"That's an impressive kill." Duncan said admiringly. Macbeth had been fortunate to turn to his left at just the right moment and spot a large buck. It was the tallest that he had ever seen and he was thankful that it hadn't seemed to notice him yet. When the arrow struck the buck it fell quickly and Drexia watched in stunned silence. She admired the young human's hunting ability and was glad that she had come along to witness it.

"That was the best use of a bow I have ever seen." Drexia said still in awe of what she saw.

"I can't believe that there haven't been any other deer around." Gil complained. "Normally, this area is crowded with them." The Fates watched while Drexia lifted the heavy corpse and the group began to head back down the trail.

"I guess it's obvious why I invited you on this trip." Duncan said after a moment. "I need to know who I can trust. So many in my kingdom have begun to turn against me and I need to know if you will side with me or those that would see me dead and my castle burn."

"I have always been loyal." Macbeth said offended by the implication. Duncan was about to respond when his foot slipped and he began to fall from the narrow cliff. Macbeth instinctively reached out his hand to catch him and Gil rushed over to help. Between the two of them they managed to pull Duncan back up. After he had a chance to calm down they began to walk down the path again.

"I suppose there is a silver lining to this hunt after all." Duncan said with a wide grin. Macbeth and Gil looked over at him curiously. "If you two wanted me dead you could have simply let me fall."

"I guess that's true." Macbeth chuckled. He glanced over at Drexia and noticed how she easily carried the weight of the dead buck in her arms and he found himself suddenly noticing her curves and thinking thoughts that made him burn with desire as his eyes roamed over her. She is a creature. Nothing more so stop these thoughts. Drexia noticed his eyes roaming over her and at first she felt embarrassed by it and then she began to feel something different. She began to feel warm and she blushed and turned her eyes away from him. The group slowly made their way down the trail until they reached the trees below. Suddenly, a dense fog began to surround them.

"What's going on here?" Duncan asked nervously as he drew his sword.

"I don't know but we should be cautious. This is no natural fog." Gil pointed out. He and Macbeth drew their swords and cautiously stepped forward. When they had walked forward a few feet they began to smell something cooking. A few feet further and they began to hear women's voices. A few feet after that they saw three old witches stirring large spoons into a cauldron.

"Welcome Duncan, King of Scotland." The Fates said in unison.

"Welcome Macbeth, Future King of Scotland and The Conqueror of Drexia's heart." Drexia and Duncan both looked at Macbeth in disbelief, but before they could say anything Macbeth interrupted.

"You are mistaken Elders, Duncan is king now and his son will become king once he is grown." Macbeth said in an unwavering tone. "I have only just met Drexia and even though she seems to be a kind and generous soul I am currently betrothed to another. Duncan glared at Gil who slowly shook his head.

"What we see is what must be." The Fates advised before they turned towards Gil.

"Welcome Gilcomgain, Destroyer of Human-Kind." Gil looked shocked by that title.

"What do you mean by that? I haven't killed people in a long time." Gil said as everyone looked at him in surprise. They ignored the question however and vanished from the forest. When they disappeared the fog lifted and they could see clearly in front of them once more. Duncan decided then that he would need to keep a much closer eye on Macbeth. He knew that the strange women were the fates but decided to keep that information secret for now.

"They were daft." Macbeth said with a chuckle after a few minutes. Gil nodded and began to laugh as well.

"Destroyer of Human-Kind…" Gil said in a mocking tone. "What nonsense."

"Yes, clearly those old women were mistaken. We should continue on so that we can make it back before it gets dark." Duncan pointed out.

"Those weren't women. There was something strange about them. They each had an aura of arcane energy surrounding them." Drexia replied after a moment.

"What do you mean they had arcane energy?" Macbeth asked curiously.

"It was strange but I could see it emanating from them." Drexia informed him. "They could have been an illusion or they were very powerful witches perhaps."

"There is no point in worrying about it now." Duncan advised. "Let's head home and we'll try to find more information about them later." Drexia growled in irritation. Gil and Macbeth just nodded and the group continued on to Duncan's castle.

"I wish that I could convince you to stay around a little while longer." Xena told Gabrielle as she helped her pack some things for the road. Gabrielle sighed and turned to look at her friend.

"I've always sought out my purpose in life and I think that I have finally found it." Gabrielle said. "What we did was great and I enjoyed the time we spent travelling together and helping people, but now that you're married I feel that it's the best time for me to discover who I am."

"I hear that congratulations are in order." Xena grinned at her and glanced at Iolaus to emphasize her point.

"We weren't going to say anything because it was your big day." Gabrielle replied. "We were going to make sure that you received an invitation though."

"Are you kidding? Of course I want to know that my best friend Is getting married." Xena replied.

"So, who told you about us?" Gabrielle asked with a wide grin. Then she started to laugh. "It was Alcmene wasn't it?"

"Yes, well you know that she gets excited at times. She gets really talkative when something great comes along." Xena pointed out with a wide smile.

"Are you almost ready?" Xena and Gabrielle turned to see Iolaus and Alcmene waiting by the door. Gabrielle stood up and grabbed her bag and her staff.

"I suppose I am." Gabrielle sighed as she gave her friend one last hug goodbye and then turned and left with them. Xena felt her eyes beginning to tear up and she suddenly needed to sit down. She needed more than anything at that moment to speak with her sister, but the sun was beginning to rise and she knew that she wouldn't get the opportunity to until the following evening. She left the room and started to look for her new husband.

"At least now I will never be alone." Xena said quietly to herself.

"This castle is magnificent, Owen." David said as he and Owen walked through the ruins of Castle Wyvern. "Look at the stone work."

"Yes Mister Xanatos, but I must remind you that the cost of this venture will be astronomical." Owen pointed.

"Pay the men, Owen and get it moved as quickly as possible." David said as he pulled some moss off of the stone Goliath's face. "Magnificent," He said again with a wide grin. It had been seven months since Puck had given David the Grimorum and David wasted no time following the instructions written by the Magus to find the castle, because he knew that the castle needed to rise above the clouds he had worked to construct what is now the tallest building in New York that he would use to sit the castle on top of. When the azure gargoyle had first approached him with this plan he thought he was going crazy, but after speaking with Owen and reading the Grimorum he realized that his path to power was dependent on bringing her old clan back from the magical sleep that was cast upon them.

"Sir, what will we do about the Crusaders. If they were to catch us harboring the most wanted gargoyle in the world then they may…" Owen began.

"We'll try to figure that out later. Perhaps that Demona knows something that she could tell us about them." David winced and held his arm close to his chest.

"Still in pain I see." Owen pointed out. David rolled his eyes but slowly nodded.

"I still don't know what I did to deserve having my arm snapped like a twig." David replied bitterly.

"You attempted to touch her. Apparently, that didn't please her." Owen grinned and David glared at him.

"I still think she overreacted. A simple don't touch me would have sufficed." David said irritably. Owen patted him on the shoulder.

"She must appreciate your assistance though because she gave you a warning instead of just killing you." He replied.

"I suppose," David said irritably. "That reminds me, I need you to call Fox and see if she wants to go to dinner tonight, and if she says yes reserve us a table at En-Shere for seven this evening." Owen nodded and pulled out his cell phone. After he spoke to Fox for a moment he hung up the phone and then dialed another number. After he spoke again for a moment he turned to talk to David.

"The hostess is informing me that they only have an opening for nine this evening." Owen informed him.

"Is that so… Tell her that if she does not get us a table for seven that I will personally contact the owner of the restaurant and inform him of why I will be pulling my support and funds to go to a place a little more agreeable." David yelled to make sure Owen heard him over the helicopter that landed near them. They walked over to it and Owen put the phone back up to his ear before relaying David's message.

"She placed me on hold." Owen said irritably as the helicopter left the ground and began to fly back to New York. "Yes, I'm still here. Your manager found one? That's great and I'm sure that Mr. Xanatos will be happy to continue to support your fine establishment." Owen hung up the phone and sat back in his seat. "You're all set." Owen advised him.

"Good job Owen, I dislike having to argue with hosts all the time." David grinned and leaned back to take a nap for the remainder of the trip back to the city.

Macbeth arrived back at Castle Moray to the greatest news he had ever heard. Gruoch was pregnant with his first child and he ordered for a day of celebration. A few hours later however one of Macbeth's guards came running towards him.

"What is it, Nathaniel?" Macbeth asked curiously as the young man was catching his breath.

"An army at the front gates…" Nathaniel didn't get a chance to say anymore as Macbeth and Gil quickly made their way to the front gate. They walked out onto the battlements above the gate and stared down below them in shock as they saw Jason and his army of one hundred and fifty men standing behind him in twelve rows.

"Jason, what can I do for you?" Macbeth asked curiously.

"You can start by opening the gates and surrendering." Jason shouted back. Macbeth looked to Gil curiously who shrugged to emphasize that he didn't know what was going on.

"Surrender for what? We are not at war." Macbeth shouted back.

"Prince Duncan has ordered me to take charge of Castle Moray and has also given Gruoch to me as a tribute. You and Gilcomgain are to turn yourselves in to me and my men will escort you back to his castle to await your trial." Jason informed them. "If you do not open the gates then we will be forced to attack." As he spoke that last few words they heard something crashing through the trees and were stunned to see three large catapults being dragged into the area on top of rolling logs.

"Just you come inside and we will discuss this." Macbeth said sternly. Jason thought for a moment but then slowly nodded. The gates opened enough to allow Jason to ride his horse inside and he was met at the castle entrance by the guards who forced him to wait for Macbeth and Gil before continuing on.

"What is the meaning of all this?" Macbeth asked after they walked into a conference room.

"It's come to the attention of the Prince that the lord of Castle Moray has been working against the interest of the kingdom and thus is subject to arrest." Jason informed them.

"That's insane, we've been nothing but loyal to the crown." Macbeth pointed out irritably. Jason glanced over at Gil then.

"Prince Duncan decreed that Gilcomgain was to marry Gruoch and begin negotiations with the English to give us peace and a better trade deal. That has not happened and we've heard that he has no intention of following through with that plan." Jason replied.

"There is no need. We discussed the situation with Prince Duncan during our hunt and he agreed with us then that we were making the right choice." Macbeth said. He was stunned that Duncan would turn against them.

"You are wrong. After your trip the prince was very distraught by your decision to disobey him that he nearly sent Drexia to kill everyone here, but I talked him into letting me take charge. He reluctantly agreed, but only if I agreed to claim Gruoch as my wife and do the duties that should have been Gilcomgain's to perform." Jason informed them.

"You cannot do that. She is with child and I will not allow this to happen." Bodhe stated defiantly.

"You know that the Prince is supposed to approve of all marriages and children to be born." Jason pointed out irritably. "Who is the father? This makes him guilty of treason."

"I spoke of this with the prince and he gave me his blessing at the time. I couldn't have anticipated that he would change his mind." Macbeth spoke up.

"You will hang for this." Jason roared.

"Jason, that's enough." Gil said in a cold tone. "I don't know what happened to you when we parted company but you know that no one, not even the prince has the authority to intervene now that a child is being born." Gil informed his old friend. "Only a king has that kind of power and despite his abuse of power Duncan is not king yet."

"You would dare defy him." Jason said surprised that the meeting wasn't going as he planned. "He could take this castle if it interested him to do so."

"Hello again Jason," Vivienne said as she walked into the room.

"What is she doing here?" Jason asked upset by her presence. "She has no place here. I thought she had returned home home to do has I instructed."

"I told you before Jason, I am not your wife and I never will be. You have no hold over me and you know it." Vivienne stated irritably.

"I'm finished here. I am not going back empty handed so you all are coming with me or I will rain down fire upon this castle and I will not only have you all killed but I will have the skin slowly peeled off your wife as you watch." Jason said while glaring at Macbeth. Macbeth matched his glare and if it wasn't for his self-control he would have leapt over the table to attack him.

"I will go and you will leave the people here alone." Macbeth said in as calm of a tone as he could manage.

"That's not…" Jason began.

"That's what's going to happen, or I will unleash our weapons that can destroy that pathetic army you've left on my front lawn." Macbeth grinned wickedly. "You also made the mistake of coming in here alone and leaving them outside with no way of knowing if or when an attack is coming."

"You wouldn't dare." Jason argued.

"What's it going to be?" Macbeth asked his tone ice cold. "Are we going or am I ordering my men to attack?"

"Things are going just as you anticipated milord." Puck said as he walked into the throne room on Avalon. Lucifer was pacing back and forth in front of the map.

"Then why haven't we located those missing gargoyles yet?" She asked bitterly.

"It takes time but I have been in contact with David Xanatos, and I believe that he is very close to finding them." Puck informed her.

"Good, once they are found I want them to be destroyed." Lucifer replied off-handedly. Puck looked surprised by that order.

"You want them to be destroyed? I thought we were going to use them." Puck reminded her.

"I've changed my mind. If they are able to defeat me as you claim then the best thing for us to do is remove them from the board." Lucifer replied. "Besides, my loyal servant Dr. Sevarius is working on a project that will enable us to achieve our other goals."

"Is his prototype nearly completed?" Puck asked curiously.

"Not yet, but when we take the genetic material from my double then he will be able to complete the creature." Lucifer replied.

"Is it wise to use her? The lavender one that will awaken is much more powerful than she is." Puck pointed out.

"Are you questioning me?" Lucifer's eyes started glowing white as she turned to face him. Puck took a step back but faced his gaze unwaveringly.

"Not at all, I'm simply advising you of the flaw in your strategy." Puck pointed out. "I know that it is tempting to try to win now, but if we go that route it could cost us everything that we have been working towards."

"What about the bitch?" Lucifer asked irritably. Puck grinned at him.

"I assume you're referring to the Demona that's in the past, because you're wearing the other one." Puck chuckled and Lucifer's eyes narrowed menacingly.

"Do I appear to be in a joking mood to you?" Lucifer asked menacingly.

"At the moment you do not." Puck informed her. Lucifer walked towards him and he quickly added. "I will go see what she and Xanatos are doing now, but she has been of value by giving us the lore to find them."

"Do not forget the prophecy." She lectured Puck. "Remember that only when the azure gargoyle finds the gargoyle that is not completely gargoyle and the human that is not entirely human will they be able to seal the morning star away for all eternity."

"I know what it says." Puck said. "It makes no sense. Gargoyle that's not a gargoyle and human that's not a human, it sounds like someone drank too much before writing that story."

"Nothing but the truth may be printed in this book." Lucifer growled and showed Puck the book titled 'Lucifer'. "This tells me how she will defeat me and I want to stop it from happening."

"I understand and I'll do what I can." Puck replied.

Titania was screaming in pain as she held onto Oberon's hand for support. He cast the spell and a bright yellow glow appeared to emanate from inside Titania's mid-section. She felt as if her insides were being shredded and feared that this would be the death of her.

"It's almost over my lady." Oberon said trying to sound comforting.

Even his comforting voice sounds stern. She would have laughed but then she felt another surge of pain and she started to scream again. Puck appeared in the room and ran up to them.

"Oberon, what did you do?" Puck asked irritably.

"I found the ingredients we spoke of and I cast the spell." Oberon informed him. He didn't understand what upset him.

"You were supposed to wait for me." Puck reminded him.

"You were taking a very long time and we knew that I could cast this spell." Oberon replied.

"You forgot about this one." Puck said irritably and a green light appeared from his hand and surrounded Titania causing the yellow light to change to a blue color. Titania looked around in surprise as the pain suddenly ceased. "I am casting the spell to numb the pain." Titania nodded wearily and laid her head back down and closed her eyes.

"I am thankful that you came back when you did Puck, but where were you?" Oberon asked curiously.

"I was making sure that David Xanatos plays his part in the future. I must say with all of this time travel I am beginning to lose track of where I'm supposed to be and when." Puck chuckled and suddenly the light emanating from Titania ebbed and then went out. "It's done. When do we tell her that the spawn of the devil is now within a human woman somewhere?" Puck asked with a smirk on his face. Oberon thought it over for a moment.

"We won't tell her unless she needs to know." Oberon said finally.

In Macbeth's penthouse Drexia was fixing dinner for the two of them and hummed a song she remembered hearing Macbeth sing when he was younger. When she finished cooking she put the food carefully on two plates and carried them out of the kitchen.

"You know I always felt horrible that you were removed from your crown because of us." Drexia said as she sat a plate of meat and potatoes in front of Macbeth. "I know it's been horrible for you and I still hear you say their names in the middle of the night as you sleep."

"You've made it much easier, my love." Macbeth said as he kissed her hand. She blushed and sat across from him with her own plate. "Remember, if it wasn't for you I wouldn't be alive today."

"You don't owe me anything for that." Drexia reminded him.

"I'm still thankful for it." He grinned at her as he took a bite. "After all if you didn't bring back the other gargoyles to help me, Duncan would have killed me."

"True, but I couldn't allow that, and once I heard him speaking of his plans for you I knew what I had to do." Drexia said as she took a bite of her potatoes.

"You had everything to lose by turning against him the way you did." Macbeth pointed out. She reached out and grabbed his hands and looked into his eyes before she spoke.

"I gained everything by doing what I did. I want you to remember that I chose to do this and I am very pleased with my life since I joined you, but sometimes I feel guilty knowing what you lost." Drexia advised him. Macbeth kissed her passionately and she responded enthusiastically.

"You have no need to feel guilty." Macbeth shoved the plates to the floor and lifted her up in his arms before pushing her back on the table and began to kiss her again. He ripped off her tank top and threw it to the ground as he took both of her breasts in his hands and began to roughly squeeze them. She let out a loud moan and then purred as she began to enjoy what he was doing. The first time he had gotten rough with her came as a shock but after a little while she found she really enjoyed it. He then tore off her skirt and she would have screamed in pleasure as he took her but he muted her by kissing her deeply just as she started to. She couldn't believe that he was taking her on their table. Something about it felt wrong to her, but another part of her felt the excitement grow the more she thought about. She lifted him off the table suddenly and went over to the couch and quickly climbed on top of him she purred again as she felt him she controlled the pace. After several minutes she laid down on top of him exhausted as she rested her head on his chest.

"That's amazing every time." Drexia said dreamily. Then a thought occurred to her. "My love, why did you start to mate with me on the table where we eat our food?"

"I thought it might excite you to try something that you've never done before." Macbeth chuckled and she looked up at him.

"It did. It excited me very much. I just don't understand why." Drexia informed him.

"Doing something that you know you shouldn't makes it much more interesting." Macbeth grinned and kissed her again.

"We need to clean up that mess." Drexia pointed out. Macbeth picked her up and carried her to their bedroom.

"Later, right now I want to take you until the sun rises." Drexia looked at him in surprise and then smiled wide.

"You're in charge as always my love." She purred in his ear.

"I'm not here to fight dammit. I need help." Drexia said for the fifth time since she landed in the courtyard of Castle Moray. As she pleaded with the guards at the gate to let her through Gil came out to see what the trouble was.

"What's happening out here?" He asked irritably.

"This creature claims she is here to find help for Macbeth, but we all know her master is the one who called for him in the first place." The Captain of the guard replied with a sneer.

"Gil, I'm here because Macbeth doesn't know what he's getting into. I need your help to free him from Duncan before he is killed." Drexia informed him.

"Before who is killed..?" Demona asked as she landed next to them followed closely by Brooklyn and Cold-Fire. They walked up to Drexia and she looked them over as well.

"I need you to help me stop Macbeth. Duncan is going to kill him when he arrives at the castle." Drexia informed them. "You have to help me."

"I thought you always did whatever Duncan told you to do without question. Why would you turn on him now to help Macbeth?" Gil asked curiously.

"This isn't the first time I've turned against him my love." Drexia advised as she began to tear up. Demona felt bad for her at that moment as she realized that she was having an internal struggle. She wanted to be loyal to Duncan but she was in love with Gil and she had chosen him over her duty to Duncan.

"I need to speak with him for a moment." Demona interrupted and everyone looked at her in surprise. "Alone," She emphasized and Gil walked back with her towards the castle and they stopped just outside the main entrance.

"She's in love with you and is doing everything she can to help you. I would believe her and find a way to save the young man who is supposed to lead us in the coming battles." Demona pointed out.

"If she's right then we don't have much time." Gil said as he rubbed his chin and felt a day's worth of stubble growing there.

"Meet us at the battlements after you tell her you agree to come." Demona ordered and turned to walk back to the other gargoyles before he could respond.

"Will you help him?" Gruoch asked from the now open doorway to the castle. Gil turned around suddenly surprised by the sudden sound.

"I don't see where I have any other choice. Besides, it would seem that I have to stop Jason from going through with his plan as well and he will not stop as long as Duncan lives." Gil replied.

"Thank you for your help." Gruoch said sincerely after a moment.

"It's my pleasure, my lady but I'm doing this for myself and no one else. If we lose they will take Vivienne from me and I cannot allow that." Gil advised her.

"Neither can I and that's why I'm going with you." Vivienne said as she walked up to them.

"No, I need you to stay here where it's safe. I think it would be best to let me handle this." Gil informed her.

"That's cute, you're thinking again… Let's go." She grinned at him and turned to run up to the battlements.