Title: Beginning Anew

Spoilers: Uh, the Series Finale of Guiding Light (sorta), the Series Finale of ER. The Episode "Rise Up" (5x07) of Grey's Anatomy, and the Episode "Heroes" (7x17+7x18) of Stargate SG-1. I think that's it.

Disclaimers: I own none of these characters, I'm just having fun with them. Though some of 'em I made up. And though at some point I want to make money writing my writing, not writing fanfiction.

A/N: This is crazy, I know it's crazy, it may get crazier, but hey, I'm the writer, and I'm killing time before NaNoWriMo, and it popped into my head and wouldn't stop bugging me until I wrote it down, so, here goes nothing...

"An appy, I'm doing an appy... Why am I doing an appy?" The blonde woman shook her scrub covered head.

Shirley glanced at the clock, "That is the question that's being asked Doctor Hahn."

Doctor Erica Hahn glanced up, then back to what she was doing. "Because, I've finally figured out that perhaps I was living my life wrong. Ah... and Donald didn't think I could still do one of these."

She took a step back, handed off her instruments and started to peel off her gloves. Shirley quirked an eyebrow over her mask, "I'd say our fearless leader was very wrong."

Erica and Shirley walked out of the OR together, "Oh, didn't you hear, Donald is no longer acting Chief of Staff. They hired some non doctor, administrator whiz. Lawyer too."

Shirley put a chart in the rack, "I didn't know that, no... Have you met her?"

"Haven't. I heard that she's quite the... firebrand though."

A smirk came to Shirley's lips. "She and Doctor Weaver should get along swimmingly."

"Weaver?"

Shirley turned to the Chief of Surgery, "You haven't met Kerry Weaver, she was once the Chief of the Emergency Department, at one point the Chief of Staff, then she left for Miami. Now she's back and Chief of the Emergency Department again." Shirley nodded, "A damn good Doctor too..."

Erica's pager went off and she looked at it, "The ER."

"You'll get to meet her then."

Erica regarded Shirley with amusement, "You keep everyone's schedule in your head?"

"Info is power."

A laugh came from behind Kerry as she watched the controlled chaos of her ER. She glanced over her shoulder and blinked, "Shouldn't you be... supervising someone?"

The dark haired woman laughed, "I would have thought you'd ask me why I wasn't in Boston."

Kerry raised an eyebrow, "So soon you forget, this is my ER. I was the one who hired you Abby."

They stood a bit apart for another moment, then they hugged. After a few seconds Abby took a step back,, "Thank you, by the way."

Kerry put a hand on Abby's shoulder. "Are you okay? I was surprised to see your CV in my pile."

Abby glanced up as a gurney came through the inner ER doors and a very young looking Intern met it. "Later, when we're off?"

Kerry nodded, "I'll find you." Kerry smiled, "It's good to see you."

Abby rolled her eyes, "BFF, blah, blah, blah..."

Kerry laughed as Abby met the gurney and disappeared into Trauma 2. At the admit desk Chaz's head jerked up. He had been staring at a page in his text book. "Wha? You laughed..."

Kerry shook her head, "Go home Chaz, you don't want to live here. Go be with your understanding SO, or find someone else to have fun with in your spare time. Trust me. Go home."

He groaned as he stood, "Whatever you say Chief."

Kerry shook her head and watched him disappear into the Doctor's lounge. "Do you often get involved in your employees' personal lives Doctor Weaver?"

Kerry looked down the desk. The speaker was a woman in what could be defined as a super power suit. She had light brownish hair cut at her shoulders and seemed all business. "That wasn't getting involved in anything Ms. Wolfe. That was saving one of my patients tomorrow, or the next day or next week from dying because he's too tired."

Doris Wolfe put her hands on her hips, "And why should he believe you?"

Kerry watched as Chaz came back out of the Doctor's lounge, bag in hand. "Say hello to Wally for me Chaz."

Chaz gave a backwards wave as he exited the ER, moving to one side as Carlos Lopez and his partner quickly wheeled a gurney with a man on it through the sliding doors. The man seemed to have a knife sticking out of his chest. Kerry glanced at Doris, then caught up to Carlos and his partner. They met Chuny and a second year resident, Cassie Fraiser, as they and another nurse all entered Trauma 1. "What do you have?"

Carlos let his breath out as they transferred the man from the ambulance gurney to the hospital one, and Cassie, Chuny, et al started working on him. Carlos' partner talked as Cassie intubated him, and everyone on the room except for Kerry was focused entirely on him. "What do you need, someone who can sew really fast."

A blonde head appeared, then the rest of Erica came into Trauma 1. "Is that through his heart?"

Everyone looked up and Kerry answered, sort of, "Who are you?"

"Doctor Erica Hahn, if that's through his heart in any way I'm County's newest Cardio-Thoracic Surgeon. Otherwise I'm..."

Kerry nodded and went back to her patient, "...the new Chief of Surgery."

Kerry looked up as the door between Trauma 2 and 1 opened again and Abby's head appeared. "Are you all set in here Kerry?" Kerry raised an eyebrow and Abby let out a short chuckle before she was back to business, "Have you seen our intrepid Chief Resident Tony?"

"Suture room." She looked up at Erica again as Abby disappeared, "He's stable, for now."

"Then I'd better save him before he dies."

Kerry started to leave Erica in Trauma 1 and nearly slammed into Doris as she pushed through the doors. Doris moved back into the hall a bit, then stopped. "You're as new as I am, how do you know everyone?"

Kerry tried to get around Doris, but it wasn't going to happen. "Because I once had your job. Excuse me. I'm off and need to find Doctor Malucci to hand off to."

"Where is the fucker. I'll kill him, I'll kill him damnit!"

Kerry and Doris turned, but not in time to prevent being knocked down like bowling pins. Kerry groaned and slowly opened her eyes and jerked in surprise. "What, it's old home week in Chicago County General?" Kerry watched a hand come down and seemed to debate whether or not she would take it for a moment. She did and was pulled to her feet. "You straightened your hair."

"You don't have a crutch anymore. I go back and forth between straight and out of control."

"Broke the hip to hell and got a new one."

From the floor came Doris' voice, "No, no, I'm fine, don't need a hand up. Even though I am your... Boss."

Kim bit a smile back and helped Doris off the ground. Doris glanced between the two women and shook her head, "You two know each other. Of course you two know each other..." She shook her head again, "This place is more incestuous than Springfield." With that parting shot she put a hand to her back and stalked off towards where Security had stopped the still ranting and cursing young man.

Abby appeared with Doctors Dave Malucci and Tony Gates behind her. But whatever she was about to say was forgotten when she saw the blonde. "Kim." She gave the slightly taller and much blonder woman a crushing hug, then stepped back. "You're here. Are you filling Carl's job?"

"I am."

"Good." She glanced towards Kerry. "Found Tony, just have to swing by the day care for Joe. Twenty minutes okay?"

Kerry nodded, "Fine."

Kim raised her eyebrows as Tony and Dave both skedaddled to see patients. "You and Abby, really?"

Kerry shot Kim a perfectly serious look, "Not that you have any right to the info, but no, we're friends. You remember what a friend is Kim?"

"Ouch."

Kerry shook her head, "I don't really have time for this. I have to hand off to Dave and pack up Henry and Juliana."

"I'm surprised you approve of Dave working in your ER as an attending."

Kerry studied Kim for a long few moments, "You're right, I don't generally give second chances."

With that Kerry strode off. Kim watched, she'd never seen Kerry walk without a crutch. She tried to shake her thoughts away, then sighed. A laugh came from behind her and she turned. "Same Doctor Legs."

"Randi. What are you doing here?"

Randi rubbed her fingers together, "Have you seen the economy out there? SO, are you caught up on the hospital gossip yet?"

Kim leaned against the admit desk, "New Chief of Psych, new Chief of Surgery, new CEO of the hospital, or whatever they're calling her now, new Chief of the ER, sorta. How am I doin' so far?"

Randi gave Kim a sarcastic thumbs up, "You passed. I'll see you around?"

"I'm here until the new Chief of whatever, the big woman upstairs, decides she should fire me."

Randi chuckled.

"I need to go to the library Mama..."

Rachel Greene winced when Henry spoke to Kerry. "Yeah, that would be my fault."

Kerry smiled as she closed the oven and hoisted little Juliana into her arms. The almost one year old child gave a sigh and put her head down on her mother's shoulder. "It generally is." She turned to her son. "Well, tonight Aunt Abby and Joe are coming for diner. So, is tomorrow soon enough young man?"

Henry nodded enthusiastically, then went back to studying whatever was lying in pieces in front of him.

Rachel shook her head, "I think he's not going to be a doctor."

"Nope."

The door bell rang, "Ah, do you want me to go downstairs? I have lots of work to do."

"No. Stay, visit... unless it's something pressing."

Rachel laughed as they both went into the living room. Kerry put Juliana in her play pen then went to the door. "As if Elizabeth lets me fall behind. I think she convinced all my professors to give her my syllabi."

Kerry opened the door. "Abby. Hello Joseph."

"Hi. Can I see Henry?"

Kerry smiled. "He's in the kitchen, putting back together my blender I think." Joe didn't wait for Kerry to finish her sentence before he was gone. Kerry shook herhead, "It'll probably transport us to an alternate universe by the time he's done with it. Come in..."

Abby put her things down, "Rachel, how's your first year going?"

"'Bout the same as my senior year of college. And I really should go downstairs and work on... everything."

Kerry started to speak, then changed her mind about what she was about to say and nodded. "Leftovers will be where they always are."

Rachel left Abby, Kerry, and Juliana alone in the living room. They sat. "She's living in the apartment downstairs?"

"She is. Elizabeth thinks I'm keeping an eye on her. And every once in a while I leave Henry and Juliana with her and get away."

Abby frowned, "But weren't you in Miami?"

"The Grad Student she was living with just got to be too much. Getting an MFA or some other nonsense, I guess there were just a few too many parties. When I moved back in here Elizabeth called me."

"Elizabeth thinks?"

As if on cue Juliana gave a cry for attention. Kerry picked her up and gave her a bounce. "I have two kids. Rachel is not my third, not by a long shot. At some points I didn't even like her father. No, if she wants or needs help, I'm here, otherwise she can drive, vote, and drink, she's a big girl."

"You have become mellow Kerry Weaver."

Kerry laughed, "I think Chaz, Cassie, Tony and all the others would disagree. So... where's Luka?"

Abby sat back on the couch and put a hand over her eyes. "I think, no, I know it must be me, but... he's in Africa. We're... divorced. God that sounds so..." She opened her eyes and looked at Kerry. "What am I supposed to do? Everyone I love runs like hell away from me and to Africa. I'm getting a complex."

"You could always try women."

Abby narrowed her eyes at the smirking Kerry and her smiling daughter. She scooted over to Kerry, and as she leaned in she put her hand on Kerry's knee. "Have you earned your toaster yet?"

Kerry leaned in and kissed the tip of Abby's nose. "Not ever gonna happen Abigail. Not to mention, I'm swearing off women forever."

"Even Kimberly Legaspi, the one that got away?"

"Gah, especially Kim."

From the kitchen came a buzzer ringing followed closely by, "Mama... the timer rang."

Kerry stood and handed Juliana to Abby. Both were surprised for a moment, then Juliana realized that Abby was just as comfy as Kerry and settled down. "Time to feed the masses."

"So, who's the hottest. Hahn, Wolfe, or Legaspi."

Cassie didn't even look up from her chart. "What, no Weaver on that list?"

The third year med student, Wes Howard, groaned, "She's a bitch. They don't count."

"She's a leader Howard. Not all women are followers."

"Still doesn't count Fraiser."

Dave stopped at the desk, "Are you waiting for test results Wes?"

"No."

"Then you're off."

"No."

Dave handed him a chart, "Then get to work."

He did and Dave got a pat on the back, "You're starting to sound like her Davey."

"Shut up Randi."

Cassie spoke up, "She's sorta right. Though I don't know how you sounded before."

"I was an ass whose life was falling down around his ears. I turned myself around and now she's given me a second chance, and now that I have Dex and a job I love, I'm not screwing it up again." He put a hand up to forestall Randi's comment, "Yes, I know that her second chances come once in a blue moon. Now, could we all get back to work, she has spies everywhere."

When Dave was far enough away from the admit desk Randi chuckled, "I know."

Cassie just shook her head.