| Page 5 "Tell me again why we're doing this." Gabrielle said. It was obvious she was feeling claustrophobic. "Gabrielle, if you think you're going to be sick, head back down. I've got it from here." Xena said as she crawled through the open door and stood up in the fairly small room beyond it. Xena looked up briefly at the extremely high ceiling then out the large windows before carefully helping her friend through the door. "You should feel better in here." Xena was right. After Gabrielle stood up she looked relieved and began to breathe normally again. Xena fished into a leather pouch and brought out the small star shaped stone. It winked at her as she turned it this way and that before settling it on a white stone pedestal in the middle of the room. The moment the green stone touched the pedestal it began to glow brilliantly. As Xena and Gabrielle quickly crawled back out of the room they could see a beam of green light extending down into the sea through a clear glassy area in the pedestal. That beam of light was what the stairs were supposed to wind around. Through the large windows toward the bottom the two friends could tell that the waves were already beginning to recede. They had done what they came to do. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Before they knew it they were safely on the slowing expanding shore. Everyone gazed out at the tower in the sea. The sense of relief was unanimous. "I can't tell you how glad I am Atlantis is going to stay above the sea! The people here Love my wares. I'm seriously considering opening a permanent shop here soon!" Salmoneus gushed. "Yes, Atlantis is yet another city saved, thanks to Joxer the Mighty." Xena and Gabrielle rolled their eyes at Joxer. "I just hope that if anything ever happens again, one of us is here to stop it." Xena told Hercules and Joxer. Joxer puffed his chest out at that and insisted on guiding Gabrielle through the beach debris and back to the city. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ As the sun rose the next morning the seven friends realized it was time to say goodbye. Autolycus decided to travel with Hercules and Iolaus who were headed to Thrace. Xena and Gabrielle wished them luck before heading in the opposite direction with Salmoneus and Joxer in tow."You know Xena you should really buy some of my designer clothes.They might come in handy some day, especially in a disguise! I sold a lot of them in Atlantis,they only cost-" "Well Gabrielle(Xena inturupted),it's your turn. Where do we go from here?" Xena asked as she tried to keep Argo from stopping to graze. "How about Athens? Homer is supposed to make a one night only appearance to recite my favorite ballad." Gabrielle said. Xena grimaced momentarily, before grinning. Gabrielle looked at her warily. "That's just fine Gabrielle, you go have fun at your performance. Next weekend we are going to attend a fishing compeition." "Those fishermen won't know what hit them." Gabrielle said looking a bit miffed. "Perhaps I should just let Xena think she's won for now (Gabrielle thought). She won't be so happy once we reach Athens and she discovers I've signed us up for a poetry workshop too." Gabrielle winced at the thought as they rounded the corner and were out of sight. THE END By Katy T. Click Here for the Disclaimer. |
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