The Ring
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Getting ready to kick some serious ass
[Life lesson # 1: Never piss off a warrior princess with a ring made of Rheingold. Having placed the ring on her finger, Xena kicks some serious Valkyrie ass.]

Gabrielle: "Brunnhilda, you can't win … Listen to me, this is wrong … Can't we just … Let's just talk about this." … [a few Valkyrie arrive to get their arses whipped]
Brunnhilda: "Get back."

'What are you fighting for?'
Gabrielle: [hears Grinhilda roaring in the distance] … "Xena."
Brunnhilda: "They're going to kill her before I get a chance to prove my love for you."
Gabrielle: "What are you fighting for? You want to win my love?! You're going to shed blood -- for what -- my love?! You call that love? You're sick." … [stalks off to find her warrior princess]

[Xena hears Gabrielle calling her from a distance and hurries off to find her.]

Odin: "Let her go!"
Valkyrie #1: "She has the ring!"
Odin: "Right now it's killing what she values the most."

'I don't know what you're talking about'
Brunnhilda: "Xena! Odin will bring all of his forces upon Gabrielle until you give up that ring. You have to trust me. It's the … you put the ring on your finger. But, Xena, you haven't forsaken love! Take it off!"
Xena: "I don't know what you're talking about."

Brunnhilda: "The curse is already working."
Xena: "I don't know how I got here. What's my name? What's my name?"
Brunnhilda: "You've lost your memory, your sense of self. What about Gabrielle?"
Xena: "I don't know her."

'Why does everybody want my ring?'
Brunnhilda: "Xena, give me the ring."
Xena: "Why does everybody want my ring?"
Brunnhilda: "Xena, give me the ring and everybody will leave you alone … [Xena drops her sword, takes off the ring and hands it to her] … Thank you."

Hmm, what's this?
[Xena looks about confusedly. She holds up her chakram, but it begins to cut into her hand. She drops the chakram and walks away.]

Gabrielle: "Xena!"
Brunnhilda: "Gabrielle."
Gabrielle: "Brunnhilda, I am going to find Xena."
Brunnhilda: "Xena won't know you."
Gabrielle: "Won't know … won't know me? What are you talking about?"
Brunnhilda: "She put the ring on."
Gabrielle: "No."
Brunnhilda: "And she lost what she values the most … you, the memories of you and the woman you helped her to become."

'This ring is too powerful to fall into undeserving hands'
Brunnhilda: "Here … [places the ring in Gabrielle's hand] … This ring is too powerful to fall into undeserving hands … and so are you. But I can't protect you in this form, not from Odin, and he and Grinhilda will stop at nothing. They'll kill everything associated with Xena."

Gabrielle: "In this form?"
Brunnhilda: "I'll become an eternal flame for you. Only your true soul mate will be able to pass through the fire. You'll be safe."

[As Brunnhilda begins the chant the ancient runes, her body becomes engulfed in flames.]

Brunnhilda: "See, Gabrielle, you have changed me." … [her flame engulfs Gabrielle]

Beowulf: [regains consciousness and finds Xena's abandoned sword and chakram] … Xena! … Xena!"

Sleeping Beauty
[Having been completely engulfed by Brunnhilda, Gabrielle lies down on a handy rock and falls into a deep sleep with the ring still in the palm of her hand.]

'Who am I?!'
Xena: [stumbling through the bog] … "I can hear you … laughing at me. Who am I? Please tell me. Who am I? Who am I?!"

To Be Continued ...

DISCLAIMER: Gabrielle's popularity surged during the making of this motion picture.

Images courtesy of The Australian Xena Information Page

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