At this point Tracus was laying on the ground with one of his swords just inches away from his hand. He then tried to reach for it, but something else quickly got his attention. Xena was standing over him with her sword pointed at his neck.
"Now I'm not sure about this but I think this might have been a fight to the death, correct me if I'm wrong" Xena said, with a smirk.
"You're not going to kill me, are you?" Tracus asked, with fear in his eyes.
"We'll just see about that ,but first I believe I had a deal with someone" Xena replied, looking for Discord.
As Xena looked up Tracus quickly reached for his sword, and tried to stab Xena. Gabrielle then yelled for Xena to watch out, and with no hesitation Xena ran her sword through him. She then pulled out her sword and backed away.
"Discord where are you? Show your self, we had a deal" Xena said, in a demanding voice.
"We did have a deal didn't we, but you know sometimes things change" Discord said, with a wicked smile.
"What are you talking about" Xena replied.
"Oh I'll still let the person go, it's just that now you'll have two choices to pick from, instead of one" Discord said, pointing to a large tent.
Then out of the tent came Solan and Eve being dragged out in chains. Standing beside each of them was guard with his sword pulled out. Xena then grabbed her chakram, and was about ready to use it when Discord called for her attention.
"Xena, I wouldn't do that if I were you. You see directly beside them next to the trees are about five archers on both sides. So by the time you kill the two guards, the archers would have already killed them" Discord said, smiling cruelly.
"What kind of game are you playing?" Xena asked, with fury in her voice.
"A simply one, all you have to do is choose which one you want to save, that's it" Discord answered.
Xena was silent.
"So who will it be Xena your only son, or your eldest daughter. Hurry up you don't have much time, or maybe you would rather trade your self for both of them" Discord said.
"Don't do it Xena, it's a trick" Gabrielle said.
"Take me, and leave them alone" Xena replied.
"If you say so" Discord said, as she pulled out a dragger.
"No Xena don't do it" Gabrielle said, as she tried to make her way to Xena, but was stopped by two soldiers.
"Lets just hurry this up shall we" Discord said, as she was about to place the dragger on Xena's neck.
"You know what I changed my mind" Xena said, before grabbing the dragger from Discord and knocking her down to the ground.
Xena then threw the dagger at one the guards and threw her chakram in the air, making it deflect all the arrows then lastly stopping when it hit the second guard in the chest.
"You'll never get to them in time. SOLDIERS ATTACK" Discord said, trying to get up.
The entire army then swarmed around them, there was no way Xena could defeat them all. Suddenly Zeus appeared with Sabrina in his arms.
"CEASE AT ONCE. WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS?" Zeus yelled, causing everyone to stop in their tracks.
"Zeus so happy you could make it, and I see you brought the little brat. Now we can kill her along with the others" Discord said, with a surprised expression.
"Let them go" Zeus ordered.
"What? Why?" Discord asked, confused.
"I said let them go NOW" Zeus replied, his tone deeper than before.
"Have you lost your mind, can't you see I finally have Xena beaten. There is no way she can survive against my army" Discord said, raising her voice.
"I won't say it again Discord" Zeus replied.
Discord then signaled for her troops to back away from Xena and Gabrielle, and to let Eve and Solan go. She was so close to getting her revenge, how could this have happened. She had waited too long for this to just let it slip away, she was going to get rid of Xena one way or another.
As Xena and Gabrielle ran towards Eve and Solan, Discord disappeared but not before leaving behind a present. While Xena embraced Eve and Solan a enormous lighting ball appeared and began making it's way right to them.
"Grandpa look" Sabrina said, pointing to the massive ball of lighting.
As it was about to hit Xena and the others, Zeus rapidly formed a mammoth thunder bolt and threw it at the it. The collision resulted in a explosion of a blinding light, which vanished in a matter of seconds.
By this time all of Discords troops had already scurried away. Zeus then brought Sabrina to her mother.
"Mommy your okay" Sabrina said, as she clinched onto her mother.
Ares then appeared.
"Is everything alright, I came as soon as I could. I should have known Discord would pull something like this" Ares said, walking to Xena.
"Everything's fine, thanks in part to your father" Xena replied.
"Father--" Ares began to say, but was interrupted by Zeus.
"No hold on son, there's something I need to say to all of you. This is kind of hard for me to say" Zeus said, then paused and took a deep breath before continuing. "I'm sorry for everything I've done to you all, and I know the things I've done are unforgivable. But I just wanted you to know that I will find a way to make it up to you... I promise" Zeus further added.
Ares then walked up to Zeus, and extended his hand to him, in an act of forgivness. As Zeus then shook his hand, Ares pulled him in for embrace. With that, so ended a war between father and son that lasted an era.
Later that evening Ares found Xena sitting alone on top of a small cliff, overlooking the beautiful sunset. He then sat down beside her.
"Exquisite" Ares whispered.
"It is amazing isn't it" Xena replied, looking at the sunset.
"Well I guess the sunsets beautiful too" Ares said, with a smile.
Xena then made a soft chuckle, and turned to him. They gazed into each others eyes for a moment. Both wondering what the other was thinking. As a small breeze sweep around them, Ares began gently stroking her face with his hand.
"I love you" Ares whispered in her ear.
Then there was minor silence.
"I love you too" Xena whispered, as she leaned in to met his lips with hers.
::THE END::
To be continued --Part Three coming soon