This is just a quick idea that I came up with. I always wondered what happened on the other side of the plane crash. The side we didn't get to see on tv. How did everyone find out? How did they react? I think it would have been interesting to see, so I've started something that I hope will help fill that void (for anyone who has one). I wasn't planing on focusing on any one character in particular, but I found myself writing from Alex's perspective the most (because I love Alex), so hopefully you guys enjoy!

Day One

"It's a secret that will help you get through the challenges that lie ahead." Richard Webber spoke these words, but at that moment he had no idea what was to come. He had no idea what they would go through in the next few days. In that moment the future seemed so bright.

Richard, Alex, April and Jackson sat at the table in the restaurant waiting for Meredith and Cristina to arrive. They sat there awkward and uncomfortable and as the seconds turned into minutes and the minutes turned into almost an hour and Meredith and Cristina had still not arrived. None of them really wanted to be there. Alex was thinking about going to Hopkins, April was thinking her life was over because she failed the boards and Jackson still felt uncomfortable with the whole April situation. Richard looked around at the three doctors sat at the table with him, wondering where Meredith and Cristina were and began to feel an uneasy feeling in the pit of his stomach.

The feeling was quickly pushed aside by the sound of pagers going off. The four doctors looked down at their pagers in unison, "911 from Dr. Hunt, we gotta go". While Richard was mildly disappointed that the dinner was cut short and that Meredith and Cristina didn't even show up, the other three were thrilled to get to leave. They hurried back to the hospital, eager to see what kind of surgeries they might get to scrub in on, except when they got there, there were no traumas, no patients, no surgeries. The three of them looked around confused as to why they had been paged 911 when there were no traumas. Richard left to go find Owen to see what was happening, to see why they all had been paged.

When Richard returned minutes later he had a grim look at his face. Jackson and April had gone upstairs to change, but Alex was still in the ER. He was texting Meredith and Cristina, to see where they were, cursing them for not answering. When Alex looked up and seen the look on Dr. Webber's face, he got a feeling in the pit of his stomach. A bad feeling.

"Sir, is everything ok?" It took a second for Richard to make eye contact with Alex.

"Umm, Hunt needs to see you upstairs. He's in the conference room on four." Alex nodded and headed upstairs, but not before looking back at Dr. Webber and seeing him pacing, wiping the sweat from his brow.

When Alex reached the conference room, he looked through the window and seen Owen sat down next to Callie. He walked over to the door and knocked before entering. When he walked in Callie and Owen both looked up at him. He quickly realized that Callie was crying.

"Oh, I'm sorry, Dr. Webber said you wanted to see me, but I can come back." Alex turned around to leave, but Owen stopped him.

"Wait Karev, come in. I need to talk to you." Alex nodded and Owen stood up as he motioned Karev to sit in the chair next to Callie. He shifted his eyes from Callie to Owen for several seconds before realizing that they both held the same grim look that Dr. Webber had had.

"Dr. Hunt, what's going on here?" Owen looked at Callie first before speaking to Alex.

"Karev, when was the last time to spoke to Meredith or Cristina?" Alex thought for a moment before responding.

"It was yesterday before they left for Boise. I was ready to go with them, but Robbins has a huge stick up her ass and…" Owen cut him off before he could finish.

"Karev, please…" Alex looked at Owen and then he looked at Callie sat next to him who still had tears flowing from her eyes.

"I'm sorry, I just…I'm sorry. Callie are you ok?" She just looked at Alex and shook her head. He still didn't understand what was going on.

"Really what's going on here, why do you all look like someone died?" The question startled Owen, and for a second he wasn't sure how to respond.

"Karev, there was an accident. Or maybe not an accident, I don't even know." Alex was getting more confused by the minute, but now he too had an uneasy feeling in the pit of his stomach.

"The plane, it never made it to Boise…" Alex's eyes widened at Owen's revelation as he heard a small sob escape Callie's lips.

"What do you mean the plane never made it?" He could feel his heart beating in his ears and he was sure that if he stood up he would faint.

"I got a call from the Chief of Surgery at Boise a couple hours ago. She said she had been checking with the airport, but the plane never arrived. I've been in contact with first responders both here in Seattle and in Boise. They were able to track the plane so far, but then they lost contact. They have first responders sent out to try and recover the plane." Alex was in shock. He could barely form the words coming from his mouth.

"What do you mean recover? Like recover their bodies?" His best friends were on that plane, Derek, Lexie and Sloan…Robbins. He looked over at Callie and took her hand in his.

"Karev, we don't know. Search and rescue is working around the clock trying to find them, but they have said that…they said that it is possible no one survived…" Alex could feel his eyes moisten as he watched Owen sit down and place his head in his hands. How could this even be happening? A plane crash? For a few minutes he thought he was dreaming.

A few minutes later both April and Jackson walked in. It was evident April had been crying and Jackson was trying to console her, but Jackson was equally upset, even though he tried to hid it. The five of them sat there quietly, no one saying anything and no one moving with the exception of Owen who would get up periodically to check his phone or make a call. Each time he would walk back in everyone would look up and he would just shake his head, indicating that he had no news. After what seems like an eternity Alex shot up out of his chair with a terrified look on his face. Everyone in the room just looked at him before Owen speaks up.

"Karev, what is it? What's wrong?" He looked around at everyone. They're all staring at him.

"I was supposed to be on that plane. It was supposed to be me." He looks over at Callie, who now has her hand placed over her mouth and then at Owen, Jackson and April who are trying to hide their expressions. While they never did get to eat their dinner, Alex gets up from the table and empties the contents of his stomach in the nearest garbage can. Robbins, his mentor was dead because of him. Callie was a widow and Sofia had lost a mother. It was all his fault. He couldn't take it anymore. He couldn't sit there anymore.

Alex ran from the conference room. He heard Owen and Jackson calling for him to come back, but his legs kept moving. He didn't know where to go, he couldn't go home, the home that Meredith gave him, filled with her memories. He couldn't work, he wasn't even sure he could remember how to work. All his friends were dead. His best friends. They were gone. He was filled with so much self-pity until he realized he wasn't the one who had lost everything. He couldn't fight the tears anymore. He knew where he had to go. He knew what he had to do.

He took the elevator down to the third floor. He passed walls of brightly colored pictures and drawings. In the distance he could hear laughter from children. Children who had no idea of what was happening in the world. To them the future seemed so bright. When he reached daycare, he looked through the window, his eyes searching for the little girl, who did not know it yet, but had just lost everything. When he walked into daycare, he asked the caretaker where he would find Zola. She motioned towards the nap area. She told Alex that Dr. Bailey had dropped Zola off that morning and that Dr. Sheppard was supposed to pick her up, but when he never showed up she figured he got pulled into a surgery, so she put the little girl to sleep. Alex gave her a sad look but thanked her and headed to find the little girl. He walked in and found her sleeping peacefully. His eyes filled up with tears at the thought of Zola waking up and looking for her mommy. He picked her up and sat down with her in his arms. It was the first time in hours that he felt peaceful. Zola brought him peace. The little girl might have just lost her parents, her aunt, Cristina, Mark and Arizona, but for some strange reason she still had him. He was still here and alive and now it was his job to take care of Zola. To make sure Zola was happy. Zola needed a person and he would be her person.

I hope you guys liked it! I have the next part started, so hopefully I'll get that up soon. If you think there's any point in continuing or if there is anything you'd like to see in the story please let me know. Leave a review and let me know what you think!