Catocala Lacrymosa

Prologue

It was almost midnight in Jasper, Nevada and yet there were folks still awake. One such individual was the brunette doctor who was busy with reports and other various types of paperwork. She pushed up her glasses and continued sighing the documents in her darkened office; she worked better with minimal lighting. She chewed on the end of the ball point pen as she read over a new set of documents before sighing them as well.

When they were finally finished, she put the documents into a small cardboard box and began to sort the medical records. It seemed no matter how hard or long she worked the esteemed doctor could never slay the beast known as paperwork. She rubbed the bridge of her nose to make her headache lighten up a bit before she pulled out a small blue pill bottle. She opened it and shook out four small white pills before swallowing them and taking a swig of her bottle of water. She sighed deeply before pushing up her glasses once more and continued on until a knock came from her door.

The brunette ignored it and simply believed that she was tired and hearing things before attempting to continue on with work. A louder knock came and she groaned before placing the files on top of the filing cabinet and walked over to the door. She unlocked it and opened the door to see a man in his early to mid fifties wearing a white coat like hers and a stern look on his face. He had grey hair and a small mustache.

"Dr. Hellsing, you haven't left this hospital for five days now. I know you want to have everything in shipshape but this is ridiculous. You're going to work yourself to death." He told her coldly.

The female sighed ans rubbed the bridge of her nose. "Is there something I can help you with Dr. Waits?" She asked with a growl as she stared sternly at him with her brown eyes. "I have work to finish you know."

Dr. Waits sighed and looked at her sincerely. "Victoria, as much as I appreciate your desire to get everyone else's work done for them, you're new here and you have worked yourself ragged every day. I am greatly honored to have such a highly respected and sought after Physician as yourself in my Hospital but you won't be of any use if you're exhausted to the point of collapsing." He explained.

Victoria couldn't help rolling her eyes at him. Just because she was a female every male doctor looked down on her and thought that she was nothing more than an eyepiece who'd crack under the slightest strain. She had proven herself through hard and strenuous work to a lot of them but when you're part of a species who sees males as the dominant gender it was difficult to prove yourself to them when they didn't tend to think with the head that was on their shoulders.

Despite being almost thirty years old, Victoria resembled a teenager with a curvy hourglass figure and a very pretty face. She was also a rather busty woman, something she found slightly annoying but she never bothered with reduction surgery; it was just a waste of time and money. A scar over where her heart was located and some small scars over her left shoulder were the only flaws on her body; the scars were slightly darker in color compared to the rest of her skin and the only majorly noticeable one was the one over her heart. Few knew the story of these scars but when they were seen, people would wince or look away from them.

Dr. Waits put a hand on her unscarred shoulder, knowing that she didn't like people touching the other one. "Go home and get some rest Dr. Hellsing. In fact, take the next two weeks off, you deserve it. Shawn should be coming home from his camping trip, correct? Spend some time with him, take him somewhere fun."

Victoria stared at him with a surprised look before her eyebrows furrowed and she jerked away from his hand. "As great as that sounds John, I cannot simply take a vacation. My patients need me and there is much filing and sorting to do. Also don't you EVER imply that I don't spend enough time with my son. He understands that I work long hours and actually encourages me because he knows I am saving lives while I'm here.

"He may only be eight years old but he's a smart boy and if we want to spend time together I can simply bring him to work. He likes being here and likes most of your staff. I get nothing but compliments about his behavior and maturity despite his young age." She growled. "Until it's time for him to come home I'm staying right here in this office and putting my time to good use." She then added with a tone that meant the discussion was over. Unfortunetly, Dr. Waits either didn't pick up on it or simply flat out ignored it.

"It's not an offer, ; it's an order. You NEED a vacation and you're going to get one whether you like it or not…"

His body tensed up at the icy glare she gave him; it was like being in the eyes of a predator. Victoria may look young but one look in her eyes and you knew she was much older, wiser, and deadlier. Dr. Waits knew a bit about her past and prior military service; she could easily eat him to a pulp if she allowed her urges to could her judgement. He had seen her level one of his younger male doctors on the first day she began working. He had made some rude comment about her and tried to touch her inappropriately. That earned him a nice nap on the lobby floor with a broken hand and nose along with some missing teeth. Victoria was someone who wouldn't take any kind of disrespect or harassment and trying to simply give her orders was a nightmare.

After a few more moments of that murderous glare, her look softened and she exhaled as she removed her glasses before rubbing her eyes. "Alright…perhaps…I could use a little TLC." She said as she gave him a small smile.

John relaxed and smiled back as he walked into her office. "You know I really have it when you give me that look, especially in such little lighting. I always end up shitting bricks." He chuckled as he picked up some medical records and sorted them into the filing cabinets before shutting them. "Where the hell did you learn it and can you teach me how to do it?"

Victoria only chuckled as she packed her personal belongings into her large purse; her IPad Mini, her cell phone, he contacts that she RARELY wore, an extra pair of glasses, her sun glasses, and a few CDs of bands she enjoyed listening to while working. "Sorry, John; it's a Devil Dog Trade Secret." She then slung the purse over her shoulder and grabbed her keys before stepping out with him and locking her office. "Are you SURE you'll be fine in my absence?"

Dr. Waits smiled and stuck his nose up proudly. "Of course we'll be fine!"

She gave him an expressionless glance and he chuckled as he gently patted her back. "I assure you, we'll be able to handle things here without you for a while."

Victoria sighed softly and nodded before walking down the long hallway and disappearing around the corner. John sighed afterwards and rubbed his head. "That woman works so hard and expects nothing in return like a true Marine. I suppose she feels it's the least she can do for her country since she can no longer be in the military…"

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Well there's your introduction to our main woman!

Warning: This story contains bad words lol and probably a very sad ending so if you don't like sad endings don't read.

I may make an alternate ending to it ut that just depends if I get it that far.

Peace out!