Had you found the correct answer,
phantom, then I would have awarded the thread to you, even if your reasoning was not spot on.
By way of a further hint, you are all thinking too literally here. Only two words in the clue provide a literal clue. The rest are all cryptic.
Tell you what, as this is taking some time, here's the reasoning to follow:
Find synonyms for "boy", "agony" and "abducted" and order them according to the clues in the question to find a hero's father.