Xena was taken to Thebes, offered all the food, drink, jewellery and spas that Thebes had to offer and then she sprung into action, preparing for a la...ge festival in Thebes. It was going to require a great festival to lure at least one gang of Spartans in with the aim of catching them in the act of committing crimes, and teach them a lesson they would not soon forget (or law and order and revenge and punishment) … and to ensure this, she had sent some publicity gossip about the coming festival. And with me, you said ‘ever’ and it’s possible when we were little, but if so, I don’t remember.”“I was talking about from, say, age five or six.”I shook my head, “No. That I’m sure of with regard to me.”“Did you ever play ‘doctor’ and anything like that?”I shook my head, “No.”“Did you ever want to?”I smiled, “Not with Liz, but there were plenty of OTHER girls I thought about that with.”“And?”I shrugged, “No such luck.”Doctor Hart laughed, “The story of most teenage boys’ lives. When did you. ’ ‘You’re an outsider and people will forgive you if you make a mistake where they wouldn’t forgive me or Father Stokely. Give it a try, luv. Don’t see yourself short.’ She looked at me, and her glance turned to concern. ‘You don’t like fund-raising, do you?’ I looked down. ‘It’s something I’ve never felt comfortable with. Working on the annual fund appeal is always my toughest message to preach every year. Asking people for money is something I understand in theory, but doing it always. The money would be driven there by a trusted person (Ricky) and stored until the event was over. Ricky was going to steal the next shipment and disappear.“Wait a minute,” I stopped her, “If he’s the driver, he’s going to be the first one they try to find!”“Not if they think he was hit by a rival and killed,” she countered, “Ricky, myself and two of his friends were going to make it look like he’d been robbed and fatally wounded in the process.”“What about a body? I’m sure he wasn’t going to.