Disclaimer: Don't own GA. The new character is mine, though!

Chapter 8: Unidentified Patient

Meanwhile, at the hospital….

Izzie Stevens, George O'Malley, and Alex Karev were all on call when they were paged 911 to the emergency entrance. They took the stretcher, all the while listening to the EMTS. "28-30 year old white male, severe lacerations to face, torso and legs. Possible brain hemorrhaging from multiple head wounds, bruising and potential internal bleeding. Body temperature has been unsteady and blood pressure is low from excessive stress," rattled off one EMT. The three interns began to wheel the gurney down to take tests.

"Someone page Shepherd," ordered Alex. "This guy is definitely going to need major surgery." One of the nurses nearby went to do so, since Shepherd was the best neurosurgeon around. "Move, move, move!" Izzie and Alex frantically wheeled the stretcher to the elevator while George ran ahead to prep the necessary tests, which would be extensive given the severity of the patient's injuries.

"Do we have any id on the patient?" asked Izzie.

"None. Can't find anything," replied the EMT.

"Damn. Okay, well, we'll figure something out as we go," she replied.

About fifteen minutes later Dr. Derek Shepherd arrived. "What's going on?" he asked one of the nurses.

"Patient just came in with severe hemorrhaging. Stevens, O'Malley and Karev took him down for tests; he should be about ready for surgery." Derek nodded and went off to prepare for the surgery.

After finishing all of the tests, George, Izzie, and Alex went into the scrub room to get ready for Dr. Shepherd and explain the situation. "So what's the deal here?"

"Brain hemorrhaging in the lower right hemisphere, though the films show that it has somehow been contained. But it'll require a decent amount of repair. He actually has no signs of internal bleeding, surprisingly. Does have a couple of broken ribs and external bruising all over."

"All right, then. Let's go to it."

Five hours later…

The surgery was completed with no complications and the patient seemed to be doing well, considering the abuse his body had taken. "So do we have any background information on the patient? Anything at all?" inquired Shepherd.

Izzie sighed. "I'm about to go work on it, but so far nothing. The EMTs had nothing, couldn't find any records. But there's gotta be something…" Izzie being Izzie, she hadn't failed to notice the twisted and dirty platinum band on the man's left ring finger. "We'll find something, though. I know we will," she said determinedly. He belonged to someone, obviously, and if anybody would find out that information, it would be Isobel Stevens.

Dr. Shepherd smiled encouragingly, "I'm sure we will, Dr. Stevens." With that, Dr. Shepherd walked out of the scrub room.

Alex rolled his eyes. "Iz, you know the chances of finding this guy's family are like zilch."

Izzie turned on him angrily. "Ugh. That's so not true. We found the last John Doe's family so why not this one? Seriously!"

"Um, maybe because the last John Doe didn't have like years of beating all over him? Not to mention there's NOTHING with this guy, except some beat up old wedding band, which probably wouldn't even come off his finger at this point. Even if did, it wouldn't do you any good."

"Shut up, Alex," inserted George. "Why do you have to go and say that stuff?" he asked after Izzie had huffed out, annoyed at Alex's cynicism.

"It's true, man. You know it just as well as I do."

"Whatever," said George, who went to chase after his best friend. He found her at the computer, looking over charts and typing furiously. "He's a jackass. We could find the guy's family, you know…"

"He is so freakin aggravating," she replied, not taking her eyes off the computer.

"He's Alex. Of course he's aggravating," agreed George. He sat down at the computer next to her, picked up one of the files, and began to read. "So what do you think happened to this guy, anyway? He's in pretty bad shape."

Izzie shrugged. "I know, it's pretty awful. It's like more than just getting beaten up, you know? Hopefully he'll wake up and we'll be able to talk to him, find out who he is and what happened. Cleary it was not just a one time thing," she answered sadly. "God, why are people so mean?"

"I don't know," replied George truthfully. "But the good thing is we saved him, and his prognosis looks good. Maybe we'll even be able to able to find his family," he said hopefully.

Izzie smiled. "Thanks, Bam." He could do nothing but shake his head and continue reading, hoping to find some clue as to whom the mysterious patient was, and from whence he had come. However, George and Izzie would be finding out about the patient much sooner than they expected…