From: davideml@bellsouth.net   
      
   5-12 God Fearing Child   
      
      
      
             First air date was Jan 31, 2000.   
      
             The episode starts out with the Fates tending to the Big Ball of   
   Destiny (which no longer   
   is a loom). They tell Zeus the birth of Xena's baby will end the Olympic gods.   
   Zeus doesn't believe   
   them, but Hera says he once told her all things must end, so why not them?   
      
             Gabrielle and Xena are breaking camp when Xena tells Gabrielle to   
   feel her baby kick.   
   Gabrielle says she had a dream that they both were giving birth to Xena's   
   baby. Xena says she'd   
   gladly share the labor pains. And she says the baby is going to change both   
   their lives. Hercules   
   comes up and congratulates Xena. He hugs both of them.   
      
             They both see six men behind them and know they are about to fight.   
   The three of them   
   have a big fight and defeat the armor-clad warriors. Xena puts the Pinch on   
   one and she and   
   Hercules both ask who sent them. Hercules' guy answers it was Zeus, and Xena's   
   child must die.   
      
             Gabrielle asks Xena why Zeus would want to hurt her child. One of   
   the warriors gets back   
   up and Xena kills him with her Chakram. Hercules tells her they are the   
   Proxidicae, and if you kill   
   one, the rest get stronger. The three of them run away rather than fight again.   
      
             Gabrielle asks Xena what she is going to do. She plans on getting   
   the Helmet of   
   Invisibility from Hades to hide from Zeus. But Hercules tells her if her child   
   is born in the   
   underworld, it will be stillborn. She still plans on going. Hercules tells her   
   he is going to talk   
   to Zeus to find out what is going on. And he would die before he let anyone   
   hurt her child.   
      
             Xena and Gabrielle go to the lake that goes to Tartarus (Lake   
   Alcyonian from "Mortal   
   Beloved"?). Xena has doubts about raising her child. Gabrielle tells her they   
   both will dedicate   
   their lives to protect the baby. They go to Tartarus.   
      
             Hercules goes to Mt Olympus and confronts Zeus and Hera. Zeus says   
   the baby is an   
   abomination and was sired by a force more destructive than Hercules can   
   imagine. Hercules doesn't   
   believe them. Zeus says that since Hercules had the blood of a god in him, he   
   could die also. He   
   says he'll take his chances. Zeus hints he will kill Hercules if he has to.   
   After he leaves, Hera   
   again says maybe it is their time to go.   
      
             Xena and Gabrielle land in Tartarus and more Proxidicae are around   
   so they have to hide   
   from them.   
      
             Zeus appears in either a temple of Ares, or in Ares' Hall on Mt   
   Olympus, and he wants   
   Ares to keep Hercules busy while he, Zeus, kills Xena and her baby. Ares isn't   
   happy with that   
   since he cares for Xena. He tells Zeus he will go along with it if he can kill   
   Hercules. Zeus   
   reluctantly agrees.   
      
             Hercules is in some woods and Ares appears and tries to kill   
   Hercules with a fireball.   
   Hercules dives out of the way. Then Hera appears, but instead of trying to   
   help Ares kill Hercules,   
   she hits Ares with her fireball, knocking him out. Hera tells Hercules she   
   knows why he is in the   
   forest of the Titans.   
      
             Gabrielle and Xena are walking by the tormented souls who are   
   wrapped up in cocoons. Xena   
   says they are doomed to spend eternity watching the lives they left behind.   
   Then she sees herself   
   and Solan. She turns around and sees Solan in a cocoon. She uses her Chakram   
   to free him. She can't   
   understand why he isn't in the Elysian fields. He says he wanted to be there   
   so he wouldn't forget   
   about her. She says after they get the helmet she's taking him back to the   
   Elysian fields.   
      
             Hercules doesn't believe Hera wants to help him and humanity. She   
   says something about   
   him saving her grandson, and she knows what he's looking for.   
      
             Xena, Gabrielle and Solan are trying to get to Hades' throne room   
   without being caught.   
   Solan thinks Xena doesn't want him anymore because she has a new baby. She   
   says he changed her life   
   and she'll never forget  him.   
      
             They get to the throne room but both are suspicious because it was   
   too easy. Hades tells   
   them they are going to spend eternity there. Then he tells them if Xena   
   surrenders, he'll take   
   Solan to the Elysian fields. He says he can't allow the Olympian order to die   
   and tells the   
   Proxidicae to attack. During the fight, Gabrielle runs over and put on the   
   Helmet of Invisibility.   
   She beats up some of the Proxidicae, then knocks Hades down so Xena and Solan   
   can escape.   
      
             Hera and Hercules talk about Zeus killing Cronos with  a dagger made   
   from Cronos' rib.   
   She says she hopes the remains of Cronos will scare Zeus away. And that she   
   finally realizes that   
   humanity was the only creation she is proud of.   
      
             Zeus finds the unconscious Ares and brings him to. He chastises Ares   
   for failing to stop   
   Hercules. Ares tells him Hera is helping Hercules. Zeus says he has no choice   
   but to rid the world   
   of Xena and Hercules.   
      
             Hera makes an invisible mountain appear to Hercules, which is where   
   the tomb of Cronos   
   is. Hera knows Zeus will be coming when he realizes she is helping Hercules.   
      
             Ares finds Xena and Solan in Tartarus. He wants to help her out but   
   she doesn't believe   
   he'd chance dying with the rest of the gods. He hints that he'd give up his   
   godhood for her. She   
   dares him to say he loves her, but he can't do it until she and Solan are out   
   of sight and hearing.   
      
             Xena and Solan arrive at the entrance to the Elysian fields, and   
   Gabrielle takes off the   
   helmet. Hades appears and calls out Xena. Xena tells Solan to follow them and   
   put on the helmet   
   when she tells him to. He whispers to her if the baby is a girl, she should   
   name her Eve. They run   
   out to fight the Proxidicae guarding the entrance.   
      
             During the fight, Xena starts having labor pains. Hades throws a   
   fireball at her but she   
   deflects it back to him with her Chakram and knocks him out. Solan has made it   
   into  the Elysian   
   fields. Gabrielle supports Xena and tells her they have to go home. They exit   
   a cave and stop under   
   a tree while Xena goes into labor.   
      
   Hercules breaks a hole in the top of Cronos' tomb and drops down inside and   
   gets one of his ribs.   
   Zeus appears. Hera hits him with a fireball and tells Hercules to make sure   
   Xena is safe.   
      
   Xena is in labor.   
      
   Zeus gets up, and while kissing Hera, they spin into the air and she   
   disappears.   
      
   One of the Fates says Xena's baby is coming. Another says that unless Zeus   
   prevents its arrival,   
   the Greek gods are doomed.   
      
      
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