Name: (A) House in the Sanctuary.
Writer: Ann.
Fandom: House/Sanctuary Crossover.
Rating: PG13.
Main Characters: House- Doctor Gregory House, Doctor Lisa Cuddy, Doctor James Wilson, Doctor Remy Hadley (aka Thirteen), Doctor Chris Taub and Doctor Lawrence Kutner.
Sanctuary- Doctor Helen Magnus, Doctor Will Zimmerman, Ashley Magnus, Henry Foss, Bigfoot, NYC Sanctuary Head.
Summary: House is certain it's a rare disease. Magnus knows it's an abnormal. But what would happen if they're both correct?
Timeline: House- Season 5, after "The Itch", Sanctuary- Season 1, before "The Five".
Disclaimer: All rights for House reserved to Fox and the creators and all rights for Sanctuary reserved to Syfy and the creators. I don't own anything (unfortunately).
Others: Let's see how that works out, shall we? ;-) Please review :-)
Also, English is not my native language, so I'm sorry about every mistake I might have. Feel free to correct me whenever you feel it's necessary.
Chapter 1- House's Head and Magnus's Heart
House walked into Princeton Plainsboro, his sunglasses on. He walked to the reception desk, quickly signed that he arrived and then hurried to the elevator, hoping to reach it before a certain woman catches him.
He realized he failed when s female hand pressed the elevator button, which he just reached for. They stood in silence, looking at the elevator, until it arrived. House hurried inside, but Cuddy followed, sending him s winner's smile.
"I've got a case for you," She said as the elevator door closed.
"Not interested," He replied immediately.
She turned to him. "Take it," She handed him the file, serious looking.
He took it, noticing she was completely serious now. He read it quickly before bringing it back to her. "It's boring." He said, limping out of the elevator.
Cuddy held the elevator open, handing him the file again. "You haven't taken a case in two weeks. Take it." Then, after he took it, she stepped back. "I think you'll find it more interesting than you think," was all she said before the elevator door closed and she was gone.
He wasn't surprised when he reached his team's office and saw them reading the file. Cuddy did it to him all the time. So he walked in and threw his bag on one of the chairs, causing them to look up. Then he threw his file on the table, looking at each of them.
Thirteen was the first who spoke. "Twenty nine years old, passed out and started bleeding from his ears. Has asthma for the past four years. No toxins or drugs were found in his blood."
"It's a concussion-" House started, dismissing the case.
"The E.R already checked it." Taub cut him off. "They found nothing in the X-Ray." He added, handing House the X-Ray.
House looked at it for a moment before throwing it back on the table. "Taub, Kutner, MRI his brain," He said, looking at them. They nodded and got up. "Thirteen, you check the house." She got up as well, leaving after the two men.
House looked around him and then left the room, heading out to his best friend's office in Oncology department. He opened the door and walked inside, not surprised to see his friend sitting by his desk and writing, a cup of coffee by his hand.
"House," He greeted him. House closed the door behind him and then sat down in front of Wilson, his legs straddled. One of his hands still held his cane, but the other was instinctively shot to Wilson's desk to grab the papers he was working on. Wilson took it back without a word.
"Wanna grab something to eat?" House suggested.
Wilson looked at the papers in front of him and then looked at his watch. He nodded as he got up. "Sure."
House got up as well, leaving the room after Wilson. The two walked towards the elevator, talking as they did so.
"There's a monster trucks tournament tonight," House said. "Wanna come over?" Wilson hesitated. "It's either you or a hooker. You pick."
Wilson held up his hands, as if surrendering. "Alright. I'll be there." He said. "But I have to leave early," He added as they walked into the elevator.
"How early?"
"Nine."
House gave him one of his looks, looking at him as if he's crazy. Then, realization and a bit of smugness on his face, he asked, "You have a date, don't you?"
Unlike his new team, Wilson was already used to his ability to notice things others haven't. "Yes, I do," He replied as they left the elevator, walking towards the cafeteria. "I met her here yesterday."
"You told me this was about one of your patients!" House exclaimed.
Wilson nodded. "It was. She's my patient's sister. We got to talk, and apparently she's really nice and happens to be single. So we said we'd meet."
"Are you crazy? A patient," He whispered before continuing in a normal voice, "Wasn't enough, so you try her sister? Don't you think it'll be a little awkward when her sister dies?" He continued, moving along the line until he found the French fries. "Split?"
"Sure," Wilson nodded, already taking out his wallet. Taking a salad – and not saying anything about House taking four chocolate cookies – he returned to the subject they were talking about. "I don't think she's in a good contact with her sister. It appears she only came to ask how she is because her mother asked her to."
"Oh, so that means she fits you?" House countered, taking the plate and the cookies to one of the tables.
Wilson paid quickly and then hurried towards House. He sat down in front of him, taking some of the fries. "Why not?" was all the second Doctor asked.
"Was she needy? In trouble?" House asked, a sarcastic note to his voice.
Wilson shook his head. "House-"
"As said, she doesn't fit you," He cut him off before taking more fries.
"I'll let you know after tonight," He said, sealing the argument. They ate silently for a few more minutes before Wilson spoke again. "So what's going on between you and Cuddy?" He asked quietly.
House shrugged. "Nothing."
"Even after… ?" Wilson asked curiously.
House nodded. "Yeah."
"Do you want anything to happen?" He continued, looking at House.
He didn't more. "I don't know," He said, revealing again, only to Wilson, how unsure he really was about his relationship with Cuddy. It had gotten much clearer to both of them ever since he kissed her. "I-"
Noticing his employees walking in, he got up. "Excuse me. It appears they found something on the MRI." He said before leaving Wilson alone by the table. Wilson looked after him, shaking his head slightly.
"You found a mass in his brain," House said as he walked towards Kutner and Taub, who looked at each other with surprise. House didn't give them a chance to talk. "Let me see," He said. Taub handed him the MRI scan, still looking slightly surprised. House held it up against the lights, looking at it carefully.
"Interesting," He murmured,
"It could be a clot," Kutner suggested.
"We can't know for sure," Taub countered. "It might be a tumor, too."
"Or it's an aneurism." House said, looking at the photo carefully. "Do a PET scan. If it's a tumor, check which. If it's not, give him a clotting medicine." He handed them back the photo. Taub took it quickly, nodding. "And talk to the family!" He called behind his back as he left.
Taub and Kutner looked at each other. "I'll do it," was all Kutner said before leaving.
In the other side of the continent, Helen Magnus left her office, looking slightly concerned as she walked through the Sanctuary's halls. She hurried to her-second-in-command's office, a file in her hand.
"Will?" She knocked on the door, waiting for the man on the other side of the door to reply. "Will?"
"Just a second!" He replied immediately. She heard him quickly dress up before he opened the door, letting her in. His wet hair told her he had just finished his morning shower. "Magnus. What's going on?"
She handed him the file. "Two days ago the New York Sanctuary found a rare abnormal wandering in New Jersey. They searched for him for about a day, before giving up and waiting for him to reappear. You see, this abnormal behaves like a human being, even though he's not, and he runs away from other human beings. That's why it's so hard to catch him."
"Let me guess," Will looked up from the papers. "He reappeared." She nodded. "Where?"
She looked at him seriously. "At a hospital in New Jersey, called Princeton Plainsboro. It appears he was found by the local authorities, who saw his unconscious and brought him to the nearest hospital."
Noticing the amount of pages in the file regarding the hospital, he asked, "What's so special about this hospital?"
For a moment, Magnus's British accent sounded much more British. "Have you ever heard of Doctor Gregory House?" She asked, pulling out a page from the file. It was a man's personal file.
Will read it quickly. He didn't know where he remembered this name from, but he slowly remembered as he read about him. He was a well-known doctor around the world, a crazy but brilliant diagnostician who solved almost all of his cases. The photo on the side, of a blue-eyed, brown-haired man, just strengthened his belief that he's heard of him.
"Yeah, I have. I take it he works there?" He asked, looking up at Helen.
Helen nodded. "Yes."
"And let me guess," His eyes met her green-blue ones, "He's treating our guy."
Helen's smile was the only approval he needed.
"When are we leaving?"
Magnus looked at him for a moment. Only then she spoke. "In two hours. I'll talk to Ashley."