Chapter 2: Strange Introductions, Strange Briefings, And A Weird Text

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"Eve!" Xena says in shock to a completely shocked Gabrielle.

"Hi! I'm Agent Liz Panos!" Agent Panos excitedly says to them. "It's an honor to meet the both of you! Agent Shaw briefed me about you two, and even though I don't know a lot about your past lives, I read up on you two, and I must say, you two are legends!"

Xena stands there in shock as Gabrielle calmly says, "Nice to meet you."

Agent Panos walks over to Shaw and Sheriff Daniels and says, "I have some information about the suspect. I went through the whole database of FBI and law enforcement through the US and abroad, and I couldn't find anything on this woman. It's like she appeared out of nowhere!"

"Were you able to find something with the DNA analysis that we took from the three victims?" Agent Shaw asks.

"Well, here's what's strange, the female suspect's DNA can be traced to ancient times but ran through any database, and no one in today's time shares her DNA." Agent Panos says. "At least no one that we know of whose DNA is in our database or that of any DNA or GED databases."

"What about fingerprint analysis?" Sheriff Daniels asks.

"Nothing, nothing at all." Agent Panos says. "It's like this woman appeared out of thin air."

Everyone gives strange looks, and Agent Shaw says, "Ok, something isn't right here."

"Maybe check the mental health institutions," Gabrielle says. "She could be a patient who escaped or something."

"I checked around here and in a tri-state area." Agent Panos says. "She's not in anyone's system."

Agent Shaw walks around and then says, "Xena, Gabrielle, she is going by the name Callisto. Could you two tell us about her?" Agent Shaw notices Xena's shocking stare at Agent Panos and asks, "Xena? Are you ok?"

Xena snaps out of her stare and says, "Yeah." Xena looks to the ground and says, "When I was known as the destroyer of nations, I did a lot of things I'm not proud of. I destroyed villages, killed many people, all for power. On one of my conquests, my army and I came across the village of Cirra. We raided it, destroyed the whole village, left hardly any survivors. One of the few that did survive was a young girl."

"Callisto?" Agent Shaw asks.

Xena gets a mournful look on her face and says, "Yeah. I killed her parents." A shocked look comes across Agent Panos's face as Xena continues, "I don't know how she survived or who trained her, but Gabrielle and I encountered her years later when she had grown into an adult."

Xena and Gabrielle continue to tell Agents Shaw, Panos, and Chief Daniels about their battles with Callisto, telling them everything. Chief Daniels and Agent Shaw listen in awe while Agent Panos listens with a shocked yet transfixed look on her face. After Xena and Gabrielle are done telling about their confrontations with Callisto, Sheriff Daniels says, "So this Callisto was later reincarnated as your daughter Eve."

"Yeah," Xena says as she looks at Agent Panos, who has a strange look on her face.

"Who was the father then?" Sheriff Daniels asks.

"I was," Gabrielle says as Sheriff Daniels and Liz looks at Gabrielle strangely. "It's complicated, but I was Eve's father. I guess it was Callisto's way of making things right with the both of us."

"You two didn't get a chance to raise Eve, though, right." Agent Shaw says. "You two were entombed in ice for twenty-five years by Ares."

"Yeah," Gabrielle says. "That's another long story. Right now, we need to focus on finding this killer." Gabrielle looks at Agent Panos and asks, "You've checked every mental facility in the country?"

Agent Panos looks at Gabrielle and says, "Most of them. I have people combing through the databases throughout the country."

"Ok." Gabrielle says as she looks at Xena, the others and says, "Excuse us for a moment." Gabrielle and Xena walk away for a moment, and Gabrielle says. "Xena, this I freaky."

"Is this some sort of cruel joke!" Xena says anxiously. "There's a killer who looks like and is claiming to be Callisto, and that agent looks precisely like Eve!!"

"Tell me about it," Gabrielle says. "We can't walk away from this Xena."

"I know," Xena says.

"Xena, Gabrielle, is everything ok?" Agent Shaw asks.

They look at everyone, and Gabrielle says, "Everything is fine." They walk to the group, and Gabrielle then says, "When did this last murder happen?"

"Last week." Sheriff Daniels says. "We don't even know if she skipped town or not."

Suddenly Xena's phone buzzes and Xena grabs it. She opens up a text, and it reads:

I see you two have arrived in town! I can't wait for our reunion. It will be like old-times again!

"Xena, what is it?" Gabrielle asks. Xena shows Gabrielle the text and then shows Agent Shaw.

"Xena, can we put a tracer on your and Gabrielle's phones?" Agent Shaw asks.

"Sure," Xena says as her and Gabrielle hand Agent Shaw their phones.

"How does she know that we are in town?" Gabrielle asks.

"She must be watching us from afar," Xena says seriously.

"I will have my men form a search party." Sheriff Daniels says.

"No!" Xena says. "If this woman is acting as Callisto, she is very sneaky. She will lead your men on a wild goose chase, trap them, then kill them. We need to flood her out with as few people as possible."

"What do you suggest?" Agent Shaw asks.

"She's going to play mind tricks, so we need to play on her level," Xena says.

"I have a degree in psychology, DID, and Schizophrenia, " says Agent Panos adamantly. "I can weed the killer out of her hole and play with her mind also." Xena and Gabrielle look at her in shock, and Agent Panos smirks and says, "To catch a cold-blooded killer, you do have to play on their level.

Xena smirks at Agent Panos and says, "Very true." Xena looks at Agent Shaw and Panos and says, "The four of us will catch her. Sheriff Daniels, I want you to be on standby just in case we need you and your force."

"You got it." Sheriff Daniels says. "This town has never seen anything like this. We are a quiet community. Stop this woman before anyone else in our town gets killed."

"Don't worry, Sheriff; I think the four of us will make a powerful force!" Agent Panos says as the other three women smirk at each other. Xena then looks over to Agent Panos, who smiles at her just like Eve did. This makes Xena smile a bit, remembering the daughter she never got to raise but who came to be a legend in her own right.


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