A.N.—Okay, this is my newest story! (And I meant to put an Author's note on the previous chapter...Forgot though XD) I thought it'd be interesting to write one about how the parents of Juarez (from The Jungle Mission and Runaway Love) got together. So, I hope you'll enjoy :D
Chapter 2: A Witness
The plane lands in Barcelona and Pedro slides off the plane and out of the airport. He stands up just outside the airport and looks around. "Let's see...Where to look for a criminal that nada is known about..." Pedro mumbles to himself. He waddles into the actual city part of Barcelona and looks around. "...This may be un poco more difícil than I thought it'd be..."
"Um, señor? Are you lost?" Asks a young Spanish penguin not much older than adolescence.
Pedro turns and looks at him. "Umm...I don't think so...You wouldn't happen to know of anyone who has had a run in with 'the Shadow,' would you?" He asks.
The penguin looks at him astonished. "You mean La Sombra? Sí..."
"You do? Bueno, who?" Pedro asks.
"Porqué?"
Pedro looks both ways and pulls out his badge and shows it to the penguin. "Por qué I am agent Pedro Mateo and I'm under orders to find and arrest this La Sombra...So, can you tell me who I can talk to to find out more about him?"
The penguin looks at him and nods. "Sí, señor...Follow me." He starts waddling off and Pedro quickly follows after him. The penguin leads him to a pub and Pedro looks at him slightly confused.
"I thought you said you were taking me to someone who has seen or knows something of La Sombra?" He asks.
"I have." The penguin says. "One of the bartenders, Rosela, she can tell you some things."
"Oh, okay, gracias." Pedro says and gives the penguin a small smile. The penguin nods and waddles off. "Wait! Señor!" Pedro calls and the penguin stops.
"Sí?" Pedro flicks a twenty euro note to the penguin. The penguin looks from the note to Pedro. "Oh, señor, I couldn't possi—"
Pedro holds up a flipper for him to stop talking. "I insist." He says and then waddles into the pub, leaving the astonished penguin standing there outside. He looks around and waddles silently up to the bar inside and takes a seat, trying to look as inconspicuous as possible.
The bartender waddles over to Pedro. "What can I get for you, darl'n?" She asks Pedro.
"A drink and a señorita Rosela."
The bartender gives him a very odd look. "Come again?" Pedro briefly flashes his badge to the bartender and her eyes widen a little. "Oh...Euhm, okay, come this way, señor." She says with a slightly nervous tone. She waddles into a little room just behind the bar and Pedro follows her in.
"Are you Rosela?" Pedro asks. The penguin nods and Pedro nods also. "Okay, well, I was told that you may know some things about La Sombra?" He says looking at her.
Rosela nods. "Sí...He comes in here every once in a while."
Pedro looks at her with raised nonexistent eyebrows. "He does? What does he look like?" Pedro takes out a small notebook and a pencil and glances at Rosela.
"Well...He's got these bright, green eyes...And a dark...I believe it's blue...Probably closer to indigo, cloak. He always has the hood up covering his face though, so that's about as good as a description as I can give you, señor." She says.
Pedro nods and jots down some notes. "About how tall would you estimate he is?"
"Mmm..." Rosela thinks for a moment. "A little short than you."
"Alright." Pedro finishes his notes. "Anything more about him you can tell me?" He looks at Rachela from the notebook.
"Whenever he comes it's always a Friday night around ten." She says, looking back at him a bit nervously.
"Hmm, okay, gracias, señorita Rosela." He says with a nod and puts his notebook away. He then gets out a small card and hands it to Rosela. "If you happen to find out more about him, just give a call and ask for Pedro."
"Okay." Rosela says and takes the card from Pedro. Pedro nods and exits the room. He puts the payment for his drink, if he had actually gotten one, on the bar and waddles out. He waddles over to the closest hotel and checks in and then goes to his room.
"Okay...Tomorrow is viernes...Which is Friday...Maybe señor Sombra will make his visit to the pub...And if he does, I'll be there waiting." Pedro murmurs to himself as he plans out his next move. He then orders a tuna sandwich with salsa from room service, eats it, and then goes to bed. Tomorrow he knows will be a very long day.