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Disclaimer: I do not own Hercules, nor any of the characters from it. I do not make any money from the writing of this story.

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Well one week late, doesn�t matter.
Disclaimer: I don�t own hunky Herc or any other character mentioned. I don't make any profit from this fic.
Warnings: All the good things slashey.
A/N: I know I said this last chap again, but so people wont get confused. Takes place, after �Old Ares had a farm� in the Xenaverse, Ares still is mortal and living on Xena�s old farm. Also takes place after �Full circle� (The last episode) in Hercules.
�Talking� �Thinking�
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Iphicles smiled to himself as he stood outside his brothers bedroom with a tray of different foods on it for breakfast. He couldn�t wait to see his brother and even though he needed no excuse to se him he just wanted to surprise him with serving breakfast himself. Hercules had always been a late riser when he was in a soft bed and not camping on a hard dirty ground. Iphicles then frowned as the jealously for his brother set in. �Hercules is free to roam Greece helping people while i have to stay behind a desk writing laws or in meetings with other leaders.� Even though he helped people indirectly he wanted to be there in person, to help put out a fire belong to a helpless old couple or kill a monster terrorising a village.
Putting on a smile again he knocked on the door and waited. With no reply he knocked again, harder this time and still no answer. �Even though he sleeps late he is always light sleeper.� Making a decision to invade Hercules space without his permission, he opened the door and walked in. He set the tray on a desk by the bed. He looked at the lump under the blankets and smiled. He grabbed the edge of the blanket expecting to see his brothers brown hair. He pulled back the blanket partly and only saw a pillow. He frowned and pulled the blanket strait off the bed. Three large pillows came in vision.
�Ok, brother. You got me, now we are to old to play hide and seek.� He said aloud uncertainly. �Herc.� he called again. Still no answer. He looked under the bed, in the wardrobe, and even opened the door to the balcony, still no sign. �Maybe he is in Iolaus� room.� Leaving the tray and exiting the room he made his way the demi-gods best friends room. Once again he knocked on the door, no answer. A quick inspection of the room showed no evidence of the hunters whereabouts. �He must be close, his gear is still here.� Feeling more uneasy, he called on soldiers to search the castle while he went to his own bedchambers and got changed into civilian clothes. �I better check the taverns, Iolaus probably dragged him to one to get a start on charming the local ladies.� Even though he blowing the whole situation out of hand, he still felt something uneasy in the back of his mind.
Leaving the castle and going down to the town he started searching the taverns, no luck, even asking around, nobody even seen his brother or Iolaus for weeks. It was three hours into his search when he decided to go to wander around and maybe come across them accidentally, so he went to the market stalls. He was browsing when he accidentally bumped into someone. The other person turned around to apologise when she gasped when she saw his face.
�Ares?(1)�
�Sorry you must have me mistaken. I�m Iph�.letous. Iphletous.�
�Oh sorry yeah my mistake. I�m Gabrielle by the way.� She smiled and shook his hand.
�Not to be rude, but I have never seen you here before, where do you come from, an Amazonian tribe, perhaps? What are you going on Corinth?� Iphicles said while looking at her clothes.
�What? No, no, these were a gift from amazons. I�m not one myself, kind of. And I�m here with my friend Xena. Well I came here and she followed later while she took care of some business.�
�Xena? The warrior princess?� He said doubtfully.
�Yea, that�s me.� Iphicles turned around to see Xena behind him. �Who are you?�
�Iphlinos.�
Gabrielle looked thoughtful and said sceptically. �I thought you said your name was Iphletous?�
Xena raised an eyebrow, then with lightning speed she grabbed Iphicles by the front of his tunic and pushed him up against a stone wall.
�Alright. Who are you really and what do you want with Gabrielle?�
�Nothing, I just met her and I�m really king Iphicles and if you don�t let me go right now you are going to be arrested.� Gabrielle laughed while Xena looked away shaking her head. While laughing Gabrielle noticed a statue of marble of a man bearing a striking resemblance to the man Xena was holding against the wall, while the words �Hail to the king� underneath the statue in marble stood out. He also looked around as she heared shocked noises around her from people looking heir way. She then tapped Xena�s shoulder. �What� Xena said annoyed.
�Xena, I really think that�s the king. Look at that statue over there.� Xena followed where Gabrielle was pointing and saw the statue. Realisation hit her and she let go of the king. She looked semi-sheepish. �Sorry I guess.�
�That�s ok, happens more often than you think. Though if you are going to cause trouble in my city, then I suggest you both leave.�
�We wont cause trouble.� Gabrielle said. �We are here to visit our friend Hercules and Iolaus before we go. Do you know they are here?�
�I should do because Hercules is my brother and he was staying at my palace.�
Xena caught on to one word. �What do you mean was?�
Iphicles sighed. �I think its best if I tell you in private. Come we will go to the palace.�
Iphicles lead Xena and Gabrielle to the palace, but he lead them further to Hercules� room. He motioned them to sit on the seats, while he sat on the bed.
�My brother and Iolaus are missing. This was Hercules� room. I have asked around and nobody has seen either of them, guards posted just down the hall didn�t see or hear anything last night either.�
Xena stood up and started looking around. She looked at the door pointing towards the balcony. �Where does that door go?�
�The balcony. Although, it is only locked from the inside and we are high up the castle. Hercules wouldn�t jump.�
�Maybe not.� Xena went over and examined the door, she opened and closed it, she went to the outside lock and examined it. �Someone�s been tampering with the lock from the outside.�
�Ok, that covers the way the intruder got in, but how did they manage to scale a fifty foot wall.� Iphicles said sadly.
Xena walked onto the balcony and started examining the balcony barriers. �Easy.� She said an turned around to the other two. �They got up on a grappling hook and rope, and the same way down again.�
�What do you mean they?� Gabrielle said.
�Easy. The amount of dents in the stone suggests more than one climbed up the rope, I�d say four or five with the amount of dent. Most probably females, but there one dent that does deeper than the rest, suggesting one way, that is down ways, and that one was Hercules, I�d bet Argo on it. I will go down and try to trace the tracks, if there is any, but I better check Iolaus� room first and you better gather you finest trackers Iphicles.�
�I will right away.� Iphicles stood up to leave but Xena caught his arm.
�Don�t get you hope up though, it took a trained eye to spot their small mistakes, they obviously know what they are doing and how they were going to do it. Chances are that they would know how to cover their tracks aswell.� With that, the three left the room.
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The first thing Hercules realised when he woke up was he was laying on a hard cold ground. He opened his eyes to notice he was laying beside a burnt out camp-fire. There were four amazons posted at different area of the temporary camp. Their camp was situated in clearing in a dense forest. Hercules sat up and almost right away their was a spear pointed at his neck. He groaned and looked up at the amazons black curly hair and grey eyes.
�I wasn�t going to run Kreousa. I was just sitting up.� he said to her rudely. Kreousa nodded and removed the spear from his neck. She went over to a small woven basket by the fire remains and placed a small cooked fish on a large leaf and handed it to Hercules.
�Eat. We don�t want the weak man collapsing from hunger.� She also took a water skin from her side and handed it over. �Only take a small sip.� She ordered.
The other amazons packed up their gear and vanished all traces of their camp. Their group leader Derinoe turned towards Hercules and Kreousa.
�Get him up Kreousa, we want to make good time today.�
Hercules stood up and looked at Derinoe. �Have you heared word of the other group, how is Iolaus?�
Derinoe placed her hand on her hip and laughed. �Like I would tell you, man. He is alive, that�s all you need to know at this time.�
Hercules once again had his hands behind his back and they started trouping on again through bushes and the forest, the amazons every so often would make them double back or cover tracks in case the son of Zeus� brother sent out trackers after them when he noticed the hunter and the demi-god where gone. It was late noon by the time they rested by a lake, where the amazons fished again and Hercules again only received a small bit of food and a mouthful of water. They came across a fork on a beaten path they were walking on.
�Marpe said they were taking blonde by the north west route, and for us to head the other way. There is a clearing near here, it is getting late and we should make camp�

Derinoe said.
The other amazons complied and went to the clearing Derinoe said and started preparing it. Digging a pit for the fire, collecting kindling and sticks, hunting quail and laying furs for bedrolls. Kreousa led Hercules over to a large tree like a lead by the rope and tied the rope to the tree, she then went and did her duties. Hercules had a small dinner consisting off one of the rejected burned quail which he tried to swallow without tasting. It was dark before two of the amazons laid down on the fur bedrolls and went to sleep, while the other two stayed on guard. Hercules had laid down on the ground, the amazons didn�t give him a fur bed roll, he pretended to be asleep. He closed his eyes and sighed. �I will surly go mad if I don�t know how Iolaus is.� He then made an anonymous decision to try to sneak out and find the other group. �If I go the other fork way I should come across them.� It was a long shot and he could get seriously hurt if the amazons was found out, but he had to know the wellbeing of his golden lover.
He waited another hour before, as silently as he could, snapped the ropes. He looked to see where the amazons on guard where. �Good, Clete and Eumache are on duty.� Hardly believing his luck as he got the two youngest and less experienced members of the group, he slowly inched his way into the thicket beside the tree he was bound to. He got on his knees and them started crawling his way out of the camp towards the fork on the road trying not to crack any twigs. He smiled and thought. �If Iolaus was here he would be making a joke about how much of a big oaf of klutz I am.� With Iolaus in his thoughts he managed to make it to the beaten road with no incidences.
He made his way to the fork and went the other pathway, trying to stay stealthy and get tot the other group fast was hard and he often found himself making rookie mistakes like breaking sticks and falling. A gut feeling made him turn off the track to the left, where he crept along even more slowly. Around ten minutes more of walking he saw a flicker of a campfire in he distance. He slowly crept forward. �Ok, from what I know, eight amazons set out, four were escorting me so four are with Iolaus.� He looked around and in the distance, even in the dark, he saw a tiny movement of the trees on the opposite side of the camp indicating a guard. He was finally right beside the camp and he risked a peek.
A camp fire was in a clearing with furs around it. Like his camp two amazons were sleeping on the furs. He saw Iolaus to the left of the camp fire and gasped when he saw him, he was in the distance tied to a tree shivering as he was not close to the fire. He had a cut above his right eye, a split lip from Hercules could see, a bandage on his hand. Hoping to catch his loves eyes as he saw he was awake, staring into the fire.
While he was watching he found out where the other amazon guard was. They weren�t close to him. He was about to fall asleep waiting for his opportunity when one of the amazons from his group, Eumache entered the clearing at a fast pace. She was out of breath but she managed to say to the other amazons that had gathered around her.
�The demi-god has escaped.�
At this Hercules noticed Iolaus head shoot up. The leader of that group, Anazilea, started immediately barking out orders.
�Phoebe, Prothie, Marpe, go west, north, and east. I will go south. Eumache, go back to your group and look around. We must find him or our queen will be most displeased.�
Marpe, a curly redhead looked over at Iolaus. �Anazilea, what about him?�
�He is tied to a tree, with one of Prothie�s knots. He will not escape.� With that the amazons left the clearing. Hercules had to hold his breath as Anazilea had run right past him. When he was sure the coast was clear, he made his way over to Iolaus. While halfway there Iolaus had noticed him.
�Herc. What are you doing here?�
Hercules had made his way over to the hunter, took his face gently in his hands and kissed him hard on the lips, he let go when he needed air and smiled at Iolaus� shocked expression. �I needed to know you were okay. What happened to your face?�
Iolaus nuzzled Hercules� hand on his cheek. �Gee thanks Herc, I always look like this, oh you mean the cuts, I got a bit uncooperative a while back.� Hercules smiled. �You Iolaus, not cooperating, never.� Kissing him one last time, he reached behind and snapped the bonds holding Iolaus. Taking his good hand he helped him up.
�Which way do we go to get back to Corinth. We have doubled back so many times I don�t know where we are.�
�Herc, you would even get lost IN Corinth, never mind its surrounding forests.�
�Never mind. lets just go.� Hercules took Iolaus� hand and let him into a thicket of bushes. They continued trying to be as silent as possible until they found the pathway again. Iolaus examined the pathway.
�We go south from here to get to Corinth. If we keep to the track we are open but I know the way, and if we cut across the forest we have a chance at coming across the amazons again, what should we do Herc?�
�There�s more hiding places in the forest and I stick out like a sore thumb on the road. We should risk the forest.� So once again as silently as they could they crept back into the forest. Iolaus was trying to listen to all the sounds around him for a hint of followers but it was all silent. But around five minutes later a loud howling interrupted their thought process. They stopped and looked at each other.
�Iolaus.� Hercules whispered. �Are there any wolves around Corinth?�
�Not that I know off. I think we better run Herc.� They looked at each other and nodded, and took of. They started running fast, Iolaus looked at Hercules. �Maybe we should split up buddy.�
�NO, I�m not leaving you.� A few seconds of running Iolaus felt something hard strike his leg and he fell over him pain, while laying on the ground he glanced down and saw blood. He then felt Hercules lift him up and felt Hercules running again. Feeling faint, he smiled faintly at Hercules. �I guess it would be useless to tell you to leave me.� Another few moments of silence past when Hercules felt one of his shins wrap around a rouge brier branch. But he continued on, he paused suddenly he heared all kind of animal calls being called around them. Wolves, birds, and even a mocking pig noise.
He saw an amazon jump down from a tree above him and land silently in front of him. She started sneering at him. �You think you could get away from us?�
Rage built inside Hercules and he kicked the amazon in the stomach and she went flying into some trees and landed uncurious. There was complete silence until the are exploded with action. Seven more amazons emerged and started towards Hercules. Hercules set Iolaus down gently on his feet and Iolaus took his best fighting stance.
�Come on Herc. We�ve fought Amazons before.� Iolaus said weakly
Hercules looked over at Iolaus to see his skin pearly white and a sheen of sweat starting to form on his chest and forehead. He also looked shaky. Hercules couldn�t help but think about what happened the first time they faced amazons, so he inched closer to his partner. The fight was on and Hercules punched one in the chest and sent her flying, only for her to come back strait away, he grabbed two and slammed their heads together. Grabbing a third he held her above his head and threw her and she hit a tree. Still fighting Herc looked over at Iolaus and frowned to see him only weakly fending attacks while nearly falling over. He heared someone whistle and the amazons stopped fighting and backed away. Their main group leader Anazilea walked up to Hercules.
�Thanks to you, I now have a really bad headache.�
�I feel for you.� Hercules replied dryly.
�You will, when you find out your friend is going to die in about ten minutes.�
�How is that??� He ordered.
�Easy, when you were running I had someone blow a pin laced with snake venom into his ankle. And we have the antidote. Even if you manage to escape he will die.�
Hercules looked over at Iolaus with worry. �Don�t worry Herc. I�m great really.� While saying that Iolaus collapsed on the ground and started moaning in pain.
�Ok, we will go with you quietly if you give him the antidote. I swear on my life I will try nothing. Just help him.� With a nod, Anazilea threw a small vial over to Phoebe, who caught it and pressed it to his lips, and Iolaus swallowed it all. Then Anazilea ordered. �You will carry him back to the camp and we will all travel together. Try escaping again and will inject your fiend with more venom. And unfortunately that was the last antidote. You two go first.�
Hercules picked Iolaus up carefully and started walking him to the direction of the camp. Six amazons followed them. Phoebe stayed and looked at Anazilea.
�Don�t you think that was kind of unnecessary. If the blonde would have died, Hera would have stricken us dead herself.
�I would never of let to much harm come to him but im afraid that�s not the same for the half-god. When we arrive back to out village he will have punished severely. Our queen will not let his disobedience go lightly.� The two then headed of to the camp.
When they were there half an hour later the sun could just be seen shining horizon. Hercules and Iolaus were sitting in a circle surrounded by the amazons. Anazilea stepped forward.
�We mustn�t loose any time if we are to be back by dusk. We will stay together, four in front, the men in the middle and the rest shall follow. There shall be no food for the men and they will only receive a small mouthful of water at lunch time. Remove traces of the camps, we shall set out in one hour.�
One hour later they were already walking on. Hercules and Iolaus had both their hands tied behind their backs again. Hercules noticed Iolaus was limping slightly and he noticed with disgust that they didn�t treat the wound on his ankle. At noon they rested and replenished their water skins they headed off again. It was uneventful journey until at dusk they passed some meadows and into deep forest again that one hour into their journey they were surrounded by around fifteen amazons. Anazilea walked up to one and made a fist with her hand and put it over the point above her heart.
�Good day Aglaea. It is I Anazilea returning from a quest requested by Hera herself�
Aglaea repeated the gesture with her fist. �Welcome back to Kalos lady Anazilea, you may continue to towards the village in peace.�
The amazons continued for another hour until they came the village, two pillars announced the entrance way to the village. They passed the guards at each post and entered the village. At each side of a worn pathway was around twenty-two huts, behind the huts were tillage patches of earth for growing vegetables and fruit, and at the end of path a bit away from the huts was a large stone temple. There were stone pillars leaning over each other like rib bones leading to a tall wooden door, the temple was circular in shape and there was no windows except for a large window over the entrance doors. There were stairs leading up to the temple. Also in the middle of the huts there was a public square with a large bonfire stacked up. Surrounding the whole village there was a ten foot fence made out of wood, and the sound of rushing water could be heared to the south.
Hercules and Iolaus were led up to the temple. People had gathered outside some huts and stared at them. Exited whispers could be heared and when they finally reached the temple steps their amazon queen Valasca could be seen standing a the top of the stairs looking down at them with contempt. The men were ushered up the stairs and into the temple. Anazilea stood by the temple doors and closed them.
�Leave Anazilea.� Valasca ordered. �I can take care of these two myself.� Anazilea bowed and left. Valasca smiled smugly and looked at Hercules and Iolaus.
�By the way, I expect you to bow to your new queen.�
Iolaus looked at her with anger. �I would never bow to a witch servant of Hera.� Hercules, trying to avoid getting in trouble or beaten up had already started to kneel, groaned when he heared Iolaus� response. Valasca just smiled and replied.
�As you wish, after all, the king of the amazons should not bow to his queen.�
�What do you mean by that! I thought amazons hated men.� Iolaus replied shocked.
�I mean, you have been deemed worthy by Hera to rules over our village and the amazons hating men, that�s just a common misconception, we are merely are trying to prove that women can be just as good as men at anything�
Hercules had heared enough. �Since when has Hera ever tried to reward a friend or relative or mine, and why am I here aswell?�
�Your friend, Hercules, is our first king, Hera is just trying to prove to you she has mended her old ways and you are here to prove she has.� She then called for Anazilea to come back in, when she did Valasca addressed to her. �Takes Hercules to his hut, make sure he has food, a bath and clean clothes.� Once again as to not cause a disturbance he allowed to be led out of the temple. He turned around to give a longing look at Iolaus, but from receives a wink from him, he completely left them. Valasca smiled and walked slowly over to Iolaus, she led him over to a sofa and made him sit down, she moved behind him and started giving him a massage.
�You are so tense, what�s wrong?�
Iolaus snorted and replied. �I have been beaten, kidnapped, made to walk almost two days strait into Amazonian territory with literally no water or food, and there I am suddenly pronounced king for no reason. Other than that, im a million deniers thank you. Whats going to happed to Hercules?�
�He is going to be fine, there�s no need to panic. He is probably getting into a nice warm bath right now.�
They were silent for a while, Valasca still giving Iolaus a shoulder rub when she said �A strong king needs a strong name. You will be called Kratos from now on.�
�Um, I kind of like Iolaus thank you.�
�Nonsense, you had that name in your previous life, this is your new life. The king of all the amazons in this village.� Iolaus stopped Valasca motions on his shoulders and stood up.
�Not to be rude, but you kidnapped me, and when I tried to defend myself I got a split lip and this gash on my forehead. When I tried to escape the second time, I was almost killed my one of your..� �Our.� �No, your amazons with snake venom in the ankle. So try to understand why I�m not to enthusiastic about my situation. Ok?�
�I understand, you are tired and have walked almost non-stop for two days. I will have a guard take you to your room, so you can start getting settled and rest up and bathe. I will also send for a healer for you, oh and don�t worry, we have separate huts, for now.�
�Gee thanks.� Valasca called a guard and Iolaus was led away. Valasca smiled and shouted �Goodnight Kratos.� as he left the temple.
Alone now, she went over to Hera�s shrine and prayed. �Oh divine Hera, I have completed your first task.� A flash of purple sparks and green peacock feather appeared behind her and Valasca jumped up and turned around to face Hera. She walked over to Hera and kneeled before.
�Stand up Valasca.� She compiled. �Good job on delivering my step-son and his little bed-roll buddy. And nice initiative making Iolaus king. Hercules is still suspicious though. I want you to start feeding Iolaus the potion next week. You better keep them here though or I will be very disappointed. I also want you to convince �your king� that Hercules deserves punishment for trying to escape earlier. Don�t make the punishment to rough though, I want them to stay close, only let them visit each other twice a week. That should help build up certain desires for my step-son. You have my orders, now I have to return to Olympus. Here are all the ingredients you will need to make the potions.� Hera made a basket of ingredients appear, she then disappeared the same way she came in.
Valasca them walked over and picked up the basket, and headed for the direction of her hut to start making the potions.
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Phew over. I meant for it to be twice as long as the last chappy but its now 1 in the moring and I started it at 6 in the afternoon. (Im a really slow typer.)

1= If people don�t know Kevin Smith played Iphicles aswell, where have you lived, in a cave.
Next one starts tomorrow, after a deserved lay-in.
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