His Beating Heart

Chapter 1.

It was raining when she found him.

Sira ang kotse niya pero kaya niya namang i-repair. Kailangan niya nga lang ng mga materials para dito. She's a few meters away from a vulcanizing stall. Pero kung tutuusin malayo iyon. Malakas ang ulan sa labas at obviously wala siyang payong.

Hindi lang payong ang problema niya. Nasa loob siya ng kotse at matindi ang fog sa labas. Wala siyang gaanong makita. Hindi niya masigurado kung marami bang zombies ang nagaabang ng mabibiktima sa labas.

Sumandal siyang muli sa driver's seat hinilot ang ulo. Ilang araw na rin kasi siyang kulang sa tulog. Hindi rin siya regular na nakakakain. 

She can't drive, that means she can't get away. Balak niyang umalis sa city na iyon dahil imi-meet niya ang kaniyang tito.

Her parents died. She have an older brother. Malapit sila sa isa't isa ni Brian. She's not into arts like him. She's not effortlessly kind and giving like him. But they get along. In fact, he treats his older brother as a bestfriend. 

But that changed when the apocalypse happened. Everything changed when the apocalypse happened. Her parents died. Her brother died. She also could have died. But it was Heart's charm to always survive. She's alone, struggling and tired but surviving. 

So that's her goal. Stay alive until she gets out of this city and meet her Uncle. Sir Logan is a high ranking military official. Millitary officer rin ang tatay ni Heart. She doesn't know how exactly will she find her Uncle Logan pero ang alam niya ay may kasama itong group of suvivors.

If there's one thing that Heart secretly desires, ito ay ang makahanap ng kapwa niya survivor. But she's been driving around for almost 4 days pero wala pa rin siyang nakikita kundi mga flesh eating monsters. 

Inayos niya ang sarili. Naka suot siya ng isang may kaikliang maong shorts. Sa suot niyang simpleng t-shirt ay nagpatong siya ng jacket. Di bale ng mabasa ng ulan, she needs the materials needed to fix her car.

Iniipit niya sa suot na tila isang garter sa kanyang kanang hita ang tatlong short knives. Actually, kitchen knives lang ang mga iyon na hinablot niya bago siya umalis sa bahay nila.

She left their home, wala naman na siyang mapapala pa doon. She chose to travel around. Mas may chance of survival. Heart always take risks. Ayaw niya ng walang ginagawa. She doesn't want to be helpless. 

Lumingon siya sa backseat. Punong puno ang sasakyan niya. Dinala niya na kasi lahat ng maari niyang kailanganin. She looked at her three choices: An M16, a hand gun, a katana and her shinai.

Shinai is actually a bamboo sword, ito yung ginagamit sa Kendo. Actually, pino-provide dapat ng teaching centers and bamboo sword na gagamitin ng mga estudyante sa practice ng Kendo but Heart has her own. Regalo ito ni Brian, ng kapatid niya sa kanya. 

Though a shinai isn't much for the apocalypse. It can be used for defense pero it will take too much effort to kill a zombie with it. Though Heart often used it to knock zombies off. 

The katana is an actual sword. This one Heart actually stole. First, you can't find guns anywhere. Not easily though. Especially in the Philippines. Second, she didn't actually stole it. Nagkakagulo na ang lahat. Karamihan ng mga tao ay naglo-loot o nagnanakaw pa nga sa halos lahat ng malls at grocery stores for supplies. She technically stole it but Heart thinks legalities doesn't apply in the apocalypse.