It was a beautiful day as I walked through the fields. Earth may have died ages ago, and the remnants of that time scattered among the rolling hills in the form of rusty cars that had long ago stopped functioning. My destination was a lake I liked to call "Lake hope", because it always gave me a feeling of peace whenever I visited it. It reminded me that as dangerous as Earth is, beauty can still be found. This day was different however, I was expecting somebody to meet me there, an encounter that will change my life. Recently, a mysterious admirer had been leaving flowers on top of the car that I liked to sit on. At first it was just one rose, then the next week there were 2 roses. The week after that, an ornate bouquet adorned the top of the car. One day I was attacked by a lone Cabal. My weapon had jammed and the hulking beast aimed his cannon at me. But just before he fired, a shot rang out and a bullet pierced his helmet and he fell over, dead before he hit the ground. When I visited lake hope again, my admirer had left a rare exotic fallen sniper rifle surrounded by more flowers. It was probably the same gun that took out the Cabal. He etched a note on a piece of scrap metal and left it under the gun: "Take". I had heard of guardian angels before, but I never knew they existed. I found another piece of scrap metal and using my knife, I left him a message and told him I was in his debt and that I would love to meet him. When I came back to that spot, he had left more flowers and another note: "too beautiful. im unworthy.". I remember feeling my cheeks flush as I read those words. I didn't see anybody around, but still I hid my reddening face in my garment. When I collected myself, I left another note: "thank you." The next few weeks I had some more close encounters with various aliens. Every time I came close to being killed, my guardian angel saved me with a well-placed shot or a grenade lobbed from a mysterious location. Every time I tried to locate where he had shot from, he had already vanished. I was beginning to fall in love with my unseen admirer and I really wanted to meet him. Finally, I left him another note: "You have saved my life more than once, you've called me beautiful, you've given me a valuable weapon, but more than that, you've given me hope in a hopeless world. I don't care how ugly you are. But I want to meet you, please. I want to meet my guardian angel." The next day, the day I headed towards the lake, the day that would change my life forever, I walked towards the car and was surprised to find no flowers. Instead, there was an ancient live communication device. I picked it up and immediately it turned on. A display said "Hello. I wish to meet you too." I used the built in keypad and said "Why don't you? Why are you so afraid? You've saved my life more than once." I waited a few moments, then I received a reply from my admirer: "Do you really want to meet me? I may not be what you expect." "Yes, please, I want to meet you so much. I don't care how ugly you think you are, I am falling in love with you because you've done more for me than anybody has in my entire life. I don't care about how you look. Everybody I have ever met has either wanted me to be a tool for the traveler, or has tried to get inside my pants. I am nothing but a whore to society because I am a woman. I have never been treated with respect. But then you come along, give me flowers, save my life, and give me your weapon and tell me I'm beautiful and you ask for nothing in return. I don't even know your name. I waited for a reply, but it didn't come. Tears began to trickle down my face. I sent another message: "I know you can see me, I'm crying like a little girl because I want to meet you so badly. Please....let me meet you." Finally, he replied. "I will meet you. But my appearance may draw your gunfire. Will you promise not to shoot me?" "Yes!" I replied, I couldn't imagine anybody being that ugly. Then came his final reply: "turn around." My face flushed and grew very hot, he was standing right behind me, my unseen admirer who saved my life and won over my heart. Nervously I turned around while looking at the ground, I saw his shadow first, but I looked up and my heart jumped. Kneeling there in the grass holding a bouquet of Roses in all 4 of his arms, was a Fallen captain. At first I was horrified, I fought my urge to pick up my gun and shoot him. But he was still kneeling there with his head bowed, his helmet on the ground. He extended his arms, offering the flowers to me. Trembling, I walked towards him to accept the flowers when my legs gave way. Before I could hit the ground, he had traversed the short distance between us and caught me. Immediately he withdrew his arms and said something in his alien tongue, I couldn't understand what he was saying. I saw the device I had been using early laying on the ground. New words had shown up: "I am sorry. I didn't mean to touch you, I didn't want you to be hurt." Then I understood, he had been using the device as a translator. "no..." I said, I took his arms and placed them on my shoulders again, "It's ok...I.....I..." I couldn't say anymore. I embraced him in my arms and hugged him as tight as I could. Without thinking, I kissed him where I thought his mouth should be. At first he was surprised, but he returned the kiss, at least the fallen equivalent of a kiss, which seemed to be a mouth hidden behind a set of fang-like mandibles. I pressed against his lips and he gently raked the side of my cheeks with his mandibles, which tickled. Then he gave me a hug I will never forget. His top arms wrapped around my back and his bottom arms grabbed under my thighs and he lifted me up into the air. We kissed for what seemed like an eternity. He stroked my hair, his claws gently raked my scalp. I scritched behind his horns and he began to rumble, almost as if he were purring. He got his slime all over my face and in my eyes, but I loved him. I had decided that I would never ever go back to the wall, back to the people who wanted me just to be a tool for a sphere in the sky. I told my angel that I wanted him to "kidnap" me and take me away with him. I wanted to be his, I wanted to learn about his race and about him. He scooped me up in his arms and pressed a button on his wrist. His ship materialized out of the air and he took me inside. The cloak retook the ship and hid it from view. Nobody would ever suspect a thing, unless they got close enough to hear the ship rocking back and forth at night. Today we are happily mated with 4 fallen-human hybrid children of our own that we hatched from the eggs that I laid.