ROYAL MAID

INTRUDER

ANDREA Point of View

“Athena Bless” she called her name. 

“Y…yes Ma'am.” She do not know if she is nervous or what, but she stammered while her face remains calm. 

“Are you aware what kind of job you applied?” she asked her.

Based on her appearance, it is far from what she expected to apply as personal maidservant of her five years old nephew.

She looked at her papers. The woman is 24 years old and a one-year younger than she is. An orphan, so maybe she decided of entering as a helper. Her appearance seems to be marked by time. She was wearing thick eyeglasses. She is not sure if she got her vision blurred or just her fashion. Her hair will also thicken as if scared of the comb. She also has two hairpins on both sides of her head. Her dress is a loose elbow-length blouse with colorful pants and black rubber shoes. She is a fashion expert and based on what she saw, this woman has no taste of fashion.

“Y-yes Ma'am, even though I only graduated from high school, you can count on me, I'm also hard working no matter the task you gave me, I will never complain. I'll do it as you say.” even if she stutters, her self-confidence is visible on her calm face.

“Who are you with at home?” she asked her. She needs to know simple information about her. 

“I live alone and used to live with the support of some acquaintances, now I decided of finding my own job. I do not want to be a burden to them anymore. I can stand on my own now,” she answered confidently. 

The woman was looking straight at her, so she thinks she was telling the truth.

“Where are your relatives?”

“I have no idea where they are.” a sad answer.

“Alright, you may start tomorrow. By the way, call me Ma'am Andrea.” 

This woman is her last option and she need to trust her. Or else her Brother will throw tantrums again. She does not want to witness his never-ending grouchiness. 

“E-eh Ma'am, can I start now? I do not have a place to stay overnight. Our province is far away, so I already brought my belongings.” She pointed to the belongings beside her that she did not notice earlier. 

I agreed and called another helper to accompany her to the room next to Clyde's room, where she would stay while working as Clyde's personal maidservant. She needed to be closer to the child’s room to attend his matter immediately. 

 .....

It was already lunchtime, when her Brother came down, with Clyde in his arms and clinging to his neck while still drowsy.

“Brother, you come down at noon again.” she said to him. He does not have office work now, so he got a time for the child.

“We already ate our breakfast in bed” he answered. 

She did not saw them go down for breakfast, so maybe they delivered the food upstairs. 

They sat in the chair opposite with her. They are here ready to eat their lunch. Clyde is still in the same position in his Father arms. 

“Brother, I already found a new helper for Clyde.” she started the conversation. We are used to talking about a relevant topic over the food.

“Dad, I don't want Nanny.” Clyde butted in. He is against with the idea of having a new Nanny. 

His Father just gave a little smile to the child. He does not smile open; even she rarely sees his smile.

“I want to meet her, later.” she just nodded and continued eating.

....

....

“Brother, this is Athena Bless and Athena; this is your Boss, my brother, Alexander Aidan Versailles.” she introduce them to each other. 

She allows her to rest first, and then she will start tomorrow. Then she already explained her job description as Clyde's personal maidservant. 

“H-hello sir.” she is hesitant to greet Zander. 

He just looks at Athena without emotions on his face 

Her brother did not react as expected, but not the boy sitting next to him.

“Dad, she's ugly!” he complained immediately.

“I know.” she was taken aback when he agreed with his son's statement. 

The child's bad looks remain with his new helper.

“Andrea, are you sure with this creature?” her brother turned at her. His mouth is terrible.

He can use another word for Athena, but as usual, he is Zander and good words not cross in his personality. 

“Brother, she's Athena. Don't call her other names.” she scolded my brother.

Sometimes she has the courage to rebuke him.

“Andrea.” there is a warning in his tone. In this case, she just kept her mouth shut.

“You.” he calls Athena's attention. “In what planet did you come from?” she apologetically looks to Athena.

Most of the time, her brother cannot control his rudeness. 

“Planet Earth, Sir.” It is a realistic answer.

She wants to smile and clap her hands by Athena’s answer but she stopped when she saw her brother's gaze deepen on Athena.

“I haven’t informed there is ugly specie in Earth not until now.” really Brother?

I felt having a headache just now. 

Sometimes she asks herself if they are really siblings. Yes, they do look alike but their characters are opposite. 

“Maybe, you didn't notice, but we're here altogether Sir.” she replied. Her stammer voice is gone.

She has shocked and almost laughed. She already likes this girl.

“You have that courage to talk back with your Boss, huh! You are not even starting your job! Do you want me to fire you right away?” a threatened question from Zander?

Oh! my… he is already mad.

“I'm sorry Sir.” Athena apologized. “I'm just answering your questions.” Yeah, Athena is right. It is rude not to answer your Boss question. She wants to add, but when her brother is like that, he will really do what he said.

She saw Zander’s hard face while looking at Athena. 

“Make sure to do your job well. If not, I'll be burying you 10 feet below the ground.” he threatened Athena.

“Y…yes Sir!”

“You may go.” Athena immediately followed by his command, but she almost fell while walking. 

Maybe she felt Zander's scary aura. Everyone gets his or her knees jelly when her Brother is like Clyde's favorite Japanese anime. If she is not mistaken, it is Super-Saiyan, where there was a scary aura around character’s body. Nobody will ever oppose her Brother, even her. 

....

“Are you really sure with that girl?” he asked after Athena left.

“I'm not!” she admits. “But I don't have a choice. All agencies declined my request.” she sighed deeply. “Even her style is out-fashioned maybe she's the one that we need.” she added.

“How did you find her?” this question seems questionable.

“Miguel's friend, I asked his help.” he knew my boyfriend and she did not hear his comment. However, his frowning face did not disappear, not even the child next to him. 

They are really looking the same. 

....

....

ATHENA Point of View

There is no turning back. This is it. She will be a helper in this huge mansion, rather, an assistant for the naughty child. She thinks the child inherited that attitude from his rude Father.

This mansion is huge, and she saw it was on four floors from the outside. She is not sure how many rooms but in terms of its size, there is probably too much room inside. 

She looked down because of the thing that caused her almost fell down earlier. 

“Why can't you cooperate?” she said with that thing. 

Her slippers

She was wearing an oversize slipper. She do not have any other choice, this pair of slippers are together with her luggage. 

...

....

She could not sleep maybe, because of the new environment. The room is beautiful, with dirty white paint, and it has its own bed. Strange for a maidservant’s room, also has its own restroom. She does not think it is really for a maidservant. Ma'am Andrea instructed her to stay close to the child, so she did not ask any more questions.

...

I only do one thing every time she cannot sleep.

She left the room and went down to the garden she had seen earlier. The night breeze was cold, but she does not care. She just looked up at the sky and watched the twinkling stars. They are too many and so beautiful. The moon is not that bright that helps the stars more visible. 

....

“What are you doing here?” a voice from behind. 

I know it is midnight, but why he is still awake.

“I…I need fresh air Sir, I can't sleep.” she answered to him. 

“You shouldn't come out this late.” his tone was still rude but his facial expression did not change.

“If you don't mind Sir, why you are still awake at this time?” 

“Not your business. Go back to your room.” he is short-tempered. 

She is looking at him trying to find any emotions, but nothing. His words and facial expressions are very plain. Is he a normal person or a robotic man? 

Okay. Never mind. 

“Al right Sir.” She does not argue anymore, she might lose her job while trying to reason out. 

....

She was close to the door but suddenly…

BLAG!

She heard something broke and fall. She turned back, but Mr. Frown was no longer in the place where I had left him. Furthermore, she hurried back to her room.

....

THIRD-PERSON Point of View

An unknown figure is currently in the garden and looking at the broken thing.

A flowerpot

The figure has a bad feeling about what was happening and narrowed his/her eyes. 

“Hmm, as expected with Versailles Mansion.” a voice from the figure.

CCTV’s are in various parts of the area. 

It is not really a problem. 

The figure called someone using its earpiece that will help him/her even he/she can do it. She/he is just lazy. 

“Eye, do something about CCTV's here.” He/she commanded through earpiece.

“Affirmative First.” a voice answered from the other line. 

The figure called First, heard the keyboard typing from the other line; probably Eye is doing his job.

“Done.” a second later it is said again. First knew it was easy for him to do that kind of job. 

First, cut off the call without gratitude. Furthermore, he/she do not tend to be thankful. They are aware of that.

....

She/he climbed the wall using its new invention. It is a glove, but with special material on it. It can stick to walls and cope with the weight of the user. Not only that, but it makes easier for him/her to do especially in this situation.

....

She/he has reached the third floor where its purpose is and carefully climbed out the window and soundless came down. Furthermore, she/he knows he is here.

The room door was a bit open and without hesitation, the figure entered the room with one knee bent and kneeling, ready for whatever was waiting inside.

Bang. 

Bang. 

Bang. 

Three consecutive gunshots avoided, as expected. He/she is currently hiding on the large sofa in the room.

“W-who are you?” the figure heard a difficult voice from whoever he is. 

She/he peeked out of its hiding place; the figure saw a man lying on his back with a figure behind him, not sure, if it is a girl or a boy.

However, on the second thought it is a man base on his physical appearance. 

That question regained the attention of the figure behind it. Therefore, the g*n pointed to the figure direction was move to the man lying down the floor. 

“This is your end.

The figure was alert again, and before it could hit the trigger, he/she took a kunai from his/her leg holster and threw it to his direction. It stuck to the Unknown person's hand causing the g*n to release and fell on the floor. 

“Bullshit!” they heard his hurting voice. 

Before it could retrieve the g*n with his other hand, the figure immediately ran to him and gave another kick on his body. 

The Unknown person flew to the other side. He has a hard time to stand up, but before he fully stood, he/she gave him another roundhouse kick that hit his jaw.

She/he could not allow him to regain his strength and knew this person is not an easy opponent. 

“Who are you?” he finally stands from the figure kick. 

Since it is not thing to introduce to the opponent, the figure rushed towards him to attack again and as expected, he avoided the figure punch with his right arm that kunai had hit earlier. He frowned to the impact. 

The figure smirked and quickly walked away when he/she saw the oncoming punch from him. She/he acted quickly and attacked again. He cannot even follow the figure moves. 

She/he was wrong earlier. He can fight but not enough for the figure.

She/he saw an open way to attack. The unknown person is not alert. He/she gave the last blow in the unknown person face that makes him fall. When the figure saw that he was lying down, he/she immediately approached him and raised his head with a b****y face. There is no doubt about the figure ability. It was one with the strongest punches and kicks in the organization and rarely use a weapon, unless necessary.

The figure appearance is hiding from its fighting suit. It was cover from head to toe; only his/her eyes are visible. 

It is the figure’s blue-green eyes. 

The figure took off the unknown person mask, and from the dim light in this room, the ugly man was expose. He looks like a villain in a movie that only knows how to r**e the victim. The figure frowned again. 

It is not good eyesight. 

“Eye, can you identify this Man?” he/she asked from its earpiece.

There was no response from the other line, but could hear the keyboard typing. The figure knew he could see the man in front of through the lenses he/she wearing.

“Diosdado Solomon, 37 years old and a member of Sham Organization's underling.”

Their suspicion is correct. The figure interrupted the conversation with Eye and spoke again.

“Third, get this ash * le.” He/she command again.

“Copied, First.” a cold voice answered.

The figure smirked by his/her comrade voice they used to that one.

The man could not move, he probably felt the pain caused by my kick. At these times, the aftershock of the kick is intensifying, where the pain will be feeling more. They still need him to get more information about their organization. 

The figure pulled it all the way to the bedroom balcony. He/she saw their colleague standing there and leave the man with him. He already knew what to do.

“Second, clean the mess.” a command again on the other line.

This earpiece has an automatic transmittal, when the name of the person wants to talk to is mention, they will hear. Particularly that person only, the rest of their colleagues will not hear. It can also be group communication if I changed its mode. If the cellphone has it's setting, this earpiece too. However, it will be change through the figure voice. This is also one of its inventions.

“Noted First”

There are many scattered Sham Organization's underling members outside, so it needs to be clean up immediately before other people in the mansion see the dead male companion earlier. Some guards are currently sleeping because of the sleeping pills they used.

....

He/she went back to the man lying on the floor. It seems he lost consciousness, probably because he was beat earlier.

The figure laid his body down and examined him to see if there was any wound, but there was none.

“W-who are you?” the figure heard from him. He did not faint; it just seemed he only paralyzed.

It checked his pulse, and the figure was right, something injected into him so that he could not move.

The figure took a bottle from his/her holster. He/she always carry it in case of emergency. This is a multi-antidote. Any d**g with side effects can cure it. He/she took a tablet and put it in the man's mouth.

“Swallow it.” an order from the figure, which the man did.

It just has a quick effect. Therefore, he will be fine later on.

The figure got up from kneeling next to him; their intention done tonight.

Before the figure could get away, he/she felt something approaching. Because of its reflexes are fast, the figure avoided it and looked at the object that almost hit him/her.

Kunai

The kunai the figure used with the man earlier.

“You can't get out of this room until I know who you are.” it is a threat that the figure do not care about. No matter how cold his voice was, it had no effect on him/her.

“You can't stop me.” The figure took the kunai and was about to touch the door lock but something hit the door causing it to close again.

This time it is a piece of slipper.

How did he do that? He is not ordinary based on the force using the slippers. He was stronger than usual, it looks like the man just preceded him earlier, so he could not resist.

“I said, who are you?” this question again.

“It's for me to know and for you to find out.” then the figure rushed at him quickly. It jumped between them and there was a kick ready from the air.

The figure smiled, as expected he is ready to avoid the attack.

A deceptive attack

He/she do not intend to play with him, its purpose is to get to the balcony and use that way for departure. If it is not possible to use the door then he/she will pass here.

The figure climbed the balcony railing, but before jumping, he/she turned again to the man with a shocked expression.

“Until we meet again Alexander Aidan Versailles.” The figure smirked and continued to jump.

He/she did not hear any response from him. 

It seems that we will meet more often Mr. Versailles, and a smirk showed again in the figure covered face.