Gabrielle: Warrior Princess
Chapter 20
"So, Gabrielle, how have you been?" Ian asked. Gabrielle sighed and looked at her baby daughter.
"I'm doing better." She said. "Grace makes my life so much easier. She brings the fun and smiles and love into my life."
"I bet she does. If she's anything like you." Ian declared. Gabrielle found herself actually blushing by this man's words.
"Thank you." Was all Gabrielle could say. "Sometimes, though, I wish I could see my friend, you know, one last time."
"I think everybody wishes that. I had a friend named Telamos . . ." Ian started.
"You know Telamos?" Gabrielle asked. "He's in the war?"
"Well . . ." Ian started.
"He has a wife named Sarah and a daughter. A baby daughter." Gabrielle declared.
"Yes." Ian said.
"He's my brother-in-law." Gabrielle said with a smile. I've never met him."
"I'm afraid you never will. Gabrielle, he and his family were killed last month in a fire caused by the enemy." Ian declared.
"No." Gabrielle said. She shook her head. "He can't be dead. They can't be dead."
"I'm sorry you had to find out like this." Ian said.
"I have to tell Lila. I'm sorry Ian." Gabrielle said. She stood and with Grace, went over to Midnight, mounted, and headed for Potedia once again.
Gabrielle had been traveling for about three hours, and Grace was asleep in her lap. Gabrielle had seen that familiar form, that familiar shape, that familiar man. She dismounted Midnight and with Grace, walked over to the man.
"Hercules." She said. The man, who was getting a drink of water from a barrel, turned around. He looked just the same. Gabrielle figured he should look much older.
"Gabrielle." Hercules said with a smile. "It's good to see you."
"You too." Gabrielle said with a smile.
"Is that your baby?" Hercules asked.
"Yes. This is little Grace." Gabrielle said softly. "She's Xena."
"What?" Hercules asked. Gabrielle looked around to make sure nobody was listening.
"When Xena died, she reincarnated herself by giving me a child and becoming that child." Gabrielle explained. Hercules looked a bit skeptical. Gabrielle removed Grace's little hat, and showed him the jet black hair. "Have you ever seen a baby with these beautiful blue eyes and this dark black hair before?"
"That is Xena." Hercules said with a smile as Gabrielle put the baby's hat back on.
"I ran into Ian, Iolaus' son." Gabrielle said.
"Oh?" Hercules asked.
"Yeah, when I first saw him, he was very bitter about you and about Iolaus." Gabrielle declared.
"Well, he should hate me." Hercules declared.
"Why?" Gabrielle asked.
"Because I killed Iolaus."
Chapter 20
"So, Gabrielle, how have you been?" Ian asked. Gabrielle sighed and looked at her baby daughter.
"I'm doing better." She said. "Grace makes my life so much easier. She brings the fun and smiles and love into my life."
"I bet she does. If she's anything like you." Ian declared. Gabrielle found herself actually blushing by this man's words.
"Thank you." Was all Gabrielle could say. "Sometimes, though, I wish I could see my friend, you know, one last time."
"I think everybody wishes that. I had a friend named Telamos . . ." Ian started.
"You know Telamos?" Gabrielle asked. "He's in the war?"
"Well . . ." Ian started.
"He has a wife named Sarah and a daughter. A baby daughter." Gabrielle declared.
"Yes." Ian said.
"He's my brother-in-law." Gabrielle said with a smile. I've never met him."
"I'm afraid you never will. Gabrielle, he and his family were killed last month in a fire caused by the enemy." Ian declared.
"No." Gabrielle said. She shook her head. "He can't be dead. They can't be dead."
"I'm sorry you had to find out like this." Ian said.
"I have to tell Lila. I'm sorry Ian." Gabrielle said. She stood and with Grace, went over to Midnight, mounted, and headed for Potedia once again.
Gabrielle had been traveling for about three hours, and Grace was asleep in her lap. Gabrielle had seen that familiar form, that familiar shape, that familiar man. She dismounted Midnight and with Grace, walked over to the man.
"Hercules." She said. The man, who was getting a drink of water from a barrel, turned around. He looked just the same. Gabrielle figured he should look much older.
"Gabrielle." Hercules said with a smile. "It's good to see you."
"You too." Gabrielle said with a smile.
"Is that your baby?" Hercules asked.
"Yes. This is little Grace." Gabrielle said softly. "She's Xena."
"What?" Hercules asked. Gabrielle looked around to make sure nobody was listening.
"When Xena died, she reincarnated herself by giving me a child and becoming that child." Gabrielle explained. Hercules looked a bit skeptical. Gabrielle removed Grace's little hat, and showed him the jet black hair. "Have you ever seen a baby with these beautiful blue eyes and this dark black hair before?"
"That is Xena." Hercules said with a smile as Gabrielle put the baby's hat back on.
"I ran into Ian, Iolaus' son." Gabrielle said.
"Oh?" Hercules asked.
"Yeah, when I first saw him, he was very bitter about you and about Iolaus." Gabrielle declared.
"Well, he should hate me." Hercules declared.
"Why?" Gabrielle asked.
"Because I killed Iolaus."