Cuddy had patiently waited all of a minute and a half, before grabbing her cell phone and calling Wilson.
"What the hell is going on?" she asked, more than a little irritated.
"Where are you?" Wilson asked, sounding as confused as she felt.
She sighed loudly before answering, "We're in one of the elevators. Why haven't they kicked back on? Isn't the backup system working?" The thought of being stuck with House for who knows how long was making her panic.
"Wait, is House with you?" Wilson chuckled, much to her dismay.
"Yeah it's just us," she groaned.
"Cuddy you called the maintenance guys about the broken elevator this morning. They've cut the power to them while they're working. They thought they had all the elevators all cleared out."
"Well obviously they didn't," she snapped. "Can't you tell them to switch them back on long enough for us to get out of here?" Cuddy pleaded. She was desperate to get away from House. It wasn't that she hated him; he just knew how to push all her buttons.
"Sorry the guy just told me they've already started," Wilson said, hoping that House would get her temper not him.
"Fine. Well how long is it going to take?" She felt defeated.
"Hang on." She could barely hear Wilson talking to somebody about the elevator.
"Cuddy? He said there's no way to tell until they figure out what's wrong with the other one. Sorry. I'll call you if they let us know anything else. Oh and try not to kill each other."
"Thanks Wilson," she said sarcastically, before hanging up. She knew it wasn't his fault, but felt the need to blame someone for her current predicament. She roughly moved House's legs off the couch and sat down.
"Watch it!" House snapped, glaring at her, "Cripple here, in case you forgot."
As Wilson hung up, he exchanged glances with the House's fellows.
"Did she buy it?" Chase asked.
"Are you kidding? Cuddy always believes me. I'm offended" Wilson laughed. He reached forward and pulled the master key out of the front of the elevator leaving it locked.
"So how long do we leave them?" Cameron asked, curiously. She had moved her feelings towards House into more of a fatherly category. Chase had opened her eyes to men her own age.
Foreman rolled his eyes and said, "A while."
