~ Tony’s POV ~

“GET THE FUCK OFF HER, YOU FUCKING PRICK!” I yelled through the mic.

The boys stopped playing and singing and looked at me shocked and confused. I hardly ever yelled. I pointed over to where I was the girl getting beaten.

“Oh hell no.” I heard Vic and Jaime say as they threw their instruments down. We all jumped down off the stage and headed straight for the girl.

“Get. The. Hell. Off. Her.” Mike snarled to the guy.

“No,” the guy spat, “She’s mine. My property, and now I’d like to talk this little slut home.” I could smell the mixture of alcohol and cigarettes on his breath and he tried to drag the girl away.

Before I could even blink I saw Vic and Mike punching the bastard straight in the jaw. “DON’T – YOU – EVER – CALL – HER – THAT – AGAIN!” Vic said between each punch.

Jaime went over the girl’s friend and tried to calm her down as he helped her up off the ground. “Please!” She screamed, “Please, just help Ariel!”

I went over to the girl, who must have been Ariel, and carefully tried to pick her up without hurting her even more. She was slowly drifting into unconsciousness.

“No, no, no,” I whispered to her, “Hang in there. Please…”

She was beautiful. She had a sense of innocents in her face. I felt anger stirring. All I wanted to do was punch that asshole in the face, but I needed to help her first. She was more important.

I carried her back stage and carefully laid her down on a couch nearby. I told Casey to call a 911 and I went over and held Ariel’s hand. She was stirring a bit but I don’t think she was fully conscious.

“Are you my guardian angel or something…?” she whispered.

I smiled. “Yeah, something like that.” I told her as I started to wipe the blood off her forehead with a towel I had found.

The boys and Ariel’s friend appeared just as the paramedics showed up. They put Ariel on the gurney and took her away.

Ariel’s friend, whose name I learned was Sky, spoke up, “Can I ride with her? To the hospital?” The paramedic agreed and walked her to the ambulance.

“I need to go, guys.” I said softly. “I need to see that she’ll be okay.” I started to tear up. I didn’t understand why. I didn’t know the girl, why was I so concerned?

“Okay, Tone.” Vic said. “We’ll tell the fans and everyone. They’ll understand.”

I couldn’t speak so I just gave a nod. “Can… can someone drive me there?”

“I will.” Jaime said putting his arm around my shoulders.

We said our goodbyes and started heading for the door. Mike and Vic said they’d meet us at the hospital as soon as they took care of everything. I felt bad for letting down the fans, but I felt even worse that the poor Ariel girl was hurt.

I couldn’t understand how someone could be so cruel to someone so beautiful, so innocent looking, how someone could physically hurt her. I felt the anger stirring again. I just hope to god that she will be alright…