𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 ━ running out of time

[ viii. eight ]
❛𝚁𝚄𝙽𝙽𝙸𝙽𝙶 𝙾𝚄𝚃 𝙾𝙵 𝚃𝙸𝙼𝙴❜

A COUPLE OF WEEKS WENT BY AND MANY DIFFERENT things had happened in the meanwhile.

George had a new haircut and was now dating Callie Torres, Izzie was falling very hard for one of her heart patients Danny and Meredith was now dating the Vet of her dog, which drove Derek crazy.

Brie had been on Burks service for the last week and realized that even if her actual plan had been Neuro, Cardio was actually pretty badass.

And even if Cristina scared the living shit out of her with the death stares she shot her, Brie wouldn't just quit the idea of becoming a Cardio surgeon.

Brie was currently standing in the large cafeteria, buying herself a cup of coffee for her night shift as she suddenly heard a couple of gunshots.

The brunette immediately flinched in surprise as she let go of her cup of coffee. Her heart started racing in her chest and she watched the cup fall down to the ground in slow motion.

The brown liquid splashed over the floor and the brunette suddenly snapped back into reality.

Brie immediately started running towards the E.R where many people were just standing around as new patient were brought in.

The brunette quickly grabbed one of the yellow transparent shirts and then saw how Burke was brought in.

Bailey walked besides the unconscious man as Dr. Webber approached her. "How bad is it?"

"Uh, G.S.W to the right shoulder. He's lost a lot of blood", Bailey informed him quickly and Webber nodded his head.

"All right, get him to Trauma one. Take Taylor with you. And keep the blinds closed, Yang is on the floor", the man told her.

The three didn't waste any time and were soon standing in the Trauma one, taking care of Burke as he woke up again.

"Wait, wait, I'm fine", the man assured them as he tried to sit up, but Webber and Bailey grabbed him and pushed him back onto the table. "You need to lay down. You've lost a lot of blood."

"I'm fine! L-let go. I'm fine! I have a patient I have to go check on", the man assured them again his right arm hanging limp down.

"No! You are the patient, now lay down!", Miranda argued abck at him loudly and Burke stopped fighting them as he leaned back and chuckled amused.

"Dr. Bailey, when did you get here?", the man questioned her, still smiling, showing his perfect white teeth.

Brie, Webber and Miranda exchanged a worried look before Webber nodded his head, "Page Shepherd."

After a moment Derek arrived and shortly after him Cristina opened the door.

A look of horror was plastered on her face and she just stood there staring at him, "You're shot?"

Burke looked at her in surprise, "Cristina?"

"Get back to your patient!", Webber warned the young Intern as he continued to take care of Burke.

"He's shot!?", Cristina questioned them again, her voice louder this time.

Suddenly Brie approached her and placed a hand on her shoulder, "Hey, Cristina. They're gonna take care of him, okay?"

Cristina immediately removed Brie's hand from her shoulder before she stormed off screaming, "That guy shot you!?"

Brie stood in the door for a moment, "Okay, well- moving on." She shrugged and went back to the others.

"Okay, no exit wound", Bailey informed the others as she eyed Burkes back carefully.

"Entry to the upper right shoulder. Could be lodged in the spin", Derek infrormed them quickly and Richard made a annoyed face.

"Okay, let's roll him over."

Brie and the others carefully grabbed Burke and rolled him over onto his other side, which made the man grunt in pain.

"Okay. Hey Dr. Burke?", Derek's addressed the Cardio surgeon. "Hmm?"

"The bullet is in dangerous property here, okay? We need to check your hand function", the Neuro surgeon explained to him and Brie stepped next to Burke.

"Okay, Dr. Burke I want you to try and squeeze my fingers, can you do that?", the brunette questioned him but Dr. Burks hand didn't squeeze her's at all.

They all exchanged a worried glance and in that moment Cristina entered the room again.

"They moved my guy upstairs. How is he?", she questioned them worried bit Bailey held up her hand immediately, "I need you to wait outside!"

"I'm not gonna wait outside!", Cristina argued with her before she approached Burke.

"Burke?"

The man looked up at her before he asked the others, "Cane we have a moment?"

"Only a moment. I don't want to waist any time, okay?", Richard said as he nodded at the others.

Brie and the others quickly followed him outside and the brunette leaned against the wall as she coeaees her arms over her chest.

"Do you think you can save his arm?", Brie questioned Derek who stood besides her, seeming deep in thoughts.

He remained silent before he looked at her, "I don't know."

In that moment Cristina stepped out of the room again and everyone went quiet.

"Taylor I want you to stay with Yang", Webber told the brunette before he rushed back into the room, followed by Derek and Bailey.

Brie's mouth dropped open and she wanted to say something but Webber shot her a look that said 'that's and order' and then closed the door behind him.

Brie spun back around to Cristina, who looked at her seriously, "I'm gonna go check on Denny, coming?"

She stared walking and Brie immediately followed after her.

As the two arrived by the man's room the blinds were closed and Cristina pulled the door open, only to reveal Meredith, George and Izzie standing in the room.

"What the heel is going on?", the woman questioned them immediately as she and Brie entered the room, quickly closing the door again.

"Exactly what I said", Meredith said as she stared at Izzie in shock.

"She cut the LVAD wires", George immediately informed them scared and Brie looked at her blond friend in shock. "Are you out of your frickin' mind ?"

"You cut his LVAD wires?!", Meredith shouted loudly and Cristina shook her head, "Are you trying to kill him?"

"I'm trying to save him. All I have to do is confirm that his condition is worse, and then Burke can call U.N.O.S. and he'll move up on the list and he will get his heart", Izzie explained to them while she was standing next to Denny, using the pump to keep his heart beating.

Brie and Cristina immediately exchanged a look before Brie released a deep breath and placed her hands on her forehead, a feeling of nausea taking over her body. "Izzie you don't know what you-"

But the other's interrupted her
"She's insane, right? It's not just me!?", George asked Meredith loudly.

"About Burke-", Cristina tried to interrupted them, but Izzie screamed at them, "Everything will be fine!"

"When Burke gets here, everything will be fine! He will know what to do!", Izzie continued as she looked at them sacred.

"Guys! About Burke!", Brie finally screamed as aloud as she could, making them all turn towards her and Cristina.

"What?"

"He's been shot!", her and Cristina shouted at the same time.

Everyone stared at them in complete silence as Brie breathed out quietly, "He's not coming."

There was a moment of long silence, nobody said anything and Brie was deep in her own thoughts as she tried to calm herself down.

Cristina had started to walk up and down behind her before Meredith spoke up, "Cristina, are you okay?"

The woman waved her off immediately, "I'm fine. I'm fine."

"Burks not coming", Izzie repeated Brie's words as she sat on the ground, looking up at them.

"Why didn't I take the Intern ship in San Diego? None of this would be happening if I was in San Diego.", George questioned himself as he pumped Denny's heart.

"Burks not coming?", Izzie repeated again as she slowly stood up.

"No Izzie, Burks not coming", Cristina shouted at her. "I know you're having problems here. What, with your possible murder charges and your unbelievable stupid idea about stealing a heart, but Burks kinda busy right now!"

"Denny's gonna die", Izzie stated as she looked over at her boyfriend. "Denny's gonna die and I killed him", the blond sat down onto a chair as she breathed in and out heavily.

"You shouldn't have done it!", George screamed at her loudly, letting his anger finally out.

"George!"

"We have to tell someone", George said, still standing next to Denny, pumping his heart. "No Denny won't get the heart and Izzie will get kicked out of the program!", Meredith reasoned with him.

"I'm leaving", Cristina suddenly infrormed them as she walked towards the door.

"What? Cristina?!"

The asian woman stopped in her trail as she spun around to Meredith, "No, Burke could die, too. Complications arsine all the time because of Gunshot wounds. You think about that."

Izzie started sobbing, "Oh my God."

"Oh, God, you know what? None of this would've happened if you were thinking with your head!", Cristina shouted at her in anger.

"I did what I thought was best", Izzie screamed back at her. "Did you think about the rules Izzie, for one second?", George started shouting too.

"Shut up!", Brie suddenly screamed from the top of her lungs. "Everybody shut the hell up! Shut up!", she shouted again and they all went quiet again.

"It's no use if we all start shouting at each other. No one of leaving this room and no one is dying!", the brunette stared at them with an angry look in her eyes.

"Thank you. It was kinda getting on my nerves, all this dying talk", Denny suddenly spoke up, his voice sounding weak.

"Denny."

"It's okay. I think, uh, maybe we should all listen to Brie. It looks like she might have a plan", the man said as he watched the brunette, who starred at the celling as she rubbed her forehead.

Izzie immediately jumped onto her feet, her eyes puffy and red as she looked at her hopefully, "You have a plan?"

The brunette looked at her annoyed, "Just wait a minute!"

A couple of minutes later Brie quickly explained her idea to the others.

"Oh that's a stupid idea!", George exclaimed disappointed as he looked at her.

"Well, if Burke isn't coming, then we have to confirm Denny's condition ourselves. We have to get the blood work, we have to do the Echo and so no one has to know what Izzie did", the brunette calmly replied to him as she let her gaze wander over to the others.

"But none of us have done an Echo on our own before", Izzie said as she shook her head.

"Cristina has. Burke taught her", Meredith stated as she pointed at Cristina, who still stood by the door.

The dark haired woman shook her head immediately, "I'm not involved."

Izzie quickly approached her, "What If this was Burke, what if you were me ?"

"This is bad and serious and against a lot of rules. It's not fun for me. I don't want to play", Cristina stated calmly as she pointed at Denny.

"What if you were me?", Izzie repeated her question.

"Well, I wouldn't have fallen in love with a Patient", the woman argued back at her and without missing a beat Izzie shot back at her, "You fell in love with an Attending."

"Well, so did Mer. What's the point?", Cristina asked her outraged.

"The point is we can't help who we fall in love with", Meredith said as she gave Cristina a look.

George scoffed under his breath, making everybody look at him, "Yeah."

Cristina inhaled deeply before she walked over to George, Izzie and Brie to help them with Denny.

Meredith quickly grabbed her phone and immediately called Alex, who was still in the Mercy-West Hospital.

"How is is heart looking?", Izzie questioned Cristina who stared onto the monitor.

"His left ventricle's shot. It is barely pushing blood out", Cristina answered her shortly.

"I'm sorry. I know you're worried about Burke-"

"You know, whatever. It's fine", Cristina interrupted her as she continued to stare at the monitor.

Izzie looked at her for a long moment, "Cristina, can't you just try to understand? I love him!"

Cristina finally looked at her, "You don't even know him." Izzie frowned at her, "I do know him."

"No, you've never even seen him outside the four walls of this hospital. You don't know him", the dark haired woman replied to her before she turne shack to the monitor.

"I know him and maybe I don't live with him or work with him like you fo with Burke, but I do know him!", the blond argued back at her stubborn.

"And there's- there's possibility here. And-and given the choice of running or staying-"

"You should run", Cristina told her with wide eyes as her head snapped towards Izzie, "A sane person, a person who values her career and everything she's worked for, a person who values her own heart, for God's sake, that person would run."

Denny opened his eyes again and looked at Izzie, "A sane person would- marry me."

He closed his eyes again and Izzie immediately frowned at him, "What? What did you say?"

He didn't answeres her so Izzie looked over at the others, "What did he say?"

"He said Marry me ?", Izzie questioned them again, but no one answered her. "He said Marry me, right?"

George eyed her casually as he sat besides Meredith, "He did."

Izzie turned back to Denny, "Denny? wake up. Denny?"

Suddenly a monitor stared beeping and everyone who wasn't already standing there rushed to Denny's bed.

"What is happening?"

"I'm pupping harder. I don't know!", Izzie answered them quickly.

"He's flatlining", Meredith informed the other's as she looked at the monitor.

"No, no, no. He's not flatlining. There's movement in his heart. Okay, um, Uh, Let's- let's shock him", Cristina said as she placed her stethoscope on his chest.

Uh, charge the Fibrillator", she said as Brie soun around and grabbed the Fibrillator.

"I am charging to 200 hunderet", Izzie shouted before she placed the white pads on Denny's chest.

"Clear", the blond stated as Brie looked around if anybody was touching Denny and then pressed the shock button.
































































































THE MONITORS WERE STILL BEEPING AND BRIE GOT more and more nervous every second. "What do we do?", Izzie questioned Cristina over and over again.

"I'm starting Dopamine and Dabutamin drips, we can use this together, right?", Meredith questioned the others unsure.

"I don't know", Cristina shouted as it all got really hectically. "You know, none of us know. Just start the Dobutamine and- "

They were all talking over each other as Brie heard Denny speaking, "I fell like my chest is running away."

"Heart rate 217", Brie read out loud as she looked at the monitor. "He's in S.V.T!", Izzie exclaimed scared.

"No, no, Izzie, stop pumping. Stop!", Cristina told the blond and Izzie stopped pumping.

"No, there's no change", George said as Meredith searched for some medicine. "We need Medicine!"

"What medicine?", Izzie screamed hysterical over her shoulder. "I'll know it when I see it!"

"I- I think the one that stops the heart", George said as looked at Brie, "Here hold the mask."

The brunette grabbed the mask and held it to Denny's face. "No the whole point is to keep my heart beating", Denny complained as he raised a hand in the air weakly.

"No, no, no. It only stops your heart for six seconds- Meredith, it's Adenosine", Brianna shouted at the blond who still searched for it.

Suddenly another monitor started beeping, "Uh, his heart is speeding up, guys!"

"You guys, we have to do something! He cannot take this for much longer", Izzie exclaimed with tears in her eyes.

"What about shocking him?"

"Found it!", Meredith shouted as she held the medicine up. "Cristina, come over here!"

"Lift up his arm! The nurses always lift the arm", George explained to the asian woman who grabbed Denny's arm as Brianna grabbed the medicine from Meredith's hand and gave it to Denny.

"When they push Adenosine. It gets to the heart faster."

"Okay, Denny- you're gonna feel, um-", Izzie just wanted to warn him but Denny already started whimpering her name, "Izzie!"

"No, it's okay! It's okay! It just feels like-"

"I'm gonna die", the man interrupted her scared and Izzie shook her head as she looked at him. "You're not gonna die. I promise. It's just the medicine."

"Okay, were heading back to flatline", Cristina informed them as she breathed out heavily.

"Are you sure we used the right drug?"

"We used the one I know", Meredith estates as she looked into one of the many medicine books.

"He's not gonna die, right?", Izzie questioned them, still nervous. "Right? Right?"

Suddenly the monitor emitted a continuous tone and they all stared at the flatline that was shown on the monitor.

After a moment the monitor started beeping steadily again. Denny started breathing raspily and Izzie immediately started pumping his heart again.

Everyone reamained silent until George spoke up, "All right."

"You fools- better have a good explanation for this."

Their heads immediately snapped towards the door and they all spotted no other than Miranda Bailey and the nurse Olivia standing in the opened door.

"Step away from the patient", Bailey warned them and they all immediately took a step backwards, except for Izzie, who was still pumping Denny's heart.

"Step away from the patient", Bailey repeated her words in a dangerous tone.

"I can't", Izzie answered her as she avoided eye contact with their Attending. "I have to pump his heart."

"Olivia- take over for Doctor Stevens. Izzie, you're done here. I need you to leave the room", Dr. Bailey told her as she approached the Intern.

Brie watched how Izzie gazed at Denny and Oliva wanted to take over for her but as soon as she had said Izzie's name the blond started shouting.

"No, do not touch me!"

Olivia immediately took a step back and looked at Bailey who raised her hand, "Olivia, stay- with Dr. Stevens. Help her if she'll let you. You four, outside. Now!"

The rest of the group quickly left the room and Miranda shook her head at them disappointed, "Where was rational thought? We're was cognitive thinking? We're was first do no harm? The morals, the ethics. Were was sanity when you four decided to help that girl?"

"We didn't-"

"No, no, no. No speaking. Nobody speaks. I do not want. To have to testify against any of you in a court of law. Not one word", Bailey immediately interrupted Meredith.

The group exchanged exhausted looks as Bailey clapped a hand over her mouth, "She cut his LAVD wire."

George opened his mouth and Bailey immediately shot him a look, "I said no speaking!"

"I didn't say anything!"

"I said no moving!", Bailey shouted at him angryly and George sighed as he looked straight ahead.

"Cristina, Burke is asking for you. Go!", Bailey infrormed the woman as she pointed towards the elevator.

The Intern quickly left the group and Bailey turned back towards them, "I'm assuming you ran labs?"

"I'm asking you a question", the woman said as nobody answered her. "Answer me!"

"You said no speaki-"

"I know what I said!", Dr. Bailey shouted at Meredith, which made the blond woman flinch.

"Yes."

"O'Malley, get me the labs results. Do not pass go, do not talk to another living soul. Get the labs, get back here!", the Doctor ordered George, who immediately was on his way.

"Grey, Taylor, come with me."

The three return back to Denny and Miranda looked at the Patient. "How are you feeling Denny?"

"Really, really good, like an athlete or a superhero or some other kind if really healthy person", the man as we her, smiling.

Izzie scoffed loudly as she smiled as well, "You're funny. You're a funny guy."

"Izzie, no speaking", Meredith immediately warned her, with a serious look on her face.

"I cut my one LVAD Wire. I went rogue, all by myself", Denny tried to take the blame for what Izzie did.

"Shush. You're weak enough as it is. Please don't wast energy on lying", Dr. Bailey stated as she looked at him blankly.

Cristina joined them again and Izzie spoke up again, "Dr. Bailey."

"I did indeed say no speaking", the dark skinned woman warned her while she still looked at Denny.

"I don't care", Izzie spatted at her, making the woman look at her. "He's gonna get the heart, right? You're gonna sign the charts and talk to the transplant coordinator?"

George opened the door and handed Bailey some papers, "Here are the labs."

"See? See, his B.U.N and creatinine are increasing. He clearly had pulmary edema. He deserves to move up to 1A status on the transplant list. U.N.O.S will give him the heart. You just need to call-"

"Isobel Stevens, I take my medicale advice from Doctors. You are a visitor", Dr. Bailey started as she looked at the young Intern.

"What?"

"As of now, you are a visitor in this hospital. You will not be a Doctor in this Hospital again until I decide you are. Olivia take over the heart pump!"

Izzie and Baily stares at each other while Izzie continued pumping Denny's heart stubborn.

After a moment she finally handed Onliva the heart pump and stepped away from the bed. "He gets the heart, though, right?"

After that Dr Bailey left and then came back with a couple of nurses, who immediately prepared Denny for his heart transplant.

When they finally were in the O.R. Izzie, George, Cristina, Meredith and Brianna were all sitting on the ground in the empty hall.

"We're not children. We shouldn't have to sit out here like we're on a time-out or something", George stated as he looked down the hall.

"It is a time-out. What we did is way in need of a Time-out", Meredith told him as she stared straight ahead.

Cristina had her hands on her forehead and pushed her hair out of her face as she spoke up, "You realize we could get kicked out of the program for this?"

"Not 'we', I did this. I did this and you probably right. Maybe I should run. I'd rather be running towards somebody than running away", Izzie said as she looked over at Cristina.

In that moment Webber entered the hall, "Yang, Shep's asking for you."

The woman immediately let her arms down, "Uh- for Burks surgery?" Webber nodded and Cristina sighed, "I can't. I'm- I'm in a time-out."

"Time-out is over. Yang, we need you!", the man told her as he frowned at the woman. The woman quickly stood up and followed after him, leaving the other's behind.

"He said Marry me, right? That really happened?", Izzie questioned them again and Brie rolled with her eyes as George answered her, "It really did."

"It really did."

"Screw this, I'm checking on Denny", Izzie suddenly stated as she stood up and walked away.

Brie sighed as she stood up as well, looking at Meredith and George, "I still can't believe she cut his LAVD wire."

She shook her head one more time and scoffed before she started to walk away from them.





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