"Come on, JD" shrieked Elliott.

"I don't want to go. Can't I just stay here?" moaned JD.

Turk, Elliott, Carla and Dr Cox all rolled their eyes at him. "Jeez, Fiona "could you be any more of a baby right now?" said Dr Cox in his usual sarcastic tones.

"No, Sweetie" said Elliott soothingly. "We can't stay here. Remember that Dr Kelso said the hospital had to close?"

"Yeah" said JD slowly "Well, where are we going?"

"County General in Chicago" said Carla.

"It's supposed to be a really good hospital" chimed in Dr Cox.

"You're going to love it, man" said Turk excitedly. "We'll be working in the ER. The attending there are Dr Kerry Weaver and Dr Mark Greene. I've heard that Dr Weaver can be a real hard ass, but Dr Greene is quite mellow.

"I'll go then" JD smiled. "Anything's better than nothing, right?"

After a two hour plane journey, they arrived in Chicago and checked into the hotel that they would be staying in until they found apartments. They all had a quick wash and got changed, and then headed off towards their new working place.

As soon as they walked in the doors of County general, they say that this was going to be very different from working at Sacred Heart. There were countless nurses and doctors rushing about, and about 50 patients in the waiting area. Most of the patients were bleeding. Some were hyperventilating, and some looked like they had broken limbs. Nurses were dashing about, examining people – sometimes they took them away to see a doctor, but more often than not they were told to wait and they would be seen as soon as possible.

"What the hell?" exclaimed Dr Cox "Is this an Emergency Room or a freak show?"

A man in green scrubs and glasses came over to them.

"Hi, I'm Mark Greene – one of the attending here. You must be the bunch from Sacred Heart. Read this orientation pack and I'll get to you in a second.

He thrust some manuals into JD's hands.

"Welcome to County General" he said, and left. They all stared after him in stunned silence.