While she was sitting in the car, Kalee started getting bored. She started to think hard about the glade at the back of the church. She would always go there when she was worried. The more she thought about it, the closer it seemed. Kalee blinked and found herself in the glade.
"Hey, I thought you left already?" Kalee turned around and saw Gloria sitting by the waterfall, playing with the goldfish.
"I did." Kalee said, looking puzzled.
"Don't worry about it, I wouldn't have wanted to go either." Gloria said.
"What are you talking about?" Kalee said, walking over to her.
"Why else would you be here, if you wanted to go." Gloria explained to her.
"Kalee! What are you doing here?" Monica came running over.
"I don't know how to get back!" Kalee cried, tears welling in her eyes.
"What?" the two other angels said, looking at Kalee.
"I was thinking about the glade and poof, I was here." Kalee said, wiping her eyes with her sleeve.
"Oh! I forgot to warn you." Monica giggled.
"What do you find so funny?" Kalee asked her, a little frustrated.
"If you think of something to hard, you will end up wherever you are thinking of." Monica said to her.
"Thanks for telling me." Kalee said, a little mad. Monica looked at her, but Kalee looked away. She thought about Tess's car and found herself back in her seat, as Tess pulled up to a large brick building. Kalee hugged Tess good bye and grabbed her luggage out of the trunk. Tess drove away before anything else was said and so Kalee picked up her bags and climbed the stairs. When Kalee arrived at the door she turned around for one final glimpse of the outdoors. She saw something move in the trees but she couldn't tell what it was. She turned around and placed her hand on the door knob and turned it. Slowly the door opened and Kalee found herself in a large waiting room of some kind with a desk on the far side. Kalee closed the door behind her with a large 'bang' that echoed through the whole room. The woman at the desk raised her head to see who it was.
"Hello." the woman said.
"Hi." Kalee replied.
"Welcome to Holy Cross convent, what can I do for you?" she said to Kalee, who was looking at the ceiling and walls. Kalee noticed her looking at her,
"Sorry." Kalee said, "I'm here for training."
"O.k, you are on floor five." the sister told her.
"Thank you, Sister..." Kalee said pausing, trying to find a name of some sort.
"Sister Marie Sue." she said introducing herself.
"Thank you, Sister Marie." Kalee said, picking up her bags and heading to the stairs. When she got to the fifth floor, Kalee found another desk.
"Excuse me." Kalee said.
"Hello." the Sister from behind the desk.
"I'm here for training." Kalee told her.
"What's your name?" the Sister said, pulling out a piece of paper with names on it.
"Kalee." she said.
"Lets see." the Sister said, looking at the piece of paper, running her finger down the page.
"Here you are." she said, looking up and smiling.
"Come with me." she said rolling away from the desk. Kalee picked up her bags and followed behind her.
"This is your room." she said, pointing to the door.
"You will be sharing it with Sister Julie." she explained.
"Thanks." Kalee said, shaking her hand. She opened the door to the room and sat down on the bed in the corner of the room by the window. She looked around the room at the bare walls with a small crucifix and a picture of Mary. Kalee sat there in silence for a while, when suddenly the door of the room opened. The Mother of the convent entered the room.
"Hello Kalee, how are you?" she said.
"Good." Kalee said.
"There are a few things you need to know before you go anywhere." she informed Kalee, as she sat at the end of her bed.
"Firstly, you are not allowed to go outside, except for the central garden. Secondly, we are going to have to take all your things except for the bare necessities." she informed her. Kalee was shocked a little, but understood. The Mother waited for Kalee to answer, and when one didn't come, she grabbed Kalee's bag and placed it on her bed.
"I will go through this with you." she said, smiling at her. Kalee and Mother Natalie went through her bag and when they had finished, she was left with her toiletries, undergarments, a picture of her team, and her friends. Mother Natalie gave her a habit to wear and a rosary. Kalee smiled, she seemed happier with these few things, then with her whole suitcase.
"Are you hungry?" Mother Natalie asked her.
"Yes, I am." Kalee said, as her stomach rumbled. Mother Natalie lead her to the eating room and sat her at a table and got her some food. As she sat there eating, another girl around her age came and sat with her.
"Are you here for training to?" Kalee asked her.
"Yes." the girl said.
"I'm going to be carrying the flag." she informed Kalee.
"Cool." Kalee replied, putting another spoonful of mashed potatoes in her mouth. About a week passed, and Kalee had gotten into a regular pattern during the day. One night she got up half way through the night and couldn't get back to sleep. Something was pulling her towards the door. Kalee got out of bed and put on her slippers, she then crept to the door. She walked down the hall to the chapel at the end of it. When she got to the alter, she knelt down and closed her eyes.
"Kalee!" a voice in her head said.
"Hello?" Kalee said a little confused.
"It's Andrew." the voice said.
"I've missed you guys." Kalee told him, from the depth of her heart.
"I have something I need to tell you and I don't have much time." Andrew's voice said anxiously.
"What is it?" Kalee said, prepared to listen.
"God has changed you from search and rescue to assistance." he told her.
"Really!" Kalee exclaimed.
"We don't know for what reason, but we will eventually find out. He has to be doing this for a reason." Andrew added.
"I have to go, Kalee." he said.
"See you soon." Kalee said, and then opened her eyes. She noticed the glow disappearing from around her head and turned around. Mother Natalie was in the doorway of the chapel, her eyes wide open in amazement.
"Hello Mother." Kalee said.
"Hello." she said blinking.
"What was that?" she asked Kalee, obviously confused.
"I'm an angel Mother." she informed her.
"Oh God Almighty!" Mother Natalie exclaimed, as she crossed herself.
"What are you doing her then?" she asked, after catching her breath.
"I'm on a mission of some sort, but I don't know what. Plus, this is only my first year and I'm still learning." she answered.
"How interesting." Mother Natalie said, as she looked Kalee up and down more intently.
"I better be getting back to bed." Kalee said to her.
"Yes, of course." she said, moving out of the doorway. Kalee walked back to her room and slipped back into bed and had a good sleep for the rest of the night. When Kalee was done her training, she was to head to Toronto. It was only two days till WYD and she was still trying to get her mind around it. Kalee sat on the step of the convent waiting for Tess to come and get her. When the red convertible pulled up to the bottom of the stairs, it wasn't Tess driving, instead it was Rafael and Gloria sitting in the passengers seat.
"You've lost some weight." Gloria remarked.
"God can do that to you." Kalee joked back as she hopped into the car. When they arrived in Toronto, they checked into their hotel room and went to a restaurant for dinner. While they were eating, Gloria and Rafael took turns filling her in on what had happened why she was gone. The thing that surprised her was something Rafael told her.
"Andrew has taken a position in the Vatican in Rome as an adviser." Rafael had told her. Kalee had to do a double take, but excepted it. She could see Andrew doing something of that nature. That night, as she laid in her bed, she prayed to God to be with Andrew and tell him she was all right. What Kalee didn't know was that God had something big in store for her.