Despair

Chapter 1: Hell On Earth

Gwen sat down and looked out the cafe's window as she patiently awaited Trent. Gwen drank coffee from her mug and watched as cars drove up and down the road, then entered Trent. Trent took off his coat and walked over to the table Gwen was sitting at.

"Gwen, we need to talk," said Trent as he sat down across from Gwen.

"About what?" asked Gwen, curiously, as she set her mug down.

Trent sighed and looked down with a gloomy expression in his face.

"Is it your family?" asked Gwen with a fearful emotion in her face.

"No," said Trent, "they're fine."

"Well what is it then?" asked Gwen as she grabbed Trent's hand, "you can tell me anything."

Trent took a long pause and finally said, "I had sex, with another woman."

Gwen let go of Trent's hand, and looked down at the floor, she didn't know whether to be angry, or sad.

"It was a mistake," uttered Trent, "I never really loved her, I love you."

"Was this a one time thing?" asked Gwen, saddened.

Trent remained silent.

"For how long?" uttered Gwen, ready to break down in tears.

Trent sighed again and finally said, "six months."

Gwen held back her tears and yelled, "six months! You were having sex with another woman behind my back for six fucking months!"

"I'm sorry, I hate myself for doing it," said Trent back, him already in tears.

"I can't believe you did this!" yelled Gwen, "you gave me this fucking engagement ring a month ago! We were going to get married, I loved you!"

Trent started sobbing and covering his eyes.

"Take your fucking ring!" yelled Gwen, as she took of the engagement ring and threw it a Trent's face.

Gwen then took got up from her seat and left the cafe, Trent closely followed her. Gwen rushed down the shopping district's street, and passed by store by store, tears rolling down her eyes.

"GWEN!"yelled Trent as he ran after her.

"It's over Trent!" yelled Gwen, "There's nothing you can do now, it's too late!"

"Please, let me just explain myself," yelled Trent, and reached Gwen.

"I don't want to listen to your bullshit excuses," said Gwen with anger.

"I love you!" yelled Trent, "I can't live without you."

"You don't love me, you selfish pig," said Gwen, tear rolling down her eyes.

Screaming was then heard and pedestrians started running down the streets. Gwen looked behind her, trying to get a glimpse of what everyone was running from, but there were too many people running into her, and blocking her view. Trent then grabbed Gwen's hand and took off running. They ran as fast as they could, still holding on to each others hands, they ran over people in fear, not thinking about helping them, every so often some of them would scream, beg for help, or some of them would stay motionless.

"Over there!" yelled Trent as he pointed towards an arcade.

Then both Gwen and Trent tripped over a dead body and started to get trampled by tons of people, Gwen started to scream for help, but no one stopped. Gwen started to black out and saw as Trent got approached by someone, she was glad he had gotten some help, she then closed her eyes and got knocked out.

Gwen woke up in a daze, she had bruises all over her body, and maybe even some cracked teeth, but she was okay. She looked around, it had gotten dark outside, crashed cars and dead bodies laid everywhere. Gwen noticed a body that looked similar to Trent, she then crawled over to him.

Gwen got to Trent's body and started to shake him, "Trent?" she uttered weakly.

No response.

Gwen started to shake him a bit more, "Trent, please, please wake up!"

Trent then started to breath heavily.

"Trent, please don't leave me," said Gwen, tears in her eyes.

Trent then started to breath loudly.

"Trent?" said Gwen, with a relived tone, "I'm so happy you're alive!"

Gwen then pulled in Trent for a hug and said, "Of course I'll forgive you, I love you, we'll get past this we always do."

Trent remained silent, his eyes still closed.

"We'll just forget this ever happened," said Gwen, "Everything will be back to normal!"

Trent started to growl.

Gwen stopped hugging Trent, but still had him on her hands, "Trent...are you okay?"

Trent opened his eyes, they were different, they seemed dead and pale. Gwen then let go of Trent and started to back away, still not being able to get up.

"Trent?" asked Gwen full of fear.

Trent then started to get up slowly, but surely, and move towards Gwen.

"Trent what are you doing?!" asked Gwen frantically.

Trent then opened his mouth and walked towards Gwen. Gwen frantically searched for a weapon, and grabbed a rusty pipe a truck had dropped.

"Back up!" yelled Gwen, "please don't make me do this!"

Trent rushed towards Gwen, quickly reaching for her, and ripping a bit of her shirt off. Gwen quickly stabbed Trent in the torso with her pipe, and he fell down, getting impaled by the pipe, making his guts stick out. Gwen stared at Trent in horror, realizing she had just killed the love of her life, but he wasn't done yet. Gwen quickly crawled over to one of the survivors who was holding a gun, and snatched away from his hand, she then slowly walked over to Trent, tear rolling down her eyes. Trent laid down motionless, Gwen was certain he was dead, she could not believe what she had just done. Trent then started to breath heavily again, he wasn't dead yet. Gwen did not know whether to be relived or scared, so she stood there listening to his heavy breathing. She then knew what to do, she had to put Trent out of his misery. Gwen slowly walked over to Trent and pointed to gun at his head. As soon as Trent saw Gwen he started to reach for her, not being able to get up. Gwen closed her eyes and started to weep loudly. She took a long pause and started to look at Trent, certain he wasn't human anymore.

She then slowly pointed the gun towards Trent's head and uttered the words, "I love you."

As she slowly pulled the trigger she thought back to all the lovely memories she had with Trent.

Flashback

"Look what I got you," said Trent as he pulled out a box.

"Oh Trent you didn't have to get me anything," said Gwen.

He then got down to his knee and opened the box, "Will you marry me?"

End

Gwen started to weep and pulled the trigger, shooting Trent in the head, killing him. Gwen broke down to her knees, and started to cry, letting go of the gun, and reaching for her engagement ring, still in Trent's hand.