Tartarus...
Elysian Fields...
Tartarus...
- Elysian Fields...
- Hades!
My friend, Gabrielle...
Where is she?
Gabrielle. Well, if she's dead,
she didn't come to me.
I saw her die.
She had to come to you.
Why would I lie to ya?
Look...
If you'd like to see Solan,
I could arrange a few moments with...
No, no, no.
You leave Solan out of this.
He doesn't need to know
about my problems.
It's Gabrielle I wanna see.
Come on, you owe me.
Xena, not all the world's
dead come to me.
She was Greek.
The Olympian gods control
her destiny.
Yeah, I admit, it does seem like
she'd be mine, like these people.
Charon and I are gonna
be very, very busy...
I'm not interested
in your workload, Hades!
Look...
I just wanna know where my
friend went after she d*ed.
Did she...
belong to any
spiritual orders, or...
No.
What is it?
Do Greek Amazons come to you?
No.
Then that's it.
Gabrielle's initiation
into the Amazons
meant she went to
a different Land of the Dead.
Well, I can't help you then.
I don't know where that is!
I do.
Sorry, girl.
I can't take you where I'm going.
In a 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.
Xena.
Xena.
Xena.
Xena.
Gabrielle...
I'm entering
a world of darkness...
I promised myself
I'd never return to.
But it's the only way
I can see you again.
My mind has lost its center.
It's turning...
Turning...
Can't hold.
I can't hold.
- Xena.
- I hear you...
Or is it the wind?
As I travel along paths
I left long ago...
I'm engulfed by my memories.
They consume me.
What?
What would you do...
if I told you...
I'm in love?
I'd cut out your
sweetheart's throat.
You think I wouldn't?
No.
I mean,
I'm in love with you.
With me?
Have you lost what's
left of your mind?
People like you and me
don't fall in love.
Not with each other, anyway.
Where do we go from here?
I say we take on the Amazons.
They're a tough bunch...
but reasonable, I think.
I say we offer to ally
with them...
against their traditional enemies,
the centaurs.
With the centaurs
out of the way...
nothing stands between
us and Greece.
You and your alliances...
- didn't do us much good in Chin.
- We did all right in Chin.
We would have done
better if it wasn't for your
unquenchable lust for power.
I thought you liked
my unquenchable lust.
Well...
It does have its good points.
- Borias!
- What?
We caught these two
lurking in the camp.
The hag says she's a shamaness.
Claims she can help us
b*at the Amazons.
How can you do that?
I was once an Amazon myself.
But they expelled me
from their number
because my power was too great.
I am Alti...
and this is my apprentice...
Anokin.
Congratulations.
What?
You are with child.
Very good.
I haven't told anyone that yet.
What?
I would have gotten
around to it.
Go.
Xena, what are you doing?
A shamaness like her
can only be trouble.
I like trouble, Borias.
Please...
Make yourself at home.
Gabrielle...
- What is she doing?
- I don't know.
Look at this.
What do you think you're doin'?
You did this, didn't you?
Yeah.
So what?
Look what we got.
- Good.
- Pick him up.
It's a warrior-woman.
She fought our enemies,
so I don't think we need to fear her.
You've got to take me with you and
teach me everything you know.
Even in death, Gabrielle...
I will never leave you.
you are the best thing
that ever happened to me.
You gave my life meaning and joy...
you will be a part
of me forever.
That wailing...
I heard it before, a long time ago,
when I was a child.
An army from the east
swept across the steppes.
They destroyed everything in sight.
It was led by a great
w*rlord named Borias...
and her.
Alti!
Who did this?
Xena, let's go!
- I'm not leaving without her.
- Then don't!
Throw her on a horse
and let's move!
This is the last of the villages
before Amazon territory.
I don't want the Amazons
to think we're moving on them.
I don't care about your plan!
My friend is dead.
You knew her for
less than a moon.
What spell have they thrown on you?
Quick, girl!
Come on!
It's only a child...
Out of the way!
It's too late.
You can see her again, you know?
She must wanna cross over
to the other side...
and she needs the horse's
spirit to do that.
What are you doing?
You're the one who gave me
a decent funeral.
Now you, too,
are in the Land of the Dead.
I thank you, mourn for you.
Don't mourn for me.
I'm not dead.
If you're not dead, then,
why are you here?
I'm looking for a friend.
She should have passed through
the gate into eternity by now.
So you plan to follow
her into eternity?
That's right.
So, will you be able to
get back from there?
That I don't know.
She must be
a very good friend.
She's the only friend.
How come you know so much
about the Land of the Dead?
Have you been here before?
Let me tell you a little story.
Gabrielle's not the first
I followed here.
I came once before.
Anokin!
- What's the matter?
- Stay away from me.
Why?
You poisoned my soul.
I want nothing to do with you.
I hate the dead.
You can't take vengeance on them.
But you can.
Come back to me, Xena.
- What do you want?
- I want you.
The stuff you're into...
it's madness.
You're carrying our
child within you.
The baby will be a fine,
healthy boy...
with his father's mouth
and his mother's eyes.
What will we call him?
- Neither one of you will name him.
- We'll name him!
And you can stop your
evil predictions, you hag!
Borias...
You shouldn't have done that.
She's powerful.
In the Land of the Dead, perhaps...
But here,
she's a pathetic bag of bones.
Never mind.
It's over your head.
And who is this?
Alti needed a human body in order
to get us to the Land of the Dead.
You're k*lling people to help
that demon cast her spells?
Come on, Borias...
After all the people we've k*lled,
what's one more corpse?
I can't believe
what's happening to you.
And I can't believe
what's happening to you.
You're as soft as a pig's belly.
And what's all this talk
about our baby and us?
I swear, if you use the word
"family", I'm gonna puke!
- These powers you're after...
- You wanna know what they are...
Your friend you told
me about, Lao Ma...
Her powers come from denial...
From self-sacrifice.
From the light.
That's not for people
like you and me.
I wanna tap into
the heart of darkness...
The sheer, naked will
behind all craving,...
hatred and v*olence.
I'll become the face
of death itself...
Capable of destroying not only...
a person's body,
but their soul.
Help me...
and I'll make you...
"Destroyer of Nations".
What is it? Who's that?
Cyane, Queen of the Amazons.
Cyane?
She's a legend!
You knew her?
I k*lled her.
What are you doing here, Xena?
You're not welcome.
Cyane...
Why are you still
in the Land of the Dead?
You should have crossed over
into eternity.
Answer me first.
What do you want?
I'm looking for a friend...
A Greek Amazon.
An Amazon is your friend...
That's right.
Her name is Gabrielle.
At heart, you're an Amazon,
whether you believe it or not.
It's not for me, Cyane.
Follow me.
Think she's dead?
Poke her.
She's not dead.
Her spirit's with the dead.
I say, we send her body there, too.
No!
We don't hurt her.
You see, Xena?
None of us can pass
through the gate to eternity.
We're doomed to wander
the Land of the Dead forever.
Alti did this to you...
Yes.
Alti.
Watch it, don't jerk her.
Keep everything smooth,
or she'll feel it.
Careful.
We'll look up top!
Be careful.
Don't wanna wake her up, just yet.
- What's wrong with her?
- Nothing.
She's in the Land of the Dead.
We're gonna let her accomplish
what she must there.
She's probably acquiring
great powers.
I still say we
should cut her throat.
No.
She's our future,
I'm sure of it.
Why should we believe you?
There's something
you're not telling us.
Borias had taken me
in out of the cold.
She must die.
Her? What're you talking?
She's just a child.
She will take your power
away from you one day.
Have I been wrong with
my predictions so far?
You think Borias
is trouble now?
You should wait and see if we
knocked off his little orphan girl.
Control your destiny.
k*ll her now
and avoid the day
she takes your power.
No!
Get out of here.
So she would have k*lled you
if Borias hadn't shown up...
No.
I don't think she would have.
She didn't k*ll me because she knew
what Alti predicted must happen.
I am destined to take her power.
I'm glad you're
so sure about it.
I'm gonna have my a* ready
when she starts to come around.
I'm so sorry for what's
happened to you...
I don't think they
believe you, Xena.
She claims she's looking
for a friend...
A Greek Amazon, no less.
I understand your anger.
The sight of me must be
a torment to you.
But once I find Gabrielle,
you'll never see me again.
Then go!
The gate to eternity lies
in the heart of that volcano.
That's where you'll find
your precious Gabrielle.
But you said that Amazons
can't pass through the gate.
Our tribe can't.
The other Amazon tribes from
Greece and Mesopotamia, they can.
The path to your friend
lies through that gate.
Now, go into eternity
and out of our lives forever.
Go!
Xena.
Xena.
I can't.
Gabrielle, I can't!
You know, nothing would make me
happier than seeing you again.
You were my light.
But I just realized what
it was that you gave me...
A light of my own.
There's something I gotta do...
Something you'd want me to do.
I love you.
I told you that the gate
was over there.
Some other time.
I'm going back to stop Alti.
Our holy word should
have been strong
enough to undo
whatever it was...
that kept us from eternity
but still we can't pass
through the gate.
Maybe you need
a new hold word...
One stronger than the last.
Our holy word
is "courage", Xena.
Nothing's stronger
than courage.
Get down! Get back!
Quick! Move!
Who are you?
Otere.
I remember you.
How did I get here?
We moved you.
We thought you'd be safer here.
We were careful not to wake you up.
You did well.
I could teach you a thing or two about
holding a sword on somebody.
Who's he?
Our enemy.
You wounded him.
We haven't decided
who gets to k*ll him yet.
You drew first blood.
You should make the k*ll.
Can you walk?
Good.
I want you to deliver
a mesage to Alti.
Tell her that Xena's coming.
If we move directly on Alti,
she'll send him after us.
Who's him?
Berserker... it's only the greatest
fighter in our land.
He's been given
special powers by Alti.
k*lled every warrior
he's ever met in combat.
Is that so?
Let's get started then.
- He says that...
- Xena's coming!
Do you idiots think I didn't
know that already?
I've felt her presence for days.
It was only a matter of time
before she looked for me.
And you...
were kind enough to
bleed your way back here
and leave ever
so nice a trail.
This one's for you, Gabrielle.
The Berserker!
That's the Berserker?
No!
That's the Berserker!
Get out of the way!
You all right?
My legs still feel broken.
It doesn't make sense.
The power that was
making me relive my past
seemed to be coming
from the Berserker.
- But you k*lled him.
- I know.
That should have
released me from...
Alti's spirit was in the horse.
She seemed afraid of you!
Now, maybe.
But as we get closer
to her stronghold,
she'll get stronger
and stronger.
This new power that she has...
The ones that make
you relive your past...
it's a toughie.
Can we b*at her?
We've got to.