Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction 1-2 | Page 498

The next day, we went out to work near the mountain of flames again in that strange outfit. We
were told to pick up rocks. This time, I got the best idea. I would escape by going over the mountain
of flames, there must be fruit trees and rivers behind it. So I ran and ran… finally, I was there. But there
was nothing, other than higher mountains.
All of a sudden, I heard a howling noise coming from behind. I turned around in alarm and saw a
gigantic cloud of dust coming towards me. I heard someone shout in the distance, “Sandstorm!”
The rocks and sand flew around me. How was I supposed to get back? I could not even see
anything. My life was going to end here. When I was just about to give up, I saw M003 running
towards me. A giant rock fell down and smashed onto him and his hand was stuck. To my surprise, he
pulled it out with no difficulty, but the hand left his body and it was crawling by itself. I stared in
horror.
“What happened to your hand?” I shrieked.
He explained, “I am a robot. That is my electrical hand. It will be connected back on automatically
in a while. I also have a GPS system. So I could always find you. ”
Then he carried me and ran like the wind. Within a second, we were safely back at the glass case.
The piggy was already there. He cried, “I was so worried about you two. Thank god, we can finally
have dinner now. Ah… Ah…I am so hungry… I am so hungry…”
When we sat at the dinning table, I looked at M003 and asked, “Who are you really?” He took a
deep breath and said, “I am your new master, Shan Zang. We are on Mars, the planet of fire. Our
mission is to find a new and safe home for human beings and animals. The Earth is too polluted, people
must move away as soon as possible.”
So I was on Mars? My master was a human-like robot? And we were on an important mission to
save the human race! Can you believe that?
Master Shan Zang told me that the glass case in fact was his spaceship, and it was going to lift off in a
moment. He also asked us to buckle our seatbelts. The windows were about to break when the huts’
sides curved up and the spaceship accelerated rapidly. I clung to the side of the glass case with all my
strength as the spaceship began shaking violently.
“Next stop, Mercury!” I heard Master Shan Zang shouted.