Eve: "In the name of Eli and all the powers of Heaven, I command this evil presence to be cast out!"
Demon Gab: "Damn you! I'll leave this body, Xena! But I'm taking your mother's soul! You want your mommy? Release me into the world."
Xena: "Do it again, Eve. Do it again, now!"
Eve: "In the name of Eli and all the powers of Heaven, I command this evil presence to be cast out!"
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Xena: "Gabrielle?" |
Xena: "Gabrielle, Mephistopheles has my mother. I've got to find a way to release her soul, but cleansed or not, I want you to get out of here."
Gabrielle: "Where do you want me to go?"
Xena: "Mephistopheles is using you!"
Gabrielle: "I'm not leaving."
Eve: "He can't take her again. She's been cleansed."
Gabrielle: [to Eve] … "He's afraid of you."
Eve: [kneels near the portal to Hell which just so happens to be in the backyard] … "In the name of Eli …"
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Xena: "Mephistopheles controls every inch of this house." |
Eve: "In the name of Eli …"
Xena: "… Eve! …"
Eve: "… and all the powers of Heaven …"
Xena: "... Eve !!!"
Eve: "… I command this evil presence to be cast out."
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Eve: [places her hands on the floundering duo] … "In the name of Eli and all the powers of Heaven, I command this evil presence to be cast out! In the name of Eli and all the powers of Heaven, I command this evil presence to be cast out !!!" … [the pair un-merge] |
Gabrielle: "Look at her. Xena, how can she fight this battle? … Xena!"
Eve: "In the name of Eli and all the powers of Heaven …"
Mephistopheles: [his voice coming from the portal] … "She's dying, Xena. The battle you have her fighting is one she cannot win. It will cost her her life, and I will be the victor. Her soul will belong to me" … [the skin on Eve's arms begins to peel away]
Xena: "Mephistopheles!"
Mephistopheles: "It's not your daughter's life that I seek, only her blood. Just a few drops of blood spilt in my name will bring me into your world. Fight me there or your daughter will join your mother in eternal torture."
Xena: "Gabrielle … I have to go fight Mephistopheles."
Gabrielle: "Xena, you can't release him."
Xena: "No, I'm gonna take the fight to him."
Gabrielle: "That's the Spiritual Realm."
Xena: "I'm going to put the pinch on myself."
Gabrielle: "No."
Xena: "Yes."
Gabrielle: "NO!"
Xena: "I should be dead just long enough to meet Mephistopheles there … and I need you to release the pinch and bring me back."
Gabrielle: "Xena, I can't. I don't know how."
Xena: "Yes, you can. I'll show you."
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Xena: "Here." |
Gabrielle: "Xena, if I can't do this it means that you're down there forever."
Xena: "You can do it. I believe in you. Bring me back, Gabrielle."
Gabrielle: "Okay."
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Xena: "Mother?" |
Mephistopheles: "I thought you were the godkiller, Xena. How were the mighty Olympians so easily overtaken?"
Xena: "I'm just a little distracted by your good looks."
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Gabrielle: "I don't know what I'm doing." |
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Mephistopheles: "You can't hurt me in the spiritual world, Xena." |
Gabrielle: "I'm right here, Xena."
Mephistopheles: "Now you see you can't harm me here."
Xena: "If you come into my realm, I will kill you before you take a step."
Mephistopheles: "And then take my throne?"
Xena: "What are you talking about?"
Mephistopheles: "Whoever kills me must take my place and reign over Hell. And frankly, Xena, I don't think you're up to the job."
Xena: [realizing her time is running out a blood starts flowing from her nose] … "Release my mother."
Mephistopheles: "You know my price."
Xena: "I won't do it."
Mephistopheles: "Very well, if you won't spill Eve's blood then perhaps the right pressure in the right place might cause Eve to spill her own blood. Your daughter will be mine, Xena."
[Eve dips a bucket full of water from a trough and pours it into a bowl … and a severed heads rolls out.]
Head: "Do you mind, I was getting a drink. You don't remember me, do you? … [the head's body picks it up by the hair to face Eve] … On the road outside of Rome you beheaded me from horseback. You hardly gave it a thought."
Eve: "I didn't. That wasn't me."
Head: "Oh, I think I'd remember. You came galloping by and … schick … just for kicks. All roads lead to Rome."
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Man: [with an axe sticking out of his skull] … "Hey, you threw this at me from twenty yards. I was trying to save my wife, Livia." |
Gabrielle: "Xena …" … [tries to un-pinch poor Xena repeatedly without much luck]
Eve: "I'm not Livia!"
Man: "You don't believe us? Look!" … [a mirror appears which reflects the image of Eve as Livia]
Eve: "It's not me."
Livia: [stepping out of mirror] … "Oh, it most certainly is. We're the same. The same cunning mind. The same dark soul. The same love for power … [snarls at her victims] … You see how they cringe in fear of us? We didn't just kill them, we trapped them forever in limbo."
Eve: "I can't undo that. If I could help them I would."
Livia: "Prove it! Spill your blood. Bring forth Mephistopheles and they will be released from torment. You can do it."
Eve: "No. That can't be the way. I'm not you. I'm not Livia!"
Livia: "Really? Then why do you get a tingle when I do this … [starts beating on her past victims]
Eve: "Stop! Stop!" … [as she tries to stop Livia, she passes into her body and assumes the appearance of her past self]
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[Trying not to panic, Gabrielle touches her fingers to her lips, says a silent prayer, and takes one final jab at Xena's neck.] |
Gabrielle: "Xena …"
Xena: "Eve … where's Eve?"
Xena: "Eve!"
Eve: "I'm going to stop Mephistopheles."
Xena: "No, I won't let you stop him that way … [picks up a dagger from the ground] … He's got my mother's soul. He's not getting yours."
Eve: "Then how can we stop him?"
Xena: "By giving him exactly what he wants. Trust me."
Gabrielle: "Xena …"
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