AN: This chapter will be long but is also super important! I hope you guys keep reading and reviewing!"
Chapter 7
Callie's POV
It is almost seven. Callie just gets off work and meets Mark in the attendings lounge. "Hey, you look exhausted!" Callie says to Mark from across the room. " Well you remember how tired Hunt was right?" Callie nods. "Well I gave him some time to sleep while I took care of his work. Ill just tell you, it was not easy!" "Well that does not sound fun. But do you know what does?" Callie says with a playful smirk. "What?" Mark says in a tired voice. "After we pick up Arizona we go to that new burger place and you bring Lexie." "Yah that sounds great! I could totally go for a burger." "You look like you could." Callie adds laughing.
They both look in their cubbies for the clothes they brought to change into. "Damn it!" "What?" Mark asks curiously. "I forgot to bring Arizona cloth to change into. She won't want to wear scrubs out and I told her not to bring an outfit for today because I would bring it for her. It was supposed to be helpful of me and I just messed this all up!" Callie is talking fast, how she always talks when she is stressing out over something important to her. "Slow down Cal, that's ok we can run home and get her cloth and she can just come here on the bugs like all of the other doctors. It works out." "Yah I guess."
They head home and Callie grabs clothe for her in record speed. She grabs a pair of dark jeans and a pink ruffle top that fits her wife perfectly. She also grabs a pair of pink flats thinking Arizona wont want to go out to eat in Heelies. She meets Mark at the car and they start driving back. It is silent at first, both of them deep in thought about someone special to them.
Mark breaks the silence. "I hope Lexie still feels the same way about me as she did before. What if she doesn't?" He sounds like he is getting cold feet about his plan for tonight. "Of course she still loves you! When you tell her it will make her day, no her year! You and Little Grey were made for each other, just like Arizona and I." "Yah your right, Thanks Cal." "I always am." They both laugh as they pull into the parking lot of the hospital.
Callie looks at her phone. "Its 7:38 they must get back at eight because I don't see the bus yet." "Ok lets go see what Hunt is up to then, we can see if he needs anymore help." "Ok but remember we need to get Soph from daycare by eight." They both get out of the car and walk in. "I hope Hunt is taking it easier then he was before. Maybe the nap he had has helped." " Yah, I hope so, he does so much around this place." When they turn the corner they see two police officers outside of Owens office. Mark leans over and whispers in Callie's ear. "Well I wouldn't hold my breath on that no stressed thing if I were you. I think it's a definite."
Mark and Callie pass the officers at the door. "Everything all right, Chief?" He looks up nervously and waves them in. "Mark, Callie, I was just about to call you, come in and sit down." They both stair over at each other, scared looks taking over their features. They sit next to each other in the soft green chairs in front of Owens desk. This is really hard for me to say and I, ah, we don't know the whole story but -. Right as Owen is about to break offal new April bursts threw the door out of breath. "What, ah, where are they! Do you know anymore?" Callie and Mark have no idea what she just said but can see that it is big news. "What! English Kepner!" Callie says to her. Owen has his head in his hands. "I got a call from Hunt, he said the plane never got to Boise Memorial!"
Callie is to her feet in an instant. "What do you mean the plane never got there?!" She said in a loud almost yelling voice to both April and Owen. Owen looks panicked again. That's what I was trying to tell you before. I got messages from Boise Memorial that I just opened about ten minutes ago. It informed me that the plane never arrived last night or today." He looks strained as he delivers the news. 'We have reason to believe that the plane could have gone down unexpectedly." Callie 's heart bursts with so many emotions, sad, scared, confused and more." So like, they crashed? Is that what your telling me?" Callie says it with tears streaming down her face. Then Mark recognized a new emotion flash over her chocolate brown eyes, it was anger mixed rage. "So they have been out there overnight! How could you not know?" Callie screams at Owen, she starts to make her way toward him. Mark follows after her; scared she may throw a punch his way. "Callie comes here. Lets just figure this out." He tries to use a soothing voice but it starts to get louder as his best friend gets closer to her boss. When Owen is nearly cornered Mark finally needs to step in. He puts his arms around her shoulders and pulls her backward toward the chairs they had occupied earlier.
Callie struggles to escape his strong grasp feeling like she needs more answers. "Stop it Mark! Owen do you even know where they are, if they are alive!? Owen looks like he may throw up form the look Callie is giving him. He is almost positive Callie will burst from Marks arms and break his nose. "You know as much as I know right now. But I sent people out looking the second I knew." Callie looks at him like he is something stuck to the bottom of her shoe. "Yah! The second you knew! That was almost a day late! They could be dead you son of a -. Mark throws his hand over her mouth. "Ok, ok Cal, lets go for a walk!" Mark forcefully drags Callie out of the room.
The second they are out of Hunts office Callie falls into Marks arms sobbing. Mark, nearly carrying her by this point brings her into the nearest room. It turns out to be an exam room. Callie tries to say something but she can not catch her breath threw hitched cries. Mark knows he needs to calm her down because she is on the verge of hyperventilating. He pushes her over to the exam table and lifts her onto it. "Come on Cal, you have got to take a deep breath for me." She tries to but is having trouble. After a few filed attempts she breathes deeply. "What if she's dead?" Callie begins to cry into her hands, softer this time. "No Cal, no she will be fine, do you hear me, she will be fine!" Callie nods not making eye contact.
"Do you want to go see what the police have to say? I bet they can ask their people out there how the search is going." Callie just nods again. Mark helps her off of the table and they walk hand in hand into the hallway. Right before they get to the police a voice calls from behind them.
Hey, I heard what happened from April. So I stopped by daycare, I figured everyone would be distracted." They both spin around to see Alex holding Sophia in one arm and Zola in the other. "Oh wow, thanks, you're a life savor!" Mark breaths out with relief. He reach's over to take Sophia from Alex then grabs Callie's hand again. Alex still looks casual even in an emergence. "No prob! So did you find anything else out?" "No but we are going to talk to the police now."
Mark walks over to a police officer who looks to be in charge and tries to get his attention. "Hey I am a family member of one well maybe two of the, hey, excurse me, I'm trying to-. A cop, young with strawberry blond hair and glasses stops him and pulls him aside. "I'm Jeff. Sorry about him, he is like that with everyone. Here lets go talk." Mark grabs Callie who has fallen into a daze and pulls her behind him as he follows Jeff. They enter a small conference room to the left of Hunts office. Alex follows not wanting to miss out on anything important.
They all take a seat, Mark and Callie on one side and Jeff and Alex on the other, baby's quietly sitting on the men's laps. Jeff places a map, red marker and a walkie talkie on the table." I am guessing you are all doctors, so you must be really smart. I know this plane must have been filled with friends and loved one so I will keep you updated. Let me fill you in." Alex and Marks eyes meet. "So let me start off by saying we are having trouble finding any sort of clue or lead. I have a walkie talkie so I can hear everything that the officers and search team say. I was just told that they only have one route to check on their list. That's from here to Boise. We have two helicopters looking right now. One is heading away for here and one is on its way here. We are using the method of retracing steps right now.
Every ten minutes 'clear' comes over the walkie talkie. After a while the walkie talkie says ' both copter A and B's routes are clear, coming back." Callie nearly chocks at the thought of them just giving up. "No they can't come back! They didn't find them!" "Callie's right they need to keep searching!" Mark says. "Where? Are men don't have anymore ideas."
Alex sees the panicked look on all of their faces and decides he needs to help. "Well lets see, instead of blaming the crash on, I don't know running out of gas like you did which would leave them on the same path we could try to factor in something different. Lets say they had a malfunction of one of the wing propellers. That could keep them in the air for a little while but would leave them going off to one side. I am guessing that they were about twenty minutes into the flight because I had tried to call Arizona non stop and every time I called her in that time period it rang once or twice then she would hang up on me, after that it started ringing for a while till I got voicemail. That could either mean that her phone broke or that they are in a place with little to no signal, maybe somewhere dense with trees?"
By this time Jeff has already run out into the hallway to get his chief. Then he returns with the stern looking man they had met earlier. "Show him where you want him to send the boys." Alex looks a little nervous but tries to cover it. "Ah, I was thinking here. Right in these woods." The police chief cocks his head. "So what makes you think they are there?" Alex was not expecting that question. "Ah, well I am just taking a guess based on-. "Yah that's what I thought. Now if you will excuse me I have real work to do." The angry man stomps away from them. Just as all of the hope is being drained for the room Mark speaks. "I have a plan, is everyone up for it?"
AN: So I hope nobody minds but this is another chapter back with the group that was not on the plane. It will probably be pretty long so get ready to read. I would love to hear if you enjoy how I'm writing it or not. What do you think about Alex's roll in this?"