"Alright everyone, do allow me to introduce our newest surgeon; Doctor Alexa Stewart," The elder man, Director Hoffman, said rather loudly, gathering silence from the watching men and women.

Scattered applause and chatting was then heard. The redheaded woman smiled softly, a blush spreading across her soft features.

"Thank you. It's an honor to even be accepted here. I promise to do my best on staff here at Caduceus."

Her short hair bobbed as she talked. Her orange and green eyes caught the rest of the staff's, including the famous Derek Stiles and Angela Thompson. Smiles were sent both ways.

"Alright, everyone, let's get back to work," Another man, Sidney Kasal, said. "Sangome," he then pointed to a nearby woman, "Please do show Alexa around. I'll have another assistant help Dr. Chase today."

Sidney walked off, along with the rest of the staff, excluding Sangome. Alexa stood forward.

"Hello, it's very nice to meet you." She held out a small hand.

The woman Sidney was referring to stepped forward. She brushed a chunk of her dirty-blond hair out of her face, and examined her with her rather dark brown eyes. After a brief pause, she smiled.

"It's nice to meet you, too," she began, "As Mr. Kasal said, I'm Sangome. Sangome...Kuroudo." she introduced, shaking Alexa's hand. She had stumbled on her words when it came to her last name, and she realized this. She had hoped Alexa didn't take notice, and she didn't seem to.

Sangome adjusted her nurse's hat and gave a playful huff. "Well, Bossman there wants me to show you around...Though, I wish he would have been more...specific..." she said, darting her eyes around."Well...let's start this way." she said, walking her down the main hall.

Alexa smiled and walked alongside Sangome. "Wow... I actually can't believe I'm here!" She then laughed softly to herself. "Excuse me about that, I just... It's a dream come true..! It's nothing like back at Tacoma General in Washington state."

Red hair bobbed again. "Sorry, I was an intern there." Changing the subject, another smile formed. "How long have you been working he--?"

"OUT OF THE WAY!"

The blonde-brunette quickly turned her head. "Ah crap, DUCK!" she yelled, shoving Alexa out of the stampeding doctor's way. She knew the voice, even in the short time she had been here -- it was Victor Niguel. A little annoyed at the prospect that he was screaming like a banshee and just carting in medicine and not a patient, she spoke up. "Was that REALLY necessary, Doctor!?" Sangome yelled out. Victor spun around and gave her a slight glare.

"No, I like running around, screaming like a moron --YES, it's THAT important. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to deliver this. If anyone asks, tell them I had a breakthrough," he said before running off.

Sangome sighed, and smiled nervously. "Sorry about that...he can be...hardheaded sometimes...but he's not that bad. But to answer your question, I haven't been here long, I've been here...a week, maybe?" Sangome explained, straightening out her skirt.

Alexa straightened out her lab coat. "O-oh my... He seems rather nice," she snickered, obviously being sarcastic. "A breakthrough, though? Has something been going on that we don't know about..?" She shrugged off the question, as did Sangome.

"A week? I guess a few doctors got transferred or something. I heard Leslie Sears did... Was she previous to you? Excuse my questions; I guess I'm a tad too curious..." A soft smile was now visible. Alexa tended to apologize often, even if it wasn't needed.

"So that Victor guy... he makes the medicine around here? Must be really smart, then... And I heard Doctor Kasal say that you worked with Doctor Chase. What's he like?"

"Alright, to answer your questions...yes, Leslie was previous to me, yes, Victor makes the medicine around here, and Tyler..." Sangome began to explain, "Dr. Chase is a good guy. I like him, and we get along fine." she said with a smile, and tucking a bit of hair behind her ear. "Although...if I had it my way...I would be nurse to a different doctor...nothing against Dr. Chase, it's just---" she cut off her sentence as a small blush came to her face, just after seeing someone come down the hall...

"Another successful operation, Doctor Stiles," A blond man said, turning the hall corner. He was smiling, and playfully shook up the brunette man's hair, laughing.
"Yes, Derek, very nice job, if Victor hadn't show up, something might've---" a blond woman then glanced at the two women in the hallway. "Excuse me, I have things to attend to..." she then walked off, sending a sharp glare to Sangome.

Alexa looked over, looking interested. "Sangome, is something wrong..?"

Derek walked over. "Hey, Nurse Kuroudo, and Doctor... Stewart, was it?"
Alexa nodded, smiling. She honestly didn't know what to say, being the in the presence of a medical prodigy and all. "It's very nice to meet you, Doctor Stiles."

Sangome managed to regain some of her composure and smiled. "H-Hi Doctor Stiles...I-I was just showing our newest surgeon around." she explained nervously. She began to nudge Alexa along. "Well, we'll leave you alone now!" she said, laughing nervously.

Alexa and Derek both said their goodbyes as Sangome pushed the poor woman along.

After they got a ways down the hall, Sangome stopped her nudging, and looked down, albeit embarrassed. "Heh...S-sorry about that...I-I just...didn't expect him t-to come around and...Yeah..."she explained, fumbling on her words a bit.

"It's fine, really. I see what's wrong, then." An eccentric smile formed. "That's really cute, you know? At least you have time for a personal life... Oh, pardon me for that, I guess I shouldn't have said so much."

"Personal life?!" Sangome blurted. "I-I don't really have a personal life..." she coughed and then regained her composure...again.

The ladies continued walking through the building. "Have you witnessed any neat surgeries lately?" Alexa asked as she played with her golden hoop earring.

"Neat surgeries? Hmm...oh! Well, Dr. Chase and I decided to eavesdrop on a surgery of Dr. Stiles' the other day...and whoa, it was freaking amazing!" Sangome exclaimed. "He was like...really lightning fast, zoom zoom!" she yammered, flailing her arms about to further prove the apparent awe of the operation. It hadn't occurred to her that the twenty-eight year old had momentarily regressed back to her childish years.

Crossing her arms, the woman looked astounded. "So the rumors were correct. Hell, word of the magnificent 'Healing Touch' spread all the way to Tacoma in no time when Derek became a hot-shot."

Covering her mouth, Alexa giggled. "Amazing, though, isn't it? I've seen some footage of some doctor... Was it Kimishima..? Yes. Nozomi Kimishima. I saw a video of her operating once."

The twenty-five year-old looked around, hoping nobody was listening. "It was in my father's confidential files. I got curious. Shh! Don't tell"

Another giggle escaped from her soft cherry lips.

Sangome covered her mouth and giggled. "Oh my, a brownnoser, are we?" she jokingly prodded.

"Kimishima?!" Sangome squealed slightly. She then took a look around, making sure no one was looking. "I'm a bit of a fan of hers...I've always wanted to meet her." she said with a broad smile. "She's amazing...I idolize her. She and Dr. Stiles are so lucky...they're such prodigies...they must get a lot of fans." she sighed.

"But it also must be a lot of stress... People trusting them with their lives, literally, and also having such a godly power? Must be scary."

Upon thinking of that, Alexa was happy she didn't have a Healing Touch of her own. "A fan girl of Doctor Kimishima? I don't really find a purpose of having an idol..."

"You have a point there. I myself am glad I don't have the Healing Touch...But at the same time...it must be useful...but then there's so much pressure..." Sangome sighed, rubbing her forehead.

Sangome tilted her head. "To be honest, I don't find the point in having an idol, either...but then again, it's nice to have someone to look up to." she said with a smile.

Alexa shrugged. 'Someone to look up to. I guess we all need one,' she thought. "You're right!"

"Hey, I hate to ask this, but that blond woman, she left in a huff earlier, just before you went into a nervous clump of human in front of Dr. Stiles." A short laugh at the sight of Sangome's blush. "I'm kidding, but does she have something against you?"

"Who, Nurse Thompson?" she asked shortly, before recalling the situation. She twitched slightly. "I don't know. I honestly have no idea what her problem with me is. I've been nice to her ever since I joined, which, of course, hasn't been that long...but it's not like I did anything to her! All I've done is talk to her precious doctor--" she cut herself off.

"...Ah, I doubt that's it..." Sangome muttered to herself, replying to an inner though. She talked to herself all the time back at her old hospital and it was almost a trademark of hers. She took a glance at Alexa and laughed nervously. "Ah heh...sorry. I have a tendency to talk to myself..." she explained, scratching the back of her head.

Alexa laughed softly. "It's fine. But does Nurse Thompson usually act like that..?"

Footsteps were then heard; a familiar man, Sidney, and a raven-haired woman.

"Hello, Nurse Kuroudo, Doctor Stewart," Sidney said. Alexa just smiled in response.

"It's very nice to meet you, Doctor," The woman held out her hand. "I'm Cybil Myers, the anesthesiologist." The words seemed to flow from her tongue automatically.

Alexa shook the hand firmly. "It's very nice to meet you, too." With that, the other woman walked off with Sidney.

Tyler, just passing by, looked over and stopped. "Hey! It's rather boring with Victor as my assistant, Sangome," a warm smile formed and a chuckle was heard. Placing his hands on his hips, the smile faded a little. Working with Victor wasn't exactly bliss.

"What are you doing?!"

"Ugh. Hurry up with the operation, will you?"

"God, you suck at this!"

A shudder. Alexa couldn't help but to laugh. "Looks like you want your trusty nurse back?" Another laugh.

"Right...sorry about that, Dr. Chase. And hello Mr. Kasal, Dr. Myers," Sangome greeted just before they left. "And...Nothing is ever really a trip to heaven whenever Victor is around." she laughed.

"Oh hahaha, hohoho, I'm flattered!" Victor's voice projected from a few feet away. Sangome's eyes widened. "Oh, I'm sorry, it's just--" "Calm down, it's not the first time I've heard it. But there has to be a little cynicism in this loony bin." Victor sneered, rolling his eyes a bit.

Alexa's eyes met Victor's. Feeling as if not as superior as he was, if at all, she kept quiet, trying her best not to care when he gave a rather fierce look.

"Er...right..." the nurse managed to get out."Yes, right, that's right" Victor said sarcastically. "Now if you'll pardon me, I have medicine to make to save these people here." he said as he walked through.

Sangome gave a bit of a sigh, and turned her attention to Alexa. A sigh came from her, too.

"I'm sorry about that...he can be nice...sometimes..." she said, coughing, and turning her attention back to her superior."Really? Him? Nice? You're trying to get me to laugh, right?" Alexa replied, trying not to burst into laughter.

"So, Dr. Chase, did you need me for something?"

"Oh, not really," Tyler said, still smiling. "Just came to see how you two were doing. I'm not scrubbing in for any surgeries any time soon, with my... Ever so fine assistant leaving me to hide in the lab for a few more hours." He chuckled, knowing it was one of Victor's traits to spend most of his time locked in that lab.

Sangome laughed a bit. "Sorry about that, I'll finish showing Alexa here around...and then I'll check up on some of the patients." she said with a smile.

Tyler smiled. "Alright, see you around!" He called out while walking away.

A few minutes later, Sangome found the opportunity to strike up a conversation again. "So, what do you think of the place so far?" she asked, tilting her head slightly.

Alexa shrugged. "It's really nice here. Quiet, besides the screaming Victor..." A smile formed. "Tyler and Derek seem really nice, along with the rest of the staff. I think I'm going to enjoy it here… "

Sangome smiled. "Well, I'm glad you seem to like it so far. You'll get used to Victor in due time...I just hope I'll get used to Angie there soon, too." she quipped.

"Yeah. I guess I will."