CODING ━ grey's anatomy

chapter twenty two

Cristina shook her head. "I'm fine. I'm fine.
But..."

"What?" George frowned.

"Burke wasn't the only... Cassie was shot," she said numbly. "In the stomach. It's bad."

"What?!" the other three interns shouted.

"It doesn't look good," Cristina managed to say. "She's bleeding out."

"Cassie might die," Meredith said quietly to herself. "Oh, god."

"Burke's not coming," Izzie repeated.

George leaned against the wall, his eyes tearing up at the thought of losing his best friend. "Cassie—"

"Burke's not coming!"

Cristina rolled her eyes. "No Izzie! Burke is not coming. I know you're having problems here with your possible murder charges and your unbelievably stupid idea of stealing a heart, but Burke's kind of busy right now!"

Izzie looked up scared. "Denny's gonna die. Denny's gonna die and I killed him."

George turned to her and yelled. "You shouldn't have done it!"

"George!"

"We have to tell someone."

"No! Denny won't get the heart and Izzie will get kicked out of the program!"

Cristina shook her head. "Uh uh, I'm leaving."

"What?"

"Cristina!"

"You know, Burke and Cassie could die too! Complications arise all the time because of gunshot wounds." She turned to Izzie. "You think about that."

Izzie looked down crying. "Oh my god."

"Oh, you know what none of this would've happened if you were thinking with your head!" Cristina shouted.

"I did what I thought was best!"

George began to yell as well. "Did you think about the rules? Did you think about the rules for one second? Did you think about Cassie, about how broken she'll be if he dies? If she even survives this?!"

"I did what I thought was best!" Izzie screamed.

"Shut up!" Meredith snapped, stepping into the middle of the room. "No one is leaving, and no one is dying."

"Thank you," a gruff voice said from the hospital bed. The interns turned their gazes down to Denny, who was awake, but barely breathing. "All the yelling was getting on my nerves."

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"She's bottoming out," Addison shouted anxiously, starting compressions on Cassie's chest. "Get me the paddles!"

"Charge to 200, clear!"

Nothing.

"Charge to 260, clear!"

Nothing.

"Charge 300, clear!"

Still nothing.