The After

Chapter 7

"Barry!" she screamed again as she ran over to him, her doctor instincts kicking in.

She immediately started assessing him as best she could, he was unconscious and not breathing.

She started CPR and began to scream for help, she couldn't stop what she was doing but she knew she would need some help.

Owen was passing through the cafeteria to pick up Cristina and head home. He approached the kitchen when he heard someone screaming. His heart immediately sunk to his feet, is that Cristina?!

"Cristina!" he shouted as he sprinted into the kitchen.

He saw her kneeling on the ground sweating whilst administering CPR, "What's going on? Are you okay?" he asked frantically.

Cristina let out a sigh of relief when she seen him, "H-he had a heart attack. Go get a gurney." She instructed him.

He returned a minute later, and they lifted him onto it, she continued the CPR, her clothes now drenched in sweat from doing it for so long.

"Here let me take over" he said, she accepted and began to run the gurney down the corridor.

They ran into the first available room, followed by a team of nurses. They quickly hooked him up to all the machines.

"Charge to 300" Owen shouted, grabbing the paddles. "Clear!"

The room went silent. Until suddenly a heartbeat appeared on the monitor and everyone sighed in relief.

The moment of relief did not last long as Owen sprung back into action, "Page Dr Altman and get me an ultrasound machine." he ordered the nurses.

He placed the ultrasound over the heart and Cristina watched over his shoulder as the images displayed on the screen.

"Shit" they said in unison as they seen the damage to Barry's hear.

"Okay, book an OR and tell Dr Altman to meet us there" Owen shouted, whilst wheeling Barry out of the room.

He turned and to his surprise saw Cristina running along beside him.

"Cristina, you know where we are going?" he asked gently as they got into the elevator.

She looked up into his worried eyes, "I know, I want to help" she said softly.

Owen couldn't help but let a smile appear on his face, he grabbed her hand, "Okay, just let me know if it gets too much" he said cautiously.

She squeezed his hand in response, and then began to run again as the doors of the elevator opened. Oh, how she had missed this rush.

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"What've we got?" Teddy asked as she entered the OR.

"43 year-old male..." Cristina begun. Teddy snapped her head up at the sound of Cristina's voice.

"Dr Yang" she said shocked, interrupting Cristina's rundown.

"You're back?!" she asked confused but smiling.

"Uh.." Cristina begun before being interrupted.

"Dr yang was with the patient during his heart attack" Owen explained " I hope you don't mind her assisting" he finished, shooting her a look as if to say 'you-better-let-her-stay'.

"Of course not, nice to have you back Dr Yang" Teddy said genuinely, she had missed her number one student.

Throughout the surgery Cristina fell back into the natural rhythm as if nothing had happened. She was completely focused on what she was doing, her abundance of medical knowledge came flooding back to her, allowing her to show off her skill to the ecstatic eyes of Teddy and Owen.