Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction Group 2 -1 2019 | Page 61

Out of our expectation, there was a tall man armed with a sailor scimitar standing still. My gut felt he must
be Nathan. Nathan and the soldiers had a hand-to-hand combat. Following him, more pirates joined the
fight. There was a “king king kong kong”, sword versus scimitar. But not long, we had three man fallen.
Wang Yi jumped out from the carbine and had a combat with Nathan. It was so tense that my palms were
wet. It seemed that no one could take any advantage in the fight. Suddenly, a knife flew to Wang Yi. While
he was dodging the knife, Nathan took the chance and cut Wang Yi’s right arm.
Seeing Wang Yi got hurt, Zheng He shouted, “Flee! Abandon Ship!” All soldiers and crews stepped back
and slowly retreated from the battle, covering the wounded. I felt very anxious. But before I retreated, I
rushed into the deep chamber. In the darkness, I saw two green eyes. It was the jaguar in the cage. I pushed
the cage near the door, released the jaguar and jumped out of the ship.
When I climbed up another ship, I over watched the flagship. The jaguar was jumping around the deck,
created a big mess. One after the other, the pirates shouted and jumped into the sea. I guess none of them
had ever seen such a beast. Soon, the deck was back quiet again. All freaked out pirates had left, leaving only
the jaguar walking on the deck. All the soldiers and crews exclaimed and burst into tears of happiness.
Zheng He praised me, “You saved our ship! Hero. Let’s put her in front of the crowd!” “Sir, the hero is the
jaguar,” I said. Everyone burst into laughter.
The next morning, when the sun rose up, five crew members climbed up on to the flagship and cast a large
fishing net to catch our hero jaguar. After sending it back into the cage, I walked to the cage and made a
deep bow. Our fleet finally set sail to our final destiny: Quan Zhou port.