Golden goal

CHAPTER FOUR

Sarah picked up the ball then place it on the spot where the ball will be shoot to hit the moving circle . the atmosphere on the pitch look tense , and very quiet , all the contestants put all there focus on Sarah as the timer on the circle begins counting , Sarah look at ball , then raise her head and look at the moving circle to aim at her target , she kicked the ball and the ball roll simultaneously and hit the circle but not on the bulls eye , after the ball hit the circle , a voice that sound like a robot voice sound and said "congrats you hit me , a bonus of twenty thousand dollars has been credited to you". Immediately the voice finish speaking all the remaining contestants got surprise and started murmuring and speaking to each other , Sarah make a turn and want to return to her teammates but was stopped by one of the guard , the guard order her to stop and point his hand towards the moving circle and said to her "you have not finish your job . all the contestants got shock including Daniel about what the guard just said , Sarah turn and ask the guard " what did you mean by that . The guard replied her and said " you did not hit the bullseye you just manage to hit the circle not the bullseye . Another chattering started among the contestants and there noise take over the pitch , Daniel shouted at the guard and said to him boldly " why are doing to us , did we all look like a toy to you that you can play with the way you wish. The guard move closer to Daniel and look at him from up to his toe then whisper to him in his right ear and said " you are less value to us than toys and don't worry toys even have value than you guys . This got Daniel enraged and furious , he was about to punch the guard when one his teammates touch him on his shoulder and urge him to control his temper and cool himself down and not to get swayed away by what the guard tell him . The guard look Daniel and smile ,but Daniel will not be able to his smile because the guards wore a black mask that covers there faces , which will make all the contestants not to see there faces and any expression they make on there faces , he left Daniel then put his focus on Sarah and said to her " this game is a fair game , we have already let you know the rules so you guys don't have to think we are the bad guys here , let me repeat the rules to you guys again . The guard clear his throat then continue speaking to the contestants to make them understand the rules once more , he said " the rules said that you will be given three good chances to shoot the ball at the moving circle , that if you manage to hit the bullseye at the first chance you don't need to shoot the moving circle again because your team will automatically qualify for the finale and if manage to hit the circle at the first chance you are giving and not the bullseye , you will have to continue and use your two remaining chances ,but this girl " He pointed his right hand at Sarah , then said " just hit the circle and not the bullseye , that means she still have two remaining chances to shoot the Ball at the moving circle again". Sarah moves closer to the guard confidently and ask him "what if I manage to hit the moving circle and not the bullseye with the two remaining Chances will my team be able to qualify to the finale . The guard look at her in a funny way then said to her " don't worry your team will qualify if you manage to hit the circle with your two remaining chances ". Sarah pick up the ball and move to the spot where she will place the ball and target the moving circle , but the guard told her to wait that before she move to the spot, he has something to remind her for then he said to her " don't forget the price you have to pay if you miss one chance , am sure you know what will happen to you ". Sarah turn to him and said to his face " Go and sit back and watch how I take down your circle down with one single shot ". The guard started laughing mysteriously at her as she make her way to place the ball at the spot where she will shoot the ball. Daniel tell his other teammates to start giving Sarah morale to cheer up and not to let her lose focus. the other teammates in Daniel group agreed to do what Daniel ask them to do they started shouting " come on Sarah you can do this , don't be scared we are very sure you can do this . They started cheering her up by saying that to her , Sarah turn back and look at Daniel and her other teammates , before she look at the circle and the timer on the circle started ticking , she breath in slowly then move back a bit and hit the ball with her right foot , ball went off in the air and started rolling towards the moving the circle , all the contestants keeps quiets and put all there focus on the moving ball as the ball moves with full speed and escape all gravity then looks like it did not hit the moving circle . everywhere look quiet as they are waiting for the guard to announce where the ball hit the moving circle , because they know if Sarah failed to hit the moving circle , the snipers would have already take there shot at her. then this comes the moment , Sarah look at the circle then smile and turn to her teammates , her teammates did not understand why she just smile , then voice from the circle sounded and said bullseye . all her teammates shouted and jumped up in excitements and rush to the pitch and lifted Sarah up and chattering the song of victory. her teammates put her down and Daniel look at her and said to her "so you actually made it . Sarah look at him then smile at him and turn to the guard that look down on her then pointed a middle finger at him and walk off the pitch with her teammates . the voice from the circle continued and said " yellow team has qualify to the finale of the competition with bonus point of fifty thousand dollars to there teammates each . Daniel and his teammates show sign of happiness by smiling at each others , the contestants started envying Daniel and his teammates and wish they are all eliminated.

One of the guard walk to the pitch and ask the remaining team to pick up there player that is going to kick the ball for them , Abu walk out and let the guard know that he is the one that's going to represent the blue team which is the team he belongs to. the guard smile gently then tells him to pick up the ball ,and do whatever he wants to do with it , Abu look at the guard then pick up the ball , then point his two first fingers to the guard , to signal him to watch out. Abu turn around and look at his teammates ,then look at Daniel and smile then place the ball at the spot where the ball will be kick by him, immediately he place the ball at the spot , the timer on the moving circle started counting , Abu look at the ball and breath in ,then look at the moving circle and smile a bit , he raise his left foot and kick the ball towards circle , the ball roll in the air then hit the moving circle on the bullseye, immediately the voice from the moving circle sounded and said bull eyes all Abu teammates started cheering joyfully but did not join him on the pitch ,because of the phobia that has been put into them by the guards , Abu did not show the sign of excitement ,but smile a bit then walk off the pitch , the other remaining teams which are green,red and the white teams manage to qualify to the finale by escaping losing a teammates narrowly ,the green team are the only team that qualify to finale without a player, that they lost during the qualifying round. after playing the qualifying match , the contestants are giving an accommodation, each teams are given one room to share . Daniel started observing Sarah after the match , because her behavior changed after the match, Sarah enters the room her team is given and sit on her bed , she picked up a table water from the fridge and drink a little bit out of the water , then went to the bathroom and change to her night wears , then return to her bed, Daniel call his other teammates and advice them to chill out and relaxed themselves and not to allow what happened earlier take over them , the man in his early thirties in their started having the urge to r**e Sarah because she look sexy in her night wears , he called one of there teammates and tell him his plan to r**e Sarah , his teammates warn him not to try that because the consequences will be bad if he is caught. the man in his thirties name Ali shut his teammates up and tell him if he is not going to help him he should back out and not to interfere with his plan, his teammates left him alone and go to his bed to have a sleep. After Daniel finish taking his bath , he move closer to Sarah bed and tell her good night and wish her good sleep ,he return to his bed after doing so and slept off. it was 2am midnight then Ali woke up from his bed and move closer to Sarah bed , and stand beside her bed and look at Sarah from head to toe, he wants to start using his hands to rub Sarah body when Sarah open her eyes , Ali got shocked and step back , unknown to him Sarah did not sleep and was all awake she just close her eye to disguise herself.