The Mover: Episode VII

            Two of the intoxicated men held Ava each at her arms while the rest of them were laughing at their enjoyment. She struggled to liberate herself from their grip but she wasn’t strong enough to break free. All the store-owner could do was watch and plea for them to let her go, but the men didn’t listen. They wore nothing but their shorts and sandals. One of them had a necklace hanging on his chest. It was a golden cross and a glint of sunlight reflected into Ian’s eyes. He could not believe such act of desecration—to be happening just outside the majestic Parish Church.

The Mover: Episode VI

            “Our heart is truly a magnificent machine,” Mrs. Enriquez declared, “It is responsible for the perpetual movement of the blood which transports vital nutrition from the food we eat and distributes it to various parts of our body. The blood is also responsible for carrying the crucially needed oxygen to our individual cells. It also delivers waste out of our system. Without the heart, the blood would not serve its function. It is unlike any other muscle in the body. It doesn’t stop beating, because if it did, we would die.

The Mover: Episode V

            He had been lying on his bed—staring at the ceiling for hours already. He couldn’t sleep. The funny thing was that he was awake for two days straight and now that he has finally decided to relax, he feels restless. He was troubled about what Ava said to him earlier. He didn’t even believe her until she took out a pen from her pocket and directed him to do the impossible. He refused at first, but he eventually did. The moment that pen moved by itself, he just couldn’t take it. He didn’t know whether it was some trick of sorts, or whether it actually even happened. He thought his mind was playing tricks on him considering his feeling of fatigue. He thought maybe this dilemma was all just a dream and that the moment that he would fall asleep, he would wake back up in the real world. But he knew that this was as real as it gets.

The Mover: Episode IV

            The heart: a machine of wonder and awe. For centuries it was shrouded in mystery by the unknown. Primitive men attempted to fill that obscurity with superstitions—some still endure up to this day. It has been widely associated with love—with passion. But what it really is—is an organic engine that keeps us alive. Each pulse it creates makes one stronger. And each accidental or deliberate attempt to corrupt it makes one weaker. It has already started beating since long before a person is born. It does not stop, it does not rest—it just continues to beat on until the last moment of life.