Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction Group 2 - 2 | Page 179

The crew aboard The Firefly jumped onto sailboats and made their way to the strong pirates and
the magnificent treasure. Along the way were sailors, bad and good, grabbing on to the boats, trying not to
drown. But those on the sailboats shoved them of rudely because they had to quickly save the Emperor’s
treasure before it sank into the sea. They saw tattooed pirates with scars on their faces on the boat filled with
treasure. The pirates were still loading up the treasure onto their boats. The crew crept quietly onto The
Phoenix to defend the treasure while some of the soldiers attacked the bandits with all they had. The pirates
surrendered since they were outnumbered by the aiding crew. Four soldiers rushed towards Ho, then put a
smelly fishing net to capture him. Ho tried to get out of the net but got stuck with some silverfish slapping
him with their tails! Suddenly, Chen dashed to Ho with a dagger to slash open the net to free him. Ho
jumped out of the net and took a fallen broken sword from the dirty ground and slashed all four soldiers.
Chang commanded his soldiers, “get them!” The soldiers surrounded Ho and Chen, leaving them with no
escape route. Ho and Chen gave up feeling defeated and outraged. But they spared Ho and Chen Zuyi to be
taken as prisoners
After the fight was over, the soldiers of Zheng He proudly took the prisoners to their master. Then they
enjoyed their trip to foreign countries.