Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction Group 3 | Page 269

At that time, everybody was scrambling up and down the decks of the ship, trying to get a good position so
that they could fire many arrows to the opposite side. While everybody was busy, Zheng He kept a watch
out for Ning. Ning swiftly moved through the crowd of soldiers, then he finally reached the edge of the
boat. Zheng He watched as Ning lifted the floaty ring out of the side ship with difficulty, then Ning used all
his force to lift the floaty into the air, right after that, splashing it to the water. After a few minutes, all of the
people that fell into the sea were rescued. “Great job Ning!” Zheng He praised, “You must be exhausted,
go take a rest!” Zheng He said as he rested his eyes upon the little boy, the little boy was panting over and
over again with exhaustion. “Zheng He, I do not need any rest, the enemies are already close, I would try
to boost up our defenses, wait, I have a plan!” exclaimed Ning. “Go ahead…” whispered Zheng He softly.
“So, we have the sailors, an army, navigators and archers. The archers stay on the deck and shoot arrows at
the enemy, the spearsmen do that too. The navigators split into half, the first half makes sure the boat is
steering in the right direction, the second half climbs up to the sails and controls them. The sailors also split
into half, the first half goes down to the basement to protect the goods and the weapons that we have, the
second half needs to take two ships, both ships go to the enemies basements, then all the swordsmen go on
board those two ships, and they go to the enemies area. The rest of the bomb shooters shoot bombs at the
enemy on the second floor!” “Everybody heard that? Well, let us get to work!” Zheng He ordered.
As the battle flew on, Zheng He saw that they were winning, but he was surprised that nobody came to
challenge him, so he decided to help command the boats in the distance that were going towards the
enemies area. What Zheng He did not notice was that a bomb shooter was aimed at him, ready to shoot
now. “KA-BOOOOOMMMMM!!!!!!!” The bomb that was aimed to Zheng He shot off, Zheng He
turned around and saw the bomb flying towards him, then he heard a few screams of horror from his troops,
“NO NO!!!!”, he closed his eyes and thought that was the end.
“Ahhhhhh!” Screamed Ning’s voice, then a few people that were close by gasped, then there was silence.
Zheng He did not dare to open his eyes, he thought of how disgusting he looked, with blood draped over
his royal sailing robes, but he just HAD to see what happened, so he opened his eyes. The first thing he saw
was a bloody mess on the floor, there, lying right there was a body of the dead Ning Ning. Zheng He knelt
down and picked up Ning Ning, forgetting how bloody his robes were going to get, then he said, without
believing his words, “You saves me… You sacrificed yourself to save me……” Then he felt a tear rolling
down his cheek, “TROOPS! WE MUST SHOW NO MERCY TO THE ARMY! WE MUST KILL
THEM ALLLLLLL!!!!!” Zheng He screamed with all his might. “Then I must thank Ning Ning personally,
I must.”