Fiction: Group 4
The Pearl River Delta
Island School, Ebrahim, Ammar - 14, Fiction: Group 4
lay back on the old cherry blossom tree. My feet lay dipped in the cold green water. I hadn’t caught a
single fish for the past four hours I was starving It would be lunchtime soon. The thought of food made
my stomach rumble. But the sky was a lighter shade of blue today. Something special was going to
happen. To my surprise just a few meters away from me I noticed a unusually large fish. I couldn't miss this
opportunity it was potential food for the entire week!
I stuffed the fish into a dusty old sack I found somewhere among the garbage and dragged the beast home.
My home wasn't one of those typical Chinese homes you would imagine. To me my home was a bunch of
ruins of random objects I managed to find and put together. At least it gave me shelter.
I dug into the fish throwing out the inedible parts. Soon after I had the largest meal I would have for
months I found myself falling into deep sleep. By the time I woke up I could tell it was already sunset. But I
found my senses to be awakened. So much it started to hurt. I could hear everything from the tiny
movements of worms to the huge mechanical sounds of tractors miles away. I lay there clutching my head
and groaning.
When I woke up again I wasn’t greeted by the scenery or the birds chirping I was normally used to. I found
my hands and legs contained with aluminum. It was imperfect. But how did I know that? I lay there trying
to slip out. When I noticed a large man in a lab coat. He had a military style haircut and a neatly trimmed
beard. He was sweating and panting as if he had ran down fifty flights of stairs. Or maybe he had as I heard
about two hundred and fifty thumps of his feet.
“Hello Wing. My name is Is Mr Lee. Or you can call me Bruce.” Wait Bruce Lee isn't he supposed to be
dead? And what am I doing here in the middle of nowhere with Bruce Lee? “Yes I know I am the Bruce
Lee, I have been observing you ever since you ate that fish yesterday, it contains tox. a very dangerous
chemical. It has baffled me about how you must have survived. The last person who I’ve encountered with
tox died within two hours.” Hearing all this had me surprised. I just lay there for a few seconds letting all
the information get to my brain. So I was expecting it to just be another normal day working as usual.
When I suddenly found a big fish and became infected with some dangerous chemical? Come on this isn't
fair!
Over the next few days Mr Lee and I tested my curse to see what I could do with it as it seemed to be stuck
with me for a long long time. The weather grew cold and wild and I thought this was a sign that we should
give up our search. But we pursued and to my surprise we found the antidote. I had never been happier. He
injected me with the serum and within a few seconds I felt calm engulf me.
He was still monitoring me for a few days after the injection, in my own home as I preferred it there. Today
was the day I decided that I was probably going to have this curse for my whole life. Yeah I really should
stop saying that. In fact it is a gift. My gift will help me get revenge and justice for the people who live in
the Pearl River Delta. So that none of them have to end up like me. And I will. This is my mission.
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