AmazonBon's Xena Realm -- The Abyss

The Abyss
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[Xena finds Gabrielle and pulls her up towards the surface of the river where she finds a small cave.]
Xena: "Gabrielle? Come on, Gabrielle!"
Gabrielle: [regaining consciousness] … "My side …"
Xena: "Come one, get up and let me take a look at that. Take it easy."
Gabrielle: "Those things bit us, like they wanted to eat us."
Xena: "They were cannibals, Gabrielle."
Gabrielle: "Cannibals? We have to tell Virgil."

Xena: "First things first. You have a bit of blade stuck in your side. We need to get that out. Alright, you ready?"
Gabrielle: "Uh-huh … Augh!"

Xena: "I'm not going to let you get yourself killed because of your guilt, Gabrielle."
Gabrielle: "Just stop the lecture."
Xena: "You can't keep seeing that boy's face every time you raise a weapon. You can't--"
Gabrielle: "If I … if I hadn't hesitated, then--"
Xena: "Don't think about it anymore. You're going to have to conserve energy. I want you to get back into the cave as far as you can. Try to keep warm. I'll be right back."

[Xena begins to climb up the rock face adjacent to the falls only to have sticks and stones thrown at her from above by the cannibals.]

Xena: "Your wound's getting worse."
Gabrielle: "We're in a tough spot, huh?"
Xena: "We've been in worse scrapes. We're gonna get you out of here. Count on it."

Virgil: "Look … Look, I don't know what it is you want from me, but whatever it is, you can have it. Look, see -- see -- see, I'm meeting this great warrior named Xena. I'm sure you've heard the name, and if I don't show up, she's gonna come looking. She's gonna come looking for me." … [sees a stripped and bloody ribcage and completely wigs out]

Gabrielle: [delirious] … "Hope?"
Xena: "Did you say something?"
Gabrielle: "My baby. Is that you?"
Xena: "Yeah, it's me."
Gabrielle: "I love you. I would never hurt you. You know that, don't you?"
Xena: "I know."
Gabrielle: "You're my child. You have to go. You have to go. She'll hurt you. She'll take you from me."
Xena: "You have to rest. We don't have to go anywhere."
Gabrielle: "You don't understand."
Xena: "I do understand. I understand everything."

Rubio: "Hello! Don't tell me they've cut out your tongue already. I am so tired of talking to myself."
Virgil: [pointing at the pitcher of water in Rubio's hands] … "Is there more? I'm really thirsty."
Rubio: "Oh, there's quite a bit more than merely more. There's plenty." … [points towards a table full of bread and fruit]
Virgil: [stuffing his mouth with food] … "What kind of savages feed their captives like kings? Maybe they did understand me. Now that they know I'm a friend of Xena … [Rubio pinches his behind] … What are you doing?"
Rubio: "Breathing a sigh of relief."
Virgil: "About what?"
Rubio: "Your youthful zest for food and drink."
Virgil: "Oh, I get it. I'm the catch of the day."
Rubio: "You were a little slow on the uptake, my friend, thinking all these goodies were because you knew some warrior named Zebra."
Virgil: "Xena. Her name is Xena, and she will come for me, you watch."

Rubio: "The reason I haven't been the main course yet is diet and exercise."
Virgil: "So what you're saying is from their perspective I'm a tasty morsel?"
Rubio: "Oh, a downright delicacy. I think you're on tomorrow's menu, unless of course, you can come up with a morsel tastier than yourself -- like this Zebra, perhaps, or some of her friends."

Xena: "Gabrielle? Gabrielle, time's come. We're getting you out of here, alright?"
Gabrielle: "Xena, I have a last request."
Xena: "I don't want to hear it."
Gabrielle: "I'm serious. You don't want to know?"
Xena: "What is it, then?"
Gabrielle: "I don't want to be buried with the Amazons."
Xena: "Alright. Well, in fifty years when the time comes--"
Gabrielle: "Xena, I want to lie with you, with your family, in Amphipolis"
Xena: "What about your family?"
Gabrielle: "I love them … but I'm a part of you. I want it to be like that forever. I love you."

Gabrielle: "This is all my fault."
Xena: "This is not your fault. This is not your fault. It's mine for setting you on a path you were never meant to walk."
Gabrielle: "Any path is okay, Xena, as long as it's with you."
Xena: "Well, I'm setting you on a path to somewhere warm and dry."

[With Gabrielle tied to her back, Xena begins to scale side of the gorge. Did I mention that it's raining … again?]

Gabrielle: "It's cold … it's cold … cold."
Xena: "Gabrielle? Gabrielle, listen, don't be afraid. Trust me."

Xena: "Ayiyiyiyiyiyi -Sheee-ya!"
Gabrielle: "Xena? Xena … [a nearby band of cannibals find Gabrielle's nearly paralyzed and freezing body] … No … Xena! … Xena! … XENA !!!"

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