A/N. So... had a sudden bout of inspiration. And yes, I have chosen to shamelessly use parts of Pure Genius in here. Most of the cases will also be based on those in the show. Anyway, onto the chapter!
It was hot and humid outside when she exited the plane, but then again, she was in California. It was to be expected. It was a big difference from Seattle, the city where she had lived and worked in the past couple of years. She was a double certified surgeon, Orthopaedic surgery and sports medicine were her specialties of choice. She was a successful physician; her innovative surgeries were often featured in medical journals. That was also the reason she was in California right now, but some background information was needed to get the whole picture clearly.
Seven months ago, Arizona and Timothy Robbins, quickly dubbed 'the wonder twins', opened a private hospital to develop new and technological advanced ways of treating patients. They had been wonderfully successful and had reached all media outlets, everybody was talking about the wonder twins and the miracles they had already worked. The twins had it all: money, brains, and damn it if they didn't have the looks. They had inherited a lot of money from their parents, the elder Robbins's had died in a car crash when the twins were fifteen, the hospital name "White Wing" was a reference to their parents watching them from up in heaven. The brains came in the form of Arizona being a double certified surgeon specialised in Paediatric and Fetal surgery, while Tim was a tech genius. He had created multiple successful businesses in Silicon Valley, and with some smart investments he had become one of the most influential people in the country. So, when Arizona was done with the hospital she worked at, frustrated at the old-school approach they had, she and her brother had decided to use their inheritance and begin their own hospital, running it as they saw fit.
And what could Eliza say about the looks? Well… let's just say she always had a massive lady boner for the blonde woman that was featured on multiple magazine covers. Men didn't appeal to her, they never had, but she could admit that Timothy held some type of boyish charm.
They had been poaching all the best minds in medicine and tech alike, making a brilliant team of surgeons and technological engineers. They had been contacting her weekly, always asking if she wanted to join their team. To be honest, she had been sceptical since the beginning, not really believing the miracles the papers had talked about.
She was here despite her scepticism, supposing she should give the hospital a chance. Maybe all the praising was just, maybe the hype was actually real, she would see in the days to come.
When she walked out of baggage claim, she immediately spotted the person that was supposed to pick her up. He held a sign with the hospital logo on it with her name in big, bold letters. She rolled her suitcase behind her and walked towards the friendly looking man.
"Hello, I'm Eliza. The one you're supposed to pick up." The man smiled kindly and took her suitcase before she could protest.
"Very nice to meet you Eliza, the twins have been really excited for your arrival. You have been a difficult one to get out here. My name is Richard, and I am an old family friend of the twins, I took them in when their parents died. And in turn, they hired me as their main recruiter when I lost my job last year." The brunette was surprised that the man would share such personal information, especially about him being a recruiter.
"Arizona and Tim are big supporters of complete honesty, we are all equals here. No secrets." He gave her a warm smile and held the car door open for her. She sat in the passenger seat and watched Richard put her luggage in the back before joining her in the car.
|AR&EM|
Eliza stood leaning against the hood of the car, waiting for Richard. The man got a phone call as soon as they pulled into the parking lot of White Wing hospital. The hospital itself was a very new building, very modern and sleek. It was surrounded by forest on three sides, the parking lot was just off the highway, making it very easily accessible. She looked up when Richard stood next to her again and motioned for her to follow him.
"I just got a phone call from monitor control, so I have to deliver you to doctor Grey and after that I have to take care of the problem they have up there." The brunette frowned at him. Wasn't it weird that her recruiter would leave the recruiting to another person.
"I'm not a staff recruiter, you know." It was as if he had read her mind. "I recruit patients that have a high-risk factor, I also recruit people who have an illness which we want to treat in a new innovative way." He smiled once again and stopped walking once they were at the reception desk.
"I shall leave you in doctor Grey's capable hands now. See you later." Eliza looked at the woman Richard had left her with. She looked intense, but the twinkling in her eyes suggested a life full of joy.
"Hi, I'm Meredith Grey, the Head of General surgery here." The other woman held her hand out and Eliza shook it with a smirk on her face.
"You probably have an extensive file on me here, but I'll introduce myself regardless. Eliza Minnick, Ortho surgeon and sports medicine specialist." Meredith laughed at her cheeky comment, and shook her head grinning.
"You're actually right about that. But come on, we have a lab coat ready for you in the locker room." They made their way through the hospital towards the locker room, Meredith introduced some of the other staff members they ran into. When they got to the locker room, there were still some people pulling on their coats and talking quietly among themselves.
"Okay guys, bring it in." the people looked up from what they were doing and paid attention to the woman. "Okay, I'll introduce them in levels of being irritating idiots."
The people made some protesting sounds at that. "Okay sheesh, don't get your panties in a twist. From left to right. Maggie Pierce, head of Neuro, also known as my annoying little sister." The dark-haired woman, Maggie, just slugged Meredith in the shoulder for that.
"Next to her is doctor Jackson Avery, head of Cardio. Head of Academic surgery, April Kepner, she's in charge of our three residents. And next to them are our amazing tech-team duo, get it? Like wrestling? Either way, Jo Wilson and Alex Karev. They've been like siblings since college, or something." Eliza just nodded to all of them and just when she was about to introduce herself, Meredith beat her to it. "Everybody, this is Eliza Minnick. The one that has been saying no to Arizona and Tim since we opened our doors." She looked at the brunette. "They haven't been happy about that by the way. They're going to everything in their power to make sure that you join our ranks." Eliza just smirked at that, she was curious as to which length the twins were willing to go to keep her here.
"Okay, next up. The bosses themselves." Meredith grinned. "Steady your horses, it's about to get real in here."
A/N. Hope you enjoyed, leave a review if you have some suggestions for the story. Bye!
