It was three in the afternoon as Robert and his team walked into the backyard of an abandoned house in Bali. One of his community members had sent him a video of this place, showing the owner moving out and leaving his 'pet', an angel he used for tricks to earn money, behind.

Robert was a 32 year old YouTuber, mystic creatures welfare and mystic creatures rights activists. He occasionally did undercover missions like these where he showed the bad conditions inside mystical creatures facilities, zoos, or pet stores to his followers and community, criticizing them publicly. Sometimes, like today, he got called to rescue mystical creatures, in this case an angel, from bad circumstances.

Robert slowly stepped into the backyard, immediately seeing what they were looking for. And it didn't look good. An angel was chained by their neck to a ring linked to the ground. They were dirty, their skin, hair and feathers covered in grime, blood and other substances. The faint bruises and scars on their skin didn't make it better and there was an infection on their neck from the chain, in addition to the badly bloodied left wing. And they were way too thin, their ribs showing. There was an almost empty, maybe mad look in their eyes as the angel relentlessly tugged on the chain, despite it not budging. The only water source Robert could see was in a dirty, stinking bucket, which was covered in flies.

Robert looked behind him, gesturing at his cameraman to continue filming for Robert's YouTube channel. With a gesture of his hand he signalled Bea, the owner of the sanctuary they would bring the angel to, to come forward to help him. She came forward, some food in her hand, a tranquilizer dart in her pocket, just in case.

Robert kicked a stone to not startle the angel. He wasn't even sure if the angel would be able to speak any human language. Or speak at all, since some got their vocal cords removed.

"Hey, buddy." Robert said carefully. "We're here to help you."