SHIELD Agent Rhapsodos: A Part That Remains

:: Nurse Hatchet ::

With someone as stubborn as Robert, the former SOLDIER should have expected the hospice to send in someone who could eventually handle his thick-headed personality.

It just so happened that the rumors spoke of a person just as hardheaded as the old man himself.

Enter Hazel Milton, new caretaker, and volunteer; a short, plump brunette who was a fresh business graduate. She was determined to do some work in social services before entering the business world. Her nature to prove herself in the face of a real challenge was the reason the hospice set her up especially for Robert.

At first, just as Robert did so to Genesis, the former CIA agent made it his goal to set her running off in the other direction with his renowned 'spy glare'. The old man's intimidation tactics worked for a few hours or so. However, because Hazel wasn't the type to back down chaos ensued soon after.

Genesis hadn't been sure that he could have passed his history test with an A minus the next day due to the volume of the other two beforehand when he was studying. Still, he couldn't abandon the old man, and on the other side, it was nice to have a backup in taking care of Robert.

'But which side should I choose?', Genesis thought grimly. He was aware of his own fiery nature and getting involved with his own side would make matters worse, not to mention a hassle for him. After another three days of observing and weighing the odds, the two factions looked to him for support.

"Sorry Robert, but I'm going to have to side with Hazel on this one," Genesis spoke, looking anywhere but at the old man. The ex-SOLDIER was quite sure that the patient was boring a glare into the back of his head while the girl whooped in victory and thanked him.

Of course, Genesis had good intentions in mind so that Robert was cared for, but that wasn't his real reason he agreed in the first place. His true motive really was because he shuddered to get on the girl's bad side, which reminded him far too much of the fist-fighter back on Gaia: Tifa Lockhart. Sure, Hazel was far from being a fighter like Cloud's 'sweetheart' was, but the fact she had a legendary temper when it came to the household was way too similar.

Forget the term 'Mother Hen', as Genesis figured the title didn't really serve justice. When it came to women like both of them they were more correctly defined as 'Mama Bear'—mess with their children or pretty much their household territory and be ready to get your butt kicked. Still, Genesis' name for her was more of 'Nurse Hatchet', thanks to her way of cutting arguments in two when he and Robert argued about something.

The last thing the red-head wanted was to be on the opposite side of a person that rivaled Tifa's ire. As for Robert, he'd just have to live with it.