[ WP ] You are a guardian angel . You did your job too well once , and since then your human believes he 's immortal . Whoops .

'You know, I might not even try and save him this time,' I said, leaning back against the tree and looking out over the grass at my charge. My fellow guardian angel, Alex, picked a small twig from the feathers of his left wing and flicked it away. 
 
'I'm pretty sure that's grounds for neglect,' he replied, smiling.'Did he really have to hire the army guys, though?' 
 
'Probably paying for it with the media money,' I said.'I still ca n't believe that he managed to get three different news stations all the way out here. What kind of reporter pays that much to film a guy who might still end up dead for all they know?' 
 
'A stupid one,' said Alex.'And you *did* kind of overdo it by letting him survive that plane crash. Any unprotected human would have been incinerated when the fuel tanks blew.' 
 
'*Guardian* angel, Alex,' I said.'It's kind of in the job description. Besides, how was I supposed to know he'd think he was immortal after something like that?' I toyed with my halo.'I should just call it quits and try and get assigned to the Golden Gate squad. It's a lot less hectic than this, anyway.' 
 
'Too late,' said Alex, pointing. My charge was already preparing to jump from the helicopter onto the spikes. I sighed and got up, brushing my robes down conscientiously even though Alex was the only one that could actually see me. I began to stride towards the scene of the impending disaster. Alex called after me. 
 
'Beginning to wish you were n't such a good angel, Luke?' he laughed, before disappearing in a white flash. 
 
 I shook my head and smiled as I turned back to watch my charge make his jump. As he fell, I did nothing. 
 
'Maybe I *do* wish that I was n't so good, Alex,' I said quietly, even though he could n't hear me.'And the name's Lucifer, by the way.'
