So sorry for this being so late, I was on vacation and then working more and I had some writer's block. Thanks to those of you still reading and to those of you who have subscribed and reviewed this story. I will try to get this out in a more efficient fashion and hopefully not leave it hanging like I did before.

Arizona POV

"Mark?" Arizona panicked when he didn't respond and shook him a bit, "Mark!"

"Huh, what?"

"You fell asleep, I thought you were dead. You aren't allowed to do either, no dying, no sleeping, do you understand me? What did I tell you? We are all waiting for you so don't you dare let us down. We are going home together."

Mark said something but it was too quiet for Arizona to hear, "What'd you say?"

"Sorry, Robbins."

"You better be, cause I'm not explaining to Callie or Sofia why you didn't come back." Arizona knew that she was freaking out a little, but she didn't count on Mark not to give up.

"You won't have to, I'm sorry." Mark shifted a little and Arizona moved her arms, to help steady him. "Is that blood?" Meredith, Derek, and Christina, who had been trying to avoid listening to their conversation, snapped to attention at his question.

Without realizing it, Arizona had let him see her sleeve and her hands, which were bloody from her coughing. "Don't worry about it Mark, I'm okay."

"Where is it coming from?"

"Just coughing up a little blood, I'm fine."

"Coughing up blood is not fine, how long has this been going on?" Christina butted into the conversation, but at some point Mark would become even harder to hear and take longer to get to the point.

"Since we crashed, I'm fine."

Before anyone could get on Arizona for waiting this long to say something, they heard a howl in the woods.

"Ok, is there any chance that came from a bird, or maybe an adorable bunny and you know, not a wolf?"

"Seriously Arizona?"

"No, but a bunny is preferable to wolves, or a bear." Lions and tigers and bears, oh my! Great, now that's all I will be thinking about, that's what I get for watching the Wizard of Oz the other day. "At least it was only one wolf."

"There are most likely more than just the one, they do travel in packs."

"Thank you Derek, we needed to be reminded of that. I'm still content believing it was a bunny."

"And we could eat a bunny."

"Christina!"

"What? I'm hungry and it's true, beating around the bush is no good, if we see a bunny, I'm going after it."

"How do you plan on going after a bunny with your arm the way it is?"

"I have two arms!"

This is going to be a long, long night.

As the night went on, every sound was magnified for the on edge group of surgeons (plus pilot). They continued to hear scattered howls of the wolves, rustle of the trees, and crunching of the dirt and rocks. Something was definitely out there. Christina started saying "I will not be eaten under" repeatedly under her breath, Arizona tried feeling around for something that could be used as a weapon. The group was on edge as the rustling in the woods got louder and the moonlight allowed them all to see what was in the woods with them.

"A deer? Seriously?"

"Well, Christina, you were right, you will not be eaten."

With that, Christina started bursting into hysterical laughter. "No, I guess I won't be eaten by a deer, but hey that wolf can still come back with its friends, or maybe a bear or whatever else is out here."

"Well there's probably.." Derek started to once again share his knowledge of the outdoors but several people cut him off.

"Derek, I swear I will kill you myself if you start telling us about all the animals around here that could eat us." Meredith was having enough awful thoughts about being eaten without Derek's help.

"Alright, alright, just trying to make conversation, Arizona was the one who threw out that idea earlier."

"Yes, but I was talking about talking about medicine, our children, our families, reality shows, movies, hell, I would even rather talk about the weather, than talk about what could kill us. Most likely we know what could kill us out here, animals like wolves, yes, but there is also a laundry list of medical problems that will probably kill us first, so please let's refrain from that conversation."

"Do you think Kepner is ok with Zola?" Meredith had avoided voicing this particular concern, but it had been on her mind since they left Seattle.

Arizona sympathized with Meredith and Derek, grateful that Sofia was at home with Callie. At least, I hope she's at home with Callie, she spends a lot of time with that babysitter. "I'm sure she's okay, April is a good doctor and she's good in peds, you all may not like admitting it, especially since she failed her boards, but she is a good doctor, she really cares about her patients." Arizona let her mind wander to Callie and Sofia, I wish I was home and curled up in bed with Callie and Sofia in the next room. It's true, I was made for you. Ever since Callie's car accident, that song and The Universe and U popped into her head when she thought of her. Arizona found it comforting, like she always had Callie with her.

"I hope you're right, I'm not really sure what will happen to her if we don't make it back."

"Don't think like that Meredith, we will make it back, Zola will get to see her parents again and you will get to see your baby."

"Thanks."

"No problem." The doctors were so involved in each others lives, it was hard to think of anything to start a conversation, until Arizona got an idea. "Hey Jerry, we all know each other, but we don't know you, and you don't know us, why don't you tell us about yourself." I don't know why I didn't think of that sooner.

"Well, I'm married and I have 2 children, we live in Seattle.." Jerry talked about his family for about an hour, everyone else mostly stayed quiet, Arizona was the only one really asking him questions about his life.

"Sorry to interrupt, but does anyone have a watch? It'd be nice to know what time it was." Derek had no idea where his was, he couldn't remember if he packed it or not.

"I do! It's around 3:00.

"Thanks, Christina, when the sun comes up we have to figure out how to get water and fire."

Hours later the group watched the sun come up, all of them surprised they made it through the night. Arizona smiled, Maybe there is hope for rescue.

I couldn't be that mean and kill Mark, I like him. Although to be honest, probably would have been a better story if I did, just because of the way I left it with him in the previous chapter