Xena: Warrior Princess (TV Series)

Amphipolis Under Siege (2000)

Lucy Lawless: Xena

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• Xena : [Xena speaks to the group of villagers gathered in Cyrene's tavern]  All right, listen up. The last thing I wanted to do was to bring an army down on your heads, but I'm *not* sacrificing my child. Not for the sake of a *selfish* pack of Gods who don't give a *damn* about the human suffering they cause!

• Xena : Why are you doing this, Athena? Ares I could understand; he's always out for himself, and Zeus was just clinging to power, but you...

  [pause] 

  Xena : Of all the Olympians, you were the only one who ever seemed to deserve my respect.

  Athena : I have no choice! The Fates have decreed it...

  Xena : Warriors like us make our own fate!

• Xena : Some people just don't listen.

• Xena : Ares!

  Ares, God of War : Ow. Athena is beating you like a dog out there. Put a poultice on it. It's gotta sting.

  Xena : Thanks.

  Ares, God of War : Hey, don't feel bad. After all, you're fighting the goddess of wisdom and warfare.

  Xena : Don't forget weaving.

• Xena : That bomb was a little much, you know. It wasn't like I was wearing anything. I mean armor.

• Xena : [after Xena's mom catches her making out with Ares]  This is not what it looks like!

  Ares, God of War : Yeah, it is.

• Xena : Ares!

  Ares, God of War : Hey, Xena! Have a change of heart? Well my offer still stands. I'm willing to protect you and your child, at no small amount of personal risk I might add.

  Xena : And what if I decline? You ransack my hometown? Hold my mother hostage until I agree?

  Ares, God of War : You got the wrong god. There's another who deals in mortal blood. Like all the gods, she knows your bundle of joy portents the demise of the Olympians.

• Athena : Xena.

  Xena : Athena. I would say it's an honor, but considering you're here to kill my baby, I'll skip the formalities.

  Athena : I'm not unsympathetic, Xena. Consider the consequences of your actions. You would deprive these people of their gods, their faith? For the life of one child?

  Cyrene : Hasn't this village given up enough of its children? I've already lost a son, and a grandson I've never even met. Well I won't give up this child, not even for the gods themselves!

  Athena : And all of you! Are you that eager to die for this child?

• Xena : I know who you are. You're Athena's new champion, Ilainus of Mycenae. You heal quickly. Or was that divine intervention?

• Xena : You don't want to do that!

• Xena : She's ransoming their lives for Eve's.

• Ares, God of War : So.

  Xena : Ares.

  Ares, God of War : Hmm?

  Xena : I believe we discussed a deal.

  Ares, God of War : Deal, deal deal deal deal. I don't know. Did we?

  Xena : Cut the crap. I'm ready to bargain. You fight beside me, we can defeat Athena!

  Ares, God of War : Maybe we can. Of course, if I side with you against my sister, I become a pariah on Olympus. So by helping you, my own fate is sealed. Oh I'm still interested. I just want to know what's in it for me?

  Xena : What's in it for you? Me. You help me defeat Athena, and I'm yours.

  Ares, God of War : You're mine?

  Xena : For years you've been wanting me to be your warrior queen. Well, I'm offering you my sword, and the body that wields it.

  Ares, God of War : It's uh, it's very tempting. But what about Olympus?

  Xena : Olympus is doomed. Zeus is dead. Whatever happens here, their reign is over. You want immortality? A child is immortality. A legacy, a lineage. You help me save my daughter and you will be her father. Through her we can live forever.

  Ares, God of War : Xena, I'm...

  Xena : I'm offering you everything you ever wanted. Take it.

  [They kiss] 

• Ares, God of War : No, no you don't.

  Xena : What?

  Ares, God of War : You're up to something. I have desired you from the very first time I saw you in battle. Now? After all these years, after all the games, the cat and the mouse. Will I, won't I? 'Ares, I'm yours. Take me.' Well, I'm sorry. It's too easy.

  Xena : I am offering you a deal, and I don't go back on my promises.

  Ares, God of War : No, no you don't. But you always come up with some way to mess with my head.

• Xena : So, are we going to seal this deal, or what?

  Ares, God of War : Sounds like a plan.

• Ares, God of War : You're making a mistake. I would have kept to our bargain.

  Xena : I know you would have. I've gotta do this my way.

  Ares, God of War : What a surprise.

• Gabrielle : Did you and Ares-?

  Xena : No.

  Ares, God of War : Not yet. Shall we conclude our transaction, Xena?

  Xena : You know it's really kind of you, Ares, but I don't think I'm going to have take you up on your offer after all.

  Ares, God of War : I saved your chi...

  Xena : [Xena tosses the bundle at him]  You saved my dolly.

  Ares, God of War : Why do you continue to deny us? We had a deal. When we were fighting side by side, it's like we were one. Back there in the temple, can you tell me you didn't feel anything?

  Xena : I felt nothing.

  Ares, God of War : This isn't finished. As long as your child lives, they'll keep coming. And then you're gonna have to come to me for help.

  [leaves] 

  Xena : I felt something.

• Xena : You guys cut it pretty fine with that attack. Nearly ran out of foreplay. Just about had to go through with it.