Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction 2020complete | Page 206

Welcome to a Whole New World
PLK HKTA Yuen Yuen Primary School, Tse, Christine Lok Sum - 9
Lily stepped out of a small bus. She had arrived at a sister school in Hong Kong because of a student
trading program. She was quickly greeted by the students there and they went into their classrooms. At
recess, she received a call from her parents and they told her that people were disappearing in the Greater
Bay Area. They told her to be careful and hung up the phone. Suddenly, she saw a old piece of paper in the
corner of her eye. She picked it up and studied it closely. There was a map on one side, and a note saying
"Things are not what they seem. Pay attention to the people around you."
Lily rushed to the principal's office. After telling him everything, he let her investigate, but only for 2
weeks or she would be kicked out of the program. He gave her tickets to the next plane.
"At the exit, two agents Dove13 and Robin1 will be waiting for you. Safe travels!" he whispered.
After that, Lily quickly packed her bags and boarded the airplane.
After a one-hour flight, Lily went out of the exit and looked around to see if anyone looked like an
agent. Suddenly, a hand pulled her to a small corner. There were two people wearing suits.
"Hello, My name is Agent Robin, and she is Agent Dove. We will help you investigate this case." the tall
man said.
The brought her to a car and drove to a nearby hotel. They registered and entered their hotel room.
"You can get really tired after walking everywhere in Macau, so we booked a hotel room for sleeping
and relaxing." Agent Dove said.
They began investigating by the streets, looking for clues or any tracks.
"Maybe a piece of cloth or an ID card could crack this whole case! We just need some clues!" Agent
Robin said.
They searched around and questioned people for hours, but there was no luck at all.
They went back into the hotel, ate dinner, and went back to their hotel room. Lily quickly fell asleep
and slept for hours and hours.
The next day, they took a bus to investigate other hotels and streets.After a hour of searching, the
agents wanted to go to the bathroom and told Lily to wait outside but just as they were about to go out of
the toilet, she heard one of them say, "Remember, nobody should know about this."
There were still no clues found by the end of that day. Lily was miserable and slumped on her bed.
This is starting to feel impossible, she thought and went to sleep.
The next day, she woke up late. She looked around the room but there were no people except her.
She changed into her casual clothes and called for the agents. Nobody answered.
She twisted the doorknob, but it was locked! She started panicking but quickly thought of an idea.
She took a hairpin from her hair and figdeted with the lock. It worked! The door slowly opened and Lily
exited the hotel. She walked on a nearby street and called for the agents. Still, nobody answered. Then, she
saw a tiny button right next to the hotel. She pressed it and it lead to an open door. She passed through it
and found a modern lab with all sorts of inventions but there was a huge machine in front of her. There
were lots of people in one part, while the other part seemed to be making bottles of bright black lights.
Suddenly, a person snickered behind her.
It was the agents!
"Agents! There you are! We have to help these people!They are trapped in this machine!" Lily
shouted.
The agents both laughed.
"Sweetie, we are not really agents, did you even pay attention? Your dumb principal said Agents with
NUMBERS.We are going to drain these humans' energy and turn them into the chemical Blackium to
make missiles and shoot the other countries. Then, they will be in our command and we will be rich!!! "
Agent Dove said, but while they were talking, Lily had already broken the machine! She backed them into a
corner.