Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction Group 3 | Page 287

Smoke covered Ming’s vision, the clang of metal and gunshots were all he could hear, he covered
his nose and mouth with his head, and he bolted up the stairs. Ming sighed, a pirate ship has rammed into
their ship and is starting to hijack the Orion.
Ming flew into battle, cutting down people left and right while maintaining his balance and guard.
In his peripheral vision, he saw the captain. Not even hesitating for a second, he rushed to his side and
started slaying people around him. Instantly causing the pirates to back down from him.
A person, bearing the tattoo of a skull on his right forehead and holding a scabbard with a sword in
it and a bottle of wine. It was the infamous pirate captain, Shaw. Ming knew this was going to be a tough
battle, but it had to go down no matter what. Ming gritted his teeth and charged in.
Adrenaline surged through Ming as he slid down and shot his sword upwards, the captain evaded
the attack by jumping up in the air and doing a backflip before driving his sword down. Ming rolled to the
side, narrowly dodging the attack. Ming grinned, now the sword was stuck inside the planks, Ming took the
chance and did a butterfly kick aimed at Shaw’s head. But he ducked and punched his fist upward, but
Ming spun in mid-air and blocked his fist with a single palm and kicked the pirate’s shoulder.
Immediately after Ming landed onto the ground, a swarm of pirates came charging at Ming which
caught him very off-guard, even with a single sword, Ming knew he will eventually get outnumbered, and
he knew that meant the rest of the crew had already been taken out, so after getting hit on the head by the
hilt of a sword he pretended to be fallen unconscious.
Keeping his eyes closed, he can feel his body be dragged down the rusty stairs and thrown into
somewhere…… soft? After the guard’s footsteps sounds echoed away, he peeked open his eyes.,
Of course, he was thrown into a cell with haystacks stacked in piles around the edges of the room,
and according to what most pirates normally do, everyone might as well just be walking the plank
tomorrow. Looking around him, he found that the Chief Engineer and the Chief Navigator, was thrown
into jail with him.
Waking them up after slapping their faces multiple of times, he told them his grand plan to escape.
Controversy was their first emotion, because the plan was pretty wild. But they eventually agreed to it
anyways.
In the middle of the night, the Chief Engineer, Chun picked the lock and unlocked the door,
jogging down the cells, they slowly took down the guards silently and rescued everyone. Then, they took
out the backup boat that was stored below the decks which only the high-ranking crew knew it existed and
hooked it to a pole. Next they put in their valuable treasures and put it on the ship so they can give it to the
Indians for trade.
Unbeknownst to them, Shaw was hiding behind the wall, embarrassed and frustrated that he was
defeated by Ming. He wanted to challenge him to a duel.
Ming swirled around when Shaw suddenly appeared on the doorway.
“Hi Shaw, what’s up?” asked Ming
“I have come to bargain, I declare a duel against you, if I win you then will all die, but if you win
then I let you all go and I will challenge you another day,” announces Shaw, “Sounds good?”
“I guess, since I don’t really have an option” murmured Ming as he cracked his knuckles.
Ming took three deep breaths, and imagined the beautiful sunrise which calmed him down. Shaw
gave him his sword and unsheathed himself two daggers.