Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction 4-7 2019 | Page 201

After being exhausted of waking the crews up and sailing away from the bay, Lee and I finally got time the
talk.
“Do you actually know what is happening?” Lee asked curiously,
“Yes, the fog can create illusion basing on the world you wish it to be, the world base on your
expectations.” I replied
“I don’t think that I want to experience something like that again.” Lee said with a smile on his face.
“Like what?” I asked
“Do you know how terrifying are you when you are being too nice to me?” Lee asked
I shook my head.
“For example, hugging me for no reason, cooking a meal for me and tying shoe laces for me?” Lee said with
a confused look.
“If I am ever going to do that.” I said with a laugh. We both chat and laughed about the special things we
encountered in the illusion.
Chapter 5
The next day, I received a letter by the pigeon post. Once I read through the letter, I immediately called
Lee to the conference room and showed him the letter.
“How could something like this be true?” Lee asked disappointingly,
“I knew that someday they would do this but I just didn’t expect it to arrive so quickly.” I replied
“Even if he is the emperor, he can’t just start this mission and stop it all of a sudden so irresponsibility!” Lee
said
“I understands that you are feeling really bad at the moment and can’t accept this undeniable truth, so take
your time and we can find the solution together,” I said unusually calm perhaps it is because I know that I
am the biggest one in charge here and I need to care and take up the responsibility if the emperor don’t.
“Let’s tell the crews. They deserve to know this.” I said, holding up the letter.
Lee nodded and went out.
“My crews of the conqueror,” I yelled “the emperor somehow wants to remove the mission and asked us to
return to Ming. If we do not obey this order, the navy will be sent to capture us, dead or alive.”
“That’s very irresponsible to do so. How could he?” one of my crew said,
“Yeah, he thought that he is the emperor so he can rule over everything. It is time to show him that he is
not everything and the fact that we will also be pissed off ” another crew said,
Lee looked at me, his eyes are no longer lost but full confidence. I smiled back.
“So how about this time we show them who we are and how powerful we can be, but not some puppets
that he can play with and throw it away whenever he wanted to. But first let me warn you all that we may
be killed and will not have an easy life even if we survive. I give you all one night time to think about your
decision and you will all tell me the answer tomorrow morning.” That night, I couldn’t sleep much since I
have a lot to think, the consequences, the solution, my crews and the letter. I have never been so nervous
before. I always act like I don’t really care but deep down in my heart, I don’t want this journey to end so
fast. If only, if only... That was the longest night I had ever had.
Chapter 6
The next morning, the time has come to make our decision. I looked at my crews and I was astonished by
them. They are nothing like what I expected, they all look so smart and with trust and hope in their eyes
but not dull and with lost eyes.
“We choose to go where ever the captain wanted to go, we aren’t afraid of death but we are afraid of losing
our home, the conqueror.” The representative of the crews said.
This is the true warm feeling of home. I was never, ever so glad and relieved. I looked at Lee and said.
“This is the moment for them to realize how powerful and destructive as we are the conquerors. Now who
is with me?”
“Me, captain!” all of the crews yelled.
Tears ran off my face. They are not tears of sorrows but tears filled with happiness and warmth.
The following few days, we have been busily preparing ourselves for the battle with the navy. Lee and I had
been discussing in the conference room and the crews were checking military weapons. The days passed in a
blink of an eye and the day has arrived...
Chapter 7