Xena and Iolaus Look at Hercules in shock, when he says the last part.
"What? I'm a man-whore; I sleep with a lot of women. Now I'm Xena's baby's father. This is great. Come here, Xena." Hercules says with fact, happiness, and holding his arms out for Xena,
"You may sleep with a lot of women, Herc. There's no reason to call yourself names. Congratulations, Herc and Xena!" Iolaus says to Herc giving him a look, and then he brings Herc and Xena into a group hug,
"Thank you. It's great news for us. We're happy." Xena and Herc thank Iolaus, and they look at each other lovingly,
"I'll go order the food. So you guys can talk." Iolaus says leaving to go to the bar,
"Inn Keeper, I would like to order food." Iolaus says calling out to the inn keeper,
"What do you want to order?" The Inn Keeper asks with inquiry,
"I want ribs, fish, salt pork, and beef stew. We want a mug of milk and two mugs of ales." Iolaus says informingly,
"Ok. It'll be ready soon. In twenty minutes, it'll be ready. Here's your ale and milk. Where are you sitting at? So I know where to bring your food." The Inn Keeper says giving Iolaus the drinks and asks wonderingly,
"Thanks. I'm sitting over there." Iolaus says taking the drinks and pointing where Xena and Herc are sitting,
Meanwhile, where Herc and Xena are sitting.
"So, I'm going to be a daddy! Can I feel your belly?" Herc says with a smile on his face and asks with hope,
"Sure, you can!" Xena says smiling big,
Herc puts his hands on Xena's belly. He gets a surprised, happy look on his face.
"The baby just kicked." Herc says smiling widely,
"Yes. It did!" Xena grins just as wide,
"That was a dropkick. Just like its mom." Herc says taking his hand off Xena's belly,
"Yep. Just like me." Xena says looking at her belly with her hand where Herc's was,
"I can't wait till our baby is born." Hercules says with excitement,
"Me, too." Xena says taking her hand off her belly and puts it in Herc's hand and kisses Hercules on the mouth, sensually. Herc kisses back, they kiss for ten minutes.
Meanwhile, at the bar.
"Who's going to eat all that food?" The inn keeper asks stupidly,
Iolaus points at the table, "Us three."
"It doesn't look like they want to eat, food." The inn keeper says watching Herc and Xe kissing at the table,
"Just bring the food to the table when it's ready." Iolaus says testily,
"Ok. No need to be testy." The inn keeper says holding up his hands,
"Sorry. I'm just worried about someone. Just bring the food, ok!" Iolaus says apologizing,
"Ok. The waiter will." The inn keeper says,
"Thanks." Iolaus says,
Meanwhile, at the table,
"I forgot how good of a kisser you are, Xena." Herc says looking at Xena and rubbing her cheek,
"You, too. Hercules." Xena says rubbing Herc's arm's up and down,
"Let's kiss more!" Herc says with hope,
"Yes, let's kiss." Xena says, she drapes her arms around Herc's neck and they kiss, suddenly Xena sticks her tongue in his mouth, Herc French kisses her back,
A few minutes later Iolaus comes with the drinks, he sets them down hard, he startles Xe & Herc, and they separate quickly.
"You scared us, Iol." Herc says angrily,
"I'm sorry. I'm bringing our drinks to the table." Iol says holding up his hands in defense,
"It's ok. What drinks did you get?" Herc asks,
"I got Herc and I, ale, and I got Xena, milk." Iol says handing out the drinks,
"Good, I'm thirsty. When will the food be ready? I'm starving." Xena says taking a drink of her milk and she asks impatiently with her belly growling loudly,
"I can hear that." Herc says looking at Xena's belly,
"He said the food will be ready in twenty minutes." Iolaus says sitting down,
"That long! I'm starving." Xena says impatiently,
"I'm starving, too." Hercules adds angrily,
"Me, three. Calm down you two. It takes time to cook the food. It'll come. Just think about something else." Iolaus says holding his stomach and with a voice of reasoning,
"So, I'm an Uncle. Can I feel your belly?" Iol says smiling widely and asks with anticipation,
"What is this? Touch Xena's belly day." Xena says annoyed,
"Sorry. I just want to feel the baby kick." Iol says sadly,
Xena apologizes and then she gets a happy look on her face, "I'm sorry for snapping at you Iolaus. I'm just really, really hungry. Feel my belly, guys. The baby just kicked."
Both Hercules and Iolaus put their hands on her belly.
"Not there, here." Xena moves their hands over to the right place on her belly,
"That's a dropkick. Just like you, Xena." Iol says looking up at Xena for a second,
"Just like its mom." Hercules says smiling proudly at Xena,
"Yep, just like me." Xena says smiling at them both and winking at Hercules, Hercules winks back,
"Hi folks. Sorry to interrupt. Here's your food. It takes a while to make it." The waiter says putting the food down on the table,
"Thanks. We're starving." All three say with their belly's growling,
"I can see why. Which one of you is the father of the baby? The waiter says looking at Xena's belly, then at Hercules and Iolaus,
"None of your business. Go away." Hercules and Iolaus say standing up to their full height with an angry look in their eyes lookin down at the waiter who is only four feet and eight inches,
"Ok. I'm sorry for asking. Enjoy your meal." The waiter says raising his hands in defense and says deeply sorry and then retreating quickly,
"Wow. You guys are my heroes." Xena says beaming broadly,
Xena, Hercules, and Iolaus start eating the food. After awhile, they are done eating.
"I'm full." Hercules says with a full stomach,
"So am I." Iolaus says with his hand on his belly,
"Not me. I need one more rib, fish, salt pork, and another mug of milk." Xena says still Hungry,
"Ok. Waiter!" Hercules says calling loud for the waiter,
The waiter comes in a few minutes, "How may I help you?" The waiter asks scared,
"I need one more of ribs, fish, salt pork, and another mug of milk." Xena says nicely and hungrily,
"Ok. It'll be ready in ten minutes. Since you only want one of each instead of three like last time." The waiter says nervously and then he leaves to put in the order and to get Xena her milk,
The waiter walks to the bar, tells the cook the order. The cook goes in the kitchen and starts cooking. He asks for a mug of milk. The inn keeper pours a mug of milk.
"The waiter brings the milk to the table. Xena thanks him and she gulps the milk down with three swallows.
"Thirsty, much!" The waiter says in surprise,
"Very. I need one more." Xena says handing the waiter the mug,
"Ok. Another glass of milk coming up." The waiter says taking the mug from Xena,
The waiter goes to the bar, gets the milk and brings it to Xena.
"So have you two figured a name out yet?" Iolaus asks excited,
"We'll figure it out when the baby is born. Is Eve a good name for a girl and Solan the second a good name for a boy?" Xena says, and then asks anxiously,
"Yeah, those sound like good names for our baby whether it's a girl or boy." Hercules says agreeing totally,
"Yep, fantastic names." Iolaus says enthusiastically,
"I'm still shocked! Xena having a baby for the very first time!" Iolaus says shocked and surprised,
"It's not for the very first time. Very few know this, I had a baby. It was a boy. He grew into a handsome little boy, but then he got murdered." Xena says in a sad tone, tears in her eyes, and a furious look in her eyes,
"You did? Had a boy! With who? When? How was he murdered? Who murdered him? What was your son's name?" Hercules and Iolaus both say surprised and ask delicately,
"Yes, I had a son. My son's name was Solan. The father's name was Boris. He was a great man and would have been a great father. I had Solan when I was evil, back in the day. My son, Solan, was murdered by a young girl named, Hope. Hope was Dahak's daughter. Dahak was the one great evil. If he got freed, he would have killed anyone that opposed him. Even killing all the gods. He would have killed all the good in the world. But, I stopped him." Xena says proudly and sad, proudly, with hatred, and with justice,
"I'm so sorry, Xena. I didn't mean to bring up a bad memory. I heard about Boris. He was the defender of the centaurs. I heard he was killed. Who killed him? I'm glad you stopped Dahak. I'm so sorry about your son, Xena. He must have been a good son. I'm sorry. I'm sorry that your son's life was cut short." Herc says sorrowful, glad, and sad again,
"Thanks. He was a great son. I didn't see him grow up. I couldn't, I had too many enemies back then to raise him so I gave him up to Kaleipus. One of the centaur leaders. I had to give him up, he would have become a target for my enemies, see things a child should not see, and become like me. Kaleipus says, "The Friend of the Centaurs." Borias was killed by a woman named Satrina and a man named Daggnon. The night I was having Solan he came to my camp to get the baby, he was going to take me and the baby and we would have raised it together. But, Satrina ordered Daggnon to kill Borias because she had more to learn from me. Satrina stabbed Borias in the leg. Then she told Daggnon that Borias came here to kill me and Daggnon killed him, he stabbed him in the back twice. I didn't know who killed Borias until later. The night I had my son, Satrina was helping me to a get on a wagon and I saw Borias all bloody laying on his stomach and he said, "My son." I showed him his son; I had to leave on the wagon. Later I found out that Satrina killed him: when she used my same tactics at Corinth. She killed Borias, the man that could have changed everything if I only let him. The father of my child. But, I didn't kill her; I didn't want to taint Borias's memory by killing her." Xena says with tears running down her face, crying quietly,
"I'm soooooooooo sorry. That you had to go through all that pain. I hope that you don't go through that much anymore or any pain at all." Hercules says comforting Xena and holding her,
Iolaus is just sitting there shocked.
"Thank you, Hercules. Do you know who the mother of Hope was? Gabrielle, she was Hope's mother. Dahak impregnated Gabrielle while she was over his alter of fire. He needed her "blood innocence." The baby girl was born. Just hours after Hope was born, she killed a full grown man with his own necklace. I knew right then that she was evil and that I had to kill Hope to save the world. But, Gabrielle wouldn't let me, she ran away with hope. When I caught up with her she was on top of a cliff, with Hope nowhere in sight. I said, "Where is it?" She said, "I threw her off the cliff, her beautiful expression of sweetness turned into a hateful snarl, it was like looking into the face of evil itself." I replied, "Gabrielle, I know this is terrible but, it was for the best." Then I hear a noise from a cave and I look at Gabrielle suspiciously. I head towards the cave but, Gabrielle stands in my way, "Do you think I'm lying?" I push her out of the way and walk in the cave looking around. She retorts, "When I knew what she was, I wanted her dead! Just as much as you." She stands in front of a rock and says, "This is madness." I push her out of the way again and look under a rock it's just a rat. I apologize to Gabrielle, "Gabrielle, I'm sorry I just had to be sure." We want on with life. Later I found out she never threw Hope over the cliff. She put her in a basket and the basket into the stream. Her daughter, Hope: killed my son, Solan. Gabrielle put poison in Hope's water. That was the end of Hope as a child. I forgave Gabrielle. But what she's doing know, I don't know if it's forgivable." Xena says spitefully, forgiving, then very angry,
"Gabrielle did that? I didn't think Gabrielle was capable of doing that. It must have taken you a long time to forgive her. What has she done now?" Iolaus says in disbelief and asks cautiously,
Just then the waiter shows up with the food and more milk.
"Thanks…took you long enough." Xena says angrily,
"Sorry…we'll try to cook it faster next time." The waiter says stammering,
"Xena…calm down." Hercules says putting his hand gently on her arm,
"Sorry." Xena says to the waiter quickly and then she eats her food slowly, but quickly, not too quickly,
"It's ok." The waiter says walking away quickly,
In twenty minutes, Xena's down eating her meal. She drinks the rest of her milk slowly, so that she doesn't choke.
"You full now?" Hercules asks cautiously,
"Yes, I am. Thank you so much for feeding me." Xena says smiling at Hercules,
"You're welcome. I want to keep my baby's mama happy." Hercules says smiling back at Xena relieved,
"That's good to know." Xena says happily,
"So, what did Gabrielle do?" Iolaus asks anxiously,
"I'd have to tell you somewhere with less people around." Xena says standing up,
"Alright…wait here?" Hercules says standing up and walking up to the bar,
"Do you have three rooms available?" Hercules asks the inn keeper,
"Yes, I do." The inn keeper says smiling,
"Good, I want to rent them all." Hercules says smiling back at him,
"Ok, here are the keys." The inn keeper says handing Hercules the keys,
"How much do I owe you?" Hercules asks taking out some dinars,
"Thirty dinars for the food that was eaten and fifty dinars for the rooms." The inn keeper says adding up the total,
"Ok, here you go. For any trouble we caused." Hercules says handing the inn keeper ninety dinars,
"Thanks. You didn't cause any trouble." The inn keeper says truthfully, taking the money,
"You sure?" Hercules says disbelieving,
"Yes, I'm sure. She shook up the waiter a little, but he's ok now. Don't worry about it." The inn keeper says with total truth,
"Ok, good. I had to make sure. I'm glad he's ok, now." Hercules says relieved,
"Me, too. I'll have someone show you the way to your rooms. Hold on, I'll be right back." The inn keeper says walking into the back,
A few minutes later a guy comes out from the back, "I'll show you to your rooms. They're all next to each other."
"Ok, good. I just have to go get my friends." Hercules says walking towards the table that Xena and Iolaus are sitting at,
"Hey guys, I got three rooms. They're all next to each other, also." Hercules says walking up to the table,
"Good. Our rooms are all next to each other." Iolaus says standing up and helping Xena stand up,
"Let's go to the rooms so I can I tell you, what she did." Xena says staring to walk away from the table,
Hercules stops her and points at the guy waiting by some stairs, "That guy over there is going to show us where our rooms are located."
Xena and Iolaus follow Hercules. The guy takes them to their rooms. The rooms are all next to each other.
"This is Hercules room (it has the longest bed.). This one is for Xena it has a long bed also since Xena is six feet. The last room is Iolaus's room."
"Alright… you can be one your way. We have business to discuss." Xena says quickly dismissing the guy,