Author's Note: Hi guys! It's been a long time since I've wrote anything, but the Good Doctor is my newest passion. I absolutely love Shaun Murphy, and I will do my best to portray his amazing character as well as all of the others. Please do not flame at me, for anything. I do my best with getting characters accurate, though there may be moments where they are OOC. Also, there may be trigger warnings that pop up later. It is a medical show, so of course there will be injuries, blood, etc.

I hope you enjoy it.

Prologue: Hell is Rising

It was a wonderful quiet day at the San Jose St. Bonaventure Hospital. All the inpatients were doing well, and for once there was not a single soul in the surgery room. The only ER patients was a drunk who had bumped his head, a ten-year-old boy who had sprained his ankle playing soccer, and a woman with the flu wanting a check up. Everyone was in a good mood as they strolled the halls, nurses cleaning up here and there, and checking in on their patients. The doctors made their rounds, peeking in to see how their inpatients were doing, but were otherwise just roaming around.

In the cafeteria, at a small round table sat Claire, Jared, and Shaun. The three of them were laughing and enjoying their sandwhiches for lunch. Bright sunlight shone through the massive glass windows, casting a warm halo of light on the trio. They were chatting about something embarrassing Jared had done that day, and even Shaun was cracking up with laughter on this pleasant day.

Off to the offices, Neil Melendez was sitting having coffee with his bride-to-be Jessica Preston. For once the two of them were able to sit peacefully and chat about other things than work. On the desk between them, lay their two hands, fingers laced together as they spoke with smiles on their faces.

Of course, it is usually on days such as these that the most terrible tragedies can occur.

A few miles away, at a major intersection in a busy part of the city, a man was driving angrily trying to get to work on time after being held up during lunch. The light in front of him had turned yellow, and then red. Still, his foot floored the gas pedal, not paying any attention to the cars driving ahead of him through the intersection from the left. It was not until it was too late, and he saw the small black car that he was going to t-bone. Slamming his foot on the break, he yanked his wheel to try to avoid the car, but he wasn't going to make it. There was just enough time for fear to set into the guy when he smashed into the passenger side of the oncoming car. The last thing he saw was the airbag exploding in his face.

The black car was knocked sideways hard, and rolled once into oncoming traffic. As some sick twist of fate would have it, the oncoming vehicle was a school bus carrying a load of children coming back from a field trip. The bus driver panicked, seeing the small black car roll into its path, and pressed the break while jerking the wheel to the right, unknowingly pulling the whole bus sideways into a ditch, where it slammed hard onto its side. The sound of silence was all that could be heard before the screaming began. Everywhere, cars pulled over and people piled out.

"There's kids in there! Get them out!" a woman screamed as she leapt out of her old sedan. She reached into her pocket and pulled out her phone, dialing 911. "Please! There was an accident at the intersection between 50th and Roger's Avenue, right beside the gas station." Her voice faded off into the shouts of terror filled citizens as people began to yank the doors open on the bus and two cars. Honestly, it was truly amazing how quickly people jumped into action.

From the first car, two men pulled out the burly man who caused this all and lay him a few feet from his vehicle. Several other people began to pull out a young brown haired woman from the car that had been t-boned. Another sound caught their attention as they lay her down on the asphalt. A small kitten was in the back seat, sitting in a basket and buckled into the car. One of the women who helped pull the girl out reached in and grabbed the kitten, before placing it in the jacket of the unconcious woman, just as sirens began to approach.

The rest of the onlookers were helping to unload the children, all with varying injuries. EMT's pulled up in several ambulances, as well as a few police cars that followed behind. It was going to be one hell of a morning.