy and into the city. The war did not only take place outside the walls of Troy. After realizing its neighbors were supporting Troy's war efforts, the Greeks attacked these towns and villages as well, accumulating much wealth and other spoils of war.

Perseus sat outside in the sand on the beach, the past few years of constant war had hardened the young demigod beyond anything any of the Greeks could have imagined. His brother and he led the Myrmidons into every battle first and were usually the last to retreat from the battlefield. They quickly became the most feared Greeks within the Trojan army but even they could not break through the walls of Troy.

Agamemnon still annoyed the demigod but he had learned to simply tune him out as he and his men continued to do as they pleased when it came to the war.

His brother Achilles had fallen in love with their one time prisoner, Brisēís, who had long since lost her will to return to Troy, giving in to her heart and falling for the son of Thetis.

As he sat on the beach, his thoughts drifted to Zoë, something they did a lot in his down time. He was wondering how her time in the hunt was going. He hoped she was safe. The life of a hunter was filled with danger but it was far better than having her roam around the world by herself, not a safe place for a beautiful young woman. He did miss her but did not regret sending her away. This war was no place for him to be getting involved in romances.

Before he could continue his internal musing, the soft thudding of feet pounding on the sand drew his attention as he saw Patroclus sprinting at him with a look of panic on his face.

Perseus stood up concerned as his friend stopped in front of him trying to catch his breath.

"Achilles... Going on a rampage... Agamemnon... Took his girl." Patroclus managed to sputter out between breaths.

Perseus' eyes widened before he took off at a dead sprint. He knew how much the woman meant to his brother and there was no telling how far he would go to get her back.

When he reached their encampment, it wasn't hard to find his brother as the cries of battle and the yells out outrage were quite loud.

A small circle of Myrmidons stood in a half circle around Achilles as he pushed forward, trying to get to Agamemnon who had hundreds of men standing in front of him as he stood in front of his tent.

Perseus picked it up a notch, his men parting as they saw their other commander coming to hopefully stop his brother's rampage.

Unfortunately for them and the entire Greek army, he had no intention of stopping his brother.

One of Agamemnon's men was about to try to attack Achilles from the side before he was blindsided with a thunderous punch from Perseus who had all the momentum from his sprint behind it. The soldier's head snapped back so hard it broke his neck as he was dead before he hit the ground.

The army of Greeks backed up after watching Perseus actually kill one of their own while Achilles had injured dozens in his insatiable quench for vengeance.

Achilles, finally noticing his brother was at his side, stopped for a second, his usually pale green eyes darkened to the point they looked nearly black and filled with unfathomable rage.

"This is how you want it mighty King Agamemnon?" He snarled. "So be it. Fight the war for Troy yourself. My brother and my men will not lift a finger to help. And you will rue this day. All of you will remember the day your crossed me."