Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction Group 2 - 2 | Page 102

They led him to the Space Voyager, as commanded.
The king gasped. “We have never seen this type of magic before!”
Zheng He laughed. “It’s not magic. It’s technology!”
“Sounds interesting,” said the king. “Could we possibly trade anything for this… technology?”
“Could we have your cape in exchange?”
“Ah, not my cape, but we have the fabric!”
Zheng He nodded and pulled out the latest iPhone XX. It had a hologram screen and an accurate voice
detector. The king’s face beamed.
“Splendid! Very well then. I will prepare the fabric.”
When he arrived back with the scroll of fabric, Zheng He taught the king how to use the iPhone and
contact Earth.
“Thank you so much.” Zheng He replied courteously, receiving the fabric with admiration.
“No, thank you for this technology!”
They filed back onto the spaceship, waving goodbye to the king.
“Farewell!” yelled the king, looking down at the phone in his hands with wonder and fascination.
They flew back to space, searching for more planets. The spacecraft wobbled again, this time with more
strength. Suddenly, some of the doors of the ship opened! Zheng He whipped his head around to look at
the doors, mortified.
He looked around and noticed a crew member, Yu Shen, looking too relaxed, on a seat with a control
panel. Zheng He instantly knew he was the culprit.
“Abort, abort! Yu Shen is trying to hijack the spacecraft! Do you copy?!” screamed Zheng He into the
TalkBox while trying to hang on. The culprit initially looked shock at his accusation, but the incredulous
look was quickly replaced by a sly smirk. After he sent the message, the doors closed and the spacecraft
stabilized.
Zheng He stood up and rushed towards Yu Shen.
“You!” scolded Zheng He. “You almost killed all of us! Why on earth would you do such a thing?”
Yu Shen laughed. “I was supposed to be the legend. The myth. But then you came. I was going to be the
captain shown in every history book. YOU stole the chance from ME! Do you know how MUCH I
wanted to do this since I was a child?! Do you know how important this would be, to finally force my
family to acknowledge someone they call a nobody?”
He tried to strike Zheng He with a tool he was holding.
“Don’t do this!” gasped Zheng He, but he ignored him.
The tool was a split second away from hitting Zheng He when another crew member, Lin, hit him first.
Yu Shen gasped and toppled over, falling to the ground.
“Thank you, Lin,” said a relieved Zheng He.
“No worries, really.” said Lin.
They landed the spacecraft soon after the brawl. Reporters and police officers surrounded them, noticing Yu
Shen, handcuffed and under observation by Lin.
“Take him away!” Lin shouted to the nearby officers. “He violated protocol. Take him into questioning!”
He was arrested then and there.
“You!” snarled Yu Shen, full of spite. “You are not going to see the end of it!”