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The Spirit of the Ship

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Chapter 4: Breaking Out

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Morning came to Spain. The sun's orange glow with a deep pink sky lit the country like a candle. It had signaled as a time for awakening to a certain young thief. As Adriana stretched her arms out, she took a look at Danny. He was sleeping like a baby. She went on to shake him up.

"Five more minutes," Danny grumbled.

"I thought you would like to see the town," Adriana said. "The town doesn't usually wake up until blue sky. I thought you'd like a tour. It also gives me a good oppertunity to get some supplies for living."

"So, you steal."

"Yes, but I prefer doing so during the day," she said, putting her hood and cloak on. "I love the danger."

"Well, if that's the case, I'll take a look around. I've never visited outside my own country. Let alone my own time period."

"Great. Let's go. We only have about an hour."

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"This valley is used to transport goods from the other side of the mountain. It's actually quit dangerous. Bandits tend to hide out and ambush any caridges that approach. They steal whatever they could use and, on some occasions, kill the carriage handler. This is why we call this place 'El valle de los ríos rojos y azules', or 'The Valley of the Red and Blue Rivers'. The river here provides me with fresh water, as the watermill provides me a home.

"I'm sure you know the market place. Here, people buy, trade and sell goods. We don't get much royalty to come, but the freshest of fruit, the softest of pilows, the best of anything is spared for them. As you can guess, that's where I come in. I live in royalty with really having to be of it. I'm sure you found it rather homely, but as they say: One person's cave is another's mansion.

"The most valuble of items are kept indoors. They tend to be very difficult to get into. They hold things like precious metals, fine gems, and rare antiquities. The king's best guards guard these facilities. Thieves are consider very great and even more wanted dead when they manage to get in their and steal whatever they could find useful or valuble.

"The port is used to transport and trade with other with other countries. Our main routes go to Italy, France, and Portugal. I normally try to avoid coming near here. My father was a sailor and... I think you ought to know the rest."

"¡Consígame de aquí!" A voice was heard by the area where the prison was. "¡No pertenezco aquí!"

"What's that?" Danny said, his attention at the jail.

"That's the jail," Adriana said, "but I think I heard that voice before." She ran to the jail just to see who exactly it was. "Come with me, Danny!"

Danny just shruged and followed.

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The prison hold is a sub-leveled building, made to match the lowness of the scum who dwelled there. The only light they recieve is that of the barred window, which from the building looked like modern day sewer gutters. Again, highly appropriate.

"¡No pertenezco con este colorete!" Gustavo shouted, hoping for his innocence.

"You know," his cellmate, Jack Sparrow, said, "you're not going prove anything. Just that you're insane, mate."

"Do you think you can do any better?" Gustavo asked his cellmate.

"Maybe," Jack answered. "But then again, I know where I was that night."

Gustavo had clearly had just about enough. "Listen, you, I've had it up to here with your..."

"¿Quién está abajo allí?" Gustavo was interupted by a girl's voice. He looked up at the barred windows to find a familiar, yet displeasing, face.

"Espere un minuto," she continued, "usted son ese vendedor del pergamino."

"Sí," Gustavo replied back, "y usted es ese ladrón que robó mi tinta ayer."

"Look, darling," Jack butted in, "I don't speak any Spaniard, but I can guarantee he's lying. He has all the way over here."

"But I know this man," the girl said, her language change startling Jack. "He sells parchment at the marketplace."

"So you speak... And he's a..." Jack was at a loss of words at what he had just heard. "You sell paper, and you can swordfight?"

"Yes, I'm sell parchment and other writing goods," Gustavo said, just to put the nerves on Jack. "And yes, I practice swordplay. It's a hobby. And this is the thief who should be here for stealing some of my ink, rather than myself."

"Actually there's a reason why you're here and she's not. She knows how not to get caught." Gustavo fumed as Jack walked over to the window to meet the girl. "I don't believe we've had our proper salutations, have we, love?"

"My name is Adriana," the girl said.

"Captain Jack Sparrow," Jack said, kissing the back of Adriana's hand like a gentleman. "Pleasure to meet you. And who's the young bloke behind you?"

"Oh, him?" Adriana said, waving for the boy to come up. "This is Danny Phantom."

"It's Danny Fenton, actually," Danny said. "'Phantom' is just kind of a nickname."

"Danny," Jack repeated, firmly shaking Danny's hand, "short for Daniel, I presume. So tell me, why do they call you 'Phantom'?"

"Enough of these silly hi-ho introductions," Gustavo rudely inturupted. He shoved Jack away from the window with words of his own. "Look, we were wrongfully imprisoned here. Well, I was anyway. I need you to right my name."

"Why do you constantly think you're innocent?" Jack said, quite peeved. "You were trying to steal that vase, too.

"It's NOT just a vase!" Gustavo shouted furiously. "It's a MAP!"

"A map?" Jack said, showing immediate interest. The intrest also caught the teenagers observing. He then started to chuckle at his Spanish rival. "I see it now. You want to steal the vase, grab a ship, then go on this hunt to whatever this map leads to. You want to be a pirate. I say you can count me in, mate." He extended his hand to shake.

"You're right at that, Sparrow. You forgot to mention one thing, though." At the end of that, Gustavo shook hands with the pirate. "I'll need all the help I can get, Captain. So, how do we get out of here?"

"I can help with that," Danny said. "Grab my hand. Trust me on this."

Jack went to grab Danny's hand first, while Gustavo scoffed at whatever Danny had planned was ridiculous, thinking Danny would try to squeeze Jack through the bars. Instead, Jack went right through them. Gustavo looked as his cellmate was on the other side of the prison in mere seconds. "That's interesting," was all Jack could say. "You get Gustavo out of there. I'm going to go get my things." Jack went into the prison front to do what he said he would. Gustavo still remained wide-eyed as Danny threw his hand to him.

"How did you do that?" Gustavo asked.

"Well, if you wanna know," Danny said, "the truth is I'm half ghost. Hence the name 'Phantom'."

"You're that ghost!" Gustavo paniced.

"Apparently so," Danny said. "Now let's get you outta there."

Gustavo hesitated for a while, then grabbed on. He was pulled straight through the bars. After it was done, Gustavo was still bewildered on what had just happened. Jack came back with a gun and three swords. "Well, that was easier than I thought," Jack said. He went off listing off his items. He then began listing off the items he was carrying. "My gun, my sword, Gustavo's sword, and for you, Danny, you'll want to learn how to use this." At that, he tossed a sheathed sword to Danny. "I don't know what else you can do, but on the high seas, that can tell the difference between life and death."

"Cool," was all Danny could say.

Well, what are we waiting for?" Adriana said. "We got a vase to steal."