I Won't Let Nobody Hurt You

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Mark haphazardly parked his car and ran up to the hospital, police stopping him from entering the building. "Sir, this hospital is in lockdown! No one goes in and no one comes out!" An officer said as he held the stressed plastic surgeon back by his shoulders.

"I am the chief of surgery and one of my surgeons and best friends was shot!" Mark argued. "I need to get in there and make sure that she's okay! She has a wife and a daughter who will be absolutely shattered if anything happens to her! Please!"

"There is an active shooter inside. We need to de-escalate the situation before we lift the lockdown." The officer explained.

"How exactly are you de-escalating the situation, because from what I can tell you're all just sitting here on your asses while there's a psychopath in there endangering the lives of my surgeons and patients!" Mark demanded as another gunshot went off. "Do you even know who the shooter is?"

"A man named Thatcher Grey." The officer revealed. "Does that name mean anything to you?"

"Yes, that is my niece's sperm donor and the drunk father of one of my interns." Mark growled as he pulled away from the officer and ran into the building, ignoring the cops screaming at him to stop. The hospital was in madness, people hiding whenever they could, the smell of blood fresh in the air. He ran up the stairs, taking them two at the time until he got up to the pediatric floor where he found Bailey, Cristina, Alex, April, Amelia, and Charlotte in Arizona's office where the blonde was laying on the couch, fading in and out of consciousness. He dropped down on the floor next to her and grabbed her hand. "Zona, can you hear me?"

"Do you have to yell so loud?" Arizona groaned as she opened her eyes. "Mark, it really hurts." Tears began to escape the blonde's eyes.

"I know it does, I know. Just squeeze my hand, we're going to get you out of here as soon as we can, but until then just squeeze my hand as hard as you can." Mark brushed Arizona's hair out of her face. "As soon as we can get you out of here Addie and Mer are going to meet us at Mercy West, you just have to hold on until then."

"Lexie." Arizona rasped as she tightened her hold on Mark's hand. "He's looking for Lexie, you have to find her."

"I'm not leaving you." Mark argued, shaking his head. "Are you insane? Addison would kill me."

"Mer will kill you if something happens to Lexie." Arizona countered, gritting her teeth in pain. "I'm safe, I have a whole group in here to protect me. Lexie has no one." She let go of Mark's hand and pushed him away. "Go. But you better stay safe or I'll kill you before Addie or Mer have the chance."

"You guys got her?" Mark asked the group as he stood up. Once they all nodded he took one last look at Arizona before he left to look for Lexie. He kept his steps quiet but purposeful as he moved through the hospital, speeding up when he heard the sound of the intern screaming. Running into a supply closet, he found Lexie on the ground holding her shoulder. "Lexie!" He ran up to her and used his hand to put pressure on the wound.

"I'm fine, it's just my shoulder." Lexie groaned. "He's drunk and has horrible aim. He's looking for Meredith."

"Well, he won't find her considering she doesn't work here." Mark grabbed a wad of gauze and held it to the bullet wound on Lexie's shoulder.

"He's not going to stop." Lexie sobbed. "And the police aren't doing a damn thing! We're all going to die here."

"No. No one is going to die." Mark assured her, cupping her face. "You need to stay calm. Everything is going to be okay." He turned when he heard a gunshot in the distance. "Stay here. I'll be back to get you when it's clear." Lexie nodded and watched as Mark left the supply closet, following the smell of gunfire in the air, he found Thatcher pointing the gun at a nurse on the bridge by the chief's office. "Put the gun down!" He ran and tackled Thatcher, the gun moving in between them and going off in the struggle. The blast sent Thatcher flying backwards and flying through the railing, landing on the floor below.