World War III: Protecting People Around You

Chapter 2

Chapter 2

Nasa field kami ngayon kasama yung mga volunteers. Halos lahat yata ng estudyante ay nandito. I thought two hours lang yung training pero mukhang whole day.

No one expected that those volunteers are strict. We thought that they'll be gentle and kind to us but the opposite is what happened.

They told us to do 50 push-ups, 10 laps in the field and even 10 minutes of planking! I can't even stand a minute in planking, ano pa kaya yung sampung minuto. You know what? Ito yata yung ikamamatay namin eh. This is no joke, seriously.

"Hurry!" One of the volunteer on the side said when he saw the fat guy is barely running in the middle of the track field.

*prrrrt!*

Naagaw ng isang pito yung attention ko kaya lumingon ako sa likod kung saan nagmula yung tunog.

"THE GUY AT THE MIDDLE!" Then the other volunteer pointed out the person which is doing wall climbing and obviously afraid of heights."FASTEEER!"

His knees are trembling at naaawa ako sa kanya. Kaya tumingin ako sa ibang direction para hindi makita yung sitwasyon.

"Myghad! I didn't expect this kind of thing will happen in my entire life!" The girls that are passing by are complaining about what had happened. They probably saw the situation which is really complicated.

"No. 86- Benedict Jack Reyes." The volunteers called Jack's number as well as his name.

Then Jack murmur something. "Those volunteers... Tsk!" And he's cursing them. He stood up and walk towards the field ready for his turn. He's going to do bungee jump. Joke! Well, I don't know really what's he gonna do next. He never tell us.

Binigyan kami ng number which is our code and codename at kapag tinawag yung number mo, ibig sabihin n'on na ikaw na yung susunod at katulad nung kay Jack, after sabihin yung number, yung pangalan mo yung kasunod. Hinati-hati din kami sa grupo para hindi lang kami nakastand-by.

I'm sitting in a bench waiting for my turn. 50 curls up na lang yung gagawin ko then I'm done! While Pako is on the other side of the field doing push-ups and Vien is doing 10 laps of running.

Warren is beside me and already finished in his tasks. Buti pa s'ya.

Bumuntong-hininga s'ya kaya napatingin ako sa kanya. "Maybe what Jack said is true." He's resting and drinking his energy drink. Sana meron din ako nung iniinom n'ya. Nauuhaw ako.

"Alin dun?" sabi ko. Patuloy na nakatingin sa inumin n'ya. Naubos na kasi yung dala kong tubig at tinatamad na akong maglakad para bumili.

"Magkaka-abs tayo."

"Pfft."

He looked at me, "What? May mali ba sa sinabi ko?" 

Umiling ako sa sinabi n'ya pero pinipigilan ko pa ring hindi matawa ng malakas. "You know what? Yung sinabi mo may sense na walang sense." Insert sarcasm.

"How come?"

"May sense s'ya kasi posible naman talaga mangyari. And try to look around..." Tumingin ako sa paligid at ginaya n'ya ako, observing the students."Sa hirap ng 'warm-up' kuno na 'to, it isn't impossible for us to have this so-called 'abs'." I answered quoting and emphasizing the word -abs, which made him smile and laugh a little.

"...At wala s'yang sense KASI HINDI TALAGA S'YA NAKAKATULONG SA'KIN NGAYON! TINGIN MO UUNAHIN KO PA YUNG ABS-ABS NA 'YAN?! EH HALOS MAMATAY NA AKO SA GINAGAWA NATIN! AT KUNG KAY JACK MO SINABI 'YAN, HE WILL THANK YOU BUT SORRY, I'M NOT HIM! " Mabilis kong explanation sa kanya. Kung no'ng una, maayos yung sagot ko, ngayon hindi na. Sino ba naman yung may gusto ng ganoong training? Ha? Ha? Hihinga-hinga ka na nga lang tapos abs pa? Does it make sense in our situation right now?