Call of the Battlefield Online (TAGLISH)

Level 06:\Derek

Level 06:\Derek Velarde\Startup -Tables Unturned-

Back at the Valenzuela Valiants' spawn point, Derek's heart beat faster, at a tempo of a burst mode assault rifle. He pressed his lips, as he saw Ren and Arnold gunned down Hagibis and Jason from the air control tower. A moment later, Lordino suffered another head shot.

Five seconds after, Lordino materialized by the water storage tanks. Derek stood wide in front of him. His hands pressed on his waist, then pointed out Lordino's green sniper rifle, "Pahiram nga ako ng sniper mo!"

"Ayan, lamunin mo na!" Lordino threw his sniper rifle at Derek's chest, "Siguraduhin mo lang na may mapapatay yan!"

Derek grabbed his rifle, then hid behind a car for cover. Target sighted. He aimed his sniper rifle at one of the enemy snipers' forehead. With Ren, and Arnold on top of the air control tower. Bernardo and Carlos are behind the scattered crates on the runway. They gotta flank at this rate!  Which one should they flank anyway? Those guys on the air control tower? Or those snipers behind crates?

He called his four teammates then he said, "Sa kabila kayo dumaan!"

Derek's teammates nodded at him, then they headed towards the enemy snipers' cover. Derek spotted Bernardo took cover by a wooden crate.  Carlos gunned down one of his teammates with his semi-automatic sniper rifle. So far, no one died.

Targets overwhelmed by numbers! He pulled the trigger, then landed a fatal shot on Benardo's forehead. Boom, headshot!

His hands radiated warmth, as he drew the hammer of his green sniper rifle back. He lowered his headset microphone, then lectured his teammates on radio. 

"Ratratin sila sa tagilirian!"

Derek aimed his rifle at Carlos's head. Yet, his teammates' grenades exploded beside the crates. Crap! His target blended with the fog and the grenade's smoke.

He fired another shot at Carlos, until a loud blast blared at his ears.

He saw the game's instant replay. Turned out that Chesa's avatar blasted his head from behind with a sawn-off shotgun.

He spat expletives over his flawed tactic. His team, the Valenzuela Valiants, will trump them over. Too bad, not gonna happen!

He raised his headset microphone fast, then lowered its volume. His left hand reached his khaki short's thigh pocket, until he grasped his thin smartphone.

Loud gunfire from the wargame flashed a mental image of his mother. Five hundred thousand Pesos, such sum of money may restore his mother's face in a local hospital. He has to get it, even if it had to sever their camaraderie as teammates, and friendly rivals.

He drew his smartphone out. His phone's home screen informed him three missed calls. Who dropped the calls? His mom, his classmate, and someone named Franzen.

He fidgeted at his phone, then opened an app called «Illumina de Bellator» from his main screen. As the app rendered a radar screen, he received another phone call. He cleared his throat, then he turned on his bluetooth earwig, hidden by his neck-length bobcut hair.

"Derek! Kita na kita dito sa Bellator app!" then the young man giggled, "Huwag kang mag-alala, hindi alam ng Gamer Kuyas na may ganitong app!"

"Tapos? Anong gagawin ko?" Derek moved his character to the air control tower, "Nasa may pader na ako ng tower"

The young man on the phone said, "Kaya mo bang tumingin sa radar ng ilang segundo?"

Derek's right hand bathed his mouse with his sweat, as his rivals dragged his wishes away. He had to cut off everything, for the goal. For that life-saving goal!

"Oo." Derek nodded, then he spotted three blips  around the radar's center. There might be three people inside!

"Langhiya naman!"  Hagibis stomped his desk, "Sino ba yang kausap mo?"

"Sabihan mo, mamaya na siya tumawag! Dehado na tayo, 'dre!" Badong bared his teeth.

Derek lowered his microphone, "Akong bahala! Lituhin niyo na lang sila!"

His right hand flew over the sweaty mice, then he struck one of the keys.

Derek stowed Lordino's sniper rifle at his back, then he drew his semi-auto handgun.

He whispered to himself, "Tanga lang ang mag-ca-camp sa may spawn point ng kalaban, na naka-sniper!"

He headed inside the air control tower, then he lobbed a grenade onto Chesa's cover.

Chesa rolled away from her cover, then she shot Derek's right shoulder with a shotgun.

Pixelated blood gushed from his right shoulder, yet he grinned at his target. He pulled the trigger, then blasted Chesa's head thrice. A second after, the grenade blasted Chesa away.

His new-found eyes —that «Illumina de Bellator» remote radar app— turned the odds to his favor. Ren's uniforms may blended with the gray fog, but his tool became the gods' eyes in this battle.

He tossed his handgun away. then snagged Chesa's sawed-off shotgun.

He checked the gun's remaining ammo, then he whispered to himself, "Patawarin mo'ko, bespren..."

He dashed upstairs, then blasted Arnold's head off. Ren sprayed few shots onto him. Three bullets went through his chest, yet he blew Ren off with a shotgun. In a split second, Ren landed a fatal shot at his forehead.