Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction 3 2018 | Page 45

You were only 3 when I saw you on the streets, but your cute face reminded me how hurt a person can be
with their family gone. So I adopted you, even though I knew it was going to be hard.”
“Stop!” Ronnie cried “You are going to be okay!” But Alex already closed his eyes for the last time.
Ronnie turned to find comfort from Nick, but what he could see was a giant monkey made of the
remaining parts of the temple. It had a fearsome look with fangs and red eyes. “Well, I guess today’s
surprises are more than you expected. Isn’t it fun?” It was Nick’s voice. The monkey grabbed Ronnie and.
“Why, of all people, is it you?” Ronnie couldn’t be more ashamed and angry of himself. “Where is Nick
then? Where did you take him to?”
“I kidnapped him when he was shopping Zurich. He’s now in a very safe place—heaven. What a poor boy
he is! But he should be grateful because the god of death Hanuman had killed him and used his face.”
“What? You’re telling me that this is really happening? Why are you pretending to be him?” Ronnie was
confused.
“The prophecy The End Of The World said a saviour was born on the coldest day of 2008. It was you,
and you were meant to destroy me. The prophecy said the saviour could only be killed in my temple. It also
said that an evil creature is going to destroy the world if there is no saviour…” It was busy talking that it
didn’t even noticed that Elena was standing behind it, whispering to Ronnie “Come here!”
“Elena! I thought you were dead!” Seeing her was the most comforting thing for Ronnie. He buried his
head onto Elena’s shoulders and cried.
“Wait!” Elena said. “You cannot cry right now! I have something to tell you! I’m Xuanzang!”
“What?” Ronnie froze. “You killed Elena and took her face like that freaky monkey did?”
“No. It was always me. I’m here to help you kill it! Here, take this.” She handed him a gold sword. She
then whispered something into his ears.
The monkey suddenly noticed Ronnie had disappeared. It was furious and suddenly had 6 arms and 4
faces. He saw the two standing in front of him.
“Run, Ronnie, run!” Elena shouted as the monkey started using stones to hit them. Some really big stones
started dropping to the ground. Ronnie noticed them, but he didn’t noticed that every place on Earth was
being attacked by these “Meteorites” at the same time. buildings were falling and people were dying. THIS
WAS THE END OF THE WORLD.
Elena, or Xuanzang, held her hands in the air and the flying rocks turned into a staircase. “You have to get
to the top! Crush the red thing up there! If you destroy it the Hanuman will die! Be the saviour that the
world needs you to be!”
Ronnie dashed. He never thought he could run so fast. Soon he ran to the top and saw a table. On the
table there was a round object which was shining so brightly that Ronnie had to cover his eyes. He barely
opened them again and saw Alex and Nick standing in front of him, but looking like zombies—grey
coloured skin, swin ging their bodies when walking. Ronnie took a deep breath and said “I’m sorry.”. Then
he kicked Alex, punched Nick’s head and stabbed the gold sword in both of their stomachs. Lastly, he
stabbed the red thing with the sword.
Suddenly, a blinding red light flashed…
There was the screaming of the Hanuman “ I will be reborn…”
Ronnie woke up in his home. Elena was at his side.
“So Xuanzang is real and immortal and he is right in front of me. I just killed the evil monkey god… I
should really have paid attention to the Chinese Literature lesson…” Ronnie said.
“You won’t remember any of this. I can help you to create a new life and forget about now. I will be
there to protect you, saviour…” And she forced him to drink something that made him feel dizzy…
Ronnie woke up in his orphanage as usual. He ran to the classroom a few minutes later and saw his
classmates. It was Chinese Literature lesson. “A saviour’s duty was to safe the world, then sacrificing his or
her body to Xuanzang, so that he could live forever to help fight monsters in the world…”
There was a new girl in this classroom who had curly brown hair and beautiful blue eyes…