MORTAL BELOVED

Nice tale. The ghost of Marcus brings news to Xena that the underworld is in turmoil and they need her help. The good are being sent to Tartarus while the bad are going to the Elysian fields. Gabrielle camps lakeside while Xena dives to the bottom to enter "the other side." This unrest has been created by a bad man who has stolen Hades' helmet of invisibility. We learn that Marcus was sent to Tartarus when he died and will be sent there again when things are put right. Nevertheless, he wants to do the right thing. There is a fight and Marcus and Xena head out to see Hades. They fight off the harpes on their way. Hades gives Marcus his life back for 48 hours so they can return to the land of the living to kill the bad guy who has gone there to kill more innocents! But he has gone there by way of the lake where Gabrielle waits! A fight! Xena confesses her love for Marcus. The bad man is after a bride so the gang devise a plot to protect her. The bad man is killed and the helmet retrieved. Xena convinces Hades to let Marcus stay in the Elysian field because of the goodness in his heart.