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Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Paintball Match (Story)
As i stood ready next to my team mates, barrel touching the mesh netting, preparing for what was about to come. "Game starts in 10..." the ref paused for what seemed to be a mere minutes, i prepared taking a long deep breathe calming my self, thinking about where i was going to go, looking at my team mate Rick, he nodded and a smiled through his mask "Lets get it done Burg". my other 4 team mates prepared everyone in the squat position looking across the field to find the other team the same way, waiting. "GO GO GO!" Time slowed down, hell broke out, everyone jump from the mesh netting and pointed guns to the opposite side, shooting balls in the direction where they guessed the opponent would go balls flying everywhere, hearing the ramping of everyone's guns. There was no time for me to do that, i was the Offensive rush, sprinting to protection while i could see mere blurs of balls swooshing by me nearly hitting, hearing the hissing sound they made. My heart beating fast, my eyes were lock on getting to that snake. I got closer and closer, and when i thought i was close enough i dove straight for it, hitting the ground with all force, sliding across the ground and into the snake i was safe from being hit. I instantly got up on my knees and quickly took glimpses of my surroundings, seeing one of the opponents at the other end of the snake i quickly tucked back as he started the fire at me. I crouched behind the bunker hearing him still shooting wait for me to make that mistake in peaking out, i waiting, took a deep breathe and waiting for him to stop. As soon as he stopped firing i engaged, getting off my knees i peaked over and saw he wasn't there, i quickly started to run towards him, staying close to the snake in case he tried to peak back, i started opening fire before i even got around to him and as i did he didn't know what to do, hitting four times and seeing the paint splatter and the ref calling him out, my eyes quickly changed directions looking further down the field and seeing another opponent peak from behind and started to shoot, i also fired, but i fired only to scare him back in, but it didn't work. I was missing him, while his trail of paintballs got closer to me, i dropped to the ground and rolled behind the bunker, the ref came over to give me a paint check, "Clear!" At this point three of my teammates were out, me, Rick, and Leo were safe. Rick and Leo in the back giving me cover fire when it was needed. I didn't know how many were on their team, but you never stop until the ref says "Game".I pulled my pod from my pouch and filled my hopper up with balls falling out hear and there as i poured, i dropped my pod when it emptied and reengaged. Rick was yelling out their position, and Leo was moving up, i could hear two guns being shot from in front of me, because they sounded differently when they fired. i peaked out, i could see them both, they had no idea i was there. I started to run back to where they had first started and as i ran i opened fire, seeing the trail of paintballs missing at first, i corrected my firing and i hit the furthest one back, as i got the one opponent he had gotten Leo just before. Rick started to move up once i took the one opponent down, and the other turned around and started firing at me i got behind a bunker before he could hit me, hearing the balls hit the bunker i knew it was over for him, i could see Rick moving up. The opponent in front of me started to fire at Rick and so i jumped out and started to fire, but i was to late he had gotten Rick just as i got him. But i got their last guy! we had one, the sacrifice Rick was worth it! i started to run for the flag on their mesh pole, and just as i was about to grab it out of no where i got lite up with paintballs, feeling the sting i turned around and saw nothing, i don't what just shot me, but then an opponent came out from behind the bunker! i had missed him, he must have been hiding and wait for me to make the mistake no to many players make... we had lost, so close to victory yet so far away...
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