~After surviving the gauntlet of her own men Xena decides to bury her weapons and start a new life. Her plans are cut short however when she learns of Draco's plans to take over a small village nearby. He captures a group of girls and one has the guts to do anything about it. Xena fights off the slavers, she gets wounded in the process and the village healer takes care of it. The people however do not like the fact Xena is there and thank her then ask her to leave. The young girl who stood up to her attackers comes to meet Xena before she leaves and asks if she may join her. Xena denies the girls requests and leaves shortly after. She talks Draco into leaving the village be, he however decides to attack Xena's home Amphipolis, and along the way is burning down small homes and farms in Xena's name, this is a ploy to bribe Xena to join him. Xena has left the small village and is on her way home when she meets up with a cyclops that she blinded sometime before, and she gets away from him with ease, Gabrielle however gets caught by the Cyclops while she is following Xena. Gabrielle talks the Cyclops into letting her go so she can capture Xena, and bring her back to him. He agrees and lets her go. As Xena gets to her village she learns of Draco's plans, she tries to warn the people of her village but they will not listen and in fact want to stone Xena. Luckily Gabrielle comes and steps between the villagers and Xena, and talks them out of stoning her. Draco and his army enter the town before Xena has the chance to leave. Xena and Draco fight, Xena prevails and spares Draco's life in turn for him to leave her village, he does.