An ambulance arrived at Hope Valley only moments later. A crowd had gathered in the hallway, but Ms. Ovending immediately sent everyone to their dormitories to give the paramedics the room they needed. The paramedics sent Tonya, Tess and Andrew into the hallway. Monica was there too, because she heard Tonya's scream as well and ran as fast as she could to get to the screaming angel.
As the four angels waited in the hallway, Trevor ran to the washroom after he heard from his friends what had happened.
"Trevor, you can't go in there right now." Monica said calmly. "The paramedics need to be with her." To her surprise, Trevor didn't react with anger. He only nodded and swallowed hard as he stared at the bathroom door.
Moments later, the door burst open and the paramedics quickly wheeled out a stretcher with Tiana on it, covered in blood. Trevor's eyes widened as he followed the stretcher.
"Tia! Tia!" He yelled out as he continued to follow along, as his worst fears began to consume him.
"Kid, you'll have to leave now." One of the paramedics announced impatiently as he wheeled the stretcher toward the stairs.
"No! I'm her brother! I'm coming to the hospital too." He said, angry, but he was also desperate. Looking down at his wounded sister almost blinded him from his anger and resentment. He barely even heard Ms. Ovending tell the paramedics to let Trevor go with them.
Tonya watched through glazed eyes as Tiana was rushed to the ambulance, in serious condition, and Trevor following close behind. Tonya clutched herself rightly as the angels were the only ones left in the hallway. Tonya blinked away tears as the other angels were silent.
"Andrew." She whispered silently. Andrew looked down at the frightened angel.
"Yes Tonya?" He asked. He waited as it seemed to take Tonya a moment to gather her emotions.
"Is Tiana...going...to die?" She asked through her tears. She knew that God would often tell Andrew when it was time for somebody to go Home, and she needed to know the truth.
"I don't know. He hasn't told me yet." Andrew answered truthfully, knowing it wasn't what Tonya wanted to hear. It hurt him so much to see Tonya hurt the way she was hurting.
Tonya lowered her head and started to cry again. Monica approached Tonya from behind, ready to embrace the little angel.
"Oh little one. It will be okay." Monica said, as she put her arms around Tonya, but Tonya pulled away just as quickly as Monica had approached her.
"No it won't be okay! Tiana could die, and it's all my fault! Don't you see that? I could have stopped this!" Tonya screamed out, as she stared hard at Monica. Monica was about to speak, but Tess stepped in.
"No baby! That's a lie! You know humans have free will. This was Tiana's choice. You can't blame yourself angel baby!" Tess said sternly, but lovingly. She tried so hard to convince Tonya, but it was no good. Tonya just shook her head, looking down at her crossed arms. Monica tried again to hug the young angel, but Tonya pushed her away once again.
"Tonya." Monica tried, as her heart broke for her little friend.
"I'm a horrible angel! This is my fault! Tiana wouldn't have tried to kill herself if she had just had a better angel!" Tonya yelled out, and she ran past the three angels, out of the hallway.
"Tonya!" Monica called, but it was too late. Tonya was gone.
"Oh Tess. What are we gonna do?" Monica asked, worried.
"I don't know yet, angel girl." Tess replied sadly. "But whatever it is, it better be soon."