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[ Man ]
Previously on Xena.
"The hawk and the dove
must be made one
with the wisdom.
"
- Who wrote that?
- Lao Ma.
Whoever did this
wasn't after the village.
They were after Lao Ma's book.
- You're my mother's friend.
- Your mother?
I'm the daughter
of Lao Ma.
[ Xena]
The book-- somebody's taken it.
Hello, sister.
- "The hawk and the dove must
become one with the wisdom.
"
- And so it shall be.
K'ao Hsin, this is not
what she meant.
Her blood is in your heart.
Her lessons are in mine.
If we focus together,
we don't need the book.
I am to follow in the footsteps
of one who is called
the Green Dragon.
Then you'll be walking
the path of a dead man.
[ Yelling ]
[ With K'ao Hsin ]
"To conquer others
is to have power.
To conquer yourself
is to know the way.
"
Xena, I'm starving.
Can't we just cook
this thing and eat it?
Shh, Gabrielle.
I'm trying to achieve
absolute stillness.
[ Clears Throat ]
[ Sizzling Sound ]
- [ Gasps ]
- Great.
Another one.
I don't know
what's going on.
Ever since that fight
with Pao Ssu,
- I can't seem
to harness the power.
- I'll say.
- What did Lao Ma have
that I don't?
- A full stomach.
Boy, I couldn't find anything,
except a squirrel.
Put up quite a fight, though.
As long as we got that ra--
Yep.
That's it, Xena!
If you would concentrate
on making that thing stone,
maybe it would cook.
[ Groans ]
All right.
Can I just go to town for food?
Who has money?
[ Groaning ]
I do.
Here.
That's black powder.
-Joxer, I told you
to get rid of this.
- I thought I did!
All right.
Pao Ssu's dead,
and the secret of black
powder dies with her.
Give me that.
-[ Man ]
Fire!
- [ Yelling ]
[ Gabrielle Yelling ]
- Xena!
- Gabrielle!
[ Yelling ]
[ Rocket Whistling ]
Gabrielle!
[ Gasps ]
Gabrielle!
- Are you all right?
- What happened?
When I touched the black powder,
I saw a vision of death.
The power's trying
to tell me something.
We've gotta go back there.
[ Man Speaking
Chinese ]
Our minds are open
to you, Green Dragon.
May your formlessness
take shape in our realm.
Green Dragon, your humble
servant Khan at your service.
Is my army ready?
They are prepared to carve
your name onto the face
of the world, or die trying.
That may not be necessary.
I have become one
with a greater whole.
My sister--
murdered by Xena,
dead to your world,
but reborn unto mine--
is now part of me,
and she has a secret
to share with you.
[ Pao Ssu ]
A secret Xena
failed to contain,
a secret I will give you
and every one of your men--
the formula for
the black powder.
[ Man Narrating ]
In a time of ancient gods--
[ Xena Yells ]
warlords and kings,
a land in turmoil
cried out for a hero.
She was Xena,
a mighty princess
forged in the heat of battle.
The power.
The passion.
-The danger.
- [ Kiaiing ]
Her courage
will change the world.
It never ceases to amaze me
how beautiful it is here.
Tell me about it.
[ Xena ]
Refugees? Coming from
Lao Ma's temple.
There must be
thousands of 'em.
Where are they going?
Let's find out.
[ Moans ]
We must keep walking.
K'ao Hsin.
K'ao Hsin!
What's going on here?
It's Khan's army.
They've come down
from the northern mountains
and are taking over the land.
These people have lost
everything.
Who's Khan?
A warlord.
We haven't seen anything
from him in years.
But now he has the largest army
I've ever seen, and he has
the black powder.
I thought you destroyed
the black powder.
So did I.
How far away is this army?
A day's ride,
maybe less.
These people are
tired and weak.
They'll never make it through
the cliff pass before Khan's
army arrives.
Lao Ma's palace.
There's a series of tunnels
and caves beneath it.
We can hide these people there.
Even with the black powder,
it'll take Khan a while
to find us.
Very well.
Gabrielle, ride ahead.
Make sure the path is clear.
- Joxer, redirect these people
towards Lao Ma's palace.
- All right.
K'ao Hsin, there's
only one way
that Khan could have gotten
the secret of the black powder.
I told no one.
No, not you.
Your sister Pao Ssu.
But she's dead.
You destroyed her.
Obviously that didn't stop her
passing on the secret.
From beyond the grave?
How is that possible?
She must have had help.
[ Speaking Chinese ]
[ Men Chattering ]
Who's in charge here?
That would be Lin Qi.
He's busy.
My name is Gabrielle.
I'm with Xena.
I have to talk to him.
I'm Lin Qi.
Glad to meet you.
Excuse me.
You have to abandon
your work here.
This palace is directly
in the path of Khan's army.
Me and my men can hide out here
for two, maybe three, days.
You would be killed.
It'll give the people
a chance to escape.
They can't clear
the pass in time.
Their only hope is
to hide in the tunnels
under this palace.
Xena's--
[ Men Yelling ]
[ Yelling ]
That was an advance guard.
I know.
Okay, listen up.
Move the sandbags below.
Gabrielle will
tell you where.
Thank you.
[ Groaning ]
You are now one
with the Green Dragon.
Keep moving.
Come on.
The men are clearing
some of the lower caves.
I've taken the liberty
of moving the children there.
Good.
K'ao Hsin,
I had a vision
the other day.
You must have seen it too.
Yes.
It's the future.
Future.
I can channel Lao Ma's
powers, but I can't seem
to control 'em.
Maybe you don't have complete
control of the power, but I saw
what you did last time.
Against Pao Ssu, your sister?
That was against one woman.
This is an army
of thousands.
[ Explosion, Screaming ]
Get these people to safety.
Come on! Keep moving!
Go! Hurry!
Joxer, don't move a muscle!
I know! I was leading
these people, and the guy
in front of me just blew up.
What's underneath us?
Is it sandworms?
No, they're traps
set with black powder.
If you step on one,
they explode.
Oh, great.
Just stay there.
I'm coming out to get ya.
Okay.
[ Women Whimpering ]
All right.
Okay.
Khan sent out a patrol
to set mines.
Now, I'm gonna
lead you out of here.
Follow in my footprints.
[ Wind Whistling ]
- What happened?
-Perhaps I can explain.
Well, well.
You must be Khan.
And it's always an honor
to meet a worthy adversary.
Xena.
It's funny.
You don't look smart enough
to come up with a formula
for black powder by yourself.
They say dead men
tell no tales,
but they were wrong.
Hello again, Xena.
Ming T'ien.
Trapped here in
the world between worlds,
kept alive by
my burning hatred for you.
Well, at least I have family
to keep me company.
And so it seems Iwas
fated to walk the path of
the Green Dragon, Xena.
When you killed us,
you fulfilled our destiny.
Death was only the beginning,
as it will be for you.
Pao Ssu, so it was you
who gave Khan the black powder.
And then turned to
an entire legion of warriors,
all of whom are prepared
to die in the Dragon's name.
What are you prepared
to die for, Xena?
Your mother's legacy
and your sister's cause!
So you shall.
[ Shouting In Chinese ]
[ Exhaling ]
I see Lao Ma's teachings
were not lost on you,
but even her power cannot stop
a hundred thousand men,
all with the knowledge
of the black powder.
Care to test that theory?
Ready!
[ Shouting In Chinese ]
[ Shouting In Chinese ]
[ Exhaling ]
[ Joxer ]
How long can you keep this up?
- I can't attack them
unless I let down my guard.
- Then we're dead.
Not quite.
[ Yells ]
All right.
Follow the path! Go on!
Single file.
Go.
[ Shouting In Chinese ]
Get these people
outta here.
[ Man Shouting
In Chinese ]
- Gabrielle, let's go!
- Lin Qi, come on!
Let 'em go.
[ Xena Thinking ]
"To achieve a perfect stillness,
one must cease to will
"and submit to
the greater whole.
"If something can be imagined,
it can also be realized.
Anything is possible.
"
[ Rattling ]
Well, that's something.
I heard about what happened.
Are you all right?
Considering I saw
a ghost, yeah.
The ancients believe
when a soul is not at rest,
it lingers in the realm
between the living
and the dead.
My brother and sister
died with, shall we say,
unfinished business.
And so they remain.
To complete
what they started.
They tried to kill me,
and they couldn't.
I have no doubt that
your mastery of the power
will be our greatest ally.
I wish I could say that I did it
on purpose, but I didn't.
It was a reflex.
There's something
you're not telling me.
K'ao Hsin.
Before you left, I found
a warning in the pages
of my mother's book
to me and my siblings.
It said that the more
each of us uses the power,
the stronger we all become.
So you're trying
to suppress the power?
Wouldn't you?
If Pao Ssu and Ming T'ien
have truly returned,
then every time I use the power,
I make them stronger.
K'ao Hsin.
Yes?
I was told
to report to you.
Khan's army
have stopped advancing,
and they're setting up camp.
Where do they keep
the black powder?
This is the last of it.
That'll do.
[ Speaking Chinese ]
Gabrielle,
I owe you an apology.
For what?
When you came to warn us,
I acted like a pompous ***,
mostly for show.
Apology accepted.
You know, we heard
Xena traveled
with a companion,
a storyteller of sorts.
I am--
I mean, I used to tell stories,
but it's been a while.
When you're born
with the gift of the bard,
you die with it.
My life is
more complicated now.
I think you're
selling yourself short.
You don't know me.
I know that someone who's
willing to die for a cause
greater than herself
has a merciful heart,
and that's where all
great stories come from.
Hi! Hi.
Hi, hi.
Am I interrupting?
I'm not interrupting
anything, am I?
No.
Good.
What are you doing here?
Xena wants you.
So now we know where Khan
is keeping a large surplus
of the black powder.
Gabrielle, you and I
are gonna go blow it up.
We'll do it.
You bet we will.
Joxer, Lin Qi and I.
- Gabrielle.
- You're gonna run through the
woods and set off explosions?
Thank you.
I already have a mother.
And you're going to be a mother.
It's not just your life
that you're risking.
We can handle it.
I know.
Right.
[ Horses Neighing ]
[ Soldiers Chattering ]
[ Men Speaking Chinese ]
[ Grunting ]
[ Yelling ]
Can't say they're not prepared.
I'll make a trail
with the powder.
Like butterflies in a net.
I expected more cunning
from one who travels
with the great Xena.
Young fools.
Even if you had destroyed
this supply of powder,
you would not even
have begun to inhibit
our campaign.
We have hundreds more
of these tents.
Know what I'm
looking forward to?
The look on your face
when Xena devastates your army.
Your faith in your friend
is misplaced.
Every step she takes
only secures the destiny
of my masters.
All of Chin will burn
as an emblem of her failure.
Good-bye, Gabrielle.
[ Laughing ]
[ Panting ]
Xena, what is it?
[ Gabrielle's Voice Echoing ]
Xena!
It's Gabrielle.
[ Gabrielle's Voice ]
Xena, help me.
She's afraid.
[ Grunting ]
The wind.
What was it that you said
to me about your mother once?
Every day that passes
in Chin without bloodshed
passes because she had
a hand in guiding its destiny.
She speaks to me even now
through the whispering wind.
All right.
Uh--
The wind.
Listen, listen.
What is that?
The sound of my dead ancestors
making a place for me
at their table.
The wind.
[ Wind Whistling ]
It's sucking all the air!
Take a deep breath.
[ Inhales ]
[ Panting ]
[ Gasps ]
They're safe.
Let's get outta here.
No, we're gonna finish
what we came for.
Perhaps my brother's confidence
in you was ill-chosen.
I supplicate myself
before you, Masters.
Failure will not follow
a second time.
You can be sure of that, Khan.
Move your troops into position.
We attack in the morning.
Gabrielle.
Are you all right?
Are you?
Yeah.
How did you know?
I felt your fear.
I saw through your eyes.
You can control the power.
No, I can't control it.
It seems to have
a will of its own.
It uses me.
Yet it protects
the ones you love.
That won't be much help
against Khan's army
now, will it?
I can't love them
to death now, can I?
Perhaps not.
But if Pao Ssu and Ming T'ien
could return here through
the sheer power of their hate,
what makes you think
they cannot be defeated
through the power of your love?
I'm sorry, K'ao Hsin.
I have never seen
a war ended by love.
I used to think
that love was enough.
I was wrong.
You have always succeeded
where others have failed.
Why should this day
be any different?
Yep, I won two awards for this
at the Thebian cooking academy.
Of course, the Thebians'
legendary flatulence had
nothing to do with this.
[ Chuckles ]
Here you go.
Hi.
Hi.
You should, uh--
You should eat something.
It'll make you feel better.
Listen.
Don't worry.
Everything's gonna be okay.
I'm not worried for myself.
It's my family.
I don't know if they
made it from the village.
Tei-- that's your name,
right? Tei? Okay.
Um, look, Tei.
I promise to help you
find your family.
Okay? Okay.
[ Scraping Sound ]
What are you doing?
Can't just sit and wait.
I know how you feel.
Can I help?
Sure.
So you ever thought
about settling down?
You know, sometimes people
think that a home is a place.
Itcanbe a person.
You know where you belong.
What about you?
[ Sighs ]
I used to think
I belonged here, but
I've watched my people
kill each other over
petty disputes
that could have been easily
solved with a conversation.
It's not a world
I want to live in.
It doesn't get any better
outside of Chin.
That depends on who you
walk through it with.
Xena!
Xena! Where's--
Wait a second.
Xena.
Joxer, what is it?
It's Khan's army,
coming over the south ridge.
Big! The villagers
are hostages.
[ Wheezing ]
Okay.
I thought Khan's goal
was to wipe these people
clear off the map.
Why would he take hostages?
To use them as shields.
He's going to march them
with his army.
That way, if we attack
his men, we attack
the villagers too.
- We can't take that chance.
- If we don't, Khan stands
to take twice as many lives.
Xena, even if you
can control the power,
are you prepared to destroy
a hundred thousand men?
I don't have any choice.
[ Grunting ]
[ Shrieks ]
You understand? I'll hold
'em off as long as I can.
You get everyone out of there
as soon as possible.
If you let us fight with you,
we can hold 'em off longer.
No, Gabrielle.
I need absolute clarity
in what I'm about to do.
You'll only be a distraction.
You can't help me
out of this one.
Be careful.
Good luck, Lin Qi.
With her by my side,
how can we lose?
You always have and
always will walk the path
of the warrior, Xena.
But remember, there are
many ways to win a war,
and they do not all
involve a sword.
My men are ready
to begin their assault.
Nowhere left to run, Xena.
You're weak.
You will never have
the strength to defeat me.
[ Thinking ]
"Fear is a weapon of the wicked,
but a tool of the righteous.
"End the war between
the mind and the heart.
Peace must be found within
before it can be actualized.
"
What is she doing?
Facing her death
like a true warrior.
Destroy her!
[ Shouting Command
In Chinese ]
[ Exhaling ]
[ Shouting In Chinese ]
[ Villagers Chattering ]
[ Baby Crying ]
[ Explosion ]
[ Explosion ]
[ Women Whimpering ]
[ Shouting In Chinese ]
[ Shouting In Chinese ]
[ Yelling ]
[ Soldiers Yelling ]
[ Women Shrieking ]
Okay, listen up.
Stay low, tight formation.
Follow me!
Come on!
You've got legs!
Move!
Come on! Hurry!
[ Soldier Yelling ]
[ Breathing Deeply ]
[ Explosion ]
[ Explosion ]
[ Women Scream ]
Oh! Oh!
[ Grunting ]
What?
Oh! Oh!
Whoa-oh-oh!
[ Shouting In Chinese ]
Yah! Yah!
[ Horses Neighing ]
[ Shouting ]
[ Yelling ]
Xena!
Gabrielle!
[ Shouting ]
[ Neighing ]
[ Thinking ]
"Anything is possible.
"
- [ Whimpering ]
-[ Soldiers Screaming ]
- [ Screaming ]
- [ Speaking Chinese ]
[ Thinking ]
"Anything is possible.
"
Aaah! Aaah!
[ Soldiers Exclaiming
In Chinese ]
[ Screaming ]
Xena!
Aaah!
[ Screaming ]
- No!
- [ All Screaming ]
[ Cracking Sound ]
[ Yelling ]
[ Screaming ]
[ Joxer ]
Who was gonna pull their
swords first? Me or them?
I looked 'em in the eye,
and then, whang!
Ten of 'em went down
right then and there
before me.
- You're so brave.
- Well, bravery isn't
really the word for it.
It's more like
"incredible chivalry,"
because right then and there,
wave after wave came.
Wham! Wah!
Aaah! Oh! Hah!
Ffft, ffft, ffft, ffft!
Blood everywhere.
Then right in front of me,
Khan's entire army.
Hundred-- Thou-- Thous--
Hundreds of thousands
of 'em came at me.
I-- Wham! Ten of 'em went down.
Whup! Wham!
Heads spurting
blood everywhere!
And they ran.
I dropped my sword.
But then Khan came
right towards me!
I looked at him, took my hand
and reached in and pulled out
his beating heart!
[ Imitating Sound
Of Heart Beating ]
[ Gabrielle Clears Throat ]
Well, maybe we should
start packing up.
It's getting late,
and everyone else
seems to be leaving.
What a lovely basket.
Is it hand-sewn?
Are you going home?
You and Xena have it right.
To stand in one place
in a world this big
is a real waste of space.
Um--
So, um, you're
the storyteller.
How's this gonna end?
I haven't
written it yet.
Good-bye, Gabrielle.
That was a terrible choice
you had to make, K'ao Hsin,
between your family
and your homeland.
Actually, during our time
together, Xena,
I felt closer
to my mother than ever.
Her spirit lives on in you.
Her spirit, perhaps,
but not her power.
I don't feel it anymore.
Perhaps it served
its purpose.
After all, Chin is safe
and, with the black powder gone,
so is the world.
You know what?
Today I felt a kind
of compassion that I've
never felt before.
Your point of view changes
when you're about to bring
new life into the world.
No, it's not that.
The power that I had today
wasn't born out of anger.
I wasn't even thinking
about those men.
I was thinking about
the people that they
wanted to hurt.
So I guess what I said before
isn't true anymore.
I have seen love end a war.
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