Lost and Found

Chapter 33

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Mark drifted, he felt like he was floating, he looked down and winced. "Ooh." It was an awful sight before him. "That's just nasty..." He saw paramedics and firemen rushing around the scene. They shredded his corvette like it was paper. "Damn. I loved that car."

"Mm," a familiar voice said. Mark spun around to see Derek beside him, watching the scene.

"Hey man!" Mark grinned, happy to see his friend. "Long time, no see!" He slapped him on the back.

Derek coughed, "Oh, yeah! You too!"

Then something occurred to Mark. "Shit. Wait, hold on... Derek, am I... am I dead?"

Suddenly they were in the ambulance, beside the frantic paramedics, as they worked on him.

"I don't know," Derek smirked, "Are you?"

Marked checked his vitals, a little tachy. His blood pressure was low. He probably had internal bleeding, but his body was breathing. "Hey, I haven't kicked the bucket yet. Cool! I'm still alive man!"

"Yeah," said Derek. "It'll hurt like a bitch, but you'll be fine."

They rode in silence for a moment, just enjoying the reunion. "So ah... what is this? An out of body thing?"

"Sort of," Derek said. "It's Limbo."

"Neither here nor there." Mark said, nodding, quoting Seuss.

"What?"

"Green Eggs and Ham," he said.

"I prefer bran myself." His best friend quipped.

"Ha ha..." Mark replied snidely. Below him, the monitors connected to his body beeped, indicating a drop in blood pressure. "You're sure, right?" He asked Derek. "I'm not gonna die?"

"Not if you don't want to."

"Good, cause I don't wanna die. I've got too much too live for now. Sofia... Lexie... Derek, Lexie said she... she said she wants a family. With me. I can't give that up. I worked too hard to have that with her.

"I know." Derek said.

Mark looked down. Whoa, time passed strangely here in Limbo. He was already in surgery.

"You'll be fine," Derek said. "And Lexie... she really does love you a lot."

"I know..." he said softly.

"Mark, I need you to do something for me."

"What is it?"

"I need you to tell Meredith something...."

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Mark blinked and choked. Everything was so damn bright. He couldn't breathe. There was a tube... why – what? He tried to reach for it, but someone grabbed his hand. "Mark, it's me... it's Lexie,"

He blinked again, his blurry vision coming into focus until he saw brown hair and familiar dark green eyes. He wanted to talk but he couldn't breathe why couldn't- what...

Lexie's words were soft and calming, though he was too out of it to understand. "Accident....surgery...intubated...fine... call Shepherd Grace..."

But he felt her hand around his, and he knew he could do this one little thing...