A.N.— And here's chapter three! Enjoy! :D
Chapter 3: La Sombra
The next day Pedro spends most of the day in his hotel room bored out of his mind. Then, he leaves the hotel at nine-thirty that night for the pub. Pedro slides there and then walks casually inside and sits down at the bar. "A drink, por favor." He says his order to a different bartender than yesterday.
"Sí, señor." The bartender says and passes a drink to Pedro. Pedro takes it with a nod from him and then takes a small sip from it. He inconspicuously glances at the door every so often, looking for a hooded figure.
"And to think he may not even show tonight..." Pedro mumbles to himself as he takes another small sip of his drink.
"Who are you waiting for?" The bartender asks curiously as he wipes the bar counter some.
Pedro looks at him. "No one really." He lies and takes a slightly larger sip and then looks over at the door again.
"Oh..." The bartender says slightly disappointed. He then shrugs and waddles off to tend to another customer. Pedro glances after him and then looks back at his drink. Suddenly the door opens and Pedro glances at it again. A figure in a dark hooded cloak waddles in.
"Bingo..." Pedro mutters silently to himself with a tiny and sly grin. He casually watches the mysterious penguin waddle into the pub. The penguin sits next to Pedro at the bar and orders a light drink. Pedro hears him and gives his own drink a funny look. 'His voice doesn't really match that of a criminal...' He thinks silently to himself and takes a larger sip of his drink and looks back over at the hooded penguin.
The penguin catches his look and Pedro sees the green eyes, which narrow at him. "What are you looking at, niño?" The penguin asks a bit gruffly as he takes a sip of his drink.
Pedro shakes his head. "Nada, señor." He says and takes a sip of his own drink. This penguin beside him, his voice sounded almost...Feminine? Pedro shakes the thought from his head. 'Nah...Señoritas aren't murderers. Stop being loco, Pedro.' He thinks to himself.
The penguin's green eyes narrow even more. "Then mind to keep your ojos* to yourself, okay? Before you end up not needing them any longer..." He growls at Pedro.
Pedro puts up his flippers to show he isn't in for a fight...Yet. "Okay, whatever." He says and looks at his drink, with an occasional inconspicuous glance in the figure's direction. The penguin soon finishes his drink, puts his payment on the counter, and leaves silently. Pedro quickly finishes his own drink, pays, and then sneakily follows the penguin out.
La Sombra waddles out of the pub and then down a dark, small alley. Pedro follows him though it, until suddenly, the penguin disappears. "Well, where'd he go?" Pedro mumbles to himself as he stops and looks around. The alley has come to a dead-end and the suspect has just vanished.
"Make another sound and I'll run you through, comprendes?" Says a voice suddenly behind him. This voice is definitely feminine. Pedro feels the sharp point of something in his back and he gives a small nod. "Bueno. Now say your name and why the atún* you are following me."
Pedro tries to glance over his shoulder to see who is behind him, but then feels the point push a little closer to his back. "Me llamo Pedro." He says. "And I was just curious..." He lies and feels the point prod his back a little harder.
"Liar!" The voice hisses near his earhole. "You're a cop, and you know it." The penguin behind Pedro forcefully turns him around and pushes him up against one of the alley's walls. Pedro looks at the penguin.
"Okay...So maybe I'm a curious cop named Pedro?" He says with a small smirk before quickly moving his flipper and knocking back La Sombra's hood before he can react. The next thing Pedro knows it the knife that had been poking him in the back is pointed right between his eyes. He looks past the knife with wide eyes at the face that was revealed went the hood fell back. "You're—You're a señorita?!" He gasps.
The penguin looks at him and then rolls her bright green eyes. "Well, you're a bright one, aren't you?" She says sarcastically. Pedro stares silently back at her in shock.
"B-but—But—"
"I'm also a criminal?" The penguin adds with a dark chuckle. "You're catching on quickly now, aren't you, Pedrrrrrrrrro?"
"Who are you?" Pedro asks, staring at her in consternation.
"Adriana...Though most know of me as La Sombra...Those who live long enough to know me, that is..." Adriana says with a evil smirk and a small evil giggle. She then gives him a very dark look. "Look, Pedrrrro, I'm in a slight rush, and I don't really have the time to kill you at the moment, so I'll just give you a warning tonight. Follow me again, and I'll kill you. No questions asked. I will kill you. Comprendes?" She turns the knife that is in Pedro's face a little so that it glints in the moonlight.
Pedro gives a small nod. "Comprendo." He says. Pedro then finds himself thrown to the ground and alone. He looks around and sees the edge of Adriana's dark cloak disappear around a corner. He stands up and dusts himself off and glances after her. "Well...That didn't go quite as expected..." He mumbles and waddles a bit slowly towards his hotel.
*ojos — eyes
*atún — tuna