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Bella stepped off the train and pulled her coat tight around her. "It's freezing!" she thought to herself. She smiled as she remembered something her brother used to say when they were children and it would get cold. Bella would say, "it's so dang cold!" and James would reply, "Hell yeah, cold as a witch's titty in a brass bra!" She pulled out the map that she had downloaded and printed off the Internet and soon she found her way to the wall that was constructed around County Hospital. It seemed as though the hospital was trying to hide from the outside world and that one would be safe inside these walls. Bella made her way through the ambulance bay and took a deep breath as the doors slid open and she entered the hospital.
"AHHHHHHHH, DON'T, DON'T, NO NEEDLES!" Bella jumped back a little as a man with a large gash in his forehead sprinted for the sliding doors almost knocking her over in the process. "Stop him!" yelled a tall Caucasian woman with tousled brown curls that she had twisted into a bun on top of her head. The woman had sort of a strange accent and for a second Bella wondered where the woman was from. Another loud shout, "Stop him!" broke into Bella's thoughts and without really thinking about it Bella stuck her foot out into the man's path. The man tripped and fell against a couple of chairs in the lobby. A nurse came and sat on the man as the brunette woman gave him a shot, which Bella assumed was a sedative.
The man slowly settled down and two nurses were able to help him up and take him to a small bed behind a curtain. The brunette approached Bella with a certain uneasiness, "and what would be wrong with you today??" she asked after she had caught her breath. "My name is Doctor Bella Fairfax. I'm the new doctor, this is my first day?" There was an awkward pause as the woman examined Bella. Bella paused for a minute too, thinking maybe she had been more of a nuisance then help, "perhaps you can tell me where I can get some information about where to start?"
Bella was beginning to feel a little self-conscious with this doctor giving her the up and down look. "Well, I'm Doctor Elizabeth Corday and I believe I am in your debt, so I will show you your schedule and get a tour of the hospital set up for you." Just as Doctor Corday was finishing her last sentence a medic came rushing in, "there was a fire across town and Mercy is already swamped, we have 3 more ambulances behind us!" "Well, Dr. Fairfax is it? That tour will have to wait, you're about to know what it truly feels like to be an ER doctor. You can put your things down behind the desk there." Bella hesitated a little, she had known that she would have to start working quickly but, really, she had just come in the door. "Well come along then!" Corday responded as she raced out the sliding doors.
Bella left her things where she was told and she raced after Corday. She soon found herself in a maze of ambulances and sick bodies. A fresh ambulance pulled up and she hurried to it as they were pulling out the first person as she had seen Dr. Corday do. As the medic explained the patient's injuries she listened intently and began to think of a treatment she would use. Bella glanced over toward another patient who was wailing that his leg hurt and she caught the eye of another doctor. A tall, foreign man with black hair and dark brown eyes that one could get lost in. (He was very handsome.) She was soon forced to break their stare when a new ambulance of victims was brought in and he hurried to help.
Bella had her own patients to take care of and soon the man and time were lost to her as she rushed about trying to find her way around and trying to help her patients at the same time.
Bella stepped off the train and pulled her coat tight around her. "It's freezing!" she thought to herself. She smiled as she remembered something her brother used to say when they were children and it would get cold. Bella would say, "it's so dang cold!" and James would reply, "Hell yeah, cold as a witch's titty in a brass bra!" She pulled out the map that she had downloaded and printed off the Internet and soon she found her way to the wall that was constructed around County Hospital. It seemed as though the hospital was trying to hide from the outside world and that one would be safe inside these walls. Bella made her way through the ambulance bay and took a deep breath as the doors slid open and she entered the hospital.
"AHHHHHHHH, DON'T, DON'T, NO NEEDLES!" Bella jumped back a little as a man with a large gash in his forehead sprinted for the sliding doors almost knocking her over in the process. "Stop him!" yelled a tall Caucasian woman with tousled brown curls that she had twisted into a bun on top of her head. The woman had sort of a strange accent and for a second Bella wondered where the woman was from. Another loud shout, "Stop him!" broke into Bella's thoughts and without really thinking about it Bella stuck her foot out into the man's path. The man tripped and fell against a couple of chairs in the lobby. A nurse came and sat on the man as the brunette woman gave him a shot, which Bella assumed was a sedative.
The man slowly settled down and two nurses were able to help him up and take him to a small bed behind a curtain. The brunette approached Bella with a certain uneasiness, "and what would be wrong with you today??" she asked after she had caught her breath. "My name is Doctor Bella Fairfax. I'm the new doctor, this is my first day?" There was an awkward pause as the woman examined Bella. Bella paused for a minute too, thinking maybe she had been more of a nuisance then help, "perhaps you can tell me where I can get some information about where to start?"
Bella was beginning to feel a little self-conscious with this doctor giving her the up and down look. "Well, I'm Doctor Elizabeth Corday and I believe I am in your debt, so I will show you your schedule and get a tour of the hospital set up for you." Just as Doctor Corday was finishing her last sentence a medic came rushing in, "there was a fire across town and Mercy is already swamped, we have 3 more ambulances behind us!" "Well, Dr. Fairfax is it? That tour will have to wait, you're about to know what it truly feels like to be an ER doctor. You can put your things down behind the desk there." Bella hesitated a little, she had known that she would have to start working quickly but, really, she had just come in the door. "Well come along then!" Corday responded as she raced out the sliding doors.
Bella left her things where she was told and she raced after Corday. She soon found herself in a maze of ambulances and sick bodies. A fresh ambulance pulled up and she hurried to it as they were pulling out the first person as she had seen Dr. Corday do. As the medic explained the patient's injuries she listened intently and began to think of a treatment she would use. Bella glanced over toward another patient who was wailing that his leg hurt and she caught the eye of another doctor. A tall, foreign man with black hair and dark brown eyes that one could get lost in. (He was very handsome.) She was soon forced to break their stare when a new ambulance of victims was brought in and he hurried to help.
Bella had her own patients to take care of and soon the man and time were lost to her as she rushed about trying to find her way around and trying to help her patients at the same time.