The Empire
by HBKid

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No Romans, firegods, or broken body parts where harmed during the writing of this fan fiction
episode. Some readers may spend hours vomiting after reading the gory details about the blood and where the weapons pierced there victims.

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Episode 1, Series 1.

TO DIVIDE AND CONQUER, CAESAR MUST BUILD THE ULTIMATE EMPIRE
ON AN ALL NEW XENA FAN FICTION ADVENTURE
Xena: Caesar will attack Athens and move down
Caesar: Clever but not wise, you will fail
BUT WITH HERA ON CAESAR'S SIDE...
Caesar: I have the help of the gods with me
HERCULES WANTS A PIECE OF THE ACTION AS WELL
Dahak: Hera's will shall be done and Hercules will be delivered to me
WILL THE WORLD'S GREATEST HEROES DEFEAT THE WORLDS NEW RULER?
ON THE NEXT ALL NEW XENA FAN FICTION ADVENTURE
UP NEXT...

Main Characters:
Xena
Gabrielle

Guest Characters:
Julius Caesar
Hercules
Iolaus
Hera
Dahak

Xena and Gabrielle are heading off a beach after a brutal twelve-day voyage from The Realm of Gedrom. Gabrielle sleeps on shore because she wants to feel the sea breeze and Xena stays in the forest.

The morning comes and ten miles from Gabrielle and Xena's sleeping place, a boat arrives holding Roman soldiers and Caesar. He calls Brutus to him and tells him to wait with twenty men until the thirty other warships arrive and bring men. Brutus agrees to wait and a chariot with a Roman slave picks up Caesar and takes him to a nearby hut. He meets several noblemen who agree with help him on his takeover of Greece. Caesar says he wants to take Athens first since its the best way to prove his greatness. Brutus arrives with several men and states the others are on the beach and waiting.

Gabrielle and Xena sleep to about mid-noon and Xena goes to hunt for food while Gabrielle moves down the beach and is caught by Caesar's men. Gabrielle tries to fight them off, but is run down and taken to Caesar. He plans to use Gabrielle, but not to lure Xena in but rather to kill Xena. Xena brings back a stag to eat for breakfast, but finds no Gabrielle. She spots two Roman ships coming in with Caesar's banner on them. She figures out that her nemesis is here and lays down to think up a plan. Caesar is aware that Gabrielle has had past meetings with Dahak so he prays to the evil god to show up. As a fiery figure shows up and ties Gabrielle in a flame. He says he wants her help but she refuses so he lets her go and forces her to look into his deadly eyes as Gabrielle faints. Dahak lets out an evil laugh and disappears.

Gabrielle awakes and says, "I must kill Xena" and is given a sword.

Meanwhile, Brutus sends out word to get all the Romans to Athens by way of the skull forest, which is deserted and holds much food. Caesar wants to take this approach since he feels it will make the takeover of Athens and the buildup of his empire more secret.

Gabrielle stands by Caesar on his chariot as they head to Athens. Xena meanwhile decides to head into the port of Bersa nearby to get some help in her search for Gabrielle. Xena senses that Caesar has captured Gabrielle and arrives at Bersa after a ten minute run. Several Roman soldiers have set the tavern on fire and Xena picks up a javelin and slices a soldier in half with it. Then wields her chakram at another and slits his throat as blood squirts out and washes the third Roman in the face. As Xena leaps over the falling body of the killed Roman and chops the thirds head off. With one left, she takes her whip and pulls him to her and places her pinch on him. For ten seconds he refuses to talk and he soon suffocates and falls down dead.

"There's the Chosen" yells an old seer named Balcus. Balcus, and old bearded seer with one good eye and a toga like outfit, explains to Xena that Caesar's top four guards are the chosen few and would die to keep the world of Caesar safe.

Meanwhile, Mount Olympus is the stage for Hera discussing with Discord about Dahak. Hera states her view as being hopeful to make peace with this other god in hopes that he will help her kill her stepson Hercules and Xena.

Caesar and Gabrielle talk at night when Caesar sets camp.

Hera appears and tells Caesar, "Release the spell on Gabrielle and I will take care of the rest".

Caesar states Dahak must release the spell and he is nowhere to be found. Hera releases it herself and Gabrielle runs off as Caesar tells his men to follow and bring her back. The woods are dark and out of the ground busts a giant hydra which spits slime at Gabrielle and takes her to the ground.

Xena appears and laughs as Gabrielle is being twisted in the hydras tail and is getting the life squeezed out of her. Caesar arrives and throws a javelin into the hydras head however another head appears. Gabrielle screams out for Brutus to burn the hydra with his torch. However the hydra simply spits liquid at Brutus and he falls. Gabrielle is released from the tail in luck and Caesar takes a second javelin and lights it on fire. He throws it right through the hydras head and it burns down and explodes leaving its burned ashes on the ground.

Gabrielle lay hurt as Xena looks from behind a tree, Gabrielle thanks Caesar and the two exchange a long kiss as Xena looks on in disbelief and shock. She walks away upset and looking hurt, as her best friend has kissed her worst rival.

Brutus takes Gabrielle and a hurt Caesar back to the camp and Gabrielle yells in anger at Xena "That bitch let me fend for myself". She wants to help Caesar defeat her.

Caesar tells Gabrielle that Xena never cared for her and only wanted to use her like she tried to use him, Caesar proclaimed.

"Divide and conquer" said Caesar.

He said Gabrielle must conquer Xena and kill her. Gabrielle was hesitant but said it may be the only way to defeat her. Gabrielle asked Caesar why he wants Athens. He says he wants to make sure gods like Hera and Dahak can't control. Gabrielle trusts him and actually believes he's doing it for the good of all. As Gabrielle sleeps, Caesar talks to Brutus. Caesar discusses that he will use Gabrielle to defeat Xena and than have his empire start with Gabrielle helping him rule.

Xena lays down in her sleep wondering why Gabrielle was kissing Caesar. Xena dreams about Caesar pulling a knife on her and killing her and Gabrielle standing over her with a sword dripping with Xena's blood. Xena awakes screaming and with a bleeding hand, but appears she was bitten by some animal during her nightmare.

Meanwhile in the nearby town of Hartpa, Hercules and Iolaus are drinking at a bar after cleaning out several thugs.

The bar owner gives some gossip and states "Some Roman-Caesar Guy is rumored to be taking out Athens and make his empire, some drunken solider came her last night and was telling a dancer about it".

Meanwhile at Caesar's camp, Brutus has sent word to Caesar that one of his soldiers was not at role call in the morning. Caesar pulls a knife on Niktu, the missing soldiers best friend. Caesar orders Niktu to tell of his friends whereabouts and all Niktu says is that his friend Maris has gone to the next town by the main road to drink and get a female dancer to have sex with before the big battle.

Caesar slits Niktu's throat and says he will take a chariot to the nearby tavern. It takes him ten minutes to arrive and he walks in wearing a black robe.

He greets Hercules and states "Strong people are strong but have little knowledge on how to rule or where I will rule after I destroy".

Iolaus replies "Wacko".

Caesar replies to that "And a wacko is one who calls a sane person what he calls the teller," and Caesar demands to see Maris. The tavern owner has no idea where he is.

Caesar walks outside with Brutus and three men and returns to camp and gathers everyone and gets ready to charge Athens at noon. Herc and Iolaus figure it may have been Caesar and decide to head to Athens.

Xena is walking nearer to the tavern to get breakfast when she sees a soldier walking. She sees he wears the banner of Rome thus she places the pinch on him and demands he tell her where Gabrielle is and what Caesar has come to Greece to do. He states Caesar wants to control all and make Gabrielle his bride.

"She wants to kill you" and with that he dies and Xena gets up and takes his bow and arrow set to use. Hercules comes up from behind Xena and the two hug as Xena begins to cry when she tells what Gabrielle has done. Iolaus decides that they must defeat Caesar. The Athenian army will help them defeat Caesar but they must arrive at Athens first.

Herc and Iolaus take Argo and another horse while Xena plans to follow Caesar. Xena spots the Romans leaving camp and leaps over several trees to stand in front of the chariot holding Julius Caesar and no Gabrielle.

Caesar points to the uphill area and Gabby is tied to a wooden cross. Caesar laughs and Gabrielle yells to Xena for help. But as Xena runs to untie Gabrielle, Gabrielle kicks her down and ten Roman soldiers knock Xena out with a giant hammer. Gabrielle gets down and has Xena tied to the cross.

Caesar orders Xena's legs broken again and Gabrielle grabs a hammer and smacks it across Xena's legs thus breaking them and forcing Xena to anguish in pain. Gabrielle gives an evil laugh and a sweaty and horrified Xena hangs her head down and dies. Xena is taken down and lays on the ground as the Romans leave for Athens.

Herc and Iolaus are stopped by a mysterious voice who calls herself MiLila. The voice comes from the other side and proclaims "Xena is in trouble and has lost her friendship with Gabrielle, Caesar must be stopped and you must help the friends reunite. Trouble in Athens and nearby in the woods. Help Xena. Healer Not. Your power. Yes" and than the voice disappears.

Hercules and Iolaus find Xena nearby laying down. Xena is in pain with her legs broken. Hercules says he learned from his cousin the god Ijelepius how to cure such as thing but it would be very painful. Hercules twisted the left leg as Xena screamed bloody murder and fainted. Hercules placed the leg straight and it suddenly awoke Xena, who felt that her leg was normal. He did the same to the right.

Xena stood up and was close to Hercules lips when Iolaus said "Lets go and save the world from Caesar" and the three heroes walked to Athens. Caesar and Gabrielle arrived in Athens and the entire Roman army started to throw fire at houses and burn people. One small child started to flee the fountain leading Caesar to to hurl a javelin at him as the boy fell down with a javelin through his chest and blood leaking out on the ground.

Hercules attacked Brutus in the right area of the town and a centaur named Derek, who was Herc's friend, jumped several soldiers. Athenian soldiers started to fight back and shot down ten to twenty Romans with arrows and spears. Brutus was stabbed in the chest by Derek's sword and fell down dead with blood coming out of his chest. Derek then threw his bloody sword at another Roman and stabbed him down.

Suddenly darkness came over Athens as the fight continued and Gabrielle was guarded by fifty Romans and Xena fought off several nearby with Iolaus and Herc taking the right area of the battle. Dahak appeared in a fireball and set the Parthenon on fire and burned out 100 Athenian soldiers.

Several Romans where blazed as they passed but Rome was winning and Caesar was closer to building his empire. Hercules confronted Caesar and attacked him taking him to the ground with a brutal kick. Herc grabbed a sword as did Caesar and the two fought it out. Caesar knocked the sword from Herc's hand and grabbed a small knife and cut Herc's arm which made blood pour out of it. Iolaus jumped Caesar from behind but a fireball smacked Iolaus and sent him flying down. He fell into the fountain and escaped certain death.

Darkness left, as did Dahak, and Caesar hurled a javelin at Xena, when she charged him. Gabrielle attacked Xena at her legs with a pole and started to unload on her with fists and a choke. Xena spit out blood as Gabrielle choked her down. Xena spit blood on Gabrielle's face and Gabrielle fled to a nearby wooded area.

Xena threw her chakram at thirty soldiers and sliced each in the neck as she caught a bloody chakram. Derek and the others fought of soldiers as Caesar fled to a chariot and went to acropolis, where there was no action. Gabrielle saw Xena but Xena jumped in the trees and swept up from behind Gabrielle and placed a sword at her neck and said she would kill her unless she told her what happened. Gabrielle said Xena ran instead of helped her fight a hydra but Xena said she heard a hydra and saw nothing except Caesar kissing Gabrielle.

"He's my hero because he saved me," said Gabrielle about Caesar to Xena.

Xena was shocked and embraced Gabrielle and said she was in trouble and would help her fight Caesar. Gabrielle low-blowed Xena and cut her across the arm with a small dagger and ran. Xena slowly followed.

Hera appeared in the fight in Athens and turned the left fire on the Parthenon into immortal fire and told Caesar secretly that one touch of fire to Herc would take away his power and kill him.

Caesar grabbed a javelin and placed some fire on it and hurled it at Hercules but Herc ducked and it nailed a running Gabrielle as Gabrielle was laid out with her body in pain. Xena leaped in the air and drop-kicked Caesar as Gabrielle snuck up from behind her with Gabrielle laying on the ground. Caesar's troops began to leave when darkness once again came down with thunder and lightning. Caesar stood back as Iolaus, Derek, Xena, and Gabrielle stood watching the downed Gabrielle rise up and turn into a demonic creature which was Dahak. With muscles like mountains and a chest of pure power and snakes in his crown of vines, Dahak appeared and said he was the Gabrielle who attacked Xena in the woods and caused trouble.

He said Gabrielle did flee, but he heard her cry over Xena. He told Caesar that he should return to Rome where he can plan another takeover. An angry Caesar ran to his chariot and fled.

Xena was attacked by Dahak as Herc and Iolaus and the others looked on. Dahak transformed into fire and charged at Xena, who leaped over him and grabbed a javelin. She threw it but it missed him.

Herc yelled that immortal fire can kill immortals and gods.

Dahak turned into a human being and pressed Xena above him and slammed her to the ground as Dahak threw Xena into a table and backhanded Hercules, who treed to help Xena. Dahak pointed at Gabrielle. The bard was in tears but Xena charged Dahak with the same javelin and the monster turned to bones. Everyone screamed in victory as a fireball appeared.

"You may have killed one of my demons but Dahak still lives and will be back another time". Caesar than appeared again and said he was going to leave but he would return and build a empire so big it would take Athens in a minute. Hera's eyes appeared and took Caesar away to safety.

Xena and Gabrielle embraced and Xena and Herc had a nice long mushy and love kiss. Gabrielle and Iolaus hugged and kissed and Athens had won back its freedom and rights from evil.

The four heroes thanked each other and Derek's wife Lyla looked at Xena, as the two who looked just like each other where amazed.

"Guess that makes three look-alikes" stated Xena.

Herc and Iolaus head off to Thebes to see Herc's parents while Xena and Gabrielle sat down on the nearby beach and talked about what Gabrielle did. Gabrielle said she was confused and Xena said things just happen and there's nothing we can do.

"Curse or no curse, life is life and Caesar had you thinking but the thing is you learned to trust that I would never walk on you. Hera and Dahak like to play trick and our job is to destroy them and with good friends like Herc and Iolaus we can do so but right now lets relax and I look forward to hearing what Caesar told you" stated Xena to Gabrielle.

"Nothing but bullshit" said Gabrielle to Xena as the two laid down and talked about tomorrow mornings breakfast.

Other Characters:
Discord
Derek
Brutus
Niktu
Maris
Bar Owner
Voice of MiLila

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