Chapter 102: 102
The two finally decided on who would go first. Just as Lois was about to get ready, I saw Daisy walking up to the table and raising a 1911. Tatiana reacted and started the timer. When the beep sounded, she took a bit of time on each target but she hit them all nonetheless. It took her about 2 minutes to hit everything properly.
“Hmm, her accuracy is on point but we need to work on her positioning after she unload each round. As you can see from her performance, each time she pulls the trigger, she would lower the gun a bit and reset her aim. Doing that would cost you a few seconds if you do it everytime you take a shot. Just keep your grip firm and your arms steady so when the recoil hits, the sights are not very far from the target or would still be in the same place. If you continue on with that, you could definitely increase your speed.” I explained.
She then tried on shooting much faster on the next magazine. Well, she definitely shot much faster but the accuracy sharply fell. Some shots just blew off the soil when she missed while the targets just stood still. She ran out of bullets before she managed to hit everything this time. The last try was kinda the same as the first try but after she composed herself, she actually managed to shave a few seconds off her record. I gave an approving look while the rest did as well.
“Good job.” Jay said.
“Thanks.” She replied.
The two who were squabbling earlier took their turns and Lois beat his older brother by a few seconds. It’s understandable since Jared is more proficient in rifles. Well, the two doesn’t care about that since they only cared about who’s gonna beat who.
The other’s times hovered around a few minutes on the first mag, 30 seconds to a minute in the second mag and in the middle of both times when they tried the third time.
Just as we were about to finish the lesson, Kaley walked up to me shyly and was seemed to avoid eye contact.
“What is with her now?” I said to myself.
“Want to try as well?” I asked.
“Yeah… I brought the CZ that you gave me. Might as well try it right?” she fidgets.
“Are you still sleepy? Do you have a cold? Why are you a bit red?” I asked.
“Not important, it’s nothing…” she said as she walked towards the table.
“Kid, you gave her that gun? That looks really cool. But that doesn’t mean that I like it or anything.” I heard Matthew from behind.
“Great, another old dude calling me ‘kid’.” I said to myself.
“Yeah, you a CZ guy? Glocks are the best though; I also gave her an AR-15 and my wakizashi.” I replied.
“Good, that’s good. I don’t know what a wakamadingdong is but I bet it’s good.” He said while nodding.
“This old dude…” I sighed helplessly in my head.
“A flare gun too…” I added.
“Good, good… not that she needs help though.” He said proudly while nodding.
“And a couple of grenades…” I added once more.
“Goo- Grck! A WHAT?! KID?! A F.U.C.K.I.N.G GRENADE?!” he almost choked and died at the same time.
“Shh! Be quiet!” Kaley and Marisha exclaimed.
“Oh, sorry dear. Continue, continue.” he said sheepishly.
“Shooter ready?” Tatiana said.
Kaley nodded.
“Standby.” Tatiana said.
Kaley exhaled.
“Go!” Tatiana shouted then the timer beeped.
Kaley pulled the CZ P-09 from her holster and she aimed at the human-shaped targets first. Five suppressed gunshots rang out though the steel targets still rang out at the same time. All of the shots hit the head almost dead-center.
“Damn. She’s improving much quicker than I thought.” I said to myself.
She breezed through the other targets and we just saw the last plate falling down.
“26 seconds.” Tatiana said with a smile.
*whistle*
The crowd gave elated expressions since most the people in the group I was teaching were still in the beginner stages. Kaley, Jared and Lois’s performances are the ones worth watching since they’ve already grasped the next level of speed and accuracy.
“Good job. You grasped speed in this few days. You beat everyone here except me. A few more days and you could catch up to me. If you aim next time, since you’re right-handed, go from left to right rather than right to left. Aiming that way would be easier, trust me.” I praised.
“Thanks! Stop lying, the few seconds to bridge the gap between you and me would take longer than a few days!” she exclaimed though she’s smiling. She still avoided eye contact from time to time though.
“Hah! I can’t really figure out how you do that. Anyway! Good job everyone! Free time from this point onwards.” I said.
We cleaned up the area by placing the targets inside the covered court and picking up the casings that are littered on the ground next to the table. I left the lead bits on the other side alone for now since I didn’t bring the sifter I have at home.
We then headed back to the compound while we saw the barn had a roof now and some of the cows would come inside to take a seat or just graze on that plot of land. The only thing missing from that is the doors, windows and the paint.
“Good thing they also brought a lot of hay from where they found the cows. Good thing there’s a single bull there so they could reproduce in the future.” I said to myself.
It’s almost 6:00 PM, the new time-slot for the broadcast. We went to the living room and Kaley sat next to me. It wasn’t even a few seconds and a huge figure blurred my vision and pushed me aside.
“Excuse me, excuse me…” Matthew sat in the middle of us two.
“Oh boy.” I said to myself.
*clang*
“Ow! Marisha?! Where are you getting those pans?!” Matthew rubbed his head.
“Move away from those and sit next to your wife!” she exclaimed.
He sheepishly moved away from us but he still threw me a glare. Olivia sat next to them and she really looked happier now. I spun his keys in front of him to tick him off even more.
“You little… I swear I’ll get that back from you.” He said sternly as he sat down next to his wife.
I smirked and I said, “Hah! Kaley, I have a present for you. It’s a dented camper though, it has a lot of damage even I would take a long time fixing but I worked hard on it. Everything inside is yours now.”
I handed her the keys to his dad’s camper then his dad grew more furious. She began to laugh hysterically seeing his dad get fl.u.s.tered while her mom is trying to calm her husband down.
The broadcast finally started and then we all quieted down. It’s all the same updates but they mentioned that they are urgently looking for the special ones especially the sentries that we found. Since all the samples that they have has been dissected and studied already. They don’t have intact samples except for the normal ones that are very easy to acquire.
“Hmm, is that the true story though.” I said to myself.
The place they were in is very secure and you could see footage from their helicopter that a wall is currently being built around the portion of the city that they are occupying.
“That is dangerous, why are they covering it whole?” I said.
“Hmm? Why is that dangerous? Isn’t it safer too build a wall around the city?” Kaley asked.
“Have you played COC before?” I asked back.
“Hmm, I think I have. It’s a building game while you fight with other people or something right?” she said.
“Yeah, something like that. My point is, it is dangerous to build a huge one like that. Well, maybe that is the first thing that they are doing but it would be better to have more sectors by each block to have a fail-safe like what I did with my base back then.” I explained.
“Why though? The whole place is already secure.” She replied.
“My problem with that is if the gates got breached. It’s another cleanup procedure again and they would have to check it whole. They would have to work fast to finish that wall in case something unexpected happens. That’s why in here, we always have guards at our fence and we always secure our gate and the other gates as well. We don’t know what might happen if we let them open all the time. Last thing we want is a breach and we start all over again.” I said.
“We might have to disturb your friend on your old house kid. We have more people now so we could increase our territory by a bit.” Oscar said.