Trascrizione in inglese dei dialoghi dell'episodio:

Dangerous prey

Episodio: n. 11

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(si ringrazia Xenamedia e Cristina Creek)

[La regina Marga corre in preda al panico attraverso la foresta mentre un uomo la segue. La sua fuga finisce quando l'amazzone cade in una trappola.]
Morlock: "Oh, and you Amazons have such a reputation."
[Marga si libera e continua a correre. Morlock la ferma lanciandole una specie di chakram triangolare.]
Marga: "If you're going to kill me, just do it."
Morlock: "Where's the fun in that? Before you die... you'll deliver a message for me."

Gabrielle: "Where are they?"Xena: "They're watching us... We come alone and in peace!"Gabrielle: "Varia?"Varia: "What are you doing here, Xena?"Gabrielle: "Marga invited us here."
Gabrielle: "Zana."Xena: "What's going on here?"Zana: "One of our warriors went missing in the Sacred Canyon. Every time we went to search for her, another one of us disappeared. Finally, Marga went alone to find whatever was out there."Xena: "Perhaps we can help."Varia: "We don't need your help. This is an Amazon problem."
Varia: "She's been gone for days. We're wasting time."
Zana: "Marga ordered us not to come after her."
Varia: "It's been to long. We've got to do something."
Xena: "Rushing blindly into the hands of whatever's out there isn't going to help Marga."
Varia: "Neither is standing around here talking to you."
Xena: "Let me go, Varia."Varia: "Marga is our queen. This is our responsibility." [Se ne va.]Xena: "I'll get her."
[In cerca di Varia, Xena trova Marga agonizzante.]
Xena: "Marga! Marga!"Marga: "Xena..."Xena: "Shh, don't talk. Don't talk."
Marga: "Varia will try to avenge me. If she dies, the Amazons are lost. Promise me you'll protect her."Xena: "I promise, Marga."Marga: "Teach her to be a true warrior, as you are. The fate of the Amazons... [Da' la sua collana a Xena] ...is in your hands."Varia: "Marga! No."
Xena: [Nota una scritta sulla pelle di Marga.] "There's a message."
Varia: "Can you read it?"
Xena: " 'Is this the best that the Amazon nation has to offer?' It's a challenge to all comers."

Xena: "It was all internal damage. It's pressure points, Gabrielle. Marga was meant to crawl back to camp before she died."Gabrielle: "Why would someone do that?"Xena: "So she'd bring us the message."
Xena: "Where's Varia? Gabrielle, try to keep everyone in the camp until I find out what's going on."

[Camminando nella foresta, Varia viene presa in una trappola e appesa a testa in giù.]
Raczar: "Prince Morlock will be pleased. She looks like she'll give a good chase... [Varia gli sputa in faccia.] ...you know, you should feel honored, Prince Morlock only hunts the best... Take her down."Soldato: "We're gonna have some fun with you."
[Il chakram di Xena libera varia e la Principessa Guerriera combatte.]
Raczar: [Nascosto tra i cespugli.] "Prince Morlock has to hear about this one."
Varia: "Get me down." [Xena la libera.]
Xena: [Trattiene Varia dall'uccidere un soldato catturato.] "Wait a minute. Don't hurt him, just watch him. I need some information."
[Guarda Raczar scappare a cavallo.]
Xena: "He's gone. At least we can find out where... [si gira verso il soldato catturato ma scopre che si è suicidato.] I told you to watch him!"Varia: "One less to worry about."
Xena: "These men have a leader and they are more afraid of facing him than they are of death. What does that tell you?"
Varia: "All I need to know is where to find him."
Xena: [Fa azionare una trappola in cui stava per cadere Varia.] "There are a whole lot of things you need to know. This entire canyon is rigged like a hunting ground. There are traps everywhere."
Varia: "A few little snares isn't going to stop me from finding Marga's killer."
Xena: "I promised Marga I would protect you."
Varia: "I don't want your protection."
[Xena prende una catena con un collare e lo attacca alla gola di Varia.]
Varia: "Are you crazy?!"Xena: "If you want to find Marga's killer and remain in one piece, you'll do what I say..."Varia: "Get this off me now!"Xena: "...and until then, you're on a leash. Come on."

[Per mostrare le sue abilità, il principe Morlock colpisce tre dei suoi uomini con gli occhi bendati.]
Morlock: "Don't you knock, Raczar?"
Raczar: "You'll forgive my lack of manners, Prince Morlock, when you hear my news."
Morlock: "Fresh sport?"
Raczar: "An Amazon. One of a kind."

Varia: "Let me go! Get this thing off me!"Xena: "Believe me, this chain is the best friend you got right now."
Varia: "I lost my queen, most of my tribe is gone, and you won't let me loose so I can stop the man who is killing them?"
Xena: "If you don't stop acting like a child and start trusting me to help you, this man will hunt you to extinction."
Varia: "You'd know about that. You wiped out a whole tribe of my sisters all by yourself." [Tira un pugno alla Principessa Guerriera.]
Xena: "I'm gonna let that one go."
Varia: "I hate you!"
Xena: "Yeah, well, it won't be the last time you say that. Come on."

Morlock: "I've hunted almost every creature that crawls or walks on this earth, Raczar. Every one turned out to be an easy kill. When I set my sights a little higher, I looked for something that might provide a real challenge. But even their so-called 'ultimate warriors' -- the fierce, cunning Amazons... I've been disappointed. It feels like some camping trip."
Raczar: "This one is different. She has the speed of lightning. She has the strength of many men. She thinks three steps ahead."
Morlock: "Only three? This isn't another of your big build-ups, Raczar?"
Raczar: "Trust me, Prince Morlock, she's a worthy adversary for you."
Morlock: "Well, then... you better prepare the men. This afternoon, I hunt."

[Le ragazze entrano in un tempio abbandonato.]
Varia: "I heard Marga say our fate was in your hands. If you think you're replacing her, you're wrong."
Xena: "That's not what she meant. Marga wanted me to teach you about being a warrior. I can't do that if you won't learn."
Varia: "I don't need to learn." [Dopo essersi liberata dal collare, attacca Xena.]
Xena: "Anger makes you vulnerable, Varia."
Varia: "It's making me do what I should have done the moment you stepped into the Amazon village."
Xena: "You've got to control your anger, Varia. Otherwise, you don't stand a chance against the one who killed Marga."
Xena: "Is this the way you save the Amazons, huh?"
Xena: "Come on, lesson's over. Let's get out of here."
Varia: "You haven't beaten me!"
Xena: "Marga is dead, Varia. The village is next. You can't save them on your own. You've got to trust me."Varia: "Trusting outsiders' done nothing but get us killed."
[Durante il combattimento il pavimento cede e Varia cade nella fossa. Fortunatamente l'amazzone riesce a trovare un appiglio.]
Xena: "Varia! Come on... Take my hand!"Varia: "Never!" [Perde la presa ma riesce ad afferrare la catena che le lancia Xena.]


[L'amazzone afferra la catena e si porta in salvo.]
Xena: "Alright, Varia, come on."
Varia: "You saved me."
Xena: "For the last time. I'm not going to waste energy protecting someone with a death wish."
Varia: "But I thought you made a pledge to Marga."
Xena: "Because she saw something in you."
Xena: "Look... if you don't want my help, that's your choice, but just know that your sisters will live or die by what you decide to do."
Varia: "Xena... I know that I can learn from you, and I know that you've helped my people. I shouldn't have said what I did about you."
Xena: "Varia, you almost died in there rather than admit defeat. You've got to learn when enough is enough and the fight's over."
Varia: "Yeah, but you... I'll work on it."
Xena: "Good."

[Xena e Varia catturano uno degli uomini del principe Morlock che sta portando un barilotto.]
Varia: "Whatever this is, one drop of it will make a nice bonfire."Xena: "Is that right? Now, we'll find out exactly what we need to know."Varia: "What can we find out when he's got a gag on?"Xena: "Exactly who's hunting Amazons out of season."
[Gli uomini del principe Morlock trovano l'uomo appeso ad un albero e cercando di tirarlo giù.]
Uomo: "I don't know how he got up there, but someone has to get him down."
Varia: "What about that tall one?"Xena: "He's not the leader."Varia: "How about that other guy?"Xena: "Couldn't hunt butterflies."Varia: "Why won't he show himself?"Xena: "Be patient. He'll play his hand at some stage."
Morlock: [Osservando di nascosto le due guerriere.] "You could be right, Raczar. She's a clever one."
Raczar: "She's in the perfect position to strike, but she doesn't."
Morlock: "She doesn't want them. She wants me."
Varia: "What is it?"Xena: "Something's not right. Varia, this is when you get to do exactly what I say when I say it."Varia: "Just say the word."Xena: "Get ready to take your clothes off."
Raczar: "That's the weapon she used to attack us. It flies like it's got a mind of its own."
Morlock: "I'll add it to my collection."
Raczar: [Le ragazze si alzano e se ne vanno. Poco dopo Xena torna.] "Where'd the other one go?"
Morlock: "I don't care about her, I want this one... Where's her weapon? Something's not right."

[Xena, con le vesti di Varia, arriva alle spalle di un uomo che stava guardando Varia, che ha l'armatura di Xena. La Principessa Guerriera lo colpisce con il chakram ma scopre che non si tratta dell'uomo che stava cercando.]
Morlock: "Bravo. Come on in." [Entra in una grotta.]
Varia: "Alright, let's go."
Xena: "Where do you think you're going?"
Varia: "I'm going in there to help you."
Xena: "No. We had an agreement, remember? Stay here."
Morlock: [Nascosto.] "If I had known how much fun you Amazons would be, I'd have come to this country years ago."Xena: "I'm not an Amazon."Morlock: "But you're so tall."Xena: "It's the boots."
Morlock: "I don't usually do this, but I'd like to know your name before I kill you."
Xena: "You first."
Morlock: "I'm Prince Chesnick Bloodicarr Morlock, Upper Scheherazadestan."
Xena: "Xena of Amphipolis -- Warrior Princess, Warrior Mom... who conquers Prince Chesty Forlock of Whatever-stan."
[Morlock lancia il suo "triangolo rotante" contro Xena, che lo devia facilmente.]
Morlock: "Impressive. Very impressive."
[Stanca di aspettare fuori, Varia entra nella grotta.]
Xena: "Those Amazons you murdered were good friends of mine."
Morlock: "I'm not a murderer, Xena. The gods make some men poets, and they make some men seers. They made me a hunter."
Xena: "A hunter hunts animals, not people."
Morlock: "In this world there is only the hunter and the hunted."
Xena: "Varia! Get down! Varia!"
Morlock: [Trova Varia.] "You're not worth adding to my collection."

Xena: "Varia! [Il chakram di Xena spezza a metà la lama della spada di Morlock.] Go, Varia! Go!"
Xena: "Varia..."
Varia: "I just wanted to see the master in action."
Xena: "This way... go."
Morlock: [Ai suoi uomini che sono entrati nella grotta.] "Kill the girl. Leave Xena for me."
Raczar: [Vede Varia.] "There she is. Fire."
[I furfanti vedono un paio di stivali e li raccolgono, incendiando il barilotto contenente materiale esplosivo.]

Varia: "Why did we have to use my boots?"
Xena: "Because Amazons have tougher feet."
Varia: "Do you think the fire killed him?"Xena: "Nah, this guy's not easy to kill."Varia: "Neither are we."Xena: "You know what, Varia? I'm tired of being the prey. Maybe it's time we hunted him."

Morlock: "This Xena is the kind of prey I've searched. She's always anticipating. She creates situations. And just when you think you got her... (imita il rumore di un'esplosione)."
Raczar: "We're down to four men. If you insist on continuing this hunt--"
Morlock: "Insist?! This is the kind of quarry I've been searching for my entire life. Her skill nearly matches my own. Well..."

Xena: [Guarda il campo del Principe Morlock.] "They'll see us coming nearly a mile away. We'll go around the hill, sneak in back. Let's go."
Varia: [Vede una balestra appesa ad un albero puntata verso Xena] "Xena!"
Xena: "Varia, don't!" [Varia protegge Xena e viene colpita alla caviglia dalla freccia.]
Varia: "I thought it was going to hit you."
Xena: "I can take care of myself, thank you."
Varia: "If this had happened earlier today, I bet you'd just left me here."
Xena: "Don't get too cocky... [toglie la freccia] ...still might."
Varia: "I think I'm starting to grow on you."
Xena: "Varia, Marga had a lot of faith in you. I'm beginning to see why."
Xena: "Forest fire... they're trying to flush us out. Can you walk?"
Varia: "Yeah."
Xena: "Come on."

Raczar: "Let's go! We're lighting it! They can't hear me."
Morlock: "Light the fire."
Raczar: "They're right in the middle of it."
Morlock: "Oh, that's a shame... Do it!"

Xena: "Come on. The fire's moving faster. Lean on me."Varia: "I'm slowing you down."Xena: "They're squeezing us between two lines of fire. He wants us to run right down the middle, right into his camp."
Varia: "I'll never be fast enough. We won't make it, but you will. My sisters need you. Just... go."
Xena: "Not a chance. Varia, saving you is saving the Amazon people. You've just gotta have a little faith."
[Xena trova una lunga corda legata ad un albero ed abbassa il tronco più che può.]
Xena: "Okay, Varia, I want you to get on."Varia: "Get on?"Xena: "Come on. There's a marsh on the other side of the fire line. Wait for me there until I've dealt with Morlock."Varia: "What am I supposed to do about landing?"Xena: "Tuck and roll."
[Xena taglia la corda e l'albero, usato come catapulta, lancia Varia nell'aria.]
Morlock: "Now!" [Con le sue catapulte intercetta Varia e le getta addosso una rete. La giovane amazzone cade a terra intrappolata.]



Morlock: "Take her to the arena."
Raczar: "She's nearly dead. What good is she to us?"
Morlock: "Do what I say. I have plans for her."
Raczar: "Take her."

Xena: "Varia!"
Varia: "Xena!"
[Xena trova Varia legata ad un palo in cima ad una pila di tronchi d'albero. La Principessa Guerriera lancia il chakram per tagliare le corde che legano Varia ma il "triangolo rotante" di Morlock lo intercetta e lo manda a conficcarsi in un tronco.]
Morlock: "Face to face at last. What's the matter, Xena? Don't like seeing your friend up there? Why don't you go get her?"
Xena: "Why don't you come and get some of this!" [Combattono.]
Morlock: "Know what I like about swords? When I kill you, I get to see the look in your eyes."
Morlock: "Ooh, I nicked you."Xena: "Where'd you get that -- shaving?"Morlock: "No one ever drew my blood before."Xena: "There's plenty more where that came from."
[Xena e Morlock combattono mentre la torre di tronchi rischia di cadere. Xena sta per perdere e deve rimpiazzare un tronco mancante con la sua schiena.]
Morlock: "I'll enjoy making your friend beg for mercy, but even more fun, I get to watch you die."Varia: "You're the one that's gonna die."
[Usando le sue doti, Xena riesce a stabilizzare la torre di tronchi ed a saltarvi in cima. Morlock scompare momentaneamente.]
Varia: "Xena."
Xena: "You alright?"
Varia: "Yeah."
Xena: "Good." [Slega la sua amica.]
Xena: "Okay, Varia, take off."
Varia: "Not until he's dead."
Xena: "Varia, don't fight me on this one, not this time."
Morlock: "Your skills match mine on every level. We could do this all night long. But sooner or later, I will get the upper hand. You know why?"Xena: "Tell me."Morlock: "Because I'm enjoying this. This is the fight I have been searching for my entire life."Xena: "You're right. So why would I give it to you?"
Morlock: "You will fight me!"
Varia: "Watch it!" [Morlock toglie un tronco dalla torretta.]
Morlock: "You will fight me!" [Salta giù dalla torretta ma viene infilzato dal tronco sopramenzionato sollevato dalla Principessa Guerriera.]
Xena: "You lose."
Varia: "This whole time, all I could think about was avenging Marga's death. But I'm here, he's gone. I guess that's avenged."Xena: "That's right."

Xena: "Varia... Marga wanted you to have this." [Le da la collana di Marga.]Gabrielle: "She chose you as her rite of caste. You're the new leader of the Amazons."Varia: "I still have a lot to learn to honor Queen Marga's memory... I will always be in your debt."Xena: "You don't owe me anything." Varia: "I will make you proud, Marga."