"Well good morning." Derek said as Meredith entered the house. She yawned because she had just gotten home from working the night shift at the hospital, and was she ready for bed. "Ell, say good morning, mommy."
Meredith kissed Ellis on the top of her head, as Derek fed her, and yawned once more. "Goodnight."
"Hey, hey, don't leave yet." Derek said. "I'm assuming you want me to take Ell to daycare. Do I assume correct?"
"Well I won't be watching her if I'm sleeping all day, genius. Goodnight."
Derek finished feeding Ellis and then quickly cleaned her up. One good thing about being Chief is he can come into the hospital really whenever he wants to without being yelled at for being late since he's the boss. He grabbed the diaper bag on his way out with Ellis and placed her in her car seat in the back of his car.
When he got to the hospital, instead of immediately dropping Ellis off at daycare, he went straight to his office with his daughter. He placed his briefcase on his desk and checked for new messages on his voicemail and email. Derek replied to the important emails right away so he wouldn't forget. But when he finished and was ready to go put Ellis in daycare, a nurse ran into his office freaking out.
"Rose, calm down and breath." Derek said. "What happened?"
"There's a man with a gun on the second floor. He's shooting."
Derek's eyes widened and he quickly called the police. He then called the head of the hospital security and was arguing with him as he skimmed through pages of the hospital guidebook.
"The police are on their way. What's the procedure?" Derek sighed in frustration when the man didn't know. "You're the head of hospital security. How do you not know?" The head argued it never happened before. "I know it's never happened before. I found it. Lockdown. Nobody moves in or out."
Derek sent out a hospital wide page, which said Code Silver.
"Rose, stay here with my daughter." Derek handed the nurse Ellis. "Lock the door and close the blinds; don't move or open the door for anyone."
"You're leaving?" She stammered. "You said nobody moves in or out."
"Except me. I'm the Chief; this is my hospital. I need to make sure everyone is safe, and I want you to make sure you and my daughter are safe in this room."
"Chief Shepherd-"
"I'll be right back." He assured the nurse.
Meredith was woken up by the sound of her pager going off. She wasn't on call so you could just imagine how upset she was to be woken up by it. Meredith reached for her pager on the night stand and opened her eyes reading what it said. She quickly sat up in bed hoping it didn't say what she thought it said.
Code Silver.
Meredith knew what Code Silver meant; armed person, shelter in place. All she could think about was Derek and Ellis at the hospital, where there is someone currently armed. She quickly reached for her phone and shot both Derek and Christina a text.
To Derek she said: Please tell me you and Ellis are okay. Stay safe. Love you.
To Christina she said: What's happening. Colder Silver?
"Please let this all be a dream." Meredith said to herself getting out of bed. "Please let me just wake up and this be all over."
Meredith went downstairs to turn on the TV. On the news was Seattle Grace Hospital with the news headline saying: Active Shooter in Hospital. SWAT Team on it's way.
Derek went down to the OR to check on the doctors who are currently operating. He told the surgical team to finish up, not to worry, and to remain down there until everything is figured out.
Derek went back up to his office. He used his key to get in and then locked it behind him. Ellis was crying and Derek immediately took her from the nurse, placing a pacifier in her mouth.
"It's okay." He murmured bouncing her. "Everything's going to be okay."
Derek sat down against the door with Ellis in arms. He took his phone out and saw that Meredith had texted him, obviously awake and aware of what is happening. Just great, he thought. But at least he knows the woman he loves is safe at home, though she is worried and probably freaking out because the man she loves and daughter are in danger. Don't forget her friends.
Derek texted Meredith back saying both he and Ellis are fine, that he has her in his office with him. That did make her feel a little better knowing Ellis wasn't alone in the daycare and with her dad instead. Derek also told her not to worry, that the cops are here and will handle everything and that he loves her.
Derek heard gun shots, which startled him and the nurse. It brought Derek flashbacks from the day his father was shot dead for his watch in his store. He was with his youngest sister, Amelia, playing behind the counter when the two men came in. He would had never thought that would have been the last day he would have seen his dad.
The nurse was crying and Derek was hoping and praying the gun shots wouldn't startle Ellis because he and Rose don't need a crying baby to give out their cover. The doorknob to his office door was jiggling meaning someone was trying to get in.
Derek put his finger up to his mouth, silently telling Rose to be quiet. He mouthed her to take the baby and hide behind the desk and remain quiet. Derek peeked behind the blinds and saw a man that he recognized. It took him a second to realize who that man was; Mr. Clark, the husband of the woman who he had to tell was brain dead.
Derek didn't think much of it, and opened his door. "Mr. Clark, you shouldn't be here. It's not safe."
"I know it's not safe. That's the point. This hospital isn't safe."
"You should go someplace safe so you don't get hurt."
"I'm already hurt. You hurt me when you decided to kill my wife. Now I'm going to hurt you." Mr. Clark held up his gun in front of Derek. "What kind of hospital is this? It isn't safe here. Somebody has to protect people from you handing down judgments like you're God. You're not God. You don't get to be God!"
Derek gulped, holding his hands up in front of him. "Mr. Clark, listen to me. I know your loss. I lost my father when I was a kid. Two guys killed my father for his watch, right in front of me and my sister." Derek tried his best to stay as calm as possible with having a gun faced right at you. "I didn't become a doctor because I wanted to be God. I became a doctor because I wanted to save lives. Look at me. Please, look at me in the eye. I'm a human being. I make mistakes. I'm flawed. We all are. Today, I think for you, it's just a mistake. You want justice. You want somebody to pay. You're a good man. I can see that in your eyes. Can you see it in mine?" Derek gulped again. "Can you?"
Mr. Clark didn't and pulled the trigger, shooting Derek in the chest. Derek collapsed to the floor and Mr. Clark left without a second thought. Rose came out of hiding when she thought it was safe, leaving Ellis behind the desk, to see the state of Derek.
Derek was still alive, but struggling.
"Oh my god." Rose crawled over to Derek and struggled for her phone. She called 911 to report the incident. "This is Rose Daniels. Chief Derek Shepherd was shot. He was shot and needs help. Oh my god."
Meredith couldn't handle staying at home wondering how Derek and everyone are doing at the hospital. Though she worked the night shift, Meredith suddenly gained so much energy. She put her shoes on and drove to the hospital. Immediately she saw news outlets, yellow crime tape all around the hospital, cops, and the SWAT Team there.
Meredith tried texting Derek again, but no answer, which worried her even more now. She now regretted coming to the hospital.
Just please let this all be a dream.
So yes, I wanted to include this into my story, don't hate me, especially leaving it with basically a cliffhanger. I decided not to have Meredith at the hospital with the shoot out so she can be worried wondering how Derek and her friends are, and don't forget her little girl. I feel like it'll bring her and Derek closer together. Or maybe it'll be the complete opposite and bring them further apart.
Now that I did this, I know exactly how the rest of this story will go, here on out, so in total, there's going to be about 30 chapters. So yeah!
I hope you liked this chapter. Leave a review!