Chapter Two
Their opponents shouted angrily. Sam glared angrily to his teammate "what happened?" He got nothing. He is the team leader of the opponents' group. He ran like a madman towards her brother kento to catch him. While she was preparing for her second sneak attack, she saw Ron and Mac running in different directions towards Sam's base. She smiled decisively.
"Not bad, catching up with the plan with some improvisation." She was thinking and with a smirk " We will surely win this battle!"
Though this was her first time playing this kind of game. She learned tactics by watching war and action movies with their father which helped her a lot. She also watched her brother and his friends playing this countless times and planned different tactics to win the game. Today is the execution of those tactics.Her team covered all the three directions of Sam's base the only area left uncovered is Kento and Sam's battle area in the front where they seem to have their game to play or win. One of their opponents noticed Ron and Mac's sneak attack and changed direction instead of backing up their team lead without relaying the information. He ran towards them. While Sam and Kento Standstill game continues.
Sam shouted, "Captured him!" his allies run to corner kento. Only one opponent left to guard the base. The guard of the base also noticed Ron and Macs' purposely obvious sneak attack; he then turned his attention to the running Ron and Mac. He totally forgot who saved Ron. Mac ducked to avoid his opponent and ran towards the base. The guard ran decisively and left the base to block Mac's attempts. Sassah, who is just patiently waiting for the right timing, ran as fast as she could and hit Sam's base! Goal! They take over their opponent's base!
"Based!"
"whoa! Yehey! Haha we won!" Kento shouted happily and danced without a rhythm.
"Damned it! I didn't see her!" the guard complained
"huh?! What happened?!" Sam and the rest of his team went towards their guard Chris interrogating him.
We went home happily . My brother and I were still discussing our awesome tactics during the game until I changed the topic.
"If they only inform their teammate. Remember intel is a must in the battle, in any battle" Kento can only agree "Sam is good too. It happened that he has the pig of a teammate and Ceilo is not here today or we will lose."
"Is she that good?" She asked,
"Hahaha she is Sam's source of inspiration."
She also laughed and changed the topic.
"Hey Kento, we will go to Evergreen Heights subdivision tomorrow. Would you like to come with us? It's fun, you know, some of our neighbors will come. Lime, Conny, and her brother too." She invited him while they were walking towards their house.
"Huh, I'm not sure. We'll see…" He answered and She knows it's a NO.
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Long silence and then noisy waves of laughter filled the room. Sassah and her siblings Kento, Tiney, and Ellaina were happily reminiscing about their childhood.
"In short, you didn't join us back then! You missed half of your happy life!" ellena teased their brother kento.
"Yeah, that afternoon we played haunted house too." Tiney brought out a new topic.
"Oh Yeah, we loved to play with our neighbors and frank them. I still remember how we teased them and those frightened reactions were so funny."
"Yeah... that was too naughty guys! I heard of it from my friends" Kento agreed while laughing hard. It seems that he imagined the reactions.
"Naughty? That's so kind of an adjective. We sometimes went overboard.But I'm sure, they loved it eventually!" Tiney arrogantly claimed.
"And we enjoyed it. If you were to join even once, you would surely love it. Oh, you joined once right?"
"Yeah, I think so tiney. I joined once… I think, when we franked JM."
"Oh, him…I still imagined how scared JM was. Sassah agreed that brought waves of laughter again.
"Bro, yeah just once, and suddenly, you're already in high school and you don't want to play with us," Ellena said while pouting at him.
"Hahaha. This lockdown is that boring. It brought us back into those naughty and amazing days of our childhood without a time machine." Sasah chucked.
Early this year, an unknown disease suddenly spread worldwide. A pandemic that affects many lives. The government declares an enhanced community quarantine and they are all required to stay at home. Staying at home bored them as they used to work and work and keep themselves busy.
"Hays, I do miss Maria and her cute babies...." A sudden complaint from Tiney while she lays on the coffee table.
"Me too... I missed them."
"Enough! I'll just make a non-bake pizza"
"Is it too much if I ask for a coffee Ellaina? Kento teased their youngest sister.
"Difficult!"
"Difficult?!"
" Another word for Poor! I just heard that joke somewhere... Well, never mind! I'll make you all coffee! Hehe, ``she explained.
Ellaina is the youngest and still in the university. In our family, a contribution is a must! If you can contribute with the finances, labor will do. So she does the labor. We all rolled our eyes with a smile, thanked her, and about to leave.
The main door opened. Our parents went inside with our cousin on the mother's side. As they entered the living room the atmosphere became hostile. We don't like him. He is a red flag acting like a victim. He is like an adopted son of our parents that my mom said needs support and care as if he is an orphan.
"Oh, is everything well with you guys?!" I dramatically inquired and silence answered me.
"What the f@*k! Has he got covid? Not yet? Sad." I added.
"Hey, be careful with your words!" My father warned her. Rash,my cousin lowered his head and looked so pitiful with my remarks. He's offended and heartbroken is well written on his face.
"Come on rash, let's go to the kitchen and eat. Don't mind these ungrateful people." Our Mom instally comforted him.
"Hell no! That's my place; I'm making pizza there and have we eaten lunch?. Are you feeding a dog or a pig?! Lunchtime is done already! Like, how many times will he eat?!" Ellaina burst out in anger.
"You awfully care for him, he's like a baby, you guard him against us like we're some sort of a thing, you accompany him outside for a little sunshine, feed him, and everything!"
You're acting weird like you're guilty or something…. -do we owe him or something?"
"Come again Ellaina! What are you saying?!" Mom holds her hand tightly. "Ouch! You're hurting me! let go of me!"
"Mom, let go of her!" Kento warns her and helps Ellaina free from her tight grip.
"It's okay auntie. I can still hold on." Rush emotionally said and wiped tears from his face.
"Damned it! So dramatic! As if you're the one gripped tightly here. Stop showing shit here!"Tiney freaked out and said, "I can't handle it!" She breathed harshly.
"Sweetie, we're just in the room. Call us when the pizza and coffee are done. It's suffocating here." Sasah said and followed Tiney to their room when Rash talked again.
"Don't worry sassah... after this, I'll leave. I know, you hate me so much." Rash provokes her. She stopped and looked at him.
"Or if you want… I can leave tomorrow." He added. A hint of disgust is evident in her eyes as she faced him squarely.
"After what bastard?! After you ruined the relationship of this family? It's not because you have a crazy mom and dead dad it means you're a victim here. We don't depend on others so we cannot sympathize with you no matter your claims! Stop acting like a sissy!" Sassah walked closer to him.
"You already finished college and are at the right age to live on your own. So stop depending on us. Stop using your drama because we won't buy it! We girls are uncomfortable having you here, that our simple minded parents cannot comprehend. If you have your morals, you won't complicate things here." She added.
"You see, we don't have an easy life here. That's why we learned to rely on our own. You already ruined our family. You ruined how our parents see us. And we already got disappointed in how these parents reacted and handled our issue. So just leave!" She freaked out again. Her father pushed her and she was so shocked to react.
"How dare you! Why don't you leave instead?!" Her father said, shaking in so much anger.
"You want me to leave?! You chose that bastard over me?"
"Why not?! You're a self-center and control freak! You acted like you were better than !" everyone!" Mother added in an angry voice.
"Hah! After all the sacrifices and contributions I made, you treated me this way?! What the f@*k!" She can help but burst out and she laughed afterwards.
"Fine! If he leaves, then I'll leave as well! Is that what you want papa?!I wont leave him here with my siblings."