It's No Sacrifice Chapter 6
Pairing: Callie/Arizona
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Arizona is kidnapped and Callie is dealing with the aftermath
A/. I really didn't like writing that about Arizona, I know some of you must be hating me right now. To make up I posted this one as soon as I could. It's a lot shorter and it really doesn't explain anything, but it does show how much Arizona means to Callie (I think anyway) and since I really don't like Mark right now (on tv) I decided to write something that would make me like him again :P
A/N 2 All mistakes are mine. I wrote this pretty quick, sorry if there are any big mistakes with grammar.
A/N 3 I'm not a doctor, so apologies if you happen to be one cause I totally made the procedures up lol
All GA characters belong to Shonda Rhimes, no infringement is intended.
would love to know what you think! so any opinions or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Chapter Six
It was a particularly bright and sunny Sunday morning in Seattle. A cool breeze was making its way through the busy city foreshadowing the cold and bitter winter that was to come. Children were laughing and playing in the parks, their parents keeping a watchful eye on them as they chatted amongst themselves. Couples could be seen strolling along, hand in hand, like they hadn't a care in the world.
In the midst of all this tranquility, a pretty young woman in blue scrubs carrying several paper bags filled with take out food quickly made her way down the unusually quiet streets.
Lexie sighed in relief as she saw Seattle Graces' front doors. She had gone to Mark and Callies' favorite restaurant and had gotten almost everything on the breakfast menu. She made her way into the building and headed straight for the elevators. Juggling the bags she was holding in both hands, she clumsily pushed the elevator button, trying her best not to drop anything. As the doors opened, one of the greasy bags ripped, spilling its contents onto the young doctors' new sneakers. She quietly cursed and looked apologetically at the stern-faced janitor who was mopping the floor a few feet away. Lexie, now blushing profusely, made her way into the small space and pressed the third floor button. A few seconds later she walked out and proceeded to hastily make her way to the nearest waiting area. As she turned the corner, she bumped into one of the new attendings', Doctor Mendel, almost dropping one of the bags and gaining an eye-roll from the older woman.
"Sorry" she apologized over her shoulder, not slowing down for a second.
She opened the doors to the waiting area and was taken aback by the obvious contrast between the beautiful, sunny day outside and the dark, tension-filled room she had just entered.
"Here guys, I brought you something to eat" She said as she deposited the bags of food on one of the small tables.
"No, thanks, I'm not hungry", "None for me, thanks", "Not hungry", and "No, thank you" were the dry, collective replies to her offering.
"Of course" she muttered as she sighed heavily, taking a seat next to Colonel Daniel Robbins who was currently holding his wives' right hand in his own, absent mindedly making small circles with his thumb over the womans' pale skin. He used his other hand to pinch the bridge of his nose as if trying to ward off a bad headache. His wife was resting her head on his shoulder, clearly spent from all the crying she had been doing since she had gotten to the hospital.
Next to her, Callie who was still wearing the scrubs from the day before, sat hunched over. She had her hands clasped tightly together in between her legs and was at the moment staring off into space, completely immersed in her own little world.
Sitting to her left was Teddy. Her head resting on the wall behind her, eyes closed. The only sign she wasn't asleep was her incessantly bouncy left leg, a nervous habit she had acquired from an early age.
Mark was leaning against the wall opposite them; arms crossed staring intently at his best friend. Eva was pacing back and forth a few feet away, tears silently sliding down her face.
The tension in the room was almost palpable and after a few minutes, Callie couldn't take it any more.
"This is stupid, I'm going in" She blurted out as she stood up from her seat.
Arizona had been in surgery for hours now. One of her broken ribs had punctured her lung and she had to be taken into surgery immediately. They hadn't received any news on her condition since and the worry and suspense were slowly killing the raven haired woman.
As soon as she felt her friend stand, Teddy had opened her eyes and quickly grabbed a hold of the younger surgeons' hand.
"Whoa, Callie, wait. You know how this works. They'll come here and inform us on her condition as soon as they finish operating. Shepherd, Hunt-all of them, they're the best at what they do. You know that and you have to trust that they'll take care of her" Teddy tried to calm the ortho surgeon, affectionately squeezing the younger womans' hand still in her own.
The raven haired woman shook her head "Something's not right, they're taking too long" An increasingly worried and frustrated Callie said as she pulled out of the blonde womans' grasp and made her way out the doors. Mark immediately pushed himself off the wall and followed her out.
Callie let out an exasperated sigh as soon as she saw her friend leave the waiting area "Mark, if you're thinking about stopping-"
"I'm not going to try and stop you, I'm going in with you" He interrupted, as he finally caught up to her. A surprised Callie turned to look at the plastic surgeon and saw in his eyes how worried he really was for Arizona. All she could do was nod; words were not enough to express the love and gratitude she felt at that moment for the man walking next to her. He simply nodded back and gave her a small smile as they made their way to the O.R.
As soon as Callie entered the room her heart tightened painfully. She immediately heard the heart monitor, which was attached to the beautiful blondes' chest. It was flatlining, Arizonas' heart had gone into arrest. She could also hear a frantic Owen barking orders at Cristina who was charging the defibrillator. Avery had the paddles in his hand and he quickly placed them over her chest.
"Clear" he called as he sent a shock through the blondes' body.
"Arizona!" Callie yelled as she scrubbed in at lightning speed and made her way into the operating area, Mark right beside her.
"Dr. Torres, Dr. Sloan I need for the both of you to leave this room" Derek ordered as he glared at Mark
Callie wasn't even listening. She made her way straight to Arizona.
"How long has she been flatlining?" She asked adamantly, taking a deep breath to calm the fear building up inside her. Without a word she replaced Meredith and started doing compressions on Arizonas' chest.
"Come on Ari" She whispered, looking intently at the blondes' pale and lifeless face.
The doctors and nurses all traded nervous glances, not knowing how to break the news to the young attending.
"She's been out for almost six minutes" Alex quietly stated.
"What? Oh god" Callie cried out, continuing with the compressions.
"That's enough Callie" Derek approached the doctor carefully and rested a gentle hand on her shoulder.
"No...She's strong. She'll make it!" Callie assured the Chief as tears started streaming down her face. "I need 10 cc's of vasopressin" She ordered. When she didn't get a response she looked up angrily, most of the doctors and nurses looked away, some of them crying, others in shock. They had all known the once vivacious and perky peds surgeon. They had liked and respected her; some of them had even been close friends with the blonde. But, they were all convinced that there was nothing more to be done for the young woman lying lifeless on the table.
Meredith stared at the attending trying to revive the limp body under her. Her eyes started to water and she quickly made up her mind. She grabbed a syringe from the tray next to the table and filled it with the required amount of liquid.
"Meredith…" Derek warned his wife, shaking his head.
"There is still time…she can still make it" She simply stated. Callie looked up at the young resident with a grateful look.
"Thank you" She softly said as hot tears streamed down her face.
Without hesitating, Meredith quickly injected the clear liquid into the peds' surgeons arm. Meanwhile Mark had taken over the chest compressions as Callie carefully lifted Arizonas' chin, tilting her head up trying to open her airway. She then proceeded to breath into her mouth.
"Arizona, wake up, wake up, please" She softly whispered, a desperate tone tingeing her words. She placed her mouth over the other womans' lips again and tried to breathe life back into her.
Her friends' painful cries snapped Cristina out of her daze and she quickly turned on the defibrillator, Karev made his way over to Jackson who was rooted to the spot, still holding the paddles tightly in his hands. Alex took them from the young intern and lightly shoved him out of the way.
"Charge to 300". He directed his order at Cristina. Then he placed the paddles over his mentors' chest. Arizonas' upper body rose from the operating table with the force of the shock but she was still unresponsive.
Neither Mark nor Callie wasted any time. Mark continued with the compressions as Callie alternated between breathing into Arizonas' mouth and placing gentle kisses on her face, softly pleading for her to wake up.
"Arizona, you can't leave me. Please just come back" Callie whispered to her former lover. Their foreheads were resting together, their noses lightly touching. Callie nuzzled the blondes' nose with her own before she backed up and breathed into her again.
After a few seconds she looked up, the room had gone completely quiet, save for the infernal heart monitor that was still flatlining and Marks labored breathing as he continued to try and revive the young attendings' heart.
All eyes were on her, they were waiting for her to say goodbye. She couldn't bring herself to even think about letting Arizona go. She had made her decision.
"Get me 20 cc's of Cordarone and charge to 400" She ordered as she stood up straight and impatiently waited for Meredith who was preparing the injection. Once finished, the attending took the syringe from the residents hand and quickly found a vein, inserting the syringe into Arizonas' arm. Cristina had finished charging the machine and Alex stood, waiting for Mark to step away from the body.
"please,please,please…" Callie quietly prayed as Alex placed the paddles over the blondes' chest for the last time. Callie felt a warm hand gently taking a hold of hers. Mark was looking at Arizona, tears making their way down his usually impassive face. He tightly squeezed his friends hand in anticipation of what was to come.
"Clear" Karev uttered as he sent an electric shock through the beautiful lifeless body under him.
Callie looked up at the monitor, seconds that felt like years torturously passed by. And just when she was sure her heart was going to break into a million pieces, a small beep filled the silent room with hope.
Everyone in the O.R. held their breath, all eyes on the heart monitor. The small beep was followed closely by another one, then another one. One after the other the beeping sounds started to fill the room. Callie had never heard anything so wonderful in her life. She made her way over to Arizona, a wide smile on her face. She bent down and lightly held the other womans' face in her hands, tenderly caressing her temples as she sweetly and lovingly kissed the beautiful woman on her nose, her cheeks, her chin, the corner of her mouth and anywhere else her lips happened to land on. "Thankyou,thankyou,thankyou…" she whispered in between kisses, a hearty laugh escaping her throat as tears of happiness made their way unabashed down her face.