From: daviderl31@yahoo.com   
      
   3-21 Sacrifice, Part 1   
      
       First air date May 4, 1998.   
      
       The story starts out at an old abandoned temple. Then a vortex in the   
   sky spears with lightning coming out of it. Then we see Callisto crawling   
   out of the center and dives down to the ground. She says something about it   
   not being built to hold a real god.   
      
       Then a cut to Gabrielle and Xena watching a ritual with four scantily   
   clad masked women dancing around a fire. Surrounding them are men dressed in   
   robes and hoods over most of their faces. Xena and Gabrielle are looking for   
   a childhood friend of Gabrielle's. Xena reads a priest's lips and he says   
   something about the return of a goddess and building temples to her.   
      
       Gabrielle's friend, Seraphin, comes into view. She puts on a mask with   
   long straw hair and climbs up a small ladder tower. The priest is about to   
   stab her with a spear when Xena uses her Chakram to break the shaft.   
   Everyone fights. Seraphin runs off with the priest. Gabrielle beats up a   
   bunch of the followers while Xena chases Seraphin.   
      
       Xena runs into Callisto, who has cut another priest's throat then   
   disappears in a fireball.   
      
       Gabrielle can't believe Seraphin is a follower of Callisto.   
      
       Cut to Callisto in a cave with the dead priest. She is about to cut him   
   up -- for something we hear but don't see.   
      
       Xena sends Gabrielle ahead with Argo. Ares appears and wants to know if   
   Callisto had a pendant with hind's blood on it. (Apparently Callisto killed   
   Strife with it.) Xena says no. Ares wonders how Callisto got through the   
   gate. Xena says she's a god, and how long would it have taken Ares?   
      
       Ares wants Xena's help stopping Callisto because she isn't a true god.   
   She was a mortal first and has no respect for the other gods.   
      
       Back to the followers and the priest. They have Seraphin and once again   
   she climbs up the ladder tower, but when the priest tries to stab her with   
   another spear, it is Xena. She fights everyone.   
      
       Callisto appears. When she throws a fireball at Xena, she dives out of   
   the way. Ares is behind Xena and gets hit with the fireball. He wants to   
   fight Callisto, but she grabs the priest and disappears again.   
      
       Gabrielle asks Seraphin how she can worship Callisto, but she doesn't   
   know who she is. Xena guesses it is Hope she worships.   
      
       Seraphin says Hope will bring peace to the world. Xena tells her Hope   
   killed Solan. Gabrielle takes Seraphin away to try to talk to her.   
      
       Ares appears again and wants Xena to lead the massive army he intends to   
   bring together  to fight the followers of Hope. She refuses.   
      
       Xena tells Gabrielle that since Hope hasn’t appeared yet, she may be   
   vulnerable enough to kill.   
      
       Callisto takes the priest to the Cave of the Sister Peaks where Hope is.   
   The priest tells her that his blood won't free Hope, only Seraphin's. But he   
   can talk to Hope for Callisto.   
      
       Ares tells one of his men to gather the troops. Then a bright orange   
   fiery light appears behind Ares. He turns and we see fear on his face.   
      
       Gabrielle and Seraphin are sitting by a lake talking about their   
   childhood. Gabrielle is trying to get her to tell her about the rebirth of   
   Hope. She tells Gabrielle that Hope's return is for the greater good.   
   Gabrielle tells her that Hope is her daughter.   
      
       Callisto takes the priest into the cave where Hope is in a cocoon. He   
   talks to Hope and discovers Callisto is helping Hope because she wants Hope   
   to kill her. She wants oblivion – no Tartarus, no memories.   
      
       Xena tells Gabrielle she has to deal with Callisto before she can take   
   care of Hope. Gabrielle tells Xena they are in the cave.   
      
       Xena goes to the cave and Callisto knows she is there. They fight some.   
   Xena cuts off Callisto's hand but she grows a new one. Xena tries to get   
   Callisto to use her fireballs in the cave but she knows it will take down   
   the roof. Xena runs outside. Callisto follows, but when she uses a fireball,   
   Xena reflects it off three shields and it hits the rocks over the cave   
   entrance and buries Callisto.   
      
       Xena goes back into the cave, but when she starts to kill Hope, Ares   
   appears then transports Hope away.   
      
       Seraphin tells Gabrielle that she is known as the Betrayer for killing   
   Hope. Gabrielle says Hope is evil. Seraphin says Hope never had her mother   
   to guide her as a child. And how could Gabrielle's child be evil?   
      
       Xena tells them that Ares has Hope but can't take her to Mt Olympus   
   because of the other gods, and the only safe place is the Halls of War.   
      
       In the Halls, Ares tells Hope that even though she and Callisto killed   
   Strife and tried to kill him, he forgives her. But Xena is coming and she   
   needs to do something to discourage her.   
      
       A mob of people start advancing on Xena, Gabrielle and Seraphin. Xena   
   sends them to a hut and tries to fight off the mob. The people surround the   
   hut. Xena comes down through the ceiling, boots Gabrielle up, knocks out   
   Seraphin then jumps up to safety.   
      
       Xena, Gabrielle and Seraphin are searching for the Halls of War.   
   Gabrielle wonders if the rebirth will change Hope. Xena tells her again Hope   
   killed Solan and not to defend her.   
      
   Xena leaves them. Seraphin tells Gabrielle Hope is her daughter and she   
   loves her. Gabrielle releases Seraphin to go find Hope.   
      
   Xena comes up behind Gabrielle. It was a trick to get Seraphin to lead them   
   to Hope.   
      
   Ares tells the priest Xena is coming, the priest is worried. Ares says he   
   has a card to play that Xena won't expect.   
      
   Xena goes into the Halls leaving Gabrielle behind. Ares grabs Gabrielle and   
   tells her they have something to talk about.   
      
   He takes her to The Fates. He says she owes him a debt for talking her to   
   Chin ahead of Xena. And if Xena kills Hope, the Fates will cut the thread of   
   life. Gabrielle thinks it's her thread, and will sacrifice herself to stop   
   Hope. But when Ares has her touch it, she realizes it's Xena life-thread.   
   The Fates agree that Ares had the right to ask it.   
      
   Seraphin tells cocoon-Hope she is ready to die. The priest starts to stab   
   her but Xena's Chakram breaks the blade. More fighting.   
   Seraphin tries to kill herself with the broken blade, but Xena kicks it out   
   of her hand. More fighting. The priest starts to stab Xena but gets Seraphin   
   instead.   
      
   Callisto appears.   
      
   Seraphin sees her blood on her hand and crawls to the cocoon and smears her   
   blood on it.   
      
   Gabrielle, Xena and Callisto watch as Hope breaks out of the cocoon.   
      
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