Pillars of Faith
Post-Episode 89
By Jinxie
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End of Episode 89 (S4,E21):
Caesar is dead.
Xena and Gabrielle have been crucified. Xena's spirit leaves her body behind. She floats toward Gabrielle and reaches her hands out to cup the bard's cheeks. She softly speaks, "Gabrielle. Gabrielle." Gabrielle's spirit leaves her body and she smiles upon seeing Xena.
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"Xena, where are we?" Gabrielle asks as they both look around them. One moment they were above their crosses, the next they were sitting on the top of a red pillar of rock.
Xena looks around curiously and shakes her head. "I'm not sure. Some sort of afterlife."
"It's not the Elysian Fields, or Hades." Gabrielle remarks as she slowly turns in a repeating circle.
Xena walks up to her and stops her from turning, "It's neither. I've been to both; this is nothing like them." She leans forward and kisses the bard on the lips. "I'm just glad I'm here with you."
Gabrielle smiles at her and then moves out of their embrace to sit down on top of the pillar. She pats the rock next to her and watches Xena sit down. They wait for something, anything to happen. After what seems like both minutes and days, they finally see something appear in the sky above them.
AN: this would now connect to Episode 91, skipping 90 altogether.
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Beginning of Episode 90:
Flash forward episode that I don't care to repeat. Something about Xena reincarnated.