"Exactly, and leave the rest to me…" Seles interrupted standing behind Liam ruffling his hairs.
"Coach Seles…?" Liam recognized turning around.
"You're right, it's me. Don't worry and relax from now on, Liam Andante. Your sight, your mental health, your physical condition. Who did this? How it all happened and how will everything come back to normal. I'll make sure to find all those answers." Seles assured. His usual soft gaze changing into a threatening one, he sat beside him irritated.
"For something or someone to go this far and with one of my base's child on top of it. They sure have some guts. Maybe they have forgotten that I'm right here." His voice alarming and green eyes threatening, the boys including the middle schoolers all gulped.
"Yikes! Even coach Seles has this kind of side." Adam hid behind Ryan.
"He is a mentor after all. Even though, he doesn't directly teach us anything but he does take care of our wellbeing in every way possible. Seeing his own students get hurt in his absence must be infuriating." Seraph told.
"Indeed." Helios agreed.
"Thank you." Liam smiled.
"By the way Coach Seles, haven't you grown taller? Why are you even crossing Zachariah?" Daniel realized.
Seles surprised glanced at Zachariah who stared back wordless.
"Yeah, yeah, won't your head hurt the door beams again?" Maaz teased.
Seles sighed, "Haiz~ you are right, little ones. I face this devastation quite often I can't explain. Despite, all that I can't do anything about my height."
"Hehe, we were just joking don't worry." Haris chortled.
Dabbing Xavier's back who seemed to be lost in quite a thought Poseidon asked, "What is it?"
Xavier glanced at him, "Nothing… I was just wondering.Never mind that, do you need something?"
Poseidon shook his head, "No, what would I need. You seemed so immersed in your thoughts that it made me wonder what you were thinking about."
Xavier smiled, "Nothing important, I was just wondering."
Nidou who sat above, finally tired yawned, "Auugh~"
Mir disgusted looked away.
Annoyed by the ruckus down, Nidou clicked his tongue. Instantly pulling a large hand speaker below his seat, he switched it on.
Yusuf confused glanced at Drake ad Kortes who looked away speechless and mortified at the same time.
Growling in the speaker that made horrific rackets and shrieks the boys looked up. Some clogging their ears with their fingers while some covering with their hands.
"What the heck old man?!" Orion growled annoyed.
"Wow, he even has a speaker right beside him." Aryan pointed not even surprised. Ezekiel yawning hung over Feng.
"Listen up all of you twerps! I'mma gonna say this once!" Nidou shouted in the speaker amplifying the noise.
"Then, raise your voice a tad more gently! We aren't deaf!" Alan retored back.
Nidou ignoring him continued, "All of you rascals pack up your bags and leave the base!"
Bewildered, silent and confused for a moment the middle schoolers shrieked, "WHAT?!!!"
"Are you crazy or something you old hag?! Didn't we just comeback right now?" Azazel uttered vexed.
"Was the forest not enough?! Or do you plan on taking us to a whole new savanna ride?" Gabriel growled.
Helios and Cassiel grabbed their foreheads in disbelief while Kenzo narrowed his gaze suspicious.
Xavier, Ryan, Adam, Heber and Ezekiel stared at each other blank.
"Pfft! Haha!" Haris laughed, out of the blue beside Lee-Min Ho, Lou Wang, Daniel, Israfil and Diego.
"What is it? A circus here or something? Do you want me pull you hairs out?" Gabriel clenched his fists exasperated.
"Haha…" Haris wiped his tears amused, "You all are seriously so innocent!"
"Yup, you are misinterpreting his words." Ibrahim corrected. Turning over to the 14 highschoolers who didn't even gave a damn about correcting the confusion Haris uttered, "You are all devils aren't you? Why don't you utter a single damn word to resolve misperceptions?"
Senri scratched his hairs as Isa and Rauf looked away.
Noah and Ren yawned, "Nope… to much of a hassle."
Kenzo twitched his brow cursing through his mind, "Hassle my foot! Had I had my queen in my hand I would've blasted those pretty faces off!"
"What do you mean by misinterpreting?" Cassiel asked.
Suddenly, Nidou's voice barged in, "
The thirteen middle schoolers looked at each other stunned. "Whereas, the highschooler representatives are: Senri Ibn Daud, Zachariah Jacques, Kazuna Al Haris, Evandor Amermiah, Aaron Noel Herve, Nagi Srour, Orion Alluadin, Elias Hud Armand, Noah Chevalier, Aigou Mir Yuaan, Isa Sikandar, Ren Maaz, Haruf Noor Faris, Rauf Victor Gondior and… that rascal Alan Rex Lorenzo with Haris Bint-e-Suhail, Lou wang and Ibrahim Mashal as the substitutes. Their leader will be Rauf Victor Gondior." Nidou added.
Alan clenched his fists gritting annoyed, "That rascal thing before my name was entirely unnecessary!"
"What?!" Haris pointed at himself flabbergasted. "B-ut! But-! I wanted my leisure time!" he complained upon hearing his name.
"Apologies seat, you ain't having that." Nagi patted his back as Aaron chuckled.
Haris offended on his full time work over load 24/7 sulked clutching the grass. Lines of depression covering his forehead. "No way~" he cried.
"Poor Captain…" Lee-Min Ho sympathized while Liam chortled.
"The Under-18 PSL are commencing?!" Heber shrieked grabbing his hairs.
"Of course." Aaron concurred.
"Tomorrow on Sunday we are going to have IPL (India Premier League) finals and soon after that PSL are commencing since the world cup is drawing near."
"IPL finals?!" Seraph, Helios and Kenzo realized.
"You didn't knew?" Aigou asked surprised.
"For your information we were staring at trees, stuck in a damn mountain range for half a month. We haven't even heard from our families, IPL finals are something else." Ryan recalled annoyed.
"Ah, I remember." Elias smiled.
"Moreover, the base even took our phones." Ezekiel added.
"So, who's facing whom?" Feng inquired curious.
Orion clenched his fists vexed, "It's those Mumbai Indians VS CSK! Those damn…"
"They are aiming for India's third continuous T-20 world cup trophy this year for a Hat-trick so Mumbai kings are aiming for a third victory in IPL too." Isa informed.
"We were about to face them in the finals two years ago. A chance we never got. I seriously want to see their faces now." Ren frowned annoyed.
"You're right, the way they talk and the way they act. I remember everything very clearly." Aigou gritted furious.
"Come on now, don't be angry." Elias ruffled his hairs.
"But you didn't even lose to them in the first place." Helios asked.
Noah nodded, "You're right we didn't lose to them. We lost to England in the Semi-finals two years ago."
"But, what happened after that… was all thanks to them. The ones aiming for the third world cup trophy this year." Senri added.
The middle schoolers looked at each other clueless.
"What happened after…?" Kenzo thought.
Alan looked at the ground clenching his fists tight. His gaze down casted. Rauf and Evan too stared silent, their expression grim.
"Well!" Aaron clapped his hands walking past them, "Not that it matters. We have already been through that phase and it's past. Let move on ahead to the future. After all we have quite a whole new list of enemies to beat. Aren't I right?" he dabbed Kazuna's shoulder.
"Indeed. Let's us all move ahead together." Haruf encouraged gleaming.
"And, that head start will be taken by you all!" Nagi pointed at the middle schoolers.
"Us?" Xavier asked.
"Yes, you all." Rauf repeated. His gaze serious.
Soon Nidou's voice began to shriek once again as the boys covered their ears looking up. "The PSL this year includes 7 teams competing against each other and they are: Islamabad United, Lahore Qalandars, Peshawar Zalmi, Quetta Gladiators, Multan Sultans and Karachi Kings from which Karachi's flag will be raised by this base's representatives or in other words you all. Each team will be playing 7 matches while the rest… Arrghhh~ would be stated later on so pack up you bags and leave tomorrow. Give this old man a break already…"
Nidou laid dead on the seat as Mir covered his eyes annoyed. "This man is hopeless." he thought.
Haris looked at the middle schoolers who stood speechless on Nidou's poor sense of responsibility.
"And what does 'Leave Tomorrow' mean?" Feng inquired pressing on the word leave tomorrow.
"It means, get ready to go back home and meet your beloved ones tomorrow." Ibrahim explained. "In other words tomorrow's a holiday! Given by your beloved base so just relax and enjoy." Maaz showed a victory sign.
"Beloved base my foot!" Gabriel uttered vexed.
"Going back home…?" Azazel repeated surprised.
"We can go back home?" Cassiel asked stunned.
"HOME!" Adam gleamed with a mirthful twinkle in his eyes grabbing Ryan who too stood astonished.
"Yahoo!" Feng jumped happily hugging Kenzo who stood the closest.
"Stop it!" Kenzo argued. However, Feng squeezed him tighter.
"Finally Heli…" Poseidon smiled relieved. Helios nodded ruffling Ezekiel's hairs. Seraph too glanced at Cassiel who nodded back. Xavier smiled at Ines and the others who embraced each other happily.
Alan at their sight, peeked at the rabbit who rubbed his neck joyfully.