Mantis Strikes Back

• Melvin Lau, Grade 9
• Short Story
• 2021

It has been days since there big soccer game victory, but it was the most tragic thing ever in the history of ever. News reports were coming in to interview and I lost count on how many times I said this story but lets go through this one more time. My name is Luke, I play and I like football, so I was playing the game all the way up to the point of competitive play. the team i play in is called "rabbit hyenas" which is a joke as we are smart and fast. Also there are hyenas and rabbits form where we live, rabbits are common and hyenas sometimes are spotted but it's best not to go near them. So my team and I were winning many matches in the season all the way up to the grand finals where we faced off against the praying mantis, they were called that because the are a Christian footy club. So the game started and they had possession of the ball, then they got through our defense and scored a goal, then they scored again, and again, and again, again, and again until it was half time. It sucked how bad we were against them and I admit that I said few nasty things to them. So we played the game and played and we scored a few goals or five and it was over. We were beaten 9 - 1, we managed to score a single goal and ruined their perfect record, the incident is known as the mantis strikes back incident. So they were mad and was even madder when some of my salty teammates pushed them, they forgot all about their peaceful ways and hell broke loose, which was funny considering they were believing about heaven. So i still have a bruised body because even though they look small their fist didn't so we actually won because the praying mantis team got disqualified and we won by default. If you look at the picture of our team, all you see is a team that won but looks beaten. But a win is a win right?