Chapter 1: It Was Supposed To Be A Normal Day

Anyone that lived in Seattle, Washington knew where to go when they had any sort of medical crisis…Seattle Grace Hospital. It was known for its skilled and diverse surgical team and top of the line medical care. Chief of Surgery Richard Weber did his best to keep a constant changing practice under control. Neurosurgeon Derrick Shepherd, Cardiologist Preston Burke, Neonatal Specialist Addison Montgomery and Orthopedic Surgeon Callie Torres are amongst the team that makes up the skilled surgical floor.

Doctors are always told to expect the unexpected. No two days working on the surgical floor are the same. Little did everyone know that the events that would partake on this particular day would change the lives of four people in their very own hospital forever.

It was rainy that morning as it was most mornings in the depths of one of the wettest cities in the US. The interns at Seattle Grace Hospital were busy doing their morning rounds and the majority of the attendings were in surgery. It wasn't until Chief Resident Miranda Bailey came flying through the door, that the blood of the hospital began to pump.

"Alright I've got a 23 year old girl they found in an alley coming into the pit right now. Who's going down?" All of the interns hastily raised their hands anxious for a chance to handle some real trauma. "O'Malley, Grey and Yang come with me. Stevens and Karev finish up the rounds". George, Meredith and Christina triumphantly followed Bailey into the elevator and headed down to the ER.

"They found her in an alley?" Meredith asked turning to Christina with a curious look on her face.

"Someone got a hold of her and beat the hell out of her" Bailey added. "I don't know what kind of world we are living in" she said. The elevator doors opened and they arrived just as the ambulance did, they all stood back as they got a first glimpse at their patient. A young man jumped off the back of the ambulance with a clip board as they unloaded the girl. "Female 23 years old, we found her lying in an alley this morning. She is really banged up. We gave her morphine for the pain her right leg looks broken, left arm is broken but amazingly everything else is intact."

George O'Malley couldn't do anything but look the girl over as they pushed the gurney down the hallway. He could barely see her face it was covered in so much blood. "What do we do when we get her upstairs?" Bailey asked.

"Check vitals, make sure she's stable, x-rays, catscans and call " Christina chimed in. Anyone who knew Christina was well aware that she was always the one to have the first answers.

"Then what O'Malley?" Bailey asked. George's legs were moving but he couldn't get his mouth to do the same. "Then what O'Malley! Snap out of it" she yelled.

"Look at her bracelet" he said silently.

"What?" Yang yelled.

"Look at her god damn bracelet" George screamed. Bailey leaned over and caught sight of the small golden charm bracelet covered in blood. The squinted and caught sight of the small charms: a golden baby, a small scalpel and a golden heart.

Bailey and George stared at each other as they entered the elevator and the doors closed. "Yang when we get off this elevator I need you to page Dr. Shepherd, Dr. Montgomery, and immediately"

"Why? What's going on?" Christina asked.

"I have seen that bracelet before" Meredith said nervously.

"This is Ava Shepherd" Bailey said. "This is Derek and Addison's daughter".