Pulling into the car park of their favourite Chinese restaurant in the heart of Seattle, the Robbins-Torres family could see some of their guests settling down at the large circular table overlooking the river and large highway.
Stepping into the restaurant Sofia made herself comfortable on the table next to Zola and Tuck, around them were varying scattered adults many of who she had know her entire life.
"Aunt Mer, guess what?" The little version of Callie said leaning across the table.
"I know a really really big secret, but I can't tell you" Sofia ginned widely.
"Please tell me Sof, I won't tell anyone" Meredith suggested leaning her pinky across the table.
Seeing this exchange from the other side of the table, Callie stood up.
"Guys, I just want to say know nice this is, having us all here to see Addison, and to enjoy company outside of work,and when we can celebrate, forgetting for a while that we are all groundbreaking surgeons and just taking time to spend with our family"
Silence spread around the table, many slightly taken aback by Callie's announcement, she wasn't one to get sentimental.
"Cal, what's going on really, you're not here to tell us you're leaving or that you've been nominated for the Harper Avery are you?" Amelia Shepard said as she lifted her nephew up in the air.
Before Callie could reply, a bang shook the table, all turning to look to the road, a car had collided with another car, in the middle of the cross roads.
Screeching of breaks lead to cars titling to angles left and right of the junction, however there was one vehicle heading down the road that couldn't slow down.
All the adults had left the restaurant, leaving their children in the capable hands of the restaurants owners. Bang, once again a horrendous noise sent shockwaves around the block, a fire engine collided into the already crashed cars, tilting forwards and dropping back downwards.
Checking who was around everyone began to disperse into the crash sight.
Callie did a quick roll-call in her head
ORTHO
GENERAL (Bailey/Mer)
TRAUMA (Owen)
NEURO (Amelia)
PEADS and OBGYN (Zo/Addy)
CARDIO (Ben)
None of them would be performing any sort of surgery unless conditions were life threatening yet it was good to know that pretty much had all the bases covered.
"we need to triage guys" Owen shouted from the middle of the wreckage. Let's set up what we can, walking wounded to the curb on the right, by the restaurant, tell them they're greens, the EMT's will understand, we need someone over there for basic treatment, head and neck checks, the standard stuff.
"I'm on it." Arizona shouted as she walked to the roadside, normally she'd be the the first one trying to save lives by digging people out of wreckage. But she now had to prioritise her baby.
15minutes passed, Arizona had three patients at her make shift triage centre, on the side of the road, she had chairs and a basic first aid kit luckily for her and the patients their injuries were minor, a two head lacs and possible concussion.
This concerned her, only three patients, only three had so far been able to make their way to the opposite side of the road. As the EMT's arrived she gave a detailed handover, giving estimated BP's, GCS scores and pulse rates, she headed over to the middle of the road.
Her friends, her family were split up. Callie, Owen,Mer and Amelia were located around the fire engine, from what she could see it was not full, only two patients, the driver and a passenger. Both laying on the floor, bloodied, and injured, Arizona turned to the two cars.
Ben, B, Addison were rushed off their feet, 6 patients to deal with all with varying needs.
It became clear to Arizona that the two patients Addison was dealing with were children,who she was trying to shelter from the traumatic experiences going on around them. She rushed over to help.
"Fill me in Addy"
"Arizona, go away, we've got it" said her concerned friend.
"I may be pregnant, hell I've only got one leg, but I can help, now Dr Montgomery what do you need me to do"
Sighing at her friends stubbornness, she nodded to the small boy.
"Evident full arm fracture, can't assess nerve damage due to his pain, in and out of consciousness, until Callie's here do what you can to stabilise that arm, we need to avoid infection"
Arizona was well aware of the need to reduce the risk of infection if this young boy wanted to keep his limb Arizona needed to do everything she could think off.
Tying his arm into a sling above his head to ensure blood flow continued, Arizona removed her scarf, wrapping this around the broken skin was all she could do in an attempt to reduce debris and dirt entering the wound.
"Ads, he needs to get in ASAP, where are all the EMT's"
"The two firemen have been taking in with, Amy, Owen and Mer"
"Mer reckons she needs to do a splenectomy, he's pretty bruised up"
"And, Owen and Amy, well they don't know what they need to do, they need MRI's and CT's before they can go anywhere, the impact flung his head backwards, the steering wheels impacted his stomach, he's touch and go"
"Bailey and Ben each have a mum and a dad" "Baileys two are stable, won't need surgery but cannot be moved" "Ben is unsure, reckons there's some debris in the chest of the father, he's not holding on for much longer, he's next"
"wow, what about the mother and the little girl" Arizona asked with an air of sadness in her voice.
"Mum was pretty much DOA, Ben held her hand, she was catapulted out of the windscreen, I think"
"The girl?"
"she's so strong, but will need some monitoring, she's with Bailey now" gesturing to behind Arizona's head.
"Ads, where's Callie and Sof and the kids?!"
"Callies, hired three sitters, they're all in a cab with cab with Callie to your place, she's coming back though, we'll need her to fix this little guy up"
Arizona sighed with relief, her wife and her little girl were safe.
As the next EMT's arrived to take Ben and his patient to GSMH, Arizona headed to the front of the cars to see for herself the impact of this crash.
Eyes wide open she glared at the two mangled cars, liquid pouring out left right and centre.
A crack, a pop and finally a bang, Arizona was flung backwards.
"Tim, is that you? I've missed you" was all Arizona said before closing her eyes and falling into the deepest of sleeps