The Hidden Children

"The Hidden Children" is the third episode of the first season of Diablero, and the third of the overall series.

Synopsis
''Keta has history with Isaac -- and she's sure it's tied to the case. Mariana gets to know her protector, a woman who claims she can keep her safe.''

Plot summary
Eight years ago, Elvis and Keta were bathing Keta's baby, Mayakén. Isaac did not want to recognize the child, however. With the rain, the lights went out, so Elvis checked the fuse. A window opened and as Keta went to get Mayakén a towel, she soon realized her baby was gone. They both called for Mayakén, but to no avail.

Ramiro is worried because Lucía's body was missing, but Nancy tells him things are about to get a whole lot weirder, while Keta tells Elvis they should look for Mayakén, as they had never been closer. Elvis, however, tells her Mayakén is dead, causing her to get angry. As they reach their house's door, Elvis gets suspicious of the silence. When he opens the door, his nieces Thalía and Paulina greet him along with hitmen. Elvis closes the door and tells the group to run as they're being shot at due to their interaction with El Indio. Not able to think of anywhere safe to go, they head for Ramiro's church.



In the meantime, Mariana remembers her mother and the demon that took her while trying to sleep, causing her to wake up. Lorenzo tells Mamá Chabela she woke up, and the latter presents herself. She explains that everything that happened to her happened to Lorenzo and Sebas as well and that she would take care of her. She also presents Wences, who she says helps around the house.

In Ramiro's church, Ramiro asks for information on Mayakén, and was told the story, but he wonders what it has to do with Mariana. Elvis tells him the mark on Lucía's body matched Mayakén's mark, so Ramiro suggests talking to the families whose kids were taken. Elvis sends them to investigates while he tries to fix things with Isaac.

Mamá Chabela fixed Mariana's hair after she took a shower. She told the child she could stay with her until they found a new home, causing Mariana to realize she would never see her mother again, at least in this life. Mamá Chabela comforted her by telling her she would be safe with her, also making her laugh with a joke.



Elvis calls Isaac so they can talk in person and asks a reluctant Son-Hee for a demon, while Ramiro, Nancy, and Keta go to where Ana Paula, the woman whose body they had seen, was being mourned. When the family realized they weren't friends of Ana Paula's they asked them to leave. When Ramiro refused at first, he was attacked by a man, but he defended himself by grabbing the man in a choke hold. When Ramiro released him, he was told a priest had gotten Ana Paula pregnant.

Elvis sneaks to where Paulina and Thalía were hanging out and knocks. When they opened the door, Elvis released a demon inside until it found a host. He grabs Paulina by the neck in order to get them to set up a meeting, but it doesn't work, so he kidnaps Paulina, who he is able to convince while on her own.



While Nancy, Keta, and Ramiro have lunch, they come to the conclusion that the demon is after women that had slept with priests, so Ramiro visits Cardinal Morelo with a tequila in order to get information out of him with Keta's help, who would be making a truth serum. Ramiro hadn't drunk in years, but insists on more shots when Morelo asked if he wanted more. Cardinal Morelo insists Ramiro is better off not thinking about Lucía. Ramiro hands him a shot in which he poured the truth serum, causing Morelo to feel uncomfortable. Ramiro starts asking him questions about Lucía and Mariana, and Morelo told him what he did was to protect him and revealed that he had a list that contained all names of women that had been impregnated by kids. He drunk calls Keta and tells her about the list, eventually throwing up at a restaurant.



Elvis makes it to El Indio, and tells Isaac to lower the gun he had pointed at him lest Paulina gets invaded by a demon. Isaac tells him he doesn't care, so Elvis reveals the bottle didn't even have a demon. Afterwards, Elvis reveals that Keta had never cheated on Isaac and tells him Mayakén was born due to a spell Elvis had made. Two weeks after the spell, Keta told Elvis she was pregnant. Isaac reveals he lied about seeing Mayakén dead, but tells him to stop hurting Keta and to stop the search for the child.

Ramiro, Keta, and Nancy choose to look for more kids, and find out all the children that were stolen were born in February 2. They decide to look for the women so they can stop the demon from taking the child, ending up at Margarita Ramírez's house.

In Mamá Chabela's house, the former is telling the children a story when they hear noises. Upon further investigation, they realize it's the demon that killed their mothers. Mamá Chabela wards him off.

At Margarita's house the woman is reluctant to believe the story until lights start flashing and the demon arrives at the house. Nancy tries calling a demon, but none get to her. The group seems to be losing until Elvis arrives. He shoots the demon, causing it to get angry and take him. After Keta calls him a few times and he doesn't answer, the group worries until he calls back stuck on top of a tree outside the house with his shoulder dislocated. Keta puts the shoulder back in place, and Elvis reveals he has a claw, which is good news because they would now be able to summon the demon.

Credits

 * Written by:
 * Pablo Tébar
 * Luis Gamboa
 * Gibran Portela


 * Directed by:
 * José Manuel Cravioto


 * Starring:
 * Christopher Von Uckermann - Father Ramiro Ventura
 * Horacio García Rojas - Elvis Infante
 * Giselle Kuri - Nancy Gama
 * Fátima Molina - Enriqueta Infante
 * Dolores Heredia - Mamá Chabela
 * Humberto Busto - Isaac "El Indio"


 * Also starring:
 * Wences - Quétzalli Cortés
 * Mariana - Cass Iturralde
 * Lucía - Alexa Martín
 * Lorenzo - Harry Garabatos
 * Lucas - Ricardo Zertuche
 * Cardinal Morelo - Flavio Medina
 * Paulina - Dulce Neri
 * Thalía - Mariana Botas
 * Son Hee - Kya Shin
 * Margarita - Natalia Plascencia
 * Brócoli - Carlos Moreno Cravioto
 * Lady Ange - Alma Moreno
 * Julio - Cuauhtli Jiménez
 * Tomás Mesero - Flavio Gutiérrez
 * Popochas - Gabriel Tonatiuh
 * Cabage - Miguel Ángel Guevara
 * Grocer - Edgar Clemente
 * Babas - Alfonso López
 * Dead woman at morgue - Perla Arzate
 * Dead woman's neighbor - Cristina Vizakarria