Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction 4 - 7 2018 | Page 219

Abruptly , Sun jumped up and knocked down the table and all the dishes and spilled some of them on the maid .
" My dress ! " the maid in great shock , yelled . Irritably , her human face was torn apart . What shown after the face mask is a black widow spider face , the spider climbed out of the human skin and bawled : " Originally I planned to eat your master first , but now you would be my appetizer !"
She came careening in their direction and barreled towards them , yelling . Sun grabbed Bajie ’ s arm and yanked him out of the way . He dodged to the side and delivered a sharp bang to the widow spider ’ s knee . She grunted and fell against the stack of wooden chairs . She scrambled up , rubbing her knee , eyes full of hate .
“ Bajie , you run first , go and save Tripitaka , and I will handle this .” Sun yelled to Bajie behind him , but he got no response . Sun turned , but found nobody . The door was wide open .
“ Seems like your little companion has abandoned you ,” The widow spider laughed , “ Don ’ t worry about him , he definitely tastes awful .”
Sun couldn ’ t hear any single comments made by the spider . How can he do this to me ? His brain was blank , Isn ’ t companion those who complement each other ? The spider didn ’ t gave him time to digest . She roared and bit him on the neck , Sun cried and dragged her off his neck .
The other puppet maids who was ordered to stand aside and watch was about to yell something , but Sun stepped forward and jabbed a finger in her eye . She screamed louder than her master and fell back against a dumpster . She slid down on her butt , her hands over her face .
The spider climbed up again , cursing . While Sun found the poison was now making him dizzy . He forced his mind to the pattern the attacker wove , trying to spot the spider . The widow spider changed tactics : She had the knife out and was holding it loosely in her right hand . She was going to go for Sun low with a slicing motion .
When she swung , she expected Sun to jump back , but instead , he leaped inside the swing instead . Sun hooked his left arm over her right , grabbed her throat with his right hand , and drove his right knee into her crotch . Sun let her go , and she fell to her legs . She leaned forward , vomited , and then passed out . Sun raised his Ruyi Jinggu Bang ready to give the last shot , but a familiar voice interrupted him . " Stop ." After a strong light , Rulai Buddha appeared in front of him . She walked straight to the spider lying on the ground . Lowering her body , the Buddha touched the spider ' s forehead and turned her into a mini version and put the mini spider in her pocket and set her eyes on Sun .
" This spider used to be one of my chiefs she escaped from the palace few months ago ." She nodded to Sun and left with another flash of light .
Sun stood up and suddenly a wooziness in his head overtook him . He fell down to his knees and groaned . His eyes were in a pain at the light that reflected off the mirror of the room . He blinked back tears and turned away from the sunlight , curling into a ball .
*** " I threw up ; I ' m not continuing on this journey ." That is Bajie ' s voice . " You cannot !" Sun heard Tripitaka yelled , " You are supposed to protect me all the way to Tang dynasty .
If you are still loyal to the Buddha , then stay ! " Don ' t try to pressure me with Rulai ! This would be a journey with no clear safe end ! Only the stupidest will stay !” Sun was awake when he heard the conversation . He lifted himself up from the bed and tried to stop him .
" Bajie !" " Oh , you are awake ." Bajie turned and tilted his head . He then turned to Tripitaka , " No worry about your safety . Sun would stay and protect you . He has
LOYALTY ." He left with Wujing without looking back .
Sun stared at his back : How could our group just break at the very first beginning ? Not even half way down yet . He wondered , but at least , Tripitaka is safe , and I will do what I suppose to do . Nervously , his hands were twisting his shirt , as though wringing time from it , drops measuring out the seconds and minutes of life he has .
Very soon , they met another dragon demon who tried to steal the sacred texts form them . In the irritation of losing their companions and betrayal , Sun beat him up , when he tried to kill the demon , Rulai shown up again and took it away , saying it was his personal business . Sun became furious of Rulai ' s action . He attacked Rulai when she was ready to leave and killed the dragon demon she was holding . That offended Rulai , who believed in her absolute control over their lives .
She saw Sun ' s attack as a provocation to his absolute monarchy . After communicating with the Jade Emperor , who was alarmed of Sun ' s power , they decided to lock him up for 500 years to let him know who