Xena: Warrior Princess s04e11 Episode Script

Kill them all! Retreat! Hold your ground! We've never retreated! We've never fought the Horde before! They'll kill us all! Not you.
Retreat! That was a lifetime ago.
It feels like just yesterday.
I lost over half my men to those There's a northern route.
It'll take us around all of this.
Xena, you're not the same person that you were then.
You know more about yourself now.
You know about the Horde.
I know they have a code of combat, and I know one word Kaltaka.
But do I understand them? Come on.
They'll be around us by dark.
They'll never know we were here.
Come on.
Xena, look.
Have you ever seen a blonde Horde girl? She looks familiar.
I don't know from where, but Stop! They'll kill you! One more pelt, one less Horde.
It's a lovely day for scalping.
What are you doing? They're Horde! You let 'em get away.
They're just kids out hunting for food.
And when they're grown, they'll hunt us.
I'll get ten dinars apiece for those scalps as souvenirs.
So you owe me thirty dinars, not counting gramps there.
Xena, look at this.
Xena? -The Xena destroyer of nations? -Ancient history, pal.
The name's Milo, and I'm a history buff, too.
Enough to know that it tends to repeat itself.
You ever notice? Look at this.
It's a roman design.
They must have picked it up in battle.
They never got this in battle.
They got it from me.
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.
XENA, THE WARRIOR PRINCESS I don't hold out much hope that they're alive.
The Horde don't leave survivors, but Raul was one of my best men.
And his wife, Aja, was a gifted healer.
I feel I owe it to them to check this out.
Imagine if it's true.
That poor girl being taken from her family I told you we should have killed them.
They creamed you last time.
But you and me working together, we could really put a hurt on those Horde.
Not to mention putting some coin in our pockets.
-You're a mercenary little bastard, Milo.
-Oh, you said it yourself years ago.
The only good Horde is a dead Horde.
-Words to live by.
-Words to die by.
Just ask my men, the few that survived.
Get out of the way.
This is the place.
Raul! Xena? Raul, Aja This is my friend, Gabrielle.
-Pleased to meet you.
-He's done with fighting, Xena.
-Tell her, Raul.
-She's right.
I've quit.
Good.
That's good.
But it's not why we're here.
Let's talk inside.
We ran into some of the Horde down by the river today.
We found this.
It was Vanessa's.
The one you gave her before you left.
The Horde took her six years ago.
One moment she was outside playing, and the next I searched till I found her tattered clothes, torn and burned.
That's when I knew they killed her.
Murdered my little girl in cold blood.
-She's alive.
-What? There was a blonde, blue-eyed girl with the Horde.
I knew there was something familiar about her, but with the sling It's gotta be Vanessa.
Raul, you said yourself you'd given up fighting.
You go out there now, and they will cut you into little pieces.
She's my daughter.
You expect me to just leave her with them? No.
No, of course not.
We can bring her home.
Will you? Please She's all we ever had.
Will you bring her back to us, please? Yes, of course.
Look, don't worry.
I know that a child needs her mother and her father.
-Right, Xena? -Right.
Word has it you're hunting Horde.
-Word has it wrong.
-Oh, come on Let me in on this.
-I could be very useful.
-We're not hunting Horde.
We're trying to take a girl back to her family.
Fine.
If that's the party line, I'll spout it.
-Just let me come, huh? -Get lost, Milo.
Your loss.
But when you're trackin' 'em and they suddenly vanish don't come beggin' me to find 'em for ya.
It's a deal.
Now, beat it.
-Can you believe him? -Gabrielle, I was him.
If it wasn't for you and one word, I'd be there now.
Kaltaka.
You trust your heart and I respect that, but taking Vanessa could stir up a whole lotta trouble.
They took her first.
We're just bringing her home, Xena.
I mean, doesn't she deserve to be with the people that she loves, the people that love her? I guess every child deserves that.
Well, then the sooner we bring her back, the better.
-So that's how they disappear.
-Underground.
Terrific.
-Problem? -No, piece of cake.
Kaltaka Kaltaka Kaltaka.
Dovi, dovi.
Kaltaka.
Kaltaka.
Don't be afraid, Vanessa.
I've come to get you outta here.
P'lee! P'lee! It'll wear off.
P'lee! Go.
Get going.
Go! I hate small spaces.
No.
Forward.
Get going! P'lee! I thought you were coming out of the tunnel.
Yeah, well she panicked, didn't know me, started screaming.
-You pinched her voice? -It'll come back.
The Horde's right behind us.
Get her back across the river.
I'll lay a false trail and meet you there.
Are you ok? Are you sick? Vanessa? Ok, keep trying.
Xena said it was temporary.
P'lee.
P'lee? I don't know that word.
I know "kaltaka".
Water, right? Kaltaka.
Ok.
We can do this.
Watch.
I'm Gabrielle.
You're Vanessa.
My name P'lee.
You can talk.
You can speak our language.
Wait till your mother and father hear this.
My father Cirvik.
My "talk" Pomira.
No.
We're going to take you home.
-The Horde will never hurt you again.
-Not Horde.
Pomira.
We Pomira.
The sky The Earth Kaltaka All know Pomira.
Serve Pomira.
And Pomira give honor.
You were honoring the river? Kaltaka? Pomira honor life.
You got a funny way 'a showing it.
They killed hundreds of us.
You killers.
You You kill trees, Earth, all.
And when we say "No, go from here.
" you kill Pomira.
Can I talk to you? She won't leave, right, Vanessa? I mean, P'lee.
Why run? Soon Cirvik come.
Then you run.
Come here.
-Look, Cirvik is the name -For Horde master.
Vanessa wasn't a slave.
She wasn't even a servant.
She's the adopted daughter of their leader.
That doesn't mean it was right for him to kidnap her from her mother.
All I'm saying is they won't give her up without a fight.
And if Vanessa doesn't wanna come then maybe we made a complete Xena, she doesn't wanna come because she doesn't remember.
When she's in her mother's arms she'll know that she belongs there.
Now, how can that be wrong? I know it's strange for you I mean, after all, you've been gone for six years It will get easier.
You know I mean, your parents, they're What is it? Horde? No.
Much worse.
Get up! Thought you'd like an escort into town.
No, what you thought was how easy it would be to pick off Horde on our trail.
I love this woman.
So This the little prodigal? Leave her alone, Milo.
-Hey, sweet pea.
-Watch it, Milo.
Welcome back to civilization.
You were warned.
Stupid savage! You should 'a left her where you found her.
More Horde than human.
Xena's coming! Open the gates! She's here.
Vanessa, this is your mother and father.
Vanessa? P'lee! Raul, remember, she's been gone a long time.
Maybe too long.
She's still your daughter.
Tell him, Vanessa.
I am P'lee! Daughter of Cirvik! And he come here and take me.
And kill you all! -The Horde is comin'? -No, that's not what she meant.
Yes, it was.
Cirvik and his men are sure to come after her.
Just like ya planned.
We don't fight on their turf.
We bring them to ours.
Brilliant strategy What'd I tell ya? A griffin'd shed its wings sooner 'n Xena would lose her taste for Horde blood.
You're wrong.
I wanted to bring Vanessa home.
The girl you brought is not Vanessa.
She's an animal! She doesn't know us or want us.
Not anymore.
I say we hang the girl.
As a warning to the rest of her kind stay out or else! -No! I won't let you touch her! -Neither will I.
Gabrielle, go take her inside.
We'll sort this out.
Come on, Vanessa.
I'm gonna take ya home.
Come with us.
Come on.
It's all right.
Come on, ok? You're safe.
Come on.
Pretty soon, you're gonna get all the Horde you can handle.
I say we give her back to the Horde! Yeah! Give her back! They'll just take her and attack us anyway.
I'm still for killing her! Show 'em we mean business! And I still stay no.
Killing Vanessa won't stop the Horde.
-Nothing stops the Horde! -It's true, they're animals.
-All they know is killing! -Let's destroy the Horde.
Ok, settle down! Garth and Milo are right.
Nothing stops those animals but a sword.
You're saying all-out war I'm saying total wipeout.
No prisoners, no terms Complete annihilation.
Marry me.
I want complete command.
If anyone can lead us, it's you.
Then let's get started.
And if this works, you'll never fear the Horde again.
Raul? Look, I know that this didn't turn out like you'd 'a thought.
You have to deal with Vanessa sometime.
How? Lock her up? Cage her? No.
No, that animal, she's not Vanessa.
Of course she is.
Under all that paint she still needs her father's love.
She needs it now more than ever.
You heard her.
I'm not her father! She's daughter to the Horde.
The little girl I loved is gone.
The little girl may be gone.
Every child grows up.
Look, I'm sure that she's changed a lot but you have to give her a chance.
To do what? No, Gabrielle.
We lost our daughter six years ago.
This girl She's a stranger.
A savage named P'lee.
My Vanessa's gone! Vanessa? P'lee.
She'd rather be called by her other name.
Tanabi! Tanabi Lamb Lamb stew Glory, tanabi.
Glory, baka.
She's honoring the lamb.
Kara? The doll It's her name, Kara.
Father? Forgive me.
I should have kept searching.
I love you, Vanessa.
By the gods! I'll never let those Horde savages near you again.
I swear it.
They're not savages to her, Raul.
Remember, those people fed and clothed her for six years.
Those years belonged to us! They stole her childhood from us, and I'll never forgive 'em for it! Never! -Garth said you wanted to see me.
-Yeah.
-What's happening? -History in the making.
Or should I say repeating itself? Only this time it'll be the Horde who call a retreat, right, Xena? That's right.
Now take some men and go and check the south wall before we boil up the oil.
-She's back.
-I'm back.
This is my fault.
If I hadn't been so blind about my feelings towards Vanessa -then none of this would have happened.
-You're right.
It's because of you that we have this chance.
To wage a war -To forge a peace.
-By fighting? No, by using the only tool that we have to reach them, Vanessa.
What? All of this, Gabrielle, is just so I can gain the trust of the soldiers.
Vanessa is the only one who can communicate with both sides.
Yes, she can, but what if she won't? You honestly think she's gonna stand by and watch her family slaughtered? I don't know.
She's confused.
So am I.
What about? I thought that she deserved to know her family.
To be able to make a choice.
I thought that she'd be happier with them than she would with the Horde, and now, I don't know.
Cirvik loves her.
I saw it in his eyes and I heard it in his voice.
You know, you'd think I'd learn not to meddle with families.
You were right to wanna give her a choice, Gabrielle.
But now we have to stand by the one she makes, whatever it is.
Come on! Stay alert! Watch for any movement! Xena I know you followed me.
Guess again, sweet pea.
You savages got any gods, you better pray to 'em now.
You know, this thing has really come in handy, lately.
You're still murdering children, Milo.
A Horde is a Horde, whatever their age.
Look at her.
Does she seem like Horde to you? Not to look at, but she's Horde, all right, inside.
Ain't that right, P'lee? Get back to your post.
And if you ever desert again, I will hand you over to the Horde myself.
You all right? He hates Pomira.
Pomira hate him, and the rest of us.
It's a bad situation all around.
Many will die.
On both sides.
But you can stop that, P'lee.
-How? -You understand both sides Both languages.
You can act as a bridge between us.
A way of communicating without killing each other.
What I care? Because if you don't care, both your families get hurt.
My family, Pomira.
Cirvik, his daughter die.
And he choose me for his daughter.
-He love me.
-I understand that.
But you can make him understand that you have family here, too.
Parents who love you, and who would die for you.
That's him.
That's Cirvik.
Xena -Open the gates! -No! I'm in command here.
I said, open the gates.
Attack! Out of the way.
This one's no kid.
Can't let you do it, Milo.
Then stop me.
I hate that.
Vanessa Please Please, don't go.
You're home.
Please, stay with us, Vanessa.
Both Both My father.
Vanessa Your mother and I want you to come home.
Please, Vanessa P'lee.
You keep.
I see her soon.
Cirvik say "No fight, no war.
" Say "Family.
" Now that we can cross the river, it'll save us at least a day's travel.
-Good.
-You still thinking about Raul? I wonder if he'll ever get past his hatred.
Maybe.
I did.
And now, thanks to you he'll have Vanessa to help him.
-Thanks to me? -Sure.
If you hadn't insisted that we go after Vanessa then I would never have crossed that river.
It was your faith in love and family that convinced me it was right.
It was wrong.
No, Gabrielle.
Because of you, Raul and Aja now know that their daughter is alive and happy instead of dead like they thought.
And because of you, Vanessa now has two loving homes.
And because of you, for the first time ever there's peace between us and the Hor The Pomira.
I did all that? And they call you the hero? You wanna switch? Fine.
You kick butt and I'll take notes.