Title: Slow Down

Author: hASHbrown130

Rating: (haven't decided yet)

Pairing: Callie and Arizona

Summary: A/U: Adrenaline kicks in and life flashes before your eyes. Suddenly you're faced with having to defend yourself and the one that you love more than anyone in the world.

Disclaimer: I do not own Grey's Anatomy. No copyright infringement intended. All characters are the property of ABC and Shonda Rhimes.

Chapter 1

The Seattle night sky was clear, a rare occurrence in the busy city. The air was cold, to the point of seeing your breath. The entrance to the emergency room was silent. No sirens, no ambulances coming in and out, just silence. A stunned blonde standing outside the doors was staring at the scene before her.

"Arizona get back inside…Now!" Callie said keeping her eyes fixed on the tall dark brown haired man standing stealthily in front of her.

"Calliope…." Arizona started softly with a petrified tone.

"Now, Arizona. Go!" Callie interrupted. Arizona immediately backed inside the emergency room entrance. But remained at the door and watched from behind the safety of the glass.

"Put the knife down, sir!" Callie yelled at the brown haired man, pulling her gun out of the holster of her belt.

"If you want me to put it down, you'll have to rip it out of my dead cold hands!" The man yelled into the dark drop off bay as he slowly started to make an approach towards Callie.

Callie slowly stepped backwards raising the gun in front of her to create distance between herself and the man inching closer to her. He inched closer and closer, and Callie kept backing up and backing up until they were out of Arizona's view.

Arizona's heart rate was intensifying with each and every passing second. The situation outside was beginning to look more and more hostile until Arizona could no longer see Callie's figure.

The muffled sounds outside could no longer be heard and a silence took over in the air. Arizona ran outside to see what was going on. What she saw in front of her was gruesome, violent and difficult for her to watch.

Callie had run out of space to back up and was now merely a couple of feet away from immediate danger. She decided to take a chance and immediately made a dash past the threat towards the door of the hospital. The man quickly turned on his feet and ran after her, swinging and slashing the knife in front of him.

Cries of pain could be heard as Callie continued to run while the knife was piercing through her vest and into the skin of her back. Arizona looked on in shock at the scene before her. Tears welling up in her eyes from all the horror that she was witnessing.

Callie was coming closer to Arizona when she saw that she wasn't alone outside. In the shadows she saw another comrade outside with her looking on. "Avery, Now!"

There was a loud crack, both the dark haired man and Callie fell to the ground and everything faded to black.

Six Months Earlier

It was morning like any other morning in Seattle. People flooding the streets making their way to work, joggers, cyclists and cars all populating the streets on a typical weekday morning. Arizona Robbins a young woman in her early thirties was running late on her way to Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital where she worked as the department head for the Paediatrics wing.

She was making her way down the busy city streets in her car. Noticing that the street was jammed pack with drivers for blocks, Arizona decided to take a slight detour and take another city street that she knew wouldn't be so busy. Making a turn to the right and driving two blocks down, she made her way to a quieter street and continued on her journey to work.

Blaring the music loud, Arizona was singing along as she drove, until she heard a siren from behind her. "Crap" Arizona immediately pulled over and watched in the rear view mirror of her Mustang GT as the police cruiser pulled over behind her and the officer emerged from the car and made their way to the side of Arizona's car. "Great, a female cop. Just my luck, they're so bitchy." Arizona said to herself.

The officer stood just outside of the driver seat door and bent down a little to see who was inside the car. "How are we doing today?"

"Oh, fine thanks. How about yourself?" Arizona responded with a forced dimpled smile.

"I'm just great…but you do realize that you were going about fifty five miles down a city street right?"

"Oh, I'm sorry officer, it's just that I am on my way to work and I'm kind of running late." Arizona said hoping that the officer would understand.

"I can understand that. We've all been late for work before, but unfortunately that is no excuse for speeding. I don't want to do this…you seem like a nice person and all, but just like you, I have to do my job. I'm going to have to write you a ticket." The officer explained while collecting Arizona's licence and insurance. She wrote out a ticket and handed everything back to Arizona.

"I understand….ugh…Officer Torres." She said as she looked at the ticket to see the signature of the officer standing outside her car.

The officer removed her sunglasses and bent again to look inside and smiled to Arizona. "Drive safely okay?"

Arizona was immediately drawn into Officer Torres' eyes. She had eyes that were so warm and entrancing. Smiling, she responded. "Yes, officer. Thank you."

With that, Officer Callie Torres backed away from the car and headed back to the cruiser. Arizona watched from the mirror before turning her car back on. She put the car into drive and continued her way down the street to work. 'Was I staring at her?…that woman was stunning though, and she was so…. nice. That's a shocker….for a lady cop.' Arizona thought to herself on her drive. Finally making it to the hospital she parked her car and ran inside the building.

Callie Torres was in her early thirties and living the life she had always dreamed of. She was a police officer for the Seattle police department, and was one of very few first class ranked officers. She
had climbed the ranks rather quickly in her five years of service due to her discipline, drive and focus on her job. She had been married to her partner Officer George O'Malley but that bliss had quickly ended
when George had cheated with another fellow officer on the service. That was when Callie had turned all her energy to her career, leaving her now deceased ex husband and partner behind.

Once Callie jumped back into her cruiser she overheard a call on the radio. "5-5 tango, we got a possible break and enter at 502 Steiner Street. Fifteen year old male dark blonde hair. Wearing a grey hoodie, baggy jeans and wearing white and navy Nike Air force ones."

"10-4 dispatch, this is 5-5 tango, I am on my way." Callie spoke into the radio attached to her gear.

Turning the flashers and the siren on, Callie dashed off to the call. Within minutes Callie had arrived at the address and deciding to surprise the intruder, Callie decided to run around to the back of the
large red brick house and enter from the patio. She approached the door and slowly entered the door thanking her lucky stars that the owners had kept the patio door unlocked. Entering the house at almost
a snail speed pace, she reached to her shoulder grabbing the mouth piece to her radio. " this is 5-5 tango, I am 502 Steiner street. On scene of a possible B and E. Requesting back up to be waiting at the
ready at the front door."

"10-4, 5-5 tango, back up is on its way"

Callie continued her cautious journey through the center of the house. Making her way past the kitchen she saw a dark blonde haired male matching the suspect's description coming down the stairs.
The kid noticed that Callie was there and immediately ran out the front door.

"Crap!" Callie cursed to herself as she sprinted out the door and ran after the kid. The wind blowing in her face as she was running by chasing after the kid who was easily 5 feet ahead of her. They were
nearly at the end of the street when the kid tripped over a piece of elevated concrete in the sidewalk and fell to his knees. Callie could hear the cracking noise of his knees breaking from the force on impact.

As he screamed in pain, Callie got down to the ground to assess the situation. Pulling for her radio once again, this time she called for an ambulance and within two minutes an ambulance had arrived and got
the kid up in a gurney and placed him in the truck to send him off to the hospital. Callie ran back to her cruiser and followed the ambulance to the ER driveway of Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital.

Once they were at the hospital, they were greeted by Trauma surgeon Dr. Owen Hunt and surgical resident Meredith Grey. Callie stopped the medics from wheeling the kid any further and handcuffed the kid to the gurney. Nodding that they could continue making their way into the hospital, the medics wheeled him into the Pit while explaining to Dr. Hunt and Dr. Grey what his condition was.

Nodding in confirmation, Owen looked to Meredith "Dr. Grey page Dr. Robbins, and page Ortho...now!" Meredith took off to follow Owen's orders.

"Okay, I'm here, what do we have?" Arizona said as she entered the trauma room. When she walked in she saw that there was a patient handcuffed to the rail of the gurney and a female officer standing in
the corner watching as Owen and Meredith were examining him. Arizona took a double take on the officer when she noticed it was the very same officer that had pulled her over this morning. The two of them exchanged a smile, and Arizona turned her attention to the patient in an attempt to hide he blushing face.

"Jonathan Santos, age fifteen. Fell on his knees on the sidewalk while running away from Officer Torres here. It appears his knees are broken, Ortho is on its way."

"okay, let's get an IV going..." Arizona turned her attention to Meredith. "...Dr. Grey get me a CT of his knees and page me when you get the results.

45 Minutes later

Callie was standing in the corner of Jonathan's hospital room when Arizona entered. Jonathan was sound asleep and didn't notice her entrance.

"So, it's DR. Robbins huh? Glad to see you made it to work." Callie said with a sly smile on her face.

Arizona laughed at the comment and responded. "Yes it's Dr. Robbins. Arizona Robbins..."

"I know...I had your driver's licence, remember?" Callie interrupted with a genuine mega watt smile.

"I remember..." Arizona responded smiling at Callie while she could feel her face blushing. "funny coincidence that we meet up again."

"Yeah...yeah it is" Callie responded smiling as she looked into Arizona's eyes. 'My god, this woman is adorable' she thought to herself.

Just as an awkward lull of silence arose between them Jonathan woke up. "Hey, Dr. Robbins."

Turning her focus to Jonathan, Arizona responded "Hey, Jonathan. Looks like you've broken both your knees and we need to perform surgery to correct it. Dr. Chang will be here in a minute and he will explain how the procedure is going to go, okay?"

"Okay Dr. Robbins."

Patting the edge of the bed, Arizona offered Jonathan a smile. "Okay we'll see you in the OR then. See you later Officer Torres. "Arizona then glanced at Callie giving her a smile before leaving the room.