chapter 6 Chapter 7:
earlier in the tavern...
Victoria was still frustrated about her talk with Diego, " stupid Diego, why does he hate violence so much that even wouldn't jump in and help her! Aaaaagh!" Victoria groaned between her teeth, still smashing the dough of her bread.
“ Why wasn't he more like Zorro, why couldn't she be proud of him this once, he could marry every woman in this pueblo if he only would take some action from time to time!” she sighed while she parted the dough in to several pieces, she needed to admit to herself though that she would be strict in who would marry Diego, not everybody would be good enough for Diego though, how many fights they had or still would have in the future, no matter how disappointed she was in him.
"Why the heck was she so disappointed anyway, yes, hated violence but why did she feel the need to try and make a man of action from him? It wasn't like she was in love with him..., was it?" she asked herself, she shook her head and continued her work, siesta would be over soon and she needed to prepare for dinner.
H.G. Wells heard Victoria's frustration and walked towards the curtains, he raised his hands, in order to been polite and knock on the door, until he realized that there wasn't a door to knock and try and knock on a curtain would be a little stupid.
Wells shook his head and peeped into the kitchen, standing still between the two pieces, one halve in the kitchen and one halves still in the tavern.
Wells cleared his throat.
Victoria looked up.
“ Excuse me miss, I am terribly sorry to disturb you but I couldn't help hearing your Discussion earlier, are you alright?”
Victoria sighed but nodded, “ I am fine thank you but I will be right there with you, I think I can use some talk right now.”
Wells nodded, " I am always prepared to listen to you, miss Escalante." He said before he turned around and took back his place where he was sitting earlier until he heard a scream coming from out of the kitchen.
“ Let go of me! Senor Wells, help me, please help me!!!”
Wells took a sprint towards the kitchen where he saw two men wearing some sort of a kerchief on the second half of their face but not noticing the third man who had placed himself against the wall that was attached to curtains, the only thing that he would remember was a blow on his head before everything went black.
“ put him behind the bar and let's get out of here now, I don't know how long our girl will be unconscious and we can't fail or he would have our hides, he was clear on that one, we need to succeed where our friend, don Carano had failed.”
They had knocked her unconscious with one of her own pans, it would be easier that way. They placed Victoria over one of the saddles, ready to take her to the same abandon farmhouse where they held Lois Lane.
Clark was racing towards the pueblo, his mind to what he had heard, he feared for his new friend from another time, H.G. Wells, plus he couldn't go home without him and frankly, he didn't want to leave without Wells, he was the reason he had a chance to save his Lois.
“ Lois...” his mind traveled to some beautiful moments, the moment she first came barging in the office when he was at the planet for his interview, to the moment of their first kiss.
He shook his head, " focus Clark, focus," he said to himself when the pueblo came into view...
earlier in Zorro's cave...
Felipe was sweeping the floor in the cave when he was startled by another set of hooves, he looked up in confusion because Toronado was still inside.
Diego ran into the cave with Esperanza behind him, don't ask me how I know or how senor Kent knows but it is time for Zorro, we are both fearing for Victoria's safety.
Felipe was used to Diego's intuition but the fact that there was another man with the same intuition was confusing for the young man.
He asked how it was possible and what had happened in his own sign language.
“ I don't know Felipe but it is strange..” Diego said while he removed his white shirt and replaced it with Zorro's black one.
“ Here is a man, saying he is from the future, living by my values and the weird thing is he knows who I am and he said he knew what it felt like to lead a double life...” said Diego while he replaced the light blue pants for Zorro's black one.”
He was used to talking to Felipe while he was dressing, knowing that Felipe heard him while he was saddling Toronado, with a little more difficult because of Esperanza being there and Toronado being a stallion having more attention for the more than standing still to get saddled up.
Felipe would be yelling out of frustration right now if he only could.
“ Stallions,..” he thought with a sigh
On less urgent times this would amuse Diego, but not now not with Victoria's safety on the line.”
“ Toronado!” he yelled, “ stand still, we don't have time for your love life right now, Victoria is in danger!!”
The black horse breezed thinking, " Yeah, you have a love life, the one time I have a chance to have a willing mare I can't have some fun!" but he did what Zorro asked from him and stand still to get the saddle on his back.
“ Good boy, I will come back with Esperanza when she is in heat and when we have more time.”
This promise calmed the stallion down, Zorro jumped on Toronado's saddle, leaving Esperanza in his stable.
“ No need for I fell of Esperanza excuse this time.” Zorro thought with amusement before he said his usual goodbye to Felipe and left the cave.
Back at the present time...
The pueblo was starting to wake up from siesta time when Clark arrived at the tavern, he ran up on the tavern porch after tying his horse down on one of the poles in front.
He tried to open the front doors but they were still locked up, knowing the time he knew for sure that something had happened.
He banged his hand on the door in frustration, trying to use as little of his power as he could, before he ran behind the tavern, hoping that the kitchen door would be open.
The door was wide open, he carefully stepped inside, “ Victoria are you here...?” he yelled but no answer, he tried again while he walked towards the curtains, to walk into the tavern, “ Victoria?”
Again all was silent until he heard a groan coming from behind the bar, he looked towards the direction of the sound and saw Wells lying there.
“ Herb., what happened over here?”
Wells sat himself up straight with his hand on his head,"
“ Clark is that you?”
“ Yes, it is me what happened here? Where is Victoria?”
Clark raised his hand when he heard boots walking in the kitchen, he was ready to attack whoever would come in here, he raised his fist but stopped when he saw who it was.
In the abandon Farmhouse...
Lois was sleeping against the pole, she still wasn't used to the desert heat, she would marry Clark immediately if she came out of this, she would taking nothing for granted because Clark was the only thing she could think about was Clark.
One of the bandits named Juan, splashed some water in Lois her face, “ Wake up, little lady, you have company.” he laughed evilly.
Lois looked towards her right, lying there was a beautiful young woman with raven-black hair.
“ This must be Victoria!” thought Lois, “ Maybe she knows if Clark has arrived yet?”
Lois needed to wait until Victoria was back in the land of the living though meanwhile, she heard the bandits talking to someone outside the door, she couldn't see who it was but he didn't recognize his voice, that way she knew that Tempus had an accomplice, she listened closely to what they were saying.
“ Well done, boys, now we need to wait until Zorro comes and saves them with that other idiot. That way I will finally have my revenge on that masked bandit and his girl!” the evil man laughed.
TBC...
Who is this bad guy who is helping Tempus and wants to get revenge on Zorro and will they find Lois and Victoria? Stay tuned for the next chapter.
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