Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction Group 2 -1 2019 | Page 67

The Revenge
Creative Primary School, Tang, Jayden - 10
I was standing on the top deck of my Bloody Devil glancing over the horizon. The breeze swept over the
top of the sail and made it sway. The sea looked calm and peaceful. I was interrupted by my spy, Hawk
Eye, who rushed towards me and shouted, “Cap! Good news - Lots of treasures on Ming’s ships!”
“Calm down.” I frowned, "Our chests were already full of silver and ivories."
"Each ship in this fleet is heavily loaded with gold and jewels!” I could see dollar sign in his eyes.
"Really?" I raised my brow. "Then this might worth a battle."
Immediately, we took off and roved among the seven seas to look for the "treasure ship”. We have sailed
for years, but still could not smell anything. I started wondering if Hawk Eye’s intel was just a joke, thus I
ordered him to locate that fleet again.
Months later, Hawk Eye returned with news. "Cap, the fleet is mainly sailing in the South China Sea and
Indian Ocean, giving away treasures to other countries."
"What? Giving away?" my jaw dropped. "This is the silliest thing I ever heard." I could not believe until he
added, "The Chinese emperor wanted to make friends with others, so he did it for diplomatic purpose."
"Then what are you waiting for?!" I roared, as my crew untied the ropes and charged to the Indian Ocean,
ready to raid the Ming’s ships. “Not even a gold coin will be left on those ships, and we will be very
rich!” I grinned. It might be a long fight, but the rewards would be definitely worth it. With my famous
Bloody Devil, and I, Captain Golden Hook, we were unstoppable!
During the journey, I heard more about the fleet, such as the captain was Zheng He and they were very
shallow to believe that giraffes were some kind of mythical animals for worship. Bah! They did not know
what the world is like! Unlike me, Captain Golden Hook, who has captured many vessels and
circumnavigated around the globe, it will be easy as pie to loot all the precious items from them!
All the time, I did not have any worries about plundering the treasures. Until one day while we were
approaching to destination, Hawk Eye told a rumor about a giant sea serpent near the Indian Ocean that
would crush everything into bits when it was annoyed. Since then, we had been cautious of any movement
in the sea and tried to avoid that terrible monster.
Next day, the sea was unusually rough. Maybe it was just another storm, I thought. Suddenly, a ten foot
tall black shadowed "Unidentified Object" thrusted out of the water. ”It’s...the sea...serpent! Ready the
ca…cannons…throw explosives!” The sailor hollered stammerly. But the sea serpent was pissed and its tail
smashed violently on the ships that the crew couldn't even load the cannons.
"Link the ship, link the shippp!” monkey Jack squeaked.
“ Great idea, Jack!" I praised. " Link all the ships together to stabilize." I yelled to the crew. Sailors instantly
chained up all our ships in line and formed a horizontal fortress on water. The sea serpent was starting to
lose strength because it no longer bashed as hard as before. Now we should attack. Bam! Pow! All
cannons were firing, so soon the monster was defeated as it dived down and vanished. "Whew! Now we
are safe." I muttered to myself. Just when I thought the coast was clear, Jack scanned around and squealed,
“Ship! Shipp!” Sure enough, there was navel fleet, and it was Zheng He's fleet!
"Surrender and we can be friends "Zheng He gave me a stare as he slowly approached. How dare him to
underestimate me! I never lost any battles and I will not throw a towel under any circumstances. I
remained silent and longed to attack when the sun went down. The first blow was half the battle.