Chaos. That's what ensued after the shooting that landed the very finest doctors in separate operating rooms. Derek in one, Meredith in the other.

"I don't see an exit site," Miranda cried as she looked at the surgical team before her. "Let's get her opened up and set her up for a liter of blood, she's bleeding out."

"Miranda!" Arizona yelled trying to her attention. "Baby's heart rate is dropping," she said as she motioned over to the monitor.

"Ten blade," Miranda ordered.

"Miranda, if his heart rate doesn't come back up soon, I'm taking him out." Arizona warned. Miranda continued to ignore her, reaching over to make the first incision.

Derek's operating room wasn't any less stressful, they had just hung their third unit of blood as they were having issues controlling Derek's bleeding.

"I need more lap pads," April ordered. "Come on, don't do this, Derek. Your family needs you, don't give up now."

"Okay, got it." Miranda said as she reached into Meredith, wrapping her hand around the metal. She tossed the bullet into the basin as it made a clinking sound against the metal. "She's bleeding heavily now, let's set up for another unit of blood."

"Miranda, his heart rate has dropped even more. If we can't get mom stabilized quickly, I'm going in." Arizona warned. Miranda was trying to work quickly, but the blood was coming faster than any of them could keep up with and lap pads were only doing so much. Both the monitors started beeping rapidly.

"Pressure's dropping!" Miranda cried.

"That's it, I'm taking him. Ten blade." Arizona ordered. She worked quickly, opening Meredith's abdomen as Miranda worked feverishly to save Meredith.

There was a dead silence in the OR until a small cry broke out making everyone sigh in relief. Arizona couldn't help but smile as she held the little boy in her hands.

"Hey there," Arizona whispered as she held the tiny baby in her hands who was actually pretty good size for being five weeks early. She got to work, doing a quick evalution on the newborn as she got him prepped for the NICU, but first she needed to do something. She gently swaddled the baby in a blanket and took him into her arms as she made her way over to Meredith. she knelt down beside the blonde.

"Your son's here, Meredith, and he's beautiful. He needs you, he needs his momma. You have to keep fighting, for him. For Derek, for all of us. I promise I'll take really good care of him Meredith, don't worry about him. You just keep fighting with everything you have. I promise I won't leave his side." Arizona whispered knowing in some way that Meredith could hear her, even if she was unconcious. Quietly, she got up, returning the newborn to his isolate before exiting the room. Leaving the entire room speechless, praying that Meredith would survive.

Arizona entered the NICU, wheeling the isolate in front of her. She parked it in one of the spots, getting to work by checking the babies vitals once again.

"Your oxygen is still a little low, why don't we give you a little to help you out with that?" Arizona said as the baby fussed. She got the little boy fitted with an oxygen cannula and inserted an IV for fluids. She then got him hooked up to the heart monitor and pulse ox machines to keep track of his vitals.

Back in Derek's OR, they had just finished closing him up. They were able to stop the bleeding and extract the bullet so for right now it was a waiting game.

Meredith's bleeding had finally stopped. They got her closed up and moved into the ICU, deciding to room her with her husband. They would need each other when they woke up.

Cristina was parked in a chair at the end of Meredith's bed flipping through a magazine. She should have been working but she couldn't bring herself to leave her best friends side, not when she needed her.

It had been several hours since they both had gotten out of surgery and they were both stable as of now.

7pm

The alarms rang out in the room, making Cristina jump up.

"Both of them?" Miranda shouted, running into the room. Cristina was frozen as she watched both them flatline.


"Shock to 300!" Miranda called out once again applying the paddles to Meredith's chest as April did the same to Derek. Everyone held their breath in anticipation.


She woke up, sitting up on the table as she looked around the empty exam room. It was quiet, an eerie quiet not like you would ever hear in a hospital. Why was she here? Where was everyone?

"Meredith?" she heard, she looked up seeing Derek standing in the doorway.

"Where are we?" She whispered.

"I don't know, I'm just as confused as you are." Derek admitted.

She looked down, noticing that her stomach was flat.She quickly patted it down as her breathing sped up. "Derek, where's our baby?" She asked horrified. When he didn't answer her she got up, running as fast as she possibly could out of the room and down the abandoned hallway until she was stopped by the familar figure in front of her.

"Mom?" She whispered in disbelief. Ellis Grey was standing in front of her but she didn't reconize the man standing next to her.

"Dad?" Derek whispered as he came up behind Meredith, intertwining thier fingers.

"Okay, what the hell is going on here?" Meredith demanded. She needed answers and she needed them now.

"You guys died, you're in Heaven." Ellis said like it should have been obvious.

"No, we couldn't have. They saved us." Meredith whispered, her eyes tearing up.

"You both flatlined." Derek's father said. "Derek, can I speak with you alone?" He guided Derek out of site leaving Meredith and Ellis alone.

"Mom, I can't be dead...I just can't be." Meredith whispered.

"But you are, honey." Ellis said sadly.

"But what about our baby? Why isn't he here?" Meredith asked as she looked around. It was becoming quite obvious he wasn't there with them.

"He survived, you left him alone." Ellis said.

"No, I couldn't have! I would have never left him alone!" Meredith screamed, scared out of her mind.

"But you did, Meredith and now he has no one."

"I have to go back, he needs me, Mom. He's gotta be so scared." Meredith said looking around, trying to figure out how to go back.

"Meredith, I needed to see you. To apologize for being such a horrible mother. I know this journey to motherhood has not been easy for you but I know that you will be a way better mother than I ever was."

"but I'm here and he's there...all alone. Please, Mom, you have to tell me how to go back."

"Only you know how to, Meredith." Ellis said.

"No I don't, Derek doesn't and we're stuck here." Meredith said frantically.

"No, you're not stuck here. You know the way." Ellis said assuringly.

"But what about...?" Meredith trailed off.

"He'll be right behind you, just go." Ellis said. And so she did, running in the opposite direction of her mother until she stopped her.

"Oh, and Meredith?" Ellis called out.

"Yeah, Mom?" Meredith asked.

"I'm proud of you, sweet girl." Ellis said. Meredith smiled and turned before running into the light.

Cristina was standing there when Meredith's heart rate returned. She watched as the blonde's eyes shot open and she started choking against the ventilator.

"Meredith, breathe." Cristina whispered as Miranda went to the other side of the bed removing the vent. Meredith gave a sputtering cough before settling back against the pillow.

"Welcome back," Cristina smiled. "Are you in any pain?"

"Derek," Meredith whispered in a raspy voice. "My baby..."

"Derek is still unconcious, he's been moved to another room. As for your son, I don't know." Cristina admitted.

"I saw her, Cristina. I saw my mom. She told me she's proud of me and that she knows I'm going to be a better mother than she was. Derek was there too, he didn't come back with me though." Meredith said with tears in her eyes.

"You both flatlined,m for a long time and we didn't know if we would get either one of you back." Cristina admitted realizing how close she was to losing her best friend. How close their baby was to losing his parents.

"I need to see my son." Meredith breathed, just wanting to be close to her baby.

Miranda came back into the room, looking at Meredith's x-rays. "You are lucky you don't have any spinal damage, Grey. The bullet barely missed your spine. You gave us one hell of a scare."

"Miranda, when can I see my son?" Meredith asked, not caring about anything else.

"I'll go get Arizona." Cristina waited with Meredith for what seemed like forever before Arizona came in.

"Hey, nice to see you finally awake Meredith." Arizona greeted.

"How is he?" Meredith asked.

"He's doing amazing for being five weeks early. He had some breathing issues but they have resolved on their own. He's not jaundiced and he's eating beautifully. We've been keeping him in the NICU just for observation and while you guys were out but he's doing just fine." Arizona assured her.

"What happened?" Meredith asked.

"You became too unstable during surgery which was causing his heart rate to dangerously decrease and I made the decision to go ahead and deliver him early." Arizona explained.

"Thank you for saving him." Meredith smiled.

"No problem Meredith, you worked too hard for this. Now, let's get you reunited with your son." Arizona said cheerfully.

Meredith smiled as Arizona left the room, she leaned her head back against the pillow closing her eyes for a moment as she couldn't believe she would finally be meeting her son.

She held her breath as the hospital door opened and she saw Arizona pushing an isolate into the room.

"Hi, baby."

(To be continued ;) )