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00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"Finally," Zuko sighed.
"When can we see Aang?" Katara asked for the umpteenth time.
"When he's finished not dying!" House growled back. He started to limp away towards his team.
"I'm sure House will show you the waiting room up stairs." Wilson said trying to protect the children from House's harsh sarcastic comments.
House continued to walk as Toph, Katara, Sokka, Zuko and Iroh followed him as he approached the door way. House abruptly stopped in front of the elevator as Toph accidentally bumped into him. Toph angrily fell as House swirled around.
"What's wrong? Can't you see where you're going?" House demanded as he swirled around.
"Actually, I'm blind." Toph answered getting up quickly. House stared at her for a moment. He hadn't even noticed her. He observed the dead gray eyes. She certainly was blind, but she was almost moving as if she could see. The elevator door opened as House stepped quickly inside it. He waited for the rest of the 'crew' to come but they hesitated.
"Um… is that thing safe?" Sokka asked. House gave an agitated glare.
"Only one way to find out," Zuko said as he pushed Sokka inside the elevator. Sokka screamed as he fell in the elevator. House observed their strange behavior as he was gathering the pieces of this strange puzzle together.
"If you don't know, this is an elevator." House mocked by talking. "It goes up and down." Katara, Toph, Zuko and Iroh cautiously gathered in the elevator as the door closed behind them. Katara clutched to her brother as the elevator creaked and started to move upward.
House looked at everyone as a headache started to form in his temples. House reached for his pocket and pulled out his vicodin pills. He shook one pill out, but then looked around at the teenagers as he decided one was not enough. House chugged four pills into his mouth and swallowed tilting his head back. The teenagers and Iroh stared at House as he concealed his vicodin away. The elevator doors opened and everyone gratefully exited as House limped out.
"You wait there, while I go and have fun." House said pointing to the small couches and chairs that only occupied a mother and her small daughter. The high started to kick in from his vicodin.
"And what are we supposed to do?" Sokka complained.
"Well, you could talk, or sleep or, I know… WAIT like everyone else is supposed to." House turned his back toward the worried group as he made his way towards his office.
"Well, we could use the time to take a nice nap." Iroh suggested as he settled himself on the three person couch.
"We're wasting our time!" Zuko said. "We should be figuring out a way to get out of this strange place!" Zuko whipped toward Katara. "How did we get here?"
"Why should I tell you?" Katara snapped. "You're only asking me so you know how to get to your evil father to give him Aang."
"You better tell me now peasant or-" Zuko threatened, his hand on fire.
"Zuko! Stop that!" Iroh hissed. Surprised Zuko quickly put out his flame. But it seemed that only a little girl noticed Zuko's fire bending.
"Mommy! That guy just made fire from his hand! He has super powers!" the girl said tugging on her mom's jacket.
"Stop it Suzan! There's no such thing as magic! Now be quiet and sit down." The girl shut her mouth and obediently sat down.
"No magic? No bending?" Toph repeated.
"Where are we?" Katara pondered out loud.
"Since we don't even know if we're in earth kingdom or Fire Nation, or even in a place where they don't recognize bending, we should not bend until we have a better idea where we are." Iroh advised. "I suggest that we wait quietly before we draw any more attention to ourselves." Iroh smiled as he watched everyone slowly sat down. Katara and Sokka sat on the couch as Toph lay on the floor. Zuko sat on a chair stiffly with his arms crossed. "If I may ask, do you know how we came to be here?"
"Well, not really." Katara answered. She wiggled a little uncomfortably next to the general. "Aunt Wu was creating a spell to take us to a place where we could heal Aang." Katara's eyes watered.
"What now? How are we going to get back home?" Sokka asked.
"Right now, we need to focus on the Avatar's health. After that, then we can find our way back home." Iroh said as the teenagers just nodded as they continued to wait.
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"So a monk, two black kids, an old fat guy, blind girl and an angry white scared face boy came into the hospital." House stated as he entered the room. He threw the red folder onto the glass table.
"We have a case?" Foreman asked in surprise looking up from his word puzzle.
"What kind of joke was that?" Chase asked throwing another paper ball into the basket ball hoop.
"It just happens to be a funny joke." House exclaimed, his eyebrows in high offense.
"Well, how does it end?" Chase curiously asked.
"Who cares what happens, they're just freaks!" House answered. "And more importantly we're treating them."
"What?" Cameron inquired as she walked away from the computer. She opened the red envelope to only find Chinese characters all over the papers. "What the?" House looked over her shoulder.
"Apparently they're not from around here." House quietly read the paper. It seemed to him the kids or uncle didn't even know how to read English either. But this was in the ancient Chinese language. House struggled as he translated it to his employees. "It seems that the boy had seizure or heart attack…something about magic…begging us to help him…and that's really it."
"Tests show that he had a seizure." Chase chipped in as he scanned the test results.
"But why would he have seizure all of a sudden? He's only twelve!" Foreman inquired.
"And nothing shows any blood work, physicals, nothing. Not even his family history!" Cameron exclaimed.
"Well, not everyone is as lucky as you Cameron." House said walking toward the white board. His mind went to the boy and his friends. There was something he didn't understand. He knew that none of them were relatives. They all had completely different eye colors. But that boy with the scar. That was no normal scar. It almost looked like a punch to the eye except for a bruise there's a…
"Only way to figure this out." House stated as he threw down the marker. "We're going on a field trip class!"
"You're going to see the patient? You of all people?" Foreman questioned.
"What? Who said I couldn't have good house manners?" House frowned as Foreman shook his head in disbelief. Cameron, Foreman and Chase walked with House down the hallway as they were careful not to walk too far ahead of their boss. House slid the glass door open to the patient's room as he found the teenagers and the old man in the room.
"What part of wait did you not understand?" House asked.
"Um I think the wait part was what confused me the most." Sokka shot back sarcastically.
"Hey!" House joked pointing his finger at Sokka. "Only I can be the cute, and sarcastic one." House turned to his patient and the bed and exclaimed. "Wow."
His patient appeared to be awake as he gray eyes stared at him. He was completely bald except a blue arrow that seemed to cover his head, hands and arms. His employees weren't doing as well as to suppress their surprise and shock as Cameron had her mouth opened, Foreman wide eyed, and Chase saying "Holy-"
"Um, are you my doctors?" Aang asked hoping to break the awkward silence. He felt insecure especially how the grownups were looking at him.
"I'm doctor House; these are my dumb assistants Cameron, Foreman and Chase. They'll be helping me figure out why you are dying." House announced.
"We're not dumb." Foreman added to the children.
"Oh, I'm sorry, I meant Chase is a screw up, Foreman's black and Cameron is my puppy." House corrected.
"I don't think I need any treatment." Aang said. "I feel better already." At that moment Aang coughed as Katara placed her hand on his back.
"Oh yeah, you're just fine." House said sarcastically as he drew closer to Aang. "I need to know some family history. Did you're mother or Father has any diseases? Where are you from?" Aangs eyes softened as he looked down.
"I never knew my mother or father." Aang answered. "I was raised by the monks in the southern air temple."
"Great. What about your guardian? Is he here with you or did you just run away from home?" House asked as he looked at Aang's monitors.
"I don't know. They're all dead." Aang said he turned away from House. Katara's eyes narrowed as she saw her friend hurt.
"What's wrong with you? Why are you doing this to him?" Katara demanded.
"How did your guardian die?" House asked. Aang didn't answer.
"They were murdered by the Fire Nation which is nothing but a bunch of cowards." Katara explained. She glared at Zuko who didn't do anything but stare off in space near a window.
"What's your name?" House asked Zuko. Zuko turned his golden eyes towards House. "Unless you want me to call you scar boy, or ugly."
"My name is …Zuko." Zuko replied.
"How did you get that scar Zuko?" Foreman asked.
"I don't have to answer to you peasant!" Zuko snapped. Iroh placed his hand on Zuko's shoulder.
"What did you say to me?" Foreman demanded.
"Please forgive my nephew; we are just very tired and worried for Aang. He means no disrespect." Iroh said calmly.
"I don't need you're help." Zuko muttered as he stormed off pushing past Cameron, Foreman and Chase out of the room.
"Ah, the good old teenage drama. Reminds me when I was a little old chap." House commented as he moved away from Aang. "Treat everyone to a physical, blood work and test for any infections. The same for arrow head." House pointed his cane to Aang. House started to limp away but then stopped suddenly. "Oh yeah, and don't forget scar boy."
