Standing there beside Gabrielle as the young woman laid motionless, Xena looked at the priest Hippocrates, after stopping her seemingly pointless efforts in continuing to try and bring Gabrielle back.
HIPPOCRATES
You need to let her go.
The warrior scowled.
XENA
(Angry tone) Get out of my way.
She shoved him away.
XENA
(Angry tone) You don't know anything.
Xena then returned to her pleas with Gabrielle to wake up while desperately searching all the medical knowledge she had stored in her mind for anything she could do. The seconds passing by felt like a lifetime to the warrior.
XENA
Come on Gabrielle You've never ran from anything in your whole life. Now fight!
MARMAX
Xena.
Ignoring everyone else around her and throwing away all sense of logic that she would normally have, Xena continued as she cried, not willing to let Gabrielle go. It hadn't even occurred to the dark-haired woman until right there in that temple as she stood willing to fight the gods themselves to bring Gabrielle back, just how much the young woman had come to mean to her, since coming into her life and inadvertently pulling the warrior back from the brink of her own self destruction.
MARMAX
Xena! It's time to stop now. It's over. Let her cross over in peace.
Finally turning her attention to the soldier, Xena glared at him with a mix of sorrow and rage, reflected in her piercing blue eyes.
XENA
What do you know? You've killed so many.
MARMAX
And so have you.
XENA
No... No. I can still save her.
Again Xena went back to trying to resuscitate the other woman, pressing her mouth to Gabrielle's as she continued forcing air into her.
XENA
Come on, Gabrielle. Come on. Don't leave me.
Not knowing what else to do, Xena slammed a frustrated fist down onto Gabrielle's chest.
XENA
Don't you leave me!
She raised then brought her fist down again.
XENA
Don't leave me!
Xena repeated the action again and again as with each desperate demand, more and more of her hope faded away.
XENA
Don't leave me! Wake up! Wake up! Wake up!
Raising her fist once more, all hope seemed to drain from the warrior as she lowered her head and just let her hand drop against Gabrielle's chest one final time, suddenly feeling as though everything in her life had lost all meaning. Then, without warning Xena heard a loud gasp that caused her to raise her eyes as her tears changed from sorrow to joy, when she saw Gabrielle remarkably start breathing again.
MARMAX
Unbelievable.
Relieved and overjoyed beyond belief, Xena lifted Gabrielle slightly as she just stood there holding the young woman who was still getting her bearings as she looked around confused as to what was happening.
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EVER ETERNAL series SCROLL I: AN ANCIENT AFFAIR
FanfictionA romantic tale of Xena and Gabrielle's lives as they travel together throughout ancient Greece. From realizing their feelings for one another. As they go from just friends to the first I love you and first kiss, and much, much more.
