Title: Blood, Sweat, and Tears
Summary: When the hospital is taken hostage, the doctors of PPTH will be forced to make decisions without second thought. But when such vital decisions are made quicker than your next breath, you are bound to make a bad one…what will it cost them in the end?
Genre: Action and suspense!
Rating: T for violence and mentions of blood and whatnot
Pairings: Possible Huddy later on…maybe even some Chameron
Time Frame: Before House lost his team…so season three-ish
Disclaimer: I do not own House, M.D.
Lisa Cuddy stood on the roof of Princeton Plainsboro Teaching Hospital overlooking the hospital parking lot. She had been feeling exceptionally stressed out recently and had made it a habit to retreat up the stairs and onto the roof to unwind.
She didn't know why, but ever since she was a little girl she found comfort in heights as opposed to being afraid of them. The height gave her a certain feeling of power and control to be able to watch people live their lives, unaware of everything else going on around them, so busy that they couldn't find the time to just stop and take a look around at all they were missing, all they were taking for granted.
She currently had a mound of paperwork on her desk as big as Mount Everest that she wasn't overly eager to return to, so she decided to stay on the roof just a little while longer. She closed her eyes and felt her body begin to relax as the soft breeze gently caressed her face and the wind blew swiftly through her hair.
A sudden noise coming from the parking lot tore her away from the sensations of the wind and she took a step closer to the edge of the building to investigate. It was fairly dark outside and Cuddy leaned over the edge to try and get a better look at whatever it was that disrupted her from her peaceful moment on the roof.
She could see three shadows emerging from a suspicious looking black or possibly dark blue van. She couldn't see their faces but could tell by their silhouettes that they were three burly men in long black coats and heavy boots. She watched them closely as the biggest man in the group opened up the back of their van and reached in for something. What he retrieved from the van shocked Cuddy and a rush of panic surged through her veins.
The large man took out something Cuddy recognized, even in the dark, as a firearm of some kind. He passed it to the man next to him and her fears were confirmed as the second man cocked the gun, the proverbial sound ringing out prominently through the streets of Princeton.
Her hands seemed to be working of their own accord as she reached into her pocket for her cell phone. Panic rose deep inside her as she found nothing in her pocket apart from some lint and a gum wrapper. She cursed as her hands roamed all over her body, patting her clothes down as she searched for anything she happened to have on her to warn the occupants of the hospital of the impending danger. Her hands made contact with her pager that was clipped onto the hem of her pants and she broke her gaze from the three men she had been watching intently for a moment to glance at her pager. Her fingers worked furiously as she sent out a message.
Cuddy turned her attention back to the men in the parking lot, trying to formulate a plan to get everyone out of this alive, but soon realized that her time was limited as the men took their first steps towards the main doors of the hospital.
A/N: So how do you like it so far? Reviews are like my air! I need them to keep writing! Well, I need it to stay alive, but if I was dead I really wouldn't be writing much now, would I? That being said, give me some air!