Hiya! thanxs for ur lovely reviews. just so u all now.. I've been struck down with hay-fever! just thought i'd let u all now in case this ch is really rubish! don't say i did not warn u! p.s. soz for late post of this ch, loads of homework, yr 9.. the worst yr of my life.. so far


Patroclus

"Never hesitate." Achilles told me as I just blocked his attack. I breathed deeply and struck again,to try and beat the great warrior. Even though I new it was a lost cause, I new that it was possible. I soon found that I had my cousin in a seemingly awkward position.

"Nervous." I asked with a cheeky grin. I then found myself against a stone pillar with a sword pressed to my neck.

"Petrified." I was told with a smug smile.

Leena turned to look at us, when she saw the position I was in a smile crept its way up to her lips. I made a small sign that help was needed. With a sigh two small daggers were drawn and she was running towards us. To distract Achilles, I kicked his shins. It worked, Leena pressed a blade to the base of my cousins neck.

"This is not a fair fight cousin,"Achilles said with a smile,"two against one"

"We are children, your an adult" Leena corrected him" so it is a fair fight"

We then heard the pounding of horse hooves and looked towards the entrance of the ruined temple. Achilles broke out of the ambush and walk to were his spear was lying. With a light flick of his wrist, the spear flew to meet whoever was coming to see us.

Odysseus

The spear thundered into the tree in front of us.
"By Zeus! That would have taken a soldiers head clean off!" One of my men whispered behind me. I merely smiled and dismounted from my horse. I walked towards the ruined temple, collecting the spear as I passed the tree.

Achilles walked forward with two teenagers behind him, one male with the same hair and eyes as the Golden Warrior. I was not close enough to see the other child, but from what I could see, the child was a female.

"Your reputation for hospitality , is fast becoming legend." I said with a smile, and tossed the spear at Achilles who caught it one handed. He then grab the male teenager and pressed the sword he was using into the back of the youth.

"Patroclus, my cousin" Achilles informed me "Odysseus, King of Ithaca." Patroclus was in a rather interesting situation, being held at arms length to a king he had never met. But I had heard of him and what happened to his parents, so to set the boys mind at ease I decided to make small talk with the unfortunate young man.

"Patroclus, I new your parents well. I miss them." I placed a hand on the boys shoulder to comfort him. "Now you have this one watching over you learning from Achilles himself, kings would kill for the honor."

I had forgotten about the other child, but when she walked to sit on one of the pieces on stone that littered the floor like broken toys for children, I could not tear my gaze away. She looked like the daughter of Aphrodite. Brown hair rippled down here back in waves. Full pink lips, rosy cheeks and bright emerald green eyes. This girl was defiantly not related to Achilles or Patroclus, that was certain, then who could she be.

"It seems that you have not heard of the Healer of the Myrmidons." Achilles noted.

"Leena does have that effect on people cousin. You have yet to see the men we run into on the cliffs and on the beaches." Patroclus teased.

Leena's cheecks went from rosy to blood red in a matter of seconds. Turning away from the beautiful maiden I looked at Achilles with a accusing glare.

"It seems that you have kept much from the kings of Greece . Something they may not forgive you for."

"Are you here on their biding then?" Achilles asked, getting to the very point of my sudden arrival.

"We need to talk." I answered him, all traces of humor gone...