Her screams of pain echoed in his ears as he watched her tears flow. His shock faded into a sense of desperation as he looked at her injured leg. The teeth of the trap had sunk deep into her flesh, and blood was spilling out of it like a waterfall.

"Damn." He muttered as he dropped his suspenders and ripped off his shirt. He tried to clean some of the blood off of her, but knew he couldn't stop the bleeding without removing the trap. He tried desperately to pull it off of her, but it didn't move an inch.

Annabelle's screams decreased into hoarse sobs, "Dio, I'm so sorry."

"Don't be, I'm going to get you out of here alive." He looked around for anything that could help him pry the metal object off her, but to no avail. He looked at the trap for a switch or some other device to open it manually, but only one thing was noticed.

An electrical pad lock.

Dio began pounding in numbers, but the code didn't work. Annabelle screamed once again in her agonizing pain.

"Dio! It sank in deeper. Please don't try again!" She cried, "You're watsing your time with this! I'm going to die anyway."

"No, I'm getting you help." Dio stood and ran toward the mansion, "I won't let you die here!"

He splipped through the iron bars and ran towards the door. He was about to bang on it when he heard another female voice which was definatly not his sister's.

"Snowball, you're hurt. Come out please, I need to wrap the bandages around your foot!" The voice called. It was softer and younger than any he had heard before, but it didn't matter. She had bandages, and being on the property must mean she knew the passcode.

He ran toward the voice as fast as he could and found a girl. A beautiful girl with a cute dress and face. Her dark hair flowed nicely down to her-

No. He shook the thoughts out of his head. His sister was about to die. Her savior's appearance didn't matter.

"Please! I need your help. My sister, she's stuck in a bear trap!" He screamed. The girl looked shocked but nodded. She felt her father wouldn't mind her helping an innocent person out of his bear traps.

"Take me to her." She said bravely. She was admittedly a little scared. The older boy was shirtless and covered in blood that obviously wasn't his, but he was also cute. This was her first time actually meeting one in person that wasn't her father.

Dio nodded and ran off in his sister's direction. Even at his fastest, it would take a minute or two to reach her. The girl struggled to keep up with him.

"You're crying." She muttered as she pulled out a handkerchief from her apron pocket, not even bothering to stop running, "here."

Dio looked at the girl quizzically before accepting her offer. He hadn't even known he was crying, "Thank you." He wiped his face off and held it back to her.

"Keep it, I have others." The girl smiled and managed to keep up with him. The conversation died down as Annabelle's screams came into hearing distance despite its weakness. Dio ran to his sister, huffing out heavy breaths of air.

"Over here!" He shouted at the dark haired girl. She nodded and ran over to the girl who was not so much older than herself.

She got straight to work. She sat down her medical supplies and found the padlock. Careful as to not press the wrong digits, she typed in the passcode, her birthday. Annabelle cringed as the enter button was pressed, half expecting it to pierce through her even deeper.

However, the trap popped open. Annabelle screamed in pain as it came out. Atleast it was fast. The worst part was over.

Her savior quickly opened the box she was carrying which was full of all the things she needed.

"I'm going to clean the wound. It's going to hurt, okay?" She told Annablle as she began cleaning the deep wounds. Annabelle sobbed as her brother sat her head in his lap, softly petting her hair. In a few minutes, the girl set down the cleaning supplies and pulled out medical thread and a needle.

Dio blocked his sister's vision and yelled at the dark haired girl, "What are you doing?!"

"She needs stitches, the wound is too deep. I'm sorry, but it's going to hurt. Father doesn't let me keep anesthesia anymore, but biting on this will help" The girl looked at him with honest eyes and handed him a cylinder like object, "Trust me, my father is a doctor."

Dio nodded; he felt he could trust this girl. Annabelle, who could still hear everything perfectly, accepted the cylinder and braced herself for more pain. She gave a determined look at Dio, telling him she was ready for the girl to start.

"She's ready."

The girl nodded and inserted the needle into Annabelle's flesh. As told, Annabelle bit down on the object as hard she could. It molded to her teeth so they wouldn't break, but didn't allow them to touch eachother either. Still, hot tears poored down her face and she shook slightly with the excruciating pain coursing throughout her body.

In about twenty-five minutes, the stitches were complete. The young girl nodded at Dio, signaling that she was done, and grabbed the badages and cleaners. As she did a final cleaning of the wound and wrapped the bandages around her finished work, Dio finally allowed himself to examine the girl, no, the angel who had saved his sister.

He admitted she was cute, beautiful even. Her determined blue eyes had only shown honesty and concern when he asked for help. Her long, dark hair was let down to her waist aside from a small portion held up by a huge pink bow.

She had a thin figure, not as thin as he and his sister, but thin none-the-less. She was obviously rich as she was wearing an expensive looking dress that seemed as if it were made for a beautiful doll. Well, it would be if the bottom of it was not soaked in his sister's blood. Still, she looked radiant with a healthy, innocent glow that Dio had only seen from his sister.

With a final wrap and tuck, the girl had finished her work. She raised her head to tell him only to notice his longing stares. Dio snapped out of it, and looked down at his now sleeping sister with a deeply red face. The girl too had a pink hue shining on her pale face; she felt a strange but comforting feeling in the pit of her stomach.

"I-I'm done fixing her leg. She needs a lot of water and sleep, and don't you dare let her walk on it. The stitches are tight and made well, but we don't need them being worn before the muscle binds together." She explained everything her father had taught her about healing until she was hugged by the blonde boy.

"Thankyou so much!" Dio engulfed the small girl in his arms, "I owe you my life."

The girl giggled and looked up at his eyes, she thought they were his best feature, "You owe me no such thing. My mother taught me to be nice to strangers. Saving lives is its own reward." The older boy breathed in her scent as he replied.

"You must be an angel with such a golden heart. I'll forever be indebted to you no matter what you say." And in a flash, the boy was standing. His face was flushed and embarrassed.

"I'm sorry! I was just caught in the moment. My sister is the only one I have left, and you're so beautiful, and I just-" He caught himself and forced his mouth shut. The girl laughed in a way Dio couldn't help but find cute.

"It's fine. This is my first time meeting other kids, so I was happy to help." She put away her supplies and also stood up, "And you're really cute too, especially your eyes."

Both of the children stood there with red faces in the akward silence. At their current age, they were supposed to think members of the opposite gender were "icky and cootie filled" However, the girl had never met a boy her age before and Dio was lucky to have any friends at all.

"Oh! Um, you're shirt." She knelt down to pick up his bloodied shirt, "Do you want me to clean it for you? I have to clean my dress anyway."

"No, I can clean it myself. I would hate to trouble you any further." Dio took his shirt and put it on despite the blood covering it. He had almost forgotten he was shirtless infront of a girl that wasn't his sister. How rude of him, and furthermore embarrassing.

The girl seemed disappointed in not being able to spend more time with the boy, but shrugged it off. Her father might be back any moment, and she didn't want to be missing when he was finally done working.

"Well, I suppose I should go back home now." She frowned. She loved her father very much, but she also wanted to spend time with her new friends.

"Yeah, I should take Anna back to the village. I'll need to find her a nice place to sleep." Dio said solemnly as he picked his sister up in his arms.

The girl was confused, "Why wouldn't she sleep in her bed?"

Dio grimaced at the thought. His angel still didn't know they were orphans.

"We live on the streets."

"Oh, your parents must be-"

"We," Dio took in a deep breath, "don't have parents."

He stood there with his eyes closed, expecting her to laugh at him, call him a stupid good-for-nothing whom she shouldn't have helped, but nothing came. He opened one of his honey-brown eyes to see that the girl was nearing tears.

"What's wrong?" He asked worriedly, setting his sister down so he could hold his angel.

"That must be terrible. I know how bad it felt when I lost mother, but if I lost father..." She started to sob.

"Shh.. It's okay. We make do with what we have. Don't cry over us." He wiped away a few of her tears, "You're far too pretty for tears." The girl smiled if only a little and held back her waterworks.

"Sorry, it's just I can't imagine a life with no parents. No one to say 'I love you'. No one to tuck you in. No one to keep you company when your father is too busy working to come and see you. I wish you could live with us."

Dio smiled at her, "Maybe one day we will. If not, I'll still come and visit if only once in a blue moon."

"Promise?" The girl smiled at him. A smile that him feel weak.

"Promise." He knew he couldn't keep the promise under most circumstances, but her hopeful face made him feel like he had to; as if it were his duty to make her happy, and he was perfectly okay with it.

He heard his sister mumble a bit in her sleep. Dio reluctantly let go of his angel and walked to his sister, picking her up gently.

"We need to leave now if we're going to make it back by dark. I suppose I'll see you around."

"Yes, father might be done with work soon, and Snowball is still out there. You might need these for her leg." The girl reached into her box and took out another roll of bandages, "I'm going to miss you."

"Thank you so much for saving her. You truly are an angel." Dio accepted the bandages and put them in his pocket.

"I'm no angel, sir. I just know to do what's right." She blushed and gave the boy an awkward hug around his sister, "I hope to see you soon."

Without thinking, Dio bent down to give the angel a kiss on the cheek. Once realizing what he had done, his red face returned.

"Uhh, Goodbye, angel." He quickly turned around and walked away as fast as he could without falling. He heard her sweet voice mutter a "Bye" behind him. He looked up at the setting sun.

"May the heavens bring you into my life again, sweet angel."