The Kids From 1998 and Gabrielle
By: Emerald
It was 12:57 in the afternoon, it was near Christmas, and the year was 1998. Two 16-year-old sisters named Alexis and Jessica were bringing down boxes from the attic to hang on their Christmas tree. It was snowing roughly outside and Alexis sat down.
Jes: What the heck are you doing?
Alex: I'm tired.
Alexis kneeled down and her blonde hair covered her face as she looked through things in a box.
Jes: I suppose we could use a break.
Jessica kneeled down next to her sister and pulled out a round, shiny, circular thing about as big as a head.
Alex: What in the world is that?
Jes: A necklace? I don't know!
Alex: Its pretty.
Jes: Yeah, man.
Alex: Lemme see that, Jessi.
Jessica threw the circular thing at Alexis. It bounced off everything in the room and finally hit an old couch that was there and cut it so the cushion came out.
Alex: Whoa, baby!
Jes: Have you ever seen a necklace do that ???
Alex: I think not!
Alexis grabbed the circular thing and cut the palm of her hand.
Alex: OOOWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!
Jes: That thing is sharp.
Alex: Your telling me!
Jessica carefully picked up the circular weapon.
Jes: What do you think it could be, Lexy?
Alex: Duuuuh, I don't know. Maybe it's some kind of a weapon.
Jes: When mom and dad come home, we'll tell them about it.
Alex: Yeah, sure, Jessi. Tell them?! Your pure nuts, ain't ya? Do you know how much this could be worth?
Jes: No.
Alexis ran to a dusty mirror and held the weapon in front of her face. Suddenly, the mirror began to glow an off-white color.
Jes: LEXY!!!!!
Alex: It's some kind of a portal.
Jes: Oh, my God.
Alex: Let's go!
Jes: Are you crazy? Mom will kill us!
Alex: We'll be back, soon. These time portals usually make you spend 200 years in them and when you return, nothing's changed and your in the exact same position. Remember? It was in that movie...um...Back to the moon, I think?
Jes: Oh yeah! In that case, let's go!
Alex: Alright, but go get the gun.
Jes: What gun? We don't have a gun?
Alex: I do. It's in my closet, go!
Jes: How do you expect me to go down stairs, go through all of your junk in the room, go in your closet without taking a sneak-peek of your diary, get a gun, get outta your closet, go back through all of your junk, and race back up here before that thing goes away!
Alex: DO IT!!!
Jes: Okay, okay!
Jessica did everything in time and got the gun. She raced back upstairs just as Alexis was about to walk through the portal herself.
Jes: Wait, you--ahhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!
Jessica and Alexis were zapped through the portal and fell out of it two seconds later with three women standing above them wide-eyed. All slender, one tall with dark hair wearing leather and armor, one had strawberry-blonde hair and was wearing a two-peiced outfit and holding a staff, and another with leather and armor but in another two-peice with blonde hair.
Jes: What the hell??? Lexy?
Alex: I'm here, Jessi.
Jessica got to her feet just in time to fall down again.
Jes: Where the hell is the snow, for God's sake??
Alex: And our house? Who are you?
Strawberry-blonde hair: I'm Gabrielle, she's Xena, and the other is Callisto.
Dark hair: Who are you? What are you doing with my chakram?
Alex: God bless you.
Gabrielle and Callisto laughed.
Alex: Oh! You mean this?
Alexis held up the weapon.
Xena: Yeah, give it back.
Alex: No way! It's mine!
Xena: No, it's not.
Jes: I'm Jessica and this is Alexis. We're sisters, before we give the chamrock back, we want to know where we are.
Call: Just outside Corinth.
Alexis gave back the chakram.
Alex: CORINTH????? Isn't that somewhere in Greece? What year is it?
Gab: What? Where do you kids, live. We'll get you home.
Jes: Manhatten
Alex: New York.
Gabrielle, Callisto and Xena looked at each other. Jessica and Alexis looked at each other. The kids screamed.
Alex: We're in GREECE!!!!!!
Jes: We've just been zapped through a time portal into Greece and we're with two very funny looking women with weird clothes!
Everyone looked at Jessica.
Alex: We belong in 1998, not here!
Gab: You guys are fropm 1998?! That's a very long time from now.
Xena: Where did you two get such weird clothes?
Gab: Even I don't think I can do that.
Alex: We got them at Macey's.
Jes: These come from JCPenny, Alexis.
Alex: Ooops.
Xena: JCPenny?
Call: Macey's?
Alex: Can you guys please get us home?
Xena: You two can travel with us until we get you home.
Alex: How do we know if your going to leave us somewhere, Zelda?
Xena: It's Xena. And we won't betray you. It's too dangerous for kids in these parts.
Jessica held up the gun.
Jes: Fine. But don't do anything sneaky.
Gab: What in Tartarus is that?
Gabrielle put her hand out and Jessica shot at her. It missed.
Call: Yikes! That's loud.
Jes: It's a scary weapon.
Jessica tossed it to Alexis.
Alex: Let's move, shall we?
Xena: Right.
The five headed out. Soon, they were in the next town. Gabrielle had zapped the kids their "normal" clothes. Jessica was wearing a red toga that kind of hung over her legs so she was covered. Alexis had on a black leatherish, skin tight, shirt with long sleeves tied down in the middle and tan pants made from suede. Her blonde hair was braided into tiny, bunches of braids and Jessica's dark brown hair was tied up.
Jes: So, let me get this straight..now, instead of saying "Oh, my God" I have to say, "By the Gods," or "Oh my Zeus"???
Call: Yeah.
Alex: This is going to be just a wonderful day.
Xena: Enjoy, because it may be days.
Alexis banged her head against the table they were sitting at outside of a hut.
Jes: Wondeful.
Alex: Marvelous.
Gabrielle looked up from her scroll that had everything Alexis and Jessica told her about 1998 on it.
Gab: I don't get it. Your "cars" go on cement roads made of tar? They don't stick to it? Xena. listen to this...They paint yellow lines on black, dried, tar to keep the cars in one place and instead of using horses or carrages, they use these car things.
Xena: How fast do they move?
Alex: They can go close to 200 miles per hour if they're taken care of and are in good condition.
Call: Do you have to feed them to keep them in good condition?
Alexis and Jessica laughed.
Jes: Yeah. You gotta feed them oil and gas.
Call: What creature would want to eat or drink those things? Eeeeeeeeucksh!
Alex: They're not alive! They can't taste it! But you need to fill it up with those things to keep it going.
Gab: Why not use horses?
Alex: Because there's not enough room for horses. Too many buildings.
Call: If my facts are straight, buildings are tall huts made of metal with plastic windows that go up and down?
Jes: Yes.
Gab: My scroll is getting filled up. This is going to make a GREAT story.
Xena: You and your stories.
Jes: Is there anything we need to know about your life?
Call: Not really.
Xena: Nothing we haven't already told you.
Gab: Ah, wait. There is one thing...
Call & Xena: What?
Alex: Spill it.
Gab: I'm a Goddess.
Alex: Your GOD????
Gab: One of them.
Alexis was about to scream but Jessica interrupted.
Jes: Greek mythology, Lex. We learned about it in school?
Alex: You mean, you Gods are real?? They taught us in school that you were all myths.
Gab: Myth??
Call: MYTH?!?! We are not myths!
Jes: Why would you care, Callisto?
Call: I'm Goddess of Fire.
Gab: Goddess of Style and we're not myths!!
Alex: I am so going to ace our history test on Monday!!!
Jes: We're having a history test?
Xena: Kids...
Xena got up and walked away, sword in hand.
Jes: Where ya going?
Xena: To find some camp. I'll be right back.
Xena walked away into the forest. Once she found a clearing, she gathered sticks and stones and started a fire since the sky was dark blue already. When everything was done, she sat down and remembered something.
Xena: I said I'd be right back, didn't I?
At the table....
Alex: Be right back?
Gab: Once you get to know Xena, she does this to you alot.
Jes: I can't wait.
Call: We better follow her,
Alex: Ya think!?
Everyone got up, paid for the lunch, and walked off deep into the forest. At the camp Xena was waiting for them while laying on her blanket and thinking about buildings and cars. She sprang up, looked around, sighed, and laid down again.
Xena: What do you want?
Ares appeared ight behind Xena's blankets.
Ares: I wanna meet the new people.
Xena sat up and looked at Ares.
Xena: They're just kids, Ares. Leave them alone.
Ares: Kids? I knew two peple were hanging around with you...but kids?
Xena: Yes. And they're from the year 1998.
Ares: They must be very old kids.
Xena: They got here through a time portal.
Ares: How?
Xena: They said that they were ging through old boxes and found my chamrock.
Ares: Chamrock?
Xena: They're words, not mine. Anyway, the chakram opened up a portal though the mirror and they got sucked into it. Now, get lost before they show up.
Ares: But I wanna meet the kids.
Xena: If you do meet them, don't say your a God or say anything to make me want to kill you. I want to get them back to they're home...fast. They're already in danger by being here. So, act mortal...alright?
Ares: Like I'm gonna listen to you?
Xena: Ares!
Ares: What? Why can't they know I'm who I am?
Xena: 'Cause they're gonna start asking you questions.
Ares: And?
Xena: And your going to make up answers. They're going to find you fasinating. They're going to want to live and grow up with you. They'll replace their home and family with you.
Ares: But you didn't find me fastinating or want to replace everything with me when we first met.
Xena: When we first met I wasn't a kid.
Ares: Yeah, but when we met you were desperate for freedom. Just like these kids.
Xena: Ares, I was locked up wearing barely nothing in a cold jail cell. Of course I was desperate.
Ares: You have a point. Boy, that's a happy memory.
Xena: Shut-up.
With that, Callisto and Gabrielle walked past a couple of trees. Callisto was holding Jessica who was sleeping and Alexis was walking, falling asleep. When they came into sight, Callisto and Gabrielle completely ignored Ares and rolled their eyes. Callisto laid out her blanket and put Jessica on it. Gabrielle laid out her blanket and laid down. She turned over and slept. Callisto sat down by the fire. Alexis was calm until she noticed Ares who was nw sitting next to Xena. Alexis froze.
Alex: Ares...God of War.
Xena slapped her forehead.
Ares: You've heard of me?
Alex: Oh yeah! History class. I wish Jesica was up. You were always her favorite myth.
Ares: Myth?! I don't think so.
Xena: Excuse me. Ares meet Alexis, Alexis meet Ares. Ares, go home, and Alexis, go to bed.
Alex: Only in my dreams will I go to bed while Ares is here.
Xena: Well, Ares won't be here for long.
Ares: I will, too.
Xena: Ares...
Ares: Xena...
Xena: Go.....away!
Ares: Why?
Xena: Because if you don't I'm going to send you to a place not even Tartarus fits.
Alex: But Gods don't die.
Ares: Yeah, Xena, Gods don't die.
Xena: Yeah? Well I can kill them.
Alex: Cool!
Ares (sarcastically): Very, cool.
Alexis sat down next to Ares.
Alex: So, you come around here often?
Ares: How often is often?
Alexis: Everyday, three times a week, once a week, once a month, you know...often.
Ares: A---
Xena: About 53 times a day. So, you'll have plenty of time to talk to him tomorrow. Go...to...sleep!
Alex: Oh, okay!
Alexis ran over to Callisto and told her something. Callisto got up and she laid out a blanket for her. Alexis laid ther and slept. Callist went to bed, also.
Xena: There. You got what you wanted so go away.
Ares: Got what I wanted? Yeah, right. I wanted t meet the kids. I met a kid who thinks I'm a myth, Xena.
Xena: If I could help that I wouldn't have.
Ares: Thank---hey, wouldn't have? Thanks alot. A whole bunch.
Xena: Well, I think you are a myth. A myth that always bothers me. A myth that wants to suck me up into a nothingless person. A myth that---
Ares: I get your point!
Xena: See? Your a myth.
Ares: Xena...I can't believe how beautiful you are when your angry.
Xena rolled her eyes.
Xena: Please, go away. I'm trying to sleep.
Ares: Fine. But I warn you, I'll be back in the morning the minute you wake up to see the other kid. After all, I am her favrite myth.
Xena was half asleep.
Xena: Whatever...
Ares disappeared and Xena took her armor off. She fell sound asleep. In the morning Xena woke up. No Ares....but no Jessica, Alexis, Callisto, or Gabrielle either! Xena got up. She sprang into action and put her boots on.
Xena (to herself): Ares was here....I think.
Callisto and Gabrielle ran into the clearing.
Xena: Where are the kids?!
Gab: Ares took them,
Xena: Why didn't you stop him?!
Call: She couldn't! She was out getting fod for the journey and she left them with me.
Xena: Why didn't you stop him?! Your a Goddess!
Call: Not any more.
Xena: What?
Call: The idiot took my powers and tied me to a tree. Gabrielle came back and untied me being a tad bit annoyed with me, I told her what had happened and we went to go look for them. They're gone. That's it.
Gab: Your not telling her the whole story, Callisto....
Call: Alright, alright. Xena, they wanted to go.
Xena: And you let them?
Call: No! I put up a fight and just as I was about to win, he grabbed my wrist and took my powers. Then he knocked me out. When I awoke, I was tied to a tree and the kids were gone.
Xena: We've got to find them. Did he say where he was taking them?
Call: No. But I think I have an idea.
Gab: Spill it.
Xena: Spill it?
Gab: I heard it from the kids.
Xena: Oh. What's your idea?
Call: We knw he took them to one of his temples, right?
Gabrielle and Xena nodded.
Call: Which one? Well, if the girls volunteered to go, they're going to want to see every one. So, let's start from the beginning.
Xena: Which way do we go?
Call: His nearest temple would be South.
Xena: Gabrielle? Can you......or do you not want to use your powers again?
Gab: Oh, I think I can make an exeption.....again.
Call: So much for her theory on not using her powers!
Gab: Oh, be quiet.
Gabrielle took Xena and Callisto and they all disappeared. When they reappeared, they were standing in front of Ares.
Xena: Just...tell me where they are.
Ares: Over there.
Ares pointed behind himself. Xena walked behind him and everyone watched her. THere were the kids. But they didn't look like they volunteered for this. They're mouths were taped shut and there was a rope around there neck. The other end of the rope was tied to the wall. Same with they're waists, arms, and feet.
Xena: Callisto...
Call: Yes?
Xena: You lied. They didn't volunteer to go.
Callisto's voice changed. She went from the Callisto that sounded as moral as Gabrielle, back to the high-pitched, evil, Callisto voice she once had and was so hoped to be forgotten.
Call: Uh-huh. So, you've figured it out?
Xena: Your.......Your.......Your not Callisto anymore. Your....Callisto.
Call: I'M BA-ACK!!!!!!!!
Xena: And you helped Ares take these kids.
Call: Yeah. And it was fun, too!
Xena loked at the kids and then the roof above them. A large boulder was over both of them being held by a rope.
Xena: You wouldn't hurt those children.
Ares: Ummm, the things they've said to me? I'd hurt them. I kill them myself if I had to. But I wanna see you fight. Struggle. I wanna see you defeat two Gods!!
Call: This'll be fun. One mortal, aginst two Gods!
Xena looked at Gabrielle. Gabby was standing there....not moving. She didn't offer to help Xena. She smiled a Callisto-like smile and walked to the rope that was holding the boulder. She touched it. It went on fire. Gabrielle walked behind Callisto.
Gab: I don't wanna see her defeat two Gods, I wanna see her defeat three.
Xena: Hope?
Gabby sighed.
Gab: Nope. Sorry. It's still me. Little innosent Gabrielle.....heh, that's really worked out for me, don't ya think?
Xena: Gabrielle.....your....your....evil?
Gab: Not yet. I'd say now I'm just.....well, in for the fun.
Ares: See, that's what I like about her. Always good for fun.
Xena: You did this to her, didn't you?
Ares: Nope. I can honestly say I didn't do anything.
Xena shifted her eyes to Callisto.
Call: Don't look at me with that tone of voice.
Xena: What?
Call: You were killing me in your head and you screamed at me!
Xena: Your still very weird.
Call: I know. Now, can we get this show on the road?
Xena looked at the kids.
Jes: Mmmmmmeeellllllp eeeee!!!!!!!!!
Alex: Mmmmmeh eeeeeee ohhhhh!!!!! eeeeeeeeeeeeesssseeeee, mareeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees!!!!!!!!!!
Ares: Kids.
Xena nodded.
Xena: C'mon!
Ares kicked Xena in the stomach while Callisto broke her arm. Xena didn't do anything. She stood there.
Xena: I'm suprised, you two were always the best fighters.
Callisto kicked Xena over and over again from the back to the stomach.
Xena: Okay, your just getting lazy, aren't you?
Call: Don't get smart with me, Xena!!!
Callisto went back to where she was standing.
Call: She's just gonna get me mad. Your turn.
Ares walked up to Xena.
Xena: It's going to be fun to watch you effortlessly try to beat me.
Ares: Oh, shut-up because it won't work with me, sweetie.
Xena: Cut the song and dance, buddy.
Ares: Happily.
The two faught.
Gab: This is sooo boring.
Call: Your telling me. Hey, what made you switch sides, anyway?
Gab: I dunno. It's like...one minute I hate the fact that your back and I want to kill you. But when Xena looked at me....I didn't feel anything.
Call: Your instincts were kicking in.
Gab: What?
Call: Gabrielle, there are no good Gods or Goddesses. Goddesses don't feel anything. They have no emotions so they don't have sides. But, they usually don't use their powers for goodness. I mean, name a good Goddess.
Gab: Aphrodite.
Call: She's not good. She's weird. When she made Jerkster a hero....she did that to save her own temples.
Gab: That's true. Whatever the matter...I hate Xena.
Call: What?!
Gab: Well, think about it. All the danger she's put me in...the problems she's made me face alone..
Call: Your absolutely right.
Callisto continued to watch the fight and smiled.
Ares: Give it up, girl.
Xena: Why, so you won't have to die at my hand? Please,
Ares: That rope is flaming hot.
Xena: I don't give....
Ares: Yea, you do. You wanna "save the kids", right? Well, tuff.
Xena: Go to Tartarus.
Ares: I'll meet you there.
Xena: I'm counting on it.
Ares: Shall we?
Xena: Let's go.
The whole time Xena was fighting, she had the Hind's Blood Dagger in hand. Ares had some normal dagger.
Xena: You ain't gonna use that, are you?
Ares: We'll have to see.
Xena: heh,
By the kids..
Alexis: MMEEEEEEEETTTTTTTTT MEEEEEEEEEEEE OOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The boulder was falling and Xena flipped back to the kids. Falling....falling....Xena stood on a statue of Ares and held the boulder so it didn't fall on top of the kids.
Ares: Where does she get her strength?
Xena: Hold on...
Alexis: Mmmmmmmmeeeeeeeeeeeeeuuuuuufffffffff!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jes: Mut-up, Amexsish
Alex: Shmake ee!
Jes: Miiiiiine!!
Xena: Stop fighting, girls.
Alex & Jes: Mesh, Meenah.
Xena hesitated, but ended up throwing the boulder through the wall.
Ares: I hate it when she does that.
Xena untied the girls and they tried to run outside but Gabrielle grabbed them.
Gab: I don't think so, girls.
Alex: Gabrielle, please!!!
Gab: Please shmease.
Jes: I always knew you were too good to be true.
Gab: Shut-up if you know what's good for ya.
Xena was gonna run to the girls but Ares pushed her away.
Xena: Not now, Ares.
Ares: Yes, now. You just destroyed another temple!
Xena: Please let me go. I have children to attend.
Ares: Shut-up, princess.
Xena: Are you trying to get on my nerves?
Ares: Yup.
Xena: It's working. But I need to get to those children.
Ares: Over my dead body.
Xena: So be it.
Xena and Ares went at it again.
Call: Let them go, Gabrielle.
Gab: What?! Why?!
Call: Let them run. They'll run and they won't know where to go. Xena will lose them.
Gab: Fine,
Gabrielle let the kids go and Jessica ran. Alexis stayed and Gabrielle pushed her. She ran out.
Ares: Your kids just left...
Xena looked past Ares to the kids just running out. You wanna talk mistake? Ares took out his sword and knocked Xena out with the handle. Xena collapsed.
Ares: Much better. Gabrielle, what on earth possesed you to let them go?!?!
Gabrielle pointed to Callisto.
Call: Well, I thought when Xena got through you, she'd lose them.
Ares: Did you even think she'd get through me?
Call: She's done it before, Ares.
Ares: Just, shut-up.
Call: I'm not going to say how much I wanna rip open your stomach, play with your guts, hang your head on the wall, and destroy this temple for good because I know I'll get a smart attitude back.
Ares: I have no time to kill you right now, Callisto.
Gab: What do we do with her?
Ares: Callisto, keep Xena away from Gabrielle. I'm still not so sure about her.
Ares spoke to Callisto but kept his eyes on Gabrielle.
Call: Ares, come here!
Callisto was in the back of the temple looking at the floor creepily. Ares hesitated, looking at Gabrielle and then walked to Callisto.
Ares: What do you, want?
Call: You can trust her.
Ares: Who?
Call: Gabrielle.
Ares: Ha, how would you know?
Call: Because I'm sure of it. She'll be back to her annoying little self once Xena dies. The Goddess instincts did that to me once, but I was thrilled at how fun being evil was so I returned. Then I went back again, and now here we are. Gabrielle can't win.
Ares: You mean, all we have to do is keep Xena alive and Gabrielle remains evil?
Call: That's exactly what I mean. But, we can't let Xena know because if she kills herself, Gabrielle goes back and Xena comes back to life. We lose. BUT...if Gabrielle kills Xena, she stays with her evil side.
Ares: This is sooo easy! Wait, how come this has happened to you and Gabrielle, but not me?
Call: Because your a man.
Ares: What's that supposed to mean?
Call: Well, your not a Goddess, are you?
Ares: Your right.
Call: Now go back over to Gabrielle, and make her kill Xena.
Ares: Why not just keep Xena alive?
Call: What good does that do us?
Ares: If Xena lives, Gabrielle's evil. As long as Xena doesn't have that persuasive little bard on her side, there won't be anyone to talk Xena out of coming back to us.
Call: Give it up with her, Ares. She's not gonna give into.........you.
Ares: You were never encouraging.
Callisto smiled. Ares walked away and looked at Xena who was beginning to awaken. Ares kneeled down and Xena shook herself awake.
Xena: Where are they...
Ares: Ask your little friend, Gabrielle.
Xena: Gabrielle....who is.....oh wait, nevermind. Gabrielle! Are you okay?!
Gab: Oh I'm just fine and dandy.
Xena: Good.
Xena got up. Ares just loked up at the two.
Xena: Why did you set that rope on fire?
Gab: Because it looked prettier like that, Xena. Why do you, think?
Xena: Heh, you've switched sides, didn't ya?
Gab: Oh yeah.
Ares: It's rather funny though, Xena. I always thought it would be you.
Xena: I don't wanna fight with you, Ares. I have kids to find.
Ares: Good luck.
Xena: And, Gabrielle, if you want to stay here, fine. But I'm leaving.
Xena walked out of the temple. Gabrielle looked at Ares.
Ares: Go get her!
Gabrielle ran out of the temple.
Ares: Well, unlike you, she's obediant.
Call: Oh, shut-up.
Outside.......
Gab: Xena! Xena, wait!
Xena: What do you want?
Gab: Xena, you don't know me, do you? I'm acting! Remeber? Gabrielle's a good actress?
Xena:Really?
Gab: I knew you'd save those kids.
Xena: Speaking of kids, where are they?
Gab: I don't know. Callisto told me to let them go and I did.
Xena: Okay then...we'll have to go find them.
A few minutes into the forest...
Xena: what was the point of your plan, anyway, Gabrielle?
Gab: The point was to get you knocked out so we could kill ya.
Xena: Huh?
Gab: Look out!
Xena looked up in a hurry and Gabrielle knocked her out again with a tree branch.
Gab: Gabrielle the actress. Zeus, she always trusts me.
Gabrielle looked at Xena. She grabbed her arm and started pulling her. Deep into the forest....
Jes: Where is she?!
Alex: That Kelly girl said we'd get lost!
Jes: Kelly as in Callisto?
Alex: Yeah, yeah, yeah, whatever.
Jes: Well, she was right. We're lost!
Alex: Ya think?! Xena has to find us. We left maps.
Jes: I wish we had her chakram and a mirror so we could just go home.
Alex: Yeah. I'd rather be taking boxes of junk downstairs to hang on our Christmas tree than to be here fighting Gods.
Jes: And I thought the God of War was cool.
Alex: Hey, when I passed you that note in history class saying not to jump up and scream when we studied the next chapter that was about him, I meant it because he gave lots of people lots of trouble and this is proof.
Jes: I wonder what Hercules would do.
Alex: Hercules?
Jes: Yeah. You know, Son of Zeus?
Alex: Oh, him. I thought his name was Heraldo. I guess that's why I failed our test last sumester.
Jessica laughed.
Jes: Anyway, what would he do to Ares? I mean, they're brothers and all.
Alex: He'd probably fight him.
Jessica was about to say something when they heard brustling in the bushes.
Alex: What was that?
Jes: How should I know?
Alex: you mean, that wasn't your impression of wolves?
Jes: Yeah right, Alexis. Your trying to scare me.
Alex: But I'm in front of you! That noise came from behind us!
Jes: Here, noise! Here, boy!
Alex: Your calling the noise as if it was a puppy!?!?!?!
Out of the trees came two men. Wanna guess who they were? Yep. Your right.
Iolaus: Listen kids, I don't know what your doing out here by yourself but Ares' temple is right over there and you two aren't really that safe.
Alex: Who the hell are you?
Iol: What?
Jes: ALEXIS!!! It's Hercules!! Look, over by that tree!
Alex: Hercules! God, he's sooo fine. I mean...By the Gods he's so fine? Right. Okay, I got it. Anyway, I didn't know Hercules was so cute? They have pictures of a cartoon guy with a big chest and 10-year-old legs in our textbook!
Iol: Who are you?
Alex: Alexis Braunstien. And you are?
Iolaus: Iolaus. Hey,
Jes: I'm Jessica Braunstien. Lexy's sister. Who are you? You ain't in our textboks.
Iol: I'm Herc's best friend.
Alex: Speaking of Herc, is he gonna come over here or what?
Iol: Hey, Hercules? You better come 'ere.
Herc: Yeah?
Iol: Are these the kids Xena told you about?
Herc: I don't know.
Hercules walked over to Alexis and loked at her. He turned to Jessica.
Herc: Still don't know. They look like they're from around here. We'll have to test them.
Alex: Uh-oh.
Jes: Math?
Herc: That settles it. Does 1998 ring a bell?
Alex: HOME!!!!!!
Jes: Your taking us home?!
Herc: Yep. These are the kids.
Iol: Don't you think we better take them home?
Herc: What do you want me to do? Go through a time machine?
Alex: Yeah! All we need is Xena's chamrock and a mirror!!!
Jes: Chakram, Alexis. It's a chakram.
Alex: Whatever. Please?
Herc: I'm sure we can get her chakram, but first we need to get her.
Alex: Let's move! She's in Ares' temple. Or that's when we last saw her. Oh..and Gabrielle has switched sides and Callisto's back with Ares.
Iolaus laughed.
Herc: What?
Iol: Gabrielle's working with Ares, Callisto's working with Ares, Ares has Xena, we have to get her chakram, and are stuck with two kids from 1998!!!!
Herc: We've faced worse.
Iol: No we haven't.
Herc: Actually, your right.
Alex: Hello?! Aren't you as smart as the textbooks say you are???? Xena's probably on Ares side now because Gabrielle is!!!
Herc: Obviously you don't know Xena.
Jes: Two days.
Iol: Let's move.
Jessica walked to Iolaus. Hercules walked to Iolaus. Alexis stood in the back of them all.
Alex: You think I'm going back there?? With the things I've witnessed? Can I just ask one question? Are you all nuts?!
Jes: Lexy, c'mon.
Alex: Uh-uh. No way. Absolutely not.
Herc: You wanna go home or not?
Alex: If it means going back there? No.
Herc: Alexis...
Alex: NO!!!
Jes: Fine, Lexy. I'll tell Mrs. Cadway that you have a life-threatening disease and tell mom that you fall out the window.
Alex: Not funny. Look, I'll stay here and you go get the chakram.
Jes: You think I'm gonna risk my butt for YOU?? Ha! The minute I get the chakram, I'm outta here.
Alex: FINE.
Iol: Alexis?
Alex: Go find the chakram. Tell mom I love her.
Alexis ran off.
Herc: She's, not going to survive out there. I'll go get her. You go get Xena and Gabrielle.
Iol: Are you insane? I can't battle Ares, Callisto and Gabrielle!
Herc: Why not?
Iol: First off, I'm not that good as you. Secondly, I just can't hurt Gabrielle.
Hercules sighed.
Jes: I'll help you, Iolaus. Let Herules go and find my sister.
Iol: You can't fight!
Jes: Excuse me?! I'm a purple belt!
Iol: Huh?
Jes: Karate wise.
Iol: Karate?
Jes: Herc, help me out here.
Herc: She went to the Academy for the 1998 kids.
Iol: Oh! Okay.
Herc: But you still can't fight. G to the temple and hold out for as long as you can.
Iol: Fine.
Iolaus grabbed Jessica and they ran. Hercules ran the other way. At the temple......
Call: Get up!
Gab: No! To carry Xena all the way through a forest is tiring!
Call: Then where am I gonna sit?
Gab: I don't care about you and your sitting places. I didn't see you out there dragging her every which way trying to find this place.
Ares: Would you two stop fighting? I'm trying to think.
Call: About?
Ares: None of your buisness.
Call: Your business, is our business.
Ares: Go to hell.
Gab: Just tell us what your thinking about.
Ares: Why would you two care, anyway?
Callisto sat down on the floor.
Call: Because we're nosy.
Ares: I could tell. I'm trying to figure out where to put Xena.
Xena: Your not putting me, anywhere.
Gab: Oh look, she's up.
Xena looked around. She was in a cage being suspended from the roof.
Xena: Nice rooms you have.
Ares: Callisto picked them out herself.
Xena: Lemme guess...I'm here because now that Gabrielle's working with you two, you think you have a big oppertunity to crawl into my head and take me back.
Ares: Keep going, I'm not finished.
Xena propped herself up making the cage swing.
Xena: This isn't a joke, Ares.
Call: Actually, I just wanted to kill you.
There was a clash outside thw hole in the wall. Gabrielle walked over and looked. It was jessica holding a sword. She was shaking.
Gab: You guys?
Ares: Yes?
Gab: Umm,
Gabrielle looked at Ares and Callisto.
Gab: We have a visitor.
Ares: Hercules...
Gab: No.
Call: Um, Zeus?
Gab: Right, Callisto.
Gabrielle pulled Jessica into the temple making her fall.
Gab: Meet Zeus.
Ares sighed and looked at the floor.
Jes: Look, Iolaus is with me, but he...he...he.....fell?
Gab: What happened to him,
Jes: I'm not telling. You can't make me tell.
Ares: Wanna bet?
Jes: Fine.
Soon, Jessica was in the cage with Xena.
Jes: IOLAUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nothing.
Call: Give it up, kid. Uncle Iolaus left you.
Jes: IIIIIIIIOOOOOOOLLLLLLLAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Gabrielle looked at the floor and cleaned her ears.
Gab: I'm getting sick of that name.
Ares: Damn, that girl can scream.
Xena: Try being in an enclosed cage with her.
Ares: Ya know, we could let you out, if you came back.
Xena stared at Ares and shook her head.
Jes: He'll be here. I know he will.
Ares: You keep telling yourself that, honey.
Jes: Shut-up, War-God.
Ares: A mouth like Xena, but a little bit more of the snotty attitude.
Xena: Shut-up.
Ares: See? No, "Shut-up, War-God" just, "Shut-up". I feel so special.
Gab: Shh. I think I hear something.
Gabrielle rushed back to the hole in the wall.
Gab: I knew it.
Gabrielle stepped outside. There was Iolaus trying to hide by the side of the cave. Next scene? Iolaus, Xena, and Jessica are in a small cage suspended in the air.
Iolaus: HERCULES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Gab: Not again.
Ares: For the love of Zeus, shut the hell up!
Call: What time is it?
Gab: Late.
Call: No wonder I'm do tired.
Jes: I have a watch! It's 11:09am.
Gab: I'll believe that.
Jes: Hmm, I guess the times are different between America 1998 and ancient Greece.
Call (sarcastically): I wonder....
Gab: I'm falling asleep in my chair.
Callisto was falling asleep leaning against the wall.
Call: Must get sleep!
Gab: Ares, we're tired. Who are we waiting for?
Ares: The rest of the pack.
Gab: Who might they be?
Ares: Hercules and Alisha?
Jes: Hercules and Alexis. But I doubt Alexis will be here.
Ares: Why...
Jes: 'Cause she doesn't want to be crushed by a boulder some stupid Goddess almost hit us with.
Gab: Hey, I wanted action and was bored.
Iol: you mean it was you who lit the fire that almost caused this kid's death?
Gab: Uh-huh.
Iol: Xena, why didn't you tell me?
Xena: If I said anything, I'd probably be taken outta here and killed. So I keep my mouth shut.
Iol: Oh, okay.
Gabrielle was falling asleep in her chair and Ares was falling asleep leaning against the wall. Jessica was asleep. Callisto was asleep. Xena was falling asleep and Iolaus was, too. Suddenly, Hercules came bursting into the temple.
Herc: Alright, now I'm mad.
Ares: So am I. Now I have 2 holes in the wall!!!!
Herc: Shut-up, Ares.
Ares stood in front of Hercules but Hercules pushed him out of the way. He walked right up to Gabrielle and grabbed her by the hair until she stood up.
Gab: Ow ow ow ow ow ow ow!!!!
Herc: What in Tartarus did you do to Alexis??
Gab: Nothing! I swear to you, Hercules!
Herc: She killed herself.
Xena: What?!
Herc: Yeah, you heard me. She killed herself. The last thing she said to me was "Get Gabrielle back, for me." So what did you do to her?!
Gab: I didn't do anything!!!
Iol: Hercules, let her go.
Herc: Not until Alexis' will is fufilled.
Ares: Hercules, I don't know what Alexis told you, but the only thing we wever did to her was tie her up. Luckily, Xena saved her.
Everyone that was falling asleep was wide awake.
Gab: Hercules, please. You know me, I don't hurt children. Even if their teenagers.
Herc: Gabrielle, aparantly you did something.
Xena: Hercules, let her go.
Her: You, Xena, of all people should be with me on this. All she needed was your chakram to get home.
Xena: Don't blame me for this, Hercules.
Herc: I'm just saying she could've gotten home if you hadn't been captured by.......Gabrielle.
Gabrielle got teary-eyed. Ares kicked Callisto and she woke up. He explained everything.
Ares: Now, why is Gabrielle getting teary-eyed? You said she wouldn't return until Xena died.
Call: She won't. She's faking it.
Ares: Good. I still need her.
Gab: Hercules, let me go.
Just then, Jessica woke up with all the commotion.
Jes: What's going on?
Iolaus explained everything.
Jes: Herclues!!! Let her go!!!
Hercules looked at Jessica and ran over to the cage. He broke it open. He got Iolaus, Xena, and Jessica out.
Jes: Gabrielle really didn't do anything but set that rope on fire.
Herc: That's exactly why Alexis wanted me to get her.
Jes: Oh my God!!!! LOOK!!! IT'S ALEXIS!!!!!!!!!!
Everyone looked and, yes, there was Alexis. She was all in white and standing right next to Hercules.
Jes: Lexy?
Alexis laughed.
Alex: Oh, wipe that look off your face, Jessi. You look like you've just seen a ghost!
Jes: I...I...I...hope I haven't just seen a ghost.
Alexis' clothes changed back in to American clothes.
Alex: Herc, your dad's a life savor. Seriously. Zeus saved my life by giving it back to me. No hesitation. Now, can I ask you a question?
Herc: Sure.
Alex: Why in the world did you grab Gabrielle by her hair? Don't you know that hurts?
Herc: But you...
Alex: I meant get her back on her own side.
Gab: I knewthere was a perfectly good explanation for all this.
Alexis walked over to Ares.
Alex: As for you,
Alexis kicked him in the stomach and smacked him upside the head.
Alex: Your a bad boy, Ares. A bad, bad, boy.
Ares: Ouch.
Callisto and Gabrielle laughed.
Alexis walked over to Callisto and kicked her.
Alex: I can't find anything too mean to say right now, so I kicked you instead.
Call: Rude, rude, little girl, ain't you?
Alexis smiled and walked over to Jessica.
Jes: Your not gnna hit me, are you?
Alex: Shut-up, idiot.
Jessica and Alexis laughed.
Alex: Now Xena, can we pleeeeease go home?
Xena: Fine. But you have to promise you'll come back and visit.
Jes: With pleasure.
Xena threw the chakram and it hit everything in the room and was about to hit a priceles mirror that was in the temple but Callisto didnt want the mirror broken, so she caught the chakram and the mirror started to glow.
Jes: Thanks, Callisto. Your a real buddy.
Jessica waved good-bye and ran through the mirror. Alexis shrugged, waved, and followed her. The mirror stopped glowing once the kids were through. Callisto threw the chakram back to Xena.
Call: That thing creeps me out.
Xena: Thanks.
Ares: What?! Planning aginst me under my nose again??????
Call: No, no. Not me. I just gave her chakram back because I have no use for it.
Ares: And Gabrielle?
Gab: I'm too in shock to be planning anything.
Ares: Good.
Xena: No one's been planning anything. We've solved Alexis and Jessica's problem, but we now have another one.
Iol: Must I stay? I mean, I can wait outside if it's a Xena-Gabrielle problem.
Herc: Oh no. We're staying.
Xena: Stay if you want, but I'm leaving.
Xena began to walk out and Herc ran after her.
Herc: Aren't you going to get Gabrielle back?
Xena: She won't come back.
Herc: You've lost faith, haven't you?
Xena: No, but Gabrielle has. I just have to accept it.
Xena walked out of the temple and Hercules followed her.
Xena: Are you coming with me?
Herc: Probably. But I'm not leaving without two more people and here comes one of them.
Iolaus walked out and stood by Xena and Herc.
Xena: There's no one else left, Hercules.
Herc: Go...get her.
Xena: Hercules, you don't understand. Ares and Callisto against me. Not Gabrielle.....me. Gabrielle has faught them by my side but it was never about her. Yes, she hated Callisto, but Callisto hated me. Gabrielle basically faught them to help me. But she never won or lost anything. It was me. And by Callisto and Ares living, we-----I lost. You know Gabrielle has never been much for fighting, and fighting wasn't getting her anywhere. She was best friends with someone who's only known culture is death. She couldn't handle that. She was fighting side by side with someone who wasn't going to win anyway. She was tired of doing that. Fighting with a loser. So, she switched sides. I can't blame her.
Ares: Your so smart, Xena.
Iol: Back off, buster. She's in a bad mood.
Herc: So get lost.
Ares: What now, Xena, you have them fight your battles for you? Are you tired of losing? I don't blame you, either.
Xena: Ares, please.
Ares: Working on your manners?
Iol: Leave her alone.
Ares: No.
Herc: Ares, you like to annoy her, don't you?
Ares: It's my all-time favorite thing to do.
Iol: If you wanna pick a fight, do it tomorrow. It's at least 1:00 in the morning.
Ares: But I don't wanna fight. I too, get tired of it. Especially so early in the morning. But, I do wanna bargain.
Xena: Whatever you want, take it. My sword, my chakram, all my armor, I don't care.
Herc: Xena...
Xena: I just...I really don't care anymore.
Xena took out her sword and threw it on the floor. Her breastplate, her charam, every piece of armor she had ended up on the floor in front of Ares. Xena walked off.
Iol: Ya see? That's why I hate you. Becauuse you do things like that!
Ares: Hey, I didn't ask for any of this.
Iolaus walked after Xena.
Herc: Well, I know you did something to Gabrielle and whatever it was, undo it.
Ares: The only way I can do that is to take away her powers.
Herc: Do it.
Ares: She's one of my warriors now, it's her choice.
Herc: Gabrielle is not a warrior. She never was. Not for Xena, Callisto, nor you.
Ares: C'mon.
Ares walked into the temple and Hercules followed. Inside, Callisto was sleeping on the floor and Gabrielle was hugging her knees and sleeping in one of the chairs. Ares looked at Hercules who was looking at Gabrielle sleeping peacefully.
Herc: Tomorrow, brother. Tomorrow.
Ares: We'll see.
Herc: Yes we will.
Hercules walked out and traveled into the forest. Th next day at about 8:00am.
Iol: Hercules? You up, yet?
Herc: Yeah. Where's Xena?
Iol: I don't know. That's why I'm asking you.
Herc: Oh, great. She's off wandering somewhere.
Iol: Or worse.
Herc: Always looking at the positive sides of things, aren't you?
Iol: We better go look for her, don't ya think?
Herc: You go. I have some business to ake care of.
Iol: Alright, I'll meet you back here.
Herc: Okay.
Hercules got up and ran as fast as he could to Ares temple. No one there.
Herc: ARES!!!!!
Nothing.
Herc: ARES!!!!!!
A noise,
Herc: Ares, I know your here.
A moise from behind him, he turned around ready to fight.
Xena: Hey, hey. It's just me.
Herc: Good. What are you doing here?
Xena: I'm here looking for Gabrielle.
Herc: Haven't given up totally, huh?
Xena: Actually, yes I have.
Herc: And your still looking for her?
Xena: I was dropping off her stuff.
Herc: Oh.
Xena: And why were you here, mister?
Herc: Business.
Xena: Wha---
Xena was interrupted by a blue light shining in their eyes. It was Gabrielle. Xena and Herc stood in shock at the big enterance.
Gab: Yea, you like that, don't you? It's part of my powers. You know, the things that make my life worth living? I just know that no one would dare take them from me. Or ask any certain Gods to do it just to make a friend feel better, would they? No, I'm sure they wouldn't....Hercules. Don't you think?
Herc: Look, Gabrielle....
Xena: What is she talking about?
Gab: I'm talking about Hercules and his self centered purposes. The stupid, idiotic, things he does.
Xena: What?
Gab: Hercules wanted Ares to take away my powers so I'd wake up and think I was a good girl.
Xena: You what???
Gab: Yeah, that's right, Xena. He did it for you.
Xena: How could you do something like that?
Herc: I didn't do it for you. I asked in a polite way for Gabrielle.
Gab: Well ya know something, Son of Zeus? Your a real idiot.
Herc: Listen, you don't know the things Ares is going to do to you once your offically his.
Gab: Oh, that's the lamest thing I've ever heard.
Herc: It's all true.
Xena: Gabrielle, go back to wherever you just came from and Hercules will leave. Okay?
Herc: I will not leave.
Gab: Oh, yes you will.
Gabby held out her two hands and a long streak of hotness rolled out onto Hercules. He started screaming.
Xena: What are you doing?
Gab: Torturing him. I hate men.
Xena kicked Gabrielle in the back and made her fall. Her hands moved off the aim of Hercules and he fell, too. Gabrielle got up and Xena got ready to fight.
Xena: C'mon, buddy. Let's go. You want him? Gotta get through me.
Gab: Very well,
Gabrielle shot the heat at Xena and sent her flying across the room. Ares appeared. Xena fell. Ares clapped. Gabrielle immediately turned around. She sighed.
Ares: Nice job, Gabrielle. But what are you going to do now? She got mad!
Xena flipped herself over to Gabrielle. She punched her right across the face. Gabrielle looked at Xena and narrowed her eyes.
Gab: That was low.
Gabrielle kicked Xena in the stomch and made her fall.
Gab: I guess that was too, but oh well! It was fun.
Xena got up and they started fighting. Ares walked over to Hercules and pulled him up.
Ares: They say all friends fight, but I never knew girls were so violent with each other.
Herc: Whatever you did, undo.
Ares: No!
Suddenly, Xena was saved from a violent knee kick because a bright light shone down on the temple and Gabrielle got distracted and ended up spinning around.
Xena: My Zeus,
Herc: Who or what is that?!
Gab: Nice colors.
She said that because the white light was now a rainbow of color. The color settled down to the ground and formed a human figure. Out of the figure, formed Zeus. He looked very mad.
Zeus: You know, this is very, very bad for your reputation as a Goddess, Gabrielle
Gab: Zeus?
Zeus: Yes.
Gab: I'm so, so, so, so, sorry. It'll never happen again.
Zeus: I'm sure it won't. And to make sure of that...
Zeus placed a hand on Gabrielle's shoulder and carefully lowered her t the ground.
Zeus: That should fit your punishment.
Gab: I feel so weak!
Zeus: You've been stripped of your powers, dear Gabrielle.
Gab: Figures,
Gabrielle looked at Xena who know had a scabbing gash above her eye.
Gab: Did I do that to you???
Xena: Don't worry about it.
Gabrielle got up.
Gab: Yes, I'm going to be worried! I can't believe it, I truly can't. I'm sooooo sorry.
Xena shrugged. She still wasn't totally comfortable with Gabrielle. Zeus looked at ares and Hercules who were standing a little bit to the left of Xena and Gabrielle.
Zeus: You are a true disgrace, Ares.
Ares: But dad!
Zeus: Don't even try it, Ares.
Ares: I didn't do anything!
Zeus: You know, what you did to Gabrielle is more than enough to have you stripped of your powers, also.
Ares: Dad, don't do this.
Zeus: I won't. I can't. The world needs sanity and if you go, well, let's just say he world goes insane.
Ares: I undertand you perfectly and I will never, ever make best friends, enemies. Ever.
Zeus: Good.
Herc: Liar.
Ares: Excuse me?
Herc: Liar.
Ares: I am not a liar. I won't ever bother them again.
Herc: Liar.
Ares: Truthfully!
Herc: Take a good, long, look at Xena.
Ares looked at Xena.
Herc: Now tell me you'll never bother her again.
Ares cocked his head.
Ares: Your right. But I promise I'll never turn them against each other?
Herc: Okay.
Zeus: As for you, my son.
Herc: What do you want from me, now?
Zeus: You've been behaving well.
Herc: Thanks.
Zeus: You doing alright?
Herc: I'm okay. You?
Zeus: Oh, I think I can make it.
Zeus smiled and turned around to Gabrielle and Xena.
Zeus: Promise you'll never eat ambrosia when your not ready for it?
Gab: I promise.
Gabrielle smiled. Zeus looked at Xena who shifted her eyes from Ares to Zeus at that very second.
Zues: And, last but definately not least, my little warrior.
Xena was in shock. Why? Well, think of it this way, your minding your own business, having a little fight with your best friend, and God comes down from heaven and gives you all a lesson on how to be nice children and calls you a little warrior? What would you do? Stand there and shake his hand? I mean, c'mon! Okay, back to reality....or, part of it, anyway.
Xena: Zeus...
Zeus: Xena...
Xena: Zeus!
Zeus: Xena!
Xena: Is it you?
Zeus: Yes, it is me. Zeus: King of the Gods.
Xena bit her lip.
Xena: I did something wrong, didn't I?
Zeus: Well, you faught with yur best friend knowing she wasn't doing anything wrong.
Xena: That's his fault.
Xena pointed to Ares.
Ares: Thanks alot, Xena!
Zeus: I knew that. It's always the other person's fault, isn't it?
Xena: Sir, I....well,....
Xena looked at the floor.
Xena: I wasn't trying to blame it on anyone. It's just...you know I'd never fight with Gabrielle...physically...withut being pushed into it.
Zeus put his hands up.
Zeus: Oh, I believe you! But, don't do it again, my warrior.
Xena smiled and stared at the floor. Zeus held her chin up.
Zeus: Don't be afraid of me, Xena. Please don't.
Xena: I'm not. I just....
Zeus: Shhh.
Zeus disappeared.
Xena looked at the disappearing light mouth wide open.
Herc: Oh, shut your mouth, Xena. It's not that colorful.
Ares: I kind of like to picture her looking at me when she does that.
Xena shut her mouth and looked at Ares.
Ares: But whenever she really does look at me it's always that deadly look.
Gab: Ares, your dead.
Ares: What? What'd I do?
Gab: How could you even think of turning me against Xena?
Ares: Hey, it worked, didn't it?
Gab: Yes, it worked. But now I'm mad.
Xena: So, am I.
Gabrielle and Xena looked at Ares like they were going to kill him.
Herc: Looks like your in for it, brother.
Gab: Big time.
Ares started backing up and the girls ganged in on him. Just then, Iolaus ran in and stopped out of breath.
Iol: What in Tartrus is going on??!!
Herc: Ares is in trouble.
Iol: I can see that. Is Gabrielle back?
Herc: Oh, yeah. She's back but she's mad.
Iol: At who?
Herc: Take a wild guess.
Iol: Oh, okay.
Herc: Oh yeah, Zeus stopped by.
Iol: No!
Herc: Yes! And he scared Xena half to death.
Iol: Hw come I'm never around when all the good stuff happens?
Hercules shrugged.
Herc: Umm, I don't know.
Meanwhile, Gabrielle and Xena were attacking Ares in a way that even you would have to close your eyes.
Iol: Hey Herc?
Herc: Yeah?
Iol: You said Zeus scared Xena half to death, right?
Herc: I think he did...
Iol: Well, what happens when someone gets scared half to death..................twice?
...The End...