Monastario orders an Indian whipped so he can pretend to extract a confession from his hapless victim.

Claiming that the Indian revealed a plot to attack the mission, Monastario orders a confused Garcia to take the lancers there to protect it.

Meanwhile, unaware of this latest turn of events, Diego is attempting to teach Bernardo to play the guitar in case he ever has to cover for Diego while he is away as Zorro.

Diego then rides to the mission to check on Torres. At first, all seems well.

The calm doesn't last long as Monastario arrives and orders his men to surround the mission.

Padre Felipe and Diego worry that Monastario has decided to violate the law of sanctuary and seize Torres by force.

Monastario instead tells them of the purported Indian uprising, with the captive Indian too afraid to tell the truth.

Diego tells Bernardo that he will have to sneak food and water to Torres to defeat Monastarios's latest plan.

The padre attempts to take food to Torres, but Monastario adds insult to injury by confiscating the food and then eating it.

Zorro sneaks into the church past a dozing Garcia and hungry commandante.

A guard spots Zorro and he is forced to flee by sliding down a rope from the bell tower.

Back at the hacienda, a frantic Bernardo tries to play the guitar while Alejandro pounds on the door, demanding that Diego stop making a racket so he can sleep.

Diego gets home just in time to apologize to his annoyed father, who once again expresses his disappointment at Diego spending time with music and books instead of on real work.

Diego recounts the nights adventures and says he will have to use brains rather than brawn to win this challenge.

Diego starts his newest plan by riding to the mission the next morning.

There he casually tells Garcia the tale of the ghost of a mad monk who haunts the mission lat at night..

Garcia is terrified to learn that the monk was hung from the very tree he is sitting under.

Although he promised to keep the story secret, Garcia predictably tells the other soldiers about the monk, and soon the whole patrol is jittery..

Much to Garcia's horror, a faceless apparition arises from the bushes that night, moaning and clanking chains.

Monastario rushes up and demands to know what is going on.

The commandante is rendered unconscious by a flower pot dropped from the tree by a hiding Zorro.

When he recovers Monastario gets another surprise, for a faked Indian attack results in three arrows striking nearby in the shape of a "Z".