Meredith rushed to her husband's best friend's side. She ripped open his shirt to find blood clotting in his chest. She called over Christina who was too shocked to do anything. Snapping out she went to the man who she had started considering a friend in the last few years. "I think he is having a cardiac temponade" she said out of the blue.
"How sure are you?" asked Meredith recognizing the puzzled expression on her face.
"About 80% no 70..70%". she replied.
"That's not quite sure, we cant treat him without knowing what is exactly wrong Christina. So I need to know are you absolutely sure?" Meredith asked her 'person'.
"You think I don't know that I can be perfectly sure with an X-ray and an MRI but seeing as we don't have those a temponade is our only bet" she said frustrated."Find something like a tube to drain the blood from his chest and an oxygen mask, please we don't have time" she pleaded
Meredith rushed to the plane and found a first aid kit with what they needed and ran back to the injured Mark. Christina treated him the best way she could for a person in the middle of the forest.
What both of them did not notice was Lexie who was despite herself with grief watching the man she loved more than herself in such pain. But she completely trusted her former resident from her intern days to treat him as well as she herself would. She cried for all the times she avoided his advances,for all the days they spent avoiding each other for stupid reasons, for letting him go, for letting him be with that Julia who did not deserve him and all other mistakes which could have easily been overlooked for this man.
Derek saw the pain in Lexie's eyes and remembered how it was to be in that spot and the number of times he had been there. When Meredith had nearly drowned he could not bear to see her lifeless yet beautiful form, when the bomb was in the hospital he had no idea at all whether she was alive because of his promise to Tucker and his then wife Miranda. If he had the choice he would do anything to never be in that place ever again in his life. Thinking of Lexie in pain made him think of his beautiful daughter Zola and prayed with all his might that she never have to experience any sort of pain in her life especially the pain he felt as he saw his father's lifeless form. In that moment he realized that they had to survive. There were people who loved them back at home and they could not loose hope and must hope for the best.
Lexie absentmindedly scanned the scene and saw her brother in law. He seemed to be in the same if not worse condition as she was. Then she remembered that he had been Mark's best friend for over two decades by now. She tried to imagine being in his place and understood how much grief he was in and felt selfish for only thinking about her pain and not everyone else's. Then she paid more attention to everyone around her and noticed that everyone must be remembering all the dirty jokes Mark had said at some point in the past.
Derek locked eyes with Lexie and in that minute they understood that they shared each other's grief and they would get through this hopefully with Mark.
Back in Seattle Owen Hunt was wondering why none of his doctor's especially his wife had not called him after reaching as their flight was scheduled to reach Boise over 3 hours ago. But then he got pulled into an emergency surgery and soon his patient was the only thing on his mind.
As Owen was scrubbing out of the surgery a nurse came in and said "Chief Hunt there was a call from the hospital in Boise it seems our doctor's have not reached" Then all of a sudden all the possibilities washed over him what if the plane was hijacked or crashed and if so were any of them even alive! He took a few deep breaths to calm himself down and went to the one person he knew who could help him now.
"Richard, the flight with Shepherd, Sloan, Robbins, both the Greys and Ch..Christina" he needed all the courage in him to say the last word but still he had to let Richard know " it never reached the hospital. I don't know what to do now. How do I find out what is going on?"
Richard Webber who was once the chief himself realized how Hunt must be feeling in a situation like this. "Well try contacting them first if you can't reach them contact flight dispatch if even dispatch can't find them they will send out a team to scan the route of the flight to find them." he said hoping that dispatch could find them.
Even though he seemed like a tough person he was worried about everyone on that flight equally. Derek and Mark were old students and good friends of his. Robbins was a very odd yet fun person to be around. Yang and Little Grey were residents who still continued to surprise him at every given oppurtunity. Meredith was another story on her own. He had made a promise to take care of her to Ellis Grey, Meredith's deceased mother. He had come to love her like a daughter and still regretted not doing anything to help her have an enjoyable childhood. If anything happened to her he would be completely crushed and her memory would haunt him for the rest of his life.
By the time his mind came back to the real world Owen was already gone to probably make calls he figured. He decided to join him as he could not stand not knowing whats happening and most importantly to be there for Owen at a time like this.
When Richard reached the Chief's office Owen was having an argument with someone over the phone.
"What do you mean you can't trace the flight? You better listen to me, my wife, her best friend and her sister along with 3 world class surgeons are missing. You better start doing a manual search and call me as soon as you find anything got it!" he shouted into the reciever as he sunk into a chair thinking about the people he loved and come to respect in the past few years.
"Hunt you can't loose hope. I think it's better if you let people like Torres, Karev and don't forget Bailey or she will have your head know before making an official announcement to avoid false rumors. You know how they will react if somebody else told them more than I do."
"I know but can you let them and the others know I just... I can't do it please" Owen said looking like he was close to breaking down.
"Ok you take all the time you need, page me if you need anything even if it's just to talk ok" he replied patting the younger man's shoulder.
"Thank you Richard you have no idea how much.." but before he could thank Richard properly he left with a knowing smile acknowledging the thanks on his way out to give some very bad news.
Miranda Bailey, Callie Torres and Alex Karev received 911 pages from Richard Webber and they all gathered in a conference room. The 3 doctors were discussing their surgeries from the day oblivious of the soon depressing news they were all about to hear about their loved ones.
Soon the former chief Richard Webber walked in and stood at the head of the table and began to talk, "You all must be aware that 6 doctors from this hospital including Mark Sloan, Arizona Robbins" he looked at Callie "Derek Shepherd, Christina Yang, Meredith and Lexie Grey" he looked at the other two surgeons and continued "took a flight to Boise to operate on conjoined twins. Chief Hunt has received information that... the said flight has not reached its destination. Dispatch was alerted of the situation and they were not able to contact the pilot or trace the flight. Manual search has now begun to find the plane and its passengers"
The intensity of these words began to sink into the listeners mind. It was too much for all of them to take in. The first to crack was Callie who started crying closely followed by Miranda. Alex seemed to be in too much shock to even move he was still staring at the place where Richard's head was when he told them the news.
Each person in that room was desperately hoping that everyone on that stupid plane was alright. They could not even think of the possibility of losing any of them. Though they have had grudges in the past nobody wanted anybody dead. After all, all of them were in the profession of saving lives and have taught each other how to excel in their own fields despite their personal differences. These people only had each other to lean on. They knew the possible risks and outcomes of such an accident and all were hoping that it was truly the perfect accident.
A/N I would just like to thank meder4evs for the review. And hope there are more coming up because the 4th chapter will be here soon! :)