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Looking Death in the Eye
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Octavius: "Unbelievable. Where are they? Joxer, good to see you again. Where's Xena and Gabrielle?"
Joxer: "Octavius … they're gone. I saw the whole thing, but I was too far away. I couldn't help them."
Octavius: "Joxer, they're not dead."
Joxer: "What? What?! … [Octavius hands a very happy and squealing Eve to Joxer] … Eve … It can't be."

Young Boy: "Dad, how was Eve alive?"
Joxer: "Okay. Okay, what did the Fates tell Xena?"
Young Girl: "That she had to die to save Eve?"
Joxer: "That's right. But, you can't take what the Fates say literally. They said --"

Girl Fate: "Only in the essence of death will the child find salvation and the Twilight be set in motion."

Octavius: "The tears, Joxer. Did you see her drink the tears?"
Joxer: "She drank poison, Octavius."
Octavius: "But, it wasn't poison."

Joxer: "But, it wasn't poison. See, Xena never intended to kill Death at all. It was Celesta's tears she really needed. The 'essence of death.' The only thing, Xena realized, that could simulate her appearance of their deaths to the gods … but only after convincing the gods that Eve had also been killed."
Young Boy: "But, Eve was in--"
Joxer: "Eve was in the wagon …"

Joxer: "Eve was in that cart."
Octavius: "No, Joxer …"

[While Xena and Gabrielle were discussing matters of death with Celesta, Xena passed Eve to a hiding Octavius and placed a fake baby in Eve's basket.]

Joxer: "Eve was safe. The tears collected. Next, release Celesta without it looking suspicious. Gabrielle got captured on purpose. Rescuing me made her capture look unplanned …"

Athena: "Where is she?
Joxer: "Aack!"

Joxer: "… Gabrielle revealed Xena's location …"

Gabrielle: "She's headed to the ocean."
Athena: "Details to follow, I'm sure."

Joxer: "… the rest of the plan played out. The gods assumed Xena and her child were inseparable. My guess … I hope … is that Gabrielle drank the tears first … from there, all they had to do was put on a convincing show … to the gods, Gabrielle was killed in the crash … Eve was dead, consumed in the burning wreckage … and even if they weren't completely convinced, what better way to solve that problem than by Xena taking her own life …"

Xena: "Tell them it's a package deal."

Joxer: "… the effect of the tears would soon wear off with Xena, Gabrielle and Eve assumed dead by all Olympus. The perfect cover - the perfect advantage. But, one thing happened they never could have predicted …"

Joxer: "Ares took them away just before you got here."
Octavius: "Oh, no …"

Ares: [in a snowy cavern with two icy caskets] ... "Your with her (Gabriele) now. I handled you all wrong. I know that. She knew what you needed - unconditional and unselfish love. And I couldn't give that to you. But, I appreciated you in ways she never could - your rage … your violence … your beauty. When you sacrificed yourself for others, you were hers. But, when you kicked ass, you were mine. I love you Xena."

DISCLAIMER: Death almost died during the production of this motion picture.

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