Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction 1-2 | Page 133

New Journeys to the West
Christian Alliance International School, Li, Hoi Ching Belle - 11
“E
eeee, ee ooh ee”, a sound wave detector raised its deafening and ear-splitting alarm, signalling
that Aliens were flying into Earth’s atmosphere, claiming they would conquer our planet.
Ah……, how rude of me to not introduce myself, I am a demigod and Sun Wukong's loyal
messenger. Trouble has found itself facing my Master and the Tang priest, so that is how there became a
New Journey to the West, 500 years later.
Just as I was reporting, I heard several shrieks from my neighbour, and I ran out the door to find
Mr. Jackson lying dead in a shower of dazzling light. Seeing this I was horrified and ran to report to the
Sage, without glancing back, knowing that it was work done by the organisms.
Here is a poem that proves the aliens’ traits, “An ugly creature it can be, monkey could certainly
foresee, with his wonderful eyes, that humans are ought to say their final byes.”
So, after this an emergency meeting was called, and the Tang priest ordered Monkey, Pig, and me
to go collect squalls the following day, to blow away the enemy’s spacecrafts to prevent them from reigning
over Earth.
“I will await you three at Heavearth palace. Get moving!”, remarked the priest.
Off we went hastening to our destination, Jupiter, where there is a consistent high pressured storm
stirring about, known as the Great Red Spot. Within half an hour's time, I arrived along with Monkey on
his somersault cloud but we had to wait for about an hour longer before Pig finally arrived, panting like a
wild wolf that had been in a mad chase with its prey.
“How are we going to capture the storm? You do speak nonsense, Monkey! Let’s just get back
home!”, Pig ululated, releasing a sigh.
But my Master obviously had a plan of his. Then he waved a gilded capsule and exclaimed that he
had everything under control. Master then made an insulting face at Pig and made some fun out of calling
him names that I shall not mention. Upon hearing this, Pig resented my master and I heard him utter under
his breath that he would get back at the Sage. As a loyal guard of the Sage, I was infuriated, and pledged to
protect my patron however I could from whatever that might happen.
Soon, the storm was obtained, and as we headed home, a huge chunk of space rubbish surrounded
us. The residue was composed of jagged edges, deadly nails, and the most fearsome of all, acidic, toxic
leakage and gas. In an instant, a cudgel was out in Monkey’s hand and a bronze dagger was out in mine, and
together we hacked at the vile. As we were doing this, the rubbish advanced, closing in on us, the fighting
seemed to be useless. So we hopelessly defended ourselves and stopped attacking, but as we were parrying
the trash, it transmogrified into the form of a dragon-headed demon the size of a house. Seeing the
unbeatable “Garbage Monster”, we had no choices left besides fleeing, so we bolted away for our precious
and invaluable lives.
In a flash, we arrived back at Heavearth street safe and sound, but to our surprise, Tang priest was
not awaiting us. The mansion on Heavearth street looked gloomy with shadows looming, making you feel
like you are watched. After a while, master decided to further investigate the place, handing over the capsule
to Pig. At the moment, Pig quietly scurried away, and as any responsible person would do, I followed him.
On and on I trailed after Pig, thinking something was definitely wrong. After what seemed like forever, he
made a sharp turn, and arrived at his destination, an underground hideout.
“How dare you come to me without the monkey, you fool!”, bellowed a voice as terrible as
roaring thunder.
“Please, Sire, I did my best!”, Pig stammered falling on his knees,
“Please give me another chance, I will make you consider myself worthy to live.”
“That’s Pig’s revenge plan all along! To capture monkey, no wonder he was reluctant to go on
this mission,” I whispered into the darkness, as I headed for the door to find the Sage.
“I know where the Tang priest is! The aliens are capturing every human on Earth and assassinating
them! The surviving people are outnumbered and couldn’t fend off the aliens. SanZang, I will not fail you
now, after all we have been through,” Monkey cried in despair, as he furiously fought back the tears that
welled up in his eyes.
“Sage, we will save him, it is okay! Don’t just wail, get to action, let us start by sabotaging the fleet
of Alien reinforcements coming to Earth!”, I exclaimed.
It was then when Monkey realized he had to do something, so he stood up and demanded the
capsule from Pig. I knew Pig gave the bottle away, so I shielded my eyes from what would happen next. To
my amazement, Pig produced the capsule, but it seemed slightly different to the jug I saw previously. So I