Sorry for the delay guys, I've been sick, working my ass off and just haven't had time to write. Quite simple put I'm exhausted. Had a bit of time today and wanted t get some of this down. Thanks for the reviews, it was brought to my attention that Micheal Buble made "Home" famous. SO he gets credit to..

This is going to be a sad chapter. Deal with it. Also the italics are important, these events are happening at the same time. Callie's world is italicized and Arizona's is not. Keep in mind the time difference when reading this. IN the second set of italics I go from Callies POV to Teddy's be aware of that.

Disclaimer: I don't own them Shonda Rimes does. Please don't sue me I make no money off this. Just the pleasure of my reviewers comments.

Arizona sat in her dressing room at her final concert for a month or so. Two weeks had passed since she had last seen Callie and she longed to hold her lover close, to run her fingers over the soft skin and to kiss the soft lips. She missed her quite simply. Steadying herself she got out of her chair and grabbing her hat and guitar went out to play her last concert. As she walked out on stage the crowds cheered and Arizona chuckled she would miss this.

"Good evening Chicago, how goes it?"

The crowds cheered even louder as Arizona signaled to the band behind her and she began to play her first song.

Callie sighed as she ran her hands through her hair, last concert, last one in Berlin and she would be able to go home. They had been here for a three day music festival and it was time to just go. As much as she enjoyed her fellow Dj's she missed her lover her best friend and her dog. Teddy knocked softly on the door and poked her head in.

"They are ready for you darling." Callie smiled ruthfully and pushed off the wall and stood. Just think soon we'll have the loves of our lives in our arms."

callie laughed.

"maybe we should plan a proposal."

Teddy grinned.

"We totally should. Come on babe, lets get this over with."

Callie nodded and adjusted her makeup walked out on stage, placing her hands on her turn tables she smiled at the crowd. The crowd was already cheering and jumping chanting her name as callie began a soft melodic opening to one of the songs Arizona had recorded with her. Speaking into the mic she smiled.

"Are you ready?"

Callie watched as the crowd surged and cheered loud enough to be almost deafening. Slowly her fingers caressed her turntables and she added a beat, then added a strong bass line.

Arizona began playing her second song and a slight dread filled her, she'd had a feeling something was wrong with callie all day but somehow she just couldn't figure it out. Shaking the feeling she began to play one of the songs Callie had helped her with. She chuckled as she remembered that liquid voice sing the song, shortening a few of the lyrics but keeping it perfect. Callie had been standing in the doorway noting her frusteration, came up kissed her softly and asked if she could help. They had gotten a little… distracted.. in the process but had eventually finished the song. It brought a smile to her face. Focusing fully on her music she once more reassured herself that everything was k and that she would see her precious Calliope soon.

Callie looked out over the crowd to survey the mood and seeing everything as normal she turned back to her tables but caught a strange movement out of the corner of her eye. There was a man running towards the stage, two security guards chasing him, screaming at him. Callie unsure of what to make of the situation kept her turntables going attempting to keep the crowd cool. She saw Armin Van Buuren on the side of the stage and glanced at him for any sign of panic. He was dancing with a few other Dj's enjoying her music. callie shrugged and turned back to her tables and the next moment was filled with blinding pain, as she fell back on the stage, reached down touched her leg, bringing her hand back to her eyes saw the crimsom red stain of her own blood. In her last moment she saw Teddy and the security guards wrestling a gun away from a man who was screaming at her. Her last thought was of Arizona as she passed out from the pain.

Teddy's POV:

Teddy watched as life seemed to slow in motion as a man bounded on the high stage with two hands propped up pulled a gun and fired. Callie crumpled and Teddy growled and reacted on her first instinct. She ran and tackled the man immediately grabbing the gun and pointing it away from people and her. He was screaming in some foreign language. Two security guards not far behind her joined the fray all wrestling to get the gun under control, another shot fired off and hit the far wall. Armin stepped in and took over the tables and the mic asking people to calm down everything was under control. The crowd calmed considerably as he began to spin another song. Teddy as soon as te security guards had it under control walked over to Callie and gently brought her back to reality. She winced. Teddy examined the wound it didn't seem to bad but they needed to get her to a hospital. Teddy took off her longsleeve shirt and tied off the leg, she hadn't gone to medical school for nothing and glanced at ATB across the room. Getting the idea he came over.

"Hurts Teds."

"I know babe, I need you to stand up."

Callie nodded and using Teddy and ATB as a support gently got up, and together the two lifted her offstage and into the ambulance. Teddy smiled at ATB.

"Keep the concert going, we'll give you an update as soon as we can."

He nodded and saluted gently. He walked back into the concert and informed Armin that Callie would probably be ok. He nodded and informed the crowd. Since Callie had been the first DJ, the concert should go on.

Back in the ambulance as it careened through the city streets of Berlin Teddy debated with herself. Callie had passed out again, a bad sign, she knew she needed to at least call Callie's family, but Addison and Arizona? should she worry them ? All of a sudden callie began to seize her body started freaking out and the medics immediately began to attend to her. That answered Teddy's questioned. The medic glanced at her noticing her worried look.

"She's in more than shock, there's something more here, I don't know if she's going to make it. If she has family I suggest you call them now."

Teddy nodded and called Carlos first, informing him of the situation and asked him to pick up Arizona. He agreed and asked where Arizona was. Teddy gave him the information quickly and quietly and she heard his fatherly comfort over the phone.

"Its going to be ok Teds."

"I hope so Carlos."

"We'll all be there soon, take a deep breath and take care of my calliope."

Teddy nodded and hung up, knowing she needed to call Addie. Knowing her lover wouldn't pick up because it was concert day and Arizona was probably about ready to enter as it was the previous evening for her.

SOS Addie pick up, Call in a half hour. Please babe, Callie's in trouble.

Addies POV:

Addison felt her phone vibrate and knowing it was probably Teddy ignored it for the moment. She poked her head in to tell Arizona it was time and hugged her softly.

"last concert."

Arizona smiled and grabbed her hat and guitar.

"For awhile anyways, just think Addie in a few hours we'll see the loves of our lives."

Addison smiled and hurried her out on stage. She leaned against a pillar backstage and watched with a smile as her friend captured the crowds attention and listened mesmerized as she played through her first couple of songs. Remembering her lovers text she opened her phone and read the text. Glancing at her watch she realized that it was almost time for Teddie to call. Making her way back to Arizona's dressing room she paced anxiously waiting for her lovers call.

When they finally reached the hospital Teddy answered all the questions she could for the doctor, he nodded and told her to call Callie's immediate family. They immediately began to tend to her wounds and Teddy was shooed into the waiting area. She sighed, then realized she hadn't called Addison yet. The emotions of the last hour began to catch up to her and she took a deep steadying breath then dialed Addison. At the sound of her lovers voice Teddy began to visibly shake, and her voice shook as Addie said hello with a smile in her voice.

"HI babe."

"Teddy whats wrong? "

"callie's been shot, they thought it was just a basic bullet lodge and that she would be fine, but she had a seizure on the ride over. It's bad Addie, they are working on her now, I think she'd want Zona here, and I need you. Carlos is on his way to get you."

Addison stood stock still in shock. Teddy hearing this felt he emotional control slip a little more.

"Addie honey I know this is hard but honey I need you to hold it together for Zona. Please babe."

Addison came back to herself at her lovers voice.

"Teddy are you ok?"

"I'm fine. I tackled the shooter so I am a bit sore but I am ok. Just get Zona here."

Addison nodded feeling numb.

"We'll be on our way, I'm going to let her finish her concert unless Carlos gets here sooner."

Teddy nodded.

"I love you Addie."

"I love you to Teddy. Baby its going to be ok. Callie is strong and young. Its going to be ok."

Teddy nodded and hugged herself slighty, Catching the doctor out of the corner of her eye she spoke softly.

"I gotta go babe. Call you later."

Addison nodded.

"OK bye."

Hitting the end button she leaned back against the wall for a moment and closed her eyes. How was she going to break this to Arizona? Heading back up to the main backstage area she smiled, Arizona was almost done with her set. She had been on the phone with Teddy for almost a half hour. She let security know Carlos would be arriving and they nodded. As she leaned against the post trying to collect herself Carlos appared about ten minutes later. He smiled when she jumped and he pointed to Arizona.

"Callie chose well, she is incredibly talented."

Addison nodded.

"Does she know yet?"

"No. She's been on stage since Teddy called me."

"Is she almost done?"

"Yes shes on her last song."

"Ok. Have you had the crew ready to take care of everything?"

Addison nodded and chuckled.

"I know how to do my job Carlos."

'I know Addison, just trying to keep my mind occupied, if I lost my beloved Calliope now.."

His voice trailed off and Addison softly embraced the man, she had known Callie's family for a long time. He pulled away after a moment and smiled at her wiping a few stray tears away.

"I just love her Addison."

"I know you do, we all do."

Arizona's POV:

I finished playing the last song and bowed to the crowd as they cheered and asked for an encore, I laughed and began the opening chords to one last song. As soon as I finished I slung my guitar over my back and walked towards the backstage area. Addison stood there a worried look on her face, and an older man who attempted to smile.

"What's going on?"

Addison gently took my guitar from me.

"ZOna this is Carlos Torres."

the name registered in my mind and unsure of what to make of the situation I smiled and extended my hand.

"Arizona Robbins, your daughter's girlfriend."

Carlos's face genuinely lit up as he stepped forward andhugged me.

"Her wife soon I hope, my mija chooses to give her heart wisely, it's nice to finally meet you Arizona, I just wish we could have met under better circumstances."

At my confused look Addison took over and yelled at the stage hands to take my guitar and make sure they were at the airport and taking my arm rushed me out of the building and into a car, carlos joining us. Carlos told the driver to get us to the airport ASAP I winced. A million scenarios were running through my mind. Had Callie planned a family romantic getaway and not told me? Carlos had said under better circumstances.. what did that mean? Addie was nervously worrying her hands and Carlos seemed to be trying to calm himself down.

"OK what's going on?"

Carlos looked at me and I saw a tenderness enter his eyes. Leaning forward he took my hands in his.

" We don't know all of the details yet, but Calliope has been shot."

"What? Is she ok? Is she alive?"

Iwent off with a myriad of questions and Carlos squeezed my hands gently feeling my panic rising.

"MIja, Arizona." my eyes met his, and I felt the warm comfort in them Callie had spoken of. "Its going to be ok. My chauffer has order to pick up the dogs and take them to my house in Miami, as we cannot take them to Germany without the mandatory quarantine period. They will be fine. As for Calliope she is young, strong and will be fine I am sure, we just want to be there when she wakes up." As I began to start to sputter he put a finger on my lips. "Al arrangements have been taken care of, Callie blacked out from the pain and had a seizure, they are worried something more may be wrong but it has not been determined, our plane has a phone that connects through wireless internet, Teddy has that number, she will cal as soon as she knows anything. Calm down, for now, let me enjoy getting to know the woman my daughter has chosen, our worrying will not help Calliope any."

I nodded and ten minutes later we were swept off onto a very nice luxurious jet. We were met by a beautiful Latina woman that looked exactly like Callie. Without a word she walked over to me and hugged me close. I felt myself melt in the warm arms of Callie's mother and soflty my tears of worry began to fall, she softly stroked my hair and let me cry. She held me for a moment and Carlos brought my guitars onboard and went to alk to the pilot. A smile escaped his lips when he saw his wife hug me. After a moment I broke away and began to laugh at the tears that had escaped both our eyes. She smiled and reached out to wipe them away from my face.

"Oh my daughter has chosen well. I am Angelique, Calliope's mother."

The warm brown eyes were so much Calliope's and it made my heart smile.

"I'm sorry I didn't mean to break down on you there."

Angelique pulled me back into a hug with a warm laugh.

"We are all worried Arizona I fell apart on Carlos on the ride up here." seeing Addison she smiled. "Ah another of my children. Come here mija and give me a hug."

Addison smiled wiping her own tears away at the scene and stepped into the warm Latina women's embrace. After a moment she stepped back and shooed them towards chairs as Carlos came back and announced that they were about ready to take off. The jet took off in the air, the pilot announcing their flight path and time. As soon as they reached cruising altitude and the fasten seat belt sign was turned off Angelique stood and walked over to the small kitchenette.

"I figured you two would be hungry and Lord knows Carlos and I haven't eaten so I made some food for us. As well as drinks, a little alcohol will not hurt us."

Arizona immediately felt herself warm up to this woman, she saw bits of her lover in both of these people, the warm caring tenderness yet the stubborn resistance to not letting them take care of you and a small giggle escaped her lips. Angelique seeing it met her glance.

"care to share that memory of Calliope Arizona?"

Arizona laughed.

"I was being stubborn after a concert one night, it was one of my first and Callie insisted I eat before I sleep. I refused. She pinned me down on the couch and forced me to eat, after the first bite I was convinced."

Angelique smiled.

"That would be my Calliope. She cares very deeply for those in her life that she loves. You are someone she loves very much. Now here Mija eat."

Arizona ate the best meal she had had in weeks, enjoying Calliope's family and leaned back in her chair with her second margarita as Carlos and Angelique, Angel or mama, as she preferred, told silly stories of Callie when she was younger, most of which made Arizona laugh till her sides hurt. She had always hoped she would get to meet Callie's family just not under these circumstances.

3 hours after the shooting:

Teddy sat in the waiting room her head in her hands, wanting nothing more than to see her lover, Arizona and her adopted parents walking through that door. It had been three hours since Callie had been admitted and they had been working steadily on her. The doctor walked through the double doors and made his way over to Teddy.

"She is in stable at the moment, the bullet was a hollow point and though the shooter was thankfully a bad shot, it still imbedded in her leg, stopped just before the bone, but left a gaping hole, from what we can ascertain the shooter covered the bullet in a type of poison, which is why she seized, its affecting her system and at the moment will complicate the surgery. Our goal now is to figure out what that poison is and treat her effectively. The wound itself is not fatal, but whatever the poison is. It is fatal because if her organs shut down she will die, we need to repair part of her leg as soon as possible, or she won't be able to walk. She is going to die within 24 hours if we can't figure it out. Forgive me for asking this, but are you Dr. Teddy Altman, the microbiologist who fought in the Iraq war and basically rewrote the textbook on plant poisioning?"

Teddy laughed.

"I am indeed."

"Well if you're willing we could use your help."

Teddy smiled softly.

"Its been a long time since I've worked in that field."

The doctor nodded.

"Would you be at least willing to look at the lab results?"

Teddy nodded.

"Of course."

" Good I will have them brought out."

"I need dry erase markers a quiet area to work, and windows."

He nodded and smiled.

"I have the perfect conference room. Tell the front desk when Callie's family should be arriving and they will escort them to your conference room."

Teddy nodded and he led her through the halls to a large windowed conference room, another doctor entered the room and handed her several colors of dry erase marker and the lab results. The doctor who had originally talked to her spoke again softly.

"I need to go check on our patient, but if you need me here is my pager number."

Teddy nodded and reaching into her pocket grabbed out her ipod and began to listen to music while she read over the labs, trying to awaken apart of her mind she had buried with her military career.

10 hours after the shooting:

When the plane touched down Arizona jolted awake and was immediately handed a cup of coffee. She smiled at Angel who smiled back understanding the need for coffee. They were met by a limo as they stepped off the plane and were immediately taken to the hospital. The staff seeming to know who they were and escorted Arizona, Carlos and Angelique to Callie's room, while Addison asked to be escorted to see Teddy. She was led to a small conference room, which had papers strewn all over the table, dry erase markers completely covering the windows and Teddy was facing the window, her back to the door, her head resting against the cool glass, her headphones in. Addison walked over and gently put her arms around Teddy's waist. Teddy smelling Addison's unique scent leaned back into the embrace for just a moment before turning in her lovers arms and kissing her senseless, her tongue demanding entrance as she pulled Addison closer, needing to feel her, needing simply put her. Addison surprised by Teddy's reaction pushed her harder into the glass and molded their whole bodies together. They made out for a few minutes and when air became necessary broke apart a tiny bit to breathe. Addison chuckled.

"Not that I'm complaining but shit woman."

Teddy laughed.

"I missed you and I just needed that."

Addison smiled and then saw the tears that came unbidden to her lovers eyes. She drew Teddy back into her arms and soothed her as she fell apart, the trauma of the last several hours catching up to her lover. Addison held her and soothed her, as soon as Teddy calmed she motioned to the windows.

"What is all this?"

"me trying to save Callie's life."

"huh?"

"The bullet was poisoned Addie. Once this was my life, my specialty, and I am trying to figure out what she was poisoned with."

Addison nodded.

"What do you have so far?"

"It's a plant of some sort, that's all I have so far, the poison causes seizures if the poison is extracted correctly. It's a dumbed down version of the poison meant to kill her slowly and cuase issues. It acts as a hallucinogen but if taken in an overdose can kill someone."

Addison snorted.

"So like Angels Trumpet?"

Teddy shook her head.

"No it's a bit more complicated than that. It's almost like hemlock but not quite. it contains a cicutoxin that causes gran mal seizures."

"Well could it be a different type of Hemlock?"

Teddy's eyes lit up.

"Water Hemlock. Addison you're a genius."

Standing and grabbing all her papers hurredly she kissed Addison soundly and then headed out the door running down the hallway. She paged Callie's doctor.

"It's water hemlock , it only grows in the western united states."

He nodded and quickly relayed this information to his staff, who quickly treated the issue.

"You just saved her life dr. Altman, another hour of trying to treat her seizures and she would have had a Gran mal and possibly died. Knowing it is a form of hemlock allows us to treat it specifically and we can take her in for surgery. Thank you."

Teddy nodded and watched as they injected the medication into Calliope and then went ot join Arizona and Callie's parents in the waiting area.