Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction Group 2 - 2 | Page 128

Marc, Milly and Admiral Lee lay on the ruined deck looking up at the sun. Relieved to have survived the
encounter, they caught their breath. Milly spotted a small, shiny object out of the corner of her eye. She grabbed it,
looking at it closely. It was a small piece of jade shaped into a cone. “Admiral Lee, can you pass me the X15D
pyramid, please?” said Milly. Admiral Lee passed her the piece of top-secret tech. Milly observed the base and found
that there was a missing piece shaped exactly like the piece of jade she had just found. Like a puzzle solver finding the
final answer, she placed the jade cone into the pyramid with glee. With that, a vivid stream of white light shone out
of the pyramid and ripped up the sky. There was silence.
Milly and Marc began to hear the sound of industry, crunching cogs and metal machinery. The smell of
rubbish drifted across their nostrils. They were back in the walled city.
“What…was…that?” exclaimed Marc.
“That was incredible!” Milly replied. “We have the missing piece of the time machine and that means we
can use it whenever we like. We can escape the walled city!”
Elated, both Marc and Milly strolled back to their slum hand in hand, ready to plot their escape.