Being Rescued

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"Who else is there to blame?" asked Achilles. "That is something you must find out for yourself." Said Ashley, "And I don't think it'll take you very long to figure it out you aren't such a dumb brute."

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Just then a Myrmidon marched to Achilles. "My lord." Said one with a bow. Ashley smirked at the change in Achilles' posture. Achilles turned to the men with a tense body. "My lord…I…we though it was you he moved like you and he…" Ashley knew that even though Achilles was ticked off beyond reason he was enjoying this moment.

"And?" "And a great winged creature came and carried him away right before Hector could kill him." Said the Myrmidon.

Ashley smiled, "What do you think it did with him?"

"She took him to the Gods."

"No she did not Patrocles is here in camp." Said Ashley.

"Oh…" The man looked back to Achilles who glared him down, "Pack up." The men bowed and ran to go pack.

"What are you going to do with Briseis?" asked Ashley.

"Don't leave." Said Achilles.

"I don't have anywhere to go." Said Ashley sitting down.

Ashley jumped when she heard Briseis yell, "No!" The yelling continued even when Odysseus and Patrocles walked over.

"Where is Achilles?" questioned Odysseus.

Before Ashley could answer there was a loud, "You are going!"

"Arguing with Briseis. I wanted to talk to you for a few moments if that's alright."

"About?"

"I guess you will find out if you come and talk to me." Said Ashley. Odysseus smiled and offered an arm to Ashley who took it.

"What do you want to talk about?"

"Do you want Agamemnon gone?"

Odysseus pulled away from Ashley frowning, "Why?"

"Because he is not meant to be king. He is not a good person and the ones that I work for want him gone. I am asking if you are someone that I can talk with." Said Ashley.

"I do not know you. Why should I trust you with my thoughts?" asked Odysseus.

"Good point. Patrocles did not say who I was did he?" asked Ashley.

"Should he have?"

"I only just saved his life earlier so I figured that he'd say something. Anyway like I was saying before…"

"That could not have been you. This creature had wings." Said Odysseus.

"I have wings."

"No you don't."

"Why do you think I am wearing this cloak?" asked Ashley.

"Are you saying that you are the creature that carried Patrocles away?"

"Yes that is what I am saying." Said Ashley.

"What are you?"

Ashley groaned and looked up at the sky, "Can't I get a break? I'm just asking for a little help." The oddest thing happened then a baby blue ball of light fell from the sky.

It landed in the sand Ashley smiled and looked up, "Thank-you!" The light grew into the shape of a woman and it finally faded away. The woman had dark brown hair and light green eyes that would call someone's attention immediately. Her eyes however were not her most noticeable feature this woman had a pair of white wings that looked like they had been covered in gold glitter.

"Ashley." Said the woman putting her hands on her hips.

"What? I can't stop this war alone." Said Ashley.

"At least you can admit it." Said the woman.

"Oh Gods." The two women turned to the forgotten Odysseus.

"He doesn't know what we are does he?" asked the woman.

"I tried to explain it but he didn't seem to believe me." Said Ashley.

"That would explain why he looks so stunned." Said the woman looking Odysseus over.

"Odysseus this is as you may call her my general, her name is Gabriel."

"Nice to meet you." Said Gabriel. Odysseus stared at them with an open mouth.

"Are you going to help Troy or not?" asked Gabriel. Odysseus started backing away towards camp.

Gabriel sighed and rolling her eyes looked at Gabriel, "Why do they always think they can run?" At this point Odysseus turned and started running. Gabriel started pulsing her gold wings and flew to Odysseus picking him up and flew high over camp.

"Stop kicking or I'll drop you." Threatened Gabriel.

"Alright, alright I'll listen! Please don't drop me!" cried Odysseus.

"Good." Said Gabriel. Gabriel flew away from the camp and she landed on a cliff hanging over the sea.

"I just want to ask you a few questions and all I need are honest answers, can you promise me that?"

Gabriel asked Odysseus. "Yes."

"Alright how do you feel about this war?"

"It doesn't matter how I feel I fight because I have to." Said Odysseus. "I know because Ithica could not stand up to Agamemnon but how do you feel about this war?"

"I don't think that it is right and I want no part in it." Said Odysseus.

"If you could fight against Agamemnon with very strong allies would you?" asked Gabriel.

"No one can beat Agamemnon." Said Odysseus.

"Troy is doing a pretty good job of it." Said Gabriel.

"But they will not win Agamemnon will not leave until he destroys Troy and he doesn't care how many it takes." Said Odysseus.

"This brings me to my next question. Why is it that you are fighting for a man that has only greed and desire for power in his heart when you could have a good strong man like Hector for an ally." Asked Gabriel.

"Hector would not want us to fight with him, we have already fought each other and he thinks of us as an enemy." Said Odysseus.

"But if he didn't, and he trusted you enough to let you fight with him and Agamemnon was sure to loose would you fight along side Hector and the rest of the Trojans?" asked Gabriel, "And better yet have a plan to quickly end this war."

"We could not defeat Agamemnon." Said Odysseus.

"You already have a plan to end this war you just have to decide who you want as a friend." Said Gabriel, "Come on I should get you back before anyone starts missing you too much."

They landed on the outskirts of the camp, "Find Ashley and speak with her."

Gabriel took off and found Ashley and flew in front of her, "I spoke with Odysseus and he should come find you sometime soon. I gave him the hint so he should see a horse soon and get his plan and Odysseus may come and talk with you about that as well."

"It's almost done, so what are you going to do now?" asked Ashley.

"Go to Troy and speak with Hector and Priam."

"That's not going to be very easy to convince them what you need to." Said Ashley.

"I can be fairly persuasive when I need to be." Gabriel said grinning, "I will see you in a few days." Gabriel flew to the city of Troy. Gabriel landed at the bottom of the steps and quickly ascended them.

She was able to get into the entrance garden courtyard and several guards drew swords, "I don't have time to fight but I will. I need to speak with Hector and Priam."

"Intruders cannot see the king." Said one of the guards.

"I don't have time for this." Gabriel flew past them and walked into the palace. Gabriel caught a sword between her palms in front of her face.

"You know I don't appreciate you trying to kill me Paris."

"Who are you?"

"A friend of Ashley. Now I'm going to let go and you can put your sword away alright?"

"Paris?" Gabriel looked behind Paris it was Priam.

"Father get Hector." Said Paris. The old man watched them for a moment before turning down a hall.

"Can I let go of this sword without you tying to kill me?" asked Gabriel. Paris pulled the sword out of Gabriel's hands.

"Leave Troy."

"I'm here to help." Said Gabriel. Paris started trying to corner Gabriel.

Gabriel rolled her eyes putting her hands on her hips, "Enough of this already, you don't even know how to use a sword."

At this point Hector came down the hall and had drawn his sword, "Paris what is going on?"

"There is an intruder." Said Paris over his shoulder.

"I don't mean any of you any harm I'm friends with Ashley." Said Gabriel.

"She is not a friend of Troy she saved a Myrmidon from my sword. She is not welcome here." Said Hector.

"First off that person you were fighting wasn't just some Myrmidon, and secondly if I wanted to hurt you don't you think I would have by now?" asked Gabriel.

"Who was it then that I almost killed?" asked Hector.

"A young man that you had been fighting was cousin to Achilles so if you had in fact killed him then you would have been killed by Achilles. So as you can see Ashley did in fact save your life and therefore is good, and so am I." said Gabriel, "Well now that…" Gabriel ducked Paris' sword she stood and punched the inside of his arm.

Gabriel took the sword and backed away, "You have a terrible habit of trying to kill me so I'm going to hold onto this sword until I think that you've matured enough to get it back. Now Hector I need to speak with you and your father."

"Why?"

"To help get the Greeks off your beaches." Said Gabriel.

"Why do you want to help?"

"For the same reasons that you want them gone. They are not lead by a good king so Ashley and I are here to help Troy. You can send us away if you like but know that Troy won't win without us."

"Hector you can't believe her." Said Paris.

"Oh you be quiet all of this is your fault in the first place." Snapped Gabriel. Hector watched Gabriel, "What can you do to prove yourself?"

"What do you want me to say?" asked Gabriel.

"Who and what you are." Said Paris.

"You aren't being very polite young prince." Said Gabriel.

"Please answer the questions." Said Hector.

"My name is Gabriel I come from what you call heavens I am an Archangel, I am in charge of commanding other angels for saving lives." Said Gabriel.

"Why do you expect us to believe you?" asked Paris.

"I don't expect you to believe me I just need your father and brother to." Said Gabriel, "Now I am not asking you to trust me this second because we just met and that'd be a little unreasonable. I do however want you to trust that I am here to help as is Ashley."

Hector watched Gabriel's eyes looking for any deceit, "I think that you will speak to my father and the war council. Paris inform father and send servants to gather the generals together. Gabriel follow me please." Gabriel nodded and handed the sword back to Paris and walked after Hector.

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