Bitter Suite Revenge
AN – This takes place during "The Bitter Suite" in season three. It takes over after the teaser, where Xena is holding Gabrielle above the cliff, about to throw her over the edge.
Prologue:
As Xena slowed her palomino horse to a stop, she looked out at the scene before her. A cliff, with a large drop down to the sea. This will do perfectly, she thought. She dismounted Argo, and walked around his left side to the back where a rope was tied to the back of the saddle. Her gaze followed the length of the rope down to its end, where it was attached to two very dirty feet. She looked at her once friend and pulled the ropes off of Gabrielle's feet. By now she was passed out from the hurt of being dragged behind a horse at a raging gallop, and was covered in ugly purple bruises. Xena bent down and gathered the blonde up into her arms and hoisted her above her head, as she walked to the edge of the cliff. Just as her emotions were running high, just as she was about to throw the girl over the edge, she felt her skin ripple, a tell tale sign that the God of War was around. She dropped Gabrielle at her feet and turned her back to the cliff. Standing there, in all his black leather, was Ares.
"How is it that you always know I'm here?" Ares asked, walking towards her.
"I can smell your stench a mile away, Ares." He laughed in his evil way.
"Is that so? Well you're the only human I know who can do that," he said, stopping a few metres away.
"Go away, Ares," she said turning her back on him.
"Oh, but I so wanted to see the show!" He exclaimed. "The mighty Warrior Princess, about to kill her best friend? I wouldn't miss it for the world!" She glanced at him, realising the implications. If she killed Gabrielle, what would that make her? A killer. A murderous, vengeful, killer. And isn't that exactly what Ares wanted? Was she playing right into his hands? Screw it all! She thought of her son's lifeless body, and Gabrielle's own daughter, how she killed him. If she had just listened to her! It was all her fault! She screamed, pain, vengeance and hate filling her voice. Unbeknowest to her, Ares smiled as he heard the raw emotion in her voice. She bent over and grabbed Gabrielle back up in her arms. She lifted her up to the sky, above her head.
"That's it, kill the little bitch. She's the one that cause you so much hurt," Ares said, walking closer to her as he spoke, so that he was right up behind her, to speak in her ear. "Kill her; she's the one responsible for your son's death. Let her feel the pain you feel, get your revenge on the murderous little bitch. Your son would want you to," he finished in a harsh whisper, his voice full of conviction.
She cried her famous battle cry, swung the body back for momentum, and then out over the cliff, letting go, to watch her fall, down, down, down into the swirling waters below.
"That's my girl."
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AN2- OK, so I know short chapter, but it's only the Prologue. I had this idea while going through my collection and watching a few episodes here and there. So enjoy.
PS - I'm working on other fanfictions for different subjects as well as this, so you could expect an update in maybe a week? I'm not totally sure myself.