Another Angel.

I can't stand to fly
I'm not that naive
I'm just out to find
The better part of me

She lay on the roof of her hide-away, watching the stars as she had for years, ever since she was a little girl. No one knew of this place, except for Bob. He'd built this place for her, and they had ran away from it all to here thousands of times. She realised now that he'd used the time that they had together to prepare her for life without him. She climbed down into the shelter and opened a small box that was sitting on the table. It was filled with letters addressed to her. She pulled one out, one that she'd read over and over, but needed to see again.

Dear my Maddy
Well it finally happened. They finally caught me, and I've finally been arrested for the murder of that idiotic Narco cop who thought he was too good for us. By the time you read this you probably know the truth. I'm not your dad. I knew it from the day you were born, but I loved you all the same. You're still my little girl no matter what any tests say. I love you my Madison. Always have, always will. I'll see you soon kiddo.
Your Dad, Bob
"Love you too Dad" She whispered, placing the letter back inside it's box. "Goodnight"

I'm more than a bird
I'm more than a plane
More than some pretty face beside a train
It's not easy to be me

Madison glanced down at the graffiti on her diary. One of her quotes caught her eye, "I rather be hated for who I am than loved for who I am not" which made Maddy smile. It was something she lived by, a mantra of sorts to keep her head where it was supposed to be. She was as determined as her brother to get into the police force, although she wanted to be a CSI, like their uncle, while Ray wanted to be a detective like his parents. Ray joked a few times about how Maddy was the brains and he was the brawn of their team, and it was true. Since moving in with Yelina, Madison had skipped a grade and they were talking about skipping her ahead again. It wasn't because she was a genius, although her brains weren't bad. She just worked hard the same as she always had and her friends respected her for it. "Maddy, can you please read us the next paragraph" Her English teacher called out to her. Madison smiled and nodded, and looked down at her book. Something smelled funny, and she looked up, smelling the air. "Madison?" the teacher asked, coming over to her
"I smell smoke sir" she said quietly, not wishing to cause a scene. Madisons teacher smelled the air too, and nodded. "So do I" He said quietly, before the alarms went off. As the class slowly exited the school building, alarms screaming from within the school, and from the fire engines beginning to arrive, Madison slipped away, and headed towards the fire.

Wish that I could cry
Fall upon my knees
Find a way to lie
About a home I'll never see

Horatio arrived at the scene afraid, although the emotion didn't show on his face. The fact that he'd been called to Madison's school after a fire meant dead, and he was praying his little girl wasn't one of them. He spotted Ray first. "Where's Madison?" Horatio asked his nephew
"I don't know Uncle Horatio. She disappeared from her class when they were evacuating"
"Where's her teacher"
"It wasn't Mr. Dylan's fault uncle Horatio" Ray said quickly recognising the anger in his uncle's voice. "Maddy didn't mention anything she just ran away from her class. I know where she is anyway"
"Playing hero" Yelina said walking over to the two of them "I heard what happened on the police scanner, and I came straight away" She explained at Horatio's glance. "She's just as ready as you are to throw her life away to protect people"
They headed over to her, and quickly found her kneeling next to a corpse. "Maddy?" Ray whispered
Madison looked up at Ray, and said one word, one name. "Amber"

It may sound absurd
But don't be naive
Even heroes have the right to bleed
I may be disturbed
But won't you concede
Even heroes have the right to dream
It's not easy to be me

Madison didn't speak for almost 2 weeks after the fire. It was that long before Amber's parents were able to bury their daughter. Madison had written a song, and Amber's parents had given her permission to perform it. She looked at the small crowd within the church, all who knew her best friend intimately and Madison finally found the courage to sing.

Yesterday you were telling me where you wanted to go
And now I'm standing here
And suddenly I know
This is what was supposed to be
But I still can't let you go
I'd give anything but I really want to know

If you're an Angel
Is how they always said?
Is it filled with life and hope and dreams
And how are your friends
And you're another Angel
Then I'm left here alone
But I know sometime I'll see you again
So until then
Goodbye my angel

Letting go of you is so hard
I've got to much to lose
My own best friend my heart cries out to know that its not real
But now I've lost you and I gotta move right on but not before I say goodbye and this is why I sing

If you're an Angel
Is how they always said?
Is it filled with life and hope and dreams
And how are your friends
And you're another Angel
Then I'm left here alone
But I know sometime I'll see you again
So until then
Goodbye my angel

Angel goodbye
I hope that this is not the end
Angel goodbye
I wanna see you again
Angel goodbye
I'll start something new again
Angel goodbye
Angel Goodbye

If you're an Angel
Is how they always said?
Is it filled with life and hope and dreams
And how are your friends
And you're another Angel
Then I'm left here alone
But I know sometime I'll see you again
So until then

If you're an Angel
Is how they always said?
Is it filled with life and hope and dreams
And how are your friends
And you're another Angel
Then I'm left here alone
But I know sometime I'll see you again
So until then
Goodbye my angel girl

Goodbye my angel girl
Goodbye my angel girl

Up, up and away
Away from me
It's all right
You can all sleep sound tonight
I'm not crazy
Or anything

Horatio met her outside the cemetery "Hey" He whispered gathering her into his arms. "Hi uncle Horatio" She whispered as the tears slipped down her face. He lifted her face up to look up at him and the pain was clear in her dark blue eyes. "it will be ok Maddy, I promise you"
"Can I stay with you tonight please uncle Horatio?" She asked softly.
"of course you can sweetheart." He whispered back to her, smiling a little. Madison managed a small smile in return and Horatio nodded "That's my girl" he whispered as he lead her to his car.

I can't stand to fly
I'm not that naive
Men weren't meant to ride
With clouds between their knees

She stayed with him for 4 weeks. He didn't go to work for any one of those days, and just stayed with her, holding her when she cried, listening when she talked and just being with her when anger took control. He allowed her to crawl into his bed when the nightmares became to much in her own and she went to him, to protect her from the pictures inside that haunted her. She was afraid of being alone, and he never gave her a chance to be scared. And slowly she began to heal.

I'm only a man in a silly red sheet
Digging for kryptonite on this one way street
Only a man in a funny red sheet
Looking for special things inside of me
It's not easy to be me