**this chapter has not changed. I just had to make a quick edit :)**
"Where are you taking me?" Ellis asked the boy as they continued to walk through empty dark hallways.
"I'm trying to find my dad…" He said.
"Your dad? I thought you were getting me out of here?" She gave a snarky reply.
"That's what I'm doing Miss Know-It-All. He told me a story about a someone like yourself escaped the fate of the death in these very hallways. I can't remember which hallway it was…"
"How would he kn-"
"Sh!"
"What?"
"Shhhhhhhhh! I hear someone!"
"Hey guys!" Carolyn skipped down the hallway.
"Oh it's you." the boy rolled his eyes.
"Who else would it be?" She smiled wide.
"I don't know...I was hoping that you might be my dad."
"Christopher, you know your dad doesn't hang around this area anymore, so why would be he be over here? Anyway! Are you giving Ellis a tour? You are going to love it here! This is only the beginning! There is this other part-"
"Carolyn!"
"What?"
"She's not "technically" dead yet so she can't go to that part" Christopher used air quotes.
"What do you mean another part?"
"The light..." Carolyn and Christopher said in unison.
"The light?" Ellis questioned and Christopher sighed.
"When someone dies they come here, and angels are sent down from Heaven to help them cross over into the light or get back to Earth. That is why this place is so empty. "The guy in the light sends angels to help people cross over! That is why everyone you expected to see is not here...they are in the light. I-"
"Hold on." Ellis interrupted. "Who is the guy in the light?"
Christopher shrugged. "Some people call him the Heavenly father or whatever. I just go by God. That is all I can say… Anyways, since I was so rudely interrupted by you, I was hoping my dad was called to come here and help you find the path back to Earth..."
"Maybe there isn't one special hallway where they cross back over..." Samuel's voice came from around the corner. Ellis, Carolyn, and Christopher cocked their heads in confusion. "There is only one explanation I can think of...you're not ready to go back."
Harriet stormed into the waiting room to find Zola and Bailey sipping on their coffee. "WHY? WHY?" she covered her face with her hands in frustration. "Why didn't you tell me? She's my best friend I think I deserve to know what is going on! I should NOT have found this out through one of Bailey's booty calls!"
The man that was sitting near the pair was also drinking coffee hastily spit it out surprised by what just came out of her mouth. Zola and Bailey stared at Harriet awkwardly eyes wide.
"What?" Harriet put her hands on her hips and glared at them.
"I understand you are frustrated Harriet, but you have to understand our point of view…" Zola put a hand on her shoulder and tried to calm her down.
"I don't understand your point of view." Harriet shook Zola's hand off of her shoulder. "Yeah I might have freaked out and cried, but at least I would be here waiting with you and praying that she will wake up and get through this."
"Harriet! It's over it's done with we can't go back in time. You can stay and wait with us for an update if you would like, but I don't wanna see you crying. I got enough of that from my mother today. Speaking of which...where is mom?" Bailey turned to Zola and she shrugged.
"She wasn't here when we got back from getting our coffee. So, I'm guessing she is still there." Zola and Harriet sat down in the waiting room chairs each next to Bailey.
"Is this my fault?" Harriet turned and looked at Bailey with teary eyes.
"No, why would you think that?" He turned his head and looked directly at Harriet. Before she could speak Bailey started talking again. "I told you no crying!"
"I'm sorry." She wiped a tear. "I can't help but blame myself…"
"Why would you blame yourself? It's not like your the one who made her drown." Bailey chuckled for a second and noticed Harriet was not laughing. "Right?" Now Bailey eyes started to fill with tears at the thought of his sister's best friend drowning her.
"I-I don't know if it is my fault!" Harriet's lip quivered and Bailey stood up and started to yell,
"WHAT THE HELL DOES THAT MEAN HARRIET! YOU EITHER DID OR YOU DIDN'T." He then clenched his teeth. "Tell me what exactly happened tonight."
Meanwhile in trauma room number three Ellis still had no heartbeat.
"Think outside the box people! She is still flatlining!" Dr. Bailey ordered.
An intern raised her hand. "Yes?"
"Wh-what about a cardiopulmonary bypass? We can do it in here if we page cardio."
"Excellent idea Dr. Peterson, if you can find Dr. Pierce, a surgical team, and if you stop sounding like you have seen a ghost I will let you assist."
"Really?" the intern smiled.
"Yes, now go before I change my mind! RUN!" Bailey snapped and then Dr. Peterson ran out the trauma room door.
Meredith was sitting in her office with the lights off and the door locked. She was hiding from everyone and anyone, even her children. Not even the chief of surgery knew where she was. All Meredith knew is she would be paged if there were an updates regarding her daughter.
Meredith looked up and whispered, "Derek, Derek, if you can hear me don't let Ellis die. I don't know what you have to do to with that or what power you have, but if have any control, please I'm begging I need my-our little girl back…" She quickly wiped a tear as she noticed the ferry boat scrub cap laying on her desk.
Flashback
"Where is it? Where is it?" Meredith was panicking. Her scrub cap was not in the usual spot in the drawer on top of the post it. She was throwing things out of her drawer left and right trying to find it.
"Woah Meredith, what's going on?" Maggie asked her sister.
"Derek's scrub cap! I-I can't find it!"
"Calm down, maybe you put it in the wash and it's downstairs? Or you left it in your office? Or-?"
"No! I specifically remember bringing it home and putting it in my drawer last night before I went to bed."
"Okay then...um...let's look through the drawer some more and maybe clean up all these clothes you threw everywhere. It might be stuck to one of them."
"Maggie it's not here! I'm going to go check the couch.."
"Wait-your room is still a mess"
"I'll pick it up later! I need that scrub cap!"
"You don't even work today!" Maggie shouted down the stairs.
"I don't care, I still need it!" Meredith threw the cushions off the couch.
Maggie and Meredith tore the house apart piece by piece for hours looking for the ferry boat scrub cap.
"There's no use…" Meredith plopped a seat on the ground. It-it's-" She started to tear up a bit.
"Don't finish that sentence. It's not gone until we have looked everywhere for it!"
"Gone…" she sighed. Maggie was about to speak when the front door opened.
"Woah. What happened in here?" Alex asked with his eyes wide as Zola ran through the door and ran up the stairs as Bailey followed;not even noticing the mess in the living room. Meredith was going to answer Alex's question when she heard Ellis yell.
"Mommy!"
Meredith stood up and Alex turned around just in time to catch Ellis who tripped over the step leading into the house. He picked her up and swung her around and set her down on the ground facing Meredith. Alex lifted up what was covering the little girl's eyes. "I can see!" She smiled.
As soon as Meredith saw the ferry boat scrub cap on Ellis' small head she yelled her daughter's name, "ELLIS!" she wanted to yell more, but she stopped herself seeing the fear in youngest child's eyes. "She ran up and picked up her daughter. "Where did you get this from?" Meredith smiled as she gently took the scrub cap off of Ellis. "I found it, in your dresser when I was looking for something for show and tell day!"
"How did you reach the top drawer?"
"I grabbed my stool from the bathroom."
"Next time, can you let me know before you take something from my room? This scrub cap is very special."
"Okay mommy." Ellis smiled and Meredith set her back on the ground.
"What makes it special?" Ellis cocked her head sideways. "I see a lot of doctors wearing them, can't you get another one?"
"I could, but I don't want to."
"Why?"
"Because it belonged to your dad it was his, and I wear it to honor him and remember him."
"Oh…" Ellis looked at the ground. Are you mad mommy?"
"No honey, I'm not mad." She knelt down and hugged her little girl, when Ellis let go Meredith got an idea.
"If you want a scrub cap, I have a purple one you can have I don't wear it anymore."
"Really?" Ellis smiled wide.
"Really."
"Thank you mommy!" Ellis hugged her mom one last time. "I love you."
"I love you too."
End of Flashback
Meredith continued to sit there in the dark. Remembering all the times Ellis wore the purple scrub cap. On Halloween, hat day at school, and when playing doctor. One day, Ellis stopped wearing it. Meredith couldn't understand why. She could never get it out of her.
Ever since Ellis stopped wearing the purple scrub cap…she hasn't been the same smiley girl she used to be...she went all...dark and twisty... Meredith thought.
"Oh shit!" Meredith said out loud and blotted out of her office as she realized what had happened to her daughter.