Okay. Well, this story was another random idea. But I LOVE the name Charlie for a girl. I think that's just GORGEOUS!

Disclaimer: Blah, blah, blah, same as my other stories.

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My Saving Angel

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Charlie opened her door and saw her niece Gina. "Hey, girl," she said hugging Gina. "How are you today?"

"I'm good. When do we get to go to Dakota's birthday party? I want to go now."

"It doesn't start until one. We'll leave at twelve-thirty. Right now, you need to sit down so I can eat and get ready." Charlie smiled at her sister Kirsten. "I'll see you tomorrow morning. I have to go to work early, at eight, so if you could come pick her up by seven-thirty that would be great."

"Okay. I'll see you then. Thanks again for watching her. I know you're busy."

Charlie smiled. "I know, its okay. I'll see you tomorrow morning. Bye." Charlie shut the door after Kirsten and turned to see Gina playing. "Okay. I'm gonna go take my shower real quick."

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Charlie walked out of the bathroom dressed in boot cut jeans that just reached the top of her feet. She wore a black belt with a tie on the side. She had on a white t-shirt and a khaki colored jacket with a hood. She wore socks, but no shoes.

"You almost ready to go?" she asked Gina.

Gina nodded and stood up. "Yeah, let's go now!"

Charlie laughed. "Not yet, where are your shoes? Go put on your shoes while I grab something to eat and then we'll leave." Charlie went off into the kitchen, quickly ate an apple, and then slipped into her shoes.

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"Hi, I'm Gina's aunt Charlie," she said shaking hands with the man that greeted her.

"I'm Leland Chapman, Dakota's dad. Are you coming with us or just dropping Gina off?"

"I'll come. Gina's mom wanted me to go, but I don't have to if you don't want me to. I can always go home and clean up my house." Charlie smiled.

"No, I need all the help I can get. My ex-wife had other plans today."

Charlie smiled again and looked around for Gina. "Well, today's my day off so I have no problem helping out. So, your boys' names are Dakota and…"

"Cobie."

"That's it. Okay." Charlie nodded. "Gina always talks about Dakota and she never talks about Cobie so I can never remember."

"Do you watch her a lot? I know Kirsten is busy, but I thought Gina was in day care."

"Well, I work a lot, but on my off hours when Kirsten is working, I get Gina. Gina was in day care for a while, but Kirsten can't afford it anymore."

Leland nodded. "Cobie, stay where I can see you, please."

Charlie smiled. "Well, he's a normal boy. My younger sister has a five year old that goes crazy, runs all over the place. He runs away. I always have to watch him TOO carefully."

Leland grinned. "Well, boys will be boys. But they really need to stop being a boy once in a while."

Charlie grinned as she watched the kids run around the park. "I've had enough of boys, even if I don't have one. I'm too busy for my own kids right now."

"I've been trying to spend more time with my kids lately, but man, its hard when you're so busy."

Charlie looked at him a moment and then she turned back to the playing children.

"I think everyone's here so let's go." Leland led the children and Charlie into the small cave.

"Do you always have birthday parties in caves?" Charlie asked quietly.

"No, this was Dakota's idea. He wanted to go explore a cave for his birthday." Leland smiled. "I didn't exactly like it, but he wanted to so that's that."

Charlie nodded. You're his dad, so tell him no, she thought.

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"Okay, Dakota, let's go," Leland called. A few children yelled and then there was a rumbling.

Charlie shoved a few children out of the way just as a set of huge rocks fell and blocked their way out. She quickly glanced around and saw Leland's leg was crushed under a rock. She grabbed her cell phone. Please, oh, please, let me be able to get a signal. "YES!" She dialed a number. "I'm in a cave with about fifteen kids. We need a way out as soon as we can," Charlie told them her location, hung up and made sure all the kids were alright.

Oh, god, she thought looking at Leland's leg. I can't move that rock with these kids here. I'll have to wait for help.

Several minutes later, help came. They made a small hole just big enough for the children to get through. Charlie handed them through to a man until they were all out. "We can't get the whole big enough for you without the cave collapsing," the man told Charlie gravely.

"He has a badly broken leg. Get a way in here as soon as possible. Call his family, his name is Leland Chapman." Charlie turned to leave.

"What's your name?" the man asked her slowly. "Are you alright?"

"I'm fine. I'm with the National Guard. Just go find a way in!" Charlie went to Leland. "Shit," she said looking at his leg. "Sorry, to do this to you, but I have to move the rock." She grabbed her jacket and slipped out of it. "Sorry, again, bite down." She slowly pushed the rock off his leg. "Well, it's a pretty bad break," she said to herself more than Leland. "Don't worry. We'll get out of here soon enough. Your leg will be fine."

Charlie sighed and pulled Leland to his feet. He leaned on her. "Come on. There has to be another way out of here, but I can't leave you like this."

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Okay. Well, I figured out a way that the rock to land on his leg and not completely RUIN it, but I couldn't figure out how to describe it, so I just said it was crushed, lol. Anyway. That's that.