This year was an absolute disaster to mr. Smith, thanks to those greedy people, who built the power plant in the town.

Every single person had changed their oven heating into electrical one, therefore they didn't need wood anymore and old forester lost his job. But since he needed money, he went to employment office to try and find new job. And soon enough, he got one. As a janitor in the power plant which caused him to lose his job in the first place. How ironic.

But having no other choice, mr. Smith went there the next day. He got quite surprised, seeing how monitored that place was. There were dozens of security guards and twice as much camera and alarms.

He had trouble to get in, but after one of guards examined his ID card, he was let inside.

One of the employee led old man to HR office, where he signed the contract. After that, the same employee shown man storage closet with everything he would need. Then, worker gave forester tours, showing each room and instructing what he'll have to clean in there.

It was pretty boring, until they reached really huge, metal door. Employee then turned to man and said:

- You will be cleaning this room at the end of your shift, since it's always busy in there during the workday. Now, prepare yourself for something your eyes have never seen. But I need to warn you: If you tell any outsiders about what we have here, I can guarantee that you will be vanished from the existence, got it?

Taken aback man nodded fearfully.

Employee's face expression softened and he opened the gigantic gate, letting man to go in there first. When mr. Smith entered the room, he became terrified and worried at the same time.

For there was a chained angel laying on a deck in front of him.

Supernatural being was absolutely collosal. People were a size of fleas to him, it was clearly visible when they were bustling around him.

Man couldn't see the details of the angel, since he was engulfed in the darkness, but he did see multiple tubes embedded in his body, sucking out a glowing liquid, directing it into a giant ball.

After giant ball was filled with the glowing liquid, it was lowered down to the floor and replaced with empty one. The filled ball was being rolled into another room.

Mr. Smith put two and two together and understood in no time, that whatever that liquid was, it was generating thousands of kilowatt hours of electricity.

- I'm impressed mr. Smith. Newbies are usually scared of that thing, but you don't seem scared to me - employee noticed.

- I'm an old man. The only thing I fear in my age is death itself - man replied.

- Well, it's good to know that you won't have any objections to clean in here with that monster around - worker said.

Forester didn't say anything, he couldn't let employee know that he had known about angels' existence for a long time.

- We're thinking about expanding our company through the world. But to make it happen, we will need to catch more angels, now that we know they're real and that they're a great source of energy - employee said.

- But how did you manage to keep him at bay? Shouldn't he, I don't know, have some powers? - man asked, looking with pity at the huge being.

- Well, we noticed that chains made of heavy metals effectively repress his powers, that's why he's chained to the deck - worker explained.

- But doesn't it hurt him? - mr. Smith asked.

- Don't know, don't care. It's just a monster, who was stupid enough to get into our hands. But enough of him, you have a job to do! - employee snarled and shoved rubber gloves in man's hands.

- Go do your job! - he ordered and went off to somewhere.

Man glanced at the angel for the last time and headed towards his storage closet, to prepare equipment.

***

Few days passed and mr. Smith was conscientiously fullfiling the obligations. He also happened to made few contacts, which helped him with understanding how angel got captured.

It seems that angel randomly fell from the sky. Unfortunately for him, an electric company spotted him and took interest in him. And they found out that he was a great source of energy. They enslaved him and were abusing his supernatural nature.

Man got to get a glance at angel once or twice. If he hadn't seen how angel's chest was going up and down, he would have thought that angel was dead - he wasn't moving at all. Even food had to be transported to him with a help of feeding tube.

Still bearing in mind foggy memories of guesting an angel in his own shack, man became determined to set spirit free. He just needed to wait for the right moment.

***

Perfect opportunity arose on New Year's Eve. All employees, even guards, were let to houses to celebrate.

Mr. Smith declared that he hadn't cleaned everything up yet and that he'll stay a little longer. Boss agreed.

After making sure that everyone left, man entered the security room and shut down whole security system.

He then went back to storage closet and having taken an axe, he headed towards the main room.

He quietly went upstairs to reach the deck. After that, he walked over to the first chain and having hit it many times with axe, managed to break it.

He yelped, when ground beneath him shook. He then saw that a light appeared behind him. He turned around and faced angel's eye, it was glowing, lighting room up a little.

Man shuddered at the sight of the humongous eye, which was few times his size, but after a while he walked up to angel's nose and having put his hand on the tip, said:

- It's alright, we're getting you out of this place.

Then, he resumed his work, slowly breaking each of the chains binding angel.

But as he was about to break the last one, all security guards stormed in, blinding man with their flashlights.

- Hands up! You're surrounded! - one guard said, pointing his gun at the old forester.

- You thought we wouldn't know? Our security system is connected to our phones, we got a notification that someone shut down the system - other guard said.

- You're fired this instance! However, we don't have any ensurement that you'll keep your mouth shut... - employee, who gave man tours the first day, snapped his fingers and pointed at man. The guards pointed their weapons at him and pressed triggers.

Man embraced himself, waiting for shooting pain, but nothing like that came. He dared to open his eyes and saw a wall of flesh in front of him. Angel protected him from the bullets.

Supernatural being then took the last chain and tore it apart. There was nothing what could stop him now.

Guards panicked and were shooting at the angel, but he didn't even flinch. He waved his hand and all people, excluding mr. Smith, collapsed to the ground.

After that, angels' hands cupped around man's small body, imprisoning him in there. Mr. Smith got startled, as he didn't know what intentions angel had.

He then heard ear-deafening flapping and felt how angel was going up and up, until he heard a loud "CRASH!". Angel broke through the roof.

Mr. Smith then was deafened by thunderous, racing heartbeat sound surrounding him. He guessed that angel pressed him to his chest.

Suddenly, there were unexpected turbulences and man got worried, as he had no idea what was going on outside there.

Then he felt how angel's hands got harder and he was suddenly released. Man rolled away from an angel, landing in the cold snow.

He quickly jumped to his feet and having shook off the snow, faced the angel.

Man saw a trail of mud and crushed plants behind the supernatural being. Angel must have had a hard landing.

He quickly got to angel and eyed him. Angel was still alive, his heart made sure it was heard. Supernatural being was panting heavily, but seemed unconscious, since he didn't answer mr. Smith, when man asked if he was alright.

Old forester started to panic, as he couldn't let angel freeze out here. But what could he do? It's not like he had any place suited for giant's size.

Man looked at his surroundings and became surprised, recognizing his household. He then remembered that he had lot of wood in his barn. Maybe he can't provide angel with shelter, but he can provide him with warmth.

Man wasted no time and began to run back and forth, creating multiple small bonfires around angel's body. When he was finished, he lit each pyre.

He didn't know if angel was warm, since giant wasn't moving at all. He decided to stay by angel's side and watch him all night long. But soon enough, he fell asleep.

***

Man was abruptly awoken by an earthquake. He opened his eyes and got scared out of his wits, seeing gigantic angel stretching out. But then he recalled recent events and calmed down a little.

Angel spotted small man on the ground and grabbed him gently. Nevertheless, man was frightened. Sure, he met angel before, but he wasn't even half as big as this one!

Giant brought mr. Smith close to his eyes. Man noticed that angel's eyes were lilac and they were glowing.

- Why did you help me human? - powerful voice shook man to the core. Mr. Smith must have surprised giant, because without any fear in his voice, replied:

- You're not the first angel I've encountered. Few years ago, I took care of an young angel with broken wing, helped him with recovery.

- Do you... Do you remember how did he look like? - angel asked.

- I used to. But being this old... His picture is blurry when I try to recall him. I don't remember his features, but I do remember his name. His name was-

- Azriel? - angel interrupted. Man was caught off guard.

- How do you know that? - he asked. Angel removed his hood, revealing silver, medium-long, messy hair. He smiled at the old man.

- Mr. Smith, it's me! - he exclaimed.