Return Of Callisto

TEASER

JAILER: “All right time to eat pigs! Each of the animals gets a ladleful. Hey! What do yo say pig?”
PRISONER: “Thank you.”
JAILER: “You got to demand their respect. They’re all murderers, thieves and perverts. The toughest, baddest men around. If you get soft with them for a moment, they’ll cut your throat. Now this one is a very, very special case. Watch what I do. Fill her up. What do you say?”
APPRENTICE: “Why is she in that contraption?”
JAILER: “That’s Callisto. she’s the worst of the worst. Already crippled three guards. Never let her out of that thing. Come on, what do you say?”
CALLISTO: “I say before I kill you, I’m going to make you squeal like a pig, you fat, pathetic piece of dung.”
JAILER: “I’ve put up with your lip for too long! Now what do you got to say?!”
CALLISTO: “Thank you.”
JAILER: “See respect, I demand it, I get it.”
APPRENTICE: “This is my lucky night. Yeah! Yeah!”
JAILER: “Luck be a lady tonight!”
CALLISTO: “You lose.”
JAILER: “Get her!”

Fight

PRISONERS: “Callisto! Callisto! Callisto! Callisto! Callisto! Callisto!”

Fight

CALLISTO: “Here, piggy, piggy, piggy, piggy.”

The jailer screams

PRISONERS: "Let us out Callisto, over here, over here."
CALLISTO: “Let them all out. The healthy ones, will be the beginning of our new army. Oh and the weak ones, put them out of their misery, hmm? Oh, huh, Theodorus bring that with you. I know someone it will look, perfect on.”
PRISONER: “Callisto! Callisto! Callisto! Callisto! Callisto! Callisto!”

ACT I

XENA: “Hello Perdicus. Not the smartest way to pay us a visit.”
GABRIELLE: “Perdicus!”
PERDICUS: “I just had to see something.”
GABRIELLE: “What?”
PERDICUS: “Your face. I haven’t stopped thinking about you since the last time I saw you. Gabrielle we’ve always been close. You were my closest friend and well, Gabrielle will you be my wife?”
GABRIELLE: “What have you been doing since you left Troy?”
PERDICUS: “Fighting that’s all I’ve been doing it seems. After Troy I wandered into another war. One day I killed three men. I started to have dreams about, all the men whose lives I’d taken. I couldn’t stand it. One night I had my dagger at my heart. Then I saw something.”
GABRIELLE: “What?”
PERDICUS: “Your face.”
GABRIELLE: “Perdicus I don’t know if I’m really who you think I am. I mean, I fight.”
PERDICUS: “But you never kill. I know that, Gabrielle we were to be married once and you decided that that wasn’t to be. And you were right. You were right. I wasn’t ready either but I am now. I love you and if you’ll take me, I want you to be my wife.”
GABRIELLE: “I’m sorry. I just excuse me OK?”
BOY: “The barrel’s ribbed with iron.”
JOXER: “Yeah I know that! That’s why I chose it! Anybody can split an ordinary barrel in two! But Joxer the Magnificent chose an iron-ribbed one! You see I like the challenge of choosing the hardest opponents huh? The toughest, the most vicious opponents.”
BOY: “Like them.”
JOXER: “Right just whoa! Whoa! Callisto! Don’t make me hurt you.”
CALLISTO: “Joxer the last time I saw you, you wanted to join my army and now you want to fight me? Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk,tsk I am so disappointed.”
JOXER: “Yeah well I turned good, just like Xena.”
CALLISTO: “Yeah? Well I haven’t.”
JOXER: “Oh will that that er”
CALLISTO: “Be a dear and deliver a message to the good Xena for me, will you?”
JOXER: “Sure.”
CALLISTO: “Tell her this. She should have killed me when she had the chance. For every drop of innocent blood I shed-- from here on out, is on her hands as well as mine.”
JOXER: “OK.”
CALLISTO: “Good boy. Come!”
JOXER: “Bye.”
XENA: “So what’s your answer.”
GABRIELLE: “No of course.”
XENA: “Why don’t you tell him?”
GABRIELLE: “I’m waiting for the right time.”
XENA: “He’s a good man.”
GABRIELLE: “He is, he’s so sensitive and kind. You know I’ve never known anyone that I’ve ever been so comfortable around, besides you.”
XENA: “Look Gabrielle, if it’s me you’re worried about let me set your mind at rest. Seeing you happy will make me happy and if that means settling down with Perdicus then, you have my blessing.”
JOXER: “Xena! Xena! It’s Callisto! She’s out!”

Fight

CALLISTO: “I’ve missed you Xena.”
XENA: “You never wrote.”
CALLISTO: “Hmm, hmm, Ahhh! Don’t move pretty. That sentimental side of you is a real problem now, isn’t it? You fight with your heart. That gives me advantage over you. I no longer seem to have one. I’m not gonna kill you, now oh no. First I’m going to kill your soul just like you killed mine. See you soon my sweet

Callisto blows Xena a kiss

WOMAN: “Help!”

Fight

WOMAN: “Help! My baby!”
XENA: “Gabrielle!”
GABRIELLE: “Thanks!”
PERDICUS: “I can’t do this anymore. If you don’t wanna come with me it’s not gonna change the way I feel about you. I love you more than anything but I’m done fighting. I’m going home.”
GABRIELLE: “Ya, I but, I but ”
XENA: “Where’s he going?”
GABRIELLE: “The answer’s ‘yes Xena. I’m gonna marry him.”

ACT II

PRIEST: “May the winds bring forth also good fortune. May the same force that molded the beauty of these rose petals bless your union for eternity.”
PERDICUS: “I love you Gabrielle. I’m so happy.”
GABRIELLE: “Oh Xena.”
JOXER: “Congratulations.”
PERDICUS: “Xena.”
XENA: “Perdicus congratulations.”
GABRIELLE AND PERDICUS: “Thank you.”
JOXER: “Xena.”
GABRIELLE: “Before we go, I need to speak with Xena.”
JOXER: “I’m sorry.”
PERDICUS: “Take your time.”
GABRIELLE: “OK.”
XENA: “Joxer.”
JOXER: “Huh?”
XENA: “Take a walk.”
JOXER: “Oh, right. Hey Perdicus.”
XENA: “I’m so happy for you.”
GABRIELLE: “I’m gonna miss you, so much.”
XENA: “Hey it’s not like we’ll never see one another again. I’ll visit you all the time.”
GABRIELLE: “You promise?”
XENA: “I’ll be knocking on your door so often, you’ll be sick of me.”
GABRIELLE: “Hmm never.”
JOXER: “Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom! Listen.”
GABRIELLE: “You know I think I fell in love with him at Troy.”
XENA: “No kidding.”
GABRIELLE: “Huh.”
XENA: “Gabrielle I am not going to let you say goodbye, that’s not what this is. We’ll see one another again soon.

Gabrielle gives Xena her bouquet

XENA:Hah, hah.”
PERDICUS: “You ready sweetheart? Shall we?”
GABRIELLE: “Hah ha ha!”
XENA: “Goodbye Gabrielle.”
PERDICUS: “You’re gonna miss her aren’t you?”
GABRIELLE: “Yeah. I’m more worried about her missing me though. She’s gonna be all alone. I have you.”
PERDICUS: “That makes you happy?”
GABRIELLE: “Very I if we have a daughter, do you think we can name?”
PERDICUS: “Xena I wouldn’t have it any other way.”
GABRIELLE: “Ah Perdicus? I’ve I’ve never been with a man before. Have you? Been with women?”
PERDICUS: “Uh well, I was I was a soldier and! ”
GABRIELLE: “I don’t need to hear anymore.”
PERDICUS: “Does that bother you, that I’ve I’ve been with other women?”
GABRIELLE: “A little but I guess one of us should be good at it.”
PERDICUS: “Hey I never said that I was good at it.”

Perdiucs and Gabrielle kiss

XENA: “Hello Theodorus. We’ve been through all this before but in case you don’t remember the details, you’ll be dead in seconds if you don’t tell me where Callisto is.”
THEODORUS: “I don’t know where she is.”
XENA: “Wrong answer.”
THEODORUS: “That’s the truth! She left hours ago.”
XENA: “Come on Theodorus. She knew I was coming. She’s much too good a hostess not to be here to greet me.”
THEODORUS: “I’m telling you the truth. When I told her you were travelling without Gabrielle she said ‘Perfect and left.”
GABRIELLE: “Perdicus I know what love is, now. It’s life. Everything is united by love alone.”
CALLISTO: “Oh love, love, love, love. Oh it unites you’re right. And hate divides. Let’s see which one’s stronger shall we?”
PERDICUS: “What do you want? We’re unarmed.”
CALLISTO: “Good that makes things simple then doesn’t it?”
GABRIELLE: “Perdicus! Perdicus?”
CALLISTO: “Nighty night. I longed to see you wailing over the body of your friend.”
XENA: “Well it’s not going to happen.”
CALLISTO: “Hmm?”
GABRIELLE: “No! No! Perdicus.”
CALLISTO: “That’ll do.”
GABRIELLE: “No, no, no Perdicus! Oh! No! Xena! Oh no! Oh, no, no, Perdicus.”

ACT III

GABRIELLE: “That’s the last one.”
XENA: “What do you mean?”
GABRIELLE: “From here on out all I want on my hands is Callisto’s blood.”
XENA: “Gabrielle leave Callisto to me. You need time to mourn.”
GABRIELLE: “I have the rest of my life to mourn. I want to see her dead.”
XENA: “Gabrielle.”
GABRIELLE: “In the morning I’m going after her. Now the question is, are you going to come with me or not?”
XENA: “Gabrielle.”
GABRIELLE: “Is is time?”
XENA: “Yes.”
GABRIELLE: “I’m ready.”
XENA: “Gabrielle when we find her don’t go up against her one on one. You’ll be dead in seconds.”
GABRIELLE: “If she dies with me that’ll be fine.”
XENA: “Not with me it won’t. Besides she’d chop you into little pieces before you even struck a first blow.”
GABRIELLE: “That’s because you never taught me how to use a sword. Now that’s going to change right now. I want a lesson.”
XENA: “No.”
GABRIELLE: “Why?”
XENA: “Because I won’t help you destroy all the ideals that you live by.”
GABRIELLE: “My ideals were a lie. I thought love was the strongest power on Earth. What a fool. Love is helpless in the face of cruelty.”
XENA: “Gabrielle if you’re taken over by hatred Callisto wins.”
GABRIELLE: “I’ve got news for you Xena. She’s already won. Now show me how to use a sword.”
XENA: “Not a chance.”
GABRIELLE: “Xena! Teach me.”
XENA: “No.”
GABRIELLE: “Teach me. Teach me! Teach me!”
XENA: “I won’t do it.”
GABRIELLE: “Xena wake up and look around you! The little innocent Gabrielle is dead and there’s no getting her back. Just teach me how to use a sword so at least I stand a fighting chance. Please!”
XENA: “All right pick it up. First thing is that your sword is not a staff. You have to learn how to parry so you can look for an opening and keep eye contact. That’s how you anticipate the next move.”
GABRIELLE: “OK. Again. Again. Again! I’m gonna kill her. Again! Teach me. Teach me! Teach me. Again. Again! Teach me how to kill her Xena. I’m gonna cut her open and watch her bleed. I’m gonna kill her Xena! Teach me how to kill her.”
THEODORUS: “A beverage my Queen.”
CALLISTO: “You know I don’t drink intoxicants Theodorus.”
THEODORUS: “I thought maybe just this once.”
CALLISTO: “No I like to experience life in all its agonizing glory. I don’t want to dull the sensations in any way.”
THEODORUS: “What?”
CALLISTO: “You’re not falling in love with me are you?”
THEODORUS: “And what if I was?”
CALLISTO: “I’d have to kill you. Love is a trick that nature plays to get us to reproduce. I want no part of it.”
GABRIELLE: “Where is she? She should be back by now. I’m going.”
XENA: “No you’re not. They’re haveing a party up there. If we wait until dawn, half of them will be passed out and then I’m going in after Callisto. I found an unguarded passage.”
GABRIELLE: “What am I supposed to do?”
XENA: “Stay here. If Callisto comes out I won’t be far behind and don’t try and take her on one on one.”
GABRIELLE: “I don’t think so.”
XENA: “Listen if you really want Callisto to get what’s coming to her, you do it my way.”
XENA: “If anyone’s listening, you know I’m not much for praying but I don’t know what else to do. I was ready to give up once and, and Gabrielle came into my life. Please don’t let that light that shines out of her face go out, I couldn’t stand the darkness that would follow.”
GABRIELLE: “Xena.”
XENA: “Yeah?”
GABRIELLE: “You were right. I need to mourn, I’m going home.”
XENA: “Yes yeah that’s the best thing to do. Rest grieve. I’ll take care of Callisto, I promise.”
GABRIELLE: “I know but if you don’t mind I think I’ll set out right now.”
XENA: “OK.”
GABRIELLE: “Goodbye.”
XENA: “It’s time.”
JOXER: “You know Xena I know you don’t think very much of me and that’s fine but I care about Gabrielle too and I would do anything to avenge her loss, including sacrificing my own life.”
XENA: “You’ve got a good heart Joxer but take my advice and keep it far away from Callisto.”

ACT IV

Gabrielle rememders

GABRIELLE: “No look you promise me. If something happens to me you will not become a monster.”
PERDICUS: “But you never kill. I know that. I love you.”
XENA: “Don’t let that light that shines out of her face go out.”

Back to reality

CALLISTO: “I don’t understand you. After all I did you still can’t kill me.”
GABRIELLE: “I won’t take a life even yours. I’d rather die.”
CALLISTO: “Oh but you will.”
GABRIELLE: “Get it over with.”
CALLISTO: “Oh, no, no, no, no. I’m going to make a grand show of your death and I’ll need an audience who will truly appreciate it.”
WARRIOR: “Don’t move!”
CALLISTO: “Welcome.”
CALLISTO: “Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk. It’s a nice fit don’t you think?”
XENA: “Don’t get too fond of it.”
CALLISTO: “How are you gonna get out of this one Xena hmm?”
XENA: “It ain’t over till it’s over.”
CALLISTO: “Oh but it will be soon. You’re about to watch the friendship of your life go up in smoke. Hmm I envy her in a way. She gets to leave this life so pure. I wonder if I could have been her. Burn her Oh don’t bother struggling Xena. Be thankful for that beautiful throne. It’ll give you peace if you let it.”
JOXER: “I’m coming, Xena!”
CALLISTO: “What could you possibly have been thinking?”
JOXER: “I’m here to save my friends.”

Fight

WARRIORS: “That’s all it’ll take.” “She’s escaping!” “ Don’t just stand there get her!” “Run for your lives!” “Somebody stop her!” “Get away while you can!”
CALLISTO: “Oh how I do love watching you work."

Fight

CALLISTO: "Looks like we’re at a standstill. How good are you at chariots Xena hmm?”
GABRIELLE: “Get her Xena!”
CALLISTO: “Yah! Yah!”
XENA: “Yah! Yah! Yah! Get on, yah! Yah! Yah!”
CALLISTO: “Yah! Yah!”
XENA: “Yah! Yah! Callisto! Yah!”
CALLISTO: “Yaaaah!”
XENA: “Yah! Yah! Yah!”
CALLISTO: “Yah! Yah! Yah! Yah!”
XENA: “Yah! Yah! Yah! Yah!”
CALLISTO: “Yah! Enjoying the ride Xena? Aaaah! Want to go faster?

Fight

Callisto laughs

CALLISTO: "We’re both gonna die Xena. How wonderful. We can spend the rest of eternity in Tartarus together hmm?”
XENA: “Always the optimist.”
CALLISTO: “Oh you’re good Xena, Xena help me. Xena! Xena,Please Xena. Help me please? You can’t just let me die Xena, Xena,Xena. I’m counting on you. Help me. Help me! Help me! Xena!”

Callisto screams

JOXER: “Oh honestly how bad is it?”
XENA: “Terminal.”
JOXER: “No really.”
XENA: “Not bad but it’ll leave a nice scar.”
JOXER: “Yeah?”
XENA: “Yep Joxer you’re a brave man.”
JOXER: “Yeah I mean yeah. You know Xena I was thinking a warrior of my quality should let you off the hook. I’m setting off on my own, I’m sorry.”
XENA: “I’ll live.”
JOXER: “Joxer the Good, the Warm, Joxer the Valiant.”
XENA: “What were you doing?”
GABRIELLE: “Loving him.”
XENA: “He’ll hear your thoughts.”
GABRIELLE: “I know forever and ever.”

Fade To Black
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