A/N: I had to write another chapter, as I heard this song and felt compelled to write. I'm insane I know. Just one more chapter left in this. Pleaes R&R thanks!

Achilles knelt on the grass as he held Briseis in his arms one last time. He touched her hair and inhaled one last time the fragrance that was her. He knew that his time had come. He had loved her as best as he could, he saved her, and protected her as only he could, and now the fates decided that it was his time. That he would die today not 50 years from now. For his glory walked hand in hand with his doom.

Briseis cried as she had done for many days before, her lover was dying. He had come back from her, scaled the walls of Troy for her. She wanted him to live, she wanted to love him and grow old with him, but the fates denied her .

As they said their goodbye, and shared one last bitter sweet kiss, Briseis with whatever strength she had left, got up and left him. Achilles watched her run and knew that she would live. And that was all that mattered, The Greeks would not touch her, no man would harm her. And that was all he could hope for.

His body heavy, he felt Death coming for him. He thought of the men he had killed at the river Styx waiting for him. He thought of his father, his cousin and his mother who was mourning him now.

Please, please forgive me
But I won't be home again
Maybe some day you'll look up
And barely conscious you'll say to no one
Isn't something missing?

Achilles thought of all the joy he had as a child as his mother held him in her arms. How she always foresaw his doom, He thought of growing up in Phita, how he would never see it again. How he would never see anything again. How he would never see her again, her laugh, her smile, or anything.

You won't cry for my absence I know
You forgot me long ago
Am I that unimportant?
Am I so insignificant?
Isn't something missing?

Brisies would live on and he wondered if anyone would remember him. Would she remember him after this? Would she want to remember him? Would she be in another man's arms after him. Would she love him still? All these thoughts entered his mind as he was dying. But it didn't matter, he loved her as best as he could. He loved her.

Even though I'm the sacrifice
You won't try for me not now
Though I'd die to know you love me
I'm all alone, isn't someone missing me?

He loved her and it was love that would be his downfall. His destruction was not at Troy but in the arms of a priestess that quenched the fire inside him and made him feel alive. He no longer enjoyed the sport of the kill but rather the gentle touch of her. But where would he go now? She was gone, running away from Troy and he was left here dying.

And if I bleed, I'll bleed
Knowing you don't care
And if I sleep just to dream of you
I'll wake without you there, isn't something missing? isn't something?

He was dying, dying slowly as he tried to hold onto the last memory of her. He could not forget her, he could not let her go, He thought of all the love he felt when he was with her., And as he fell onto the grass he closed his eyes for the last time. He wanted to dream his last dream of her. He wanted his last thought to be of her burned forever in his mind.

Please, please forgive me
But I won't be home again
I know what you do to yourself
I breathe deep and cry aloud
Isn't something missing?
Isn't someone missing me?

Brisies ran down the tunnel with Paris, as tears and grief overtook her. Unable to continue she collapsed. Paris stopped and dragged her up.

"We must continue"

Brisies cried as she stumbled down the tunnel

"Leave me here"

"Cousin please!"

Brisies cried and then heard a voice. She looked up and around and she heard it again, It was Achilles. Saying one word. The same word he had told her when he released her to Priam, the same word he said to her when he was dying.

"Go…"

Brisies turned around and ran down the tunnel. His words and voice would forever haunt her. Paris followed her wondering what possessed her.

Achilles let death claim him, and felt his spirit leave his body. He stood there looking over his dead body. And then at all the Greek soldiers standing there looking at him And then Death appeared before him, a woman dressed in white holding a white candle.

"It is time Achilles, son of Peleus" she said as she reached out her hand to him

Achilles looked around and then back at her. He reached out to take her hand and she slowly lead him away.

"Do you have any regrets?" she asked him

"No. I loved her as best I could"

"You died knowing she loved you"

"Yes"

Even though I'm the sacrifice
You won't try for me not now
though I'd die to know you love me
I'm all alone
Isn't something missing?
Isn't someone missing me?

The song is Missing by Evanescence.