From: daviderl31@yahoo.com   
      
                               6.17 The Last of the Centaurs   
      
   First air date was April 30, 2001.   
      
   The story starts out with soldiers in red outfits attacking three Centaurs.   
   Two of the Centaurs are killed and the other one runs off, wounded from an   
   arrow in the arm.   
      
   Cut to a marketplace where X&G are shopping. Gabrielle goes into a tent   
   stall to try on a hat and shawl(?) when the spirit of Ephiny appears to her.   
   She tells Gabrielle that Xenan, her Centaur son, is in danger. Xena says she   
   can't see her, only Gabrielle her because of their Amazon bond. A man has a   
   "wanted scroll" with Xenan's picture on it. He is wanted by Lord Belach.   
   Xena says it's time to offer their services to Lord Belach.   
      
   Belach thinks X&G are more bounty hunters. Xena can't keep from staring at   
   him. Ephiny tells Gabrielle he is the spitting image of Borias. Xena comes   
   to her senses and asks what the Centaur did. Belach says he stole his   
   daughter away, and since he's received no ransom demands he fears the worse.   
   Xena tells him she knows his father was Borias. Belach tells her his name is   
   not to be spoken there. He was a cruel-hearted warlord and he (Belach) built   
   everything he has despite being his son. Xena tells him Borias is a legend   
   to the Centaurs. Belach says he let those freaks live on his land for years.   
   Also his wife died giving birth to their daughter, Nicha. Xena says she'll   
   bring her back.   
      
   X&G and Ephiny are on Xenan's trail. Gabrielle wonders if Belach is also   
   Xena's son. She says no, Borias had a son before she came along. Gabrielle   
   says he's dangerous. Xena says he's grieving and she owes him.   
      
   Ephiny appears to Xenan. He can't see her but can feel her presence. X&G   
   come up and he's defensive. Ephiny sings an Amazon song with words changed   
   that she used to sing to Xenan as a baby. Gabrielle sings along and Xenan   
   knows Ephiny is there. He calls out a pregnant Nicha and they kiss.   
      
   Xena kneels down and puts her hand on Nicha's belly and deduces she's going   
   to have a boy, a Centaur, and very soon. Xenan tells Xena the other Centaurs   
   are camped in a secret place. Xena says they will escort them to the others   
   and then negotiate peace with Belach. He may think differently since Nicha   
   is PG .   
      
   Gabrielle asks why Xena owes Belach. Flashback to the time Xena seduced   
   Borias.  She wants him to go away with her, leave his army and take all the   
   money. They go into his tent to "seal the deal." Young Belach looks inside   
   and sees them. Xena throws a blanket over him and tells him to never get   
   between two people and their passion.   
      
   They arrive at the secret camp and all the centaurs are dead in a mass   
   grave. Xena asks no one, "Son of Borias, what have you done?" Xenan wants to   
   go after Belach, but Nicha tells him he has to stay alive for her son and   
   for her. Xena tells him she will see justice done, and leaves.   
      
   Xena tells Belach she's talked to Nicha and she's carrying Xenan's baby. And   
   asks him if he has any idea what he's done. He says he did what he had to   
   do.   
      
   Xena says she can't understand how he could have betrayed his father's   
   legacy. When he mentions the woman who took his father away from him, Xena   
   repeats the line about not coming between two people and their passion. He   
   realizes Xena is the woman.   
      
   Xena says he's coming with her. He calls the guards. As she ties his hands,   
   Xena fights off the guards and throws Belach out of the second story window   
   down onto a waiting horse. She jumps on another one, uses her whip to snag   
   the bridle and they race off with Belach's men on horses chasing them.   
      
   Xena eventually knocks the men off their horses and ends up behind Belach on   
   his horse.. He's still not convinced and reminds her of the moment when   
   Xena took Borias away. Flashback to Natasha seeing Boris and Xena together   
   in the tent. He runs after Natasha while Xena mounts up. He gets up one the   
   horse behind her but before they leave he gives Belach a pendant from around   
   his neck.   
      
   Bleach continues by saying when the army broke up he and his mother were   
   sold into servitude and while they were starved and beaten he heard about   
   Borias' exploits in the east with her. He shows the pendant and says it's   
   the only thing he left him .   
      
   She takes him to the mass grave to let  him see what he's done, and asks who   
   his daughter would think was more civilized, Borias or him. Belach asks if   
   he looks too much like his father for Xena to kill. Just then his men run up   
   and Xena leaves.   
      
   Gabrielle and Ephiny are taking Xenan and Nicha to safety. Nicha says she is   
   about to give birth and they take shelter in an old farmhouse. Xenan goes   
   outside to guard the house. When he sees Belach's men he has them chase   
   after him. Two bounty hunters decide to search the farmhouse to find Nicha   
   and hold her for ransom.   
      
   With Ephiny's advice, Gabrielle is getting Nicha to control her breathing   
   and to relax. The bounty hunters come in and just as they find them, Xena   
   comes in and knocks them out.   
      
   Xena gives Gabrielle her Chakram and tells her to make it as clean as she   
   can. Gabrielle wipes it off with rags.   
      
   She asks if Xena stopped Belach. She says she took him to the camp to let   
   him see what he did. Gabrielle say she should have killed him. Xena says she   
   couldn't because he is Borias' son. Gabrielle reminds her he slaughtered the   
   Centaurs and is still  after Xenan.   
      
   Xena puts the Pinch on Nicha to stop her labor pains, then cuts her open to   
   deliver the baby. Gabrielle offers to sew her back up.   
      
   Outside, Belach calls to Xena. He has Xenan with ropes around his neck and   
   offers to trade him for Nicha. Xena says she has a better idea, give her   
   Xenan and she'll spare his life.   
      
   When the men start to kill Xena, Xena uses her Chakram to cut the ropes. She   
   fights Belach while Xenan fights the men. Gabrielle runs out to help Xena.   
      
   Xena is surrounded but jumps up and spins just as all the spears are jabbed   
   at her. She comes down and fights some more. Belach's reinforcements come.   
      
   Xenan and Nicha come out of the house and Nicha yells for every one to stop   
   fighting. Belach has a crossbow on Xena, then turns it on Xenan. Nicha tells   
   Belach she loves Xenan. It is a standoff.   
      
   Xena tells Belach about Borias and another flashback to the time Xena gave   
   birth to Solan and as Borias was dying she let him see him. She says Borias   
   died trying to change from what he became. She asks Belach if he wants Nicha   
   to hate him the same way he hated Borias. Belach has a change of heart and   
      
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