Hey. This is a re-write of my first Grey's Anatomy and Jericho crossover. In this story April from Jericho is April Kepner who instead of marrying Jackson Avery moved away from Seattle and met and married Eric Green. This takes place slightly after the bomb went off in Denver in the first episode of Jericho and years after April's almost wedding. I hope you all enjoy the story. Please let me know what you think. I don't own the characters of Grey's Anatomy or Jericho ABC and CBS do. I do however own my OC Andromeda Grey who is the twin sister of Meredith Grey.
Andromeda Grey had been working for almost eight hours straight when signs that something bad was happening started to show up. They had just gotten a mass casualty case from the off the road leading I-70. They hadn't seen anything this bad since before she had moved here and she had been living here for almost seven years now. Almost. As long as she had lived here Jericho had always been a peaceful town which is part of the reason she moved her from Seattle. She needed a bit of peace for a change but she did somewhat miss the the ferry boats.
"What's going on?" came one of the paniced voices from the accident.
"I don't know, dear," came the answering voice of the woman who'd come in with the man who'd asked the question. You could tell she was trying to keep him calm so that he wouldn't cause an uproar.
Andromeda walked over to one of her only friends in town, April Green. April had been April Kepner at one point in her life and she had been an intern under Andromeda's twin sister Meredith.
"April," she whispered not wanting to cause an uproar herself, "what's going on here?"
"I don't know," April told her in an barely audible whisper. "Someone said something about bombs being dropped."
Andromeda tried to hold in the growl she felt building up. She knew perfectly who had said something about bombs being dropped. She knew then and there that April was referring to her husband Eric Green.
She couldn't put her finger on the exact reason but Andromeda Grey had never really liked Eric Green since the first time she laid eyes on the man. Something about him just rubbed her the wrong way. Especially the way he Eric talked about his brother Jake. That was kind of taboo in her mind. You just didn't bad mouth your family. And then she found out about what was going on between him and Mary Bailey. She wasn't to pleased about it but she did try to give him a chance to explain himself. When she confronted Eric about what she had seen Eric lied straight to her face about it. The thing that pissed her off the most is that Andromeda could tell she was being lied to. From that point on no had ever bother to say the name of Mayor Johnston Green's son in front of Andromeda Grey unless they wanted to get lectured.
"You mean your husband Eric told you?" Andromeda questioned in annoyed tone of voice.
April gave a small gasp of surprise. Andromeda had never went out of her way to bring up Eric's name in conversation before. So now something really strange was happening in town.
"Oh my God, woman," Andromeda growled angrily. "The world going to hell in a hand basket and your surprised I said your husband's name. Now is not the time for that. We've got patients to attend to."
"I agree," came a voice, that at least in Andromeda's mind was not wanted, from behind them.
"Erice," April sighed happy to see her husband. Andromeda rolled her eyes as April went to Eric's open arms falling into the hug. "What's going on? Have you heard anything more?"
"You just said he said something about bombs," Andromeda mutter under breath as she watched the two of them talk.
"I need some help here," called someone from the front desk.
Rolling her eyes yet again Andromeda went to see what was needed. "I'll just help the patients then," she pointed out on her way past Eric and April. "You can join me when you're done playing kissey face with your husband." She stormed away because here at work wasn't really the time for shows of wifely attention to your husband.
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"She really doesn't seem to like me," Eric point out after Andromeda was out of ear shot. He watched her walk off wondering what he'd done to make an enemy out of April's best friend. "What did I ever do to make her that upset at me?"
"I don't know why she's upset with you, Eric," April told him in concern. "I really have to get back to work though," She went on her tip toes to press a quick kiss to his lips.
"I'll keep you informed about what's going on," Eric told before walking down the hall. He watched as the form of Andromeda Grey came nearer and nearer. There was no avoiding another confrontation with the woman now.
Sighing as he walked past Andromeda to go to the exit he said politely, "I'm leaving now."
"Good for you," Andromeda retorted not bothering to turn away from the patient she was looking at. "Bye."
"What did I ever do to you to make you this mad at me?"
Excusing herself from her patient she drug Eric away so no one else would hear what she had to say next. "You did absolutely nothing to me," she snapped. "But I know what you're doing to April and I really don't like it. So there you go. That's your answer. Bye." She walked back over to her patient apologizing for the interruption.
Eric watched her somewhat hypnotized in a way. There was this strange thing about Andromeda Grey that reminded him somewhat of his mother. Then again so did April. Mary too for that fact. He shook his head trying to shake these thoughts loose.
Maybe he'd have to go over Bailey's bar and get drink? As the thought of going to Bailey's entered his mind he couldn't help but wonder how Andromeda knew about him and Mary Bailey to begin with. And he also wondered why it bothered him that she did know about him and Mary.
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As Meredith Grey drove down the main street of Jericho with her husband Derek Shepard and their two children Zola and Bailey she took in the picturesque site of the town that her twin sister now called home. They had just stopped outside the medical center when they saw the mushroom cloud rising from the Denver area.
Bailey and Zola being young children began to cry in fear at seeing the mushroom cloud.
"It's going to be okay," Meredith told them soothingly as she tried to get them to stop crying. She wondered what had just happened. What she had just witnessed in this peaceful town.
Derek suggested that they get off the street to which Meredith quickly agreed. They were just going to enter the Medical center when Eric Green was coming out of it. Meredith took in the slight confused look on Eric's face as walked out the door.
"Eric Green?" Derek called out making the other man jump slightly.
Turning around to see who was calling and hoping he hadn't made this person angry at him Eric sighed in relief at seeing Andromeda's sister and brother-in-law with their children standing at the door. "Yeah," he answered not really remembering the borther-in-laws name. "You are?"
"Derek Shepard," Derek replied politely shaking hands with Eric. "My wife Meredith, sister-in-law Andromeda, and I were at your wedding to April Kepner about six years ago."
Eric nodded now remembering Derek from the wedding. "I was just heading over Bailey's bar to get some more information on what just happened," Eric told Derek. "You can come with if you want to."
"I think I will," Derek said. He turned to Meredith. "Why don't you take Bailey and Zola and go see your sister and April? I'll meet you back here when I have a little more information on what's happening. Okay?"
Meredith nodded taking both of her children by the hand to lead them through the Medical Center. She smiled over at Eric. "It was nice seeing you again, Eric," as she nodded a farewell at the both of them.
"Not according to your sister," Eric told her grimly. "But it was nice seeing you again too, Meredith."
Derek held the door open for Meredith and the children. After he made sure that they were safely in the Medical center the two men made their way over the small bar with sign marking it as Bailey's Bar. Upon them entering the woman behind the bar beckoned Eric towards her.
"I have to..." Eric began.
"No need to explain," Derek told him and watched as the other man walked towards the bar and the woman behind it. Sitting down at the bar and waiting to order a drink Derek couldn't help but think maybe that is why...
An audible groan from the other patrons proceed the lights going and the tv turning off. Maybe he should just go find Eric and bring the other man back to the Medical center. They could answers there just as easily as they could here.
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The lights flickered off just as Meredith and the children found Andromeda and April caring for patients of the Medical center. There was an audible hum as the generators picked up just quickly as the power had gone out. They seemed to be just finishing up with their last patient. Or so it seemed to Meredith. Andromeda was the first to see the trio.
Squealing excited Andromeda walked over to Meredith and the children. "Meredith, Bailey, Zola," she squealed happily pulling them into a huge hug. "I'm so glad you're here. Did you hear what happen?"
Meredith nodded. "We saw it actually," she told her sister trying to keep the fear out of her voice. She didn't want the children to start crying again escpecially here in the Medical center.
"Is Derek with you?" Andromeda asked after placing quick kisses on the tops of Bailey and Zola's heads.
"Yeah, We just ran into..."
Andromeda rolled her eyes as she saw of the corner of her eye April mouth not mention Eric's name. Mentioning a name wasn't going to upset her that much. It only would if the person attached to the name was still in the room.
"We ran into an old friend of ours just outside the Medical center and Derek went to the bar with him," Meredith told them. "To get some information on what just happened."
"You mean you ran into April's husband, Eric, on his way to the bar and Derek went with him," Andromeda sighed suspiciously at the prospect of someone besides her knowing Eric's dirty little secret.
"Eric's a nice man, Andromeda," Meredith defended the villain. "You shouldn't give him such a hard. Imagine how you'd feel if you were in Eric's place and your husband's best friend was acting the way you are now. I think you should apologize for your behavior."
Andromeda rolled her eyes having had enough of this Eric talk. She needed to go think things through but she knew that Meredith and April were both probably right and she should probably apologize to Eric.
There is the re-write of the first chapter of Grey's Road to Jericho. I hope that it's much more better than it was four years ago.
