Chapter 15:Revenge Is Best Served Within Five Minutes

“Long you're going back in,” the heard coach said with a fire in his eyes that was ready to roast anyone in the crossfire. It felt like a death sentence. Sure I want to show off but what if I mess up and look like a clown out there? I really wanted to run away at that moment but I couldn’t.

“Haha welcome back. Your idol is watching so do your best,” Dong Seng teases.

“Go easy on me please?” I squeak back.

We had the ball so my teammate passes me the ball. I dribbled it down to the other side of the court and it was that six feet three guy guarding me again. He was number fifteen. I dribble to the right side and faked a shot before passing into the inside right for Dong to catch the ball for an easy layup. As we ran back to defend I saw out of the corner of my eyes a hail Mary pass to the other side of the court. I sprinted down at my full speed because I already predicted the trajectory. Plus there was really only one other person on the other side of the court.

I jumped into the air and caught the ball with my left and brought it down.

I dribble back with full speed. At the half court line I passed the ball to Feng who passed it to Dong who was about to shoot when he saw me cut into the opponents defense.

He whips the ball to me. I caught it. I went for a lay up. The ball flew into the air.

BANG! Someone appeared in front of me and knocks the ball right back in my face! It was fifteen.

He looks at me and whisper the word, “midget.”

I fell to the floor and my nose had blood flowing like a river. My face turn absolutely red not from the balling hitting my face but from embarrassment. To get blocked like I lost all face today. All I know was I had to get revenge. I calmed myself down and got back to playing gear.

I played normally for a couple minutes to observe.

The score was 57 to 55. We are behind by two and the third quarter was almost coming to an end. Also I notice that the opposing team were more relaxed in guarding me and had at least eighty percent of their attention on the person in front of them. Meaning they believe I would pass the ball.

I grin a bit thinking about it. This time I slowly dribbled the ball down.

“LONG LOOK AT THE TIME AND HURRY UP AND GET THE BALL DOWN THERE!” I heard the coach yell, but I got my own plan. Revenge was best served within five minutes.

Number fifteen was in front of me and there was sixteen-seconds left on the clock. I dribbled to left, he followed. Then I sped it up. Left, left, right, left, right, right, right, left. These were the fakes and drives I made. Then I lurched my body up like was getting ready to shoot and since he was a step far from me his body came flying forward to block me. He had this ridiculously annoying grin on his face that my body came back down and I blast right pass him for an easy layup.

The crowd went wild! We were tied up again.

I could tell that he was piss and it was a good thing. We went back down onto the defense. The point guard passes the ball to him and he came driving the ball at me. He stops before me and feint to the right. I didn't fall for it since I had been watching his movements since the beginning of the game. Then when he tried to switch the ball to his left hand I saw an opening. I rushed in used a dark flower palm to the ball knocking it down the court. THATS RIGHT I USED AN INGAME SKILL! Just kidding I hit the ball down the court and I chased after the ball like a hawk on his prey.

I grabbed the ball and was about to do a layup when I saw a rampaging gorilla charging down. I faked it like was going to shoot before I pulled it back down. This fake send him flying to the outside of the court. Then I shot it like any regular shot.

We were ahead by two points. I showed off a lot just now. I looked at Wenxin and she was clapping along with the home crowd. Then I saw my parents.

I went back down to the other end of the court and the other team’s coach pulls number fifteen out of the game after those mistakes. After another minute the coach pulls me out of the game.

In the fourth quarter with three minutes left the coach threw me back in again. The score was 72 to 73. We were behind by one again. The problem with me in the game is our defense is actually weaker when I am in it but our offense was somehow stronger. Go figure right?

This time stood guard on the front and this guy in front of me number twenty four instead of passing, driving did a step back fade away three. Right in front of my face. He might as well be playing with his airplane at that point because there was no one I could block that. All I could do was put my hands up.

He drains a three right in my face!

I took the ball and dribbles it down too. I passed the ball to Dong and he saw the look in my eyes. He drove in and I ran to an open spot right behind him. He flings the ball back right over his shoulders. I caught it and drains that three with no suspense at all. I didn't know it at the time but I was in the zone. Basically nothing I do could go wrong, or so I thought anyway.

As I ran back number twenty-four came right in my face again. He pulls up for a three but my hand flew out and knocks the ball right out of his hand. He went through the whole motion of a shot before he notice the ball was gone from his hand and I was running down the court with it. Sadly enough I could not do a coast to coast play before his teammates were rude as hell sticking to me like glue when I ran down the court. I saw Feng and I threw the ball under my leg and it went through both my leg and the other players leg and was caught my Feng. Feng then tosses the ball into the air and I really want to say I dunked it but it was Ren who came from behind and Jammed it into the hoop.

After that I missed my next shot and made another three before the game ended with us winning by five points.

After we shake their hands and said some superficial words the game has ended.

“Haha Long you did great!” my mom praised.

“Why did you only score 10 points? Look at your teammates. The starters all have at least fifteen.”

“If I was six feet tall too I can probable do that too,” I wanted to say but I just nod my head in acknowledgment.

“Honey Long did great. He basically help the team win.”

“Hey Long we are going out you want to come?” Dong asks when he jogs over.

“Sure!” I replied hoping to get away from my dad.

“Honey enjoy make sure to come back before your curfew,” my mom said.

“Mom I’ll be sleeping at Dong’s tonight.”

“Enjoy then.”

“Stop babying him he's sixteen already,” my dad grumbles to my mom.

After I left them I followed everyone down to the locker room to take a shower.

“Hey we are all going to go online after,” Dong said. “I brought your head gears and stuff too. We even invited Wenxin and her friends along.”

My heart was beating like a drum solo, strong and rapid.