Xena, Gabrielle, and Autolycus are brought to the 21st Century to help Ash battle a swarm of Deadites outside his S-Mart store. During the battle, the Necronomicon Ex-Mortis flies off to the local library. In the library, a hooded Deadite almost gets their hands on the Book of The Dead, but Ash says "Choco, Bamalama, Ditko" and a vortex opens, sucking up Ash, Xena, Gabrielle, and Autolycus inside. The vortex also pulled in some books, causing Ash and the others to go inside the stories the books contained, such as A Christmas Carol, The Tell-Tale Heart, and The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, except now Deadites are integrated into the story. They escape the book worlds and arrive back to the present, it has been overrun with Deadites. The group is greeted by Solan, the future son of Gabrielle and