Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction Group 2 - 2 | Page 71

“You were gone too long so I came to find you, I figured you were here when I saw the smoke
coming from the entrance.” Li Wei replied with a smirk. “The raft is ready to sail!”
Together, they fought as one, shielding and slashing, drawing blood. While the mermaids were
distracted with Zheng and Li Wei, Wang sprinted to the pearl and snatched it from its place.
Immediately, a powerful force of white light burst out, throwing everyone back. When they
recovered, to their horror, they noticed that the cave was collapsing and huge rocks and boulders
were crashing down all around them!
“Come on! We need to get out of here!” Zheng yelled.
The trio sprinted to the exit, dodging falling rocks and blinded by the dust. Finally, they threw
themselves out of the cave just as a gigantic boulder crashed down and sealed the exit. They cried
with joy. They could still hear many hungry mermaids screeching from the other side. They
hurried off to the beach and got onto their newly built raft with the crew. As they sailed into the
horizon, Zheng held out the Infinite Pearl to the sun. He thought of the story of the old man Sai
losing his horse.
“This is turning out to be a great day after all!”