Author's Note: This story contains MF sex with elements of Non-Consent/Reluctance. Enjoy!
------------------------------------
The third day after Agamemnon sacked the nearby town, Hector led his armies out of Troy to fight... however the Greeks were badly bloodied and left in retreat, leaving many of their dead behind. Hector was a shrewd commander and did not allow his troops to follow, although Agamemnon rallied his armies in case the Trojans followed his retreat.
Disheartened by the days' events, the Greeks were a sober lot around their campfires as they dressed their wounds. A messenger was sent to Agamemnon, Priam was allowing the Greeks come and gather their dead.
The next morning Agamemnon and Menelaus discussed possible battle plans against the Trojans.
"We must make a full out assault on the city," Menelaus' eyes were red with anger, "I must have that whore back! SOON!"
Although he'd been taking out his frustrations on some of the captive women, none of them were as pliant or vulnerable as his Helen. She couldn't deny the pleasure taken from his rough treatment, and none of these captives even came close to the heights of ecstacy that he could drive her to with his abuse. He missed her mightily.
Agamemnon stared at his brother with disdain, "You never did have much battle sense. To make an assault on Troy's walls is to lose... but we should have beaten the Greeks yesterday in battle." He gritted his teeth, everything that could have gone wrong had gone wrong, "We had superior numbers, superior warriors and they slaughtered us!"
Thinking it over he said, "The Gods must be against us, just as they were when we first tried to sail."
And to Menelaus' disgust, his brother called in a soothsayer.
Brought to the tent, the soothsayer knew immediately what was wrong: "You have lain between the legs of a Daughter of Apollo, after promising her father that she would have safe conduct. You must return Chryseis to her father, for Apollo is angered at the treatment of the daughter of his Servant."
Menelaus laughed as Agamemnon sent the soothsayer away angrily, telling his brother, "Ha, now do you believe in the messages of soothsayers? Those weaklings who tell you to relinquish your battle prize, when they have never lifted a sword?"
"Be quiet," growled Agamemnon, "Call the generals together."
***********************************************
The leaders of the Greek army gathered in the tent to discuss the previous battle and what had gone wrong. Everything they said just seemed to confirm suspicions that the Gods were angered... finally Menelaus told them what the soothsayer's advice had been... Agamemnon glowered at his brother.
All of the generals could tell that their commander did not want to give up his prize, and they assured him that it had just been human error that had lost the battle. Apollo had nothing to do with it.
All of them, except Achilles.
"My mother is a Goddess, and the Gods are not to be denied," he stood in the middle of the meeting, obviously frustrated with his comrades' placation of Agamemnon's petty desires, "If Apollo wants his Servant's daughter returned then that is what we must do, or we will never defeat the Trojans."
Agamemnon sneered, "You are quick to say so, because it is my war-prize that must be returned... if it was that pretty girl that you've taken to your own tent would you be so quick to say so?"
"Of course," replied Achilles breezily, "The Gods are the Gods, their whims and desires must come before ours."
"But I am the leader of you all," stated Agamemnon, his eyes hard, "What of my whims and desires."
Achilles answered without thinking, "As our leader then your whims and desires must come before ours, but the Gods must come first."
"Well then, let the Gods come first," Agamemnon said, his triumphant grin splitting his face, "But since my whims and desires come next then I shall take Briseis from you, just as Apollo takes Chryseis from me." Turning to his soldiers, "Bring the girl Briseis to my tent."
"HOLD," shouted Achilles, his hand going to his sword, "She is mine, my prize."
"And Chryseis is mine, my prize... and yet I must give her up," Agamemnon said softly, his smile grim. Achilles was across the room, he would never make it all the way to Agamemnon to fight, not with all the generals sitting between them.
The generals immediately clamored for Achilles to be reasonable, there would be other sacks where he could pick up a new concubine... There was nothing too special about this Briseis anyway, common soldiers had been about to have their way with her when Achilles had intervened.
Cold eyes flashing, Achilles quieted them all with one wave of his hand. Staring straight at Agamemnon he declared, "Take the girl then. But my soldiers will not fight as long as she is not in my bed. See how well your battles go without Achilles and his Myrmidons there to fight."
The rest of generals grew quiet and wary as Achilles stalked from the tent... although greatly angered Agamemnon knew that he could do nothing.
Instead he smiled cheerily, "As if that man could ever stay away from a battle... as soon as he starts thinking with his head instead of his loins he'll be fighting alongside us, girl completely forgotten."
Reassured by their leader's good humor, the generals laughed and began to plan. All except clever Odysseus, for he knew that Achilles would not go back on his word... and he knew from talking to his friend that Achilles' had more than just a mild interest in Briseis. There would be grief over this.
****************************************************