Chapter 2
Kate: How did we get here?
"Mom I'm home!" Kate said with a hint of sadness in her voice. Her mother Eve had apparently caught on. "Oh come on dear he will come home, Humphrey is strong, and I am glad my little girl finally found someone she really loves." Eve said in a caring tone. "Oh mom I hope you're right." Kate said before yawning. "Oh geez I'm tired mom, I'm going to turn in for the night I will see you tomorrow." She said in a sleepy tone. "Alright dear, but you better get up tomorrow, Humphrey left you an early birthday present" Eve said before kissing Kate on the forehead. "Get some sleep honey" "Sure thing mom" Kate said before going to her room. "I wonder what Humphrey got me, probably something sweet… yea that sounds about right for him" Kate thought as she drifted off to sleep. Suddenly she was back, the day Humphrey left her. She was riding with him in his long dead father's 69 Chevelle. She knew how much this car meant to Humphrey. His father gave it to him before his last tour of duty, the tour that he came back in a coffin adorned with flags. Humphrey's mom is long lost, she left shortly after he was born and left him with his father. Humphrey had been living off his father's life insurance while looking for a job, until he had decided to follow in his father's footsteps. That's why we are here, on our way to his base, where he will be shipped out. "Humphrey I will always love you no matter what happens ok?" Kate said as they neared the military base. "I love you too, with all my heart, and while I'm this hell hole there sending me to you are going to be the only thing keeping me alive, the thought of seeing you again" Humphrey said in a loving tone while occasionally glancing up from the road to look at her. Then came the thing that Kate dreaded the most, she saw the sign for the base coming up. "Welcome to Alpha Sniping School" a few more lines down. "The deadliest enemy you could ever fight, and the deadliest friend you ever had" Kate read with a little fear, not for her but for Humphrey. He could be killed or worse, captured. "Oh god no" she thought, please let them kill him before they capture him. She could not even imagine the suffering his father went through. "Here we are babe" Humphrey said breaking her out of her trance. "Oh yea sorry I was just thinking about how much I'm going to miss you" Kate said. Humphrey replied by pulling her into a deep and passionate kiss, a loving and caring one. A kiss that made her feel safe and secure, as long as Humphrey was here she was always happy. But then it hit her, how would she live without him. But there was no time for such thoughts, as Humphrey still had a plane to catch. She broke their kiss by pulling back and staring into his eye's passionately. "Promise me you will come Home" She said before letting a single tear drop from her delicate eyes. "Humphrey replied by locking lips one last time before saying" Kate I would die to make you happy and keep you safe, of course I will come back, I promise you that." Humphrey said before stepping out of the car, Kate following him. "Here we go" was what Kate thought as she followed Humphrey through the base, toward the buses, which were to take the men to the airport. "Oh Humphrey, I will miss you so much, see you soon, be safe." Kate said before hugging him, one last time. "Kate I love you to, I will come back for you. " Humphrey said before stepping in the waiting bus. She let the tears fall, she could not help it, she knew Humphrey hated seeing her cry. And it broke her heart even more so to see the pain in his eyes as he stared at her through the dirty window. Then the bus pulled away and he was gone, gone in a pillar of dust and then everything slowly turned into a blur….. Then she woke up, but she was not home, she was in some run down city. And in the distance she heard a very loud gunshot, and before she could say "Oh Shi…" She was hit, and on the ground bleeding. She blacked out, only to wake up to footsteps. She opened her eyes to see a blurred figure above her; she was seeing red around her vision. He was crying and cussed under his breath. "Humphrey?" was all she could manage before coughing up blood. "Kate you're going to be alright." "Humphrey what happened?" she said as he stabbed her with morphine and injected an IV. "Ouch, hey where did you get that crap, I can't feel anything anymore." "It's…..a pain…killer." Humphrey said in between sobs. "Kate I'm so sorry, I could not keep you safe, this is all my fault." He choked out. "Humphrey, I….I…Love ….You" she barely managed, before seeing a figure walking towards them, from behind Humphrey. She saw a man coming closer, and reaching for something under his coat. He Pulled out a…pistol! "Humphrey behind you!' It was too late, the man pulled the trigger and the bullet had left the barrel. And it entered Humphrey's lower back. He collapsed his head towards her. "I…love…..you….Kate" Was all he choked our before he stood up. The figure trained his weapon on Humphrey's head now. Humphrey bruised and bleeding, said "I will see you in hell" He then whipped out his pistol and fire a single shot into the man causing a chain reaction. The man pulled the trigger on the way down, sending a bullet into Humphrey's skull. Blood trickled out of the hole made by the bullet, He lay in a crumpled heap, the strange figure lay motionless. Kate whimpered in emotional pain. She then realized the figure was still moving and was going for his gun. She jumped to action, tearing out the IV. "Oh no you don't" She stepped on his hand when he was just mere inches from his weapon. She instead picked up the gun. She put the gun to the man's head and whispered "See you in Hell" Before pulling the trigger, ending the man's life. "If Humphrey goes, so do I" She put the gun to her head and pulled the trigger. Her last thought was "Goodbye world, hello Humphrey" Then there was black…..