Chapter 2: Meeting Expectations

Callie knew she just needed a few more inches and Lily would be free. Lily began to close her eyes and Callie knew that she was internally bleeding, and shock was starting. She started to talk to Lily while she worked.

"Lily, I need you to stay awake for me, sweetie, please. What's your favorite song? We can sing while I get this stuff off of you."

"I like Cheer up Sleepy Jean...my mom sings it all the time to me."

Callie answered with a smile, "I know that one, let's sing together."

So Callie began singing

Oh I could hide, neath the wings

Of the bluebird as she sings

The six o' clock alarm would never ring,

But it rings and I rise

Wipe the sleep from my eyes

Me shaven razors cold

And it stings

Lily then joined in as Callie moved the bags into place.

Cheer up Sleepy Jean

Oh what can it mean?

To a Daydream Believer

And a homecoming queen

As she began to fill the bags the Chief screamed over the radio, "Attention all personnel, evacuate the building immediately!"

Callie just about had Lily free when Mark yelled, "Torres, you need to be out now, the building is going!"

Callie started to feel little quakes knowing that the building was becoming unstable, with the fire making its way up to their position, and she just smiles down at Lily and continues to inflate the bag. Lily begins to yell but the debris is off of her and Callie pulls her out. Lily wraps her arms around her neck, crying and asking for her mom.

"Torres, we need to," Mark starts but he sees Callie crawling through with Lily and they make their way to the window.

"Jeffrey! I forgot Jeffery, please Callie don't leave Jeffrey!" Lily is crying. Without thinking, Callie hands Lily to Mark and she goes for Jeffrey. As she crawls through after grabbing the bear a piece of debris falls crashing down on her shoulder. She feels a pop and knows she has dislocated it. She climbs up and gets to the ladder, fighting the pain as she makes her way down to the ground. As she turns around she notices the room she just climbed out now fully engulfed in flames and knows it was a close one.

Mark is the first to reach her when she puts her feet on the ground.

"What the hell was that? You had an evac order and you went back for a bear! That was pretty stupid Torres!" Mark grabs her hand and Callie yells in pain.

"What happened?" He asks after seeing the tears come to her eyes.

"A piece of debris fell on me when I was coming out I'm fine!" Callie turned away trying to find Lily.

Capt. Sheppard walked over and started to speak, "Torres, Sloan nice job up there. Torres are you hurt? Go be seen by a medic and get yourself to the ED."

"How's the crew from 22 sir?" Mark asked

"They are on their way to Mercy Grace right now, they should make it."

Callie smiled and Mark turned to look at her. "I guess you're not so bad after all, you know for being a chick." He sheepishly grinned and grabbed her good arm helping Callie to the Medics.

"Hey, I got an injured firefighter here!" Mark said to one of the Medics. When the Medic turned around Callie recognized her as her old partner Cristina Yang. Yang was a great medic but her bedside manner left a sour taste with people.

"Don't you see, I'm busy with this little girl you," but she trailed off when she saw it was Callie. "Figures it's you Torres, what happened?"

As she began Callie was cut off by a small voice. "Callie, you got Jeffrey! Please don't leave me; I want you to sing again!" Lily said.

Callie handed the bear to Lily, while bending down for a hug she softly spoke, "Well, of course I got Jeffrey, and as long as it's OK with Paramedic Yang, I think I'll stay with you. She loves my singing too!" Callie joked.

"Ugghhh, fine Torres, but you can treat yourself, and absolutely no singing!"

Callie jumped in the rig, when Yang's partner Lexie Grey appeared.

"Oh, hi Callie, are you OK? What happened? Let me get a sling for you."

Lexie was a young paramedic, who was Callie's replacement when she transferred. She was sweet and very good at her job. Callie didn't know her all that well, but she did like her.

"Thanks, Lexie but I'm OK let's just get Lily to the hospital." Callie spoke. She noticed Mark checking Lexie out, and he placed his hands over his stomach and started to moan.

"I think I need a medic, do you think you can help me?" Mark, motioning towards Lexie.

Lexie and Mark had been on and off in a relationship for a while. Lexie closed the doors to the ambulance and slid by Mark stating, "Sorry, I only treat real injures, not mental ones!"

Mark just laughed and yelled out to her "Make sure you take care of Torres!"

During the ride to Mercy Grace, Lily's vital signs became unstable. Callie and Cristina worked to stabilize her signs but, without surgery the odds weren't good. Yang called ahead to let the hospital know of Lily's condition and to have a Peds Surgeon on stand-by.