Author's Notes: Set between series 23 and 24, with returning characters from older series. Don't worry, I'm not un-canonising anything, just maybe rewriting series 24 as we know it. If anybody wants a specific character to have a role, as long as they weren't killed off, I'll see what I can do. Just let me know :)



There was only so far you could travel before you had to set off on the return journey, Nikki mused as the plane landed in Holby City Airport. She had spent the best part of the last five years in such far-flung places as Thailand, New Zealand and Namibia, but money had begun to wear thin, and nobody wanted to employ an English girl with only one fully-functioning arm. So, after some consideration, she had phoned up Holby City Hospital, and asked if there were any job vacancies.

As luck would have it, they were looking for a few new people. One of the paramedics had recently died, leaving a vacancy that Nikki knew she couldn't personally fill, given her condition, but would happily do the admin for them to relieve the other paramedics for duty. Given her experience in the field, they were more than happy to let her work for them, and so that was how come, two weeks later after the phone call, Nikki was leaving the jungles of Madagascar for the madness of Holby.