text: It was a bright, beautiful, sunny day in downtown L.A. Multiple families, tourists, and vacationers were out enjoying the sunshine. The local markets and restaurants were filled with tons of people. The streets in the city were more crowded than ever. The local church, however, wasn’t nearly as crowded as the rest of the city. The Saint Pablo Church hadn’t had any new members since 2017. It's like the state of California had forgotten about their creator. One family that has always been consistent to come to church every Sunday was the Annalex family. Susan Annalex, mother of a young girl named Ally, was a common volunteer for the church. Whenever there was a fundraiser, Susan was always the first to show up and the last to leave. In 2008, she got married to Dave Zachary, a black father of a young boy named Xander. Xander was seven years older than Ally. In 2012, Dave and Susan had a daughter. While discussing what her name should be, Xander said that she should be named Heaven. When asked why he chose that name, he would always say “I looked at her face and saw Heaven. It was like an angel came down from above into our family.” Heaven always looked up to Xander. She loved him more than anything. The bond between Heaven and Xander was incredible. Since the day she was born, Heaven was always under a Christian influence. She was always talking about God and the Bible. She even convinced Xander to join the teen group at the church while Heaven and Ally joined the kids group. Heaven was instantly beloved by the church community because of her sweet, kind-hearted personally. When the Annalex family showed up on Sunday, the family split up. Susan, Dave, and Xander went to the main service, while Ally and Heaven went to the kids group. The theme of this service was about racism in America. This hit both Dave and Xander hard since they both had to go through racism before. “Racism had really been a real problem in the recent years of America.” said the pastor. “Within the last few years it has become increasingly dangerous to be black. Police brutally and racial profiling has risen to an all-time high. Especially in big cities such as L.A.'' Meanwhile In the children's group, Heaven and Ally were hearing a toned-down version of this. “It doesn’t matter at all about what your race or gender is, God loves you no matter what.” said the children’s pastor. Heaven then chimed in with her opinion. “That’s right! People need to just see people as people, not as black or white.” The pastor smiled. She was always impressed by Heaven's love for everyone. Heaven always loved helping the pastor talk about her subject. She always enjoyed telling people about God. The kids in the group also loved it when Heaven spoke. When church ended and the service was dismissed, Heaven and Ally went to meet up with their parents. When Heaven saw Xander, she became excited. Every sunday after church was over, Xander would always take Heaven to the playground at the church and play with her on the swing set. Heaven's laughter would always brighten up Xanders day. When the family arrived at the playground, there went only one or two other families there. Heaven didn’t mind that no one else was there. Xander was all that was needed to make Heaven happy. Heaven got into the swing and Xander started gently pushing her. Within a few seconds, Heaven started giggling. Xander then started pushing her a bit higher. She was laughing louder the higher she went. It was seemingly a perfect day. Suddenly, there was a huge screeching noise from behind the church. Everyone froze and turned to check out what was happening. There was a giant container truck that was starting to lose control. Without thinking, Xander scooped up Heaven and started running. Both Dave and Susan both grabbed Ally and also started running. Xander looked at the truck’s side to see that it said “Tungsten Technology Inc.” This meant one thing, that truck was carrying dangerous chemicals. The family quickly got to safety. Everyone was both scared and curious about the situation. Dave started explaining that the truck was carrying Wargun Zen, a dangerous chemical known to cause fatal diseases. Heaven spotted something in the path of the out-of-control truck. It was a young, hadicaped girl that had fallen out of her wheelchair and wasn’t able to pick herself up. Heaven knew that if she wasn’t able to get up, she would be crushed. She quickly started running toward her. “What in the world are you doing?” cried Xander. Heaven simply replied “What Jesus would do!” When Heaven reached her, the contents of the truck were spilling out. Thankfully, the truck had slowed down to a snail’s pace. This gave Heaven time to pick up the girl and carry her. But then, the fumes from the Wargun Zen started forming into a thick fog. Heaven started panicking upon sight of this. Her heart started beating like a drum. She started running as fast as she could, but the fog was right on her tail. Xander quickly ran to help Heaven. Heaven gave him the girl and he ran with her. But in the midst of this, Heaven tripped and fell. Xander Immediately stopped and turned to help Heaven, “Don’t worry about me!” Heaven shouted “Get her out of here.” Xander hesitantly went without Heaven as she was consumed by the fog. The last thing Heaven saw before she was consumed by the fog was Xanders worried face. When the family got home, Heaven went straight to the shower to get rid of any chemicals that may have gotten stuck to her body. While Heaven was getting cleaned up, the house was seemingly quiet for a while. Xander was really stressed out at the fact that he had just left Heaven in the mist. “It’s not your fault Xander.” Said Ally. “Yes, it is” replied Xander. “I should have known better than to leave my sister in the mist.” “But if it wasn’t for you, that poor girl would have died. I bet Heaven’s proud of that.” Right in the middle of this conversation, Heaven screamed at the top of her lungs. Everyone's heart stopped upon hearing her scream. Susan got up and spirited to the bathroom. Xander followed behind, but he regretted it. Heaven was covered all over with bright red blisters. She was covered in blood and was barely breathing. Susan screamed “Dave, call an ambulance. We need to get Heaven to the hospital.” Heaven was practically in tears at this point. Susan wrapped her up in a towel. The ambulance wasn’t slow to arrive. Heaven was loaded onto a stretcher and taken away. “Told you so.” said Xander at Ally, with tears in his eyes. Ally knew what Xander was feeling. He blamed himself for Heaven. Ally tried to say something, but she couldn’t get the words out. Heaven reached for Xanders hand, but she had little strength left. She passed out on the way to the ambulance. The family was at the hospital, awaiting the results from the doctor. It had been eight hours since they arrived. Heaven was still asleep, but she was breathing. Xander was cropped up in the corner. He wasn’t even able to look at her like this. Ally held Xanders hand in an attempt to make him feel better about himself. Then, the doctor walked in the room. “Ma’am, there’s no easy way to say this.” said the doctor, right as everyone was bracing for the worst. “The mist that Heaven inhaled was a mixture of Wargun Zen as well as other toxic chemicals.” “So how bad is she?” said Susan. “I’m afraid that your daughter has gotten the Jaguar-Gen-38 virus. The virus currently has no cure.” Upon hearing this, Xander stormed out of the room, not wanting to hear how bad Heaven’s condition is. Ally followed him. When Xander saw that Ally was following him, he ran. Xander led Ally to a gas station next to the hospital. Xander was very upset that Ally followed him. Xander snapped at Ally and started yelling at her. Unfortunately, some cops nearby overheard the confrontation and proceeded to attack Xander, mostly because he was black. Ally was horrified at what was happening to Xander. Xander told Ally to run far away. Ally started running as fast as she could. Once she knew that she was clear, she carefully went back to the hospital. When she got back, Heaven was finally awake. Ally told the family what had happened. When Heaven heard this, she broke down into tears. So many bad things were happening to her in just a short amount of time. Both Dave and Susan were both sad and angry. They were upset that Xander had been brutally wounded by the police. Before they could mourn, a doctor came in and told the family that Heaven needs emergency surgery. Heaven was terrified. Susan desperately said a prayer before Heaven was taken away. It had been eight months since Heaven got sick. Heaven had given up on everything in life and was close to death. The doctors told Susan that there was nothing else they could do. The family went to see Heaven for the final time. Heaven was scared of death, but she knew that she couldn’t do anything about it. Heaven seemingly died surrounded by everyone that ever mattered to her. The family mourned at the sight of Heaven’s death. They stayed with her for three hours after her death. When they were about to leave, a miracle happened. The heart monitor attached to Heaven started beeping. Heaven then reached out for her mother’s hand and held it gently. Susan couldn’t have been more thankful. She fell to her knees and thanked the lord. It had been two weeks since Heaven came back to life. The doctors have found zero traces of the disease in Heaven’s body, questioning the doctors. When the church asked Heaven what happened to her when she was dead, she told an amazing story. “I had a vision that I stepped out of my body. I saw my family mourning me. I was scared. But then, I saw a man dressed in lightning, He reached out for me, saying that he loved me. That's when I knew I was safe. God told me that he will fix me because he has bigger plans for me.” Heaven was finally better. She slept peacefully and painlessly that night. She was safe.