Lost Wings

3:Blood, Sweat, &Tears

Jennie Dyanne's Point of View

I had a lot of questions going through my head, like, Why is this happening to my life? Everything became so hard. I only wanted my sister Ella to live longer, but why on earth can't they give it to me?

Did I commit a mistake in my past life? I try to become as good a person as I can be to have good karma.

Tears keep flowing, tears keep building, and I keep stopping.

Just thinking about Ella's condition, I can't help but cry and tear up. I can't help her, and I can't heal her.

I stop believing in God since he never listens to my prayers, and he never grants all my wishes for my sister. I became selfless just for my sister's sake, but he didn't listen to my prayers.

I stop praying, believing, and waiting for a miracle to happen because it is never going to happen.

I woke up when I heard a loud beep. I sat up, and I saw Ella no longer breathing. I immediately push the nurse button, and they arrive in a short time.

I stood up from the side, and the doctor did his job; he checked Ella, and I saw a heart defibrillator machine. He started charging it to lower joules, and it went higher.

'Ella, please don't leave me. You promised earlier that you would stay; come back, please.' I could feel my tears flowing, and I didn't hold back my tears anymore.

'Someone help me, please...'

•••

Third-person Point of View

The scroll burned by itself, the sky turned black, and thunder started roaring. A flash of lightning strikes somewhere, and it's very, very new.

Lalisa became aware of what had happened; The Creator had something to do with the weather. She stood standing on the top of Namsan Tower.

She felt something hurting behind her, and she looked back to see her wings slowly burning. She tried to touch it, but her hands got burned.

"Lalisa, the great, kind, loyal angel. It looks like you wish for something that you might regret later. God is taking time to get something in return, so I might just steal it."

William, a fallen angel, who became friends with the devil and betrayed other angels, which resulted in the Creator punished him by breaking his wings.

"Surrender your wings, or I will steal them in a hard way." He walked towards Lalisa, who was having a hard time because she was slowly feeling back pain.

Lalisa is slowly stepping back to get away from William. He attacked her, and she flew away to escape, but William chased her.

"Arggh!!" Lalisa felt pain because her wings were slowly burning. She endured it and continued flying away from William.

William is too fast and strong; he grabs Lalisa by the nape and throws her somewhere. Lalisa fell on the rooftop of a building; she couldn't fight him since God didn't create or order her to fight, so all she could do was run away from him.

"Lalisa, you're too weak. I think the Creator didn't train you just in case you will encounter someone like me who is eager to have new beautiful wings like yours." William walked towards her, and he struck fire at her that made Lalisa stand anymore.

William stepped on her back, which made her grumble in pain.

"So, weak Lalisa. These wings of yours are now mine." William cut her wings using his fire sword and forcefully stole Lalisa's wings.

"ARRGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!" Lalisa tried to fight, but William's shadow stopped her. Lalisa couldn't do anything but grumble in pain and cry helplessly.

William laughed evilly while cutting her beautiful white wings. When he successfully stole Lalisa's wings, he left a backpack beside an unconscious Lalisa.

•••

Lalisa woke up feeling so much pain, especially in her back. She cried because of so much pain. She tried to reach her back, but it was bleeding.

"M-my... wings." She cried; she had just lost her beautiful wings. She is wearing a white polo and white pants; her wings are bleeding, and they can be seen on her back.

She used all her strength, stood up from the ground and held the backpack that William left for her. She slowly got downstairs, since she was on the rooftop of an unknown building.

While she was walking downstairs, she read on a bulletin board the name of the hospital, Seoul National Hospital. It's the hospital that Ella is confined to.

She walked to where Ella's room was; she was barefoot, her polo had blood on it, and she had some dirt on her body and face.

She went inside the room, Ella. The doctors were busy trying to save Ella, so they didn't notice her.

"Wake up, Ella." She ordered calmly, which surprised some because they heard her, and Ella's heart suddenly became normal, as if it was not on the flat line.

Everyone in the room was shocked by what had just happened. Who wouldn't? An unknown girl just spoke, and Ella came back to life as if she was not in a life and death situation earlier.

Lalisa walked towards Ella; she touched her face like how Ella touched her earlier. In a few moments, Ella opened her eyes at exactly midnight.

"Happy Birthday, Ella," Lalisa greeted her, which made Ella smile widely when she recognizes her.

"Thank you, Guardian Angel Unnie." Ella sat up, which made the doctors gasp.

"Excuse me, can you move? We still need to check her condition." The doctor asked Lalisa, and she nodded.

Lalisa went to the other side of the bed, where the nurses were looking at and examining her because they found her weird, and she didn't notice a brunette looking at her.

"Unbelievable!" The doctor exclaimed.

"What happened?!" The nurse asked.

"She just suddenly healed. Can you run some tests on her later in the morning, but for now, let her rest?" The doctor said, ordering the shocked nurses. "Take a rest for now, Ella. I will talk to your sister and parents later."

Ella just nodded, and the hospital staff went out of the room. Ella looked at Lalisa, and she smiled at her.

"You save me." Ella uttered.

"I'm not; The Creator just granted my wish." Ella shook her head.

"You still saved me by asking God; thank you, Guardian Angel Unnie." She reached for Lalisa's hand and held it.

They just stared at each other, and silence surrounded them. Lalisa could hear her heart beating normally.

"Does it hurt?" Ella asked, noticing blood on Lalisa's clothes.

"A lot." Lalisa stopped herself from crying because she just lost her wings.

"I will help you; don't worry." Ella smiled at her, which made her smile too.

"Thank you, Ella." Lalisa grabs her handkerchief from her pants, and she wipes Ella's sweat. "You're sweating a lot."

"Unnie, I just had a death fight, then the doctor electrified me using the heart machine, and then I went back to life. Let's see if you do not sweat after that life-and-death situation."

"I'm sorry, I didn't know how the human body works." Ella patted the space beside her on the bed, signing her to sit.

"Take a seat, unnie." Lalisa shook her head. "Why?"

"I'm full of blood and dirt; the bed will get dirty."

"Don't worry, they will change it tomorrow." Ella kept insisting, so she sat down, since Ella was so stubborn." Are you a fallen angel now?"

"No, I'm not. The Creator is not mad at me, and I didn't commit any sin; I just lost my wings." Ella suddenly hugged her, which caused her to grumble in pain since her wounds got hit by Ella's hand.

"I'm sorry, unnie; I didn't mean to do that. I'm just happy to see you, and I'm so thankful you saved me." Lalisa hugged her, and Ella cried on her chest.

"Who are you? What are you doing here?" A cold voice said, interrupting their moment, and Lalisa looked where the voice was from, and it was Jennie who had just cried and recover from deep shock.

"Unnie!" Ella wiped her tears and called her sister. Jennie immediately went to her and hugged her tightly.

"Don't do that again, Ella; you scared me; I thought I was going to lose you."

Lalisa stood up from the bed, and she just watched them with a smile on her face.

"You will not, and I can keep my promise to you." Jennie kissed her forehead, and she looked at Lisa smiling coldly, which made Lalisa gulp and be scared.

'Why is she so scary?' Lalisa asked herself her thoughts.

"Who are you? What are you doing here?" Jennie slowly got the fruit knife from the drawer, which made Lalisa scared even more.

"Ahhh, I'm... La-Lisa." Lalisa slowly stepped back because Jennie was slowly walking towards her.

"Unnie! She is my guardian angel, and she saves me." Ella blocked her way towards Lalisa. Jennie blinked a couple of times because her sister just stood up from the bed and looked so strong.

"How did you get out of bed?" Jennie asked, which made Ella and Lalisa laugh, but Jennie glared at Lalisa, so she stopped laughing.

"I told you she save me." Ella pointed at Lalisa.

"So, the doctor is telling the truth that miracles happen?" Ella nodded. "How did that happen?"

Lalisa and Ella facepalmed themselves and shook their heads in disbelief.

"This beautiful girl right here is my guardian angel; she save me." Jennie frowned, and she examined the dirty Lalisa.

"Did she operate on you without the doctor's advisory?" Jennie asked, which made Ella sigh.

"I told you she is my guardian angel; she saves me; that's why miracles happen," Ella explained, and Jennie couldn't sink it in. "For a smart woman like you, unnie, you're kind of dumb."

"Yah! Ella, you know a miracle is impossible, and even angels." Jennie defended, and Lalisa got offended. Ella saw that Lalisa got hurt.

"Unnie, you just hurt my angel." Ella hugged Lalisa's waist. "Ignore my sister; she is stupid and dumb for not believing angels are real, even God. I'm sorry about my dumb sister."

"It's fine." Lalisa gave Ella an assuring smile.

"You!" Jennie pointed the knife at her, and Lalisa tilted her head with a confused face. Jennie found it adorable." Explain."

Jennie and Ella sat on the bed while Lalisa stood in front of them. Her bag was on the ground, but she was holding a strap.

"Like Ella said, I'm an angel." Jennie scoffed.

"Don't make me laugh," Jennie said coldly, which made Lalisa scared. She felt she might cry, but she stopped herself.

"I'm an angel that is supposed to guide her in heaven, but I saw how you love each other, and I got hurt and sad when I saw how you cry while asking her to promise you that she should never give up and never leave you." Jennie raised one eyebrow.

'How did she know that?' Jennie asked in her thoughts.

"I read in an old book that we angels can ask God for something, so I wish for him to give Ella a longer life. In exchange for my wings..." Lalisa bit her lips to stop herself from crying.

"But?"

"Before he can take it, someone steals it." Lalisa looked down, feeling ashamed.

"How am I supposed to believe what you are saying? Do you have any proof?" Instead of answering, Lalisa slowly unbuttoned her white polo. "Yah! Why are you undressing in front of us?!"

Lalisa turned her back, slowly putting down her polo, and she revealed her wing wounds. She heard Ella and Jennie gasp.

"I lost my wings." Lalisa said in almost a whisper.

"What if you just got those wounds from somewhere?" Jennie is still not believing her because it's unbelievable.

"Unnie, you are dumb. Have you seen someone wearing her outfit? Have you seen someone who had wounds like hers in the back? What is that just a coincidence that she got hurt in the back? If it is not because of her, I'm in heaven now." Jennie looked at her serious sister, and she sighed.

"Fine!" Jennie gave up and just believed them.

Lalisa wore her clothes properly while enduring the pain.

"Unnie, help her and treat her wounds." Ella pushed her sister out of bed. "Being your sister is so stressful."

"You, come here." Jennie demanded. Lalisa slowly walked towards Jennie. "Sit here."

Lalisa sat on the soft couch.

"Why is it so soft?" Lalisa asked, bouncing on the couch like a kid.

"Stop bouncing you dummy, stay here. I'm just going to borrow an emergency kit." Jennie went out of the room.

"Is she always like that?" Lalisa asked Ella, who was admiring her.

"Just ignore it." Lalisa just nodded.

'She's pretty, but kind of slow? ' Lalisa said in her thoughts.