"When you get sick, it starts off with a single infection. One lone nasty intruder. Pretty soon the intruder duplicates. Becomes two. Then those two become four. And those four become eight. Then, before your body knows it, it's under attack. It's an invasion. The question for a doctor is, once the invaders have landed, once they've taken over your body, how the hell do you get rid of them? What do you do when the infection hits you, when it takes over? Do you do what you're supposed to do and take your medicine? Or do you learn to live with the thing and hope someday it goes away? Or do you just give up entirely and let it kill you?"
"something's not right, i can feel it inside, something's not right"
Beck was drinking coffee as she watched workmen replace the hospital with a new sign: Seattle Grace Mercy West. A man in orange scrubs tried to run past her but instead bumped into her, spilling her coffee. She groaned. "Whoa, I'm sorry", he said. She turned around to him and her eyes widened. "Hey, don't I know you?" he asked.
"No. No, you don't"
"I do. That night at the bar-"
"Would you look at the time. I gotta run"
She quickly ran off.
Alex, Beck and Aurora were in the elevator together. The doors were about to close when two men, including Beck's one night stand, held the doors and entered. Beck shifted uncomfortably and Aurora gave her a look.
Lucy was looking around as all the Mercy Westers were gathering in the resident's lounge. She looked to see one of them putting her stuff in George's cubby. "Hey, you can't put that in there", she said.
"They told us to grab a cubby"
"Yeah, I know, it's just... We keep it empty for a reason. Can you just take your stuff out? There's empty ones over there you can use"
"I don't think so"
"I said take it out!"
"Great. I get the crazy one next to me"
"Oh, you wanna fight? 'Cause I will"
Alex entered the room. "I will fight you! You're tiny. I could take you down in seconds", Lucy continued. Alex pulled her back and took her out of the room.
Lucy, Alex, Cristina, Lexie, Aurora, Beck and Kelly watched the Mercy Westers walk around from the railing. "They took George's cubby", Lucy said. Alex rubbed her back.
They were all in Meredith's room watching the Mercy Westers. "They're locusts. Comfortable locusts feeding on our surgeries", Meredith commented. "That's rude. There should be a couple of days where they act like guests before they put their feet up on the coffee table", Lucy said. "And what's with the orange scrubs? Ours aren't good enough for them?" Beck asked. "We ran out. They're on back order", Meredith replied. "Randall from the supply company says they'll be here in a week. That's what you learn when you lie here all day". "Why bother ordering new ones? We can give these to our replacements", Aurora remarked. "We're not gonna be replaced by anybody", Alex said. "They're here, it's over", Beck said. "Hey, we are not some stupid hosts", Meredith said. "They can't invade us. They can't attach themselves to our faces, and then while we're eating spaghetti, explode out of our chests and skitter across the floor. This is our ship. This is our ship". "Excuse me, are you quoting a Sigourney Weaver movie?" Kelly asked.
"Shut up"
"That's what happens when you live here. You watch a lot of TV", Lucy said.
"We own this hospital. We were born in this hospital. And we will hold this hospital with our last gasping breath. Go out there and go get surgeries before they take them. Go! And I want a full report by the end of the day!"
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Runaway-Grey's Anatomy AU Book 6
Romance"it's not a joke to me, either" "i think it is!" "it's not!" "prove it!" "i love you" "and i was runnin' far away, would i run off the world someday? and i was dancin' in the rain, i felt alive and i can't complain. but now take me home, take me hom...
