Victoria woke up and stretched. She looked at the clock on the nightstand and saw that it was four-thirty in the morning. To her, that was normal. She stood up, opened the door, and found the bathroom door open with the lights on. She chuckled a bit. She walked in the bathroom to find Shadow on the floor, curled up, next to the toilet.
She knew what happened and felt his head. She looked at him worried. "Oh dear, he's sick." She said in a worried tone. She tried to left him up, but she was too weak. So she dragged him to his bedroom and put him in bed. He opened his eyes, seeing her by the bedside. She looked worried. "What's wrong?" He asked. She replied "I think you have the flu. You need plenty of rest." He tried to get up, but he was feeling weak and terrible. "Shadow," She said "You need to rest. I am going to take care of you, you don't need to worry about anything." As she pated his head with a soft smile.
"Can I at least call my work?" He asked. She replied yes and walked out the room to get his phone. She handed him the phone and went down stair to get him something to drink. She went upstairs and heard him throw up again. She ran up there to see where he threw up. He was leaning on the side of the bed where he threw up on the floor. He set him back on the bed and covered him with the covers. " I will be right back, Shadow. Do not try to vomit again." She said in a calm voice.
She walked out the room and came back with two buckets and a mop. She gave one bucket to Shadow to throw up in and started mopping. She was curious to know where Shadow worked at. " Shadow?" " Yes?" He replied. " Where do you work at?" " At G.U.N.." She looked confused wondering what that was. " What's G.U.N?" She asked. " It's where I work. I go to HQ and follow the Commander's orders."
" Oh…." She understood what he was talking about now, But she wanted to know more. " How long have you been working there for?" " A long time-." Then he threw up in the bucket. " It will be over by this afternoon. You just need some rest." She was done mopping and took something out of her pocket of her pants. She put a little bell on the nightstand by Shadow's bed. " Would you like your book?" She asked. He nodded his head yes. She went downstairs and found his book next to the chair. She walked back to his room and sat the book next to him.
" If you need anything else, just ring the bell. I'll be cleaning now." As she left the room, Shadow rang the bell. She walked back in the room. " Yes?" She asked. " It looks dark outside. What time is it?" He asked, coughing a bit. "It's about five o'clock." " Did I wake you up?" She sort of chuckled once she heard that question. " Oh no, not at all. I normally wake up at this time. Anymore questions?" " Why do you wake up at 4?" She sat on the side of the bed, next to his feet, having her hands on her lap.
" Well, my old family would get up around five thirty in the morning. So I had to get up and cooked breakfast for them. After breakfast, they would make a huge mess around the house before they left. I cleaned the whole house before they come home, and I take care of the garden. I was very much like a butler or a maid. But I was beaten up for the stupidest reasons. The night before I came here, I was beaten up so badly that I almost died. Sonic heard me and saved me. I still don't know how to thank him." Shadow looked at her. " Hmm… No wonder she looks like this." He thought to himself. She got up walked by the door. She looked back at him and said " Remember to ring the bell if you need anything." And left the room.
She got a broom and started cleaning the kitchen, humming a tune to herself. She was done sweeping the whole house in about 13 minutes. Then she started mopping the house which didn't take long. After that, she started dusting, wiping the counters, washing the dishes, and reorganizing everything in the house. Since shadow fell asleep, she decided to make breakfast for herself since Shadow couldn't eat any solids for awhile. While eating, she saw the clock. " Oh my, it's already six thirty? What am I suppose to do all day? Shadow is sleeping, the whole house is cleaned, and there's no garden! This is going to be a long day." She thought to herself with a sigh escaping her mouth.
After eating her breakfast and cleaning her plat off, she went up stairs to check on Shadow. She put her hand on his forehead to see how he's doing. " Hmm… He's sweating. The fever is starting to break. That's good." She sat in a chair in his room reading a book she found. As hours past and Shadow finally woke up. " Oh, I see you've woken up." With a soft smile. Shadow was trying to sit up, but he was still tired. She walked over to him and helped him sit up. "Don't try to move too much, your body is sort of weak right now." "I am not weak." He replied. She chuckled a bit and then patting his head "I'm sure your strong. But it's just the flu."
" Why am I hot and sweating?" " That means your fevers broken. You should be fine by tomorrow morning." " You said I'd be fine this afternoon." " You are not vomiting, are you?" she said with a little grin on her face. Shadow sighed " I guess not." She picked up his bucket and left the room to clean it out. Shadow started reading his book again waiting for her to come back. He knew that he had a bell, but she would come back anyways. As he thought, she came back in.
"Do you need anything, Shadow?" " Some more water would be nice." " Yes sir." As she was walking out the room, " What did I say about calling me sir?" She stop walking. " I'm.. I'm sorry Shadow." And go him some more water and handed the glass to him. She sat in the chair, staring at him. Shadow didn't noticed and kept reading. " Shadow?" " Yes?" " I would like to know more about you." There was a moment of silent. " Why?" " We are going to be living together for awhile, I just want to know you. And will free to ask any questions." She said with a smile on her face. " I don't know much about myself." " Hmm… How old are you?" " I just said I don't know about myself." He replied. " I'm sorry…" She looked down like she was a bit sad. Still looking down, she wanted him to know about her age. " I am twenty. I'll be twenty-one next month." Shadow kept reading, but was listening to her. " And they still kept you?"
" Well, tomorrow when you're in the living room, you'll see why." As a little chuckle came from her mouth. Before Shadow could say anything, Victoria stood up and told him that she'll be taking a shower. While Taking her shower, she thought that she never had a job and she thinks that it'll be fun working at G.U.N with Shadow. She could do more with her life than just clean.
After the shower, she checked on Shadow, which he was sleeping. She put the covers on him, put his book on the nightstand, and turned the lights out. She went to her room and laid down in bed, not ready to go to sleep. Remembering what her parents told her when she was little. She got out bed and sat by the window. Looking at the stars in the sky. " Mother, Father? I'm going to do what's right. I'm going to protect people like you wanted." Talking to herself quietly, wearing a soft smile.