"Listen men." Paris said, "The first thing we need to do is clean up all the dead bodies, and give them a proper burial." The sun was rising over the city of Troy, showing the death the Greeks had brought to them. "Anton and Alix are missing. I need you to keep an eye out for them, chances are they are hiding. And take down the names of any one that may be missing."
While Paris was instructing his men, Briseis, Helen, Andromache and Astyanax send the people who were down at the escape tunnel, back to their homes. When they had seen them off, they went up to the meeting room, where they waited for Paris.
When Paris had finished instructing his men, he went up to the meeting room. The others were there waiting for him.
"Did you find them," Briseis asked when he entered.
"No."
"Did you check in the secret passageways?" Astyanax asked. "We used to play in them when we were little, they could have hidden in there. The Greeks would never have been able to find them."
"No, we haven't. We should do that now, let's go." Paris said. When they got to one of the secret doors that lead to the passageways, Astyanax opened it and went inside, followed by Paris. They searched the passageways, but they were empty.
"They're not here." Paris said to the others as the exited.
"The Greeks must have taken them then. Where else could they be?" Helen asked.
"I don't know, they could be out in the city somewhere, but I don't see how they could have gotten out of the palace without being seen." Paris said, trying to sound hopeful.
As they were walking back to the meeting room, a small boy ran around the corner, calling out Paris' name.
"Who are you?" Paris asked.
"My name is Jed. I told Alix the Greeks were coming. She told me to stay in her room while she told you, but then she never came back." He said in a panic. "I was looking out the window and saw the Greeks were leaving, so I climbed out the window to try and find my family. As I was climbing down the wall, I saw the Greeks at the dock. They were taking Alix and Anton onto their boats. I tried to find you before but I couldn't see you anywhere."
"What? We have to get them back." Briseis cried.
"Are you sure?" Paris asked.
"Yes."
"You have to get them back, Paris." Helen said. "They could be killed."
"Alix doesn't know she is the one they want." Briseis said, "Anton will try to protect her, and they'll kill her, thinking Anton is the one they want."
"Yes. And when they find out that Anton is not the one they want either, they will kill him too." Helen added.
"I'll assemble the army. We will sail at sunset." Paris said.
"I'm coming with you." Astyanax said.
"Are you sure? I don't know if your mother…" Paris was cut off.
"I think he needs to go," Andromache said. "Besides, I doubt he will stay if I said he should."
"OK. We will go and get the men ready then." Paris said to Astyanax.
They went down to the city. The men had finished cleaning up the dead bodies and were starting to bury them. Families of the dead were helping to dig the graves of their loved ones. The captain of the army came up to Paris as he and Astyanax approached.
"My Lord, we haven't found any signs of Anton or Alix." He said.
"The Greeks have them." Paris said. "A boy saw them taking them onto their ships."
"What are we going to do?"
"We are going after them. I need your men to be ready by sunset."
"Yes, of course, My Lord."
"What about everyone else? Has anyone reported anyone missing?" Paris asked him.
"No. Everyone is accounted for. Although, a lot are dead." He said looking over at the graves.
"I suppose it is a good thing that everyone is here." Astyanax said. "I want to stay and help with the graves."
"Yes, I will too." They worked all morning, and by noon, all the dead had been buried Paris, Astyanax and the captain of the army, Paul, went back to the palace to prepare the boats and soldiers for sail. About an hour before sunset, the army arrived at the palace so they could get their armour and weapons. They all said goodbye to their loved ones, and boarded the ships. Astyanax hugged his mother goodbye, and Paris said goodbye to Helen and Briseis.
"Don't worry. We will get them back, I promise." He said to them, "Greece will pay."
They Trojan army sailed off towards the horizon as the people stood on the shore, and in the city, watching the army leave.
