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16. An Old Enemigo
El dia was finally here, the sky half blue and half gray, showing happiness / bad luck as is something bad was going to happen but the host of the wedding was much to focused on his plan than to care, he decided to ignore it. To Don Rojillo & the others of high society, the day of the wedding was going to be the biggest celebration in España.The entire church was decorated in white and red roses in every corner. But to Julieta, was una pesadilla. She always pictures her wedding day to be hermoso & everything she's dreamt of and marry el hombre she loves. But now realizes that this wasn't a fairytale, it was real life. In the back dressing room of the church, she stood don a step, looking at her reflection in the mirror as her servant girls were putting the finishing touches on her dress. She wanted to cry and run away but couldn't or her people will pay for the consequences.
"Ready, mi niña?" Sra. Nanette walks in, noticing her lady's sadness in her eyes.
Julieta shakes her head "Not really, Nanette. I always picture mi boda being the happiest day of mi vida. But now I feel like fate has drop a curse upon me. Is this a sign for me to not marry mi amor verdadero?" she sobs into her hands.
"I don't know, Chiquita. But you're not too late to back out"
"No. I can't do that. Not after I prove all the damages mi padre has done. And not until the deals with los rusos are complete"
"Julieta, you know this is more than just a business deal. You need to stop looking at everything as a bargain and start letting yourself open up to amor y felicidad. You need to stop this before it's too late for you" Nanette said, encouraging her to make the right choice.
"I wish I could, Nanny. Pero this is also about saving his life" she said, bravely, drying up her tears.
"You mean, Gnoméo?"
"Si. It kills me seeing him see this ridiculez (foolishness) but it's for his safety"
"It's time" a guard tells them and shuts the door.
Nanette looks back at Julieta "Think about what I told you and I hope you can make the right decision, no matter the consequences of your padre" she says and Julieta nods as she walks out with Nanette following behind.
Soon, it was time. The church bells rang and the wedding march played but to Julieta is sounded like a funeral march. She looks at her reflection on the mirror and puts down her veil over her face. She could have sworn it would turn black instead of being white, by all the sadness she's feeling. She waited outside the church for her padre. She felt like she was in a funeral than a wedding. But she needed to stay strong and go through with this even though it will destroy her inside. That's when Don Rojillo, all dressed in an elegant suit, walks to her.
"You look Hermosa, Julieta" he said, as she faked a smile for him.
Don Rojillo, dressed for the occasion, takes his daughter arm under his and leads her in the church as the townspeople of high and low society stood up for their "princesa". They bowed down to them as they admire la princesa's beauty and grace. Even the men took of their hats in respect to her as she walked by but didn't pay much attention. As she walked down the aisle, she saw her right hand man, Indio in the corner, hiding in the dark and being alert for any unexpected surprise.
She also saw her amor verdadero, standing next to his familia and out of all of them, only he had sadness in his eyes which made tears come out of her's. She hate doing this but it was also the reason why she was doing it, to protect him from her father's rage. He was dressed up for the occasion, but was in no mood to celebrate or even pretend he cared. She could see he was heartbroken as she was as she passed him.
"Perdóname" she mouths him.
Her verde eyes met his azul eyes. Gnoméo could tell she was looking at him and could see her tears from under the veil. Gnoméo turns away and leaves thru the back door of the church. Julieta's heart broke even more as more tears came out.
"Where is he going?" she thought, looking around for him but he was already out of her sight and maybe out her life, para siempre. (forever)
Soon, she makes it to the end of the aisle as Principe Alejandro, dressed in his princey suit, took her hand and kissed it; she gags in her mind, wanting to pull away. She looks to her right and even saw the disappointment in Padre Featherstone's face. He understood why she was doing this but he too wanted Julieta to make the right decision & listen to her Corazon, despite el peligro. As he began reading the bible and all the matrimonio stuff, Julieta looks up to the cross of Dios, next to La Virgen Maria. At this point, she not only wanted Gnoméo's forgiveness, but for God to forgive her in this sin. Just to keep her secret and her people safe, she's doing the sacrificio of letting her true love aside after everything they've been through.
Suddenly, she hears and sees one of her men came thru the door. Julieta knew he must have some news to tell her and needed to get away to hear it. The entire crown observe him as he created a distraction, Padre Featherstone lead Julieta to the back as El Indio came to her. Julieta pulls up her puffy exaggerating dress with high heels, walking down the small steps to the confession room downstairs as El Padre and Indio walk in, he took off his hat with respect and had a worried grin on his face.
"Indio, que pasa? What's happening?" she asked, concern something was wrong.
"Mi Doña. Lucho was telling me that El Chepo has escaped" he says, worried
"Qué?" She ask in pure shock and horror
Indio nods "Si. He escaped and he's coming this way to kill you"
"Tell is una mentira, Indio" she says, in disbelief.
"I wish it was, mi Doña. But sadly, it's not. When the rest of the muchachos arrived, all they found was the doors broken and the ropes cuts & an empty hole"
"It can't be. That ingrate can't escape!" she shouts in anger.
"What do you want us to do, Doña?" he asks
"Find him. Find him but I want him vivo. Tell los muchachos to look for him in every inch of the town, the swamp, every field, every ranch, EVERYWHERE but I want him alive!" she orders, serious and he nods in agreement.
"Are you sure you want to do this, muchacha?" El Padre asks, worried.
"Si, Padre. And do me un favor, tell Gnoméo that I love him in case I die hoy" she says serious, taking out her gun from a secret drawer and her best dagger.
El Padre was worried by her wish but understood and agrees to do as she wished. Julieta takes her dagger and cuts off the exaggerating puffy lower part of her dress and takes off the disgusting gokden and silver jewellery and high heels and replaced them with her brown boots. Since she didn't have any clothes to change into, she had to stay in her wedding dress. When she was ready, Julieta runs off out the church with her men behind. All the high class society people were very confused by the bride's disappearance, especially Don Rojillo. Gnoméo never felt and was also seeing how the crowd started to wonder where the bride was. He began to worry about her, he turns and sees Padre Featherstone, coming back to the altar, without her and decided to ask him.
"Padre, where is Julieta?" he asks him.
"I'm not sure, hijo. But she told me to tell you that no matter what happens, she loves you and always will" El Padre says with a frown, confusing and worrying Gnoméo even more.
"Por favor, padre. Tell me where she is" he begs, starting to worry but EL Padre stayed silent.
Gnoméo turns and saw a group of men round up outside, talking and giving out orders. He recognizes one man that was an Indio. Gnoméo walks toward him, knowing that he works for Julieta. Gnoméo asks Indio and the men where was their patrona is but none of them would answer him by lack of trust.
"Por favor, Indio. I need to know what's going on with her?" Gnoméo begs again.
"That is not of your business, fresita! Vamonos muchachos. La Doña needs us" Indio gave the order as the orders followed behind him.
Gnoméo watches as the men hop on their horses and started their search for El Chepo. He was worried for Julieta, who knows where could she be at this very moment. It was obvious she cared about this enemy more than her false wedding. A part of him gave him relief and peace she didn't go thru with this weeding but the other part was scared and worried about her. He had no choice than to go after her and make sure she was safe. He quickly sneaks to the back of the church and hops on his horse but not leaving without changing in his Zorro mask and clothes which he had underneath his regular clothes in case he needed to put up a fight, and he was right there was going to be one.
Out in the fields, Julieta rids on Lucho's horse. She was still in her wedding dress but she didn't care as long as she finds her enemigo. She rode around every empty field, every corner of the town and near the swamp and near the farms of her ranch but still no sign of him. But she knew he was close, very close. She stayed alert by knowing he might shoot and strike at any moment. She also knew that his attack was not going to be simple; El Chepo will want a face to face combat between her.
She soon gets' off the horse and pulls out her gun, wishing she had her men with her but it was good enough. Everything was quiet, too quiet. A perfect place for killing.
"You're not going to escape, Chepo. Even if I have to look for you even under las piedras, maldito" she thought in her mind with nasty glare and rides off on her horse, continuning the search on her own.
On the other side of another field, her men were also looking for El Chepo and for La Doña if she needed help. But so far they had no luck finding her or El Chepo but they couldn't give up yet.
"Is it thru here, Indio? I don't think La Doña could have passed thru here" Lucho says, riding on his horse.
"No, I'm sure, mi amigo Lucho. La Doña is too smart for El Chepo. I suggest we separate in 2 groups. One will search for El Chepo and the other search for La Doña. And when we find her, we'll continue looking for that miserable. We need to find her fast before he does" he says and they nod in agreement. "Rico, go take a few men and search el norte y el sur. (north & south) And we'll stay and search el este y oeste. (east & west) And shoot at whatever you see, except if it's La Doña"
"VAMOS!" he orders and they ride off.
As her men search for her, Julieta stood still in an empty field with nothing but a small tree near her. Her heart beats at a very fast pace as she looked around and heard nothing but silence. She held her gun tight in her hand, in case El Chepo or anyone was around. She knew he was here and was waiting to attack her at any moment now.
Soon, she heard footsteps coming from the swamp. She kept her guard up as she slowly reaches down her wedding dress where under the skirt; there she kept a sharp knife. She pulls it out and holds it up like her gun was. She loads her gun with bullets and kept her eyes on anything that might be out there to shoot.
Suddenly, she felt herself hitting the ground when a mysterious subject jumped over her. Julieta accidentally drop her gun and knife and crawls on the ground to grab them but the strange man hold her down, proving he was stronger than her. Julieta grabs the name's arm and bits him hard, almost feeling her teeth cut thru his jacket as he cried in pain. But it wasn't enough because the man grabbed her arms and quickly tied them up and muffles her mouth before she could scream for help. They grabbed her to another part of the field as she struggles with her might to escape them. She looks up at them with anger in her eyes until their leader came from behind them, it was El Chepo.
"(Laughs evilly) how fast things change in el mundo, huh, Barbarita? You tried to kill me and now it's my turn. You wanted to kill me cruelty but I'm not going to be cruel like you. Because before I kill you, I'm going to enjoy you a little. Mejor . Even better than the other time, the night Marina died" he laughs in her face as he passes his hand down her shoulder to her waist, totally grossing her out.
She pulls away with anger and hate in her eyes. "First, you're going to have to kill me, Chepo asqueroso!" she spits in his face, making him furious.
He then slaps her across the face, giving her bleeding nose "Of course, I'm going to kill you, Barbarita! The same way your mamita died. Pobre Marina and what's worse is that she can't save you this time" he laughs, beginning to grossly touch her body.
But she wasn't going to allow her past come back to her. Since Julieta was too feisty and too strong for him, Julieta was able to kick Chepo in the place no man wants to be kicked & she runs off, trying to escape. He holds onto o the intense pain.
"AGARENLA! GRAB HER! DON'T LET HER ESCAPE!" El Chepo yells and his henchmen run after her.
Julieta was almost on top of her horse just when the men pull her back, dragging her back to EL Chepo as she struggles with all her might to escape again but they had a hard grin on her. With an evil smirk, El Chepo used his free arm to punch Julieta in the face, making her unconscious. He orders his men to set her down under a palm tree and he bends down to her half-dead body. He then pulls out a knife from his pocket and takes one of her wrist & cuts it, following by the other. He sets both arms down and grabs her by her neck to him, still being unconscious.
"You should have never messed with me in the first place, Barbarita. Nobody can beat me, not even spoiled & asquerosa brats like you. I'm going to leave you here to die like una perra, maldita That way you're slowly start bleeding until you'll be empty and muerta like a slut" he growls to her and throw her back down as they cover her entire body with large leaves so nobody would find her.
"Let's go! VAMONOS!" he orders and they run off on their horses once they heard gun shots and voices coming their way.
From a distance, El Zorro rides down the fields on his horse, Tornado. He has been searching for Julieta for almost an hour and still had no sign of her but he wasn't going to give up yet. It was starting to get dark as the sun was setting down, only having the sunset as he light. He needed to find her fast before it's too late.
"JULIETA! Julieta, mi amor! Where are you?! DONDE ESTAS?!" he cries at the horizon but no answer. He continue to search until he started finding small pieces of cloth, it looked like ripped pieces of her wedding dress. He smells them and it has her scent of roses.
"JULIETA! JULIETA, AWNSER ME!"
Gnomeo hops off his horse and decided to continue the search on foot. He enters the dangerous swamp, with cautious of any of Rojillo's guards or thugs or wild animales. He walks thru the forest and into the open field until his caught sight of leaves, mysteriously in shape of a body. He runs to it, hoping it was who he feared it was. He tears apart the leaves and plants to find the dead body of his amor. Gnoméo finds Julieta on the dirty ground in the fields, near the swamp. She was injured and beated up very badly. He notices that she was bleeding, her wrists have been cut, so her were her veins and was slowly dying.
"Julieta, mi amor. Wake up, por favor, wake up" he cradled her life-less body against his own. "What did those beasts did to you?" he asked her, even thought he knew she couldn't answer that obvious question.
"Benvolio! Benvolio, I found her! But she's bleeding fast!" Gnoméo sets her down gently on the ground and rips off part of his cape and wraps the fabric around Julieta's wrists so the bleeding would stop.
"Hang in, mi amor. I'll get you out of this. Don't worry, I'm not letting you die" He kisses her forehead, starting to cry.
She felt cold and lifeless. He pulls out his backpack some bandages and gently wraps them around her wrists and one around her arm so the blood will stop coming out of her cuts. He felt guilty for letting her go; he never should have left her and walked out on her like this. By his selfishness, he was losing her. Gnoméo continue to cure her wounds of her face and arms until suddenly, he hears an aggressive voice.
"HOLD IT RIGHT THERE!"
Gnoméo looks up and gasps in horror. There was Don Rojillo and his guards, pointing their guns at him. After all these years of hiding from his traps, he's finally done it, he has captured him. Gnoméo knew the day would come but not like this when la mujer they both love was dying.
"Get away from us!" Gnoméo growls as he cradles Julieta's body in his arms, close to his dear life.
"Arrest this man for intend of murdering mi hija!" Rojillo orders and his men obey.
Gnoméo then was yanked away from the love of his life and dragged away from her. "No, Don Rojillo, you don't understand..."
"SILENCIO! After all these years, I finally have your head. Now, I have a high treaty to have you die, for the life of my daughter" Rojillo growls in anger, putting his sword under Gnoméo's neck.
"LLEVENSELO! TAKE HIM AWAY! LOCK HIM UP IN MY DUNGEON!" He orders & turns his attention to his daughter.
"No, she needs me! She's dying! LET ME GO! I DIDN'T DO IT" he struggles to break free but it was pointless. As the guards handcuff him and took him away, he sees Julieta be taken away on Rojillo's horse as he cradle her in his arms, riding off with her.
"NO! NO, JULIETA! TE AMO! I SWEAR I'LL FIND YOU!" He cries to her, keeping his word he will escape and find her and never let her out of his sight ever again.
Several days shave passed, even weeks since the grave incident of Julieta Rojillo and the long-life arrest of El Zorro. Don Rojillo called the best doctors in the country to attend her; they took her to a hospital that same day and quickly attend her. She lost a lot of blood, almost 60% of her blood. She was weak and pale but manages to survive this impossible death. Maybe it was because she was tougher than she looked. It took her a week to recover until she was healthy again and back to her normal color, she got her strength back but she still had to pretend she was sick in front of her father for reasons. After realizing how weak she must be feeling, Don Rojillo decided to delay the wedding for another time until she recovers. Julieta's tricks working perfectly, she never had problems fooling him.
Julieta gets out of bed and locks her door, demanding privacy and rest. She grabs her bag and heads downstairs to the stables and rides off on her horse to her ranch. On the way, she was crying and sobbing for her Zorro. She has heard he's been arrested and accused for intent of "killing" her. SH eknew he didn't do it, it was all Chepo. But unfortunately, Gnoméo got framed and will be sentence to death in 2 dias. She could let the happen, she needed to and El Chepo and help Gnoméo escape before her father discover she felt and is planning something.
Soon, she sees her ranchera. She smiles, thinking she would never see it again. She was at her real home. The minute she hops of her horse, she was kindly welcome by Juan Primito & her men; they were glad to their boss back and ready to fulfil any order she has for them. As they finished doing their last chores in ranch, Julieta goes to her room to change into long black pants, a black blouse with golden lines, black boots and black hat and her belt filled with more weapons than before, she felt stronger and angrier than ever.
When she was ready, Julieta walks to her office with Indio following behind. She wanted to talk about EL Chepo and everything that's been going on.
"That day, el miserable of Chepo has escaped, mi Doña. But I will hunt him down like un perro & avenge you" Indio said, serious, taking of his hat in respect.
"Indio, swear to me for what you love in your life, which is your familia. That you will hunt him and bring him to me, vivo. So, I can eliminate myself" she says, serious.
"I swear, mi doña. Se lo juro"
"I only need a clue on how to find him. Indio, in that drawer, I have a foto of EL Chepo & su patron. I've heard he's a powerful hombre, muy importante. For now I only want you to focus on finding el perro de Chepo. So the other perro can come to us once we eliminate El Chepo. Bring him to me, Indio. But vivo"
"You don't have to look further, mi Doña. Los muchachos and I have capture him 2 days ago when we found him sleeping at the bar, must have been celebrating by thinking he finally killed you. It was really simple since he was drunker asleep" Indio says, proudly.
Julieta smirks proudly with evil "Perfecto, Indio. Exelente trabajo, remind me to reward you and los muchachos later. But for now, bring him to me, take him to the back I'll meet you there in 10 minutos" she orders.
"As you order, patrona. See you then" Indio tips his hat and walks out.
Juliet a looks out her window, lost in her evil thoughts and plans. She takes a sip out of her glass of wine and smirks evilly. Finally, she will re-destroy her enemigo, El Chepo. She has 2 more reason to kill him again. After her encounter with death and almost dying, this has made her stronger. She learns that what doesn't kill her makes her stronger. She will avenge her madre, herself & Gnoméo for his sinister actions. She was also planning on how to eliminate her final enemigo, El Chepo's boss, the toughest one of the 5. She's heard many things about him; he's untouchable and too powerful to beat. But that's not going to stop her from trying and she couldn't risk getting caught or he'll want to kill her himself. But Odio is a weapon that does not go down easily, and she was planning of using all of her to finish what she's started.
Soon, it was time. Her smirk grew bigger with mischief and evil as she drinks the last of her wine.
"It's time, after all this time; we finally meet face to face again, Chepo. And this time, Te juro that you will die, te lo juro" she puts on her hat and grabs her gun and walks out.
Julieta walks out her ranch and heads to the back where the stables were and next to the corals with the goats and pigs. She finds her men and a large brown trunk n font of them but no Chepo. she began to worry.
"Where is he? Where is that miserable?" she asks them
"In here, Doña. He´s has been in there since last night. We had to take cautions in case he tried to escape again" Indio says, pointing at the trunk.
"Very inteligente, muchachos" she grins.
"Doña, I brought what you asked for. A spear that us sued to kill alligators" Indio hands her a long dangerous spear with a sharp knife at the end that can kill any human and animal. Indians used it for hunting and it was excellent for this hunt.
"Exelente, Indio. Have it nice and sharp for when I need it" She eyes it with an evil grin. She gently places her finger on the tip and blood comes out but she didn't care, the spear was just what she needed. "Can you imagine it now, Chepo. To have a spear where your heart is suppose to be?" she grins evilly as she eyes the closed trunk with Chepoi's body inside. She waited a little for the sun to set down.
(A few hours later)
"Chepo!" she kicks the trunk "Chepo!" she yells again, holding the spear in her hand and her. "Open it" she orders.
Her men bend down to open the trunk but once they open it, a horrid awful smell of death came out which made them gag in disgust.
"Que asco!" she gags, backing away from the stench "Get that escoria out of the trunk' she orders and the men obey.
With all their strength, they pull out the disgusting body out of the trunk and set it on the ground. El Chepo was still alive up little did Julieta know is that he was slowly dying. He was still tied up and muffled as he looks at her with fear. He was shock to her alive; it was if he was looking at a ghost!
"Si, Soy Doña Barbara. And I'm not dead. But mostly alive, alive than ever, imbecile. You didn't kill me, you couldn't against me. And now I make you suffer even worst than what I originally have planned for you. And I am killing you now. But come to think of it, you're already dying of fear but that's not good enough for me" she smirks.
"QUE!? You don't like the nice trunk mis muchacos got you? Be thankful it's not a coffin. NOW GET IN THERE, IMBECIL! Indio, give him a little nap for the trip!" she orders and Indio pulls out his gun and hits him in the head, about knocking him out.
"ALTO, INDIO!" She orders when she sees El Chepo cowering in fear, muffled screaming and it gave her joy to see him tremble because of her.
"What did you think, imbecile? That you can get rid of me that facil? WELL, NO! And you perfectly know that you deserve what's coming to you, right?!" she bends down to his height and growls with anger in her eyes.
"I...I... Um..." he started chocking up, trying to speak.
"I can't understand you, ingrate!" she growls. She saw how he was chocking up, thinking he was just pretending. "Untie his mouth" she orders, the men obey as El Chepo tried to speak again.
"It's here. It hurts me" he chokes up and suddenly, falls back to the ground like he just got shot in the back. Julieta was shock and confused of what could be happening to him. Her men rest him down and they were confused as she was.
"Eh, Mi Doña. The little bebe is trying to make us believe he's dying" Indio says in a teasing tone.
"He's acting so we can feel sorry for him" she says to them "GET UP!" she yells, kicking El Chepo hard. "LEVANTATE, ESCORIA! Get him up" she orders and her men try to get him on his feet. They turn him over and saw the death in his wide open eyes.
"Doña, this tipo (guy) is really dying" Lucho said. Julieta gets shocjk and looks back down at Chepo.
"Forgive me" El Chepo managed to say to her with his last breath but she wasn't convinced.
Julieta bends down and grabs him by his neck collar by force "No. No! NO! DON'T DIE, DESGRACIADO! YOU CAN'T DIE THAT EASILY! YOU JUST CAN'T! LEVANTATE! GET UP & FIGHT LIKE A MAN! I NEED TO KILL YOU MYSELF! ME! YO! NOOO!" she then faces her men "Indio, do something. Cast a spell on him! Get un doctor but he can't die like this" then she faces back at El Chepo "YOU CAN'T DIE! You've done it twice already! NO, YOU HAVE TO DIE IN MY HANDS! VIVE! LIVE SO I CAN KILL YOU TWICE!" she punches his chest with anger several times but Chepi was already dead. "MALDITO. A MILLION TIMES MALDITO!"
No matter how many times she licks and punches him to react, it was too late; El Chepo was already Chepo with his eyes open and drops to the ground. Julieta gets back on her feet, still shock by his sudden death.
"Take this escoria to the swamp. And feed it to los caimanes!" She orders, furious. "MALDITO!" she gives him one last kick and heads back inside her ranchera as her men obey her orders.
Julieta stomps into her office and slams the door with anger. This was clearly not part of the plan! Julieta grabs empty bottle of wine and Champaign and smashes them against the walls, as pieces of glass shatter all over the place. She was letting all her anger out but not all of it. She was more disappointed than angry by this. She wanted to kill El Chepo with her own hands, not by natural causes. She soon clams down a little and re-thinks the situation, she realizes that El Chepo was dead and maybe it doesn't matter if she killed him or he died naturally, he was dead and that's all that matter. But she still wished she would have killed him herself like all the others. But it was done; now she has to focus on the next one which will be her hardest one yet. A man by the name of Pablo Escobar.
(Next day, Palacio Rojillo)
It's been 2 weeks since El Zorro got cruelly arrested for "killing" Julieta. Today, at dawn, he will die for his crimes, orders by Don Rojillo. His weapons were taken away from him and all he had to pass that time was wait and count las horas until it was time for his escape, he had all planned out but he needed to wait a little longer. As he waited he couldn't stop thinking of Julieta. He feared that she didn't survive or was under her father's punishment.
Soon, his thoughts were interrupted when the dungeon doors open, as Don Rojillo himself walks to his cell with a smirk, showing success. Gnoméo still had his mask on but he feared that Rojillo might forced him to show his real face to him.
"Finally, Zorrito, I have you in mis manos. I will enjoy seeing you die like un perro tomorrow morning. Not just for all those silly tricks and pranks on robbing me all these years, for trying to kill mi hija" Rojillo smirks at him thru the bars.
"I would never harm su hija, Rojillo" Gnoméo says, quickly thinking of Julieta again.
"Even if you didn't, you will die anyway. And after you die, I will be rid of all the estorbos (nuisances) in my way. And then I will have all la fortuna in San Verona & then nobody will stop me. I will enjoy watching you die. Hasta nunca, Zorrito" hRojillo bids goodbye and walks out the dungeon, before ordering his guards to watch him close in case he tries to escape.
Soon, it was no long after Rojillo left when another royal member of the family came in the dungeon. She walked down the halls with grace as the guards bow down to her and opens the doors for her as she walks by them.
Gnoméo hears the dungeon doors open and gets a shock look by who walks in. It was his amor, his Julieta! She was alive and alright! He was relieved to see her, looking beautiful as always. His smile drops when he sees her with a serious glare on her face and it worried him.
"Es la princesa!" the guards gasp
Julieta walks over the captain of the guards with a serious look "I wish to look into the hideous eyes of el hombre who tried to kill me" Julieta growls in fake anger at Gnoméo.
"Let her in" he says and the guards
The guards open the door for her and let her in as she eyes the dark figure of El Zorro, who was feliz to see her alive and here. He knew she was going to get him out but how? He knew her too well Y& she was planning something in that clever & beautiful cabeza of her's.
"Guard let me in please" she orders, with a serious tone.
"Lo siento, Princessa pero we cannot allow you to go near dangerous criminals" the guard says.
"Mi Padre said I could come down here...HIS ORDERS!" she speaks up, slightly angry
The guards sighs, with a bit fear of her threat "Go ahead pero make it quick...this one's getting special treatment" he says, guiding her to the certain cell.
"Espera, what you say?" Her voice sounded worried by the use of the phrase special treatment.
"Don rojillo is sentencing him to eternal torture!" the guard says.
"DEATH BY BEHEADING!" another guard says
"Or...SLOW AND PAINFUL EXTERMINATION!" a 3rd guard says and they all began to cackle like maniacs.
As she was being guided, Julieta feared for her lover being killed for real, she could not allow this she had to get him out...Rapido! She had un plan, un plan that will get him out and not leave a trace. She soon makes it to the cell, see's Gnoméo on his prison bed and he stand when he sees her. She has an urge to run into his arms and kiss him but she needed to control herself and act like she hated him in the world. She need to make a scene and act it all up in front of the guards to not get suspicions.
"Julieta?" he asks, beginning to smile.
Julieta glares at him "SHUT UP YOU DISGUSTING HORRIBLE EXCUSE OF A MAN"
"Perdon?" he ask Confused, shocked
"YOU'RE SO LUCKY MY FATHER DIDN'T HAVE YOUR HEAD CUT OFF FOR ALMOST KILLING ME!" she screams in his face again, wanting to kill him.
"Julieta? it's me Gnoméo" he says, still confused.
But Julieta slaps him on the face, shocking him "HOW DARE YOU?! I'M LA PRINCESSA OF THIS TOWN! SHOW SOME RESPECT, ZORRO!"
"Julieta mi amor. What has gotten into you...? Te amo!"
His words were nothing to at the moment. She slaps him again across his face "DO NOT SPEAK TO ME THAT WAY! YOU ARE A FILTHY PEASANT AND I'LL SEE MY FATHER HAS YOU PUT TO DEATH!"
"Que te pasa, Julieta!?" he yells, holding onto his hceek.
"Guardias, GO! Leave so I can speak to this filthy prisioner alone!" she orders and they bow to her. The guards' laughs at this but then leave. Julieta turns to Gnoméo and smiles at him but he was still confuse and shocked.
He starts to speak "Ok, Julieta I don't know what's gotten into you pero..." but She grabs him and kisses him with hard and passionately thru the bars and he returns it.
They pull away & Gnoméo was very confused "Ok, what just happen?!" he asks, a bit freaked out.
"Lo siento, mi amor, I had to put on Un espectáculo for los guardias" she says as she strokes his cheeks, but then frowns. "It kills me to see you in here" she says with a tear in her eye.
"And it kills me to be without you!" he smiles as he strokes her face.
Julieta then sobs a little "Mi amor, mi padre is planning on doing horrible things to you...I cannot bare the thought of you being killed, taken from me forever!" she sobs, holding his hands in hers.
"Julieta, por favor, get me out of here...I can't bare to live sin ti. (without you) And I need you to tell me who tried to kill you? Who did that to you so I can make him pay!"
Julieta looks down "It doesn't matter anymore. We don't have to worry about that anymore. And don't worry, mi Zorroito. Doña Barbara will get you out of this!" she winks at him.
"Me encanta una niña mala" he flirts, kissing her. (I love my bad girl)
"Play along and follow my lead" she winks and he nods
That's when the Guards come back and Julieta resumes being mean
Julieta then gives Gnomeo a hard punch across his face "I hope to see you die & see you rote in el infierno!" she gives him another punch, Gnoméo falls to the ground.
Guards begin to laugh at her seeing her beat on El Zorro; he was even bleeding on the side of his mouth. By seeing them laugh at her, it makes her angry.
"What's so funny?" She glares at them and they all stand still coughing.
"Nada Princesa, we were just laughing at..." but she cuts them off
"YOU DARE LAUGH AT YOUR PRINCESA!" she yells
"No Princesa we were not..."
"MI PADRE WILL HAVE YOUR CABEZAS!"
"Princesa, por favor, we mean you no disrespect..."
"YOU ALL NEED TO LEARN RESPECT! And it looks like I have to teach it to you! Say Buenas Noches" she says which confused them.
But before they could ask, Julieta pulls out her witchcraft dust from her bag inside her pocket and bows it on them. She tells Gnoméo to hold his breath and she did the same to not breathe the toxic of the witchcraft. But the guards were not so lucky because they breathe it and they all fall unconscious on the floor. Julieta walks over to the unconscious body of one of the guards and takes his keys of Gnomep's cell. She walks to the cell door and unlocks it and sees Gnoméo still holding his breath and his face turns red. She laughs by it since she wasn't holding it in because it was now safe to breathe.
"You can breathe now, Gnoméo" she says, with a small laugh.
He lets out an exhale. "Gracias!" he breathes heavily and then kisses sher, passionately.
"You should go, they'll be waking up soon and it's going to be dawn. And I'm guessing you might need these" Julieta throws him his sword and his gun at him and he catches them, smirking at her.
"You really do come in handy, mi diabla" he smirks, pulling her close to him by her waist
She wraps her arms around his neck "Te amo, Gnomeo. Te amo con todo mi Corazon!"
"Yo mas, mi diabla" he flirts and they kiss long and passionately.
"And if you ever call me princesa again, my punches will be peor" she playfully threats.
"I can take a punch from you any day" he flirts, making her roll her eyes and laugh
"Get out of here, Gnoméo. Si?" she teases but meaning it.
"Que Hermosa eres" he strokes her cheek, giving her another kiss.
"I'll see you soon. Te Amo, te amo & te amo, mi diabla" he kisses her hand, her face her neck and her lips as he slowly parted from her, making her laugh by his foolishness and his charms.
Julieta giggles a she watches him run out of the dungeon and out to the stables where he was alone and manages to find his horse, Tornado and ride of in the sunrise. Julieta quickly goes back to her room, to not draw any suspicions. She leans on her balcony, watching her favourite hero be free. And she knew that pretty soon, she will be libre with him, the will be both libre al fin. (free at last)
WHOO! MAN, DO I LOVE ACTION & ADVENTURE & WITCHCRAFT! DON'T U GUYS AGREE? :D
Well, that's it for now. I'll be back with the next one for u guys. I have a few days left here in Puerto Rico before I go to college but never forget you guys. NUNCA EN MI VIDA (Never in my life)! I HOPE U GUYS ENJOYED IT AS MUCH AS I ENJOYED WRITTING IT. ESPECIALLY U, PENNY, SINCE THIS WAS ESPECIALLY FOR U FOR FINALLY COMING BACK AND DOING WHAT U DO BEST! I'm MORE THAN EXCITED TO SEE UR BEST & NEW CREATIONS! LUV U & THE GANG! & I PROMISE THERE WILL BE MORE ACTION & ADVENTURE THAN EVER BEFORE (WOW, That sounded cheesy but I don't care cause it's true!) Julieta will be facing her BIGGEST CHALLENGE YET, along with El Zorro, of course ;)
Signing out for now,
-MICKEY! ;)