Author's Note:

My sincerest apologies. I'm so very sorry for the delay and honestly I've gotten bored of this story. So here is the last chapter, before the finale. Please remember to review and please check out my profile for my other stories and pics. So here is the chapter 9. Enjoy & Happy 2011!

And also thank you to my wonderful betas. EternityInYourArms and deathdaisy.

Chapter IX

Achilles jumped up and out of the bed and immediately went to put on his armour. Briseis sat up in the bed with sheets pulled to cover her naked chest as she looked out their balcony window and saw the marching army coming toward the city on the horizon.

She felt a pain in her heart as she saw this army coming to destroy her beloved city. Briseis immediately got up and pulled on a simple blue dress and Achilles' seashell necklace around her neck and fixing her hair before she quickly grabbed Achilles' helmet.

Achilles had finished putting on his breast plate when he turned around to see his wife holding his helmet within her hands. His wife! How good it felt to call her that. Achilles internally smiled as he made his towards her.

Achilles could see the sadness in her eyes as he cupped her cheek in his hand, before he kissed her passionately on the lips. If there was something that Briseis and Achilles wanted more than anything was for this war to be over so that they could start their lives together.

Briseis smiled a sad smile as she and Achilles pulled back. "Don't worry. Everything will be alright. Agamemnon will die this day and this was will be over. I promise." Achilles said softly. Briseis nodded before kissing him once more.

Once they pulled back, Briseis handed Achilles his helmet before they made their way to the city wall. When they arrived at the wall, Priam, Odysseus, Hector, Andromache, Patroclus, Paris and Helen were already there waiting for them.

Achilles embraced Hector, Odysseus and Patroclus each in a brotherly hug before before kissing Andromache, who stood beside Briseis holding her hand, on the cheek. He spared a moment to brush a hand over Astyanax's fuzzy head as he cooed in his mother's arms.

Briseis released Andromache's hand long enough to give Hector, Odysseus, and Patroclus a tight sisters embrace. She returned to her sister-in-law's side as Achilles moved under the small awning to Priam, who saw on his thrown.

"Hello my son." Priam said gently as he looked at the army still moving towards his city. "My king." Achilles said respectfully. Priam got up and moved towards Achilles as Hector moved came to stand by the warrior's side.

Priam placed a hand on each of their shoulders as he looked at the two great warriors standing before him. "Be safe my sons. My heart tells me this war will end this day. Many maybe lost, but much as been gained." Priam said sincerely.

Soon Briseis and Andromache came to stand on either side of him and in front of their husbands. Priam returned to his throne as Briseis and Andromache briefly kissed their husbands before Andromache went to sit beside Priam on his left and Briseis on his right.

Patroclus soon made his way over to them and he stopped in front of them. He looked at Briseis who nodded encouragingly before he looked back at his cousin with a serious expression, before he spoke. "I want to fight."

Achilles quickly glanced at his wife before looking back to his beloved cousin. "And why do you fight?" Achilles asked as he thought about the previous conversation he had with Patroclus about this very matter when they had arrived on the beaches of Troy.

"I fight for me…for you…for Troy…Our home, our family." Patroclus said sternly. Achilles briefly glanced at Briseis, who gave a brief nod as she silently voiced her opinion on the matter to her husband and then looked to Hector who silently agreed as well.

"Then you fight." Achilles said as he clasped his cousin on the shoulder. Patroclus smiled before turning around to face his 'mother' and gave her a quick kiss on the cheek as she spoke. "Be careful." Briseis whispered with a small smile.

"I'll be fine. I promise." Patroclus said softly as he pulled back and went to stand beside Odysseus before he, Odysseus, Hector and Achilles went to join the rest of the Trojan army outside the city walls as Agamemnon's army came to a halt in front of them.

Achilles sat on his horse as he looked briefly at the wall to see his beloved wife, who smiled at him as she looked down at him. Achilles turned his attention back to the army as Hector started to address the soldiers of Troy.

"THE GREEKS HAVE INVADED OUR LAND, BURNED OUR LANDS AND FOR WHAT? A MAD MAN'S QUEST FOR POWER, TO HAVE OUR PEOPLE BOW AT HIS FEET! BUT WE WILL NOT BOW! SONS OF TROY, MY BROTHERS! THIS WAR ENDS NOW."

As Hector finished speaking, the army erupted into a loud battle cry that could be hear by the entire city, before the final battle for Troy began.

They were many loss on both sides, especially the Greeks as the battle raged on from morning till the sun set behind the horizon. But even though with loss of light and the dwindling of their army, the Greeks refused to surrender.

Achilles, Hector, Odysseus and Patroclus soon returned to the city once night had fallen. Briseis, Priam, Andromache, Helen and Paris were in the throne room as they listened to the battle that raged outside their city's wall and hoped for the best.

Andromache sat next Priam as she held his grandson in her arms. Helen sat on his other side as she watched Paris and Briseis talked on the balcony on the other side of the room.

"Paris, Achilles is my husband. Just as Helen is your wife. They are both of Greek blood and they both have had a hand in this war. I have accepted Helen; can you not do the same for Achilles?" Briseis asked as she looked at Paris.

Paris hated arguing with Briseis and no matter how much he wanted to deny the fact, she was right. Helen had a part in this war as Achilles, if not more. Paris opened up his mouth to say something when Achilles and Hector entered the throne room.

Andromache and Briseis immediately rushed to their husband's side and embraced them, before kissing briefly on the lips. Suddenly Odysseus and Patroclus came running into the room.

"Greeks have made it into the city."

TO BE CONCLUDED...

If you haven't figured it out yet. The next chapter will be final chapter for this story. It will finally come to an end.

Will Troy survive?

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- Alana.