Being Norman
 
>I'm in the middle of a war here
>Battle has been bloody and traumatizing. I've seen true companions fall victim to desperation, and getting their heads blown off because of carelessly not taking cover
>This is trully hell on earth
>However, we are crushing the enemy batallion
>But, as we are down to the last enemy soldier, something horrible happens
>First, a grenade takes one half of the squad, then, a burst of machine gun shots takes most of what is left of our troops.
>The carnage leaves me with two companions.
>Luckily they are my friends, Brad and Red.
>We have gone together on many a mission, and have formed a deep bond. We can almost read our minds, because with little words we know exactly what we're supposed to do
>Now we must stop this menace quickly, forcing it to surrender or ending its life.
>"We ought to be careful, our enemy could be anywhere, so keep your eyes open" I say as I take cover while paying close attention to my surroundings
>"Eeyup" replied Red, as if he didn't care about my warning, but still paying attention to everything arround him
>"C'mon Normy, it cant be that bad" Brad said "it's three against one, and no one beats the Brad"
>It seems that only I know the menace we are trying to defeat, the soldiers we lost back there were the elite of the elite and the enemy just went through them like a hot knife goes through butter. It's almost as if they didn't care about their lives
>As I was lost in my thoughts, a single shot impacts a side of my abdomen. Thanks to my body armor, the wound was not lethal and I can still move, but another one like that and I'm dead meat
>"I've been shot," I yell "take cover"
> Brad and Red immediately follow my command and seek shelter
>"Guys" I say as I do my best to avoid the gunshots "we're fighting a prodigy here, if we don't pay attention we won't survive"
>"Listen ya'll" Red spoke "we won't win this fight if we keep hiding here. I'm going out and shoot the hell out of that fellow"
 
>"No Red," I shouted as he positioned himself out of his cover "we don't know where the enemy is yet"
>Red ran to another position, no shots were heard
>"See," Red says "it's safe to move arround"
>"Not bad Macky" Brad says as he moved to a nearby stone wall. No rounds were shot during his movement
>"It seems you were right, maybe the enemy moved to another place so keep being careful" I say
>As soon as I move out of my cover, a barrage of shots flies right in front of my face giving me the scare of my life.
>I immediately fall back to my cover, It seems the enemy recognized me as the greatest threat
>"Damnit, I told you the enemy was still there" I yell as I take refuge behind a little brick wall "it seems it's aiming for me, so I'll be the bait while you guys track him down"
>I start running from cover to cover towards the direction in which the shots came from, while my companions took alternative routes in order to proceed with a pincer attack
>After a short while, the machine gun stopped shooting. Our enemy's main weapon had finally ran out of bullets
>"Now it's time for our counterattack" Simultaneously, we shout as we approach the place from where our enemy had relentlessly been attacking us not too long ago. It was a one story building with just one entrance
>It seems it was some kind of store, its interior offered lot's of hiding places but no cover against a powerful enough weapon
>"We need to be careful guys," I say "our opponent is good at hiding and has the avantage here, wait for my signal"
>"Enough with that, I'll fight head on" Red says as he propells himself inside the building "Biiiiiiiiiig McIntosh" he shouts
>"No Red, no!" gunshots are heard inside of the building
 
>The shooting stops as soon as Brad and I go inside
>There we find our fallen comrade
>"Guys," Red says "I'll let you know that our enemy has no more bullets, sadly I missed all my shots"
>"Don't worry Macky, tonight I'll tell your sister that you died fighting like a man" Brad says
>"Fuck you Brad!" Red's last words where exactly what I felt like saying in that moment
 
>"Good, We already got this in our hands" Brad says "the enemy has no bullets afterall"
>"Keep your guard up Brad" I say "when you are out of bullets you can still use your knife"
>As I say that, a shadow appears behind Brad "behind you Brad!" I start shooting but it was useless, my opponent dodged every shot, inflicted a fatal wound on my friend and disappeared from my sight
>I approach Brad to see if I can help and to secure his weapons
>"Normy, tell your mom that I really enjoyed last night" were his last words
>"Fuck you Brad"
>It's just me and the enemy now. I have enough bullets to kill an army while my opponent wields just a knife, It's time to sweep the area with bullets
>"Come out of wherever you are!" I yell as shoot everywhere, destroying every possible hiding place
>Once everything was destroyed, there were no traces of my enemy
>"Where are you?" I asked
>"Right behind you Norman" I heard my enemy say as a knife made its way through my neck "good game!"
>Fuck we lost
 
>On the next day, Purple talks to me at school
>"Time to fulfil your part of the bet, I want you to say it aloud" she says
>"Okay," I reply "a bet is a bet"
>I shout "The best gamer in the world is Twilight Spurple"
>Everyone looks at me wierded out by my screams
>"You said it wrong, do it again"
 
>Goddamnit Purple!
 
Wargames end