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It's been a really complicated chapter to write. I guess it's because it deals with feelings, and emotions... Not the easiets things to write about...

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Her body went limp within a second. She had no strength in her body. She tried to fight. She tried to move. But between the morphine she just took and her weak health status, she failed miserably.

When Sally placed that pillow on her face, suffocating her, she didn't even get the time to scream. In fact she didn't get the time to do anything. It all happened so fast and her morphine induced slow brain didn't get any time to catch up to what was happening. And before she could process anything she felt her lungs burning from lack of air.

Everything was turning dark with an alarming speed. She was losing control over her senses. She felt herself slipping away from life with every passing moment. Was this the end? Was she going to die? After all that she had been through, was this how she was going to die. After finally meeting Sofia. After telling the little girl that her momma was in fact alive. After finally being with her family, was she going to die? Was she never supposed to get her happily ever after?

Was Roney finally going to win? Even though he was dead, he was still going to win. He would be having a laugh right now at Arizona's expense in his grave. He died so many days ago but yet he was still managing to finish his plan from beyond his grave.

And as she started panic, the remnants of her consciousness drifted away. And everything finally went dark.

...

""It won't be long... It won't be long".

As she was pressing the pillow on Arizona's face with all her strength, Sally felt relief.

She didn't blame Arizona personally, but in her mind, it was a way to take revenge for her lover's death.

Because she had been Stewart Roney's mistress for so long that she was blinded by this one way relationship, when he died, she lost everything she cared about.

She would have done anything for him, and he knew it all too well. She had dedicated her life to him.

So he used her, several times. And she was always ready, obeying that Machiavellian man without any questions.

But he didn't love her, she was just something to pass time with, for him.

So now that he was gone, she found herself without any purpose in life.

"What are you doing!" a voice yelled behind her, making her turn her gaze. "Oh my god, call security!"

Without thinking twice, Meredith rushed to Arizona's side and tried to get Sally's hands off the pillow. She struggled hard because the woman wasn't ready to give up.

Meredith eventually pushed her violently, making her fall on the floor and a few seconds later, the security guards were there, followed by Stanley's men.

"Page Shepard!" Meredith yelled at a nurse before checking on Arizona. "Don't do this to me Arizona... Not now..."

Arizona wasn't moving but she was still breathing and her heartbeat was normal. Suddenly her body began to shake violently and Meredith had to roll her body on the side to prevent any further complications and injected her with the drug to stop the convulsion.

"What happened?" Becker's man asked as the security guard had handcuffed Sally and got her out of the room.

"You tell me..." Meredith reproached. "Weren't you supposed to be here day and night?"

"Ms. Robbins said she didn't want us near her room, so we had to stay in the lobby..." He explained.

"Whatever... She should be alright, but we have to get her to CT. she was surely deprived of oxygen, but I don't know for how long..." Meredith said. "Can you call your boss and Dr. Torres?"

"Of course" the man replied leaving the room.

"Well, it's not very easy to be your doctor..." Meredith whispered, looking at Arizona who was now sedated.

...

Callie was running, Sofia in her arms, half asleep. She had barely taken the time to get dressed and was still wearing her pajama top.

It couldn't be happening, not again. Not when things were going mostly well.

But fate never seemed to be on her side.

"What happened?" She asked, out of breath as Becker welcomed her.

April who was on Call was there too. She softly took Sofia from Callie's arm. "I'm going to take her to the day care." She said smiling at Callie who was looking everywhere, totally freaking out.

"It's alright Dr. Torres, she's alright..." Becker said.

"Tell me what happened!" Callie yelled as Teddy who was sitting behind them stood up and approached her.

"Sally Ortiz tried to kill her..." Teddy explained. "But she's okay. She's just sedated right now because she had some convulsions caused by the lack of oxygen, but she's okay."

"What?" Callie said, looking at Teddy, unbelieving. "Sally?"

"We knew she was around, and I learned that she's been Roney's mistress for years." Stanley explained. "He was using her to do his dirty work..."

"I don't care, she's... Where is she? Let me punch her and we'll see if she was a poor victim!" Callie yelled.

"She's been taken to the police station. She won't be a threat anymore." Stanley replied. "She was the last component from Roney's affairs of. Now, I can assure you everything's over."

Callie sighed and couldn't prevent the tears from rolling on her cheeks. "Does that mean that Barbara and Daniel are safe?"

"They're waiting for the next plane to Seattle." Teddy said.

"Oh my god... She's going to be so relieved." Callie whispered as Teddy took her in her arms.

"It's over now... You just have to focus on her re-education and on your family." Teddy said in her ears before breaking the embrace.

As Callie was about to ask to see Arizona, Meredith arrived with a big smile on her face.

"She's okay Callie, don't worry." She said. "She just need to rest. She's been convulsing because of the suffocation, so I had to sedate her. I'm waiting for Amelia to check on her but she will be okay."

"The suffocation? Oh my god... She tried to strangle her?" Callie asked, wincing in disgust.

"I'd rather say smothering. I was able to stop her when she was pressing the pillow on her face..." Meredith explained.

"What? You ... saved her?" Callie said, taking Meredith in her arms. "Thank you Meredith, for everything..."

"It's my job to save lives after all..." Meredith simply replied. "You should go back home. She's going to sleep for a long time and after that, Amelia will see her."

"Kepner has just taken Sofia to the day care." Callie mumbled, still under the shock.

"Don't worry, I will take care of her." Meredith explained.

"Come on Callie, I'll go with you." Teddy said, grabbing her arms and walking out of the hospital.

...

"Arizona... Can you hear my voice?" Amelia shepherd said, passing her light on her patient's eyes. "Come on, you should be awake by now..."

"See... I'm sure that something is wrong..." Callie whispered.

"Cut her some slack Torres..." Meredith said. "She's been through her lot, maybe her body needs to rest more."

"Hey, I think she's waking up!" Amelia said, turning to Callie who rushed towards the bed. "Arizona? Do you hear me? Squeeze my hand please."

And so she did, making the three surgeons around her smile.

"Why isn't she opening her eyes though?" Callie asked, still worried.

"It's a matter of minutes now. She just needs to be ready." Amelia said, approaching Arizona's foot. "Arizona, Callie is going to hold your hand now. I want you to squeeze it as soon as you feel anything."

Amelia passed her metal stick on her foot, and Arizona immediately replied positively by grabbing Callie's hand.

"Great! That's great!" Amelia said as she saw Arizona's eyelids fluttering. "And here she is!"

Arizona opened her eyes slowly and felt lightheaded immediately. She caught sight of the people around her and blinked several times.

"My head..." She whispered, still grabbing Callie's hand. "What... Why ..."

"What's your last memory?" Amelia asked as Callie looked at her in awe.

"The last time you asked me this I didn't remember everything so apparently something happened to me... again..." Arizona mumbled, closing her eyes.

"Make an effort Arizona, it's important." Amelia insisted.

"I remember spending a wonderful day with my daughter and Callie, here... And you plugging me to those freaking electrodes..." Arizona said as Callie sighed in relieve. "And I think I fell asleep and that's my last memory..."

"Great! It was just yesterday, so everything seems good so far..." Amelia said. "Now you need to rest a little more and I'll get back to you."

As Meredith and Amelia left the room, Callie sat on Arizona's bed and squeezed her hand she hadn't let go of.

"What happened Callie?" Arizona asked, still dizzy.

"It doesn't matter, you're safe now. And you'll always be safe now." Callie whispered.

"What do you...?" Arizona mumbled as she fell asleep again, leaving Callie smiling and happy to see the end of the nightmare approaching.

...

"This is totally insane!" Callie said as she was in her office with Stanley and Teddy. "And of course she doesn't know that..."

"No she doesn't. And if you want, you can add two more..."

"What?" Callie and Teddy yelled at the same time.

"I managed to get two more for your daughter. It's in this bank account. Of course only Arizona can accept it, but I don't know why she won't."

Callie and Teddy burst into laughter listening to Stanley's confidence.

"You don't know her for sure!" Callie laughed. "Did you know that she had 15 million dollars after the plane crash?"

"No I didn't..."

"And that if we hadn't bought the hospital she would have surely let that money stagnate in a bank?" Callie asked.

"You think she won't take the money?" Stanley asked. "With that amount of money she could travel the world without thinking about anything..."

"She loves her job..." Teddy smiled.

"And she's too good at it for letting herself surrender!" Callie said. "So when are you going to tell her all these good news?"

"As soon as Dr. Grey gives us a go ahead I guess..."

"Which is right now!" Meredith said, entering Callie's office. "You may want to wait a little, she's almost ready, but I think she needs a little time. And may I speak with you for a sec Callie?"

"Sure..." Callie's said, standing up and following Meredith in the hallway. "What's up?"

"I wanted to warn you. She's been asking to see you." Meredith explained.

"Oh, that's great!" Callie said with a big smile.

"No wait Callie... I talked to her, she's really depressed." Meredith said.

"I know Meredith, don't worry..."

"Callie, she's been talking about asking to transfer t ...to another town."

"What? Are you kidding? You're joking right?"

"She told me she couldn't stand to stay here, on that bed, waiting for the results of her brainwave test." Meredith explained. "She's very dark..."

"Believe me, there's no way she's darker than after the plane crash..." Callie said. "I'm going to see her."

...

She was not nervous as she entered the room.

She knew that Arizona can go really low into the darkness, she had witnessed it so many times. So whatever was running through Arizona's mind, she would make it go away.

"Hi!" She said slowly, entering the room and noticing Arizona plugged to a dozen electrodes around her head.

"Hi..." Arizona replied. "Come in."

"How are you doing?" Callie asked softly.

"Don't mother me Callie. I know Meredith has already talked to you." Arizona informed her. "And don't worry I'm feeling better."

"Great. And I wasn't mothering you. I was just..." Callie mumbled, trying not to say something that would upset Arizona.

"I was just in a bad mood this morning. And don't worry, I'm staying here. I need to see Sofia as much as possible." Arizona replied.

"I know that. It's what I told Grey." Callie says, approaching the bed and sitting on it. "And there's so many things you have to know Arizona..."

"Really?" Arizona smiled. "Even if there are things that I have to know, I'm so tired... I don't want to deal with them right now Callie."

"But..."

"Please..." Arizona cut her off. "

"I know you're tired but you need to know something." Callie said seriously, taking Arizona's hand.

"Callie..." Arizona whispered. "It's not the right time..."

"Listen to me... I'm not talking about me or about... whatever that is between us Arizona..." Callie explained.

"Oh... So what is it?" Arizona asked, noticing Callie's intense gaze on her.

"There's two things actually. First, Becker just told me that he got you some damage claim because of all the things you've been through. And for Bailey too, and even for Sofia..."

"Okay, that's quite a good news." Arizona simply stated.

"It's going to be 2, 50,000 dollars for Sofia, 5, 00,000 for Bailey, and two millions for you." Callie said, immediately feeling the tension around Arizona.

"I don't want that money." Arizona said.

"I know. That's what I told Becker..." Callie said. "But think twice, it's going to help you get better faster. You can hire the most known specialists to help you..."

"I'm going to give it to a charity." Arizona said. "They need money, I don't."

"Anything you want. It's your money..." Callie said, knowing Arizona wouldn't want to hear any more words about that.

"So what's the other news?"

"I... I don't know how to say it. I don't know if you are ready for that..." Callie said. "But I..."

"Why are you making that face you're freaking me out...?"

"Your parents never had a car accident..." Callie said, knowing that Arizona will understand immediately.

Arizona bit her lips and nodded, never leaving Callie's eyes.

"They are in Miami, they're waiting for their plane right now." Callie explained.

"Why are you telling me that?" Arizona said, tears rolling on her cheeks.

"It's true Arizona. Becker had to do..."

"I get it Callie... It's just because of you, Amelia's precious brainwave result won't be efficient... She told me to be neutral, and I'm not neutral right now!" Arizona said, laughing and crying at the same time. "I should have seen that coming... Becker told me he was the best."

"Do you understand what I just told you?" Callie asked, not sure Arizona got it all.

"Yeah..." Arizona replied, crying more nervously but still smiling. "They are not dead... That's great... Now I can say to Sofia that I know what she's been through."

Callie looked at her and smiled. She also knew that feeling of uncertainty, joy and relieved mixed together. Even if it was amazing to get informed that someone you love wasn't dead, it wasn't a pleasant feeling.

You needed time to digest the news, and more importantly, you need to be really sure it's real, to touch the person, feel the warmth of their body against yours, and feel their heart beat in their chest.

But right now, Arizona was an emotional mess and Callie was by her side, holding her hand and looking at her supportively.

"Sometimes I feel like all this is just a dream, or I'd rather say a nightmare. That I would wake up in the morning and realize my life is still the same. Just like it was before I met those two little boys." Arizona said. "But now, I realize that despite every horrible thing I have been through, all the pain I made my friends and family undergo, eventually there will a happy ever after... "

"You're going to be alright Arizona." Callie said grabbing her hand strongly. "And you will get your life back in no time. Your parents will be here tomorrow and you're going to focus on your re-education, and everything is going to be alright."

"Thank you Callie. For everything you've done. For all the support and at the same time the space you gave me these last days. You've been my good man in the storm... Remember that uh? What I failed to be for you..." Arizona said shamefully.

And she couldn't stop herself any longer, Callie hugged Arizona, taking care of her injuries. But she found herself blocked because of the cerebral captors.

"Oh crap..." She mumbled as she rested her heads on Arizona's safe shoulder.

"Come here..." Arizona said turning her head towards Callie's face, their lips reaching dangerously close. "I need to know something..."

Callie softly approached Arizona's ears and whispered "I love you. I have always loved you. But I am ashamed that I had to believe you were dead to figure it out..."

Callie's admission made Arizona shiver and she felt butterflies in her stomach. She rested her forehead on Callie's, closing her eyes and crying silently as Callie wiped the tears rolling on her own cheeks.

She rubbed her nose softly on Arizona's cheek as the blonde grabbed her neck slowly.

Callie was about to kiss her when the door opened and made her and Arizona pull back suddenly.