Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction Group 1 | Page 23

Escaping the Pirates
International Christian School, Chen, Lucas - 9
As pirates invaded a Ming Treasure Boat in China, they found their victim, Jacob, hiding as pirates stole his
phone. When a flickering red light filled the ship, Jacob found himself in a tiny and dingy cell. As the boat
sailed rapidly on the dangerous waters, Jacob tried to keep his balance while taking out a hidden knife from
his shoe. Staring at his scratches and bruises, he raised his knife. When the thoughts of death suddenly
twirled in his mind, he thought of Sandra his wife he left behind. As he finally could raise his knife before a
thought zoomed in his mind, he sliced the unsecured cell gates into several parts. When the cell tumbled
down, Jacob crawled out cautiously as the pirates ignored him.
Hiding from the guards and flickering red lights, Jacob opened a trapdoor that led to the lower layer of the
ship. When he saw more red lights in his way, he immediately reacted by jumping and crawling over and
under the lasers like a bandit. At the the next stage, Jacob gazed at a robot, he recognized the face, the body,
everything, he knew that robot’s name, Natural. Immediately leaping on the robot, he landed head first on
the floor. As Natural moved in front of him and creepily stared at Jacob, “Something needs to happen.” he
thinks.
In the meantime, a group of pirates gathered to drink wine to celebrate the capture of their victim. As the
bottles of wine tumbled down the stairs, Jacob heard the sound of stampeding feet charging toward him. As
a pirate appeared down the staircase, a wine bottle he threw flew in the sky charged toward Natural hitting
him in the face. When the wine bottle accidentally hit Natural, Jacob sneakily ran away as fast as a leopard
without the drunken pirates noticing him.
Reaching for a random vault in his way, he pushed and pulled the hexagona door barely making a
difference. When he noticed a code bar, the bar showed the numbers “16, 18, 5, 19, 19, 0, 17, 0, 1, 14, 4,
0, 26”. As the numbers swirled in his mind, he finally figured out the code. The numbers meant “Press Q
and Z”, “Will something horrible happen to me?” he thought. Finally after a long decision, “Yes.” Jacob
thought, so he typed “Q,Z” in the code bar.
When the vault automatically opened, he saw a boat with 2 paddles, a pile of Renminbi, some armor and a
scythe. With his scythe, he crafted a hole in the wall and rowed away from the pirates’ ship using his boat
and paddles. When a larger ship appeared, Jacob saw another Ming Treasure Fleet Boat appearing! As he
stepped on the ship’s stairs, he demanded to set off for Beijing. When Jacob returned to his homeland, he
lived in a mansion he bought with the pirates’ stolen Renminbi and lived happily ever after.