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Chapter 5, Anger

Once the women were able to put the loss of Dent aside they started to gather the things that had survived the fire. Most came from the barn that was only burned for one half. Two horses had died and only one had survived. Camilla also had weapons hidden in that barn and she had handed Callisto two knifes and her own sword. She had taken it with her in case Callisto needs it again. It was getting late, the women decided to set up a camp.

"We are going after him I hope?" Callisto asked after minutes of silence.

Camilla who had been lying on the ground with her eyes closed, opened one eye and aimed it at Callisto "He took my son's body, which means he wants me to come after him." She opened her other eye and moved up in a sitting position.

"You realize we are walking into a trap then."

"Yes, but I want to give my son a proper burial, so we just have to walk right into that trap." Suddenly a strange thought entered her mind. "Can I ask you something?" she asked the blonde.

"Yeh, sure."

"What did you do or say to make the General spare you're life?"

Callisto narrowed her eyes, there was a certain tone on the woman's voice, a tone Callisto couldn't place. "What? I'm not quite sure I understand." She replied.

"What I mean is why on earth he killed my son, a ten years old boy who can't do him any harm and he decides to leave a well known warrior like you alive."

Immediately Callisto jumped up "What are you saying? You think I betrayed you?"

Camilla stayed on the ground "No, I'm not saying anything, I just want to know what happened, I want to know what made him decide to keep you alive."

"You want to know what happened." Callisto said "I'll tell you what happened. I did my best to keep Dent away from him, there were just too many, I can't fight twenty men on my own…"

Flashback

"Get her up." The General said. Callisto had done her best to protect Dent but when one man had cut her on the back she collapsed. Two or three men didn't hesitate to kick her in the stomach when the General ordered his men to get her up. She was forced on her knees and received another kick in her side. Callisto did her best to hide the pain that was starting to run over her entire body. Two men emerged from the house, carrying a desperately struggling Dent. They pushed him forward and the pour boy fell on the ground.

The General picked him up by his shirt and lifted him up with only one hand. He looked in his scared eyes and recognized the eyes that were staring at him. "So it is true, Camilla has a little boy." He paused shortly and glanced around "Speaking of that witch, did you find her." His question went to the two men who had found the boy.

"No sir, we can't find her."

The General growled and threw Dent back to the two men. Callisto heard him crying, the poor boy was scared and hurt, she had to think of something fast or else he would die. But the General walked to her and punched her hard in the face. He grabbed her throat and lifted her head up.

"The great Callisto has become soft," he started laughing and his men followed him "It could come in handy to me." He pulled her closer "You are going to tell me where Camilla is, or else I will kill the little boy."

The blonde woman looked at him with stone cold eyes "She's not home." Was all she said.

For that she received a slap across her face "The wrong answer." He said and pressed his fingers deeper into her skin. Her eyes widened from the lack of oxygen in her lungs. She refused to say another word, Callisto would never betray her friend, even though it means the end of her life.

She probably would have died if Dent hadn't said anything. "Please Mister, don't hurt my friend. Mummy is buying food for us in Torus."

Immediately General Maxim let go of Callisto and turned to Dent. It was brave of him to help Callisto but something told her it was the wrong thing to say. The General kneeled down in front of the boy. "Are you telling me the truth little man? Because if you don't I might have to hurt you're friend again." Dent immediately nodded at him, and that's when Maxim realized that Dent was certainly not lying to him.

He held up his hand "Come here little man." He said. Dent hesitated a little but when one man gave him a soft push in his back Dent got hold of the General's hand. They walked to Callisto and stopped when they were only a meter away from her. He nodded at the men that hold her and all of the sudden the grip around her arms was getting tighter.

"Make sure she sees this." he said.

Callisto started realizing the plans of the Roman. "No…please…you can't…" she started struggling to get free and she almost succeeded until a third man showed up and pulled his arm around her throat. The more she struggled the more air was missing from her lungs. Defeated she stopped her struggles and locked her eyes at the General.

At that exact moment his right hand grabbed the boy's neck and…

End flashback

"After that he told me he had decided to keep me alive, so I could tell you what happened, then his men kicked me a couple of time before they knocked me out." She sighed and seated herself next to Camilla "I'm sorry Camilla, I tried anything…I…"

Camilla placed her hand on Callisto's shoulder "It's alright Callisto, I understand now." She wrapped her arms around Callisto to comfort her.

"Awh, isn't this a pretty sight."

Immediately the women let go of each other and looked up at the person who had mysteriously showed up in front of them. But when they saw who it was it explained everything.

"Ares." They both said.

"Hello ladies, are we mourning?" he said sarcastic.

"What do you want Ares." Camilla said whiled she stood up.

"Coming to see how you were doing after I heard the terrible news about little Dent." He tried to look as emotional as possible and then he smiled "And off course I came to see if the rumor about Callisto was true."

Callisto stood up as well "Rumor?" she said.

"Yes well my little sister had told me that you have a good heart, I didn't believe her." He paused shortly "until now off course."

"Well now that you find out I think it's time to leave again." Camilla sounded a little nervous.

"Leave? I'm not leaving yet, I just got here."

The dark haired woman walked closer to the God and narrowed her eyes "What are you up too Ares?" she said.

"Me? Well you know me, I'm just doing my work and…" Camilla cut him off.

"Are you behind all this Ares? Did you tell the General where I live?"

Ares too narrowed his eyes and moved his head closer to Camilla "That's for me to know, and for you to find out." He wanted to turn away but Camilla got hold of his arm.

"If I find out that you are behind all this, I'll make sure to send you to Tartarus."

The god pulled his arm free and laughed at her. "You, a mortal, sending me to Tartarus." He started laughing harder. "You can't kill me Camilla, I…am…a…god."

Camilla pulled up a thin smile "Really, well there's always a first time for everything." Then it happened, Camilla's eyes flashed black again. It wasn't long but just long enough for Callisto and Ares to see it.

What surprised Callisto is that Ares had that same look she had when she first saw it. The god of war didn't really know how to react on it, so he decided to leave, in a flash of light he faded away and the two women were alone again.

"Camilla, what happened to you're eyes?"

Camilla locked her blue eyes on Callisto. "Sometimes when I become really mad I feel this urge moving up in my body. I'm not sure what it is, but I can't control it. It all started since I got pregnant of Dent."

"Well I don't know what it is, but please be careful, you scared me when you first did it and I think Ares was scared too."

"I know, I saw he was surprised by it. But that's the least of my worries right now. I think he's up to something and I believe he is using General Maxim to accomplish this."

"I was just thinking the same thing." Callisto answered and seated herself on the burned grass.

Camilla did the same "Let's give it a rest, we'll leave tomorrow at sun rise. I think the general is back to his camp and that's four days traveling."

"Great idea, you take first guard." Callisto lay down on her back and closed her eyes.

Xena, Gabrielle and Joxer looked upon the last remains of a house. It had been burned to the ground and all there was left was one half of a barn standing a few feet further on. Smoke was still forming so whatever had happened here, it must have happened only hours ago.

"We follow Camilla and end up here with a barn and a burned house." Gabrielle said.

"What happened here?" Joxer added to it.

Xena paced forward and let her eye fall on the torches spread over the burned area. "Someone burned the house."

"You think Camilla did this?" Gabrielle asked as she stepped beside her friend.

Xena shakes her head "No, Camilla lived here…"

Gabrielle frowned, wondering how Xena knew this, Xena explained.

"Look in front of the barn, a burned toy for a ten years old boy."

Gabrielle saw Xena pointing at a small wooden toy resting in front of the barn. "She lived here, together with her ten years old son, while she was gone someone burned her house and maybe even her son, I'm guessing it could be two people."

Joxer walked beside Xena as well "Who?" he asked "Who could do something like this to a little boy?"

Xena eyed her friend "Callisto…or this Roman General Camilla told me about."

"But you thought she protected Callisto, you thought they were friends." It was getting rather confusing to Gabrielle.

"Yes, I know, but now this has happened I'm having my doubts."

Suddenly Ares appeared in front of them, Xena sighed and placed her hands on her thighs. "Ares, what do you want?" she said demanding.

"It's not what I want, you want to know what happened here, I would happen to have the answer for that."

He started walking and paced towards the barn to pick up the small toy. "Pour Camilla, first she looses her husband and now her little boy, she must be really angry with General Maxim."

The warrior Princess followed every step Ares made, he's up to something.

"What are you up to Ares?"

Ares smiled "Nothing Xena, I just came to tell you the truth, you think Callisto has done this and I want to be the one to tell you that Callisto is not capable of doing such things anymore…sadly because I thought she was really good in what she did."

Ares stopped walking for a moment and tossed the toy away, it would have bumped into Joxer's head if he hadn't ducked.

"You know Xena, Camilla used to be just like you, she was one of the reasons why I enjoy the work I do. But she started to get feelings and became a good little girl. I was disappointed by it but decided to let her go." He paused shortly before he started talking again. "But then you changed and now Camilla has changed Callisto…I'm starting to loose my best female warriors."

He sighed and walked closer to Xena "I feel empty inside Xena, have you ever felt like that?"

"What are you complaining about Ares? You don't have feelings." Xena answered sarcastic.

A shrug left his mouth and he turned his back to Xena "Things will change Xena, and they will change sooner then you think." Then he flashed out.

"Now what did he mean with that?" Joxer said scratching his forehead.

"Yes and what did he mean with Camilla changing Callisto." Gabrielle added to it.

Xena narrowed her eyes and repeated the words the god had just told them.

"We are the same…" Xena said, confusing her two friends.

"What?" they said together.

"We are the same, Camilla, Callisto and me, we are the same." She turned around and walked back to Argo.

"I think I'm missing something here Xena." Gabrielle said as she followed Xena back to Argo.

"Ares told me Camilla and I are the same, which means that she used to be one of Ares' best pawns. She probably fought wars for him and made him stronger, just like I had once done for him."

The gold haired woman rushed her hand over Argo's head, not completely understanding Xena's explanation. "Alright, but I can't see how Callisto fits in this, she is completely the opposite of you and Camilla."

"Not anymore I'm afraid…" as she said this Xena saw the eyes of her friend widening in surprise. "Ares had said it Gabrielle, Camilla has changed Callisto…Callisto has a good heart too."

"Callisto a good heart? Please Xena, don't make me laugh."

"I know it sounds strange but I think Ares wasn't lying to us about that. He wants us to know what happened and I know what he's up too." Xena paused shortly "Ares wants his warrior back and to do that he wants Camilla angry and how can you get her angry?"

"By killing the ones she loves." Gabrielle answered.

"Exactly, so Ares send General Maxim out to kill Camilla's son so that Camilla will hunt down the General for revenge."

"And just as he wants Callisto comes with her so that the General can kill Callisto in front of Camilla's eyes, Camilla looses another person that's close to her and that's when Ares hopes she will turn back to the dark side." Gabrielle started to understand the plot.

"He tried it with me once but now he knows it won't work with me, he tries it with someone else."

Joxer had been turning his head from left to right during the conversation the two women had together. "You two are making me dizzy." He said while he rubbed his hand over his head.

The two women looked at him for a moment and laughed "Let's go Joxer." Xena said as she jumped up on her horse.

"Where too?" he asked the warrior princess.

"To follow Camilla and Callisto." She replied and moved Argo down the hill in a southern direction. Gabrielle and Joxer followed her closely.

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