Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction Group 3 - 2017 | Page 263

Overall, the Old City is a combination of ancient winding streets, with some modern high-rise buildings progressively
encroaching at the older areas,” he added pretentiously thinking how much he knew about the city.
The monk smacked Ralph on the head and said, “No! I mean about Old Shanghai. Record what major
events happened.” Ralph saw a flash back and replied, “The Shanghai massacre!”
The monk had a smile on his face and slowly nodded his head for Ralph to continue, and Ralph again tried
hard to remember then said, “It was a crackdown on the communist party of China by Chiang Kai Shek and the GMD,
Guo Ming Dang. The GMD secret police went rounding people up they knew or suspected of communist activity
and summarily executed them in 1972.” The monk started to laugh, “That’s what the world thought all this time!” the
monk continued to laugh uncontrollably while he spoke, “let me tell you the true story.”
“In the year 1972 the legends heard a distress call from one of their time spies, he reported that he had found
when and where LIVE EVIL Inc. base was located – Shanghai. There were reports of people smuggling dangerous
items into the river port of Shanghai. The smugglers were tracked down and forced to reveal who their contact was. It
was Chiang Kai Shek, the leader of LIVE EVIL Incorporation.
The legends team hurried to Shanghai 1972 and they all went undercover. Toa decided to try to get more Intel
on what they were doing, and he slowly crept into the base of the incorporation. Their base was vast and futuristic. Toa
slowly climbed onto the ceiling; Toa could see lots of thick green bio- hazard chemicals being carried around. He also
noticed that the chemicals were being put into boxes, some of the boxes wrote: Huangpu . Of course, Toa tried hard to
find out what the words i n Chinese meant, and he could have sworn he knew the answer. He tried to contact the
team, but his communication systems broke down. All the machines were all suddenly shutting down by themselves, and
then a voice spoke aloud. Chaing Kai Shek knew everything, like it was being set up.
Toa was captured, tortured and brainwashed. He became a psycho killing assassin that only worked for LIVE
EVIL incorporation rounded. Toa rounded up his team and slaughtered them on the spot with no mercy; the team
understood and accepted what was going on. The blood of his friends was on his hands. The blood trickled to the
floor, a bloodbath. I was there, I saw everything that happened. I went towards you and the brainwashing they did to
you was forgotten, I helped you to remember, father.”
Ralph woke up with a gasp “That was me?
Wait!
You are my son?” The smile of the monk gave Ralph
the answer he needed. The monk still pressed a tile on the floor where the suit of armour stood. The floor began to
open, and that was when Ralph heard a voice, “Hello, it’s been a long time since I last saw you. Well, that’s a lie as I can
be anywhere at any time.” The mysterious voice started to laugh, Ralph puzzled, “Who are you?” The mysterious
voice replied laughing, “I am time! We don’t have long. We have to choose our new recruits for the new team! Now
enter the vortex!”
Ralph slowly entered…