AN: So in this chapter a few things are switched. First off instead of Cristina having a dislocated shoulder she has a bad cut on her head. That allowed me to use her in a few sense she would have not been able to do with her prior injury. Also Arizona and the pilot are a little closer then they were on the show. That's all I'm going spill for right now!
Chapter 4
Arizona's POV:
It is getting gradually darker. We were all hoping to be rescued before dark and with every passing hour hope is being lost. We are all making our way to the same area. I am not in that area just yet because I cannot move very well with my broken femur and am feeling a tiny bit dizzy. I was informed that we lost Lexie. It breaks my heart to hear that because I know Mark loves her. He was never able to tell her that but I was sure he would do it soon. I hate to think that he will never get the chance. Other then Lexie we are all alive, for now. Now is the time that we need to work to stay that way.
Cristina and Jackson walk up to me. "We are all going to huddle over there by a fire, there are also extra clothes we can put on to stay warm." Says Cristina. "Are you able to stand and walk? It looks like you have a pretty bad open femur fracture." Says Jackson. Getting a little nervous Arizona says "I don't know. I have not tried." "That's ok, we are going to help you, just go slow." Arizona thinks to herself to tell Mark about Avery's amazing bedside manner then yells at herself for thinking of such foolishness at a time like this.
Arizona bends her right leg while Cristina grabs one of her arms and Jackson grabs the other. Jackson speaks in a steady and in control voice. "On the count of three we will stand you up, ok? It will be painful, but once we have you up we will be able to get you to the others and get your leg cleaned up." Arizona nods.
She remembers a patent of Callie and hers from a while back. It was a little girl, maybe nine years old who had been in a horrible car wreck. A tuck had hit her family car, killing both of her parents and her little brother. Callie had warned Arizona that the little girl would be in a lot of pain even after she had operated and fixed the leg. Arizona shakes the thought of Callie out of her mind so she can focus on the task at hand, surviving.
"Ok." She says prepared to put on a brave face. Cristina starts counting. "one…two…three!" On three both Cristina and Jackson pull Arizona to a standing position on her unhurt leg. Immediately she feels that something in wrong. At an attempt to warn both of the people helping her Arizona lets out a slurred sentence. "I-I don't fell s-so good." Feeling shaky and dizzy, the leg Arizona is balancing on buckles almost sending her falling to the ground if it were not for the two arms holding her up. Arizona starts to slip out of consciousness. Now Cristina and Jackson are holding Arizona's dead weight.
"Mer! We need help!" Cristina grunts out. Meredith comes as fast as her injury's will allow her. "What happened? Is she ok?" Mer is still struggling to get to them threw the plane wreckage that covers the ground. "Does she look ok to you?" Cristina asks harshly. Jackson tries to explain as fast as possible. "She lost consciousness she has an open femur fracture. Grab this arm and so I can lift her." Meredith takes hold of the arm Jackson had been holding. The two girls struggle to support her lifeless body in this position, legs hanging, arms limp.
Jackson decides to go around to Cristina's side, which was facing Arizona's right leg so he would not injure her left any further. He lowly and carefully lifts her from Cristina and Meredith's arms. "Cristina, grab Arizona's hurt leg and hold it without letting it move." He says, the weight of another human being in his arms not seeming to affect him in the least." As they move Cristina does as she was told and firmly holds the broken leg as they work their way the short distance to the place Derek was sitting, trying to make a fire. Jackson carefully puts her down and starts to assess injuries. "We need to get the metal out of Mer's leg, get the bleeding in Derek's hand to stop, splint Arizona's leg and cover the gash on Cristina's forehead." As he says their names he points to them.
Waking up to screens again she sees Meredith putting a safety pin threw a cut on Derek's arm. Looking around she notices she is not where she was before, but she cannot remember how she got there. Sitting to her left is a man she does not know. He looks over at her and sees she is awake. "Hey, you're waking up! Its ok, I'm Jerry, the pilot. You must be Arizona." Arizona nods her head. Jerry notices the confused and panicked look on her face. "I saw that guy over there carry you over, it looked like you were passed out. Are you ok?" "Ah, I think so. I might have passed out because of my leg."
Arizona looks around. She sees that she is sitting up, propped up by a broken tree, probably one they hit in their crash landing. Jerry is leaning on the same one. There is a small fire going in front of them and the sky above has become dark. "How long was I out?" She asks confused at how it had gotten so dark in such a short time. "I'm not sure, maybe an hour or two? I'm guessing its about nine o'clock." Arizona is shocked. "Wow that's a lot longer then I had thought! I also hit my head in the crash, that could have played a role in my loss of consciousness." Before Jerry has a chance to respond Jackson stands up to make an announcement. "Everyone, I know it's getting late and we are all getting tired but none of us can sleep. If we sleep we could die and I will not lose another one of us today. Do you hear me?" They all nod their heads.
It is easy for Arizona to stay awake for the first few hours but as time moves on she stars to dose. Jerry looks over to see how she is doing. Seeing her head resting on her chest with her eyes closed he knows he has to do something to keep her awake. "Arizona! No! Don't go to sleep!" "Sorry Jerry I'm trying!" He comes up with a plan knowing he will not let this beautiful young lady die, he could see such kindness and love in her eyes and knew there were people out there that were missing her.
"Just keep talking to me, it will keep both of use awake. Are you married? Do you have children?" He shot the questions at her fast so that she would not have a chance to fall asleep again. "I am married to the most beautiful woman in the world, Calliope Torres and we have a perfect baby girl named Sophia." Talking about them made her heart soar but it also made her think about how much she missed them. Jerry kept her up the entire night with questions about her family. She was determined to stay awake for them
AN: So I hope you all enjoyed my last chapter! I know it must be kind of sad living threw the plane crash again but it will be over soon, I hope I have not figured it all out yet. I would love to know what you think about this chapter though. Did you like that I changed some of the events? Just wondering! Ill try to post as much as possible!
