CODING ━ grey's anatomy

chapter twenty two

"Okay," Bailey sighed, instantly paging Addison. "Okay, she's coming, Cassie. It's okay, Addison is coming."

Suddenly, Cassie gasped, her arms flailing as she attempted and failed to get up.

"Denny! Burke— Burke got shot, something is wrong with Denny!"

"Cassie, you need to calm—"

"No! Burke got shot! He, he got shot, and Denny is dying and I'm bleeding and I should be helping!" Cassie cried hysterically. "If he— I have to help, please!"

Bailey grabbed her hand. "No one is dying, Cassie, but we need to get you to the OR."

The monitors started beeping erratically as Cassie lost consciousness.

"Bailey, you paged— oh, my god."

"I need you you examine her," Bailey rushed out, giving Addison a pointed look which told her everything she needed to know. "Time is a factor."

"Oh, my god," Addison repeated, staring down at Cassie's unconscious body, bleeding out.

"Addison, I understand that you care about her, and this is a big shock, and definitely not your field of expertise," Bailey said sympathetically, "But she won't let anyone else touch her, and she asked for you."

Addison nodded, determined. "I got this, Dr. Bailey."

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Meanwhile, Derek was in the trauma room with Burke, examining his hand function after he was shot in the shoulder.

"How's Harper?" Burke asked, slightly delirious from the pain medication.

"What do you mean?" Derek frowned, looking from him to the Chief, who was actively avoiding his gaze. "What happened to Cassie? Where is she?"

"She was shot," Burke said bluntly. "I was shot first, but I saw her go down. There was blood. A lot of it."

Derek froze in place. "Cassie was shot?" He looked at the Chief accusingly.

"Derek—"

"I have to see her." He moved to look around the ER through the glass. "Where the hell is she?!"

"Derek," Webber raised his voice. "She's being taken care of. We need you in here. Burke needs you in here."

Derek shook his head rapidly. "I can't lose her."

"Bailey has her. You won't. I promise."

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In Denny's room, to say the atmosphere was chaotic would be the understatement of the year. One by one, the interns, excluding Alex who was still at Mercy West and Cassie who was in the ER, entered the room after Izzie cut the LVAD wire.

They were able to get Denny's heart restarted, but he was crashing. When Cristina broke the news that Burke was shot, Izzie began to panic.

"Burke's not coming," the blonde stated.

"Cristina, are you okay?" Meredith asked.