I want Teddy back on Grey's Anatomy so this is my take on what could happen. Though I want to say that I don't wish this to happen to Teddy (or anyone), but I think it would be great TV.
I'm no expert when it comes to MEDCOM, medicin, being held hostage or PTSD so if I have written something wrong please tell me so I can correct my mistakes :)
English is not my first language so please please tell me if something isn't making sense or some wrong grammar.
Otherwise Teddy and Cristina, we will also say a quick hello to Owen and Shane.
I have planed around 4 chapters so I hope you Guys like it.
I don't own Grey's Anatomy or MEDCOM. I only own this story and the "Jutlandia-Heartsugery"...
Please Review! Good Things and constructive criticism are always welcomed :D
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You have to go back to the beginning to understand the end.
April 2014
Cristina has only done this surgery one time, well she hadn't exactly, she had only assisted. The "Jutlandia-Heartsurgery" as it is called, is very difficult and there are only very few cardiac surgeons who know how to do such a complicated procedure. It was back in her years as a resident that she had assisted Teddy and McQueen, but now it's her turn and she can already smell the victory and Harper Avery. The thing though with this surgery is that there has to be two attendings on it because of the huge risk of failure.
Cristina looks again at the scans and she agrees with herself that this approach would be the only one which could save the patient.
"Damn I'm good", she whispers to herself as she begins the search for her boss, the head of cardio, Dr. Russel.
As always he is in his office... He is the opposite of Teddy when it comes to patientcare and going fare to safe a patient's life, but he is a good surgeon which is what counts, right? Cristina is not always a big patientcare-person herself, but he is not at all...
Dr. Russel is on the phone which makes Cristina impatient. She wants to begin the preparation so she is actually able to perform the surgery.
After 10 minutes her boss finally hangs up the phone.
"So Dr. Yang, what do you want today..?" He says half funny, half sarcastic.
Cristina, serious as always, answers him, "I need to perform a Jutlandia-Heartsurgery and because of the nature of the surgery I would like to have your authorization to do it and have another attending on this case as well"
"No... I'm sorry Dr. Yang, but you can't perform that surgery" Russel tells her, now very professional.
"Why? This kind of procedure can give us awards and our hospital can be put on the map of hardcore cardiac surgeons. The last time we did one Dr. Altman was close to getting a "Haper Avery" even though our patient didn't even make it. It would be stupid not to do this surgery now". Cristina says a bit frustrated, actually really frustrated because her fool of a boss doesn't even look like he is considering it.
"Look, I know you are right, but there needs to be one attending in that OR who has done that kind of surgery before. McQueen is the only cardiac surgeon in this hospital who has and he is still travelling around the world. So no Dr. Yang, I can't authorize it"
Cristina doesn't answer him, she just leaves his office. She feels like a kid who isn't allowed to have some very good candy. The fact is that this kind of hardcore and special surgery is ones in a lifetime (well sort of) and she wants it even more than a kid wants some stupid candy. And she will get to do that procedure; she just needs to have a little chat with Owen.
She finds him in the south conference room, doing some boring paperwork. He smiles when he sees her and yes they still love each other, but he has Emma and she, she doesn't want him, she wants surgeries. She wants to be the best.
"Owen, I hate to ask you this, but..."
"No you don't", Dr. Hunt interrupts her.
"I don't what"? She says a bit confused, because he can't have heard about the surgery already.
"You don't hate to ask me.." he tells her with a little smile.
"You are right, I don't Owen. But the case is, that I need you to call Teddy because I need her experience and help on a Jutlandia-Heartsugery"
He takes a deep breath as he always does when he needs to turn you down. "I'm not so sure Cristina. I haven't heard from Teddy since I fired her and there is a great change that she is somewhere in Europe. But why can you do it with Russel or one of the other"?
"Because Owen, McQueen is the only surgeon in this hospital who can perform this surgery and guess what, he is on a freaking vacation, so I need Teddy"! She answers him a bit irritated because the incompetence of this hospital is driving her crazy. It's good she'll leave this place in a month.
"Isn't there other options which can save the patient..?" The Chief of Surgery asks slowly, but when he sees the look on his ex-wife's face, he knows that she will not stop until he has called or tried to call Teddy.
"Please just call her Owen", she almost begs, almost.
They lock eyes for couple of seconds and then she leaves the conference room.
Teddy doesn't know when she stopped answering her phone, probably right after she moved in, so about a year. When the phone rings, she just lets it. Most times it's just a salesman or wrong number and then she listens to it on her answering machine - if they leave a message of course which they never really do. Truth to be told she doesn't want to talk with anyone; she doesn't want to have any contact with other human beings. It's not that she never goes outside, she does, she runs and buys food etc. But she doesn't talk with everyone besides what she has to.
Today is no different, it's the same dark life, or that is what it seemed when she woke up. Everything about this day is normal painful until she hears a message from Owen on her answer machine, from Owen Hunt. She had almost forgotten about him and the others, they were part of her former life. But now it all comes back, Henry, her and Cristina, being fired. So much has happened since then and now Owen wants her to come back and do a Jutlandia-Heartsugery with Cristina, if she is in the country of course.
She doesn't know what makes her angry the most. The fact that he calls her because he needs her as a surgeon, not as a person. They were close friends for 5 years, he hasn't even tried to reach her after he fired her and now he just thinks he can use her like this. Or maybe she gets angry because he thinks she is happy and having an amazing job in MEDCOM. But instead she is hiding in her apartment with a great portion of PTSD...
...Only 2 days after she got fired she left for Germany. The Headquarter of MEDCOM was just outside Berlin and that was where her base would be. As chief of the cardio-unit she had with 7 other men planed a tour to Iran to oversee and do surgeries in a local hospital. It wasn't often MEDCOM went to the Middle-East and she had only mentally prepared herself for Europe or the US, but it was great to be back in the desert. No one knows what will happen and you live of the adrenalin. It was good to be there and she slowly forgot about Henry and the bitterness she actually had felt towards Seattle Grace.
After two months or so she began to sleep with one of the volunteering Norwegian trauma surgeons. She knew it was wrong, but it was fresh and hot, with no feelings - just what she needed after the loss of Henry. She needed to feel wanted by a guy again.
Before she knew it, it was already the beginning of November and she was happy. It was early in the morning and she was watching the sunset with one of her colleagues when her life changed radically, though in a good way. Her colleague/friend told a joke and instead of laughing she vomited over his shoes. Normally a person would get pissed, but when you were together 24-7 as they were, things like that didn't matter. Instead he asked laughing if she was pregnant.
She had gone back inside still feeling a bit sick. Her friends question/joke made her wheels turn because when she thought about it she hadn't had her period a couple a weeks ago as she should have. She hadn't thought much about it, it was normal in an environment like this that your body would react a little weird. But could she be pregnant? No, they had been so careful... Or had they really….
She had looked through their supplies to see if there should be a pregnancy test and she was lucky. They had 10 or so, so she didn't feel all that bad by taking one and this was important she agreed with herself.
When the test showed she was pregnant she got so happy that she started crying in the little toilet. It was bad timing. She knew it wouldn't be a good idea to be pregnant in a little hospital in the middle of the desert where bombs could be heard few miles away. She didn't care though all she cared about was that little human inside, that little human she had dreamed about having since, well forever.
She didn't tell anybody about her pregnancy otherwise she would be on the next plane to Germany and she wanted to end her tour in January as planned. There was only a few months left. She didn't even tell the father, she knew she should, but he was a part of her life in Iran and would never be a part of her real life. Feelings were different, stronger even, when you were together in war, but from experience she knew it would change when they reached real life.
It was Christmas morning and the doctors from MEDCOM and the volunteers from around the world were celebrating Christmas. Some had gotten little presents from home and everyone had a good time, they had almost forgotten about where they were and why they were there. People were happy and there were laughter to be heard. It all ended though when they learned that there was a huge transport with at least 30 wounded - it was back to business.
When the transports arrived she was still happy from the good time that morning, though she hadn't got any presents because she was all alone, but she didn't care. She was 10 weeks pregnant and her tour would end in only a fortnight. Life was treating her pretty well, she was going to be a mom and she loved her job even though she knew it would be a challenge with a baby. Life was amazing simply is that.
She was in the middle of a surgery with a young soldier on the table who had been shot right through the heart when she heard gunshots. It all went very fast, she heard screams and more gunshots, but she couldn't do anything, she couldn't leave her patient. Before she knew it, there were around 10 Middle Eastern men in her little OR pointing around with their guns and her last thought was that she would never be a mom and then everything went black.
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