From: daviderl31@yahoo.com   
      
                               6.2 The Haunting of Amphipolis   
      
   First airing was Oct. 9, 2000.   
      
   The story starts out with Archangels Michael and Raphael looking down on   
   Xena, Gabrielle, and Eve (on horseback!) on their way to Amphipolis, and   
   saying Xena has killed most of the Olympian gods and she is the only mortal   
   prepared to face – this.   
      
   They arrive after dark to a long-deserted Amphipolis. They go into Cyrene's   
   tavern and it is equally empty, cob-webby, and littered with leaves. Eve   
   mentions how cold it is inside. Xena goes upstairs to check and Gabrielle   
   goes to the back. Xena sees a vision of someone dragging Cyrene by the arm,   
   but they disappear. Livia lights candles and hears a deep voice say "Livia."   
   She sees two men dragging Cyrene toward her, and they pass through each   
   other.   
      
   Eve tells Xena she felt Cyrene's spirit, she's dead, and in pain. She says   
   there are other souls there. Xena says the tavern is haunted. Eve says she   
   can feel the realms of heaven and hell taking sides for a battle. Xena   
   leaves for the family mausoleum.   
      
   Gabrielle is eating fruit. Eve sees it is covered with maggots. Gabrielle   
   runs away. Gabrielle is washing  her hands, then a maggot crawls out of her   
   hand.   
      
   Others follow. Her hands get bloody, and suddenly both hands are bloody   
   skeletons.  Eve sees blood coming from between the stones of the floor. She   
   says, "In the name of Eli and the powers of heaven, I command this evil   
   presence to be cast out." After a couple of times, everything changes back   
   and Gabrielle's hands are normal.   
      
   Xena finds Cyrene's burned bones on top of a tomb. A man comes in and tells   
   her Mephistopheles sent evil spirits to the tavern and Cyrene went mad.   
      
   When the crops failed the townies accused her of being a witch and burned   
   her at the stake.   
      
   Gabrielle sees a picture in a stone of the floor. She bends down to listen   
   and hands come up through the stones and pull her down, She is under water   
   with some evil souls keeping her down. One says she isn't the messenger.   
   Xena sees the stone, thrusts her arm down through it and pulls Gabrielle   
   back up.   
      
   Gabrielle is now wearing a leather bikini. She screams that her skin is   
   burning. They get her to a shower and she strips while letting the water   
   cleanse her.   
      
   Xena explains about Mephistopheles and Cyrene being burned. Gabrielle tells   
   them the evil souls said they seek the blood of the messenger – Eve. Xena   
   sees a vision of herself, dead Lyceus, and her mother slapping her and   
   blaming her for his death.   
      
   Still showering, Gabrielle's hands get bloody. Then she is bleeding where   
   she had spikes driven through her hands and feet when she was crucified. She   
   falls to the floor. When she looks up her eyes are yellow and she is   
   possessed by Mephistopheles.   
      
   Xena sees the naked and possessed Gabrielle hanging upside down. Gabrielle   
   dives down on her and they roll around fighting. Xena grabs rags, dresses   
   her and ties her up. Meph-Gabrielle says since the Olympian gods are dead   
   it's time for his reign on earth to begin. When Eve's blood is spilled he   
   will be made flesh.   
      
   Mephistopheles shows Xena a vision of Cyrene being burned.   
      
   Several times Eve commands the evil to be cast out. Eventually Gabrielle is   
   back to normal.   
      
   Eve wanders back outside. Suddenly Xena's left arm and Gabrielle's right arm   
   are joined into one arm connecting them. Then their legs are stuck together.   
   They go outside to find Eve. She commands they evil be cast out and they are   
   disconnected.   
      
   Mephistopheles' voice tells Xena that  few drops of Eve's blood will bring   
   him into the mortal world and Xena can fight him there, otherwise Eve's   
   soul, along with Cyrene's, will belong to him.   
      
   Xena tells Gabrielle she's going to fight him in the spiritual realm. She   
   will put the Pinch on herself and wants to show Gabrielle how to release it.   
   Gabrielle protests, saying she doesn't know how. Xena shows her the places   
   on her neck. Gabrielle wants to know why she's showing her that NOW. Xena   
   says they have no choice, but she believes in Gabrielle.   
      
   Xena puts the Pinch on herself and goes into the spirit realm. She sees   
   Cyrene bloody, with a bloody axe, crying about killing her husband, Orestes,   
   because she had no choice. She disappears.   
      
   Mephistopheles appears behind Xena and they fight. After a while he tells   
   her she can't hurt him the this realm, only if he is made flesh. But whoever   
   kills him will have to rule over hell.   
      
   Eve goes after water to help wake up Xena.   
      
   Mephistopheles tells Xena that the right pressure in the right place may   
   cause Eve to spill her own blood.   
      
   Eve gets a bucket of water but a head is in it. It is the head of someone   
   Livia decapitated. Others that Livia had killed appear. Eve looks into a   
   mirror and sees Livia. Livia steps out of the mirror and tells her if she   
   spills her own blood the souls of those she killed will be released from   
   torment. Eve and Livia merge and Eve is horrified. She draws Livia's sword,   
   then drops it.   
      
   Gabrielle tries releasing the Pinch several times before she hits the right   
   spot and Xena wakes up. Xena tells them she's going to give Mephistopheles   
   what he wants – Eve's blood. Gabrielle protests, but eventually goes along   
   with Xena's plan.   
      
   Xena gets into place next to the opening in the stones. Gabrielle holds Eve   
   as she cuts her palm and lets her blood drip down. Xena sends Eve and   
   Gabrielle away.   
      
   Mephistopheles appears and he and Xena fight. He repeats that if she kills   
   him she will have to take his place on the throne of hell. Xena stabs him in   
   the gut and he disappears.   
      
   Cyrene's ghost is holding hands with Eve. She says she never gave up hope.   
   Then she disappears.   
      
   Eve asks what's wrong. Gabrielle mentions the legend about killing the king   
   of hell and wonders what will happen now. Xena says she has a feeling it's   
   isn't over yet.   
      
   …………………….   
      
   The Halloween episode, although it was three weeks early.   
      
   One of those episodes I remembered almost nothing about, so it was almost   
   like a new for me. And it was a good one.   
      
   It's about time they started riding horses.   
      
   Apparently, after Cyrene's burning, everyone abandoned ship, so to speak.   
   Unless everyone was hiding inside their homes at night.   
      
   Kind of cool seeing Cyrene turn to a skeleton when she went through Eve.   
      
   Lots of blood on poor Gabrielle.   
      
   The fights between Mephistopheles and Xena were pretty good. A couple of   
   times I saw where Xena could have used her Chakram but didn't – when   
      
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