So, I have this dream. In it, Mark is caused an intense amount of pain for all the hurt that he's done.
Extended summary: Dad really taught us one thing: to be a good man in a storm. Mom taught us many things, but she stressed three: 1) appearances can be deceiving, 2) fight for your family, and 3) never use a gun unless you absolutely have to.
Oh yeah, and if you're waiting for more "Family of Honor", I apologize, I've hit a bit of a snag there.
"Robbins!" Arizona turns at the shout that came from Alex.
"What is it, Karev? I need to get home before my four visiting siblings share with Callie all the embarrassing details of my teenage years that I haven't gotten to tell her myself."
"You have four siblings in town?"
"Yes, now is there a reason you stopped me?"
"Yeah, actually, there is. Robin Nichols, the neuro consult we called Shepherd in on this morning?"
"What about her?" She takes the file Alex offers out to her.
"We got a biopsy of the tumor, its cancer."
"So get oncology down to admit her to their department."
"Yeah, Shepherd's confident that he can remove it, but her parents have called in a surgical oncologist to consult."
"Fine," she returns the file to the resident. "Call me when this doctor arrives. Who is it, anyways?"
"A Makenna Persichini; the parents are flying her out-,"
"From Italy." Arizona finishes. "She's got a practice in Rome."
"You know her?"
"Yeah, she was my resident at Hopkins. Forget about calling me when she arrives, I guarantee you that she'll call me herself."
"That's more than just a relationship between a resident and former intern."
"Yeah, it is. I'll see you tomorrow."
Alex stands by while his attending walks off, not looking back.
"Hey!" Arizona walks in to be greeted by her wife and siblings, talking and laughing while sharing glasses of wine. "What's wrong?" Callie immediately turns concerned, moving to relieve Arizona of her bag and coat.
"You know, part of me wants to warn Mark, but another part of me would like to see him get what's coming to him."
"What are you talking about?" Arizona accepts the glass Caroline has filled with white wine and takes a seat, pulling Callie down beside her.
"I was stopped on my way out. I've got a patient with a cancerous brain tumor and her parents have called in a surgical oncologist for a consult. Three guesses as to who they've called." All four siblings chuckle softly while Callie looks on confused.
"Is this one of those sibling things that I'd never understand?"
"The oncologist that was called in is our sister, Makenna," James speaks up. "She's, um…"
"She's always been one of the most protective of us. She and Ethan always were our protectors." Emily clarifies. "We're all protective of each other, but those two were more so. Those two would jump in our defense without a single thought otherwise, while the rest of us would think things through, defend to the best of our abilities-,"
"Usually in a manner that would cause extreme pain without being able to be traced back to any one of us." James finishes.
"Wow, I'm a little afraid for my life right now." Callie half jokes.
"Just be thankful that you never met them while you two were dating," Zachary speaks up. "They have a little tradition of putting new significant others through the wringer as a test."
"Like they did with you?" Callie guesses.
"No," Emily speaks up. "Zachary has been with us since he was a teenager. Our father's served together, and when he died when Zachary was 15, he came to live with us per his father's request."
"Not to say that the boys didn't give me hell when they found out that we were seeing each other."
"True, but they figured that if you had chosen the Marines than you were a man of honor and wouldn't hurt me."
"Well, that and because we knew that he had been through SERE school at the time and could withstand any torturous interrogation that we would bestow upon you." Caroline jumps in. "Although, I learned some very interesting new interrogation techniques while I was in Afghanistan."
"Torturing enemy combatants is illegal." Callie jumps in.
"Doesn't mean it doesn't happen." The DEA agent jumps in. "And if you do it properly, then you won't leave a mark on them and therefore they have no basis to any claim they make." At Callie's frightened expression, Arizona jumps in.
"Caroline specializes in psychological warfare; mentally torturing combatants to gain information."
"So she's the scariest of the Robbins' siblings?"
"In her own right, she can be. Others have said that Emily is the scariest, because she's impossible to crack. She's faced down terrorists and war lords and some of the scariest and most dangerous situations in her efforts to get a story."
"Personally I think Helena was the scariest," Zachary speaks up. The others look to him in astonishment.
"You thought she was the worst?" Emily speaks up, shocked.
"Come on! That accent she's developed? And her proper manner? It's the thought that she could so easily twist your words around without you knowing and drive you crazy and still come out smelling like a rose."
"True."
"Yup."
"That sounds about right."
The siblings all agree with his assessment.
"Where's Ella?" Arizona just notices that her niece isn't present.
"She's sleeping in your guest room." James speaks up. "So, let's run down… with just the four of us, Mark's been shot in the groin with a paintball gun by Zachary, kicked in the shin by my daughter, and nailed in the groin with a football by Caroline."
"And hit in the stomach – very near his tender stomach – by my camera bag when he ran into me on my way out of the clinic."
"Why were you in the clinic?" Arizona immediately grows concerned.
"Stomach bug that I picked up last week, nothing to worry about."