"Ow! Hot hot hot hot hot hot!"

Derek: Careful! That is hot chocolate!

"Once again thank you for stating the obvious! Goodness, you've been telling me things I already now for one HOUR now! How does Angie put up with you…?. _.;"

Derek:…Well I'm going to state the obvious once more by saying why are you drinking hot chocolate during Summer?

"Because I don't own Trauma Center in anyway and Atlus is the sole owner of it, sadly. BUT I am the owner of all my original characters~XD"

Derek:...W-...What?"

"Because I wanted to, Derek."

Derek: Oh...AND HEY.

"Y'know we love ya…"

Victor would want nothing more than to rip off his own ears.

Or put a gun to his head, which ever suited his fancy.

Now Victor was really never the one to complain about the simple things, but things like Tyler somehow breaking into his lab without permission and he not being there counted as big in his book. Probably small to others, yet very big to him. Even throughout the year of when GUILT sent him into a never-ending spiral of work (not that he minded anyway), he never complained, not even when he actually wanted to sleep in a warm, soft bed and not a swivel chair that had been worn out to the point of no return. Not even the time when Sidney had forbid him to enter the lab until he had fully recovered from a terrible flu he had contracted that left him kneeling at the all-mighty porcelain god. He loved that lab more than anything he could think of right now. Its calming atmosphere let him easily do what he believed to be the reason he came to this job. Toy around with liquids and other simple things to make a complex cure.

Well that and the solitude.
But all of that was now about to change drastically as Sidney Kasal said something that was considered apocalyptic in Victor's big reasons to complain:

"Oh yes…Victor, you are getting a…student, per se, that will be assisting you for now on."

A gun would greatly suffice in this situation.

"E…Excuse me?"

Victor was utterly speechless, which was just an understatement.

"…Sidney…Have I…done anything to make you hate me?"

"Hm…Nothing that I can remember, so no I'm guessing."

Victor let out a long sigh while running an exasperated hand up to his head where he momentarily ruffled his black mangled hair.

"Then why are you doing this to me?"

"Actually I'm not doing it for you more than I'm doing it for the person who will be assisting you."

"What do you mean by that? And wait! Isn't this person still a student? Why not let them go to some idiot college? Why me?"

"Because she has been to "idiot colleges" and she goes through each and everyone one of them like a kid with candy. She's the daughter of an old friend, and I somewhat need to do this to repay a debt to him…", he pushed up his glasses calmly as Victor slammed his hands onto his desk.

"I'M BEING DRAGGED INTO THIS BECAUSE OF A DEBT?"

"Now, now, Victor, you're looking at this the wrong way. She could be a great help in your research. She's always graduated at the top of her class, and she's a great listener from what I've heard-"

"And probably a better damn blabbermouth…"

"Ahem!"

"…Tch." Victor crossed his arms defiantly, shifting his weight to his right leg as he looked away.

"…Anyway, expect for her to come around Monday afternoon. Make her feel welcomed and please…just…give her one day."

"Then what?", Victor snapped his head back to glare into the eyes of the director of Caduceus USA.

"Give her one day to adjust and then…", Sidney sighed, mentally regretting for what he was about to say, "You can make her life a living hell for all I care. You can work her till she drops, alright? She'll have to obey your every command like a dog. How does that sound to you?"

And just like that, it was as if the sun ripped through the bleak, putrid sky and angels came chorusing down from the heavens all while the animals in the golden bathed field frolicked joyfully as Victor's mouth pulled up into a smile that made even Sidney Kasal shudder in remorse for what he had just done.

"You know…this whole predicament doesn't seem so…bad now.", Victor said, the pure excitement surprisingly evident in his voice as his face still held onto the devilish smile.

"Just remember...a day, got it? One day you must answer all her questions and listen to her intently as if you cared.", Sidney reminded him quickly, making sure that the ability to have a person's will in the palm his hands during job hours did not go to Victor's head.

It didn't seem to be working…

"Does that day have to be the first day…or can it be after I get tired of-"

"The FIRST day, Victor. As in the very time and moment she steps into this hospital and into your lab as your pupil. Do I make myself clear now?", Sidney said sternly, Victor nodded in approval as he made his way to the door.

"Is that all?", Victor questioned, his hand already on the doorknob.

"…Yes.", was all he could muster up to say as he watched what seem to be the happiest he'd seen Victor in a long time.

Sidney began rubbing his temples and, with his free hand, grabbed his mug that probably contained old cold coffee. He took his chances anyway and took a generous sip before setting it back on the coaster it was resting on. He sighed. It was cold, and watery at that.

It was only till he heard a slight knock at his door did Sidney notice Robert Hoffman waiting patiently at his opened door, he gestured him in.

"Hello, Dr. Hoffman. Please, take a seat.", Sidney exclaimed as he stacked and folded some papers to make his desk look more tidy and well-kept. uttered a small 'thank you' before promptly sitting down into one of Sidney's plusher chairs.

"Of what honor do I have of you coming here?", he chuckled at the remark.

"Nothing but a small check up. How have you've been for the past few days?"

"I've been well. Same I take it?"

"Erm…Yes…Sidney, could I ask you something?"

"Try me."

"I noticed while walking here that…Victor seems more…oh how do kids say it these days…um… more…uppity…than usual? Do you know why that is? Just curious."

Sidney gave a 'hm' before taking another sip of his cold coffee.

"That's because I've just given birth to Satan."

Silence.

"…Come again?"

"Oooh, it's almost lunch time…!", a very excited Leslie Sears announced once again, her eyes fixated on the ticking clock that was on the cream colored wall of the break room. Angie simply rolled her eyes at her friend.

"Leslie, she'll get here when she gets here. Right now, let's just enjoy our break time…", Angie said while she stirred some condiments into her coffee, " And I don't think stalking the poor girl will give her a 'warm welcoming' feeling y'know", she giggled as Leslie gave her a crossed look.

"I-I'm just curious, that's all! I mean…anyone that's going to be learning under the wing of Victor MUST be pretty courageous…", Leslie mused, letting out a deep dreamy sigh as she rested her cheek in the palm of her hand, "I wonder what she looks like…maybe… she wears glasses like Dr. Stiles? Is she skinny? Is she tall? Does she have a boyfriend, perhaps? Does she encase herself in makeup? Is her sign Leo? Does she prefer tea over coffee? What's her interest…"

"I'm really starting to wonder what you were like when Derek and I first arrived here…", Angie commented nervously as she took a seat next to Leslie.

"Oh, I wasn't that bad!", Leslie reassured her friend's suspicious thoughts with a bright smile.

"Oh that's a full blown lie and you know it", a new voiced joined into the conversation.

"T-Tyler! You're supposed to be helping me!", Leslie whined, giving a crossed look to both him and Angie as they laughed in union.

"You should've seen her, Angie! She was practically bouncing off these walls worse than she is now and…and…", Tyler trailed off, giving an innocent look as Leslie glared him down, ready to snap on him any second.

And as if right on queue, Victor and Derek had entered the break room in an intimate conversation that mostly concerned of medicine talk and surprisingly life outside the lab. It seemed that Victor was upholding the leader status in the conversation as always, since Derek always backed down and let him do the talking.

"A-Ah! Derek! Yo!", Tyler exclaimed happily, half glad to see him, the other glad to be away from Leslie's wrath, "Whoa…You and the hermit talking? It must be something important then! What are you guys talkin' about, huh?"

"…I'm just going to pretend I didn't hear that smart-ass comment.", Victor mumbled in a stoic tone as he walked over to the coffee maker to pour himself a bitter cup of steaming coffee. Tyler smiled cheerily, rubbing the back of his head in a nervous manner.

"Oh come on, Vic! Don't be like that! Soon, you'll have a little geeky assistant that will be just like you! Except in a woman-form!", Tyler teased, nudging him slightly in the shoulder...

Which he immediately regretted as the condiments in the plastic cup in which Victor was holding spilled all over his newly washed, white shirt.

A small chorus of gasps ensued before the deafening silence began.

"D-Dude…I'm sorry…I have a clean shirt in my…", Tyler was cut off short as a hand came up to stop him.

"Say anything and I swear death will seem like a relief after what I've done to you.", was Victor's deathly reply before he walked out of the break room, muttering vile words under his breath.

"..."

The tense atmosphere that died down as Victor left was filled with snickers.

"Tyler I'm surprised he didn't beat you down with that coffee pot the very second that coffee spilt!", Derek snorted out as he laughed along with his assistant, Leslie let out a tired sigh.

"If you come back with your face planted in the ground, I'm NOT pulling it back out…", Leslie growled, also taking her leave as she shoved Tyler's shoulder roughly with hers as she passed him, "I have patient's to attend to…break's almost over."

"What! Come on you guys! I just poured some…really hot coffee on…a nice clean white shirt…oh dear…", , Tyler's face paled as a (exaggerated) vision that contained Victor mercilessly beating Tyler repeatedly with an iron pot played over and over in his head, "…You don't think he's really...really angry about this do you?"

"Oh I'm sure he couldn't care less.", Angie said, sarcasm dripping off her voice, Tyler groaned.

"Well so much for my-"

"Ah!"

"Oh my! I'm terribly sorry!"

Their small talk abruptly stopped their attention now on the sounds of flying paper and voices that protruded from the hallway. Derek and Angie accompanied Tyler at the door as they peaked out to see what had caused the ruckus.

It seemed Leslie had bumped into another woman that was in her path who was holding many files that seemed to be paperwork. The girl was relatively young- she looked around Derek's age- with incredibly long dark raven hair that was neatly put up into a high ponytail, her bangs left out(with one awkward twirl in the middle) along with two long strands of her hair that curled into a circle near both of her ears. She had on an apologetic look on her face, which didn't seem to match her strong appearance. She was wearing a short white ruffled shirt, which made it easy to see her well-toned arms and strong muscles that tensed as she began to pick herself up from the ground. Her legs were long and slender, yet her thighs were broad with muscle. She carefully dusted off her navy blue skirt before looking up to personally apologize to Leslie, her apologetic look replaced with a strong, holding, yet gentle gaze. But what probably distinguished her most were her alluring hazel eyes that seemed to change from brown, green, and even to specks of gold at a moments notice. As she murmured a small 'ow' when her heel popped, her voiced carried a small French accent.

"I'm very sorry about that.", the woman apologized again, laughing nervously as she began picking the files that were now on the cold tile ground, "I should've looked where I was going…I set my clock ahead of time so I thought I was late and…!", the woman stopped as she looked up, noticingtheir onlookers, in which they quickly turned away, embarrassed.

"Oh guys, just come out already. Your as worse as Tyler when it comes to hiding!", Leslie chuckled softly as Derek, Angie, and Tyler came out from the break room, their eyes glued onto the unknown person.

"N-No way…", the woman whispered, her voice was filled with awe as she began to step closer and closer to Derek, "You…Your…!"

"The one and only?", Derek joked, confused.

"You are!", the woman cried out in excitement, which made everyone step back a pace, "Your Dr. Derek Stiles aren't you! Oh my god…Wow! It's an honor!", she quickly brung out her hand to shake his. Derek extended his hand slowly, confused as ever as the girl shook his hand vigorously. "Then that must mean…you!', the woman quickly directed her attention to Angie, who was more than delighted to have this woman now burning holes into her skull, "Y-Your…Angie Thompson! Oh wow wow wow! This is all waaay to cool!" , the woman giggled in delight, her excitement dieing down some, "This is such an amazing experience! To think I'll be helping you in medical work here in the field!"

"W-Wait what? You're…working here?", Tyler finally stuttered out, the woman nodded happily, " Did you…start here…like today..?", once again, the woman nodded.

Everyone shared suspicious glances.

"Um…excuse me, but…what is your name?", Leslie questioned, everyone held their breathe as the woman promptly answered.

"My name is Yayaoi Delahoussaye Abe, and I'll be assisting the head of Research and Development from now on! Oh…by the way…I was wondering. Do you think any of you could possibly help me out? I can't even find out where the bathroom is in this place!"

Tyler's jaw dropped.

"HOW THE HELL DID VICTOR SCORE THIS CHICK!"

LOL, for some reason, the thought of Victor beating Tyler repeatedly with a coffee pot seems overly hilarious to me…haha! COFFEE EVERYWHERE!

Derek: I wonder about your sanity…

D: …So cruel, yet so true…HEY THAT RHYMED!

Derek: That's exactly what I'm talking about…

BLAME IT FOR BEING 1 AM IN THE MORNING THAT I FINISHED THIS…*snore*

Derek: Annnnnd she's out like a light.

Angie: Better leave her now before she wakes up.

Derek: Agreed.

AND THIS IS THE FIRST...THE FIRST OF THE MANY CHAPTERS

Derek: HOW THE HELL DID YOU WAKE UP SO FAST!O.o

(Reviews would be lovely~!)