CODING ━ grey's anatomy

chapter seventeen

"I'm Dylan Young, bomb squad." He turned back to his team. "All right, spread out and check the area, and then we'll secure the patient." He looked back to the duo. "Where are they?"

Cassie pointed to the OR down the hall. "Dr. Burke has them in there."

"Right, the rest of this floor has been evacuated?"

"It has," Meredith nodded. "Yes."

"Okay, you stay here. Nobody moves unless I say so."

"We've got people over here!" someone called out, looking into Derek's OR.

"I thought you said the floor had been evacuated," Dylan said accusingly.

"I thought it had. I'm not in charge or anything."

"They're not leaving," Cassie told them. "Burke already tried, trust me." Their attention was then brought to Cristina, who was yelling at a bomb squad member and blocking him from entering the OR. "I told you."

"Back up!" Cristina yelled, looking at Meredith and Cassie. "What's going on?"

"Bomb in a body cavity."

"Man," she huffed. "All I got is Bailey's husband's open brain."

"What procedure?"

"Craniotomy."

"Excuse me," Dylan tried to interrupt.

"But Bailey's having a baby right now!"

"Excuse me! Stop talking!" Dylan shouted, effectively shutting them up.

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"So how are they going to remove that ammo without killing Hannah and James?" Meredith wondered.

The three friends stood alone in the hall, waiting for the bomb squad to help Hannah.

Cassie frowned at the sound of sniffling coming from the OR, moving to look through the small window on the door.

"Cass, stop! The bomb squad guy said you're supposed to stay away from there."

"Is it just me, or is she shaking?"

Cristina went up as well, frowning instantly. "Is she squeezing that ambu bag by herself?"

"Where's Dr. Milton?"

Cassie opened the door slowly. "Hannah? Where's the anesthesiologist?"

"He, um, he left," she said bluntly. "He didn't wanna die."

Cassie noticed how she was breathing erratically.

"Hannah—"

"I think I'm going to take my hand out now."

Immediately, Cassie grabbed the ambu bag as Meredith went to her side and Cristina called for help.

"Hey, somebody help! Help here!" the intern shouted urgently into the hallway, causing Dylan and Burke come running in.

Meanwhile, Meredith and Cassie were trying to comfort Hannah, and failing miserably.

"I think I'm going to take it out now," Hannah repeated.

"Okay, we're almost to the finish line. You can do this," Cassie said nervously. "Just don't—"

"No, no, no, I just want to take it out and be done with it," she cried.

Meredith moved behind her, trying to comfort her in any way possible.

"Hannah," Burke spoke up. "It won't be much longer. Remember, you're keeping him from bleeding out."