Locked Up With You

Chapter One

"Then we'll just have to do an exploratory operation," House said. He was down to his last option, cutting open his patients head and looking for a tumor. The patient was a thirty-one-year old male who had many neurological symptoms which lead House to think it was a tumor in his head, but was too small to see on the MRI, or blended in.

"No ones going to let you cut open a person's head and search around for a tumor," Chase told House as he sat down in a chair at the Diagnostic Department's Office.

"Well, I have a sense of direction," House told him.

"How? His symptoms lead all over the brain," Foreman questioned.

"Why don't we just keep thinking until we know for sure it has to be a tumor," Cameron suggested, "Besides where would you find a free operating room that no one would come into?"

House opened his mouth to talk but stop himself, he knew the perfect place that would have no interruptions, the only problem would be is getting their patient there.

"Dr. Cuddy?" a nurse said as she walked into Cuddy's office.

"I'm busy right now," Cuddy responded as she went threw papers.

"Well, this is important," the nurse added.

"What is it?" Cuddy asked looking up putting on a fake smile.

"House is leading his team and his patient to the East Wing and we didn't know if he had permeation from-"

"The old OR?" Cuddy asked standing up, she knew this couldn't be good. But before the nurse could answer she ran out of her office headed towards the East Wing, the only part of the old hospital that was left. It was only for storage but had everything the old OR's had, and everything you would need to cut open a person's head to do exploratory surgery, just as an example.

"House, where are you going?!" Wilson asked as he paced along side House. They were walking fast down the hallway behind House's patient and his team of ducklings.

"Just taking a walk," House answered knowing Wilson would go straight to Cuddy.

"House, I'm not going to get involved," Wilson told him, "Just tell me so I know what to lie about." He was almost telling the truth, almost.

"Alright, you got me," House confessed as he stopped and faced Wilson, "I'm taking this patient the old OR to do exploratory brain surgery on him." Then he turned and walked off at a fast pace leaving Wilson alone.

Wilson gave a little laugh, "He's got to be kidding," he told him self as he turned around and walked back to his office. He was kidding, right?

They were finally there. House grabbed a set of keys that he found on the janitors cleaning utensils next to the door, and unlocked the door the East Wing. He opened the door, put the keys back, and then let his patient and doctors stroll in. House was about to follow but was stopped by a voice.

"House!" Cuddy's voice yelled as she stormed up to him.

"Yes mother?" House asked, then turned and walked in to the short hallway with four OR rooms, a bathroom, a lounge room, and a desk at the back. He turned on the rest of the lights and walked into the first room, with the door wide open.

"Don't do this. I let you get away with more than anyone in this hospital," Cuddy said trying to stay calm.

"Which is why I'm doing this," House told her as he watched his ducklings get the patient comfortable and check everything twice to make sure their little run didn't hurt anything.

"House!" Cuddy yelled again.

Just then the patient opened his eye's, they had knocked him out by over dosing him, and now it seemed to have worn off, "Where am I?" he asked as his body shuddered again. "Who are you?" he added looking around the room.

"Memory loss and tremors are still there," Forman announced.

"Knock him out," House ordered tossing a syringe on the bed towards Chase.

"This might hurt," Chase told the patient as he jabbed the needle into his leg.

"What might hurt?" he asked looking around still. The patients vision had worsen so he didn't see much of anything.

"You didn't feel that?" Chase asked taking the syringe back out after injecting the fluid into him.

"Feel what?" The patient asked as he dosed off.

"Numbness," House added to the list of symptoms.