Bones Awaken
Victoria Shanghai Academy , Sze , Hayden - 10
Dark clouds gathered violently across the sky with lightning and rain hammering mercilessly over the buildings and towers outside the Time Patrol headquarters . She lightly stroked the scar on her face and picked up a rusty Time Patrol necklace . It ’ s time .
“ Agent Steven report to Director Bones ’ office immediately .” The public broadcast bellows .
Ugh … I hate time patrol , Steven thought . It had been a year since his last mission travelling back to the Qin Dynasty to watch over artisans construct Terracotta warriors . He was bored to say the least . He needed something more extreme .
“ Steven .” Ms . Bones ’ petrifying voice echoed within the ice-cold black marbled office . “ We detected a time anomaly . Look at this book .” Journey to the West . “ Go to the chapter about the bone spirit .” Steven skimmed through it . What ? The bone spirit ate XuanZang and Sun WuKong gave up the journey ? This is not right … Steven knows the story well from his good old high school days .
“ Go and rectify this situation .” Ms . Bones commanded . “ Will do .” Steven left without catching the sinister grin on her face .
While preparing his gear , Steven wore his good luck Time Patrol necklace . The shiny memento was awarded to him for his outstanding achievement when he was a junior cadet . It had been his good luck charm for many missions .
Steven stepped into the time machine praying , Please , let this be a fun trip . Three … Two … One … Zap ! The teleportation sequence commenced .
Steven woke up in a forest , hundreds of years in the past , with that annoying merry-go-round feeling in his head . He shook himself awake . He looked around and decided to hide behind a close-by patch of thick , dark , bush alongside the forest path . Just when he got comfortable inside the wet hideout , he saw the company of four marching down the path . He saw , undoubtedly , Sun Wukong with his overarching arms hanging over his mighty magic pole across his shoulders , Zhu Bajie with his grimy rake resting against his colossal belly , Sha Wujing with his menacing necklace of skulls around his neck , and lastly , a stern-faced XuanZang perfectly composed riding on his white majestic stallion .
Then he saw her . From the opposite direction , a slender girl strolled towards Wukong ’ s group . Her eyes glowed a dangerous dark blue . Steven recognised her as the bone spirit immediately . He retrieved his Time Patrol telepathy earpiece and hastily clicked it into his ear . He programmed the target as Sun Wukong and began sending his thoughts to him . Sun Wukong , Steven said . That girl over there ! She ’ s the bone spirit that wants to eat XuanZang ! Wukong was stunned for a moment but was quick to respond to the situation . Wukong picked up his pace towards the girl , fierce shine in his eyes , magic pole at the ready . At the same time , Steven used another gadget , the illusion remover , which is essentially a high-tech torch . From his hideout , he shone the illusion remover at the girl . Instantly , the girl ’ s appearance flickered and disappeared , leaving behind a shocked bone spirit . Even XuanZang could see it now . “ WAAA !” he screamed and fell off his horse . Wukong continued his advance and swirled his magical pole , “ You are revealed now , you fiendish scum !” Before he launched his attack though , the bone spirit mumbled some words and magically vanished .
While Wukong was helping XuanZang up from the muddy forest floor , a frail old woman staggered towards the group and said , “ Hello , have you seen my daughter ? She headed this way without waiting for me .” Steven gritted his teeth and shone the illusion remover at the old woman . Again , the old woman ’ s appearance flickered and disappeared , this time leaving the bone spirit looking quite annoyed .