*Callisto-“Mom? Rachel?”
*Callisto looks up to see a young Xena (Adrienne
Wilkenson) ride into the village, a battle cry on her lips. She swings a mace;
killing the village men she passes by hitting them in the face. When she reaches the center of the square
she flips off her horse, lands and begins cutting down more village men.
*Callisto-“No!
Don’t hurt us!”
Eve
Please, don’t hurt us!
*Xena pulls one of her men aside as he chases a
village woman.
*Xena-“How did this village catch fire?”
*Man-“I don’t know Xena. I don’t know.”
*Xena lets the man go just as Callisto’s father
attacks Xena.
*Callisto-“No! Daddy don’t!”
*Xena quickly cuts him down.
*Callisto-“Daddy!”
Eve
Daddy!
*Callisto runs to Xena’s father, who lies at
Xena’s feet, dead. She weeps over his
body.
In the present Eve mimic’s the movement’s of young
Callisto. She drops to her knees and
weeps over him.
*As Callisto holds him, the burning tree falls
onto the shed and Callisto can hear her mother and sister screaming as they
die.
Eve
Mommy!
Rachel! Somebody help them!
Eve gets to
her feet and begins to run, still blind in her memories of Callisto’s youth.
*One of the soldiers moves up to pull Callisto to
a slave wagon but Xena shoves him away.
*Xena-“Tell my men to move out. Release the women and children we have.”
*Soldier-“But-“
*Xena-“Do it!
This village is a total loss.”
*Soldier-“Yes Xena.”
*The soldier moves away and Callisto looks up at
Xena, tears spilling down her cheeks.
*Callisto-“Why?
Why did you destroy my life?”
*Xena-“I’m Xena.
It’s what I do.”
*Callisto-“Remember the name Callisto. I will be
your greatest enemy.”
*Xena stares her down for a long moment. When Callisto doesn’t look away, she mounts
up. She takes up the rear as her men
head out of the village, but turns to face Callisto one last time. We see a wide shot of Callisto looking Xena
in the eye.
*Callisto- “I’ll make you wish I’d never been
born”
The images go from Callisto’s village to the Roman
arena in “Livia.” This time we see
Livia and Xena face to face in the exact same places Xena and Callisto had been
in Callisto’s youth, Xena to the left of the screen Livia to the right.
*Livia-“I’ll make you wish I’d never been born.”
Eve comes
out of her memories, covered in sweat and tears streaking her face. She finds herself at the edge of the town
Gabrielle is defending. She looks to
the local Inn, knowing Gabrielle is inside, perhaps 50 yards away.
Eve
Gabrielle.
Int-Palace in Heaven
Michael watches Eve as she stares at the Inn.
Michael
Eli is too late.
The Awakening
has begun.
Ext-Town Square-Eve
Someone taps Eve on the shoulder and she turns to
find Rachel standing behind her.
Rachel
Boo!
Eve takes off for the Inn, screaming for help.
Eve
Gabrielle!
Help me!
Cut
to:
Int-Cottage
Gabrielle and Hope are embroiled in a vicious
battle. Gabrielle succeeds in breaking
Hope’s staff with her Katana but her daughter begins to use the staff like
chobo’s. To better defend against them, she sheathes the Katana and draws her
Sai’s and attacks Hope.
Hope
I’m immortal.
You know you
can’t kill me so why do you try
so hard?
Gabrielle
I fight for good. I’ll die to defend
the world against creatures like you.
Hope
Xena felt the same way. Look
what it got her.
Gabrielle
(pissed)
I don’t ever want to hear her
Name on your lips again!
Gabrielle attacks with a new ferocity until she
hears Eve’s voice calling for help outside.
She turns to see Eve running up the street dressed as Callisto with a
Callisto look-alike apparently flying through the air behind her. A portal to hell opens directly in front of
Eve and she falls in, though she does manage to grab the edge at the last
second.
Gabrielle
What the hell?
Hope moves to make the fatal blow while
Gabrielle’s head is turned but a hand wraps around her wrist and stops
her. Gabrielle turns to find Eli
holding on to Hope’s wrist. Hope goes
into a seizure as if she is being electrocuted. We see Dahak in his realm dying from the contact with Eli, a Holy
being. As Dahak screams, Hope mirrors
it until Dahak explodes. When Dahak
dies, Hope collapses to the floor, unconscious.
Gabrielle
Eli!
Eli
Save Eve.
She must not be taken
to hell.
Gabrielle rushes out the door then executes an
amazing flip through the air until she lands right in front of Eve. She manages
to catch Eve’s wrist before she falls through the portal and hauls her out.
Rachel
I don’t believe it! The battling
Bard of Potidea in the flesh! I
don’t think you have any idea how
much my mother hated you.
Eve
Don’t let her spit on you Gabrielle.
Gabrielle
Spit?
Rachel does just that and Gabrielle manages to
hold up her Sai’s to deflect it. They begin to dissolve immediately of course
and she throws them down before the stuff can get on her hands.
Gabrielle
Those were antiques you nasty
little bitch.
Rachel
Now is that anyway to talk to your
grand-niece, Auntie Gabrielle?
Gabrielle
What are you talking about?
Eve
She claims she’s my daughter.
Gabrielle studies the all too familiar face and
shakes her head.
Gabrielle
Not your daughter. Callisto’s daughter.
Rachel
I don’t care what Lucifer says
Gabrielle.
You’re not stupid.
And she is Callisto isn’t she?
Rachel attacks and Gabrielle defends by separating
the Chakram and using the two halves.
The spit is disgusting but it has no effect on the Chakram, much to
Rachel’s dismay, and her fireballs are useless against the Chakram as well. Gabrielle finally succeeds in kicking Rachel
back into the portal and it seals shut.
Gabrielle
Eve? Are
you ok?
Eve doesn’t answer because she is lost in another
memory and Gabrielle can’t get her back.
Gabrielle looks up to find Eli standing over them, holding an
unconscious Hope in his arms.
Gabrielle
Eli, what’s wrong with Eve?
What did that thing do to her?
Eli
She’s lost in the Awakening.
Gabrielle
What’s that?
Eli
There is much to explain. Just
know for now we can’t stay here.
we need to keep moving.
Gabrielle
What about her?
Eli
We take her with us.
Gabrielle
No.
Absolutely not. I don’t doubt
in the least she was working with
that demon to kill Eve.
Eli
I’m going to have to ask you to
trust me on this one Gabrielle.
She goes with us.
It’s clear that Gabrielle doesn’t like it but she
gives up on her objections. There isn’t
much time before Rachel returns.
Gabrielle
Fine.
Let’s go.
Cut
to:
Ext-Forest.
Gabrielle paces back and forth after having heard
Eli’s story. Hope and Eve lie near each
other on bedrolls. Hope is unconscious
and Eve tosses and turns, lost in memories.
Gabrielle
So once someone is re-incarnated
and they lose their memories of
their past life, you have the power
to force them to remember? This forced
memory is called the Awakening?
Eli
Yes.
Rachel has done this to Eve.
Gabrielle
And they want to take her back to
hell to make her to give them the
location of Heaven’s Gate?
Eli
Worse. They want to resurrect
Callisto so she will lead them in the
fight to secure their stronghold on
heaven.
Gabrielle
You have to save her. You can’t
let her be turned back into Callisto.
Don’t you understand? She’s all I have
left of Xena.
When I look into her
eyes…it’s like looking into Xena’s eyes. I
can’t lose both of them Eli. I just can’t.
Eli
I understand that better than you think
Gabrielle, but because the Awakening
has already begun, it’s no longer a question of
if
Callisto will return but when.
Gabrielle
You’re saying you can’t stop it?
Eli
No, I can’t. She’s regaining all of
Callisto’s memories. When that
happens Eve will have only a short
time before her present form dies
out and she physically transforms
back into Callisto. The only thing
we can do to save her from hell is…
Gabrielle
What?
Eli
When she transforms back
into Callisto I will have to
kill her body so her soul can
be released back into Heaven.
that way she will be forever safe
in paradise, and so will the
secret of the Gate.
Gabrielle sits down and stares at Eve in
shock. She just can’t believe it. She’s
lost Xena, now she’s going to lose Eve as well.
Gabrielle
I can’t believe this. I just…
I can’t believe this is happening.
(numbly)
How long do you think it’s going
To take Hope to tell Rachel
Where we are?
Eli
She can’t. Dahak is dead and Hope
is no longer a god. She’s no longer
evil Gabrielle.
Gabrielle
No longer evil?
That’s not possible.
Eli
It is.
Just as Xena redeemed
Callisto, I have redeemed Hope.
Now she’s a mortal, the same as
you, and when she comes to she’s
going to need her mother to help-
Gabrielle
No. After
all she’s done to Xena and me,
I can’t be her mother. I won’t be her
mother.
Eli
I know having you daughter
redeemed is your deepest desire.
You want to love her Gabrielle. I have
given you have that chance now.
Gabrielle
You want to give me something?
Save Eve.
Eli
I can’t do that.
Gabrielle
Then find someone who can! I don’t
care who you have to pray to but you
find a way to keep Eve from
turning back into Callisto! She’s all I
have left of Xena Eli. I won’t lose her.
Instead of arguing the point Eli nods his head in
agreement.
Eli
I’ll do what I can. I don’t promise
anything.
Gabrielle
Just promise me you’ll try.
Gabrielle storms off into the forest leaving Eli to watch over Eve and Hope.