Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction Group 3 | Page 12

had never felt more excited in her entire life. As soon and the town started to fade away Kaia had wondered
if any of this was actually a good idea, she thought about everything she was leaving behind but at the same
time, she thought about the great wonders that she is going to see.
After a little while, Zheng He sprung out of nowhere and told every crew member that they were part of
something big, something that they will be remembered forever. Zheng He told everyone that tomorrow
morning we will reach our first destination. Everyone walked in a steady pace below deck wherein every
inch of the room there was a hammock for a lot of people. Everyone took one hammock and fell asleep.
In the morning everyone was already upstairs and doing what they are assigned to. Kaia walked back and
forth trying to think of a way to seem like she is doing something effective but she couldn't. A few seconds
later, Zheng He talked to a few men and they took off on a small boat to the land near us. A few hours later
they come back and tell us all to come to the shore. After everyone gets to the shore, Kaia runs onshore and
tries to catch her breath. Suddenly a bunch of men wearing masks attacks us and almost no one escapes she
tries to run but one man with a long scar across his eye grabs her and pulls her away. Kaia wakes up with
five other people next to her and she sees that she's all alone in the room with those people so she tries to
break free, though she tries as hard as she can she was never able to break free.
A few days past and Kaia is sure that no one is coming for them, so she tries once more to get out of this
position and she stands up and falls to the ground, breaking the chair that she was tied to. But while doing
this one of the chair legs stood up straight and stabbed her right from the back to the front. She looked
down and saw the wood sticking out of her stomach, it was something she would have rather not seen. She
drags herself across the floor to one of the crew members trying to free them. Once one got free he let the
other four go and they ran out of the room they were kept in.
Kaia turned onto her back and just laid there helplessly, she looked up at the ceiling wondering if it was ever
worth it to have even wanted to go on this voyage, to end up like this, knowing that this would be the end.
Kaia laid on the floor as the pool of blood became into an ocean. Kaia stared at the one spot in the ceiling
and thought to herself that this could not be the end. She looked closer at the ceiling and saw the air vent,
and put the chairs one on top of the other and climbed until she reached it and crawled through to the
outside. She could feel the warmth of the sun on her face and she could feel the sand on her back. She knew
that it was alright to let go because she knew where she is and she knew, that everything was going to be
okay. Even if she doesn't think it. Kaia stares at the sun’s brightness, feeling every last moment she has to
enjoy this new and amazing rush of emotions one last time. Kaia smiled and a single tear dropped from her
eye as she said,
“I’m ready.”
She closed her eyes and was finally ready to let go of everything.