One night Xena awakes when she discovers that Gabrielle is gone. Grabbing her weapons Xena finds Gabrielle a little war from the campsite. Xena says "Everything alright?" Gabrielle says "Yah. Fine. Just thinking. Thank you. Xena asks "For what?" Gabrielle says "You've stuck by me through everything." Xena says "Likewise I'm sure." Gabrielle says "I hope that I never disappoint you Xena." Xena says "Impossible." Gabrielle says "I've learned that anything is possible. .. There's someone in the shadows by the coconut tree. Xena says "I know." The man comes out. Xena grabs him. She looks down at his chest. She sees that he is wounded. Messenger says "Xena." Xena "I'm Xena." Messenger "I was sent by the weak one who is soft as the water but hard as the raging flood." Suddenly Xena has to battle ninja warriors. They must of been the ones who hurt the messenger. Xena returns to the messenger. Xena says "I'm afraid I can't help you my friend, your wound's too severe." Messenger says "I bring a message to you." Xena says "I'm listening." Messenger says "The Green Dragon has become too large and must be made small." Then he dies. Xena starts to prepare for her long journey. Xena tells Gabrielle about her wicked past because Gabrielle wants to understand why Xena must go and kill the Green Dragon. Xena was very brutal and evil. She and Borias used each other. Xena was part of Borias' army. Gabrielle is shocked that she and Borias could have made such a beautiful child like Solen is. Xena tried to kill Lao Ma because she knew that she would be a calming influence on Borias and Xena liked him just the way he was. Lao Ma was the wife of one of the ruler of one of kingdoms of Chin. Xena kid napped the young Min Tien and would have killed him if his father did not give her the gold and horses she demanded. Borias betrays Xena. After she is knocked out in Min Tien's fathers presence he takes Xena and Borias takes the gold and horses because he made a deal with Min Tien's father. Gabrielle decides that she cannot go with Xena to help her commit a murder. Xena understands how Gabrielle feels. On the boat to China Xena has more flashbacks. Xena is too be hunted by Min Tien and his father even though she is still crippled from when Caesar's men smashed her legs. Xena sees Lao Ma there. Min Tien's father say he hopes that she does not mind them hunting so close to her land. She does not mind. She has a plan to save Xena. Lao Ma gives something to Min Tien that she made. Min Tien's father says "Ah. I see she knows my nickname for you Min Tien. Show it to him." On the gift is an embroidered green dragon. Xena is chased by brutal hounds. Xena trips. She looks up and there is Lao Ma. Lao Ma says "Come with me if you wish your freedom. Hurry, they {the dogs} will be back on the scent soon." Xena asks "Why are you doing this." Lao Ma says "I have been blessed or cursed with the ability to see into people souls. You don't know it yet Xena but you are a remarkable woman capable of greatness." In Lao Ma's home Xena is safe. Suddenly, Min Tien's father comes in because the hounds had traced Xena’s scent there. Xena is under water so the guards do not find her. Lao Ma washes Xena's hair and gives her clothes. Suddenly it is Xena's present time again. She is covering herself in a black paste. Xena jumps into the Green Dragon’s castle. As she travels through the Green Dragon's castle she has flashbacks of her past. How she let Callisto die, how she was evil in the episode about the Horde and other mistakes she has made. Xena makes it into the bedroom. Someone is moving under the covers. Xena raises her dagger. Suddenly Gabrielle pulls back the covers. As guards rush in she says "I'm sorry Xena I couldn't let you do this." The Green Dragon enters. It is Min Tien. He takes Xena's dagger. Min Tien says "Lao Ma said you’d return one day Xena. Lock her up."
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