Chapter
Three: The Rescue
It was midnight and the prisoners were asleep. Larry woke up to
find a pretty girl with blue eyes and straight blonde hair in his cell, patting
him to wake him up. What in the world? he gasped. She took him by the arm and lifted him out of
bed. Woah.
Im here to get you out, Larry. Get dressed. We must hurry.
she explained.
Oh. You must be a lawyer. he guessed. They let you in, and
then locked the cell door? he puzzled. You look kind of young to be a lawyer.
Are you a lawyer?
Not exactly. Follow me. She pulled on
the door and it slid open. Come on. She led him out.
I guess I have nothing to lose. He followed her out of the
jail and through the police station. Doors opened in front of them. Larrys jaw
dropped in total astonishment.
Quick, let us go! she said. She led him outside to a parked
car, and opened the door for him. Hop in.
As he got in, and closed the door, she got in on the drivers
side.
My name is Gabriela. I was sent here to get you out of jail.
the girl said. As she drove away, he could hear an alarm in the background. By
the end of the block, he could see the reflections of flashing blue police
lights. Gabriela drove faster and faster until she ran a red light, narrowly
missing a tractor trailer.
Woah, that was close. Larry noted.
Dont worry, were protected. The car proceeded into a patch
of dense fog. When it cleared, Larry looked down.
Excuse me, but, like, I see the ground getting lower and lower.
Were like, um, flying. Larry observed.
Not to worry, well be there soon enough. she assured him.
Um. Im lost. At first, I thought you
were a lawyer. Larry asked.
I am not a lawyer. I am an angel.
Woah. Like,
this gets better. But like, um, since when do angels come and spring prisoners
out of jail? Larry asked.
Well, were you not visited by a servant, who presented to you
the holy scriptures? she asked.
Oh, you mean, like, that dude that was handing out the Bibles?
Larry realized. You know him?
I have met his guardian angel. But you marvel, so I call upon
you to read, in the Acts of the Apostles, in the twelfth chapter, start at the
sixth verse.
Larry opened the Bible and consulted the verse, reading to her:
And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night
Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers
before the door kept the prison. And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon
him, and a light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and
raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his
hands. And the angel said unto him, Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals. And
so he did. And he saith unto him, Cast thy garment
about thee, and follow me. And he went out, and followed him; and wist not that it was true which was done by the angel; but
thought he saw a vision. When they were past the first and the second ward,
they came unto the iron gate that leadeth
unto the city; which opened to them of his own accord: and they went out, and
passed on through one street; and forthwith the angel departed from him. And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a surety, that the LORD hath sent his
angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the
expectation of the people of the Jews.
So your question is answered, is it not? she asked.
Well, yeah. Its not like I have to take your word for it. Im
reading it right here. Just what happened to me, except for the part where the
angel ditches the guy. he noted.
Gabriela said, That is important to check. You are doing the
right thing to verify it, as it is also written in the Acts of the Apostles, in
the seventeenth chapter, and the eleventh verse, where the Bereans
are described.
Um, wait a second. Let me read that with you. Verse eleven? Got it.
Larry read silently as Gabriela recited from memory, These were
more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they
received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures
daily, whether those things were so.