Xena is finally coming home to Amphipolis.
She has no idea what awaits her.
I'm more concerned about what awaits us
if she should fail in her destiny.
If the realm of Hell should spill onto the Earth...
we will be the ones to face it.
Xena has killed most of the Olympian gods.
She is the only mortal prepared to face this.
I hope she is prepared...
for all of our sakes.
Eve, you were just a baby when your grandmother
took you in her arms and sang the anthem of Amphipolis.
She stood up against Athena.
She's very courageous.
- I can't wait to see her. - Me neither.
You're gonna love Amphipolis. It's...
so full of life...
What happened here?
It almost feels deserted.
My mother would never leave this place.
Mother grew up here?
It's never looked like this.
There's a coldness in this place.
It's freezing.
I'm going upstairs.
I'll check the back.
Mom?
Livia...
Who's there?
Light the fire!
Eve?
- Are you all right? - Grandmother...
Did you see her, Eve?
Eve!
I felt her.
I could feel her spirit.
She's dead, Mother.
In the time of ancient gods...
...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...
Her courage will change the world.
The Haunting of Amphipolis
Eve, you've never seen Cyrene before.
How do you know it's her?
I could feel her.
I could feel her spirit. I know it was her.
I believe you, Eve.
I saw her too.
She's in so much pain.
She wanted to be at peace, but she was helpless.
She's trapped in this house.
Mother...
She's not alone.
There are other souls here.
This house, it's...
it's a gateway or a spiritual crossroads or...
It's haunted.
There's a stillness.
It's like before a battle.
It's as if I can feel the realms of Heaven and Hell taking up sides.
If my mother's not at peace I'm going to find out why.
Xena, where are you going?
The mausoleum.
Do you want us to come with you?
Thanks, but I feel I need to do this alone.
Mother?
What did they do to you...
They've taken everything.
Now you can't rest.
And where was I...
Oh, Mother...
I will find you.
Wherever you are, I will find you.
I'll make it right.
I'll make this right.
Cyrene must have been a remarkable woman.
She was.
Her spirit was so frightened...
It's ok.
Gabrielle...
Did you already eat any of this?
In the name of Eli...
and all the powers of Heaven...
I command this evil presence to be cast out.
In the name of Eli and all the powers of Heaven...
I command this evil presence to be cast out!
Mother, I don't know what happened to you...
but I swear I will find out.
I'll put you at peace.
Please! I didn't mean to spy.
I come in here when there's a storm.
What happened to my mother?
You're...
Xena?
Cyrene waited years for you to come home.
Mephistopheles... sent evil spirits to Cyrene's tavern...
a long time ago.
Over the years she...
she went mad.
Why are her bones charred black?
When the crops failed...
people blamed the evil in the tavern.
They said Cyrene was a witch... for Mephistopheles.
They burned her at the stake.
I tried to tell them she wasn't a witch but...
who was gonna listen to me?
Cyrene was a good person.
She was kind to me...
even near the end.
Those evil spirits...
They were never in her.
They were in the house...
and they're in there still.
Xena!
Eve! Gabrielle!
Gabrielle!
Mother! Are you all right?
Yeah.
- Where's Gabrielle? - I don't know.
- Xena! - Gabrielle?
Xena!
This one is not the messenger!
You will live all the horrors of Hell...
until the blood of the messenger is spilled.
Maybe she went upstairs.
No, she's here someplace.
Get me out! Please!
You all right?
- What? - It burns!
- All right.
What's causing this?
Mephistopheles.
The king of Hell is doing this?
He cursed this house long ago.
For years my mother fought the evil spirits here.
It drove her mad.
The townspeople thought she was a witch for Mephistopheles.
They burned her at the stake.
Oh, Mother...
That's why she's not at peace.
If she died unabsolved, Mephistopheles would have possession of her soul.
Xena, why would he attack your family?
He has an entire world he can rule.
He's preparing for war.
It's no accident I'm in this house.
Eve...
Those things, they said...
They said that they seek the blood of the messenger.
This is Eve's battle.
No, if he picks a battle, he's picked it with me.
I won't lose my daughter the way I lost my mother.
Lyceus...
My brother...
Lyceus...
I did all I could.
Yes...
You did all you could.
You raised the army.
You talked him into fighting.
These...
These may as well be wounds from your sword!
He was the only thing I had left...
and...
you took him from me.
Lyceus...
Mother, I'm just so sorry...
about everything.
In the name of Eli and all the powers of Heaven...
I command this evil presence to be cast out.
In the name of Eli and all the powers of Heaven...
I command this evil presence to be cast out.
In the name of Eli...
and all the powers of Heaven...
I command this evil presence to be cast out.
Gabrielle?
In the name of Eli and all the powers of Heaven...
I command this evil presence to be cast out!
Gabrielle...
She's with me, Xena.
Mother! Gabrielle!
Mephistopheles, why are you doing this to my family?
I seek the messenger of Eli.
Your daughter.
What do you want with her?
He knows I can do this...
In the name of Eli and all the powers of Heaven...
I command this evil presence to be cast out!
Why have you come here?
You killed the Olympian gods, Xena.
The time has come for my reign to begin.
I shall inherit the Earth.
When your blood is spilled, Eve...
I'll be made flesh.
It will never happen, Mephistopheles, never!
Your mother cried out for you, Xena.
Even at the end.
I beg you, no!
- I'm innocent! I swear to you! - You'll pay for what you've done!
Burn her! Burn the witch!
Xena!
I helped eat her soul, Xena.
She'll spend eternity reliving only agony you put into her life.
Unless... you spill your daughter's blood...
and bring me into the world.
No.
In the name of Eli...
and all the powers of Heaven...
I command this evil presence to be cast out!
Damn you!
I leave this body, Xena,
but I'll keep your mother's soul!
Do you want your mommy? Release me into the world.
Again, Eve. Do it again. Now!
In the name of Eli and all the powers of Heaven...
I command this evil presence to be cast out!
Gabrielle?
Xena?
You're dizzy.
Help me untie her.
Oh, glad to have you back.
Gabrielle, Mephistopheles has my mother.
I've gotta find a way to release her soul...
but cleansed or not, I want you out of here.
- Where do you want me to go? - Mephistopheles is using you!
I'm not leaving.
He can't take her again.
She's been cleansed.
He's afraid of you...
In the name of Eli and all...
Mephistopheles controls every inch of this house.
Xena, you're going to need me.
Listen to me.
Pull!
We gotta get to Eve!
In the name of Eli and all the powers of Heaven...
- I command this evil presence... - Eve!
- to be cast out. - Eve!
In the name of Eli and all the powers of Heaven...
I command this evil presence to be cast out.
In the name of Eli and all the powers of Heaven...
I command this evil presence to be cast out!
Look at her.
Xena, how can she fight this battle?
Xena...
In the name of Eli and all the powers of Heaven...
She's dying, Xena.
The battle you have her fighting...
- is one she cannot win. - and all the powers of Heaven...
It will cost her her life.
And I will be the victor.
Her soul will belong to me.
Mephistopheles!
It's not your daughter's life that I seek.
Only her blood.
Just a few drops of blood spilt in my name...
will bring me into your world.
Fight me there...
or your daughter will join your mother in eternal torture.
...to be cast out.
Gabrielle...
I have to go fight Mephistopheles.
- Xena, you can't release him. - No, I'm gonna take the fight to him.
- That's the spiritual realm. - I'm gonna put the pinch on myself.
- No. - Yes.
No!
I should be dead just long enough to meet Mephistopheles there.
Then I need you to release the pinch and bring me back.
Xena, I can't. I don't know how.
Yes, you can. I'll show you.
Here.
Right here?
No, that will stop my heart.
There.
I can't believe you're showing me this now.
We don't have any choice.
Xena, if I can't do this,
that means that you're down there forever.
You can do it.
I believe in you.
Bring me back, Gabrielle.
Ok.
Mother...
Gods, forgive me!
I've killed him!
Mother, it's me.
My Orestes!
I had no choice!
My husband!
Mother, I will find a way to release you. I promise.
Don't make promises you can't keep.
I thought you were the god-killer, Xena.
How were the mighty Olympians so easily taken?
I'm just a little distracted by your good looks.
I don't know what I'm doing.
I'll try and find water. Maybe it'll help wake her up.
Yeah.
You cannot hurt me in the spirit world, Xena.
No harm in trying.
Your power to kill gods is on Earth.
I'm right here, Xena.
Now you see you can't harm me here.
If you come into my realm, I will kill you before you take a step.
And then take my throne?
What are you talking about?
Whoever kills me...
must take my place and reign over Hell.
And frankly, Xena,
I don't think you're up to the job.
Come on.
Release my mother.
You know my price.
I won't do it.
Very well...
If you won't spill Eve's blood...
then perhaps the right pressure in the right place
might cause Eve to spill her own.
Your daughter will be mine, Xena.
Do you mind? I was getting a drink.
You don't remember me, do you?
On the road outside Rome?
You beheaded me from horseback.
You hardly gave it a thought.
I didn't. That wasn't me.
Oh, I think I'd remember.
You came galloping by and...
just for kicks.
"All roads lead to Rome." my eye.
Hey...
You threw this at me from 20 yards.
I was tryin' to save my wife, Livia.
I'm not Livia.
We died unabsolved!
We can never be at peace.
Livia.
Xena... hey.
- I'm not Livia! - You don't believe us?
Look!
It's not me.
Oh, it most certainly is.
We're the same...
The same cunning mind...
The same dark soul...
The same love of power...
You see how they cringe in fear of us?
We didn't just kill them.
We trapped them forever in limbo.
I can't undo that.
- If I could help them, I would. - Prove it!
Spill your blood.
Bring forth Mephistopheles and they will be released from torment.
You can do it.
No.
That can't be the way.
I'm not you.
I'm not Livia!
Really?
Then why do you get a tingle when I do this?
Stop!
Xena!
Come on!
Xena...
Eve...
Where's Eve?
Eve! Eve...
Come here.
- I'm going to stop Mephistopheles. - No.
I won't let you stop him that way.
He's already got my mother's soul. He's not gettin' yours.
Then how can we stop him?
By giving him exactly what he wants.
Trust me.
Xena...
Wait.
Xena...
Xena.
You cannot spill your daughter's blood.
It's better than the beating she was taking in there.
You will bring Hell onto Earth!
After all the evil we've seen...
you want to unleash that onto the world?
My mother's soul is trapped. My daughter is half dead.
And the portal to Hell opened up in my backyard!
I am going to face Mephistopheles, Gabrielle.
It is the only way.
You cannot kill every demon from Hell!
I only need to kill one.
And he will never expect me to...
To what?
To what?!
To take his place.
Mephistopheles said whoever kills the king of Hell must inherit the throne.
Xena...
I will cross that bridge when I come to it.
But I am not going to let Mephistopheles torment my family any longer.
Do you hear me?
Eve... Eve, your destiny is to stop this evil, not bring it into the world.
We make our own destiny in this family.
Eve...
The choice is yours.
Yes.
Destiny comes to pass in strange ways.
I'll fulfill mine.
I'll deliver Mephistopheles into the only hands capable of beating him.
Will you help me?
In the name of Eli...
let my sinful blood be absolved by your goodness.
Let it bring about a victorious end to our battle with your enemy.
Let's see what you got up here, you swine.
Hear our plea!
Bring forth Mephistopheles!
The master of lies! The king of Hell!
So that we may, with your strength,
fight him!
So that we may end his reign for all eternity!
In Mephistopheles' name!
You two, get out of here!
This is my fight now.
Show yourself, Mephistopheles!
I am at last made flesh!
Enjoy it while it lasts.
You're holding back, Xena. Is something bothering you?
Other than your stench?
Isn't this what you wanted?
To face me on Earth and make me pay for all I've done to you?
Does the thought of taking my place on the throne of Hell...
suddenly not appeal to you?
You're lying about that.
Are you willing to risk it?
Last chance, Xena...
to get your revenge!
If you'll take my place.
No? That's exactly what I was counting on.
So be it.
Xena...
What?
Look.
You have your mother's eyes. You're tall like her, too.
I love my granddaughter, Xena.
She couldn't wait to meet you.
Gabrielle...
We missed you.
After all these years I...
I wondered if I'd ever see you again, but I never gave up hope, Xena.
Neither did I.
I finally find you, and you're gone.
I'll never really be gone, Xena.
Not as long as you keep me alive in your heart.
Mom...
Gabrielle, what's wrong?
The legend...
Xena, you killed the king of Hell.
What happens now?
I don't know.
I've got a feeling it's not over yet.