Season 6 Episode 11 - Dangerous Prey

This episode starts in a forest where Marga, Queen of the Amazons, has been badly beaten up by a man with a triangular weapon similar to Xena's Chakram. Meanwhile Xena and Gabrielle have just entered an Amazon village and they have found out that many of the Amazons have been going missing so Marga went to find them but she hasn't returned. Varia, Marga's second in command gets annoyed when Xena wants to help because she isn't an Amazon. Varia runs off and Xena follows her on the way they find Marga, who is dying, she tells Xena to train Varia and not to let her die because she is the Amazons last hope. After Marga dies Xena spots a message on Marga's leg it says, "Is this the best the Amazon Nation has to offer."

Xena realizes it is a challenge. Varia goes into the forest where they found Marga and she is captured and told she is going to be hunted by Prince Marlock, then Xena runs in and fights off then men who captured Varia and sets her free. They get a prisoner but he kills himself rather then tell them who is behind the Amazon killings. Xena then shows Varia that the forest is full of traps and so Xena chains Varia up so that she doesn't kill herself, as she is very unwise and eager to find Marlock. Meanwhile one of the men who captured Varia has got back to Marlock and told him that he has found someone who would be fun to hunt, Xena. Meanwhile Xena has managed to calm Varia down, after they fought Varia nearly fell down and shaft and died but Xena saved her, and so now Varia trusts her a little bit. Marlock's men are now trying to finds Xena but Xena is a step ahead of them and fights them off, then when she realizes Marlock is watching her Xena makes Varia take her clothes off and swap then with Xena's clothes. While Marlock watches Varia, who he thinks it Xena, Xena creeps up behind him and hits him with her Chakram. But Marlock is clever and has also changed clothes with one of his men so Xena really just knocked out one of his men. Marlock challenges Xena and they fight but neither of them win, Xena manages to trick Marlock and sets a trap for him, which kills lots of his men, but he is still alive. Xena and Varia leave and decide to start to hunt Marlock instead of Marlock hunting them. One the way to his camp Varia sets off a trap and gets a arrow through the ankle, Xena takes it out and Varia can still walk but not very well. This is very bad news because Marlock has just started a forest fire to flush Xena and Varia out, Varia can't run and so Xena uses a tree as a catapult to throw her over the fire, but Marlock is very clever and throws a net at her when she is in the air. He captures Varia and tries her on the top a tall wooded wall when Xena comes to save her Marlock and Xena fight. Xena just manages to free Varia but Marlock still wants to fight. Xena realizes that that is his flaw he wants to fight so Xena refuses to fight him. She jumps off the wall to where Varia is and walks away. Marlock gets angry and jumps down too looking to fight but Xena uses a piece of wood and sticks it in his stomach when he is near the ground. He dies and Xena and Varia leave the forest. Back in the Amazon village Marga is cremated and Varia swears that she is going to be the best Amazon leader she can be.