Xena: Warrior Princess S01E16 "Mortal Beloved" - Episode Script (by Bitch of Rome) 

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Marcus says nothing. She turns to leave, but Marcus appears in front of her. She turns again, and once more Marcus appears.

I\'ll go take a look. (to Gabrielle) You stay here.

She tries to touch him. A spark forms and he disappears.

Good souls are in danger. We need your help.

A group of ghost thugs appear and grab Marcus. Xena draws her sword, but she can\'t help.

Listen. Would you just listen? Now, I know that

to save good souls. I have to try this. Gabrielle?

Yes, you do. Well, I\'ll camp here and I\'ll wait.

Xena moves to a small hill. She looks back at Gabrielle and then dives into the lake.

down here? Mind you, with all the changes that

take any more dead people across, unless they

You wanna help set things right? When Hades

This, I gotta see. Here, get on board. She\'s gonna

Hey, you\'re gonna be back, you know, under

Yeah, well, bring a coin next time.

Xena steps into Tartarus to see all the suffering innocent souls.

Don\'t be scared. I\'m not going to hurt you. Here.

It feels so good to hold you. I\'ve thought about

Not just killing them. He liked cutting them into little

down here. He\'s somehow managed to steal

Hades and turn this place upside down. He loves

of the Elysian Fields. That\'s the best place to find him.

When we go in there, will anyone notice we don\'t belong?

The Elysian fields. It\'s a beautiful land of bliss with green fields and waterfalls.

Xena and Marcus steps into the Elysian fields. Men and women run about, fighting. They eat and drink and are all loud and rowdy.

A small flask of alcohol is tossed at Xena. She catches it and adds it to her belt.

They have everything they could possibly want

Strange thing. They\'re not happy even in Paradise.

You ended up with the wicked after all, Xena. I

guess it\'s hard to make up for a lifetime of evil

No one. My horse threw me and I broke my little neck.

a hero. Well, listen, I want you to know, there\'s

But when this change happened down here, I

was actually grateful to you. It\'s great to be wicked

So he could be standing here right now, listening

Yeah, I guess he could have. (speaking louder) I

That\'s the great thing. There are none...at least

have to stay where they are. Isn\'t death grand?

Well, like your friend says, it\'s hard to make up

for a lifetime of evil with a single good deed

spend the rest of eternity in Tartarus with the very

Xena, I died doing a selfless act. You taught me

You\'ll pardon me, will you? You can\'t hit what

I understand you were a leader among the living, Toxeus.

Mmmm! It\'s that woman there. We need to make

kill me. You\'ll just find he\'s lied to you. He\'s

That\'s right. Just because he stole it from Hades,

without a fight. Of course, that\'s what he wants,

The wicked all battle each other, some attacking Xena and Marcus.

Atyminius knocks Toxeus aside, draws his sword and puts on the helmet.

We\'ll never get to Atyminius in this mess. Let\'s

Gabrielle waits at the lake. A group of villagers walk by.

The villagers leave and Gabrielle looks out once more at the lake.

They step onto the path to the palace. Atop are two harpies who fly at Xena and Marcus.

Xena and Marcus draw their swords and fight the harpies.

Xena takes a drink from the flask and spits on the torch. Fire shoots out and hits one of the harpies. The harpy screams and flies about in a giant fireball.

The harpy hits the palace and explodes. The second harpy grabs Marcus with her tail by his shirt.

They run to the palace. As they run, the harpy drops Marcus\' shirt and he catches it. They run inside the palace.

Xena holds the doors while Marcus slips a piece of lumber in the locks.

Xena and Marcus hold the door. The harpy gives up.

Xena smiles and walks off. Marcus puts on his shirt and joins her.

Xena and Marcus enter Hades\' room. The god sits at a table with his head in his hands.

his killing spree again. He\'ll be sending more

of the living, they\'re only a shade, a ghost, unable

couldn\'t kill anybody. But wearing that helmet will

bring him back to life, he\'ll be mortal again.

Yes, but, once he\'s mortal, he can be killed

again. But when he dies, the helmet will return

You\'re not dead, you\'re free to go at any time, but your

friend\'s a ghost. Not much help against Atyminius.

he can\'t do this one small thing to save his kingdom?

Hades shoots a blue light at Marcus and Marcus is once more alive.

Then he dies again. Take this passage here.

he\'ll have to travel as a mortal. I suspect he left

Gabrielle puts down the woods she has collected. Atyminius comes out of the water, but he is invisible. Gabrielle looks out when she hears the water, but sees nothing.

No, I suppose that would be too much good luck.

O-o-oh, the look of fear in those beautiful eyes,

Atyminius gets ready to attack and Gabrielle grabs her staff.

Atyminius attacks and Gabrielle and Atyminius fight. Gabrielle knocks him down and runs. Atyminius catches up with her and knocks her to the ground, holding up the dagger.

Xena and Marcus step out of the lake. Xena sees Gabrielle\'s wood.

Marcus points and Xena looks to see Atyminius standing over Gabrielle\'s unconscious form, dagger in hand.

Xena runs and attacks Atyminius, knocking him to the ground. Atyminius puts on the helmet and Xena brings down her sword into the sand.

He laughs and throws his dagger, but when it leaves his hand it becomes visible and Xena ducks. Atyminius hits Xena.

Xena and Marcus watch his movements by the tracks he makes in the sand. They strike and hit him. He cries out in pain and runs off.

Marcus follows and Xena moves to Gabrielle\'s side.

and--and then the next thing I saw was you. It\'s a

Oh, I\'ve heard so much about you. I\'m sorry we didn\'t

He\'s alive again, for a while. We\'ll explain as we

move. But, right now we\'ve gotta to go after Atyminius.

Looks like they lead out of the forest. He\'s got a

There\'s none up here. Must be a minor wound.

find him by sunset, we\'ll have to make camp.

Camp? Who\'s gonna sleep with that monster

I wouldn\'t worry about it. He\'s trying to put as much

Just the same, I don\'t plan to close my eyes all night.

Gabrielle snores. Xena pulls up Gabrielle\'s blanket.

Nah. I want to be awake for every moment of life

kinds of things the living take for granted, until

you don\'t have them anymore. Like the evening

air. It just settles on you like a cool blanket. And

the sky. There\'s nothing like it on the other side.

Yes, that would be you. There\'s something

Sometimes, I think if I had just said things a little

differently, then maybe you\'d have come around

your words finally found their way to my heart.

It\'s just that I found out how much you meant to

stronger than evil. It\'s even stronger than death.

My feelings for you were the only thing that kept

There\'s something I\'ve been wanting to say to you, too.

when, something attacked us. It came from nowhere.

We\'ve gotta hurry. The bride\'s in great danger.

Village. Atyminius is invisible and creates trouble. He knocks over a cart and then shoves a man\'s head into a basket before letting him up and moving on.

Marcus sees the juggler who is looking at his balls, trying to figure out how the one was floating (when Atyminius held it). He hits them together.

Hey. He\'s acting like he\'s seen a ghost.

The three move to the house. Xena knocks on the door and the Bride\'s Father exits.

I heard that too, but believe me he\'s here in Pylos now.

For your daughter\'s sake, please, let us help you.

will keep my identity concealed until the last moment.

Dear, I have some terrible news for you.

Atyminius leaves the house, having heard the plan.

The bride moves with several girls to her bathing. Marcus guards over them.

Xena lies in the bride\'s bed, a veil over her head. Gabrielle tucks Xena in, pretending Xena is the bride.

Atyminius enters the bride\'s bedroom and removes the helmet.

The bride begins her bathing, splashing water onto her legs.

Atyminius draws his dagger and moves closer to Xena, who is still veiled.

Atyminius takes off the veil to see Xena. She attacks him.

I knew that you\'d hear every word.

Xena throws a blanket over him and stabs him.

Xena takes the helmet and then uncovers Atyminius. He is dead. Gabrielle enters.

Stay here. Marcus and I have something we\'ve

This helmet kept Atyminius mortal. He could still

Yeah. We could live out our lives together. Without

It\'s what I want, but that\'s the problem, isn\'t it?

what I want. It\'s about what\'s right. What if

They kiss and then hug, Xena is near tears. "Burial" plays.

Wait a second, I know this guy, he\'s been dead

I don\'t believe this. There are no rules anymore.

All right, that is it. I\'m drawing the line right here,

across unless you give me a gold coin. Now there\'ll

Welcome aboard. Hope you have a great time.

And, uh, keep your hands inside the boat. Now,

Xena and Marcus walk carefully to the door of the palace.

Marcus draws his sword. The harpy flies down and grabs Marcus.

Marcus cuts the harpy\'s leg and it drops him. He grabs onto the wall, the lava flowing underneath him. The harpy gets on his back. Xena flips over to the wall with her yell. The harpy attacks her.

Marcus loses his grip and falls, but grabs another block.

Xena grabs a torch. She throws the alcohol on the harpy and then it attacks her, running into the flame. It catches on fire and explodes when it hits the palace.

among the good. If I don\'t tell you what I did with

when they die. Not even I can change that.

When they die? All I\'m asking is that you give

life back for forty-eight hours, remember? He\'ll die

No, wait. All right, I give you my word. I will judge

him again. But, keep in mind that all his past bad

deeds will still weigh heavily against him.

That won\'t be necessary. I know everything that

I don\'t just wanna talk about what he\'s done. I

All right, you can talk for him. Now, where\'s the helmet?

Xena and Marcus kiss. Xena stabs him and he dies. Xena looks at the bloody dagger and then drops it, tears in her eyes.

He could have kept that helmet and lived out his life.

learned to carry the Elysian Fields inside him. Let

him bring that love to Paradise where it belongs. Please.

Xena watches over the Innocent. Hades appears. Marcus steps next to Xena.

Gabrielle moves to Xena and helps her out of the water. They sit on the sand and Xena looks out at the water.

Disclaimer: No Winged Harpies were harmed or sent to a fiery grave during the production of this motion picture.