She was a big unmovable mass not to be bothered, something so tough she probably fought bears for fun, and whose cooking was questionable. She was the Neutron Family's nanny; Hilgo.
Now, the Neutrons hired the woman on purpose when their investment was only worth a fraction of what it was now. When the little whipped-cream headed-boy was more memorable as a cute baby. But Mrs. Neutron was also busy with other things besides being a mother, and frankly, holding or touching the baby scared her. Hilgo came into their employment after two day nannies, a night-nurse, and wet nurse. Jimmy was two or so, and one of the former nannies (they couldn't recall her name either) reported the boy getting picked on at the park by somw little girl. This wouldn't do.
So after interviews done by assistances, litte James Neutron was introduced to Hilgo. He looked up in some much fear, his wide eyes started to tear up. It got worse when the strong arms picked him up. She was like a monster drom a worse nightmare, worse than Grandma's kisses.
However, once the small boy clamed a little bit he got some lunch (Hilgo made the strangest sandwiches), and they went to the park. Where Little Jimmy was set in the sandbox next to a plum boy and a little odd masked thing. Hilgo would sit by the other parents, but they learned not to talk to her veey much. tried once.
"So which one's yours?"
"Small one." She answered honestly thinking 'the one you just saw me with stupid twig'.
"Ooooh...Of course...he has your eyes."
"I am nanny, not mother."
Then her attention was almost gladly pulled away as screams of her charge were heard. Most parents ingored it, chilren were naturally loud and it was hard to tell their having fun from fear. But Hilgo glanced up, spying a blonde girl in pink with fistfuls of sand standing almost on Jimmy and his friends. Thr odd one having some kind of sneezing-crying, strange fit and the weirder one failing to brandish a stick like a sword since it was up his nose.
Cindy, to this day, testifies they were only playing. But a shadw overcame her none the less, and she found herself picked uo with one arm, the other picked up Jimmy like a football, and stuck her into the deepest sand pile with her head still sticking out. When Jimmy got all of the sand from his eyes and stopped, that was all he saw of Cindy and her mother frantically digging her out. He looked up at was still a scary beast, and smiled.
"T'hank yoo, Hill-go! T'at was so cool!" Speech was hard when you were two, genius or not.
"Da." Hilgo just answered as they headed home towards Neutron Estate.
