Xena: "Where are they?" Aphrodite: "They're probably in the Great Hall which is right through there." Xena: "Aphrodite, you might want to take off. Things could get ugly." Aphrodite: [touching Gabrielle's forehead] … "Bye, little one." Xena: "Thank you." Xena: "Here we go …" Eve: "Mother?" Xena: "What is it, Eve?" Eve: "Nothing. I just wanted to say it. I've never called anybody 'mother' before." Xena: "I just wish I had seen you grow up. I bet you were a beautiful little girl." Eve: "I was. I liked spiders." Xena: "Me, too … okay, let's get you two out of here." Ares: "Quite a load you've got there. Just … take it easy. I'm here to make you an offer." Eve: "Like she trusts anything you say, you lying bastard!" Ares: "We'll make you a god." Xena: "And what about Eve and Gabrielle?" Ares: "Gabrielle we can negotiate. But, Eve … she's our death warrant. She has to die." Ares: "You know, uh … this is the second time since you became Xena, Slayer of Gods, that we've faced off one-on-one and you haven't been able to pull the trigger … Argh! … [Xena shoots him with her crossbow and ties him up in the chains of Hephaestus] … You shot me! I'm the god of War! Nobody shoots the God of War!" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Xena: "I have a deal for you, Athena. You heal Eve and Gabrielle, and I'll leave you alone." Athena: "Xena wants to make a deal. I don't think that's going to be necessary." … [Artemis shoots a couple of arrows at Xena, which she deftly plucks out of the air and throws right back at poor Artemis] Xena: "You sure you don't wanna reconsider?" [Ares struggles to break free of his chains and slowly inches towards the unconscious and dying Gabrielle and Eve.] Xena: "Goddess of Wisdom, you got two choices - either you heal my friends and I leave you in peace, or you die now." Athena: "I will not be dictated to by a mortal!" Athena: [Xena's sword plunges into Athena's stomach] … "I don't feel a thing, Xena. You've lost the power to kill gods." [Ares places a hand at both Gabrielle and Eve's heads and begins to "do" something that creates a green glow about both of them.] Athena: "It's a shame it had to come to this, Xena." [Athena drops her guard a bit too much in her exuberance to have regained her invincibility against her foe. Xena strikes another blow, and this time the sword draws blood.] Athena: You healed them without my blessing! That's impossible!" Ares: "I gave up my immortality to save them." Athena: "What?" Ares: "I'm sorry, but I got a thing for her." Xena: [to a dazed and now mortal Ares] … "Thank you." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Xena: "Ooh, what do we got here?" … [Eve has a big ole hairy spider] Eve: "Gabrielle … about, Joxer … I, uh …" Gabrielle: "Eve, Joxer's at peace." Eve: "Thank you." Gabrielle: "Looks like you got your daughter back." Xena: "No, we got our daughter back."