I know that you're not really happy to see me. So let us all stop pretending shall we.
I understand exactly how you feel.
Why should you care about any of your leaders?
What did they ever do for you?
The Spaniards oppressed you, the Mexicans ignored you.
And the dons?
The dons seem content to cheat and lie to you.
Fact I put it to you.
Who, in your entire history, has ever helped you?
I want you to live with the knowledge that you have lost everything.
I want you to suffer knowing that your child should have been mine.
- I would have killed him. - No, not today.
Rafael! You'll never be rid of me!
He's trained to kill. You seem trained to drink.
Yes, my friend, you would have fought very bravely and died quickly. Who then would avenge your brother?
If you want to kill this man I can help you. I can teach you how, how to move, how to think, how to take your revenge with honor. Live to celebrate it.
It will take dedication. Will take time.
Attack slow.
Slow.
Attack.
Perfect.
Do it again.
Again?
You have passion, Alejandro, and your skill is growing.
Zorro! The legend has returned!
But I must give you something which is completely beyond your reach.
What is that?
Charm.
Don Alejandro confuses me.
Sometimes he seems so arrogant, so superior.
And yet the way he looks at me and the way he dances with me...
We lose the ones we love. We cannot change it. Put it aside.
How?
How can I do what is needed...
Let us finish it, Rafael.
Let us finish what we started the night Esperanza died.
...when all I feel is hate?
For Murrieta.
You hide it. With this.
- It's only one man. - It isn't just one man, dammit.
It's Zorro.
The much-debated Zorro.
No.
The legendary Zorro.
So... you will simply take your revenge.
No, I will take my daughter.
- And don't pretend she means nothing to you. - She does.
But you taught me to see beyond personal feelings.
Was that all a lie?
All the work, all the training, all the wise words, for what?
- Diego, you promised me. - I know.
No more nights waiting up, praying you come home alive.
You made a promise.
You are missing your son's entire life.
What about California? What about the people?
They still have Zorro.
People still need Zorro.
No, no, no. You need Zorro.
Look me in the eyes and tell me that is not true.
You're a thief, Alejandro.
A pitiful clown.
Zorro was a servant of the people, not a seeker of fame like you.
Zorro! Zorro!
Zorro did what was needed.
Now he is needed again.
They are calling you.
It's who I am, Elena.
Your father would have a heart attack if he knew what you did.
No, he wouldn't, he doesn't care.
Yesterday he forgot about me.
For 10 years, you have fought to give California its freedom.
Why can't you give us ours?
What are you trying to tell me, huh?
No matter what choice I make, it's always the wrong one!
I have failed everyone I ever loved.
You don't deserve Mom.
My wife, my son and now the people too!
What do you want from me?!
You've lost it all. And for what?
For this?
Help me.
I have always listened to my heart.
And it speaks to me now of a great darkness.
I beg you...
...give me the courage, the strength...
My family is my life.
...to wear the mask a little longer.
Allow Zorro one last ride.
What are you doing?
Five rings, padre. To summon Zorro in case there's trouble.
If I know Zorro, he's already here.
- Whenever great deeds are remembered... - Lesson number one:
- ...your grandfather will live on. - Never attack in anger.
For there must always be a Zorro.
And someday,
we will see him again.
When I said that we were never meant to be together, I meant it.
Finally we agree on something.
Is it finished?
Yes, Don Diego.
It's finished.
Not for Zorro.
Can you hurry it up a little? The people are calling.
It's who we are.
There will be other days, other battles to fight.
It is your curse and destiny.