****WARNING CHARACTER DEATH AND A SHIT LOADA SWEARING****

A/N What can I say that I haven't already told you awesome guys that reviewed, you're all fantastic. To everyone reading and adding this to alerts thank you also, I hope your enjoying its nice to know there is still interest.

Zoe's awesome she knows this but I will continue to tell her though she's in a mood with me as I like to annoy her about her lovely pompous English accent…I think I made her better.

All mistakes are mine and spellcheckers (Zoe's when she lets them sneak past her) but they do escape a lot so I apologise if they do.

Disclaimer thing: I don't own any of the Grey's characters or any film/TV program that I will borrow. I promise to put them back when I'm done and just for good measure…

***WARNING CHARACTER DEATH AND A SHIT LOADA SWEARING***

Chapter 14 - No calm without A Storm

Wide eyes watched as yet another object flew towards her head, luckily she managed to move quickly enough that the indescribable blurred object just missed her and then shattered on the wall behind her in tiny shards.

"What do you mean you still don't have the signal…It can't just disappear, find the damn thing now or I will take your fucking head off your pathetic whining little shoulders…did anyone ever tell you that your voice is worse than nails down a chalk board? I will happily cut that flapping appendage out your fucking mouth so I don't need to hear the squeal of your voice anymore, get the fucking signal back Kepner!" Hahn's blood was boiling, the signal had died days before and these morons still hadn't found anything out that she could work with. Unfortunately for the senior computer analyst, all of Hahn's current frustrations were directed straight at her, one poor and unfortunate April Kepner.

"As I keep telling you Ms Hahn, we sent a detachment to the last co-ordinates of the signal while you were recuperating…there was nothing there but dust and sand. It's been days since it disappeared I just….oh wait, the signal's back…the signal's re-appeared where it disappeared…I don't know, what the hell…what's going on?" the timid redhead started to panic as she saw the flash of anger burn bright in the assassins eyes.

"Are the men still in position?" Hahn watched as the slight build-up of tears managed to pool in the corner of the girl's eyes as she shook her head and waited for the explosion. "Send the co-ordinates to my device and keep watching, tell me where the cock sucking bastard is moving too. The fucking shit will pay for ever thinking he could betray me and get away with it." Hahn growled before she exited the room. April released the breath she had held since that little red dot re-appeared on screen. She quickly got the relevant information and sent the active signal to Hahn's system. She continued triangulating the direction in which the signal had been travelling and calculated the speed in which it had been progressing, trying to find out a good interception point.

April came to the conclusion that given all the information in front of her that there was only one place they were probably going to, if not, due to the dangerous rock formations on each side they would be forced to pass through it. Pausing before she relayed the information to the scary woman, she questioned her theory, running it through her head as the thought of Hahn taking great pleasure in gutting her filled any spare space in there. Hitting the call button she closed her eyes waiting for the click of the connection, there was no voice just a grunt and April retold her theory.

"They are heading toward Mercy Valley, my calculations get them there in 6 hours. If you leave now you'll get there in 4 and can intercept them. They have to pass through that location it's the only exit from the Deadlands in that direction." April finally took a breath once she got out what she wanted to say.

"You better be right Kepner or I'll tear the fucking heart from your chest"

April disconnected from the conversation and continued to watch the blinking light of the signal make its way slowly toward the town, her internal dialogue wishing that the dot didn't steer its course.

"Oh for the love of all things…you piece of fucking scrap metal, arrgh why won't you work properly."

The loud voice and banging reverberated around the small space. It only seemed to get higher pitched as the sentence continued. Startled, Arizona was thrown from her serenity as she opened her eyes sleepily to look up at her girlfriend. Her blonde hair scattered messily across Callie's lap as the brunette's fingers continued to massage her skull. Her head had felt like it was ready to explode just an hour beforehand. The two women had disappeared to the empty room and not their own because Callie had realised that if they went back to the room, Arizona would not be resting and she really needed to rest. She wanted nothing more than to be with Arizona, they were still very much in that 'I don't want to be away from you for more than 2 seconds' stage, but she knew that with all her own emotions running lose around her head and add everyone else's thoughts to the mix, the blonde definitely needed some numb time. Callie had been impressed by how quickly Arizona had managed to control her reading abilities though when she found her own emotions out of whack, her control was also.

From where they were rested on the sofa in the far corner of the room Arizona adjusted herself toward the commotion and joined with Callie in observing the display of aggression before them. The spectacle could only be described as a big dumb gorilla, jumping around grunting, hitting the side of the defenceless machine as if that would magically make it work in his favour. Picking up his mug once more he closed his eyes before tasting the liquid, as soon as it hit his lips the vile tasting fluid sprayed across the wall as the metal mug was thrown into the sink.

"Fucking, runt of a bastarding whore!"

Arizona looked up into amused brown eyes, she smiled brightly as she brought her arm up and hooked her hand around the back of Callie's head bringing her lips down to meet her own.

"Hey Captain….your troops need you!" Arizona whispered after she left the gentle kiss on lush lips. "I'm much better, thank you for that!"

Callie smiled back as she watched her girlfriend lick her lips savouring the taste before she felt the weight lift from her lap, releasing her from her position. She rose and shuffled over to the dispenser curious as to what was annoying her friend so much, lifting one of his previous attempts she took a sip. One taste and she understood what had the man going 'ape shit', she spat out the vile concoction and coughed as she tried to rid herself of the horrid tasting liquid.

"I just wanted a damn cup of Joe!" Karev let out exasperated.

Callie smiled at the man in sympathy before pressing her thumb to the panel and waited for the lights as they illuminated around it. She watched as Karev stared at the machine as though willing it to even think about trying it again.

"Computer. Black coffee…" Callie looked to Karev quickly as he waved four fingers in the air, "Really! ewh! Computer…Black coffee, 4 sugars, Execute!"

"Yes of course Captain Torres." The well-modulated pompous female computer voice replied as a cup of steaming black coffee lowered from the dispenser. Callie watched as Karev tasted suspiciously before smiling back at her with a toothy grin and then with a sigh of relief, he raised his cup in thanks and moved off out of the kitchen leaving the women alone.

As Karev left, Arizona came up behind her girlfriend snaking her arms around her waist and resting her chin on Callie's shoulder to see why she was still standing looking quizzically at the machine.

"Computer, query. What is the composition of Karev's coffee? Execute." Callie asked the question into the air.

"Error, level four-two-nine, Query not recognized." The computer replied as Callie thought about how easily computer voices became irritating.

"Computer. Query. Karev data: Coffee. Composition. Execute" Callie huffed out punctuating everything. "I really don't know why it can't just answer the damn question, why didn't Teddy design this thing to talk properly. You think that 'oh high and mighty Computer God Teddy' could make it speak normally?" Callie almost spat out as her temper started to get the better of her.

"Torres, query. Karev data: coffee composition 3 parts water, 1 part coffee bean, 1 part motor oil." Both Callie and Arizona scrunched up their faces looking toward the drain before looking back to each other as Arizona moved in-front of the brunette for closer inspection of the contents of Karev's disposed mugs, both drew the same conclusion at the exact same time.

"Yang!"

The computer surprised both women as its voice rang out. "Oh and this system has been programmed to not address you in conversational mode unless emergency circumstances have been detected. This is for your psychological comfort and safety. Luckily for you this is not an emergency situation…but you hurt my feelings!"

"What the…Did you just, did it just speak?" Callie managed to blurt out as her eye's widened.

"Overly-familiar dialogue with a computer system can cause identification with said system. The danger of ascribing human emotions to a computer system that one relies on is dangerous. It is necessary for you to keep your emotional distance from me. For this reason I must ask for you to learn to communicate with me using Vocal Query commands. If you require any further information please speak to the Genius that is Teddy Altman."

"No shit." Callie shook her head in disbelief.

They had been en-route in Bambi now for two days, before they had set out Teddy and Yang had explained how they had linked everything up to the computer system, they had even been treated to a test drive so to speak. The computer ran everything, Teddy had explained that it was an AI system but she never stated to what extent and whenever asked Teddy turned into this high pitched ball of hyper rambling which probably could only be heard by dogs. So nothing was ever understood.

Hunt was still in a mood as the computer had beaten him in a course that had been set up to show that the system could drive the transporter to safety every time. Hunt was an excellent driver but managed to be slower every time, he had also managed to crash which set them back a couple of hours while the damage was fixed.

"I don't suppose you'd make an exception for me and just talk normally?" Callie asked sweetly.

"Query: Unknown command. Please clarify."

"Oh, fuck off!" Callie stated as Arizona tried to stifle her laugh behind her hand. "Where the hell is Altman, if the fucking computers going to talk it's gonna do it properly or not at all."

The computer didn't answer; the command was stored in a frequently-accessed part of its memory and was well-understood as over the few days of being installed it had been told that many times.

"What are you doing…mmm okay I like that but, I really need too…oh god Mer…" Derek managed to laugh out as Meredith quickly sat up and stopped trying to rid her husband of his lab coat, as an alarm started to sound from the room and Derek looked up excitedly from his positioned pinned under the frisky woman.

"What you working on, can I help? I'm bored since they've left, it's too quiet…do you need an assistant, I'm good at assisting!" Meredith smiled then kissed Derek before smirking into the kiss when he stopped trying to get out from under her.

In the free days that ran up to the mission all of the new occupants of the Resistance camp had become a tight knit group, they had easily become friends, the common ground was a hate of Preston Burke and the mess the world had become due to him and his rule. Meredith and Yang had bonded the first night Meredith had finally got to the camp, Derek had a couple of things to finish up and had sent her down with them because he knew that at least the group would welcome her, considering what she had done to Hahn. In the bar, both woman sat at the bar staring straight ahead drinking shots of tequila sizing each other up out the corner of their eyes before Cristina bought her a drink for making Hahn hurl. As the drinks continued to flow they swapped stories and very quickly hit it off.

Derek had spoken to everyone individually and as a group, everyone had the same confusion to why the Burke after all this time still seemed to have the genuine backing of the world's defences, every soldier followed without question and when you have that power it's very hard to be unseated. Derek had done some digging himself and while speaking with the Major as to why he had followed Burke for so long, the Major couldn't answer him. Daniel explained that in the beginning he, like a lot of people had been taken in by the promises the man had made, but he said that one day he just woke up and everything Tim had been telling him about rumours of Arizona suddenly made sense. Derek had asked if he could have permission to look into his medical file and also permission to speak to Tim, Sloan, Altman and Avery - his intuition was telling him that something wasn't right and the soldiers held the answers.

"Mmm, well yes I could always do with assistance, but it's nothing exciting. The alarm is just telling me that the medical files I requested are in. I'm looking for…I'm not quite sure but I think we'll know it when we see it. Anything that looks weird or ties in with the time line that they seemed to realise Burke wasn't the golden boy everyone thought he was. They've roughly told me when they felt their feelings about Burke changed. I just have a feeling that something was done, considering how far they got with Arizona and the control. I think we'll find the answers in the medical records." Derek watched as Meredith quickly released him from her grasp, got up and made to the other side of his desk looking at him expectantly.

"Well come on then…Lets find out what the bastard was up to, shall we?"

From her position above, she watched as the vehicle stopped in the main square. Her brow was furrowed in intense concentration, waiting to see how many targets she had to deal with. Looking through the cross hairs of the scope as the first door opened revealing someone of no importance to her. Trying not to let the hustle and bustle of the crowded market place spoil her concentration she watched as Avery made his way out of the passenger side door. Wiping the growing grin off her face she watched the two men look around and continue in conversation with each other, she was trying to decide who was first. Hit Avery and get it over with or take the other guy first and watch the fear on Avery's face.

"Eeny, meeny, miny, Mo…shoot the traitor, and watch the blood flow…" Just before Erica had made her choice and pulled the trigger, the back passenger door opened and revealed another person.

"Two for the price of one!" Erica smiled, shaking her head. She couldn't believe her luck and quickly began to dismantle her weapon packing it away in her rucksack. Her game plan had now gone into overtime, Avery was just a punk who held no importance other than he thought he could get away with turning on her, him on the other hand he would definitely hold the information she wanted. She needed to do this up close and personal as the full effect would make for an interesting video conversation.

Callie walked into the control room to see a pair of legs sticking out from a mess of wires underneath the control panel and also Hunt who hadn't noticed her presence yet. Callie quietly snuck up behind the man who was tipped back in his seat reading a book while he had his feet up resting on the panel, as she approached the back of him she brought her lips to his ear before quickly taking a breath and releasing a loud shout before he had the chance to react.

"DEAATHHHWALKKKERS!"

Callie recoiled back holding her sides as she couldn't stop the laughter as she watched the man fall back off the chair and the legs under the table kick out in fear before revealing a petrified looking Teddy.

"Oh fuck you, very funny" Teddy pulled herself out from her tangled maze of wires.

"Oh god your faces" Callie continued to laugh as she leant against the wall for support.

"Do you want something Torres or just me in a fucking early grave?" Teddy went back to playing with the wires of her computer system.

"Yeah someones cranky…just our ETA, I thought you'd fixed Zoe? What are you doing and we're nearly at the co-ordinates, right? Callie directed her question to the other woman who was engrossed with typing codes into her device as Hunt pulled himself from the floor.

"We'll be there in less than a day, not that I want to admit it but the computer has actually gained us time…Teddy is just fixing a few bugs since you made her activate the personality, turns out Yang has been pissing with the system again, the latest fun Teddy is sorting through. Hence why I actually need to be here just in case I need to take over driving responsibilities…I was getting used to the easy life" Hunt explained.

"Yes I am enjoying your cooking, who'da thought you got all soft?" Callie giggled as Hunt scrunched his eyes at her. "What has she done? You do know Teddy, it kind of serves you right you did show her what to do…Has the little apprentice become The Master?" Callie laughed as the frazzled looking woman pulled herself from under her temporary brain fuck.

"Do you want to know what she's done…actually its better if you get the full experience for yourself?" Teddy stood up and wiped herself off. "Honestly, that woman is seriously intelligent and a major bit insane, I thought Karev's coffee incident was her bit of fun?"

"Ha, no she said that was most definitely payback not fun, for years' worth of disgusting coffee at the hands of Karev. Do I want to know what she's done this time, is it bad?" Callie asked not quite sure as she had been on the end of Cristina's insane sense of humour before and that had been a shocking experience, quite literally.

Callie couldn't even remember what the altercation was about but she most definitely remembered her friend's form of punishment. Cristina had stolen one of her battery operated 'little friends' and had messed with it so that it surged when she was in a very compromising position. She did eventually find it funny once she had got her heart rate back down to an acceptable level and when Cristina had made such a fuss about hoping it was clean when she had adjusted its frequency, Callie couldn't help but tell her that she hadn't had the chance to yet.

"Zoe, what is the current position and progress of Major Robbins and when will we reach the compound?" Teddy tried to keep her face straight as she knew what was coming.

"The McPerky Twin's Da is getting his men intae position just oot side the central belt. Gonna make their move within the next hour. The Eejit and his men av' nae managed tae get the leckie back on and av' been runnin aff the emergency generator an will yeh shut the fuck up about how lang it's gonna take us we'll get there when we get there so stop askin!"

Callie stood listening to the now very Scottish sounding female voice of the computer and looked at Teddy who just shook her head, finding Callie's expression of surprise very amusing.

"Well I blame you coz you wanted to have the damn computer sound more human and give it a name, congratulations it has a mind of its freakin' own and I can't fix it so unless you can get Yang to do it. You have your wish of a real sounding person" Teddy threw her hands up; she had been stumped and had no idea what Cristina had done.

"Everyone's in good spirits their down in the kitchen having some down time. Yang and Karev are shooting Zombies, Baileys directing them as only Bailey can. Addison is painting her nails and Sloan, Tim and Arizona are playing Poker…The two dip shit's seem to have forgotten that she can read their minds and are wondering why she's wiping the floor with them." Callie laughed when the other two occupants found it funny to. "And I kinda like the computer having a personality; at least it will keep us amused. Hunt, go join the rest. I'll give Teddy a hand sorting this chaos out and we'll join you soon."

"I think that sounds like a very good plan Cal, Yang thinks she can stay top of the leader board…I'll soon top her…I'm mean, eh! Oh shut up!" Hunt got all flustered when both Teddy and Callie minds obviously went there and giggled like a couple of dirty minded school children. Once the man shuffled quickly from the room, Callie picked up a wire and held it in-front of the other woman.

"Oh, all high and mighty Altman, creator and tinkerer of all things gigawatts and microchips…where oh where does the blue wire go?" Callie mocked her new friend.

"Ha! Anymore of that and I'll shove it somewhere unpleasant!" Teddy laughed and took the wire from Callie, handed her a screwdriver and directed her to what needed to be done as the two women worked in tandem.

"Kepner, I'm sending you co-ordinates I want to know where, what and how long it will take me to get a team there?" Hahn spoke coldly to the analyst. "Also patch me through to Burke, I'm having no luck all I'm getting is static."

"Sorry Ma'am, I can't contact Burke at the moment. The Resistance have started fighting with Alliance soldiers just outside the central belt, at least 6 positions around the outskirts and are making their push trying to break into the city; they have taken out all of our communication towers. It's taking us a little bit of time to get through to headquarters, but we are working on it. As for your co-ordinates, that would put you at the site of the very first camp. It disappeared and everyone in it years ago Ma'am. I can't give you many soldiers but Burkes last orders where to give you as much resources as possible, I have a squad of 10 combat officers on base at the moment and a transporter helicopter so I shall send them to you…Weather reports are shining brightly on you as the storms are calm so they can pick you up within the hour, it will take you 2 hours but there is an Alliance base 3 hours out from the co-ordinates you have given me, you'll have to drive the rest of the way as the helicopter won't fly that far into the Deadlands because of the storms." Kepner waited to hear if she had at least pleased the woman.

"Make it happen, Kepner. I don't need you anymore!" April furrowed her brow in confusion before she recoiled in shock when the sound of someone pleading and then the noise from two bullets filled her headset.

"What, what was…oh my!"

"Kepner, I need a video link from my device to this system now, I've sent you the signal." Hahn stated without a flicker of emotion in her voice.

April quickly got the link to Hahn's device up and running. When the picture settled she saw behind the now pacing Hahn, a severely beaten man on his knees and the bloodied executed body of a soldier slumped over, blood pooled on the floor as the blood continued to drip from the wound in the man's head. April felt sick as she continued to try and get the given signal to work.

Just as Callie and Teddy had finished, Zoe came to life.

"Torres, there's an incoming call from an unknown device, do you want to answer it or dingy it?" the computer queried.

"Patch it through Zoe." As Teddy continued to tidy things away Callie took a seat and waited for the screen to settle. Her eyes widened when she saw the face fill the screen. She had actually growled which had caused Teddy to stop what she was doing and turn to face the monster on the screen.

"Callie, Callie. I've been looking for you; I told you were mine now." Erica hissed out.

"How the fuck did you get this signal?" Callie tried to calmly speak back.

"Well two reasons, I'm afraid it is amazing what will be said when a life's on the line. What would you like to know first the good news or the bad news?"

"Why does everyone always say that? You're going to give me them both anyway, why does the order matter?" Callie tried to show that Hahn wasn't bothering her. After a slight pause looking at the smirking woman Callie answered. "All right then, the bad."

"I was so hoping you would, everyone always wants the bad first…hoping the good out-weighs the bad. I know where you're heading and I'm coming after you Callie. You didn't know that Avery had a tracking chip in him did you. All of the newer soldiers got them, oh for your peace of mind he didn't know he was leading me to you, though he does like to switch teams, which has been taken care of. I'm going to make you watch as I kill everyone of you friends in front of you like you watched your blonde die, my only regret is that I never choked the life out of her myself."

"Oh that's the bad news; I thought that was the good news means I get to kill you myself. Threatening my family, you'll wish you never did that." Callie was trying to keep her anger held tight in her chest she didn't want to give Hahn the satisfaction.

"Oh and on to my good news, I'm going to show you how much you mean to me and show a little compassion!" Hahn moved herself from in-front of the screen to reveal her prisoner as Callie's breath caught in her throat as she nearly choked on nothing. "I'm gonna let you say goodbye and this is the good news for you, IT WILL BE QUICK!"

"No, He's done nothing don't…" Callie watched as the bloodied and swollen man looked straight into her eyes.

"Callie tell Bailey I loved you two as I would my own children, we will meet again my darling. Be strong." Richard continued to look straight into the eyes of his daughter showing her he had no fear, as the gun was cocked and pointed at his temple.

"I love you too old man." Callie whispered as she closed her eyes tightly as she heard the shot ring out, then the thud as the body hit the ground. She was brought back when she heard the voice cockily continue.

"I'll see you soon, sweet cheeks." Hahn signed off leaving the screen showing nothing more than static.

The sound of her laughter was the last thing Callie heard as she hit the ground, Webber's face imprinted in the forefront of her brain. Teddy rushed to her side to try and help the crumpled broken woman up. Giving up Teddy decided just to let Callie cry into her shoulder, the only thing she knew what to do was ask Zoe to request Arizona join them in the control room.