Guardian Angel. 1. 1. The Man in White

"A GUARDIAN ANGEL"
a mistical novel
by Alexandra Kryuchkova

PART I. A GUARDIAN

1.1. The MAN in WHITE

February 23, evening,

Moscow, a cozy coffeehouse

Alice was sitting at a table in a coffeehouse. White, her guardian angel, was sitting across the table. He looked at her sadly and sighed. Her fingers were typing a text message. She wrote, then erased, then re-wrote and looked at each word for a long time. As a result, she put the phone aside and drank coffee.

In the distance, the hazy outlines of a grey-haired Old Man’s guardian appeared. That angel, called Elder, was walking slowly along the windows of the expensive boutiques of the shopping center towards the coffeehouse. People didn’t notice him, they ran about their business, passing through the ghostly figure. White recognized the Old Man’s guardian and waved to him. Elder approached their table, and they greeted each other.

«I’m just for a moment, White.»

«Has something happened?»

«Not yet in the earthly reality, but in the Space of Options. Do you remember my ward helped your Alice in due time?»

«Unforgettable! We owe you much!»

«He is going through hard times. No way to avoid. I’ve tried this and that way. Alice should hold an official event with him as the protagonist. It has to be planned urgently, because he’ll get into trouble soon.»

A movie screen appeared in the air and the incident frames were projected onto it.

«After this date,» Elder continued, and the date instantly appeared in the air, «neither Alice nor anyone else will ever think of organizing such an event. And if it turns out to be planned before the incident, he’ll have to appear on it at all costs. He is very responsible! The event will make him feel needed by their world, you know.»

«Yes, of course… What date of the event will suit? The end of March?»

The ghostly Book of Life appeared in the air. Elder flipped through it slowly and stopped somewhere in early April.

«What do you think about her birthday, the 5th?»

«I can’t this day, sorry, Elder. She has to be in Elabuga on the 5th. I’m starting to organize her transfer. The 6th only.»

«Are you transferring her to Elabuga? It’s interesting! You are moving the planets, I see. Isn’t there a brighter place?» Elder smiled kindly, White spread his hands. «Okay, deal. Let’s fix it on the 6th. Around lunchtime. And don’t plan it for too long. A couple of hours as maximum.»

«All right. I’ll inspire her today. I hope, he’ll be aware of it already tomorrow.»

Elder looked thoughtfully at Alice and said, «Your Alice has the same gaze as my Elder. It’s turned into the depths of Heaven. Both their souls are kind. The angel, who told the publisher to name her book after the Great Ones, was right. And it’s good we made our wards get acquainted! What do you think? There’s a certain continuity of times: Anna-Eugeny-Alice.»

White nodded. Alice took the phone in her hand, re-read the text of her message again, then abruptly clicked the «Send» button, and the message flew away. Elder patted White on the wing.

«Well, I have to go. Fly to the one she has sent this message to. Take care of Alice, White, so that the Dark ones don’t get her.»

Elder and White disappeared, each in their own direction. Alice finished her coffee and asked for the bill.

***

far from Moscow, a house by the sea

White appeared in a luxurious house and searched for his colleague, scanning every room on every floor. Dim, an angel who, unlike many guardians, emitted a very faint light, was kneeling in the darkest corner of the building.

«Hello, Dim,» exclaimed White joyfully. «Happy defenders’ day! Defenders of the Fatherland, Heaven, I mean! You don’t look good, who put you in the corner?»

«Happy day, bro! I’m praying here. Day and night, night and day.»

«You’re withering before my eyes! You don’t pray well! Where’s your ward?»

«The same problems, he’s surrounded by the Dark ones! It’s time for him to think of God, but… As I come a little closer, the Dark ones throw me out. So I have to stay at such a distance from him. Every time, as soon as I get strength, I go straight to him, trying to drive the Dark ones away. But as you see, I don’t last long enough. Why are you here, White? What do we owe the pleasure to?»

«Alice suffered out a message for him. He’s reading it now. Let’s go.»

«The Dark ones are there!»

«Get up, Brother, let’s go. One Light is good, but two Lights are better!»

Dim stood up from his knees and, without ceasing to pray and make the sing of cross along the way, went to his ward.

In a study room, a Man in White sitting in a black armchair was reading Alice’s message. Dark shadows were fussing around him. They whispered something in his ear winking at each other. Suddenly, the shadows noticed the guardians.

«Hello, defenders!» a Dark one smirked. «Dim, you aren’t strong enough yet! Why have you come here again?»

White looked at the Man in White and said thoughtfully, «What did my ward find in you?»

«Wow, White!» another Dark one, named Black, exclaimed. «Your ward, judging by her messages, is not exactly a saint, but you’re still the same caring for her! No matter how hard you try, no matter you take her away, she is drawn to him as if bewitched! Note that we didn’t put any love spells! Moreover, he openly demonstrated to her his true essence! Alice, calling him by a «starry’ name, is well aware of whom she is dealing with! However, it’s not in our plans to be at war with you, White. Alice is absolutely contraindicated for him.»

«Contraindicated? By whom?» White chuckled.

«By our boss. Your Alice, although not a saint, is protected by the angel named White. Not Dim, not Glamorous, not Extinguished. It means, she is anyhow a person of Light. So she can have a negative effect on our fallen starred one.»

«Negative effect?!» Dim exclaimed outraged.

«Therefore, we have an order from Above…» Black went on.

«Your «from Above’ in the language of Truth means «from the Bottom’, ” Dim corrected Black.

«In short, defenders,» the second Dark one cut off the conversation abruptly, «we don’t want that man to communicate with Alice. I suppose that suits you, too, White, doesn’t it?»

«At the present moment, it suits me,» White agreed.

«Fine. Are you here to prevent a negative reaction against her?»

White nodded.

«We assure you, we are not interested in mouse fuss. This man plays big. He, as we ourselves, need much energy, so we are not going to waste it by reacting to such nonsense.»

«Since when is Love nonsense?» Dim sighed, came very close to the Man in White and touched his arm.

The Man’s gaze became soft, the phantom of Alice appeared on his inner screen, the Man smiled. But the Dark ones immediately noticed what was happening. One of them dispersed the girl’s phantom, and the other pushed Dim towards the doors with a rough energy wave.

«Until he wants to change himself by directing his gaze towards the Light instead of the Darkness, you’ll stand, you know where, Dim!»

***

Moscow, the cozy coffeehouse

Alice got the bill being sad. White appeared in the coffeehouse, «A stubborn sheep! I can neither make you forget the Man in White, nor let him to be nearby. At least for now.»

Alice raised her head and looked straight into the eyes of her guardian. She seemed to both hear and see him, but it just seemed so.

Having remembered his promise to Elder, White instructed Alice, «Call that Woman from the House of Serving to Creativity. Suggest an event…»

Alice obediently took her phone, dialed the Woman and told her the idea she had just come up with to hold an important event… at the end of March.

«Alice! On the 6th of April,» the guardian exclaimed.

Alice stopped abruptly. She looked into the eyes of her guardian, or through them? She felt like saying, «No, not at the end of March! Let it be on the 6th of April!» But she didn’t understand and couldn’t explain either to herself or to anyone else, why suddenly on the 6th, and not on the 5th, for example? That’s why she said nothing. The Woman agreed, she liked the idea of the event.

Alice paid for her coffee and walked slowly out into the street. Her guardian walked nearby to her right, protecting Alice from the passing Dark ones and thinking about the way to transfer her to Elabuga.