After the men settled in the little girl took Xander to the throne room. "M'Lord, Please bow to the Queen-Mother Zira." A tall dark haired woman wearing a long black gown came walking into the room. "Ah, the great Alexander had finally made it to my kingdom." She then got a curious look on her face. "On what ocassion does his majasty come to my home." Xander looked at her. "Madam Zira, I was called by one of my men to come here because you talked of war." Zira let out a soft giggle. "Your friend Cassander talked of other ideas Alexander." Xander clinched his hand till his knuckles turned white. "Is there something that I did?" She said as she walked down to him. "No madam, I will take care of this myself."
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Several weeks later.
Back in Babylon Cassander smiled as he walked into the palace. He walked to Alexanders' room and saw it was open slightly. When he looked he saw Achlys naked and getting ready to put her formal robes on. His eyes looked at her soft curves as she put it on. He then knocked on the door. She let out a gasp of frieght. "Hold on." After she put it on she ran to the door. "Yes, Cassander? Why are you here? I thought you were with.." Before she could finish what she was saying Cassander put his hands on her waist and pressed her against him and kissed her. "Cassander!" Her voice was muffled as she tried to get him off. "He pushed her back and said "Alexander is not here Achlys, you can relax." Then brought her back. Her screams were silenced when he turned and slamed her against the wall. Then he pushed her to her bed.
Ptomoly was walking by when he heard her muffled scream. As he looked in the doorway he saw Cassander on top of her. "Get off of her you pig. How dare you desecrate the queen!" He yelled as he ran in and pulled Cassander off of the now crying Achyls. "Ptomoly? Ah, figures you are still here. Too old to fight my dear friend?" "Why are YOU here Cassander?" Cassander looked at Achyls on the bed."You hated Hephaestion as much as I did, don't say you didn't." Cassanders eyes hardened as he looked at Ptomoly. "Be rational Cassander! Alexander was my friend and so was Hephaestion. I think of Achyls as my daughter!" Cassander let out a laugh as he grabbed her by the neck and threw her in front of him. She let out a gasp as he gripped her throat tighter. Ptomolys' eyes grew with concern as Achlys face turned a soft blue."Let her go Cassander!" Ptomoly yelled. "Here, have her. I'm done with her. She's no Queen to me as the Queen is now." He went to throw her on the ground when an arrow shot through him from the side. Everyone looked and saw Xander stnding in the doorway. "Alexander?!" Cassander gasped out as he dropped to the ground dead. Achlys quickly ran to Xander and wrapped her arms around him and didn't let go. "What are you doing here M'Lord?" "The war was a trap Xander. He only Needed you gone long enough to talk to the council and get you and the others out of Babylon." Ptomoly looked at them both. "Why did he attack you my dear?" He said as he walked to them. "I do not know Ptomoly. He hated my father and saw that Xander was finally out of the way," "No my love, don't say that." Xander looked at her. "He is dead now Achyls. You are safe." Ptomoly said trying to comfort her. "No I am not, as long as we are here in Babylon none of us are safe." "What are you saying?" She let him go and walked to the balcony. "No one wanted us here Xander, not married, not together. We must go to Macedonia. We will find out who he talked to and set this strait." Both men aggreed with her.
**ok I know I left this chapter very emotional but I never liked Cassander and I thought he would make a good villian. And I would like to thank everyone who reviewed this story and said they liked it..THANK YOU! I appreciate it very much.**