Angel on a Mission

Chapter 4: Save

Gabrielle's POV

"Elle, are you single?" Bella asked suddenly during our conversation. I chuckle.

I'm taken by God.

"I'm not really into relationships" I told her. Her eyes widened.

"So you are single?" she asked still stunned.

"Well, you can put it that way" I said.

Angels can't have boyfriends.

We shouldn't have boyfriends.

Specially not human ones.

We're bound to serve God.

That's our purpose.

Nothing more.

"Oh my ghad! You have to meet our eldest brother, then. Mika must know her since she's been in your school for a while" she suggested looking at Mika.

Mika looked at me with her eyes wide open.

Of course I already know who she was talking about.

"Elle already knows her, Bella. Alex was there when he found us after Elle saved me" Brooke told her.

"Oh really? That's great then! You've met before" Bella said excitedly.

Then, she had a realization.

"Excuse me, what? You saved Brooke? When?" Bella asked confused.

"In the lake" Brooke said.

Bella gasped.

"It was you? The mysterious girl who came out of nowhere and saved my sister" she said.

I looked at het and nodded.

"Wait but like how?" Bella asked.

"Uhm, I was in another property in the area. It belongs to my father and I roamed around the woods and heard Brooke so I came to her aid" I explained.

Bella nodded.

"So that's the explanation behind it and here my brother thought you were some creep" she said.

I chuckled awkwardly.

"I'm really not" I said.

Creep? Really?

He thinks that lowly of me?

That's unfortunate.

"Still, that means you've met Alex. That's great then. What do you think about him?" Bella asked.

"I really don't---" I tried to protest.

"Bella! Brooke!" a familiar grumpy guy shouted approaching us. He was glaring at me as he walked over to our direction.

Now, what did I do?

Bella hurriedly stood up and went to him before he can come closer to us.

"Don't me a grumpy pants, Alex. I'm trying to find you your future girlfriend" she whispered to him but because of my angel hearing, I know what they were talking about.

"What?!" he spat at her.

"Chill, Alex. Gosh. Don't you see the girl Brooke and I are talking to? She's an absolute beauty and really nice too. I bet she's your type. And you've met her before too" she teased him.

"No, she's not! What do you even know about my type?!" he told her.

"Oh please. If your type is Emily, I most definitely won't acknowledge that she-devil. Plus, she's made of plastic. I mean do you see Elle? She's a natural beauty and a true angel" she told him.

"How can you even tell when you've met just today?! For all you know she's a stalker" he hissed.

The audacity he has.

I'm not a stalker.

Most definitely not his stalker or anyone else's.

"A stalker? Whose stalker?" Bella asked him. He avoids eye contact.

"Yours? You're kidding" she said laughing.

"Stop it, Bella. I don't want you or Brooke talking to her again" he warned his sister.

"Hell no, Alex! I'm friends with Elle now and Brooke definitely looks up to her even more than the both of us combined. If you have a problem with her, that's on you. Don't get us involved because I believe her" she said turning her back at him and flipping her hair.

"Elle! Mikaela!" she squealed excitedly going back to us and leaving his brother. I chuckled.

My phone that I didn't even know I had, rang.

I took it out.

Instead of a name or a number, it had a location on the screen.

"I think I need to go. There's an emergency" I said. They looked at me worried.

"Is everything okay, Elle?" Mika asked. I gave her a small smile and nod.

"I really need to go. I'll see you guys in school" I said then waved them goodbye.

"Bye, Elle!" Brooke shouted and I smiled as I sprint back to Mika's house and hopped in my car before speeding off.

I need to stop a horrible event to happen.

In a snap, I was where I needed to be and I parked the car before going out.

I went in the convenience store and saw a few people in there.

Then I saw my target.

I watched and followed him to the counter. Once his items were punched in by the cashier, I gave the cashier money to pay for it.

He looked at me confused but I gave him a small smile.

"Hi. Are you Dennis? I'm a friend of your daughter. May I please talk to you for a moment" I said and lightly touched his arm as he stared at me. He nodded in a daze. I smiled.

I guided him out of the store.

But it still wasn't safe.

"I'm Elle" I introduced myself.

"What do you want?" he said grumpily. I smiled at him.

"You shouldn't" I said making him more confused now.

"If you do it, you'll find yourself in a difficult situation and...your daughter will completely lose her father" I told him and he froze on the spot but once he recovered, he held me by my wrist squeezing it painfully but I didn't react at all.

"Who are you?!" he shouted at me. I held his hand which is holding my wrist.

"There are other ways. Good ways. You can still make it. I believe in you. Your daughter believes in you. We can still fix this. It's not too late" I told him and his eyes watered with tears.

"My daughter hates me" he whimpered. I shook my head.

"She loves you. She just expects you to try harder. For yourself and for her. Prove to her that you're a worthy father" I said. He begins to cry as he let me go.

"I don't know how" he sobbed. I rub his back relaxing him.

"I'll help you. Come with me" I told him and he followed me to my car.

"Get on and wait for me here, okay?" I said. He nodded reluctantly and did as he was told.

I went into a clothing store and picked a presentable set of clothing for Dennis, and went back to the convenience store buying a razor.

I went back to my car where Dennis waited.

I hopped in and gave him the paper bag.

"What's this?" he asked curiously.

"The first step to start a new life" I said and drove off somewhere to a public bathroom.

"Change and shave" I told him. He nodded and got out.

"Leave your gun, Dennis" I told him and he looked at me in shock.

"I trust you. I know you will no longer use it. I'm only asking you to leave it because I don't want anyone else to see it on you and assume the worst" I explain softly. He gulped and slowly took the gun out to give me and I put it in the compartment.

He then left and I waited for him.

After about half an hour, he comes back in a fresh set of clothing and he shaved his beard.

"Looking nice!" I hype him up and he smiled shyly before going back inside the car.

We then drove off again.

We stopped at a small building and Dennis looked at me curiously.

"His name is Roberto. He was once a convict like yourself. A druggie. But he's been clean for 10 years now. He goes to church every day. He started his business to help ex-convicts like himself and yourself to start a new life. He can help you, Dennis. That's if you want to be helped" I told him. He looked at me with a stunned expression.

"Can he really help me?" he asked hopeful. I nod and smile at him.

"Yes, he can" I told him. He gave me a thankful smile and he gets off the car and went in.

I wait for a moment as I observed what happened inside.

I might see them with my human eye but I know what they're doing.

I smiled and once I knew it was all okay, I leave.

I just saved a dozen of people from dying.

Dennis was going to commit a crime.

In that crime, he killed 13 people in the process as he tries to getaway from police amd from everyone else.

If I hadn't stopped him, he would've done just that.

But I did.

I stopped him and I gave him a chance.

I showed him an entirely different path to take.

One that didn't need to involve bloodshed.

One that he wouldn't have to live with everyday eating him up inside.

What I did made a difference to the world and the people in it.

It was a small change but one that mattered most.

Because today, 13 families were spared from grief and anger.

I completed my mission for the day.