This chapter took me awhile to write, and I'm not sure I like it much, but I needed to get through it to move on. Thanks for reading, and again I do not own anything.

Chapter 12

Callie

My alarm sounds at 5, groaning I reach over and shut it off. It was going to be along day, Arizona and I were up with Sloan all night trying to come up with a plan in case that asshole has found her. I've never seen anyone that broken before. Laying there, staring at the ceiling I wonder how Mark would handle this. "he'd kill the fucker" Arizona says,

"what?" I look over at my wife, who I thought was asleep

"you're wondering what Mark would do?" I nod "he'd kill him, nobody messes with his family"

"you're right" I roll over and kiss her "I have to get up"

"I know" she says quietly, as I get out of bed and head for the bathroom.

Two hours later, I'm standing in the scrub room, with Meredith. "so Sloan told us something last night"

"is that why Arizona is walking around like someone kicked her dog?"

"huh?" I look at her confused, last time I saw my wife was before I left this morning

"she's all sad, last time I saw her like this was when you left for New York"

"hmm" I'm quiet as I scrub in, singing my song in my head, I look through the window at the woman laying on the O.R. table. I needed to get my head in the right frame, Sarah needs the best I can give, and I'm not at my best right now. I decide maybe if I talk about it "Sloan told us she's married"

"that's a shocker" Meredith says, I look at her meeting her eyes "he beat her, so she ran" I wasn't sure how else to say it

"so she ran here?"

"she was looking for Mark, no one" I sigh "she didn't know he's dead" I see her nod "the douchebag is probably out looking for her, she's afraid that if he finds her he'll kill her"

"so come here and put all of you in danger"

"again she was looking for Mark, you know her father?" I wasn't getting through to her, "she's so scared Mer, and I don't know what to do"

"well what you're going to do right now is fix Mrs. Davis's leg, and then you'll worry about it" she says as she shakes her hands off in the sink and heads into the O.R.

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Arizona

I'm a good man in a storm, or I used to be, I was taught to be strong, and stand up for those I love, but I haven't felt this helpless in a long time. Making my way to the coffee cart, I didn't sleep much last night, after what Sloan had disclosed, I'm scared for her. I make my order and pay, as I'm standing there waiting for my coffee I hear someone say "hi" shaking my head I look at the older brunette and smile, although it's fake "hi"

"are you ok?" the older woman asked

"well um" I start to say but my coffee is ready, I reach for it thanking the barista with a nod and turn back to Jamie "not really"

"well I have time, if you want to talk"

"I thought Sarah was the therapist in your family" I let out a little laugh

"oh honey, I'm old enough to be your mom, that makes me one too" she winks, I watch as she steps forward ordering herself a cup of the delicious beverage that is now doing it's magic to my body. Once she has her cup, we start walking, and I start telling her about the conversation we had the night before. Jamie's quiet as I talk, not really knowing what I'm saying, we round the corner to the front lobby just inside the doors. I see a man dressed in jeans and a black leather jacket standing at the nurses station. We aren't close enough to hear what he's saying but I hear Eve "Dr. Robbins" 'dammit' I look at her "yeah"

"this man is looking for Dr. Sloan"

"not again" I whisper, I feel Jamie put her hand on my arm "Arizona" she whispers "it's him"

"what?" I look at her, and feel my eyes go wide "he found her" I whisper and see her nod "go defuse the situation, I have an idea" I nod and step closer to the nurses station 'I'm a good man in a storm' I repeat in my head "hi, I'm Dr. Robbins, what can I do for you"

"I'm looking for Mark Sloan" the man says

"can I ask what you need him for?"

"actually" the man says "I'm looking for his daughter Sloan Riley"

"what makes you think she would be here?" I ask

"I'm her husband" he says, I look over at Jamie who is standing there watching the conversation, knowing I need to tread carefully I say "well we have not seen her in years" I shrug, he moves closer to me and says quietly so I'm the only one who hears him "I know she's in here somewhere, and I will find her" he stops, I step away from him "Eve please call security and have this man escorted out of the building" Eve nods and picks up the phone "lady you have no idea who you're fucking with" he growls as a security officer walks him out. Turning around I made eye contact with Jamie, who nods for us to start walking "we have a place out in the middle of nowhere, unless you're looking for it you can't find it" she says "and Sarah is going to need help once she's home"

"hmm" I say "we should talk to Callie first, but I think that would be an idea"

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Callie

The surgery went good, I was done and Sarah was being wheeled to the recovery room. I was just finishing up the notes, when my pager sounded. It was Arizona paging me to her office, confused I leave the scrub room and head towards the elevator, once inside I hit the button for the main floor, needing to stop at the front desk to get something. I'm leaning over the counter at the nurse's station I hear a little voice behind me "mommy"

"Sofia what are you doing here?" I crouch down and hold my arms open to hug my daughter

"Sloan brought me" she says, I look around for her but don't see her anywhere. "where is she?" I ask confused

"there was a guy outside, she told me to come in here" my mind goes blank "Sofia honey, what did the man say to Sloan?"

"he just said hi, but she looked scared, I didn't know what to do so I came in here" I wrap my arms around my daughter, closing my eyes tight. "Eve" I look up at the nurse,

"yes Dr. Torres"

"can you take Sofia to Dr. Robbins, she's in her office"

"yes right away"

"Sofia, Eve is going to take you to momma's office, I want you to stay there until I come and get you"

"ok mommy" I hear my daughter say, I place a kiss on her head and take a deep breath, making my way to the doors. A light rain was coming down, as always in Seattle, I close my eyes hoping I wouldn't find what I thought I would. Turning the corner, I hear voices "Greg, no" that voice sounds like Sloan. I walk closer and I see that it was indeed Sloan and the guy, Greg I assume to be her husband, had a gun pointed at her. "just shut up" he growls at her, and smacks her across the face. I'm not sure what to do, I'm frozen in place, heart beating rapidly in my chest. 'what would Mark do' runs through my head. "hey" I say, as he turns in shock of hearing another person's voice. A smile on his face "I was wondering how long it would take you to show up, Dr. Torres" he says 'how the hell does he know who I am?' "you're wondering how I know your name?" he asks, I just nod "you see, I know everything about you and your disabled wife" he pauses "I knew when I woke up and found my wife gone that she'd come to Seattle, looking for her father for help, but what she didn't know and I did was that he's dead, and has been for a few years" the gun is now pointed in my direction "now Dr. Torres, unless you want to find a bullet in you, I would suggest you turn around and go back inside the hospital"

"I'm afraid I can't do that" I say, my heart is beating so fast I almost feel like I'm going to pass out but I can't let that stop me, Sloan needs me. The rain was coming down harder now, I take a deep breath and step closer hearing Sloan begging him "Greg don't do this, it's me you want not her"

"he's not going to hurt anyone" I say, meeting his eyes I could see the coldness in them, causing me to wonder how the hell someone could have so much hate that they would want to physically hurt the person they are supposed to love, and protect. "because as soon as the gun goes off, there's going to be a million people out here looking for him" I hear him scoff "I'll say it's self-defense, who are they going to believe? Me, or a fucking dyke like yourself"

"well considering I own the hospital and I'm a doctor, you tell me" I'm now standing close enough I could reach out and grab Sloan, that was if he didn't have a hold of her.

"Greg" Sloan cries, "I'll do whatever you want, I'll come home" she sobs "just leave Callie alone"

"I didn't want to do this, but you left" he grabs onto her tighter "you're my wife, wives don't leave" he says through gritted teeth. Then kisses the side of her head "I love you" I hear him say.

"Sloan" I say softly she looks up at me, as our eyes meet I see the fear in her eyes, I nod to my right, hoping she'd understand what I was trying to say, while he was distracted "Greg, you don't want to do this, not here, not now" I see him loosen his hold on Sloan, who kicks him in the shin and pulls away, running towards me. "ouch, you dumb bitch" he raises the gun again, just as someone comes around the corner calling my name "Callie" I hear as the gun goes off.

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Arizona

Jamie and I are standing in my office, I had paged Callie to meet us there after she was done with Sarah in the OR. Jamie was sat in a chair as I pace the floor "you're going to wear a hole in the floor" she says trying to get me to calm down. "I'm fine" I say looking at the clock for the tenth time in just as many minutes. "she's gotta be done by now" I say as there's a voice in the doorway "momma" I hear my daughter's voice

"Sofia?" I look at my daughter confused, then up at the nurse who was accompanying her "sorry, Dr. Robbins, Dr. Torres asked me to bring her here" Eve says

"um, thank you Eve" I say giving her a small confused smile, I see her nod and leave. "Sofia honey, what are you doing here?"

"Sloan brought me"

"where is Sloan" I ask, looking at Jamie "she's outside talking to a man, she looked scared and told me to go inside, so I did and saw mommy, but she sent me with that lady to come here. She told me to stay here until she came to get me" my attention is now fully on my daughter "are you hurt?" I ask looking her over, she shakes her head no "ok" I say pulling her closer as I hug her, I pull back "Sofia this is mine and mommy's friend Jamie, will you stay here with her?" she nods, I look over at Jamie "Arizona no" she knew what I was going to do. "don't be a hero" she whispers

"Callie is already out there, I can't let anything happen to them" I say, "Sofia will you stay with Jamie?" I asked again meeting my daughters eyes

"yes mommy" I hear my daughter say, I kiss her head "don't leave until Callie or I come back" I say to Jamie as I rush out of the room, moving as quick as I could with my leg, thanking god I hadn't been standing all day, and could move quicker. Hitting the button on the elevator, surprisingly it opened right away, I step inside and quickly hit the button for the main floor. It felt like it took forever before the doors opened again, I make my way quickly out the door, and hear voices from around the corner. It's pouring rain, and the sound of it hitting the roof that covered the entrance to the hospital making it so I couldn't make out what the voices were saying but I knew one of them were Callie. I step around the corner "Callie" I say, just before I hear the gun go off, and I'm on the ground "Arizona" I hear Callie call for me. Then everything went dark.

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Callie

"Arizona" I called out, as I watch my wife hit the ground. "you fucking bastard" I turn around and punched the man who had just shot my wife, as hard as I could, he stumbles backward, tripping over a lip in the sidewalk and falling, I noticed he hit his head as he fell but I didn't care. "Sloan go inside and get help" I call out as I rush to Arizona's side. "baby, are you ok?" she wasn't answering me "Arizona, you gotta wake up" I quickly check for a pulse finding one, I then run a quick check of her body, noticing that the bullet hit her prosthetic I let a sigh of relief "what happened" Arizona says coming to

"oh baby" I reach out pulling her to me. I hear voices approaching, it's Sloan with Karev and a security guard, Karev comes to us right away "she's ok, might want to check on him" I nodded towards the man who laid unconscious on the sidewalk, blood pouring out of his head. Karev nods and heads towards the cause of all of this "Sloan, go get a wheelchair" I see her nod and run back around the corner "I don't need a wheelchair I'm fine"

"um baby" I say "you're fine because the bullet hit your prosthetic"

"oh thank god" she says and slumps against me. Sloan is now there with the wheelchair, I wrap my arms around my wife, picking her up and placing her in the chair. By this time Karev is standing over Greg "he's gone, time of death 12:34"

"he's dead" Sloan's voice is heard, I wasn't sure if it was in panic or relief

"yeah" Karev nods,

"oh thank god" she looks at me "it's over" I nod reaching out for her pulling her in close "it's over" I kiss the top of her head, feeling Arizona's arms wrap around the both of us. "come on" I hear Karev say "I want to get you all checked out"

"I'm fine" I say "he didn't touch me, but these two need to get checked" I hear my wife start to protest but I look at her "Arizona, you were just shot, it may have been in your prosthetic limb, but you still got shot" I let go of Sloan and step back nodding for Karev to take them both. "Sofia is with Jamie in my office, will you go get her"

"ok" I say rubbing my face "I'll get her"

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Arizona

If I was being honest here, my body was hurting, when I hit the sidewalk it hurt. And now I was down a leg. Letting out a sigh as Alex pushed me towards the ER "you ok?" I hear him ask

"yeah I think I am" shaking my head "dammit I liked that leg"

"we'll get you a new one" Alex says, if anyone who didn't know me had heard our conversation they'd probably think we were crazy, talking about getting a new leg "hey do you remember that time Edwards pushed that gurney in front of you and tripped you"

"who could forget, luckily I had another leg in my car at that time"

"you don't have one now do you?"

"no" I shake my head "which means I'll be out of work until" I stop thinking about what I was about to say "your wife makes you a new one" he finished for me. Alex has really come a long way, when I first met him he was a surgery hungry resident, now he was one of the best PEDS surgeons there was, second best only to me, but now I was double board certified. I let myself get lost in my thoughts as Alex pushes me into the ER, as the shock wears off of what had just happen I can feel a sting on my forehead, and the all too familiar feeling of blood dripping down. "ugh not again" I reach my hand up to my forehead pulling it down I see blood "of all the things why do I keep opening the same spot on my head" I hear Alex let out a chuckle "it's not that bad, probably won't even need stitches this time"

"I hope not" I let out a sigh "it's bad enough that I had a bandage on my forehead in our wedding pictures" I shake my head, Alex stops next to a bed in the ER. "come on" he says putting the breaks on then reaches down helping me up. As if my day couldn't get any worse I hear Bailey's voice "Karev what's going on here" she looks up meeting my eye "Robbins, care to explain?"

"well um" I wasn't sure how to explain, I didn't know what had happen

"you might want to go take care of the situation at the entrance, I'm sure the police are there by now" Alex says trying to get our boss out of his way

"what happened there? And why hasn't anyone told me, I am the chief" the small woman puffed out her chest

"why don't you go and find out, I need to check my patient" Alex says taking out his stethoscope and placing it on my chest, Bailey lets out a groan and stomps away.

"thanks" I let out in a whisper the last thing I wanted to deal with right now was Bailey and her questions. "anytime" he smiles, as he checks me over. "well you look good, although I was wrong about your head, you're going to need stitches"

"ugh" I groan "I didn't even hit my head"

"crazy isn't it?" he laughs and turns to leave to get the kit. I sit there still trying to figure out exactly what had happened, I was shot, like a bullet literally hit me, it may have been in my prosthetic limb, but a bullet still hit part of my body. As the realization of what happened hit me, I hear that beautiful voice "Arizona" I turn and my eyes meet a set of concerned brown "I'm ok" I say a small smile on her face.

"momma, why is your head bleeding, and where is your leg" Sofia asked

"well" I look at Callie, who shrugs and lifts our daughter so she can sit on the bed with me, Alex then returns and is ready to stitch me up.

"momma broke her leg" Callie says, I see her look at me then let out a small laugh "what?" I ask

"how, did you cut your head?"

"I have no idea" I shake my head, rolling my eyes.

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Callie

I was sitting there watching my wife get stitched back up. When I hear someone clear their throat, looking up I see two men in suits. Rolling my eyes I knew what was coming "Dr. Torres?" one of them asks, my shoulders slump, "that's me" I say quietly

"I'm detective Dons and this is detective Stevens, we'd like to ask you a few questions about what happen" I look over at Arizona "go, I'm not going anywhere" she says

"ok" I nod "Sofia stay with momma"

"ok mommy" she says hopping down from the bed and taking the chair I just stood up from. "come on" I say walking past the two men nodding for them to follow me. We were not having this conversation in the middle of a busy ER. I led them to a conference room, we all take a seat. "sorry I didn't want to have this conversation in front of my daughter"

"understandable" the man who I assume to be in charge says "can you tell us what happened"

"well" I take a deep breath "I was standing at the nurses station just inside the front entrance, getting a chart for my next patient when Sofia came in"

"Sofia is your daughters name"

"yes" I do

"does she often show up randomly at the hospital?" the other detective asks

"no, not at all" I look him in the eye "and if you're next thought is that we neglect our daughter because we are both surgeons, you're wrong, Sofia is well taken care of and is never alone" both men are quiet for a moment "that's not what this is about"

"ok" I say letting myself relax a bit "how did your daughter get to the hospital on her own"

"when I asked her she said Sloan brought her, when I asked where Sloan was, she said she was outside talking to some man, and she was scared, so I had a nurse take her to my wife, and I went to see where Sloan was"

"and what did you find when you went outside?"

"Sloan and a man arguing, he had a gun" my mind flashed to the day of the shooting, and Arizona bent over the patient repeating there are only children here. My mind on that day instead of the conversation "Dr. Torres" I hear my name, shaking my head "sorry" I clear my throat

"how did he end up on the ground?"

"after he shot my wife I punched him, he must have trip over a lip in the sidewalk and fell"

"hmm" I watch as they write something down. I take a deep breath "look, if you really need to know what happened, there are cameras everywhere inside and out of this place" I look around the room seeing one just above the door "see" I point, they both look in the direction I pointed, I watch as they both nod "now if we are done here, I have to go put in an order to get my wife a new leg, since that" I stop took a deep breath "since it was shot"

"ok" I hear one of them say, as I stood and left the room.

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Arizona

Finally at home, after the day from hell, Callie helps me to the couch where Sofia and I are now cuddling watching some show on the Disney channel she likes. "momma"

"yes honey"

"is your head ok?" my daughter asks, I can hear the concern in her voice

"yes baby, my head is ok" I say running my hand through her hair.

"you two look adorable" Callie says coming back into the room, Sofia is cuddled up against me. We both turn and smile "my two broken girls" she says sitting down next to me, wrapping her arms around me as best she could in our position. I let out a groan "are you ok?" she asks

"yeah, I'm just sore, who knew hitting the sidewalk like that would hurt"

"do you need anything?" I feel her shift beside me.

"maybe a bath, but not right now" I say running my hand through Sofia's hair "right now I'm enjoying this"

"ok" Callie whispers kissing the side of my head moving to my ear "I love you Arizona, don't you ever forget that"

"how could I?" I turn my head making eye contact with her, her eyes are wide "you pretty much killed a man for shooting me"

"I just punched him, the fact that he lost his balance has nothing to do with me"

"mommy, you punched someone?" Sofia's head shot up

"she did" I smile "but she was protecting me and Sloan"

"is that how come you don't have your leg, and the cut on your head?"

"yeah" I nod reaching up touching my forehead, I feel her move and the next thing I know she softly places a kiss on my bandage. "thank you honey"

"you always kiss my cuts and it makes it feel better so I thought it'd help you"

"I feel much better now" I smile

"mommy I'm hungry" Sofia says after she's made herself comfortable again

"yeah mommy I'm hungry too" I say mocking Sofia

"how about we order in tonight"

"pizza?" Sofia asks

"I don't really want pizza tonight honey" I run my hands through her hair

"how about Chinese?" Callie says, I look down at our daughter who's nodding her head yes "alright, I'll order it, and get you some pills" Callie was amazing when I was hurt, I remember how well she took care of me after the plane crash, but I was so depressed and pissed off to see any of it. If there was one thing in my life I could change, I honestly think it would be getting on that plane. Everything was good before that damn plane crash. No use in dwelling on it now, outside of not having a leg, my life is better today.

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Callie

After supper I help Arizona up the stairs and into bed. I know she can do it on her own but I just feel like I need to take care of her. That bullet could have easily hit somewhere higher and, no, no I can't let myself think like that. "I'm going to have a quick shower, you going to be ok?" I ask once I see Arizona is safely in bed. I see her smile "Calliope you don't have to take care of me, I'm fine"

"I know you are, but" I feel her reach out and pull me closer "no buts, I love you, go get cleaned up"

"ok" I place a kiss on her lips "I love you too" then make my way into the bathroom. Once I am under the cascading water, I let myself fall apart. The day had brought back so many memories of the shooting that almost killed Derek. I'd say it was one of the worst days of my life, which it was, but it made both myself and Arizona realize how much being together meant. What were the odds that we would be stuck together on the same floor? I remember being such a bitch to start out with, but once that little girls appendix bursts, and I watched as she cried out in pain for her mom, I knew I had to change my attitude towards Arizona, and when I saw the man with the gun standing in the door way, bleeding, all I could think about was keeping the love of my life safe. Which happened again today, when the gun went off, and I saw her hit the ground, I saw red, I couldn't handle losing her again. I didn't mean to kill the man. "oh shit" I say out loud, hoping Arizona didn't hear it, over the noise of the shower, 'that man is dead because I punched him' the tears that were flowing down my face now turned into sobs. Realizing I had been in the shower for awhile when the water started getting cold. I quickly finish up, turning the water off. Wiping the condensation off the mirror I catch my reflection, my eyes are puffy, there was no way I was going to be able to hide the fact that I'd broken down from my wife. I'd lay money down that she already knows. When I opened the door, Arizona is sitting in bed with her laptop. Not saying anything I make my way into the room finding some clothes quickly putting them on and climbing into bed. "hey" she says softly once I am settled

"hi" I try to smile but couldn't

"Calliope are you ok?" she's now looking into my eyes, there was no use lying to her, she'll see right through it anyway "no" I let out in a shaky breath "I'm not ok"

"come here" she reaches out her arms, I move into them laying my head on her chest "shh" I hear her, I didn't even realize I was crying. The next thing I know, my lips are on hers and we're kissing passionately. Silently pouring all the love we have for each other into the kiss. "make love to me Calliope" I hear her say once we broke apart for air. I didn't say anything, there was nothing I could say, getting lost in Arizona is exactly what I need right now.

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Arizona

I heard her crying in the shower, I always hear her when she cries, and it breaks my heart every time. Once our lips touched, I knew what we both needed "make love to me Calliope" Callie didn't say anything, she just pulled back taking off both of our shirts, not being rough but quick. Her head was now, between my legs. "god I love how you smell Arizona" I close my eyes and smile, letting out a moan as her tongue laps at my clit. I'm almost to my release when the door to our room opens "shit" I hear Callie say as we hear the sad little voice of our daughter "moms" quickly trying to compose myself "what is it baby"

"Sloan left"

"what do you mean she left?" I ask confused as Callie moves under the blanket poking her head out, I hear Sofia sniffle "she woke me up and told me she loved me but she had to go" Callie and I look at each other "come here honey" Callie says calling her to bed with us "we're naked" I whisper

"I know but she needs us" she whispers back, I nod as Sofia climbs in the middle of us. I'm careful to not let the blanket move. Once she's settled, I lean over the side of the bed and as quickly as I could slid on my shirt. "mommy, why do you smell funny"

"um" Callie says looking at me, we both laugh "I used a new wash in the shower"

"well it smells icky" she says turning so she can crawl up closer to me. Once I hear her breaths even out "she's asleep" I say

"good" Callie says quietly, as she climbs out of bed to find her clothes, quickly dresses and moves to help me put some bottoms on. "thank you" I say once she climbs back into bed wrapping her arms around the both of us. "I love you"

"I love you too" she says before we both fall into deep slumber.