FELIZ NAVIDAD, MY BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE WHO I LOVE SOO MUCH! JBABE, love345, iamloveCynder, dicaprihoe, TNMTLover and all of my WONDERFUL viewers! As a Christmas present, I give you this exciting new chapter where our 2 favourite leads meet again but as their selves. Let's see what happens. I HOPE U GUYS LIKE YOUR PRESENT FROM ME! YAY!
On with the show! :D
5. El Zorro's Mission
(Don Rojillo's Palace, night time)
The stars were out and music was being heard over the hill of Don Rojillo's Palace. Lords and Ladies from all over Spain were arriving at the main entrance that was lightened by fire torches and trails of rose petals. Guards were at every corner by orders of their master to stay alert in case they get any surprises. Soon a beautiful white carriage decorated with blue flowers stop at the entrance. As the coachman opens the door, an elegant lover elder woman came out, wearing a stupendous elegant blue gown with blue shoes and her hair was gray, formed elegantly with jewels and beads. Her name was Doña Celeste, proud owner of the lands of Celeste. Following behind her only and handsome son Gnoméo and her nephew Benvolio, dressed elegant and handsome in their tuxedos.
"Remember what I told you boys, especially you Gnoméo" she glares to him, serious.
"Si, mamá, I'll behave" Gnoméo roll his eyes, having his fingers crossed behind him.
"I hope so" she smirks as she fan herself with her fan, turning around, heading to the entrance.
As Gnoméo watched his mother walk away, giving him the chance to discuss his plan with his cousin, his real reason why he came to this party.
"Are you ready for this, Benvolio?" Gnómeo asked, whispering to Benvolio. "You remember the plan, right?"
"Si, I pack your suit in the sack, along with your sword and your gun, primo" Benvolio said, holding up a large bag up to him.
"Gracias, this is the only chance I have left to find out what Rojillo's really up too. Plus, I don't really like what I'm wearing" Gnómeo complain, pointing at his clothes.
"Yeah, me neither. I look like a colourful and ridiculous mariposa" Benvolio complain, making Gnómeo laugh. (mariposa: butterfly)
"Don't worry; it will all be over tonight" Gnómeo said as he fixed his cousin's neck tie and his vest "Now charm, Benvolio. Charm. And follow my lead" he informed and Benvolio nod.
Gnoméo and Benvolio walked side by side, trying not to act too suspicious around anybody, especially not the guards. They followed Doña Celeste to the front entrance where from outside, the party was in a full blast and colourful. They could smell the delicious food from miles away, people of high society danced to the lively music. The decorations were all traditional decors from the town, red and white roses and many colourful flowers in every stand and dining table. Gnoméo looked around in alert to expect the unexpected, knowing he won't stay long to enjoy the party of anything.
Soon he caught the sight of Don Rojillo, standing proudly by the entrance, greeting and receiving his guests as his mother approached him.
"Don Rojillo, Buenas noches" Doña Celeste greeted him with a bow, in respect.
"Good evening, Doña Celeste. It is a pleasure to have you in my home. I am looking forward to doing business with you in the main lodge after dinner" he greets her, kissing her hand.
"I look forward to that. Please, allow me to present mi hijo, Gnoméo Claudio Celeste y mi sobrino, Benvolio Celeste" (hijo: son, sobrino: nephew)
"It is a real honour, Don Rojillo" Gnoméo and Benvolio shook his hands, in respect
"The pleasure is all mine, gentlemen. Allow me to introduce mi sobrino, Capitan Teobaldo" he presented
"Welcome to our home, milady and gentlemen" Teobaldo shook their hands, kindly.
"And this is mi Hermosa hija, Julieta Isabel Rojillo" Don Rojillo introduced but Julieta had her back turn at them, ignoring them. (Hermosa: beautiful, hija: daughter)
Julieta had been ignoring every guest that walked by her but especially every word her father was speaking. She wasn't really enjoying the party; she was too bored to notice any of the guests. Besides the party, another thing that bothers her was her outfit. She was wearing a long elegant puffy gown with her brown hair down with a long side braid to frame her face that rested on her shoulder and went down to her waist. She had a little make up on, her lips her full red and had golden jewels on. By the nasty look on her face, she didn't like what she was wearing or what was going on in the party.
Don Rojillo got furious by her behaviour "Julieta! Turn around and greet Los Celestes!" Don Rojillo order, furious and she huffs, annoyed.
A bit irritated, Julieta turns around and faces Sra. Celeste "Buenas noches, señora Celeste. Bienvenida" and bow to her in respect with a curtsy. (bienvenida: welcome)
"It's a pleasure, señorita. This is my nephew, Benvolio" she presented as Benvolio and Julieta shock hands as Sra. Celeste spoke again. "And my son, Gnoméo" she said as Gnoméo step out from behind her.
Just when he was about to speak, he lost his words once he laid his eyes on the beautiful maiden. The world around them completely stops as soon as she locked her eyes with Gnoméo, who was frozen in place. The Red and the Blue stair into each other's eyes, they felt like they've met before. Julieta knew his deepest secret but had to act like she is meeting for the first time right now. Just by looking at her, he nearly forgot his real reason why he was here. He even was willing to give up to mission to spend time with her but he snap out of that crazy idea but he didn't stop admiring her beauty. She breaths heavily as he approached her, making her tremble as he hold her hand in his.
"Encantado" Gnómeo kissed her hands, making her smile and blush, feeling weak on her knees. (encantado: charmer or enchanted)
"Same" she whispers, feeling her cheeks go her as her gown.
Then Gnoméo spoke "I'm sorry that I didn't bring a gift for the host of the party but... give me a moment" he paused for a moment. He held his hands up as he started walking closer to her, making her nervous a bit scared. Suddenly, a single red rose appeared from in between his fingers, impressing the girl and the others by his magic trick.
"Thank you" she smiled as she took the rose, blushing.
"De nada" he smiles back, seeing that sparkle in her eyes. (De nada: you're welcome)
"Well, all of you please follow me to the ballroom. This way, por favor" Don Rojillo escorted as they all follow him. (por favor: please)
"Shall we?" he held her shoulder to her and with a nod and smile; she accepts it as he guided her to the ballroom, getting all blush again in the inside.
Everybody was having a nice time at the party. The ballroom was the grand center of the palace. It was decorated with lights in every corner of the ceiling, along with fire torches attached to the walls of every hallway to illuminate the party. Every guest was fancy dressed for the occasion, lady and gentlemen of all high society. And they were served by the palace staff and servants. Even the food was the finest in all the land by the wines and Champaigns. Bright colors of the flowers decorated the balconies and the dance floor as the guest danced across it to the livid music.
Soon it was dinner time in the grand salon where all the Dons and Lady's, including The Celeste family joined in the table, served with so many kinds of food like of it was a grand feast. Don Rojillo sat down at the main chair while Doña Celeste sat next to him in the guest of honor chair. Julieta sat on the other side, next to her cousin who was eating like on a pig on his dinner, embarrassing her and her father. Julieta slouch back on her seat, bored to death as the adults were negotiating on boring plans of the future of the town, even though everything her father said was pure lies. She played around with her fork, trying to distract herself from Gnoméo, who was across the table in front of her. By the look on his face, he was bored as she was and also he looked like he wanted to leave the table but it wasn't by the boring negotiation and she knew why.
Suddenly, her lady, Sra. Nanette walks in to serve more dessert and Champaign. She walks pass Julieta to deliver her an important message as she got down on her knees without her master looking.
"Psst, mi niña. Please, meet me in the hallway. There's something I need to speak you about" she whispers in her ear.
"Ok, just give me 5 minutos" Julieta whispers back, nodding
Thinking of the perfect distraction and getaway, Julieta grabs her glass of wine and without her father or anybody looking; she "accidentally" spills it over her red puffy gown which caught everybody's attention.
"AY! Mi vestido!" she screams, pretending to care. (vestido:gown/dress)
"Oh no, mi niña! Come on; let's get you clean up, dear" Sra Nanette said, following her lead as she walks her out of the room and into an empty hallway and up to her room.
"Thanks for getting me out of there, mi señora. I was bored to la muerte. What's the news?" Julieta asked as Nanette lock the door so they can talk in private. (muerte: death)
"Juan Primito came around here before the party to tell me to tell you that there is a problem at "La Dorada". It seems that Los Gringos have been roaming and robbing the merchandise from this week" she informed.
(A/N: "Gringo" is a funny nickname we Puerto Ricans and the Mexicans give or refers to the Americans. NO OFFENSE! THAT'S JUST HOW WE TALK!)
"UGH! Again with those guys?! Why do they always go after my merchandise?!" she yelled in anger, in a wanting to kill tone.
"Maybe it was because everything you order is from the best quality in the country" Nanette said
"Si, you're right. I better go over there and put those guys in there place. If my father asks, I went out into the gardens" Julieta said as she got changed into her Doña Barbara outfit and charged her gun with bullets with an angry grin on her face. She throws her stained gown on her bed and takes off the ridiculous jewellery and high heels, replacing them with brown boots. The only thing she leaves on is her long side braid. Lastly, she cleans her face from all the exaggerating makeup
"Si, chiquita, I'll cover for you but don't try to kill shoot anybody again" Nanette smiles, making Julieta smile as well as she puts on her belt with her weapons.
"I'll try. Nobody messes with Doña Barbara, everybody knows that" she said with a low tone as she put on her mask.
"Buena suerte, Julieta" Sra. Nanette smiled, handing her backpack with all the things Julieta needs (Buena suerte: good luck)
"Gracias, Nanette" she tips her hat to her respect and disappeared down the staircase in her closet.
The pretty brunette heads down to the stables and sets up her horse with her saddle and attach her backpack on to her. Julieta pulls her by her strap out the staples as they carefully made their way tot he main eentrance/exit.
"Halt right there!" she heard an aggressive voice which made her stop.
Julieta turns in an instant, surprised and sees 2 guards pointing their guns at her. She stays silent and still but she was prepared for any fight just in case. The 2 men see that she's a woman and lower their guns down as they walk toward her.
"It's a woman" one of them says, laughing.
"Ok, sweetheart, you're coming with us" the other guard says while holding her by her arms, about to arrest her.
The guards grab both their arms as she tries to break free. Suddenly, one of them was reaching out to pull down Julieta's mask, into revealing her true self. Not permitting for that to happen, Julieta jumps and sides kicks both the guards in the stomach, knocking them to the ground. They get up on their feet and charge at her but Julieta pulls out a knife and cuts them on the arms as they scream in pain. And that gave Julieta the chance to finish them off by punching them in the face. Both men fell to the ground, barely unconscious as they groan in pain. Julieta knew there was nobody can defeat her, she smiled at that.
"That's for you to understand on how to respect a lady" she smirks with an evil tone and an evil chuckle.
She saw in how much pain they were, they weren't expecting to get their butts kicked by strange woman, and that made her very happy. Julieta hid through the shadows, passing every alert guard at its post. On her trusty horse, she sneak away from the party as she headed at full speed to her ranch house to help her men with the robbing pests, who were robbing her. But they didn't know who they were messing with. And who steals from Doña Barbara, pays for it and in the worst possible way she could think of.
(A Few Hours Later)
As the party was still going and so was the negotiation discussion. On the other side of the hallway, Gnómeo wonders through the hallways, slipping and escaping from the party. He carried his backpack close to him; it held his Zorro clothes and weapons. He searched for an empty room to change but no avail. He was getting a bit frustrated. He was running out of time and worried his plan could fail. As he walks through the halls, alert he wasn't being seen. He suddenly bumps into someone, making them both fall to the ground backwards. He looks up and sees Julieta, still in her dirty red gown but he didn't notice or cared, he was much focused on her lovely gaze and smile.
"Ay, lo siento, señorita Rojillo. I didn't see you" he apologized as he pulls her back up (lo siento: I'm sorry)
Gnómeo admires her as he looks into her esmerald green eyes. His eyes travel from her face down to her body, literally every part and inch of her body. He continues to look down until he stopped at her feet when he noticed she was wearing some odd brown boots. But she quickly hides them from him with her red skirt. It confused him as he looks back up to her.
"No, it's fine. It was more my fault" she says, lowering her head, ashamed.
"Are you alright?" he asked as he pulled her up.
As he pulls her back up, they stare into eachother's eyes again, feeling that attraction they have again. The touch of their hands together made her weak on her knees and made her heart race at a fast speed. She knew both his identities, she just couldn't decided in which was he was handsomer.
"Um... what are you doing here, Sr. Celeste? You should be in the party" she said in a nervous tone, pulling her hand away from his.
"I kind of lost my way. I was looking for un baño" he says, trying not to act suspicious he said with a nervous tone too. (Baño: bathroom)
"It's down the hall, to the left" she points out
"Gracias, señorita" he kisses her hand in gratitude and walks fast down the hall.
"He's up too something" she said in her mind, suspiciously. "And I know what"
She looks back at him while hiding in the corner, watching him go inside an empty room down the hall. She smirks evilly, knowing what he was doing and what he was planning to do. She realizes that her role as Doña Barbara is not over for tonight yet.
(In the Don's Rojillo's office, 2 hours later)
After the dinner and the party ended and everybody left, Don Rojillo and Capitan Teobaldo were looking over their plans on the demolition of the gold mines. The table was now filled with documents, maps of the country and other important papers they need. They look them over and over again, trying to find a solution from today's ball until they finally found one.
"So, everything went according to plan?" Don Rojillo said as he looks at a map where the gold mines were located, marked with O's and X's.
"Yes. We found out that there's more gold 5 feet up in the Celeste Mountains" Teobaldo said, pointing the exact location on the map.
"What do you suggest we do, Capitan?" Rojillo asks him
"The best thing to do is start the demolition as soon as possible and with this deed; the Celestes had no choice than to leave the territories to us"
"I don't see any problem. You have this all very calculated, boy. Call our men; tell them to be ready with the dynamite and all the equipment. We're ready to start business with them as soon as possible"
Then Don Rojillo pulled out a bottle of Champaign and 2 glasses as he pour the Champaign and handing one to Teobaldo. "To the honor it is to be a Red" he toast with him.
"Cheers, tio" they clink they glasses. (tio: uncle)
Suddenly, they heard a bell ringing widely 3 times. They set down their glasses and ran to the window. Guards were calling him name as Don Rojillo peeks to the outside. And from the hills close to his palace, there was a fire in the fields but in some strange straights lines in the form of a Z. It was him. El Zorro. This was his alert that he was coming. In the fields stood Benvolio, who started the fire in the first place while his cousin was somewhere, preparing for this attack, which made Don Rojillo a bit nervous.
He has already given orders to all of his men to guard every entrance from blocking the masked thieve in coming in his palace. He walked at a fast apace to his office as Teobaldo babble to him to not worry.
"I want every guard to be alert and at their post. And if they see someone or something in or near my palace, shoot it" he orders with a serious tone as he grabbed his documents.
"Si, señor. But you shouldn't worry, this is only one man" Teobaldo says.
"This isn't just any man! It's Zorro! He the most wanted thieve on my list! He knows about the mines and he's going to find a way to stop the demolition before it begins!"
"How can that possibly..."
"I DON'T CARE! I see that you don't understand how grave the situation is right now!"
Suddenly, without them looking in his direction, El Zorro was up in the ceiling, using his sword to grab the deed of the Celeste which also had a map attach to it of the mines in the mountains. He slowly lifts his sword to him and holds the deed in his mouth and stays silent as Don Rojillo and Capitan Teobaldo kept arguing.
"If he finds out we're starting the demolition in a few short days, the deal is over with my comrades from Colombia, do you understand? And for preventing that to happen, I want him death, Capitan! Do you hear me? MUERTO COMO UN PERRO!" (Dead like a dog)
"As you order, sir"
"Good. Now let's go before it's too late. Make sure the documents are safe"
Teobaldo takes the folder with the documents and follows Don Rojillo out of his office. El Zorro finally comes down from the ceiling with the deed in his mouth; he takes it out and smirks in success. "This is going to be fun: he thinks in his mind, mischief.
As he walks down the hallway, Teobaldo opens the folders to check everything was in order until he noticed the deed was missing as he goes over and over again, going page to page but he couldn't find it.
He shut the folder in anger. "GUARDS!" He calls, furious.
He turns to go back to the office to look for the deed but jumps back surprised when he sees a man, dressed in black, pointing his sword against his chest. Even though, he didn't believe in his existence, Teobaldo recognizes him. El Zorro leans closer, reaching for Teobaldo's gun from his pocket and tosses it away as the captain stayed still in place.
"The undefeatable Zorro" Teobaldo said in a mocking tone, a bit surprised to see him.
"No. The legendary Zorro" Gnómeo corrected him with a fire in his eyes and his sword still against Teobaldo's chest.
Suddenly, 2 palace guards ran in the hallway, seeing the captain being held by the masked bandit. The guards pointed their gun at him to shoot him but El Zorro threat to kill the captain by leaning his sword even closer to his chest.
"PUT DOWN YOUR WEAPONS!" Gnómeo orders them "Tell them" he tells Teobaldo.
"Do as he says" Teobaldo orders to the guards. And they did what they were told, they slowly put down their rifles guns to the floor and they took a few steps closer to El Zorro and their captain.
Then Gnómeo made a gesture to tell the guards to come closer. "Alloy me" Gnómeo said as he pulled Teobaldo's sword from his belt which made the guards pull out their sword in case he tries to pull any stunt of his. But they put their swords down on the floor too.
"Come" Gnómeo gestures to the guards as they walk toward them. "Stop!" he says and they stop "Face the window" he says and they turns to face the window "Now, bend down and touch your toes" he orders but they get confused.
"Bend over" Teobaldo says through his teeth to them, still having the sword to his chest.
The guards follow his orders and bend down on their back and touch their toes, pleasing El Zorro. "Will you excuse me, Capitan?" he asked him. They both step back as El Zorro stood in front of the guards. "Gracias" she thanked him. Then he pushes the guards out the window with his foot as they shout and broke glass land on them, only leaving bad cuts and empty window space.
El Zorro finally retrieves his sword from Teobaldo's chest as they face each other with anger and hate. Gnómeo tosses Teobaldo back to him, wanting to fight. And it began! The men started a sword fight to the death, blocking every move with the blades. Teobaldo puts all of his anger into it, using all of his strength to kill him but Gnómeo's sword skills were impressive to defeat. They swing their swords at each other until Gnómeo pushes him to the ground, making Teobaldo hit his head as he lost consciousness for a while. But the fight wasn't over until Don Rojillo came from being El Zorro and another sword fight began. Don Rojillo might have been old but he sure knew how to fight with a sword. Gnómeo block his every move as they walk down the hallways. Soon Teobaldo join in the fight! It was 2 against 1! Gnómeo thought fast as he grabbed one of the guard's swords from the floor and fought both men with each of his swords. With anger, the men fought to the death against the clever thief, having every intention to kill him. Gnómeo was finally able to push both men away from him as he made a flip in the air and started running down the hall, trying to escape but the men chased after him.
El Zorro ran down the open hallways where a garden and a fountain in the middle were. But soon an entire army of guards came in with guns and sword.
"ALTO!" They yelled, firing with their rifles at him but failed. (Alto: stop/halt)
Gnómeo jumped from the hallway balcony, onto to the lowest floor. He pulled out his sword out again as he ran back to a staircase but it was block by some guards. He made a turn to the other staircase but it was also block by guards too! Gnómeo ran back and block some guards from stopping him.
"STOP HIM! DON'T LET HIM GET AWAY!" Don Rojillo yelled, furious.
Gnómeo used all of his strength and light speed to escape any guard that came in his way. He did back flips and jumped onto anything like chairs, tables, even against the walls to escape them. Soon he came face to face with Teobaldo again, starting another fight with him but unfortunately lost again when Gnómeo pushed him in the gut and throwing him onto a group of guards as he landed on top of them. El He then jumps up a tree branch and swings himself on him, kicking some guards with his swinging feet. Gnómeo pulls himself up the tree and jumps down to a clear area where his sword was laying there. He picks it up and started another fight with Don Rojillo who sneaks behind him. The sword fight was so violent that they even started breaking things like curtains, chairs and candleholders that weren't lightened. There came a moment that they hold on to their swords to see which one surrender. Obviously, it wasn't going to be El Zorro but Don Rojillo uses his strength to push him to the ground. But Gnómeo gets back up before some guards got him. Then Teobaldo joined in again with his uncle and the rest of the guards as they corner him. El Zorro thought of a plan as they pointed their sword to him, ready to finish him.
"Kill him" Don Rojillo orders with wickedness.
The men charged at him like wild animals. But Gnómeo thought fast after he realized he was standing in front of a large map of the country. He used his sword to cut the rope that held the map. Without having it to hold it, the map fell on tops of their heads as they got lost under it, giving Gnómeo a chance to escape before they noticed he was gone. El Zorro was in the clear; he looks back at the foolishness and smiles.
"FIND HIM! FIND HM AND KILL HIM!" Don Rojillo screamed, boiling in anger. "I WANT HIM DEAD!"
El Zorro ran through the hallways, escaping the guards as they still struggle to break free from his trap. Gnómeo was able to escape without anybody following him or seeing where he was running off to. All except one particular sneaky Red girl, who watched him escaping without trace or that's what he thought.
WHOA! THAT WAS COOL! And if you think that was an AWESOME fight! Wait 'til you see what I have in store for the next one! IT'LL BE SOO COOL! I PROMISE YOU THAT! ;D
Well, I gotta got now! FELIZ NAVIDAD & I LOVE U ALL! XOXOX (I don't care if I'm a little late. It's still Navidad to me until January 6. We Puerto Ricans & Latinos have a LOOOOONG Christmas and we take our parties very but very seriously ;)
PS. This is for my bestie, Erica Kelly.
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ADIOS! BESOS!*
-TPATFan16* aka Mickey* ;D