Chapter 3

A/N: Thank you so much for reading, FAV/FOLLOWS! I'm really excited for what's coming next, and I hope you'll stick with me and all these characters on our journey. And sorry for making you wait, I wanted this chapter to be as best as it could be.

After the speech, responsibility for new interns was given to the residents. It felt kind of strange for Stephanie to think that she will be giving orders to someone else and make them do all those boring things, like getting the labs, taking patients to their room and dealing with all their silly wishes. She felt proud of herself, so so proud... Just until she saw her group of interns. Five of them were walking towards her and she prayed to God that they pass her by and go to Jo. But it was very obvious that her wish won't come true. She didn't understand why she had to get the worst ones. One of them slipped while walking, the other one looked like he's going to throw up every second. One girl was so busy fixing her hair and coat that she almost fell when that other intern slipped in front of her. And those two in the back, a skinny pale guy and a girl who looked like she was 15, seemed like the rejected ones among the interns. She sighed and told them to hurry up already.

Five of them were almost running behind her trying to catch her pace when she suddenly hit the break and turned around to face them. She scanned every single one of them carefully and started talking - ''I'm Dr. Edwards and I want to make myself very clear. I'm in charge. Everything you do reflects on me. Good or bad. And I don't tolerate the bad part, so don't make mistakes! Study and practise in skills lab until I page you. Do not bother the attendings. I learn from them, you learn from me. That's how it goes. Your shift will be long so try not to kill anyone!'' She spilled all that in one breath, so she had to stop herself for a second. When the oxygen came up to her brain again she continued – ''Don't make the nurses angry. If you do, they'll make your life miserable. Listen to orders and don't try to be a smartass, I don't like smartasses! Did you understand?''

Alison nodded along with the other four trying to look as serious and confident as possible. Right before Dr. Edwards could finish her little lecture their pagers started going off. It was a 911 page to the emergency room, all hands on deck were demanded. And just like that, in a matter of seconds everyone shifted into their fifth gear and started running to the ER.

When they got down to the ER they just stood there with their jaws dropped. It was chaotic. One could here screaming orders from everywhere. And five of them just stood there frozen. A terrible car accident happend on the overpass with 6 vehicles in it. Drunk teenager was speeding and he lost control over his car. He hit the vehicle in front and then it started. The horrible domino effect. They have never seen so many victims and so much blood. In that moment it finally hit them, they are all doctors now and it's on them to help those people, to help save their lives. They were all wrapped in their own thoughts when Edwards yelled at them to get their legs moving and hands doing something more useful than shaking. The first one to react on her order was the youngest one. Edwards didn't expect that, but she put her surprise aside and asked the girl – '' Your name?''. Alison was quick to answer – ''Dr. Alison Jean.''

For the first time in her life she felt like this. She couldn't describe the feeling. But adrenaline hit her hard and she felt such a rush. She felt terrified and excited at the same time. And it felt great to say her name with a title 'doctor'. Then and there, in the middle of all that mess and chaos, she found her calm zone. In her eyes it seemed like everything around her slowed down and she felt like one little lost piece of her found its home. For a long time she was afraid that the only reason she had chosen to become a doctor, a surgeon actually, was her mother. From distance, via Internet, she watched her mother thrive in her field, so she decided to go in that direction as well. In a way that made her feel closer to her and she still wanted to make her proud, even though her mother left her and never looked back. But now, in this chaotic ER she knew she was in the right place in this world and she felt stronger than ever that it really was in her blood.

''Okay, Jean you're with me. The rest of you go and ask Dr. Kepner where she needs you most.'' – Edwards said and the four of them rushed. Alison stayed standing right behind waiting for her to move.

Right then, new ambulance came in front of the ER. Edwards went to take over the patient and Alison followed. Dr. Hunt was already there, helping the paramedics to get the patient out. One of the paramedics was giving the needed information – ''Male. 17 years old. Open abdominal injury, comminuted femur fracture and very possibly a brain bleed. His pressure is dropping fast and he lost a lot of blood.''

''Poor guy. He's lucky to be alive.'' – Edwards commented.

''He is lucky, but he got himself in this mess. He's the driver.'' – paramedic said sadly with a sigh.

Dr. Hunt and Dr. Edwards just shared a look, and Alison felt sadness for the people he killed and hurt, for all those destroyed families. And all because one stupid teenager decided to drink and drive. Maybe he wasn't stupid or that bad. Maybe he was just misguided. All that didn't matter anymore. Lives were lost and he was barely breathing.

They were in the trauma room 2, Hunt was firing orders to everyone. Dr. Torres came in after she saw them pass by in the ER. The patient needed his femur to be stabilized as soon as possible.
''Hunt, he's losing too much blood. We need to take him to the OR right now. We can coordinate. First you stop the abdominal bleeding and then I'll stabilize his femur.'' – Torres said.

As Hunt opened his mouth to answer the patient stopped breathing.
''He's coding. We're losing him. Edwards start compressions.'' – Hunt ordered, while his both hands were inside the patients abdominal cavity, trying to slow down the bleeding.

''Where's Shepherd, I paged him minutes ago?'' – he asked, noone in particular and everyone at the same time.

Alison bit her tounge and flinched a little even at the mention of that last name. She wanted to help, but she was strictly ordered only to observe.
''Derek's in the OR. He can't come.'' – Torres answered before anyone got the chance to say anything.

''Then find Amelia Shepherd, ASAP!'' – Hunt almost yelled, struggling to keep pressure.

Edwards was still resuscitating the boy, so she turned to Alison – '' Go! Fast! Find Amelia Shepherd!''

Alison didn't need to be told twice. She ran out of the trauma room asking everyone that she bumped into if they saw Amelia Shepherd. And so many people saw her at different times in different places that she didn't know where to go first. Just when panic started to crawl under her skin she heard a voice behind her. The voice sounded unfamiliar, but still so familiar.

''I'm here. Who needs me?'' – Amelia Shepherd mouthed quickly.

Alison felt like the lightening stroke her. As she was turning around her heart was beating so fast that she could see her light blue scrubs moving up and down. To her it seemed like she was turning around in slow motion, but actually, only a second later she was standing face to face with Dr. Amelia Shepherd for the very first time. She felt the words stuck in her throat.
Amelia recognized the young girl and remembered the strange feeling she felt when she watched her from the OR gallery earlier. She felt that again. Even more now when the girl was standing in front of her, looking at her with those strangely familiar blue eyes.

Alison finally said – ''Trauma room 2. They need you ASAP. Possible brain bleed. The patient is coding.''

Amelia nodded and rushed to the trauma room, leaving Alison standing there. She couldn't make herself move. Then she felt stinging in her eyes. Only one tear escaped her. She brushed it off of her cheek, composed herself a little and then made herself walk back to the trauma room.

A/N: Thank you for reading!