Under Andrew's terrified eyes, Dr Richards, along with Karen and two other nurses and an assistant doctor, tried everything they could to revert Monica's condition. Her human heart had suddenly stopped and Richards tried electrical shocks in order to bring the young teacher back to life.
"Please, Monica, please show some response! You should not leave this world so early!" The doctor whispered, his eyes reflecting the same worry that was written on Andrew's face.
"C'mon, sweetie, fight! You've been so strong so far!" The nurse who had been a loyal friend to Monica also spoke, feeling sorry to see such a noble and brave creature suffering so much.
Andrew's beige suit was back in his angelic form and, in despair, he leaned next to Monica's bed and started to whisper in her ear.
"Please, angel, hold on just a little more. I know you're tired and I'm sorry if somehow I made you feel like that... Please, forgive me... for everything..." He caressed her pale face. "I love you so much, my sweet angel... So much that I'd easily trade places with you to spare you from feeling even the smallest amount of pain."
The blond angel made a brief stop when he noticed another angelic presence in the room. Tess' expression held as much sadness as his, and in her crying eyes he could see the resemblance to a mother who was losing her daughter.
"We're losing her, angel boy?" The supervisor spoke, holding his hand.
"No... I refuse to accept that, Tess..."
The oldest angel closed her eyes. "Please, Father, keep this angel in Your hands..."
"We got a pulse!"
Dr Richards' loud voice echoed in the room and in a matter of seconds seemed to renew their hopes.
"She's stable, doctor!" Karen spoke, double checking the machines connected to Monica's human form a few moments later.
"Yes, but we're taking her to do an MRI... I have a slight suspicion on what may have caused that. And I'll do everything to save her!"
Tess and Andrew watched, side by side, as Dr Richard's team started to prepare their precious friend for the next procedures. She did not miss the evident jealousy in the blond angel's eyes when the doctor's feelings of protectiveness towards Monica became clear, and Andrew's reaction left her quite worried.
X
"Right now, we're looking at a clot in Monica's brain, which was caused by a concussion in her head. That explains her unconsciousness and subsequent comma."
Dr Richards's voice echoed in his cold office a couple of hours after Monica's crisis. There, he assembled with Andrew and Tess, who had then been introduced to him and Karen as the other family member in Monica's life. He showed them the result of Monica's exam and explained the seriousness of her condition and what should be done.
"But the medication did not manage to reduce the swelling in her brain?" Andrew asked, paying close attention to every detail the doctor told him.
"We were hoping so but unfortunately it didn't happen. That's why I called you both here. Monica has to go to surgery immediately in order to remove the clot."
"Will she recover after it's removed, doctor?" Tess wanted to know, and now that she was in human form her tears never ceased to fall.
"I'm sorry, Tess, I wish I could say so, but at the moment all I can tell you is this is the best way to try to make her heal."
Andrew and Tess bid their angelic friend a sad goodbye minutes before she was taken to the surgery room. What the doctors and nurses did not know was that after she crossed the cold room doors, the two angels remained by her side, holding her hands, whispering loving words in her ear and praying to God so that He guided the doctors' hands during the entire procedure.
