But It's Inevitable

>Sheloah's POV<

Marami akong natutunan galing kay Geof at Kreiss kung paano mag-evade ng mas mabilis, kung paano mag counter attack in case nilapitan ako ng zombies kapag umatake sila. Mas bumilis akong gumalaw, actually. Tinuruan kasi nila ako nang magandang paraan kung pa'no makaatake na hindi masyadong napapagod.

Sinabi nila para hindi ako gumalaw masyado, aantayin kong lumapit ang mga zombies sa akin bago ako umatake. Target the head first. Kung masyado silang marami, target the feet then kill the other zombies before returning to the ones without their feet for further killing.

May mga tinuro rin naman ako sa kanila na techniques. Naalala ko ang mga inembento ko noog tinuruan ako ni Geof kung paano gumamit ng katana. Nandoon kami sa Pangasinan dati and we went to their training grounds sa bridge. Bago ko nakilala si Shannara sa sementeryo, we were training ourselves how to use the katana. Kasama ko si Geof at si Tyler that time. Sila ang kasama ko sa training and that time, I made some moves of my own at ngayon, naituro ko kina Kreiss at Geof.

We used some tree barks as dummies. Well, alam ko hindi ito effective bilang dummies dahil mabigat ang zombie and tree barks aren't that heavy as humans, but at least we made some variations as to make the techniques work. Minsan ang ginagamit namin sako ng bigas na may lupa. Pinipili namin ang sako na may lupa dahil mas effective siya para sa aming katana users training.

The sniper team consists of Tito John, Dannie, and Ashley. They train on the rooftop and they use a sack of rocks or some barrels or boxes for their attacks. Nakapwesto sila sa pinakamalayong lugar ng rooftop at ang targets nila at nasa pinaka dulo ng field. Hindi sila masyado gumagamit ng bullets dahil kailangan nila tipirin. 50 cal ang sniper rifle nila, they say it will trigger a chain reaction when it hits. Meaning, a shot will kill multiple zombies.

Ang problema nga lang, sabi ni Tito John na ang bullets para sa sniper rifle nila ay limited kaya kailangan dawn a tipirin nila ang mga bullets para hindi ito masayang. Kung naubusan sila as the battle goes, gagamit na sila ng emergency gun nila tulad ng pistol.

Nagte-training parin kami ngayon. 10:37AM na. We still have time to train before we have lunch and rest bago ituloy ang training at around 2PM.

Habang nagte-training kami, marami akong naririnig. Sounds that are different from each other. Mga melee weapons tulad ng long sticks used as spears bumping into each other, sounds like reloading of bullets in their specific guns, bullets being fired to the training targets, materials being fixed in First-Aid Kits, and people talking about their plans for the next battle. Obviously, people are serious to survive. Let's just hope that not all of us will die one by one.

But it's inevitable.

I only made two techniques when we were training before. I had more techniques but these two are more effective in some ways. Tinuro ko na sa kanilang dalawa ang mga techniques which I called "Launch" and "Blitz".

Ang "Launch" na technique ay papaliparin mo ang kalaban for a second gamit ang sword mo. You have to put full force to make it work. Hindi naman sa talaga papaliparin mo ng ilang feet off the ground ang kalaban… I only meant making them take off the ground for a while tapos hihiintayin mo silang mahulog sa sahig and for that span of time, you kill them quickly when they hit the ground, giving them no chances of attacking back.

"Blitz" on the other hand is like double or triple kill. Ito ang sinasabi naming mas effective. Hihintayin naming lumapit ang mga zombies sa amin or you may either proceed to the middle and wait for them. The the zombie to the left or right as your target, slash their heads at isunod mo ang mga zombies na katabi niya. You have to do it quick, but sure.

May ginawa pa kaming mga attacks. Kami lang kasi ang gumagamit ng katana. Kaming tatlo lang nina Geof and Kreiss. Gumawa kami ng tag attacks at sinubukan namin sa mga targets like those sacks. Isa sa mga techniques or attacks na ginawa namin ay "Area Sweep." Aatakihin namin ang nearby foes. It's like Blitz, but here, we knock them down on the floor with a sweep kick before killing them.

Another one we did was "Smite" which kills our enemy on the spot when we know they are about to be dead soon, but we kill them in the quickest and powerful way. Tatakbo ka papunta sa target mo, at papatayin mo agad in just one strike. Parang ginagawa ni Kreiss na tatalon at hahatiin ang katawan ng zombie in half but his way takes too much strength to pull off. For Geof's style, sasakay siya sa balikat ng zombie tsaka niya hahatiin ang ulo niya. Which is a bit risky, what if suddenly the zombie bites his knee or leg? So he has to do it quickly.

For my style, I run towards them, let my blade run through their chest, kukunin ko ang baril ko, ipapasok ko sa bunganga nila then I pull the trigger.

Guess I'm the weakest when it comes to us three.