TEASER FADE IN A desolate land, not many trees in sight. Ones that can be seen are dying and are bare without leaves. The ground is rocky and swirls of dust are seen blowing in the air, the sun beating down intensely. On one patch of this land is what looks like a makeshift tent village, with scattered fires burning amidst the tents. As the camera moves around the village we see men dressed in animal skins, with necklaces and bracelets made from the fangs of animals. Their hair is long and matted; many of them have long, scraggly beards. Some of them are eating by the campfires, others practicing sword moves. Some women, who look just as scruffy as the men, are scurrying around with crying babies in their arms. The camera continues to move around the camp until it begins to focus on the largest tent, closing in on it. CUT TO Inside the tent we find a man sitting on a large chair decorated with deer antlers and bones. He is dressed quite a bit nicer than the other men we've seen, his long brown hair is more combed, pulled back into a ponytail and he has only a small goatee on his chin. It is clear that he is the leader of this group. He is surveying a map that lies on a table in front of him. Occasionally he sips wine from a goblet on the table. He seems to be lost in thought. One of the warriors enters the tent. The man in the chair looks up, and the other man bows. WARRIOR: EURIC: WARRIOR: Euric gestures to him to leave; the warrior bows once more and then leaves. Grinning, Euric takes another sip from the goblet and then goes back to looking at the map. The camera moves in so that we can see the map and we find that it is a map of Greece, a circle around a city in the farthest north corner of Greece labeled as Themiscyra. EURIC (grins): Euric chuckles and takes a dagger that is lying next to the map and rams it into the map, right where the town is circled. CUT TO A campsite. It's morning. Xena, Gabrielle, and Eve, are sitting around a burnt-out fire. EVE: XENA (reluctantly): EVE (shocked): GABRIELLE (solemnly): XENA: EVE (nervously): Gabrielle looks down at the ground and then at Xena who gives her a "go on" look. GABRIELLE: Eve looks nervously but curiously at Gabrielle, then at her mother. GABRIELLE:
EVE (in shock): GABRIELLE: Close-up on Eve's face, full of guilt and horror. CUT TO Xena, Eve and Gabrielle, on horseback, are on a hill overlooking Themiscyra. XENA (to Eve): EVE: Xena puts a comforting hand on her daughter's shoulder. XENA: EVE: XENA (looks down): EVE (nods half-heartedly): GABRIELLE (lovingly): EVE: GABRIELLE: EVE (sighs): Xena, her face outwardly unemotional, nudges Argo in the side and starts riding down the hill, with Gabrielle at her side. Eve rides a few paces behind them, looking troubled, as we: FADE OUT END OF TEASER |