"Previously on Xena..." "Hello, Mother." "Hope?" "Ares came to me." "He said that I had to stop you from killing Hope, or you were going to die." "I would gladly die to rid the world of that thing." "Daughter of Dahok..." "When the blood flows, my father will enter the world." "I know that Hope has to die..." "It's growing..." "Hope is pregnant with your child." "The way that I grew inside of you." "If Xena kills Hope..." "Xena will die." "Hope!" "Gabrielle!" "Xena!" "Pluto?" "Blasted dog!" "Where in Tartarus...?" "Pluto!" "Confounded dog!" "Pluto!" "Come here!" "Pluto!" "Here, boy!" "Come!" "Come here!" "By the gods!" "Pluto?" "Pluto!" "Zeus, you scared me!" "Hey, none of that." "I brought your favorite Daisies." "They're in bloom now, so I can bring 'em fresh to ya every day." "Gabrielle..." "Gabrielle!" "She's alive!" "Xena?" "What're you doing?" "Gabrielle's alive?" "She's alive?" "I had a vision." "I couldn't be sure until now." "A vision..." "Xena..." "No one could have survived that fall." "And if they did, the lava river would have..." "Poteidaia..." "She would've gone back to her family." "You know, I can see Gabrielle growing' up around here Helping her mom and dad with the chores..." "Playing games with her sister..." "Makin' the other kids laugh..." "Tell us a story!" "Tell us a story!" "What a lovely day it is today!" "Hello." "Who are you?" "Hello, boys and girls..." "Funny, I just thought that maybe..." "My name is Mr. Wolf." "I love this story!" "It's a nice day today, isn't it?" "Yeah." "Oh, what are they?" "Sheep." "They look very nice." "Four plump..." "In the time of ancient gods, warlords and kings a land in turmoil cried out for a hero." "She was Xena." "A mighty princess forged in the heat of battle." "The power..." "The passion..." "The danger..." "Her courage will change the world." "XENA, THE WARRIOR PRINCESS" "Gabrielle!" "Gabrielle?" "I don't believe it!" "You're..." "You're alive." "You're And you're here." "You're here!" "I've missed you too!" "You guys catch up." "I'm gonna go check out the sights." "I can't believe you're here!" "The gods themselves couldn't keep me away." "Xena, when you didn't answer my messages, I thought..." "Messages?" "Gabrielle, I never got them!" "I thought you were dead!" "I thought I'd lost you forever!" "You nearly did." "It was a nightmare, Xena." "We just kept falling straight at the lava." "I got knocked into a niche in a wall." "But Hope..." "Why, Mother?" "Why?" "I don't know how long I was out." "When I came to, I tried to shout for your help, but I couldn't." "I just laid there." "You were in shock." "Yeah, I was a mess for a long time." "If you never got my messages, then how did you know I was alive?" "It's hard to describe but I saw you." "Not now..." "It was someplace in the future." "The future..." "Don't tell me you've become an oracle." "Not a very good one." "I got a definite sense of danger around you Not the peace and quiet of Poteiadaia." "You're right..." "There is danger here." "Xena..." "Gabrielle..." "You guys better take a look at this." "By the gods..." "That's the worst yet." "There have been others?" "Sheep, cows, a horse..." "Never a man until now." "Xena..." "We wondered when you'd get here." "Hello!" "It's nice to see you all too." "Gabrielle?" "Aren't you gonna introduce your other friend?" "These are my parents..." "Hecuba, Herodotus and my sister, Lila." "Joxer, the Mighty at your service." "...Ma'am." "Sir?" "You know..." "Any sister of Gabrielle's is a part of her family." "Pleased to meet you." "Is that fennel soup?" "Oh, what a nice young man..." "So gallant..." "So..." "How's she been?" "Without you just fine." "I meant after everything she's been through." "You should know." "Seducing her away from home with your heroics?" "Filling her head with strange ideas." "How's she been?" "Changed forever 'cause of you." "It's almost dawn." "Bad luck about the storm!" "Are you giving up?" "Of course not." "You never give up on anything..." "No matter the odds, the cost, the pain." "I missed you, Xena." "Back atcha." "Still, hunting the thing in the daylight might be better, anyway." "I thought you wanted to get it someplace confined." "I do and I will if we can track it down to its lair." "You shouldn't play with your food." "Gabrielle!" "Brace yourselves!" "Daylight's got him on the run." "What was that?" "All I know is I cut it up pretty bad." "You did?" "Gabrielle, you've hurt your knee." "Come, and I'll see to it." "Lila, get me some fresh water." "Herodotus, get a clean cloth." "Xena, you don't look so good." "You know..." "Whatever that thing is out there..." "That thing is Dahok's grandchild..." "The Destroyer." "Destroyer..." "Xena, let me go get Gabrielle." "Why don't you sit down for a while?" "That thing is the Destroyer!" "And that means that the girl in the other room is not Gabrielle." "It's Hope!" "Xena..." "You're hurt worse than ya know." "Of course that's Gabrielle." "You shut up and you listen to me!" "I wanted to believe it too, 'cause she is good But she's not Gabrielle." "How do you know?" "The monster..." "She was directly in its path and it blew by her not once, several times." "And she never even moved." "Ok If that's really Hope, why didn't she kill you herself?" "Because she enjoyed it watching her creature try to tear me apart." "If that's Hope, why don't we just go in there and...?" "Joxer, don't you see?" "As long as we pretend to play her game, the family is safe." "And I can use her to help me kill the beast." "And after that..." "I guess that vision of yours really was Hope, after all." "Maybe, next time you'll listen when we tell ya not to go courting trouble!" "Come on, dear..." "She's fine." "You'll get one of your headaches." "Don't worry, Gab." "That thing looked awful, but at least Xena wounded it." "I heard." "It's bound to be weaker next time Xena tries." "She'll probably kill it, no problem." "Gab, what is it?" "What's really wrong?" "When Xena kills the monster, Lila, we're going to be leaving." "I'm gonna miss you." "I wish there was some way that we could spend time together before I go." "Of course there's a way!" "You can't kill Hope!" "Well..." "Ok." "You can, but you can't." "Don't you remember Ares dealing with the Fates?" "You kill Hope and they'll..." "Ares released that debt when he thought Hope was dead not that it'd stop me." "Hope and her monster must die whatever the cost." "Xena, didn'tcha see that thing?" "It's huge!" "It had spikes like this." "Well..." "At least you got a piece of him." "Didn't." "Well, not a big chunk, but you..." "wounded it, right?" "Nothing." "I just said that to make Hope think I hurt it." "I can track her." "She'll lead me straight to it." "And then..." "We'll kill 'em both." "Yeah." "For Gabrielle." "Who am I kiddin'?" "You're in no shape to take on a monster." "Sure I am." "Good." "I'm gonna need a backup plan." "It's not gonna be easy." "No." "I need you to scout the land, calculating all the flocks." "Maybe then, we can get a fix on where the beast will strike next." "Good idea!" "Wait." "You want me to count flocks of sheep?" "Think you can handle it?" "I appreciate that she saved our lives." "That doesn't give her the right to take our little girl." "Oh, sweetheart, Gabrielle's not a child." "If she wants to go with Xena, we can't just lock her in her room." "Talk to her." "Let her know the kind of mistake that she's makin'." "What kinda mistake is that?" "The kind of mistake that can ruin a life..." "...or take one." "If you're lookin' for Gabrielle..." "...she went for a walk." "Without you." "Did she?" "That's right." "They wanted to spend some time alone." "They?" "Gabrielle and Lila..." "After all, they are sisters." "And blood is thicker than water." "But we'd like to thank..." "Gaby..." "Slow down." "Where is this special place of yours, anyway?" "I'm gettin' hungry." "You're not the only one." "It's just off to the left." "Ah, good." "I hope we brought enough food." "There's plenty!" "Come." "Gabrielle!" "Lila!" "Ah, you guys walk fast!" "What are doing here?" "Your parents said you went out for a walk." "I thought I'd join ya." "You don't mind?" "Why should we mind?" "Fine with me." "Oh, no, no." "Not that way." "I thought you said left." "This is a shortcut." "It's much faster." "238... 239... 200..." "Great..." "Lost count again." "1, 2... 3, 4..." "So much for your shortcut." "I could've sworn this bridge was sound." "You must be thinkin' about someplace else." "It's been like this for years." "Do you think it's further down?" "What do you think, Lila?" "Careful, Gabrielle..." "It doesn't look safe." "Lila!" "Gabrielle?" "Lila!" "I'll get Father." "Ok..." "I gotcha." "Ok..." "Lila!" "Come on!" "Gimme your hand!" "I..." "I can't!" "Yes, you can!" "Come on!" "Xena!" "Thank the gods!" "And you!" "Thank you for saving me!" "No thanks needed." "You all right?" "Good, now go home." "Call off the alarm, your parents will be worried." "But, what about you?" "What are you gonna do?" "Some search and destroy." "Mamma!" "Hello, beautiful." "Are you cut?" "Did she hurt you?" "Let Mother see." "Now, stop that." "Stop it." "Stop!" "My child..." "Mother won't hurt you." "No, no." "There." "We're too close to fulfilling my father's plan to fail now." "Listen to me." "Hold still." "Be careful with Mother." "Let me see if she hurt you." "Careful." "Good." "She was using me to get to you." "Xena knows who I am." "Yes..." "Good." "Rest now." "Tonight I want you to enjoy every moment." "Yes." "Gabrielle?" "Gab..." "Is that you?" "I'm sorry..." "I'm so sorry..." "I searched for you..." "I searched for you!" "I was afraid that..." "You thought I was dead." "Yeah." "What else could you think?" "I could've had faith!" "You would have." "I should've known you'd survive!" "How could you?" "I didn't know that I was gonna survive." "I'm not sure I have, really." "Sit down." "What happened?" "I don't remember much." "I remember falling..." "I remember fire..." "The rocks..." "I remember Hope screaming when she died." "I just blacked out then and..." "I woke up in this hospice." "Apparently I had been there for a long time and I sent word to you." "I don't know how to tell you this." "Hope's alive..." "By the gods, she's alive." "Are you comfortable?" "Good!" "It won't last long." "When darkness comes, my child will awake." "He'll be hungry." "Oh, shit!" "Gabrielle, slow down!" "Xena, we're almost there!" "Look You'll blow the plan if you don't get focused!" "You lose your head, and we are history!" "The thought of Hope with my family..." "I mean, if she were to hurt them..." "She won't." "Now that she knows I'm on to her, she'll use your family as leverage." "As long as she needs them, they're safe, you know that." "I don't know that." "Herodotus, Hecuba..." "Can I... have a word?" "Why?" "So you can do to us what you did to Gabrielle?" "And you're supposed to be her friend!" "What kind of friend does this?" "Get out." "And don't come back ever." "But, Herodotus..." "You heard my father." "Leave, Xena, before somebody else gets hurt." "I'm warning you, Xena..." "Any bloodshed here, it'll be on your hands." "He's right." "If you were a real friend, you wouldn't leave poor Joxer all alone out there, waiting for the monster." "You sent him out there alone?" "Poor young man." "He's just too brave for his own good." "Or too stupid." "Well, it's true." "He'd have to be a fool to take it on alone." "Ask her!" "Gabrielle, you scared me!" "I told you I was gonna get cloth for more bandages!" "Just don't say anything." "Look..." "It's me, it's Gabrielle." "All right." "Just now, I want you to listen to me." "I know that thing in there looks like me, but it's not." "She wants to kill us all." "Wh...?" "No!" "Just listen." "Remember..." "Remember when we were kids?" "We got lost in the snow and I promised that I would give you my Solstice gift if you would just keep walking till we found help." "And I kept my word, do you remember?" "I gave you that rag doll." "Don't you remember?" "Now do you believe me?" "Gabrielle..." "What are we gonna do?" "Take this cloth out there." "Act like nothing is wrong." "Tell Mom and Dad that you need some help with some medicines." "And bring them in here." "Be careful." "Hope is very smart." "Hello, Mother." "Joxer, run to the village!" "Tell them to light torches and keep 'em burning till you hear from me." "Go!" "Come and get some!" "It's turned into quite the family reunion." "What is it now?" "Four generations?" "Your parents..." "There's you..." "Me..." "My pride..." "My joy..." "Your grandson, Mother." "The Destroyer." "Why aren't you dead?" "Well, it's certainly not for your lack of trying, is it?" "The truth is, I could say the same thing about you if I cared." "Which I don't." "I saw the fire." "No one survives that." "No one but me." "Dahok's flame rising to save me." "But then, I've always been Daddy's little girl, haven't I?" "Always." "Is that why you never loved me?" "I loved you, Hope." "I just had to stop you." "For Xena?" "No." "For us all." "Bye-bye, Mommy!" "Gabrielle..." "Bite me." "Wait!" "Let's do it together." "Mamma..." "No!" "It's over." "Or is it?" "Xena..." "Do you ever...?" "Do you get the feeling that sometimes nothing is really over?" "You know, it just keeps coming back around, but it's it's wearing a different face." "It's the same underneath." "Do you know what I mean?" "Sure." "I was trapped in a cycle of violence and hatred." "And no matter how I tried to break free something always pulled me back." "Until you." "Xena..." "No, it's true." "You talk about trying to find your way but to me, you are my way." "How can I be your way, when I I'm lost myself?" "I'm searching for answers too." "But how we look for them doesn't matter as long as we look for them together." "You and me."