The weeks passed on, every both healed physically of there nightmare, mentally it would be a lot harder to overcome.
Everybody knew life was too short, too fragile to let it go to waste.
The day of the wedding was a real dream for everyone, nobody was shocked to see Victoria marrying her best friend.
Most people respected Zorro but thought it was time for Victoria to really get on with her life and chose for a family and the safety of the De La Vega name.
The wedding party was held in the hacienda, everybody enjoyed it until the early hours. The only ones still awake were the France friends, Mendoza, don Alejandro, don Diego and the new dona De La Vega Victoria and there new son don Felipe De La Vega.
There was something nagging in Mendoza mind and was afraid to ask the question to don Diego.
" Don Diego, how did you find us?"
" Well sergeant it all started when we came back from our trip to Santa Paula riding Toronado was a big risk even disguised, I made a deal with my father to bring Quiero in the morning, here starts my part of the adventure,..."
Flashback a few hours before the rescue, here starts the search from Don Diego's point of view.
" So my new son, we are almost home, I think Toronado will be happy being entire black again."
Toronado snorted in agreement with that statement.
" I know boy, I know."
** Didn't your father agree to be here at the border with Quiero?** Felipe his signs were full of worry.
Helping Zorro in a lot of mission made his intuition as sharp as the one who saved his new father countless of times.
" Something is wrong here Felipe, father would never forget an appointment like this one. He knows how important it is. Let's go to the hacienda, there is something wrong here, Vamos."
Miles wasted away beneath the hooves of the two horses, until I arrived at the stables.
" Stay here with Toronado, I will go and see if I can find my father."
I looked every were until Juanito came outside, glad to see his young master.
" Juanito what's wrong? Where is my father?"
The look in Juanito eyes made my mind more fearful than it already was.
" I don't know master, but I think someone took him, senorita Escalante and the sergeant are gone to. We found this letter in the stables, it is addressed to you."
I took the letter, my heart full of fear.
" Thank you Juanito, I will make sure he comes back home."
I opened the letter and started to read the further he read the letter the more anger flew trough my veins. The had messed with the wrong man.
Felipe still waiting a little outside the walls of the hacienda saw the look in his fathers face, know he knew something was terribly wrong here.
" Felipe take Toronado and run to the cave and wait there for me. My father is kidnapped, the pinto stays here, you will be riding Quiero I may need my two stallions this time."
I untacked Felipe's pinto in the nearest pasture and made his run to the cave. If my instinct was right, I had no time to lose.
I think that this time I changed myself so fast, it would be a record time, I was really frightened you know.
" Come on Felipe first things first, I need the lancers in this one. I will try to get to a truce with them, I know they want to find Mendoza too."
The truce was agreed as simple as fish breaths in the water everybody wanted to find them.
The first hour was useless until a sparkle got there attention, a gold sparkle coming from out of the bushes.
I raised my hand in order the make the large convoy of lancers stop.
Somewhere in the back of my mind I knew what it was, I just didn't want to believe until I saw it with my very own eyes.
It was the ring of the woman who carried my heart.
I kissed the ring and attached it to Toronado's saddle, he would protect it with his life, I knew that.
From there everything went quick. When I saw the woman of my life lying in the water together with almost everybody I love, my blood boiled over.
I was lucky that my beloved son here came up with the back up of using the horses to pull us up, the mountain top was strong enough to hold them.
End of the flashback.
Diego sighed " Now you know my side, I owe a big one in this rescue to my son, he kept his mind clear when mine was gone. Mendoza thank your lancers for me, they too were a big help."
Diego looked at the people who were still there listening to the story and pulled his wife even further in his lap.
" I am just glad we all survived it."
" Before we end this party, we have an announcement to make. We decided all of us to stay here and live in Los Angeles." Everybody cheered to Athos his announcement. This was the best day in Diego's life.
The end.
