What if?

"POP!" A sharp sound slice through the air. Nearby, a group of 4 Full-time National Serviceman (NSFs) from the Singapore Police Force, came to an abrupt halt. 

For a second, the air around them was still still. None of them dared to investigate for fear of what what they may find. 

Eventually, knowing that it is his duty, a young Corporal from that group turned his head in the general direction of that offending noise, timidly, not daring to breathe. His eyes took in the scene and the collected was transferred to the brain for analysis. Beside him, the group waited for his reaction with trepidation.

Finally, the brain was done with its analysis and proceeded to send the command - the command to initiate a chain of events which culminated in a sigh of relief. The young corporal turned to his group and gave a short laugh, one which rings of relief. 

The rest of the group, having deciphered his signal, replied with similar language. As boys of such age do, they put aside their thoughts and feelings of the past few seconds and joked jovially, making light of the situation.

The bottle that had been run over by a car rolled to the edge of the road lying in wait for the right circumstances to recreate the incident once more just as the patrol continued on their route, hoping for an uneventful end of duty.

Today, their call of duty did not appear but deep inside, they asked: what if?

/* This was based on an event I saw happening while waiting for a friend at Paya Lebar MRT */

Sam's story

Feel like creating a character. A complete character with background story, friends, job, everything.. Here's the start. His name is Sam and he's a boy.