If I Lay Here {Book 1} - Grey's Anatomy AU

Into You Like a Train

Season 2, Episode 6: Into You Like a Train
Overall Episode Number: 15
Created by: Shonda Rhimes

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In general... people can be categorized in one of two ways. Those who love surprises, and those who don't. I don't. I've never met a surgeon that enjoys a surprise, because, as surgeons we like to be in the know. We have to be in the know. Because when we aren't, people die and lawsuits happen. Am I rambling? I think I'm rambling. Okay, so my point actually ... and I do have one. Has nothing to do with surprises or death or lawsuits or even surgeons. My point is this: whoever said what you don't know can't hurt you was a complete and total moron. Because for most people I know, not knowing is the worst feeling in the world. Okay, fine, maybe it's the second worst.

- Meredith Grey

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Mackenzie looked at the busy E.R. with wide eyes. There were incoming patients left and right, and Mackenzie was sure that she might have to stay overnight at the hospital.

The 11-year-old girl spotted Derek, and she began to follow him. "Papa! What's going on?!"

Derek whipped around, seeing his daughter. "Sweetie, you shouldn't be here in the E.R. You don't need to see all of this."

"Papa, I just talked George through a thoracotomy in a broken-down elevator; I think I can handle whatever's going on," Mackenzie said.

Derek, having known about her role in what went down earlier, nodded. "Okay. There was a train wreck, and the E.R. is getting swamped with patients. I want you to be as far from the E.R. as possible. Okay, baby girl? Can you do that for me?"

Mackenzie nodded. "Of course I can, Papa. Just page me if you need me. Go save some lives."

Derek kissed her head. "I love you, and I will see you when I can."

Mackenzie sighed as she watched him walk off, her lips forming a thin line. "I love you too."

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In the X-ray observation room, George and Bailey were standing and looking at the scans. Burke was sitting on a chair, looking at them on a computer screen. Meredith was just standing off to the side with her banana bag IV. They were viewing the x-rays of Tom and Bonnie.

George sighed. "Is-is it going straight through her spine?"

Bailey nodded. "It is. T8's completely crushed."

Derek walked in. "Hey." He notices Meredith with her bag. "What happened?"

"Uh, tequila." Meredith answered.

He nodded.

"I'm keeping an eye on her," Bailey said.

He nodded again and then noticed the x-rays. "Look at this. These people are still alive?"

George nodded. "They're still making small talk."

"Pole's tamponading the wound as far as we can see," Bailey informed.

Derek looked at the x-ray. "It's hitting the aorta."

Burke nodded. "And look at him. It's right in line with his inferior vena cava."

"Is there anyway to operate without separating them?" George asked.

Burke shook his head.

Derek also shook his head. "No."

George sighed. "But if we move the pole...."

"They'll both bleed out," Bailey finished.

Burke sighed. "What if we don't move the pole? What if we move one of the patients off the pole to get the saw in there? Then we can hold the pole steady in the other one. Move it very slowly and repair the damage as we go."