It had been almost a full twenty-four hours since the explosion at the courthouse and so far rescue teams had only found two of the missing five FBI agents. Alicia, Josh, and Lynzee were still missing in action though. Kepner had taken Arizona home as there wasn't anything additional for the doctors to do at the site. Gary assured Arizona he would personally let her know of anything additional he might find out regarding Lynzee. "It is possible though," he had told her, "we might not her. We're unsure of the exact location her and the others were in when the bomb went off. If they were close enough, well, there might not be anything left to find." This was not what Arizona wanted or needed to hear.
Inside the rubble, things weren't looking good. Lynzee and Josh both continued to slip out of and back into consciousness and Alicia still hadn't been heard from again by either of them.
"Miller, are you there?" Josh asked as he came back to again.
Lynzee moaned back.
"C'mon, wake up Miller."
Lynzee tried to speak but her mouth was so dry she couldn't make out any words. She forced a couple coughs and was able to make words again. "Just, let me go."
"Fuck that, Miller. You're not leaving me."
"I'm tired."
"I'm tired too, Lynzee, but we have to hang on."
"I can't. I just want to sleep. Make the pain go away."
"Hey. Hey! The pain, is how we know we're still alive okay? Pain is good. Well for you anyway, I can't feel shit so I'm probably fucking paralyzed or some bullshit. But stay with me. I can't be in here alone. I'll have to shoot myself."
"You won't be able to shoot yourself if you can't move your arms, dumbass," Lynzee said jokingly.
Josh laughed. "That sounds more like you."
Thirty-six hours after the bomb Arizona was back at the hospital.
"Robbins!" Karev yelled as soon as he saw Arizona. Arizona turned and saw who it was and kept walking. Karev ran to catch up to Arizona and put his hand on her shoulder. "Hey, what are you doing here?"
Arizona immediately got tears in her eyes. "What am I supposed to do, Alex? Where am I supposed to be?"
Alex put his arms around Arizona and consoled her, "Hey, it's okay."
"It's not okay, Alex!" Arizona said crying. "What if I never see her again."
"Look, I have a pyloric stenosis surgery scheduled in an hour. Why don't you scrub in with me to take your mind off of things okay?" Karev suggested.
Arizona wiped her eyes, "Thank you."
"What's going on? What have you heard?" Amelia said running up to Arizona and Karev.
"Nothing. There's no news yet."
"I'm sorry, Arizona." Amelia said reaching out and touching Arizona's shoulder. "I tried calling Josh a couple of times and the calls were going through but there was no answer."
Under the rubble, Lynzee woke up again to the sound of a jackhammer and rumbling. The vibrations from the machine started to move the debris around Lynzee.
"Josh!" Lynzee yelled. There was no answer. Could Josh not hear her over the loud noise, Lynzee wondered? Or had he passed out again or worse?
Finally enough of the concrete that had Lynzee pinned had vibrated and moved enough Lynzee was able to adjust her arm and free itself. She began to feel around her surroundings for the first time and found a piece of rebar right above her. Lynzee grabbed a piece of concrete and began to hit the rebar repeatedly trying to make as much noise as possible. If they would stop using the jackhammer for a minute maybe they would be able to hear her noises.
After only ten minutes though Lynzee had to stop. She was over-exerting herself and losing energy fast. She then tried moving some of the concrete around her with her free arm but it was too heavy for what little strength she had left. When the jackhammer ing stopped, Lynzee beat furiously against the rebar again hoping the sound would echo enough someone anywhere could hear her.
"I hear you!" Lynzee finally heard. Tears immediately began streaming down her face. "Keep making noise!" Lynzee continued to bang the concrete against the rebar even though she could feel herself slipping away. She had to hold on. "I see you! Hang on! We're going to get you!" Lynzee heard these words, just before she slipped away again.
When Lynzee opened her eyes again there was a bright light. Had she died, she wondered? Was this heaven? Then she saw faces. Dr. Torres was there. This was definitely not heaven, she thought. Lynzee tried to speak, but she couldn't hear any words coming out.
"Lynzee it's Callie, can you hear me? You're at the hospital. We're going to take care of you okay?"
"Zona ..." Lynzee was able to say faintly. Lynzee locked eyes with Callie. She was weak.
"She's in surgery, we sent someone to get her, okay? Hang on!"
"Tell ... I love... Take care ... Zona."
"She's in v-fib! Where the Hell is Arizona!"
When Arizona made it down from surgery she ran into the room and found it empty. The worst scenarios crossed her mind for the quickest second and then she saw Meredith.
"Arizona!" Meredith said rushing up to Arizona.
"What ... Where ..." Arizona was beginning to breakdown.
"She's in surgery. She had a lot of internal injuries and broken bones."
Arizona turned back and started running for the elevator to make her way back up to the surgical floor. Meredith was close behind.
Meredith stayed with Arizona as they watched from the gallery. "Did they find the other agents?" Arizona finally asked.
"Amelia is in surgery with Agent Barnett and the other one was pronounced at the scene."
"I can't lose her, Meredith. We've all had so much loss already. I just ..."
Lynzee made it through her surgery, and Arizona joined her in her room in the Intensive Care Unit.
Amelia came in shortly after still wearing her scrub cap. Arizona looked up at her with tears in her eyes.
"There was damage to Lynzee's reticular activating system. It probably happened during all of the jostling around getting her out of the rubble. She needs time to heal, but she's going to be in a coma until that area heals enough again."
Arizona tearfully nodded understanding exactly what Amelia was saying. "How's Josh?"
Amelia had tears in her eyes now too. "He's going to live. I'm hoping his paralysis is only temporary."
Later that night, Callie found Arizona sleeping in Lynzee's room with her head on Lynzee's bed. Callie came in and grabbed another blanket from the closet and covered Arizona up. "Thank you," Arizona said as she woke up and sat up.
"Arizona, you should go home. She could be like this for days, weeks even."
"I know, but I can't. I wasn't here when she came in, I have to be here when she wakes up."
Kepner then entered the room with a man and a woman that had to have been Lynzee's parents. Arizona had only seen them in photographs. Arizona stood up and moved aside as the man and woman rushed up to Lynzee.
"Maybe I will go home, give them some privacy."
"Come stay with me and Sofia tonight. Completely platonic. Nothing more. You just, shouldn't be alone. Okay?"
"Yeah, sure. Thanks, Callie."