Hello Everyone! This is the latest addition to the Rising Storm stories and will probably be the last add on to the story. If you haven't read the first two stories, you can still read this one, though it will make more sense if you read the other two first. Read and review at any time!

Title: Finding Truth

Rated: K+

Summary: Two years ago the storm that caused chaos around the country happened and Lindsay's found out she was indeed Paige Hobson. Many other things were left unanswered. What is Thirteen's real name? How did House and Cuddy's relationship go throughout the two years since the storm? How has everyone been after the storm? And how has Paige been in jail? Nothing is what is seems as everyone reunites in what could be one of the most terrifying incidents in their lives… Crossover with House, Cold Case, and Without a Trace. SMacked, D/L, Huddy, Lilly/Scotty, and maybe a little Kudley (That's Thirteen and Kutner from House to those who don't know!)

Part Three: Finding Truth

Two Years after the Storm

Princeton, New Jersey

Chapter One: The Surprising News

"Cuddy…"

She opened her eyes to look at him.

"Cuddy," he repeated.

"You know I'm staring right at you," she whispered. "I can hear you now."

She could hear now. Two years ago, after the storm that had engulfed the country had come to an end, she had decided to get the cochlear implant, so she could hear again. She had been tired of living in a soundless world; she had wanted so badly to hear House's voice again. She also got it so she wouldn't be in danger, like how she had been when the tornadoes had hit Chicago and she couldn't hear the sirens. She had been fine with who she was, she had heard the world through her eyes. But she had to hear again, that was what she had wanted.

"It's time for work."

She took one look at the clock and closed her eyes. "Just five more minutes, mommy."

"Hey," House warned, "that's my line."

"I know," she mumbled. "And I'm using it." She turned away from him and hoped for some extra sleep.

"Fine," he said.

Suddenly, she felt the hard wooden floor hit her back as she fell from the bed. She immediately opened her eyes, sat up, and yelled, "House!"

"Wake up call," he said. "You're going to be late for work."

She got up from the floor and started making the bed. "Since when have you been worried about arriving to work late?"

House popped his head outside the bathroom. "Since now. Now hurry up."

Something was up and she knew House wouldn't tell her. Just like he would always have some odd theory on why a patient was sick, he wouldn't give the slightest clues for his explanations for something. It seemed as though he were going to surprise her with some news. This news could be catastrophic or marvelous.

They were married now, they had been for two years, and he would come to caring more about her than one of his patients at Princeton Plainsboro, even when she wasn't sick. She still worked as administrator and he still worked as the head of the diagnostics department. House's staff still consisted of Dr. Eric Foreman, Dr. Chris Taub, Dr. Lawrence Kutner, and Dr. Hadley, also known as Thirteen.

After all these years, House still hadn't figured out her first name. He would beg her to tell him, but she just kept her mouth shut. He would even try to get Thirteen to tell him, but she always knew his trick. Cuddy called her 'Hadley' when she came over to talk to her, which made House annoyed because he knew she was doing that just to make him even more impatient about finding out the answer himself. But she gave him the hint he wanted two years ago, now he had to go figure out the rest of the puzzle by himself. Besides, he devoted a lot of his life to solving puzzles.

But the four doctors weren't the only ones on House's staff. After they had decided to get married themselves, Dr. Allison Cameron and Dr. Robert Chase had joined his staff. Cameron admitted that she had missed the mystery of her old job, trying to figure out what disease a patient had. Chase didn't actually say why he came back to his old job, but they knew it was because he wouldn't leave Cameron to work by herself. Surprisingly, he had let them join the staff without hesitation, so now his team included his old staff and the three new ducklings. There were plenty of people on his team now, and she wouldn't let him hire anyone else for the job to work for him.

She hurried to get dressed and ready for work as House waited impatiently for her. Once she was ready, she followed him to the car. House gave her a funny look as she got into the car. "What?" she asked, noticing his stare.

"You look kind of pale," he said. "Are you feeling okay?"

Just peachy, she wanted to say, but instead she said, "I'm just tired. I didn't get that much sleep last night."

He nodded and began driving to the hospital. As he was driving, Cuddy leaned her head against the window. He soon rolled down her car window, which caused her to move her head away from the window. "House!"

"What?" he asked. "I thought you might need fresh air."

He was using his teasing voice again, which meant he was trying to annoy her or he was trying to prove a point. She decided he was trying to annoy her. She turned to look at him. "I'm tired, House; can't you let me get a few moments of shut eye?"

"Turn to look that way," he said, pointing towards the open window.

She knew what he was doing. When they had been on the flight to Singapore, a woman that had been sitting in the seat in front of House had been so worried about catching the disease that the patient had on the flight. House had asked her to do the same thing, when all of the sudden she threw up. He knew that she wasn't feeling well, but she knew he was just trying to play games with her. "No, I know what you're doing."

"I'm serious," he said. "Turn to look that way."

She let herself ask the same question that the woman on the flight had. "Why?"

He answered her with the same thing that he had said to the woman. "Because in five seconds you're going to throw up and I don't want you to get it on me."

She stared at him for the five seconds. When she was going to say that he had been wrong, she felt her stomach give a violent jerk, and she turned to throw up out the window.

"Well, I guess I was off by three seconds," said House.

She turned to look at him again. "How'd you know…?"

"You aren't sick," he replied. "And you don't have the flu."

"House, I was never sick...Then what do you think I have if I'm not sick?"

"I've noticed you haven't been eating much this week," House explained. "You also have been sick this week too."

She thought back to a few days ago. How had he known? "You just said I wasn't sick."

"Not sick as in sick," replied House. "I mean sick, as in what you just did a few seconds ago."

"Stop playing games with me House," said Cuddy. "Just tell me what I have."

As the car came to a stop, House turned to look at her. "Have you ever thought about having children?"

"Yes, I've always wanted to have children…" She paused, now realizing the point he was trying to make earlier. "Wait, you think I'm pregnant?"

House nodded. "We're at the hospital now, but there really isn't any reason to go now. It's Sunday and we have the day off…"

Cuddy barely heard what he said. She never thought she would ever have a child, so she had overlooked all the signs that would have told her herself that she could possibly be pregnant. But this was her first child, their first child, together as a family. This was all she had ever wanted, and now her wish had finally come true. "Really?" she asked in a quiet voice. "Is it really true?"

"I wouldn't be lying to you Cuddy," said House.

Cuddy smiled. As she spoke, her voice was only a whisper. "Yeah, today is Sunday, isn't it? We don't have to worry about work. Let's…let's head back home."

House nodded, starting up the car again and pulling out of the parking lot. The two were quiet the rest of the way home, too astonished about the news to say anything. Cuddy turned to look at House.

Everyone had said he was miserable; she had even agreed to it. He had been miserable. But he wasn't the House he had been all those years ago, miserable and insensitive to other people's feelings. He did care for others; he cared for her. And now she was going to start a family with him, with the man she had always loved.

Chapter 2- How has Paige been doing in jail for the past two years? Next chapter we head back to New York and see how Paige is in jail.

A/N: So, how was the first chapter? Reviews are much appreciated!