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A/N: Massive thanks to Sofietc who helped me along with the idea and proof read for me… oh and came up with the title! :-)

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"Time of Death 23:57" Owen Hunt bluntly said to the trauma room

"No Owen! You have to keep trying! Shock his heart" Callie said desperately as she looked on at the lifeless body on the table.

"He's dead Torres and quite frankly it's the best place for him" Owen said ripping off his gloves

"No! Owen you have to save him" Callie cried

Arizona looked on in shock at the scene unfolding in front of her. Callie was desperate for this to end differently but the guy was dead, he'd been dead since they loaded him into the ambulance.

"Come on" Arizona said as she placed her hands on her girlfriend's shoulders and led her out of the room

"Arizona, they need to bring him back"

"He's dead Callie"

Arizona guided Callie into the lounge and sat her on the sofa before going to the coffee pot and pouring her a strong cup of coffee.

"Drink this, you need to steady your nerves" Arizona offered as she sat next to her and put her arms around her. They sat in silence for 15 minutes; both going over the evening's events in their head until the door opened and brought them both from their musings.

"Calliope Torres?"

"Yes, that's me" Callie said standing

"Dr Torres, we would like to ask you some questions at the station" The detective told her

"What? Why? I already explained what happened" Callie replied nervously as Arizona appeared at her side as enlaced her fingers with Callie's

"Dr Torres it's procedure" Detective Manders explained

"We both already explained what happened. I told that guy and he wrote it all down" Callie said pointing to the police officer standing at the door behind the detective "I'm not going to the station, I can't…. You can't believe that this was my fault. Arizona tell them" Callie said clearly distressed

"Baby, you need to calm down" Arizona said sweetly

"I'm calm but I'm not leaving you. Not tonight" Callie said defiantly

"If you aren't willing to co-operate then we'll make matters a little more formal" The detective warned her

"Calliope" Arizona said softly rubbing her arm

"It was self defence" Callie said loudly "I'm going home. This is nuts"

Callie tried to walk past the detective who reached out and grabbed her by the arm. Due to her shaky nerves and adrenaline rushing through her, she lashed out and pushed the detective away from her causing the officer blocking the door to grab her and handcuff her from behind.

"No!" Callie screamed

"Calliope Torres I am arresting you for the murder of Donovan Meers. "Anything you say can and will be used against you in the court of Law."

Callie just sighed defeated

"I didn't do it on purpose" She whispered

Arizona closed her eyes in defeat as she watched Callie being man-handled. She locked eyes with the detective and he nodded allowing Arizona to approach her anguished girlfriend. Arizona closed the distance between them and gently cupped Callie's face and wiped away her tears.

"Just tell the truth and you'll be fine. We were both there, we know what happened. It was self defence" Arizona said before kissing her softly "Stay calm and as soon as they are done questioning you I will be there waiting for you. I promise"

"I'm so sorry Arizona" Callie whispered

The detective and officer led Callie out of the lounge and through the hospital to the entrance as her colleagues looked on in shock at the handcuffs.

"Is Torres' handcuffed?" Christina asked Meredith in disbelief

"That's a joke" Derek commented

"Stay calm and justice will prevail" Miranda Bailey said to her gawping co-workers "Torres wouldn't harm a fly intentionally"

"Yeah well they better let her out before the 15th. Her half of the rent is due" Christina said in her typical manner causing looks of disgust from her colleagues.

Arizona emerged from the lounge and rubbed her hands over her tired eyes.

"What the hell happened in there?" Mark asked coming over to Arizona and placing a comforting hand on her shoulder.

"She freaked out. She got upset and angry and they just arrested her. I need to go to the police station and wait for her" Arizona said

"Okay, I'll drive you" Mark nodded

"Mark you don't have to do that. I'll be fine" Arizona said finding an inner strength

"She could be there all night; you're going to need company. Plus, you're too shaken up to drive" Mark ordered as he led his best friends girlfriend towards the car park.

As Callie sat handcuffed in the back of the police car, she felt numb. She was scared as hell and totally distraught at the events that had played out tonight. She had wanted to stay home and chill out but Arizona had wanted to go out. She leaned her head back and closed her eyes.

"Dark green eyes stared back at her in horror at the realisation that the knife had been stabbed through his chest"

Callie quickly opened her eyes and felt the sickness rise in her throat again.

When they reached the station she was led through and taken to the admit area.

"Full Name?" A short black woman barked

"Calliope Iphigenia Torres" Callie whispered

"Date of Birth"

"28th August 1982"

"Remove the cuffs" The black woman ordered the officer standing next to Callie.

"Remove all jewellery, empty your pockets, and remove your shoes and socks" The short black female officer commanded once Callie was unlocked.

Callie did as she was told and signed the paper that was placed in the sealed bag detailing her possessions.

The cop who brought her in then roughly grabbed her by the arm and pulled her to a nearby room.

The room was cold and sterile and Callie had a dreaded feeling in the pit of her stomach as to what was coming next. Before she could let her thoughts overwhelm her two female officers walked in and the male officer left.

"Calliope Torres do you have a weapon on your person?" The taller officer asked

Callie just shook her head

"We need to perform a cavity search and take your clothes to forensics. If we are met with resistant then we are authorised to use force to detain you. Do I make myself clear?"

Callie just nodded

"Good. Now slowly remove all items of clothing and hand them to me one at a time"

Callie reached for her top and pulled it over her head and handed it to the intimidating officer who shook it out and handed it to her colleague who placed it in a clear bag.

Callie then unbuttoned her jeans and slid them down her legs and passed them over.

As she stood in her underwear she felt a wave of embarrassment wash over her. This wasn't how she had anticipated undressing tonight.

"Underwear too" The office ordered much to Callie's horror

"I don't have anything on me. I can give you my word" Callie said quietly

"Underwear!"

Callie reached behind her and undid the clasp of her black lacy bra. She took a deep breath as she reached down to remove her matching panties. As she pulled them down her legs and stood naked she bit her lip to suppress the oncoming tears.

The officer stepped closer and ran her gloved fingers through Callie's beautiful, dark shiny hair.

"Open your mouth" The officer ordered as shone a torch into her mouth and up her nose.

Callie did as she was told and let the officer shine the torch in her mouth.

"I need to you to put your arms out in front of you and squat down"

Callie looked horrified but did as she was told

"Okay good, now put both hands on the wall and bend over for me"

Callie again obeyed the order but grimaced as the gloved hand inspected her person.

"All clear" The officer told her colleague who noted it down on file

"Do you have any medical complaints that we should be aware of?" The officer asked her

Callie just shook her head

"Have you been drinking?"

"Yes, I had three glasses of red wine with dinner"

"Do you have any narcotics in your system?"

"No"

The officer then weighed her and took a swab of DNA from inside her mouth. Once everything was complete she handed her a white, plastic jumpsuit and told her to put it on.

Callie quickly dressed and was then led through to a connecting room where there was a camera.

"Sit down and look up at the camera"

Callie did as she was told and had her picture taken three times.

"Okay take her to the cells" The officer ordered a new officer who had arrived in the room

"Is my girlfriend here? Can I see her? Callie asked

"No"

Callie just closed her eyes as she was again held by the upper arm and led away. When they got to the cell door she felt her breathing become more rapid

"How long will I be here?"

"I'm not sure"

The officer nudged Callie inside and shut the door with force and then locked it.

Callie looked around the cold, small, damp cell and felt tears springing to her eyes. She instantly felt claustrophobic and needed air, she needed Arizona.

Meanwhile, Arizona and Mark were at the front of the station house trying to get some answers.

"Why can't I see her? How long will they be interviewing her for?" Arizona demanded

"Lady, you need to get the hell away from my desk" The grumpy police officer ordered

Arizona was about to fire off a barrage of more questions when Detective Manders emerged from a room.

"Dr Robbins, do you have any more information?" He asked politely

"No, we told you what happened. I'm here to collect Calliope. Where is she? What's going on?"

"Dr Robbins we're going to interview Calliope in the morning, let her calm down and get herself together. You may as well go home, nothing is going to happen between now and the morning" Detective Manders explained

Arizona looked confused

"Well then where is she?"

"She's being kept in a cell overnight"

"No! You can't do that to her! She isn't a criminal. It was an accident. She's a doctor for crying out loud" Arizona screamed causing many people in the area to look at her

The smart-looking detective gave Mark a warning look and he knew that he needed to get Arizona out of the police station.

"Let's go home and wait there" Mark said as he took hold of Arizona's arm.

"No Mark! I'm not leaving her locked in a cell"

"Arizona, right now we have no choice. Torres is tougher than you think, she'll be fine"

"Can you at least pass a message to her for me?" Arizona asked and then continued when Manders nodded "Tell her that I love her and that I'll be here for her. And to stay strong"

"I'll make sure that she gets the message" Manders nodded as Mark led Arizona away.

Callie had no sense of time, she had paced in her confinement for what seemed like hours. She was tired, uncomfortable and agitated. She hated not knowing what was happening. Her thoughts constantly roamed to Arizona and what she was doing, what she was thinking and where she was. Was she at the station waiting for her? Had she been told what Callie had gone through? Was she at home?

Callie knew that she could drive herself insane with the endless possibilities. She paced some more until she felt uncomfortably hot, the white oversized plastic jumpsuit was doing nothing but helping her to overheat. She pulled at the high neck and undid the zip down the centre of her chest.

She slid down the wall and gave into the fact that she was in a hopeless situation. All she could do was sit and wait for somebody to come and get her.

"Torres!" A voice boomed as the door opened "It's time for your interview"

Callie got up and slowly walked out of her captivity.

"Has my girlfriend been here? I need to see her" Callie said with her voice hoarse from the lack of use.

"I'm sorry. I don't know"

Callie was taken to the interview room where she was met by the detective who had taken her from the hospital.

"Dr Torres how was your night?" The detective asked smugly

Callie just sat at the table and didn't answer the question.

"I've been told that you have refused a lawyer Dr Torres" Detective Manders began

"That's right" Callie nodded softly "I'm capable of explaining that this was just self defence following a horrific attack. I don't need a fancy lawyer charging me thousands of dollars to do that for me" Callie would have loved a lawyer to get her out of this mess, but she couldn't even afford dinner let alone legal fees. She had considered calling Carlos during her night of hell but opted against it

"Okay Dr Torres do you want to tell me exactly what happened last night?"

"I already told you, it was self defence. I was protecting my girlfriend"

"Protecting her from what?"

"That arsehole who tried to hurt her"

"So you're saying it was purely an act of defence?"

"Yes, I told you that. You have to let me go. I need to see Arizona"

"If you want to see your girlfriend then you need to tell me exactly what happened. I need every detail"

Callie just sighed.

"Arizona and I were at home. We both had the night off, I wanted to stay in and order takeout but Arizona wanted to go out…"

"Come on Calliope! You've become so boring in old age!" Arizona teased

"Darling I'm tired! I just want to spend the night with you"

"We will be spending the night together, just in a nice restaurant with a nice bottle of wine and then when we come home I'll show you just how happy I am that we went out"

Callie smirked finding it hard to resist the adorable blond.

"Sweetheart, I don't really have the cash for dinner" Callie sighed still struggling financially after her family had disowned her.

"Dinner is my treat"

"You paid the last three times we went out"

"So? You're my girlfriend! I'm allowed to spoil you a little bit"

"I'm just so used to paying my way that I find it difficult"

"It doesn't matter, I like spoiling you" Arizona smiled as she pulled Callie from the couch and pushed her towards their bedroom to begin getting ready.

Once they made it to the restaurant Arizona ordered wine for the two of them and they enjoyed their evening. They laughed and joked and both had a glint in their eye as to what the evening promised.

"You're so beautiful you know that right?" Callie said across the table as they finished their meal.

"You're drunk" Arizona giggled

"I've had like three glasses of wine"

"That's a shame because I love taking advantage of you when you're drunk" Arizona flirted seductively leaving Callie's heart fluttering in her chest and her panties become a little wet.

"Baby, I don't have to be drunk, you can take advantage of me anytime you like" Callie flirted back

"Check please" Arizona said to the waiter who passed their table leaving Callie to smile broadly and giggle at her girlfriend's eagerness.

When the check came to the table, Callie put her head down a little defeated.

"Arizona, I wish that I had the money to pay for this" Callie said embarrassed

"Would you stop with this? I told you that it was on me. When we first started dating you practically paid for everything. Just let somebody take care of you for a while" Arizona ordered

As they walked out of the restaurant into the cool, crisp Seattle air Callie put her hand in Arizona's.

"Shall we take a cab?" Callie asked desperate to get back to the apartment as soon as possible "I have enough money for that" She lightly joked

"Let's walk" Arizona mused "It's a beautiful evening"

Callie just grunted as Arizona pulled her away.

They walked along the streets of Seattle hand in hand, casually chatting about everyday life and occasionally flirting about what they planned to do to each other when they got home.

They were half way down a dark street when they both realised that they were being followed. They stayed closed and both remained on guard, prepared for an altercation.

"What should we do?" Arizona muttered

"Just keep walking" Callie whispered back keeping a tight hold on her girlfriend. However, before they could react further the figure from behind leapt onto Arizona and grabbed at her Balenciaga bag. Instinct took over and Arizona fought for her purse. Callie also became involved in the altercation as Arizona was pushed and shoved

"Just let go lady" The guy hissed at her and Arizona caught sight of a shiny object in his gloved hand. Arizona lost all practical thoughts when the endless possibilities of the outcome rushed through her brain. She lightly loosened her grip and the guy struck her with his free hand causing her to stumble backwards.

As Arizona fell to the floor Callie pushed the guy and grabbed for Arizona's purse that he was holding. A struggle ensued and Callie found herself pushed against a wall as she battled the tall, scruffy man.

"Calliope, just let him go." Arizona screamed as she stood from the floor.

"Yeah Calliope" The guy mocked "Let me go unless you want your little bitch dead" He smirked as he flashed his knife.

Callie pushed the guy further back as the tussle began again. She had to protect Arizona. They fought for the knife and Callie felt sweat beads forming on her forehead as the knife inched closer to her.

"Calliope, please" Arizona whispered

The battle was too far in for either of them to relent. Callie and the guy were sparring backwards and forwards with the knife moving between each of them. Callie made a win for the knife and as she felt her hands grab it, she tried to throw it out of reach but her hand was grabbed and the knife was again positioned between their two bodies. Before Callie could register what was happening, the knife became heavy and met with resistance. Callie stepped back and looked at the evil, dark green eyes go wide with shock.

"You bitch, you stabbed me" He muttered as he clutched his chest and fell to his knees.

Callie stood frozen as she watched the guy fall. As a doctor her first instinct was to always help, but she was stuck. Callie was vaguely away of Arizona moving closer to her and searching her body for injury.

"Calliope, are you hurt?" Arizona repeated over and over as her hands roamed her body.

"Arizona. Help him. Please" Callie muttered in shock

Arizona turned to see the attacker passed out on the floor. She quickly knelt down and began checking for a pulse. When she found none, she ordered Callie to call 911.

"Callie, call an ambulance!" Arizona instructed firmer when she realised that Callie was still frozen.

"Oh God, what happened?" A young couple in their thirties asked as they came running over.

"Can you call 911 please?" Arizona asked as she continued CPR.

The couple quickly called the emergency services as Callie stayed with her eyes locked on the body Arizona was frantically trying to save.