It wasn't that Gabrielle had an objection to reappearing outside of her cave again, but there were far less confusing ways to do that than straddling a trussed-up Mavican a split second after she’d just been pacing around by herself in the dark.

. . . Gabrielle definitely didn’t remember doing that so that was weird (you’d think she would remember ( Read more... )

Ares's portal had deposited Gabrielle in some kind of stone chamber, completely dark save for one beam of light coming straight down from above. Two other notable things she was missing: her weapons, and Xena. Not particularly reassuring, as a combination of circumstances went; she couldn't hear anything echoing in the darkness except her own ( Read more... )

Gabrielle had thought that now, finally, Xena would start treating her more like an equal partner when it came to fighting, or at least stop trying to protect her all the time. Apparently she was wrong; maybe it was all the time she'd spent away that kept Xena from realizing she was perfectly competent. This was one of the first times since Eli ( Read more... )

( In which the Xenaverse revolving door of death spins again, Xena has an amnesiac phase, and Gabrielle takes a level or three in badass. )

Rescuing an entire village from being captured and nearly burned alive, turning into a short and talkative ball of rage when Sisyphus had escaped from the Underworld and stolen Ares's sword, leaving the God of War mortal, then helping to foil his plan? It had been a very, very long three or four weeks for Gabrielle, and it was probably just ( Read more... )

Xena was an early riser, always had been, and today she'd made a particular point out of making sure Gabrielle was awake well before Ares showed back up at their campsite. Ordinarily, Gabrielle would grumble a lot more about this. Ordinarily, Gabrielle wasn't already packed and ready to leave for a strange school far away on a morning like this ( Read more... )

"You know," Gabrielle said, peering around at their surroundings and then up at the sky, "I'm pretty sure we haven't covered nearly as much ground in a day as we usually do ( Read more... )