TEN LITTLE WARLORDS

Xena is still stuck in Callisto's body for this one. "Ares" has sent out 10 "invitations" to various warlords. Soon we discover that the real Ares is now mortal and that, as a result, common people not used to anger have turned violent. Someone's stolen his sword (godhood) -and that's why Xena's not in her original body. So Xena sets off with Ares. One of the 10 is to become the new god of war. Gabrielle and Joxer follow. Someone named Sisyphus is behind all this. "He's quite an escape artist." -Xena. (Not the same Sisyphus from Death in Chains.) The 10 draw numbers for who will fight the beast first for the sword. A fight! The 10 are slowly but steadily killing one another. In the mean time, Gabby and Joxer are fighting like siblings! And we learn the truth: whoever "wins" gets to endure Tartarus in place of Sisyphus while he becomes god of war! More killings. We find that the beast is a machine. Soon, everyone is dead except Ares and Xena. Ares gets his sword and godhood back. Ares acts like he won't give Xena her body back even though she saved his life. But, in the end, after Gabrielle pledges friendship regardless, Xena is back -body and soul.