The Cleated knight

The Cleated knight First half : chapter 2 (origins )

Okay , so tell me your lame game I'll play and leave "
" Wait for a min lanks , I'm telling "
"Okay " I replied

He walked a few steps forward .stared at Something came back , then walked a few steps backwards . To and fro motion
And then stood beside me and whispered
"Look the game is simple like Sunday morning ."
"You see that Vauxhall Corsa standing over there ?" He said pointing towards the car outside the fence of the park .
"Yeah what about it but ? "
"Umm , you'll know in time . Lemme explain the game "
"It's like windows of the Corsa are open "
"So ?"
"What are you intending to do . Mr red haired ?" My sarcastic tone was coming up .

He sighed and said
"Listen carefully for a min , kiddo . I know you are getting late but this is important
Okay ?"
" Okay" I replied

He then continued
"You see there's a dice keychain attached to the rear mirror of the car . We both will take free kicks over a considerable distance and go  for the dice keychain. The rule is ball should pass through  left window hit the keychain and then exit through the right window.

The one who does it
Wins
Other looses
You got what am sayin?"

"Okay , I got it man "

"Cool"

"So who'll take the free kick first
You or me ?" He asked.

"Umm , I'll let you do the honours " I replied

My intention of him take the kick first were simple
To get the idea of distance
One thing which I observed in this whole game about him was , he usually applied a lot of power when he kicked the ball and this backfires at times . So if he does the same this time , I'll be able to calculate the amount of power needed to hit the keychain (or atleast try to make the ball reach towards the car )

So he kept the ball , rolled it once to recognise the sweet spot where his toes should hit the ball. He took his stance , the same old CR7 one .
Looked at the car once
Went for the kick

Hit it !

And

And

And
As I expected too much power , the ball drifted due to power and also due to air . Instead of hitting the keychain

It hit the backdoor of car.
As expected

He started cursing in his native tongue which was unknown to me. 

"Okay so , Vince your turn"
Vivek said

"Let me fetch the ball " one of his companions Left to bring the ball.

He looked at me and said
"Your turn kid , show me what you got "

I went , turned the ball to find the sweet spot
Put the ball in it's place and went for run up
I once saw a youtube tutorial where the guy was teaching us how to take proper free kicks

There he mentioned that
Always keep your run up short
I.e between 3 to 4 steps

And I made sure that I made an angle of 45° with the ball so the ball would cover large distance with less applied power .

So as decided I stepped backwards
Took my run up

And hit the ball with mediocre amount of power

And for my suprise (not actually I kinda predicted this might happen) . It went straight through left window
Hit the keychain perfectly and went outside through right window

I yelled and made faces taunting the red haired guy. He was astonished too , mainly because he couldn't do it despite being an easy task
And also because I did It precisely and more clearly than him .

But my happiness was short lived because I saw someone lying near the right window
Probably hit by someone or something .
Me , vivek and rest of the crew reached towards the car and for my suprise
A man in  his 40s was lying on the road
His hat slipped from his head and was unconscious. And his hand on my ball.
I sensed danger but since the ball was mine so I couldn't leave abandoning it. I went near to him and tried to get his hand away from my ball but , his grip was tight couldn't take his hand away.
Somehow I did take his hand away
But when I turned away to leave , I felt someone's hand holding my left foot

"Please don't leave like this " the fallen man groaned in pain
"Don't leave !!! "
I became scared
Don't know what to do

I shrieked and started moving my foot to loosen his grip but he seemed unshakable just like some country farmer
Sturdy and strong. I finally stomped my foot on his knee and he loosened his grip. As soon he did I ran towards the street and for my house . I ran and ran and ran until both the park and the man were left behind. When my house was in sight , I slowed down and started whistling, proud of myself for what game I've played and other stuff .

"But wait !
Am I forgetting something " I asked to myself
I went towards my other hand to see if my ball was with me
"My ball ?" Asked I with a hint of panic

"My ball !!!"
"My fuckin ball!!"

And as I said earlier , cruel plans are implanted in my destiny , my house was infront of me
At the end of the street with street light flickering .  I had lost my ball and I had no option but  to go inside

Chapter 3 dropping soon