Author's Note:

So, here's chapter 10! Hurray! :p

In the previous author's note I said that chapter 9 was the last before going on a little vacation but I made some time free to work on chapter 10 because I had a lot of inspiration the past few days and wouldn't want that to go to waste so here's chapter 10 already.

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Warm regards,

Isabel

Disclaimer: I do not own Grey's Anatomy or its characters. I'm just borrowing them for my own fun.

Chapter 10: Just keep on fighting

''Fuck'' was the only word coming out of his mouth. And he stared at her leg in shock. This was going to be a very long night and the night just started…

''How long have you been stuck like this kiddo?'' Mark asked with a serious face, which was kind of strange since he was always the one who was in for a good joke and sarcasm but this wasn't the time or place to make jokes because Meredith was in big trouble and he needed to come up with a plan really fast.

''I don't know exactly but I think about 1 or 2 hours'' She responded.

Mark nodded. Then he kneeled next to her leg who was stuck and examined it closely, though he didn't touch the rock in case it could still move and worsen the situation.

''Meredith, can you wiggle your toes for me?'' He asked calmly.

She did as she was told and Mark smiled brightly when he indeed saw her wiggle her toes. ''Okay, that's good. Can you now look up to the sky for me?''

And Meredith nodded in understanding and Mark then carefully touched her ankle. ''Can you feel this?'' he asked.

''Yes'' she responded, and she now smiled too because she knew that no severely damage was done to her leg although it still hurt like hell, but she took that for granted since she was scared her leg was in pretty bad shape.

''Another good thing kiddo'' He said with excitement.

''But we still don't know if the bone is broken, though it's unlikely it's severely broken there can still be a nick in the bone. And I can see by looking at your face that your leg is hurting pretty badly'' He said with a tone of sadness in his voice.

''It is'' Meredith agreed.

Mark stared at Meredith and then back at her leg. He really didn't know what to do to free her leg but he was relieved that no nerve damage was done to her leg and that there wasn't a severely break either so that meant they had some time to come up with a plan.

''Meredith, how did you actually get in this situation?'' He asked.

But when that question was leaving Mark's mouth Meredith began to gasp and all her thoughts about Derek came flooding back.

''Meredith, what's wrong?'' Mark asked worried.

''N..nothing I'm fine'' She sobbed.

''Oh God'' He said back. Mark learned from Derek that when Meredith said she was fine she absolutely wasn't fine. ''Mer… come one you can tell me, no one else is here just the two of us''

But she made no attempt to speak at all so Mark just let it rest. It was none of his business after all. Though getting Meredith the hell out of here was his business and he was going to make sure that was going to happen. So he thought real hard. 'I can't lift the rock because it's too heavy and it may shift when I move it so that's not an option' he thought. 'Mmmm..'

But Mark got pulled out of his thoughts when Meredith suddenly cursed. He turned his head to look at her and saw where the cursing was coming from and he had to contain himself from laughing.

A small branch full of leaves lay on top of Meredith's head and she looked like how Derek used to look when he was younger and still had the afro.

''Don't even try to laugh Mark Sloan'' She said with a serious tone and Mark's smile faded immediately but not because of what Meredith said but because he got a plan. He looked around and his smile crept slowly back on his face.

''Mark… I'm warning you here'' She said back but he didn't stop smiling and she grabbed the branch with the leaves of her head and threw it at Mark's face.

''Hey!'' Mark said loudly. ''What the hell was that for?''

''For not listening to me'' She snapped back.

''Oh come on kiddo, cut me some slack here, I'm the guy who's gonna save you, you know'' He smiled his McSteamy smile at her and she rolled her eyes.

''Yeah right'' She said in response. ''And how exactly are you gonna do that because I am pretty sure you don't have a plan and I don't have all night you know''

''Oh see, there you are wrong kiddo'' He said and looked at her for her an answer.

Meredith raised her eyebrows suggestively and looked at Mark intently to see if he was joking but she noticed he wasn't and she said: ''Do you seriously have a plan, Mark?''

''Yes I do'' He said proudly. And Meredith waited for him to explain the plan but he didn't.

''Uhmm Mark, are you gonna explain it to me?'' She asked bluntly.

''Oh yeah!'' He said suddenly. ''Sorry. I was just thinking about how I'm gonna do it''

''Okay'' Meredith responded.

Mark looked up at the sky and around him and his eye finally caught what he was looking for and he smiled brightly. He walked to it and picked it up. He then tested it for its strength and bend it to see if it was not going to break easily. When he was content it was gonna hold he walked back and held the object up for Meredith to see it.

''A piece of a tree?'' She said back and she raised her eyebrows suggestively.

''Oh come on, don't judge it by its looks, he's gonna save your live!'' He said cheerfully.

''How Mark?'' She said bluntly. ''How can a piece of tree possible save my life?''

''Well…'' He began. ''He can when we use it the right way''

Meredith didn't say anything in return but just stared at him and Mark took that as a yes to go on.

''This piece of a tree can free your leg when we use it as a crowbar'' He said. ''Because the rock is too heavy to lift it on my own we are gonna use that piece of a tree''

''Mark'' Meredith said. ''You're a genius!''

''I know I am'' He said back sarcastically.

''Derek'' Owen said, trying to get his attention, which was getting harder any second since he was falling in and out of consciousness after they took off.

''Mmm'' He mumbled but it was almost a whisper.

'Fuck' Owen thought. Derek was getting worse any minute. It seemed like his temperature was still going up and his breathing was labored. They needed to do something now or he would slip into a coma before they even got him to the hospital.

''Cristina, we need to do something, now! Derek can't lay here any longer, we need to set up an I.V and give him oxygen. Do we have any of that with us?'' Owen said on high alert.

''Let me see'' She said and she zipped open the bag and looked for anything that could help them treat Derek. ''We have an I.V and a nasal cannula''

''Okay, that's what I already thought but it isn't enough god damn it''

Cristina looked sad and shocked at the same time. She didn't know Owen could be that explosive but knew Derek was his best friend and that he was in danger of his life at the moment.

''Derek'' Owen said. ''We're going to give you an I.V to hydrate you since we don't know if you've had access to water and your fever is running high so we need to get that under control. And your breathing is getting worse any minute Derek but we don't have good oxygen flow since this isn't a medivac and we haven't arrived at the hospital yet. But you just need to hang in there okay, can you do that for me?''

A short groan was his only response at Owen's explanation and he closed his eyes.

''No!'' Owen said immediately. ''You cannot go to sleep Derek. You need to stay awake. We don't have any monitors here to monitor you so you need to stay awake. It's just for another 5 minutes, then we're at the hospital okay?''

''Mmmm'' he mumbled, and that was probably the last response he would get from Derek, but he was okay with that since it was only 5 more minutes to the hospital.

So he grabbed the I.V and was about to put it in when he noticed Derek's swollen wrist.

''Cristina!'' He shouted. ''Look'' and he pointed at Derek's swollen wrist.

''Shit'' She said when she saw Derek's wrist. That didn't look good, at all. ''Definitely broken''

''Yeah'' Owen sighed. He really hurt for his friend. On top of everything else he also needs to deal with a severely broken wrist which most likely is in need for surgery.

''Oh God'' Cristina said, tears pooling in her eyes.

''What!'' Owen said alarmed. He saw the tears in Cristina's eyes and knew that a hell of a lot need to happen will you get Cristina crying so he was getting really worried.

''Look at his wrist. Do you see that? I think he set it himself'' She said sadly.

''Oh God'' Owen said, and his eyes were starting to get wet too but he wouldn't let that happen. He needed to be strong for Derek. A man shouldn't cry that easily he thought. But he couldn't seem to get rid of the few tears that were starting to threaten the dam that were his eyelids.

'Okay focus, Owen' he thought. And he moved to set up the I.V in his other arm which was fortunately unharmed.. He connected the cannula and asked the man on their team to hold the saline up. When that was done, he grabbed the nasal cannula and set it up. It was minimal oxygen he would receive but every bit helps and they would arrive at the hospital in about 3 minutes.

''Cristina, can I have my phone back? I need to phone Richard'' He said.

Cristina grabbed his cell phone and gave it to him. Owen quickly dialed Richard's number and he picked up immediately.

''Richard'' Owen said. ''We're there in about 3 minutes. But you need to prep a trauma room and meet us at the roof. Derek is in serious condition and he need oxygen immediately. He has double pneumonia and a high fever which I doubt is from the pneumonia itself since he's had a fever that high last week and I think it may be more than just the flu Richard. So we need all the hands we can get.

''Derek will get the best care possible'' Richard said in a steady voice. ''How's Meredith?''

There was a long silence before Owen answered: ''Richard…. we haven't found Meredith yet''

''YOU WHAT!'' Richard practically yelled trough the phone.

''Meredith wasn't there when we found Derek, I assume she went out to get help since we found Derek hurt but we don't know when she left exactly so we don't know if she's lost or hurt or just on her way'' Owen said, his voice laced with sadness and worry.

Richard heard the way Owen spoke and calmed himself down immediately. He shouldn't be angry at Owen for not finding Meredith.

''Okay, we will send another rescue team out there immediately'' Richard spoke.

''Meredith will be found Chief'' Owen added. And then he hung up.

''We will ground in 2 minutes'' The pilot spoke.