Helen was found 4 days after she visited Achilles. Guards were searching for her the minute she was announced missing. They were told to look for any signs of her and to check anyone in dark cloaks or clothing. She was found on the outskirts of Sparta, in a small tent. She had told them that she had no where else to go. She was brought back to Menelaus immediately.
"Please Menelaus! Please! I promise I will never disobey you ever again please don't hurt me!"
Helen cried in terror as she was dragged back into the castle. She cried until her eyes and cheeks burned from the tears. She was sure that she would die but she didn't know that she had a god on her side.
Helen was dragged down to cellar in the castle and locked up against the wall. She screamed out for anyone to help her. Then without notice she screamed to the gods and began to pray.
"Gods of Greece I pray to thee protect my life from the brutal hands and weapons of Spartans."
"Your words cannot help you this time you foul whore. You have betrayed me far too many times before. Now you shall pay with your life!"
Menelaus slowly picked up a large silver sword that shined in the light of the few candles lit. He glared at the sword with a deadly grin on his face, and then slowly looked toward Helen.
"You won't be able to cheat, lie or have sex where your going to go, Hades will make sure of this."
Helens loud screams turned into soft whimpers, she could barley breath from screaming so much, now she knew that she could do nothing but accept her fate. Menelaus heaved the sword above his head and swung it down at Helen. The sword hit the back of her neck and shattered into a thousand pieces.
"W-What have you done?! What kind of spell have you put on this sword… on me?!"
Helen thought to herself and came to the conclusion that gods had saved her. She ordered Menelaus to let her go. He did as she told him. She left Sparta that day for the final time, and sailed off into the sea, in search of a wonderful place she had heard of, a place of culture, a place of worship, a placed called Troy.