UNITY

Chapter 2

There's a reason why I had a gym membership but didn't use it. I'd like to think of it as me being not suited for any and all physical activities, being insecure of my body or whether I was using the gym equipment the right way.

But the truth is, I was just lazy.

Yeah well, that fucking laziness of mine almost got me killed today.

As I sprinted towards the 10-foot-tall gates with Tootsie already ahead of me, I was mulling to myself the hours I should've spent on working on my cardio.

Fuck me, fuck my life!

By the time I got to the gates, the horde was about a hundred yards away from me. I hunched down so Tootsie can jump up and over the gate. She wasted no time, knowing what I wanted her to do.

See? Smart doggo.

I climbed up and debated on jumping, but then I remembered that people in movies that did jump, got injured, so I took my time climbing off of it gently and dusted myself off from invisible dust.

Yay for breaking movie clichés!

I didn't let the celebration take up most of my time though, as the zombie horde was already a few feet away from me by the time I got to the other side.

"Fucking zombies." I spat on the ground for good measure, making sure my point got across.

"Bye bitches!" I blew them all a kiss and turned around, not looking back to make me seem more badass than I look.

Mine and Tootsie's footsteps were all I heard as we trekked the seemingly long road ahead. I said seemingly because it looked like a long one, but in reality, it's just an average road leading to the outside neighborhood of the subdivision.

Before this zombie Armageddon happened and when I had the time and I'm not lazy, I breezed through this neighborhood with my E-bike and towards the Oval. A sort of plaza where different types of street food are present along with street vendors selling whatever they could. It crushed my heart when my dad sold the e-bike for cheap.

Back then, I enjoyed buying and drinking coconut shake while eating sweetened corn, yes, I know, weird combination. But I'm also peculiar, so it checks out. And now, the Oval is a barren wasteland with abandoned stalls and rotten and spoiled food.

This mini past-time of mine-- no matter how rare it was-- warranted me the knowledge of where to go and how to navigate through this neighborhood, which I'm glad I did.

I wouldn't say I'm an introverted little bitch with a penchant for cruising outside, touching grass and inhaling fresh air, but yeah, exactly that.

"Woof... woof..." Tootsie was whisper-barked quietly, telling me she found something maybe of use, or no use at all.

In this case, what she called me for is so much useful and caused me to be so much thankful of my lucky stars.

Lo and behold, on the parking lot of an abandoned convenient store called Alfamart, is an E-bike with keys on its ignition.

And fuck, there's also an aluminum bat beside it!

The E-bike looked as if it was just parked not long ago, with no signs of it being here in the first place if I were to count the tire tracks it made.

I hummed in approval and strolled towards it. I took the key from the ignition, just in case someone were to chance upon this magnificent ride and choose to take it.

Furthermore, I, for one, am just borrowing it... without the intention of ever giving it back.

I shrugged as I faced the abandoned Alfamart, bat in hand. From the outside, I could tell that the place has already been looted, but there's no harm in trying to see if there's still food inside, is there?