"Now what?" The leader of the bandits said. "Do you kill me now?"

"Where is Leo?"

The leader stared at Zorro with surprise. "Leo?"

"He struck the boy," Zorro said. "Where is he?"

The terrified man standing behind his leader paled.

"You?"

The man nodded.

"You struck an innocent child? You speechless idiot who has no more courage than a beetle dared strike Jaime de la Vega?" Zorro raised a gloved hand to strike him across the face, but found he couldn't do it. The man shook before him like a leaf.

"It's not worth it," Jaime said. "Come on."