The Phantom of the Gobi Desert
PLK HKTA Yuen Yuen Primary School, Nick Choi, Fiction: Group 2
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nspector Tony was a top officer in the police force, and rumors say that there is no case that
he couldn’t crack. But now with talk of a shadowy figure seen in the Gobi Desert, fellow
colleagues of Inspector Tony can say: “He’s practically pulling out his hair just trying to find
out what the shadowy figure really is.” The police force had sent Inspector Tony on this case
two months ago and the Inspector had been so busy he forgot his birthday a week ago. He had
gone from the Gobi Desert back and forth for like an eternity and he hadn’t had even one, tiny,
important clue. Some people say it was a mirage. Some people say it is Herobrine (From Minecraft,
the game) come to life. Some people say it is a ghost. Some people say it is just someone playing
a prank on everyone. On his like a hundredth time to the Gobi Desert, Michal, the Chief of Police,
sent a message to Tony. The message was brief and short. It said: “Figure might appear tonight.
Organize stakeout.” You might figure Tony might not be able to handle this “figure” on his own,
but he has some companions. Robots, to be exact. Tony was a genius (Not the straight “A” genius,
but a robotic genius) and he had lots of different gadgets to help him out on different cases. This
time he had bought with him three gadgets, including the laser hand, a robotic hand that can
shoot lasers and also has a built-in communicator; the Matrix Robotic Wrist-watch, (Also called
the MRW) a computer/wrist-watch with multiple functions; and the laser blade, generated using a
liquid laser beam and focusing it into a deadly blade.
During the night, Inspector Tony camped out near the spot where people saw the mysterious
figure during the night. He waited for like three hours, then he heard something like a TNT being
ignited. Then he heard a hisssss…………BOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! TNTs blew up every around Tony.
In order to survive, he activated his rocket/boots and flew up into the sky. As he was flying,
he heard the familiar sound of evil laughter. When the Chief heard of his failure, he was VERY
disappointed. “Now we might need to wait for months until the figure will come out again!!!!!”
he said to Tony through Skype. “Maybe not,” said Tony. “I have a hunch that he might come
out again tomorrow.” So he camped out in the Gobi Desert again, but this time he was well
camouflaged. If you’re not trying to spot him on purpose, you might never notice him. This time,
Tony saw the figure. It had glowing white eyes, it moved like a ghost, and it looked very scary.
Tony took a picture of it using the MRW and then fired a shot at is using the laser hand. The
figure looked in Tony’s direction, but apparently it couldn’t see Tony so it turned away. Tony fired
another shot at it and now the figure looked all around and still couldn’t see Tony. By the look on
the figure’s face, it looked partially annoyed and turned away. Then Tony spotted a pyramid. “It
must be where the figure lives.” Tony thought. Camouflaged by his camouflage clothing, he snuck
up to the figure and tackled him like a rugby player. The figure stumbled down, clearly taken by
surprise from Tony’s attack. He fell down to the ground head first and he blacked out immediately.
Tony removed the mask covering the figure’s face and was astonished to find a teenager. When
he got back, everyone congratulated Tony. “How did you defeat something that you didn’t know
what it was?” “The element of surprise was in my favor,” said Tony. “Also, he didn’t seem like
the athletic type, so I rugby tackled him down.” Tony made the front page again and he was a
celebrity. After some questioning, Tony found the teen’s name was Mark and his story. “It all
started right at my school,” Mark began. “My friends and I were hanging out on the playground
