"Gabrielle. Gabrielle wake up." The blonde's eyes fluttered open to be greeted by the sight of Ephiny's face. "What happened?" She rubbed the throbbing spot on the back of her head as she looked around. "I'm not sure. You were brought down here like this." Gabrielle sighed. "Well this is going worse then I expected." Ephiny sat down beside her friend leaning against the wall. "So what happened in Deklin's tent?" Gabrielle rubbed her forehead. "He's selling all of you to slavers. They are on their way here." Ephiny along with the rest of the tribe now turned to Gabrielle their mouths gaped open. "I don't know what to do." Ephiny stayed silent she could feel the other Amazons staring at them. "There's no way out of here?" Gabrielle shrugged her shoulders. "I'm not sure I was preoccupied. I found out who had Deklin looking for me. Well sort of." Ephiny remained silent waiting to hear the rest of Gabrielle's story.
"I'm not sure who the person is but they came into the room while I was talking with Deklin. They had a hood on so I couldn't see their face." Ephiny growled. "I'd like to know who sent Deklin and his men down on us." Gabrielle rubbed her eyes as she nodded. "We will find out who's behind that hood, Ephiny you can count on that." The sound of the squeaking door opening to the dungeon caused the Amazons to look up. The hooded person Gabrielle had told Ephiny about entered the room. "Gabrielle is that who you were talking about?" Gabrielle nodded as she stood up walking to the bars of their cell. "Who are you?" The hooded figure stepped closer to the cell and began to reach their hand inside. Gabrielle was still waiting to see what was about to happen. Though she remained motionless every muscle was tensed ready to fight if needed. She was a bit shocked when the person simply touched her cheek. Now was her chance to find out who it was. She quickly reached up grabbing the person's hand and twisting it around. HOlding tightly to the person's wrist she quickly reached through the bars and pulled back the hood. The long black hair was the first thing she noticed as it fell down over the person's face. What she saw next caused her to release the wrist she held.
The icy blue eyes stared back at her with a small smile. "You've gotten better Gabrielle. I wasn't expecting that. The Amazons' have taught you a lot haven't they?" Gabrielle stared back into the icy blue eyes that belonged to her once best friend Xena. As she stared at them she could sense a difference within the Warrior Princess. Something much colder, evil almost. Even with every sense screaming this was not the woman she once knew Gabrielle could barely keep from stepping back up to the bars. She wrapped her delicate hands around the bars as she pressed her face against the bars. "Xena? Is that really you?" The warrior smiled at her as she reached up to touch Gabrielle's chin. "Yes, it's me."