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This is my darker version of a woman scorned. The story can be OC,
I hope you will enjoy my vision on the story. Please leave a little review to tell me what you think of the story.

This is a little different of what most people are used of me. This is not a Toronado story, although my sweetie will always be an important character to me.

What if Zorro saving Alberta Sinestra had larger consequences then he ever thought could be what if the senora was determent to win Zorro for her in her own crazy way, stay tuned and read the answers in this story.

Chapter 1

The trial of the century, that is what this case was called in Santa Fe, never did they see a woman so cruel as one Alberta Sinestra, people came from far to witness on this trial.

Like every trial, this trial starts with retelling the facts, the things that were notified by witnesses who could be there. Diego was there to follow the trial, he wanted to know what happened on her visit to his pueblo, how could he ever have believed that this woman was innocent, he knew perfectly well, although he was the fox of the night, he was sensitive for the charms of a beautiful woman, he loved his Victoria but he was a man after all, a who had to postpone everything in his life.

He listened to how the woman had managed to kill the alcalde of San Diego and almost send a innocent man to his death by firing squad.

Diego was calm until the story brought them back to the events in Los Angeles. He hoped to get closure from this trial, closure for what he saw as his biggest mistake.

FLASBACK****

The worst days of his life started when he had laid his eyes on the beautiful Alberta Sinestra, he wasn't in love with the woman but he couldn't help to be chivalric towards her, giving the girl a wink and forgetting his Victoria in the process.

He had been in town to safe the life of Hacinto Santana, the man was ready to face the firing squad without any prove of the fact that he murdered his father, the beloved alcalde of San Diego. He had asked Santana to meet him on the outskirts of town, he would hide the man until he had more prove that the man was guilty.

He had asked his father Don Alejandro to hide Hacinto Santana. But that wasn't the end, one of the two was lying but who, he couldn't believe that a woman like Alberta Sinestra could kill a man like Alcalde Santana, but Zorro was naive when it came to women and their ability's.

He knew that she was imprisoned in the tavern of Victoria. The plan was simple, he would save the woman and would hide her like he had hidden Hacinto Santana earlier that day. He was going to do it without Victoria's knowledge, he too had seen her face that day, he had mistaken, her mistrust for jealousy.

He remembered how he walked towards Mendoza who had the duty to guard the senora. He needed to get pass him to get to reach her, passing Mendoza was as easy as passing without a guard. He knew that Mendoza held a great respect for the fox, he considered everything he did the right thing too, in secret anyway, he didn't have the wish to become a traitor in the eyes of the alcalde and end his life on the end of the noose or in front of a firing squad.

The sergeant was enjoying his late chicken meal when the good sergeant saw a black shadow walking towards him.

The good sergeant couldn't help himself.

" Zorro..." the rest was lost when a gloved hand shot his mouth.

" I am warning you sergeant, one more word and I slice you in more pieces then your chicken."

It was enough to keep the sergeant silent, with the respect came also the fear of what could happen if you succeeded in making Zorro angry.

Zorro walked past him straight in to the room of Alberta Sinestra.

She woke up by the boots that walked towards her bed. She looked straight in the eyes of the man who had managed to awaken an interest in her that she never felt before. She was used to be in control of her emotions, she wasn't used to feeling the butterflies in to her body, she wasn't used of feeling her heart beating in her throat, no she was used to wrapping the man around her slim fingers not the other way around.

" I can't lose control now, I have to do something, I want this man and I always get what I want, now is my chance." she thought to herself before standing rising from her bed.

Her hand going from his ribs over his muscled chest down to his six pack.

It made Zorro think of the woman sleeping a few rooms away, he had no feelings for this woman what so ever, but he had fighting skills and he was cunning but he never knew how to react on situations like this.

His mind went to thoughts that weren't for a unmarried man, not that he wanted to do anything like that with the senora in his presence, yes she was beautiful but she wasn't Victoria, she wasn't the woman he wanted to hold in his arms, this weren't the hands he wanted to feel over his chest.

He sighed, not from desire for this woman but again for not knowing how to handle the situation. How to handle a woman who was clearly interested in him but where the feeling wasn't mutual.

" No, Zorro, this isn't a good time to think about Victoria. Rescue the woman and go home. You are thinking dangerous thoughts." Zorro thought, he needed to get out of there and soon.

He took the senora by her hand and started his way out of the tavern, hearing the voice he loved so much calling for him vaguely when he left the tavern with the senora running behind him, cursing himself that he couldn't stay for just a few more moments, but if her life was really in danger he needed to rescue her soon and with his state of mind it was much to dangerous even if he had time, he would make it up to Victoria, he was sure of it.

He placed Senora Sinestra in front of him in Toronado's saddle and jumped on the stallion sitting behind the saddle, not knowing he had helped the murderess of her husband and the good Alcalde of San Diego.

He placed one arm around her and with his other one he held the reins of Toronado, it was the only time he cursed the fact that no horse was fast enough to follow his stallion, that she couldn't sit on an other horse.

Senora Sinestra enjoyed the ride, so much that she felt disappointed when her ride ended inside an abandon shed. He helped her out of the saddle, she couldn't help but run her hands over his chest while he lifted her down the 17 hands tall back of his black, half-wild stallion.

" The faster I have finished this the better" thought Zorro while he walked outside to get the bags with supplies that he had hide there earlier.

He walked back into the shed, keeping his distance this time, letting her feel that the feelings weren't mutual.

" I got some supplies for you and a horse to use. Ride to the mission post in San Pedro an wait here until we can certify that you are innocent." he spoke in a calm voice still holding his distance.

" Certify my innocent, I thought you believed me, I thought that was the reason of you rescuing me?" taking a step closer to the man of her interest, yes she felt that this man wasn't interested in her but she always got what she wanted, he would be hers and hers alone.

" I rescue anyone who is in danger or at least in possible danger, nothing more nothing less!" He needed to make it clear to her that all her efforts would fail, that he wasn't interested now and that he never would be, he loved Victoria to much.

" Aren't you tired to save the people all the time, without a reward, don't you want to retire and start a life." she said in an attempt to seduce him, he was a hard nut to crack but he would fall for her if it was the last thing she would ever do.

" Senora, I love saving this pueblo, I could never leave it." Zorro took a step back, putting again more distance between him and the woman.

" Not even when I told you how much money I have, I am a rich woman Zorro, we could run away together, leave for a place far away, somewhere were they don't know Zorro and you could live your life without that reward hanging above your head." she bowed her neck to one side trying to look as tempting as she could.

Zorro was tired of this, if she didn't understand the gentlemen way of saying he wasn't interested, she needed to be bluntly without any room to argue.

" Listen to me senora, I am flattered about your interest in me, but frankly I cant help you with that, you see, there is another reason why I don't wanna leave this pueblo with you, someone already captured my heart and there will be no woman more important to me than Senorita Escalante."

Alberta Sinestra huffed, " I don't believe that you chose that tavern wench above someone like me. But you made yourself very clear senor, be prepared to pay for your choice, you are going to wish you did give me your heart." she pushed him a side and walked passed him towards the door and the horse he left for her, it that Toronado was obviously walking lose somewhere or she would make him walk back to where ever he stayed while not being Zorro.

Zorro shook his head and walked towards the place where he left Toronado, he whistled and his stallion came galloping towards him from behind a hill, it was obvious what he was doing there when Zorro noticed the blades of grass hanging from the side of the horse his mouth.

" Sorry to disturb your meal boy, but we need to go and check Hacinto Santana before we can call it a night." he spoke to his stallion in soft voice, ignoring the nagging feeling he felt.

He jumped in the saddle and ran to the place where he knew his father had hidden senor Santana.

He arrived at Santana's hiding place when he couldn't ignore the nagging any longer, when the last words of Alberta Sinestra suddenly hit him.

" Shit, Victoria,.."

He turned his stallion galloping towards the pueblo as fast as he could, not knowing what he would find there. He prayed the his feeling was wrong...

TBC...

Stay tuned for the next chapter.

What did senora Sinestra mean with her last words and what with Zorro's nagging feeling? And what about Hacinto Santana?

AN/I hope you liked this first chapter. Thanks to the people who have read my friendship story and Toronado side of it. Thanks for people who reviewed it. Also thanks for the people who love slash story's and have read and reviewed my Power rangers and Zorro crossover, there is sequel online now called Past Poison for the people who want to see Diego in 1994, you can find it in the power ranger section or through my profile, greets Lady T