Xena is in a long black silk gown, lying on a red bed. Her body is cleaned off, and her wounds are healed. The Dark One is sitting in the chair, watching her.
On Olympus...
"I have gathered you here today because of the prophecy," Zeus said to the other gods at the meeting council. "So it's real, I thought it was just a rumor Ares made up to get us all worked up," Athena said to Zeus. "Unfortunately no," Zeus answered. "Well then we need Xena!" Hephaestus said aloud. "Ares has been stolen by Mitlick," Zeus announced. Gasps filled the room. "Isn't he..." someone asked. "Dahak's brother," Zeus announced. "Plus we can't get Warrior Babe anyway. I heard Ares' screams. She's dead," Aphrodite said looking down. "Don't you see? He's probably developed enough power to kill all of us!" Strife said. "Enough!" Zeus yelled throwing a lightening ball at a golden bowl on the table. It made a loud noise, silencing the yelling gods. "Aphrodite, please explain," Zeus said in a calm voice. "Well, it happened twice. When Discord killed Warrior Babe, he gave up his powers to save Xe. But, all of a sudden they ended up in his realm and when Warrior Babe went down to battle Mitlick, he killed her. When Ares saw Xe gone and blood on the ground, he got on his knees and screamed." Aphrodite covered her ears, "I can still hear them, it burns me inside knowing my bro's love is gone. It's the prophecy. Since you guys, wouldn't listen to Ar, he told me. It says that if she dies, Mitlick will bring her back and force her to give him like, millions of children to destroy the world. The only way to stop this is for Xe to kill Ar. But Ar has his powers back. Plus, Xe wont do it. And Warrior Babe already died, therefore having the prophecy go on." Silence filled the room. "Dismissed," Zeus said to the other gods. They materialized to their quarters.
Under The Earth...
Ares was still screaming, both hands in her blood. After hours of mourning her death, something struck him. Seeing her blood on his hands, he turned back into his old self, not lost in greed, but lost in anger, "He will pay for this. Everyone will pay." He stood up and eyes turned back into the cold ones he used to have. He took out his sword and stared at it, closed his eyes and disappeared as a flash of blue light.
In a Room Under the Earth...
Mitlick is staring at Xena. Callisto comes through the hallway and enters the stone room. "What do you want you demon?" he says not taking his eyes off her. Callisto rolled her eyes, hating the way he addressed her, "I got the whip and chains you asked for." "Put it next to her on the bed," he snapped back, "now leave my sight." Callisto leaves the room, a look of anger on her face.
Mitlick looked at the chains and back at Xena. He got up and materialized the chains in the other room. He walked to the bed and picked up Xena's limp body and materialized also.
Back On Earth...
It was day now, and as always war was taking its toll on a few hundred mortals. But now is different. War wasn't being caused by mortals, but by war itself.
Ares was slaughtering dozens on innocents by the millions. In his path are a few villages with mortals going on with their easy lives not knowing what great danger is heading its path. They will soon end up like the other 100 villages Ares had destroyed. Fire, blood a death to everyone in it, man, woman, child. He cares for nothing anymore, not his sister, not war, not even himself. Just revenge on the loss of his chosen.
Blood was on his skin, hands, face, yet he didn't care. He just kept throwing fireballs at anyone or anything. Turning people to ashes. Swinging his sword violently at nearby villagers.
One image seems to be eating at his soul, the image of her blood staining the ground, the Dark One's weapon in the pile of blood. Being her god, her felt her pain those few seconds, though being unable to wake. He heard what she had said and was able to see through his eyelids of what had happened. He lost himself then. When she died, to him the pain felt like a needle slowly being driven through his chest like a spear. It was unbearable. But he kept reminding himself something he said to Xena a long time ago, "Pain is natures way of saying 'hey, your alive." He didn't feel alive though.
After destroying the last 9 villages in the past hour, he soon came to Amphipolis, Xena's hometown. He didn't realize it at first until a memory of him first seeing Xena here when she was fifteen popped in his mind. The villagers starred at him, but he ignored them. He dropped his sword and walked into a building in the town. No one followed.
Lyceus, Xena's brothers' grave was there. Xena hadn't known it yet, but her mother too, was dead. She died of too much torment under the earth. Ares made Cyrene a grave. He looked at the graves and took out a necklace. It was a Chakram with a glass for the inside of it. The glass contained a red liquid, a small portion of Xena's blood. He stared at it and put it in a box he had materialize in his hand. It had the design of her arm pads on it with her name engraved in gold on the top. He mad a stand appear next to lyceus' grave. He placed the box on it and materialized away as a flash of blue light.
Two boys came into the room to see where the mysterious man went. They looked all around the room but couldn't find him. Then they looked at the new thing in the room. It read, 'Here lies Xena Warrior Princess. Chosen and Lover of the God of War. Mother to Eve and Solan. Best Friend to Gabrielle. Will forever be the best warrior that ever lived.' They looked at each other sadly. Xena was their hero. They looked at the stand. and in bold words it said, 'Made and Honored by the God of War.'
Under the Earth...
Gabrielle, Hercules, Iolaos, Eve, Torres, and many others were lined up in a line. 400 people, friends and family or Xena's were tied by the feet and hands. They were gagged at the mouth. Behind each person was an enemy of Xena's holding a whip. But everyone of Xena's friends and family weren't worried about them. Instead, their attention was directed at the Dark One. He was in a red power field with Xena's body in a black dress. She was being hung by the chains by her wrists and ankles. Her body was in an X shape. Everyone stood in horror at the events that might unfold.
In Tartarus...
"Hades please, if you take my soul I could probably hold Xena here and stop the prophecy from happening. I can't die, Mitlick made sure of that but you can hold my soul for the time being. Please I need to save Xena. I have no reason to live without her," Ares begged Hades. "No, Ares," Hades said. "Please, all Im doing is killing everybody. Thats all I will do until I know she's at peace. Please, lets just say for your sake," Ares continued to beg. Hades was silent for a few minutes, "I'll think about it."
Ares smiled and reappeared in the halls of war. But soon a force took over him. He appeared under the earth with his powers gone and was chined to a chair. He looked at his surroundings. He saw the line of people he knew all in one relation. Xena. He saw Xena's body in the black silk dress. "Xena," he said to himself. Then he saw a figure walk next to her, Mitlick. His eyes turned cold.
Suddenly, Xena started to glow a red color as Mitlick touched her stomach. Her chest rose and she was alive. The red faded as Mitlick removed his hand. Her eyes were still closed, but she was alive. Ares, heart leaped with excitement, but he didn't want to show any emotion in front on Mitlick. The, Xena head lifted and she glowed with a red of her own. She broke the chains and as if laying on something floated in the air. she was lowered as the red glow faded and was laying on the ground. She opened her blue orbs to see Ares. "Xena," Ares said as he slowly faded away.
