Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction 2020complete | Page 494

Violett smiled at her friend’s message. That’s a wonderful plan. Only she wasn’t sure how she can manage to lure Alastair underneath the bottle hanging over her head. “Umm…Uncle? Alastair?” Violett mumbled. “Yes? Have you found it? That’s pleasing.” Alastair responded. His face fell when he saw Violett wasn’t holding anything. He started to walk towards her. Gotcha! Violett thought as Alastair walked towards her backpack, kneeling down. It was the time. Violett escaped from the white, bare room, just in time to hear a loud boom! from the closely shut door. She ran to the room next to her. When Isabelle saw Violett, she immediately clung to her fiercly. Violett wished this moment will stay forever. However, she pushed Isabelle aside against her own will. The wall was already shaking beside them. One more moment of delay and Isabelle and herself will surely get roasted. Clutching Isabelle’s hand, she turned, attempting to escape from the hospital, only to find her way blocked by dozens of gross looking robots. Violett grabbed the axe dropped by Isabelle and charged to fight the creatures. She was so sure that they were robots created by Uncle Alastair. She stuck the axe in the first mechnical creature, enjoying the adrenaline pumping through her body by the coldness of the battle. She turned to check how Isabelle was doing, only to find her in a desperate situation, with four mechanical creatures surrounding her. Violett’s mind was blank. She knew she could not forgive herself for doing all of this, bringing Isabelle here, bringing her to death just because of her own wishes. Just then, Isabelle met her glance. Isabelle started to sing suddenly, and Violett thought her heart would break into a half. “I really love you Oh, you're my best friend” When she heard Isabelle singing, Violett knew she must do something. She could not leave Isabelle here to die. She realized she was still holding her father’s newest technology. She opened the box and took it out. A timestopping machine. “An inch of time is an inch of gold.” He always told her. Violett looked at her friend, pressing the button. Everything froze. Isabelle’s mouth was open in a scream, and the mechanical creatures were ready to attack her. She silently whispered a prayer of thanks to her father for inventing this technology. Grabbing the robots by their heads, she ripped them off, none too gently, and dragged Isabelle with her to the parking lot. Violett pressed her car keys and her car arrived. She drove away from the hospital, not forgetting to press the time resume button on the clock. “Ahhhh!” Isabelle screamed. “Geez, you’ll never know what dream I had just now…” Isabelle muttered. Violett smiled at her. After the incident just now, she had only begun to realize how important Isabelle is in her life. She turned and said, “I know I rarely say this, but I want you to know that I love you so much.” Isabelle looked flustered. “Eww. Stop acting like that. You’re disgusting. But, I love you too!” She added. Violett smiled. “Rest, Isabelle. You’ve been through a lot just now.” She pressed the button in the car to play their favourite song as they drove to the highway. “Oh, you're the best friend that I ever had I've been with you such a long time” (1): This is a code, where “a” would be 1, “b” would be 2 and so on. Therefore, this code here means Hong Kong, which is a part of the GBA (2): This is the Atbash code. “A” would be “z” and “b” would be “y”, etc. Therefore, the code here means Shenzhen, which is also another part of the Greater Bay Area, where Hong Kong health care professionals to provide short-term services across the border. That’s why Violett’s father would have a wing there and Violett would know where to go. (3): The title consosts of both the codes mentioned above. And it means The Newest Techno