TRIGGER WARNING!: Suicide and depression.

A lot of emotion and thought went into this ending, and I had a hard time deciding if I actually wanted to post it as an alternate ending. Just a big warning to you guys since the events in the chapter could be controversial and/or triggering. Otherwise, if you're comfortable reading those kinds of things, I really hope this chapter does itself justice. Thank you for reading, and if you like what you read, please send me a review and tell me your thoughts on the story!

The rain fell in light sprinkles as the sky held an abundance of dreary, gray clouds. Audrea looked up at the sky through the branches of the high growing trees, Ulmer standing next to her.

"How are you doing?" Ulmer hesitated in asking his question, but decided to ask it anyway, genuinely caring for Audrea's well-being after what had happened back at the theater. He heard a slow sigh sound from Audrea's lips and he glanced over at her, seeing her face was positioned upwards towards the sky and her eyes were closed.

She was dead inside. She imagined the pain of ten gunshot wounds to the chest and abdomen would hurt less than the pain she felt after Donny had actually died back on the sidewalk across from the theater. The image of his lifeless face and body still flashed through her mind and she broke down at least five times as Ulmer attempted to pull her away from Donny. She remembered the screaming as she kept her vice grip on his body, refusing to let go of the physical and emotional connection she had with him. He was the only person she could care for so deeply after the Nazi's murdered her entire family, and now they had once again taken that away from her.

"I don't even know anymore, Ulmer…" She blinked hard once before lowering her head, her gaze going down to the forest floor instead of over at Ulmer. Ulmer opened his mouth to reply, but then decided against it, figuring his questions and responses would only push her deeper into the hole she was digging herself into. He heard a crunch from beside and him and turned to see Audrea walking slowly away from him deeper into the forest.

"I just need to be alone for a minute." Audrea's voice was low and Ulmer strained to hear her as she walked away, out of sight into the trees as Raine called for "old friends." Ulmer shot his gaze in the general direction of Raine's voice and then panicked, shooting his gaze back to the direction Audrea had gone. After the theater explosion, Audrea and Ulmer had received information that Raine and Utivich had been captured by Landa, but were still alive. They were told to meet Raine at the American line.

"Shit…" Ulmer swore under his breath as he contemplated going after Audrea or going to Raine. He turned in the direction of Raine's voice and then started a quick jog towards him. When Ulmer emerged from the trees he saw Landa standing in front of Raine. Landa's eyes went wide at the sight of the Basterd alive as Raine smirked at Ulmer.

Ulmer quickly walked up to Raine and whispered to him in rushed sentences. "Audrea's still alive. She just walked somewhere into the woods. We have to find her as soon as possible."

Ulmer backed away from Raine as he stared at him, Raine's eyes going wide in concern. He nodded at him before turning back to Landa. "Now, I'm goin' to make this quick because I have some other business to attend to."

Audrea heard the continuous sound of leaves crunching under her bare feet as she walked, flinching a bit when she stepped on a pine needle. She had lost her shoes back at the theater explosion and she was dreading that fact now. She sighed as she looked down at the forest floor, unaware of where she was going or how long she had been walking. Time didn't matter to her now.

"Snap the fuck out of it. You're going to win this war with Raine's deal and then you're going to go on with your life." She scolded herself as she came to a stop in the middle of the forest. An annoyed sigh left her lips as she once again threw her head back, her eyes looking up into the sky. Then again, you don't have anything now. Nothing matters because you have nothing.

The thought ran through Audrea's head along with the image of Donny's face, her eyes shooting open as she took in a ragged breath. She felt her legs give out from under her and she dropped to her knees, her palms going flat against the forest floor as she attempted to subdue another panic attack. Her heart rate picked up as images of Donny, good and bad, flew through her head in a blurred frenzy. The tears fell before she could stop them and she let out a loud sob, closing her eyes as she just let them fall freely. She felt she couldn't live with herself. Her family was gone. She had no home. She now had no love to go back to.

They took everything from me. They lost the war, but they won against me.

Audrea coughed as she attempted to keep her breathing steady through the sobs, her hands grabbing at handfuls of dirt and leaves in desperation. Her body began to quiver at this point as some sort of realization hit her. Before she could register anything that was happening around her, she was sitting up onto her knees. Her head fell back and her eyes closed as she reached down towards her right thigh, grabbing the pistol that sat there in its carrier.

Her body shook uncontrollably as she raised the pistol to her temple, another loud sob escaping her lips as her eyes remained closed. Her finger shook wildly as she placed it on the trigger. She cocked the gun, but couldn't pull the trigger.

They took everything from me. They won.

The sound of one single gunshot echoed through the woods as her body fell limp to the ground. The hand holding the gun fell hard to the forest floor and the gun slid out of it a few feet from her body.

"Find her now!" Raine screamed out in desperation at Utivich and Ulmer, running through the forest and scanning frantically through the trees. Raine's mind feared the worst, but he hoped for the best.

"Raine! O-over h-here!" Utivich's voice caught Raine's attention and his face fell at the tone it took. Ulmer and Raine sprinted to Utivich's position, Raine letting out a short cry when he saw Utivich looking away from a body lying on the ground. Ulmer stopped dead in his tracks next to Utivich as Raine pushed passed him, skidding to his knees next to Audrea. His cry of pain opened a path for tears and he couldn't stop them from falling heavily. Seeing the combination of Audrea's limp body, the blood, and Raine crying forced a chain reaction and they both fell silent as tears streamed down their faces.

"Oh god…fucking god…" Raine got one broken sentence out before shutting his eyes, turning away from Audrea as he slammed a fist into the ground. "I would have taken you in! I could have been the family you needed!"

Utivich and Ulmer jumped a bit at Raine's sudden outburst, watching him slam his palms into the ground in front of her body. He let out a pained breath as he reached forward, pulling Audrea's body into his lap. The blood that fell from her bullet wound stained his clothes and hands, Raine ignoring the sticky sensation on his fingers as he reached for her face. He gently pulled her face forward to look at him, letting out another pained breath as he slowly closed her eyes.

"I could have been there for you…we could have been there for you…"