New journeys to the West
G . T . ( Ellen Yeung ) College , Lun , Matthew - 13
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ick , punch , stab !” Ronnie couldn ’ t be happier at the moment because the new video game Journeys of the West .
“ You must have faith he ’ ll come back to save us ! Read him the prophecy so he can have a way to find me !” a monk said to a woman .. “ Okay …” the woman trembled . “ Hanuman is soon to come , the world is soon to come to end . Save the world , but be aware , evil lies inside th …” She ended this sentence with a scream of fear . Then there was that blinding red light and a voice telling him to … to wake … “ Wake up !” Ronnie sat up straight and saw his brother Nick . He told Ronnie “ I finished playing this game yesterday .” Their father Alex came home before Ronnie could say anything . He looked at the two kids and suddenly remembered his past — It was already hard enough for him to raise his own child Nick , but adopting Ronnie , an orphan that he found on the streets , was the least expected thing one would ever have done under the pain of the loss of his wife in a car crash . That night the family searched the word Hanuman on the internet — A god with a monkey face . There was a temple built for him called Western king … They were excited to see the location of the temple was in Switzerland , as it was where they were going for the Christmas Holiday . “ What a coincidence …” they laughed . Soon it was Christmas Holiday . The three went to a lot of places . Swiss National Park — pine forests , fastflowing rivers , and limestone crags . A nature-lover like Alex was more than happy to visit . Zurich , a city lying along the river Limmat , had the tallest cathedral in Switzerland , with wonderful views from its tower . But the only place Nick cared about was the shopping arcades as it was his dream of collecting souvenirs from every place on Earth .
It was a hot sunny day and the last place they went was the Western King . Vines were covering stone walls that seemed vulnerable . The whole temple was like a pyramid , only grey in colour . There were a lot of tourists there , but Ronnie only seemed to notice a girl with curly brown hair , and beautiful blue eyes — Elena , the most beautiful girl in class . “ What is she doing here ?” Nick asked when Elena noticed him . “ Sightseeing of course ! The Western King is one of the oldest temples that still exists !” Her unique accent nearly made Ronnie faint . The kids decided to visit the temple together . Things were quite normal inside the temple until they saw a carving on the wall that wrote “ Evil lies inside 1 of the 4 ” Wasn ’ t it the unfinished sentence in the game ? It was to warn Ronnie that one person of this gang was evil . Who would it be ? Nick ’ s eyes were fixed on Elena . “ It must be her . No one would just pop out of nowhere .” He joked . “ It ’ s just a game , okay ?” Ronnie said . The floor started to rumble before Nick could react . Lights started to shake . “ What the …” Ronnie panicked . He grabbed Nick and Alex and they ran as fast as they could . All they could hear were the screams of the people and the sound of the falling stone walls . At the exit of the temple , Ronnie turned to see the sky turning to bright red and a giant black cloud hovering above the remaining parts of the temple . It was so much like a sci-fi movie scene that he could not believe what he was seeing . Was this the end of the world ?
“ This is exactly what happened in the game !” Nick told Ronnie , who was turning to see if Alex had anything to say as he had been quiet the whole time . But what he saw … All Ronnie could see was a big hole in his chest and blood all over his blue coat . A flying sharp rock hit him . His I-don ’ t-know-what-happened expression made Ronnie scream with terror “ Nooooooooo !” Then Alex collapsed onto the ground . Ronnie couldn ’ t understand what was going on but he held Alex in his arms tightly . “ You are going to be okay …” It was the only thing Ronnie could say . “ I know I ’ m not . Just let me say my last words …” Alex said with pain . “ Remember when I adopted you ?