Born in Philly, raised in New York, and now packing up her Bostonian life for the Emerald City. Freshly graduated from her fellowship at Harvard Medical School, a newly famous World Renowned Surgeon is given a new start in life. At only 24 years old, Elena has reached the highest set of skills a professional in surgical medicine could accomplish. Specializing in Cardiac, Plastic, and General Surgery, nothing could ever come between her love for Neuro, especially not her older brother, the equally famous Derek Shepherd. She was determined and sharp, she was everything Dr. Ellis Grey, her mentor, imagined her to be when she offered her the position of Head of Neurosurgery. Even with such a reputation like hers, Elena still had to face the worst of it. The prejudice and ridicule of her co-workers she could handle, she had faced it head-on during her time at Mass Gen, but she had never been the center of attention in the public eye. Can she keep her life in control or prying eyes? Or will she have to submit to the rumors and whispers spreading across the hospital?
Ava Shepherd is the youngest Shepherd. Like all her siblings she is on her way to becoming an extraordinary surgeon but being the youngest didn't hold her back. Ava was born after her father had been killed. She was her mothers hope and her brothers miracle after her father died. As the shooting happens at the hospital Ava worries for her brothers, friends and her boyfriend while fighting for her own life. Ava is in her fourth year of surgical residency and is recovering from the shooting.