Back to her *Mark sloan*

𝟯𝟮. 𝗠𝗮𝗱𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 {𝗜 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗸}

" Well, my neurosurgeon's been missing for days, I still have no head of cardio, I've got general surgeons quitting on me left and right, I've got surgeries piling up like dead fish and no surgeons to do 'em. "

" Well, then now would probably be a bad time to tell you that my hand's still out of commission, and I can't operate. You know what? Leave me on the board, chief. I won't let you down. " mark said

" I could do that craniotomy, chief. "

" Put Dr. Nelson on the craniotomy. Appreciate it, john." Richard said as he walks off.

" It's- - It's Jim. "

" You must be new. Welcome to Seattle grace. " mark said

" I've been here ten years. I was the interim chief of neuro before Shepherd and his red cape swooped in from New York. "

"Mark Sloan, plastics. " mark said

"We've met ... three times."

•••

Callie is getting ready to give Mark a shot.

" You realize, that as your doctor, I'm not recommending this, right? " callie said

" I need to get through my surgeries today. " mark said

"Oh, you're gonna get through them, you're just gonna be in a world of hurt later." Callie said

" You heard of a Dr. Nelson in neuro? " mark asked

" Oh, yeah. Shadow Shepherd. "

" Shadow Shepherd? "

" Yeah. He's a solid surgeon, but sort of the j. V. Player to Shepherd's varsity, the, uh, b- Team, To Shepherd's "a," the- - The bricklayer to Shepherd's architect. " callie said

" I get it. Just 'cause the guy doesn't publish fancy clinical trials or take on flashy surgery or have creepy, perfect hair, he's less of a man? "

" Kinda."

•••

Madi finds Derek in a conference room. She knew how she was worried and wanted to know how he was

"How'd it go with the lawyers? "

"They told me my death rate. These are the people I saved. These are the people I killed" Derek said

There are piles, and the kill pile is way higher.

" Okay, well, most of those people were terminal when they came to you. You were their last chance. And you take on impossible cases. Look at the clinical trial. " Madi said

"So many people ... more than dahmer, manson, bundy combined. "

"You're not looking at the big picture. "

"This is the big picture. " Derek said

•••
Richard finds Derek.