A/N: This was one of the hardest parts to write, as I didn't feel I could do this scene justice. Or any other scene, but still. I was debating over which song to use, but I hope that it does this scene justice. But please R&R. Thank you for your time and feedback.

The 12 days of peace was over. There was a nervousness in the air as both sides didn't know what would occur over the next few hours. Achilles had hidden himself inside Odysseus's wooden contraption. The uncomfortable ness of the heat and cramped space didn't bother him as much as the waiting. He hated waiting, waiting for the Trojans to accept the offering left on the beach. He wiped the sweat from his forehead and could only think of her. He was trapped inside this wooden horse as he watched Priam and Paris look at the large offering. Paris being the mistrusting sprite he was stated that it should be burned. But of course the advisor spoke otherwise and insisted that it be taken in as a gift. Yes a gift to end Troy.

Briseis sat in her room crying still. She had cried for days not for Hector, but for herself and for him. She did not know if he would come to destroy her city or to claim her. She only knew he would come. She watched as they dragged the wooden horse into the city. The people celebrated and rejoiced and had forgotten that Hector was gone. She walked away quietly and returned to her room. She would cry again as she always did. No one knew why she cried since she returned from the Greek camp, no one dared to ask her what occurred there. All they knew was that she was a prisoner of Achilles, and that she worn a shell necklace since then.

In the midst of night, chaos released itself upon the city. Everyone awoke abruptly screaming and fleeing. Briseis ran through the hallways, she knew that he was here, he would find her somehow. She ran through the city in hopes of finding him. She was a mad woman, instead of escaping she ran to the temple to pray. She escaped the horses that escaped and the arrows and swords and found the statue of Apollo. She prayed that he would watch over her family. And that he would come for her. But her prayers would go unanswered.

Achilles escaped from the wooden horse and began searching for her. He had passed soldiers and Trojans fleeing. None knew where she was. He would not give up. He would find her, she was all that he had left. And he would not leave without her.

He saw her at the foot of the statue praying, with his hands on her. Anger filled him, as he raced towards her. He could see her disgust as he touched her. Agamemnon would never touch her again he swore as he ran towards her. And then his anger lifted for a moment as he saw her thrust the blade into his neck. His priestess was still full of surprises. He saw how the great king of kings fell at the hands of a priestess, ironic in a way. That a woman would end his ways, a women who knew nothing of war and killing. A woman who only wanted to love and be loved in returned. He watched as the soldiers grabbed her and were about to end her life. Achilles did not hesitate and he ended their lives and she fell. He bent down to carry her away. At least he could claim her.

Briseis held onto him as he began to lift her up. But then she saw her cousin Paris, pointing his arrow at him.

"Come with me" Achilles said as he pulled his strong arms around her

Briseis felt safe in his arms but she could not stop Paris. She screamed out for him to stop, but it was too late. The arrow pierced through his flesh. Achilles head threw back in pain. Briseis looked up at her lover. He was in pain, and angry. He turned around to face his attacker, his attacker who shot him while he was not looking. There was no honor. He rose up with his sword drawn. Briseis screamed for Paris to stop, but he didn't. More arrows, more blood. Achilles would not back down it was not in his nature. Briseis ran up to Paris to stop him, but it was too late. She turned and saw that he had fallen. Briseis was too late. She ran over to him and dropped to her knees. She watched him pull the arrows out.

"No" she began to cry as she touched his face.

Come up to meet you, tell you I'm sorry
You don't know how lovely you are
I had to find you, tell you I need you
And tell you I set you apart
Tell me your secrets, and nurse me your questions
Oh let's go back to the start

He touched her face and tried to calm her, strange how he was calming her down as he was dying.

"It's alright" he said as he stroked her hair

Briseis could only cry, as she had done for many days. She would not let him go. She couldn't let him go.

Nobody said it was easy
It's such a shame for us to part
Nobody said it was easy
No one ever said it would be this hard
Oh take me back to the start

He took a part of her hair and inhaled the sweet intoxicating scent of it. It reminded him of the first time he saw her in his tent. How he provoked her, and how she must be royalty from the way she talked down to men. How lovely and sweet a scent. It would be the last time he would smell this scent. The last time he would remember her.

I was just guessing at numbers and figures
Pulling the puzzles apart.
Questions of science, science and progress
Don't speak as loud as my heart.
Tell me you love me, and come back and haunt me,
Oh, when I rush to the start
Running in circles, chasing tails coming back as we are.

"No" she cried as she realized he would not survive. She realized that the mighty Achilles would not survive this war.

"You gave me peace in a lifetime of war" he said to her as he kissed her.

Briseis could taste him, she would remember it forever. As it would be the last time she would ever feel his lips again. She held onto him and knew the gods had cursed her for her betrayal. A betrayal and abandonment she would have gladly done over and over again.

"Go" Achilles ordered her

Brisies looked at him again. He was still beautiful even as death was coming to claim him. She had hoped that he would come, but in doing so he came to meet his own end. He touched her face again as it would be the last thing he would remember or see again. Brisies did not have the strength to leave him. Not again. But she felt Paris there, pleading with her to go. She looked at Achilles who was telling her to go. Even on his knees he was telling her what to do.

Achilles saw Paris loom over them. The one that would end his life, would take her away. Was this the price he was to pay for killing his brother? Not only to die by his hands but watch him take her away from him.

"Go" Achilles said

Brisies felt Paris's hand pulling on her arm. All she wanted was to be with Achilles, she wanted to be loved. She devoted her life to the gods and yet they would not grant her this one wish. They would not give her love. She was torn, she was angry, and she wanted Achilles to live. She wanted him. She kissed him one last time, gently as she could feel him leaving already. She would regret her choice of abandoning him, of leaving him there to die. She had betrayed everyone. Her country, her gods, and her lover. Paris pulled her up and away, and as she walked up the steps she looked at him, Achilles on his knees watching her run, run to live, another day.

She ran with Paris into the tunnel to escape into the mountains, and Achilles seeing that she was gone, let Death claim him. There was no need to be strong, no need to pretend, no need to care anymore. He felt his body get heavy. He fell to the side onto the grass. He thought of her, her smile, her gentle touch and closed his eyes. She would live, and that was it. There was nothing to hold onto anymore.

Nobody said it was easy
It's such a shame for us to part
Nobody said it was easy.
No one ever said it would be so hard
I'm going back to the start.

Achilles let go of his last breath, as he heard the other soldiers come. He would see his brothers waiting at the river Styx, he would see his father, his cousin and Hector. His time was done. He had loved her with his warrior heart, and she loved him without flaw. A smile appeared for a moment as he remembered Brisies in his arms loving him. In life he found war, but in death he found love.

The song is Scientist by Coldplay. The other song I was contemplating was In My Place by them also. So what did you guys think?