Xena is walking out of the tavern, chakram in hand, blood on her wrist and hand. Her eyes had an angry glare that if she was a god would have killed anybody she looked at. No mortal has ever had or witnessed that icey glare before. She gets on Argo and sprints as fast as she can to the forest to where she had first found Callisto, not bothering to wipe the flowing blood from her wrist away.

Under The Earth...

Cyrene, Toris, Gabrielle, Eve, and Ares are all seen in the unearthly cave, devil behind each one. When they reached the bottom of the stepped leading to a room, a big hooded figure is standing before them. It's facing away from them staring through a portal watching Xena. "So, Xena's on the path of vengeance. She doesn't know it, but she's exactly where I want her." The hooded figure turns around, dark covering his face so nobody can see. "Tonight, she will fall, and later rise to be a queen who will obey my every word and cause death and destruction to the earth and everyone in it." Inside, Ares was tearing apart. He knew that Xena wouldn't be able to get her powers until dawn the next day and the Dark One is planning for her death tonight. And there's no way to speed up the process. Through the dark, the Dark One looked at Ares. "Get them out of my sight!," he said waving his hand at the others, "This one stays."

Gabrielle tried to fight free of Discords' grip, but Discord just held the blade closer to her neck. Gabrielle eventually stopped feeling the blade start to press harder on her skin. Discord, Morloch, Caesar, and Alti took them out of the room and into the cage with Iolaus and Hercules.

Callisto stayed with Ares and the Dark One, guarding the door so Ares wouldn't run. Almost as if reading Ares mind, the Dark One said to Ares in the lowest of voices, "Your right. Xena can't receive her powers until tomorrow's dawn and I don't intend on anyone speeding up the process. Alti poisoned Xena with a poison with no cure, and now, she's on her way to kill me. She wont be able to. She knows there's no cure for the poison, but she doesn't know how fast it will take to reach to her heart. She and I will battle tonight, and if i don't get to kill her in time, the poison surely will." Ares was dead inside, is heart ripping at his soul. He knew his princess, and her pride got in the way again. "If only she had killed me when I told her to. Why do yo have to pride in the way every time," he thought to himself. "Why are you doing this?" Ares asked. "Why? Haven't you ever wanted to rule the world, next to a suppressing beauty with the rage, passion and fiery like none before? To rule the world with her?" Ares looked down knowing that he was right. "That's what I thought." It was quiet for some while before Ares interrupted the silence, "But why do you need to murder everyone in the world? Zeus will just create more." "Dahak is my brother." Ares was wide-eyed. He knew that he was worse than Dahak, but him also being his brother. That's even worse. "While he wanted to take over the world we got into a fight. He wanted to rule alone and wanted to get me out of the way. After the whole with Gabrielle and Hope, he knew he chose the wrong woman for the job. If Xena had his child, she would have guarded it with her life. It would have been stronger and undefeatable. After he found out he came back to take me out of the picture. Instead, I ended up killing him. I hen realized I was the bigger more powerful one, and I too wanted that power. So, I created the prophecy getting the woman I wanted. I made sure of that. As for the Gods, I don't plan on leaving one alive." "Why do you have me here then?" "Because I couldn't let you die, or have Xena or I kill you. Reason? Because if you die, I die." He turned and motioned for Callisto to take him away, but Ares took out the ring Xena gave to him and put it on. With it's power, he made a knife materialize in his hand. Still turned around, the Dark One said, "Don't bother doing that." Ares dug the knife into himself, hoping his Xena would be safe, just hoping he could just get this curse over with. He took out the blade. Nothing happened. He was shocked. "I gave you back your immortality. Nothing, not even the heinseblood dagger can get rid of you by your own hand. Only me and my Queen can do that." Callisto grabbed him. "Oh and Callisto." She looked over to her master. "Yes?" She hated calling him Master or My Lord. "Make sure they have an unpleaset stay." Callisto smiled and took him away. Ares said nothing.

Callisto locked each person up in a small cell. Everyone was locked in a chair that kept their head straight, looking forward, their hands and feet were locked to the chairs, being forced to watch images a bad time with them and Xena or of times they absolutely hated about Xena to torment them in way unimaginable. Except they werent regular images. They were physical images, images that you thought you could hold and touch, they were so realistic. It was like a ghostly image that if you touched it only went right through. All these images cut into their soul.

Gabrielle was locked in a cell where a physical image played of when their friendship didn't work out. Images from Illusia, and in the land of Chin when she betrayed her. The worst one was when she saw the images of when they were at the funeral of Solan. "No. No' don't you even say his name. I trusted you and you lied to me. Now, Solans' dead. Solan's dead because of you." When Gabrielle heard Xena's image say that, she started baling. Tears dripping down her face. "I'm sorry, Xena," Gabrielle kept repeating.

Eve was in the next one. Except she was already crying. She saw the physical images of When she was Livia. "Eve, I'm your mother. I love you." "I hate you! My name is Livia! Your not my mother, Rome is my mother." As Eve saw her say that stuff to her mother, then she saw Xena and Gabrielle talking about her in a cabin and Xena crying, she couldn't help but close her tearful eyes. "Mother, I never ment any of that stuff, and you know it. I'm sorry." One more tear fell down her cheek.

Cyrene and Toris were in the same room. They saw the images of Cyrene and Toris yelling at Xena and blaming Xena for Lyceus' death and kicking her out of Amphipolis not forgiving her until 2-4 years later. Cyrene was crying while Toris was screaming.

Iolaus saw images Xena's death. He did have some small feelings for Xena, but they were just good friends. He cried seeing Xena's deaths.

Hercules was tormented seeing images of Xena and Ares together. He hated his older brother, but he also did have a large amount of feelings for Xena the way Ares did. He was jealous when he saw those images. It hurt him inside s much. He saw the time Xena and Ares were at the Bacchanalia. When they were in Amphipolis, and the dreams Ares gave Xena about her being able to trust Ares and so much more. Hercules screamed at the top of his lungs. He hated the fact that they were together. he hated Ares even more for giving her those dreams.

Ares had the worst. He was already screaming. He was watching Images of when he was never there by her side even though he promised. Every time he tormented her, betrayed her, hurt her. He hated himself for it. He saw the scenes of the Romans breaking her legs, her two crusify, letting her drink the poison. Every time he could have been there done something. He saw images of making her evil, making her insane, pretending to be her father, saying to give her a child or he would tell his family about Eve and have them kill her. If only he'd never done those things. He hated himself, more than anything in the world. His screams were so loud Xena heard it from on earth

Back On Earth...

As she was riding she heard Ares scream and stopped dead in her tracks. As she imagined what he could have been going through she put Argo back in a sprint, urging Argo to go faster.

It's night when Xena makes it to her destination. She gets off Argo and says her goodbyes to her, as if she would never see her again. Argo gallops off out of sight. Xena turns around and kneels down. With her chakram she cuts at the ground. A red glow starts emerging through the crack she's made. That's when she hears the voice, a very familiar voice. "My Queen, so you've come to gain your crown." "No..." But before she could finish, a glowing red whip-like object grabbed her and wrapped around her arms and waist. It then pulled her in.