empty throne behind an equally large table, covered in scrolls, quills and bottles of ink. Daniel heard another
scream, this time extremely close, coming from a door that led to another chamber. Daniel walked over to the
door and opened it, looking inside. What he saw horrified him. Ghost soldiers marching everywhere and a ghost
king sitting on another large throne. He suddenly saw Daphne strapped to the wall with metal chains. He crept in
and hid behind a pile of boxes. Now that he was closer to Daphne, he could see there was a soldier holding a
whip standing next to her, and every so often, he would lift it up and whip her with it, causing screams and
blood dripping down her body. After a while, he stopped and left Daphne, half conscious and hanging, head
lowered. Daniel used that chance to run over to her, and luckily, a large pile of boxes also hid this area. He
shook her lightly and her head slowly lifted up. There were red gashes all over her face, blood leaking out of
each one. Her eyes were filled with tears and showed signs of great pain.
“
Daniel! I knew you would come. We’ve got to stop them, because from what I’ve heard, that king’s going
to destroy London!” whispered Daphne, as Daniel started to undo her heavy bonds. At last, the chains came free
and Daniel helped her walk over to a spot behind a big crate. Even though they had only walked very little,
Daphne was already panting and looked like she was about to faint. With a huge effort, Daniel managed to keep
her conscious and they turned to watch the king.
“
Move those boxes over there!” he screamed to the soldiers. “I want my plan to be put into action now! I
have waited too long for this moment and I am not going to let you ruin it!” Suddenly, from behind the twins, a
hand came down on each of their shoulders. They turned around, trembling, and saw a large ghost soldier
staring down at them with bloodshot eyes. They screamed as he carried them over to the throne, where the king
was watching them triumphantly.
“
I see you managed to escape, girl. Well, seeing as you’re going to die anyways, I’ll explain my plan to you.
I am going to destroy London and every single British person in it with a death ray, as revenge for what
happened during the Opium War. It wasn’t fair, they forced it upon us and they will pay for it,” he declared, a
tone of anger in his voice.
“
But that’s not fair!” replied Daniel. “Not every British person is bad. Most of the people you will be killing
are completely innocent and don’t deserve this!”
“
I would like to see you try and stop me. Even as we speak, the death ray is warming up and in a few
minutes, London will be nothing but a huge pile of smouldering ash,” said the king deviously, and then turned
away to watch his plan begin. Daphne turned to Daniel and said,
“
I know how to stop this, but I’ll need a distraction.” Daniel nodded and they crept over to an area near the
machine. Daniel started collecting rocks and putting them into his pockets. After he had collected enough, he
took one out and chucked it at the nearest pile of boxes. It hit a box near the bottom, knocking the whole pile
down.
The king shrieked and the soldiers rushed to help. As Daniel kept throwing rocks, Daphne began to fiddle
with the wires of the machine. Daniel had no idea what she was doing, but he knew he could trust her, since she
was a good technician. Suddenly, Daphne yelled,
“
Done!” But over the chaos, she was not heard. She pressed a big red button on the machine and the death
ray began to glow. All the ghosts in the room screamed, their voices mixed together, making the twins cover
their ears. The ghosts began fading and soon after, they disappeared. The twins whooped, glad that their
adventure was over, and began to walk “home”.
The End
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