22. Motherhood

Complete story — includes the ending

Eve, now reformed, is tormented by her past misdeeds. The gods discover she is still alive and Eli's God gives Xena the power to kill gods as long as Eve, now a messenger of Eli, lives. Xena battles the gods and kills Poseidon, Hephaestus, and Discord. Athena sends the Furies to plague Gabrielle, who snaps and mortally stabs Eve while Xena is distracted by Ares. Xena, mistaking Gabrielle for an Olympian assassin, seriously wounds Gabrielle in turn by throwing her chakram at her, gashing her head and rendering her unconscious. A sudden attack by the remaining gods (except Ares, who points a sword at Eve) results in the death of Hades and Deimos. Aphrodite, asked by Xena, transports Xena, Eve, and Gabrielle to the Greek Pantheon; Artemis attempts to kill Xena with arrows only to have them thrown back at her that results in death. While battling Athena, Xena realizes that Eve is dead, thus draining her of her power to slay gods. As Athena is about to kill Xena, Ares relinquishes his immortality to heal Gabrielle and resurrect Eve, allowing Xena to kill Athena.