Cameron, Paige, Dr. Rosen and Nina were all seated around a table in a conference room. "So what exactly is your plan of action for all this?" Cameron asked Dr. Rosen after he had finished explaining Paige's ability to her.
"Paige needs to learn how to better control her emotions. In doing so, she can learn how to channel her ability and only use it when absolutely necessary. I can help her with that through Cognitive Behavioral Therapy" Dr. Rosen told Cameron.
"No! Absolutely not! I'm not sending her to any kind of therapy before taking her to Princeton Plainsboro to be evaluated by the doctors there!" Nina looked Cameron straight in the eyes.
"Do you care about your daughter?" Cameron once again fell into a trance.
"Of course!"
"Then you'll let Dr. Rosen do whatever he feels is necessary to help her!"
"Nina!" Dr. Rosen said, "I just got through with saying that Paige should only use her ability when absolutely necessary. The same goes for you too."
"But, Dr. Rosen, I..."
"After what happened the last time, I can't risk anything, especially you losing control of your ability. I need you on board to help out with Paige. Understood?" Nina nodded. "Good. Now push Dr. Cameron out of this trance."
"Dr. Cameron!" Nina said, resuming her hypnotic voice. "Snap out of this and focus!" Cameron blinked a couple of times before fully coming to her senses.
"I'm sorry. I must have spaced out for a moment" Cameron said, bringing her hand to her forehead. "What were you just saying?"
"Actually, you didn't space out" Dr. Rosen told Cameron, "Nina pushed you." Cameron tilted her head, wearing a bewildered expression. "That's Nina's alpha ability. She can make people do things just by giving them a verbal command while simply making eye contact with them."
"So you're saying that there's another race of people called Alphas?" Cameron asked. "If that's so, then how did Paige develop this supposed alpha ability when I, as her mother, have never displayed anything of the sort."
"What about Paige's father?" Dr. Rosen inquired. "Did anything ever happen when he was around that nobody was able to explain." Cameron thought for a moment.
"To be honest, I don't know. Paige's father was never in the picture. The two of us were in college at the time and we hadn't been dating for that long and he left me as soon as he found out that I was pregnant. I never saw or heard from him after that." Cameron struggled to hold back tears as she began to relive that horrible memory...
Cuddy was sitting at her desk when House came barging in. "Need your permission to give a patient liquor" he said. Cuddy looked up in utter disbelief.
"Why?" she asked, deciding to humor him a bit.
"I need to see whether or not they're allergic to alcohol" he protested. Cuddy let out a chuckle.
"Nice try, House! We both know that there are other ways to test for an allergy. You are NOT throwing yourself a cocktail party!"
"But it's St. Patty's day! It's a sin not to get wasted in this sacred holiday!" Cuddy was about to respond when her phone rang.
"Unlike you, I've got actual work to do" she said, picking up the phone.
"But..."
"Hello," Cuddy said into the receiver, completely ignoring House who walked out of the room snickering to himself; about what Cuddy had no idea, but she had more important things to worry about.
"Hi, Lisa! It's Allison" she heard Cameron say in a shaky voice. "I need your help with something."
"Is everything ok?" Cameron let out a sigh.
"Not exactly" she responded as she went on to explain what Dr. Rosen wanted with Paige. "He's not letting her leave" Cameron concluded. "I need you to get a court order of some kind in order to have her transferred over to your hospital asap!"
"I'm sorry, Allison, but I have no jurisdiction what-so-ever in New York."
"Please, Lisa, you're my last hope! There's got to be something you can do!" Cameron pleaded. Cuddy could faintly make out the sound of someone sobbing on the other end. This tugged at her heart strings a bit.
"Let me talk to this Rosen guy. Maybe I can work something out with him."
"Sure. Hold on! Let me just get him." Cuddy waited for a moment before she heard a male voice at the other end.
"Dr. Rosen here!"
"Hello, Dr. Rosen. This is Dr. Cuddy speaking. I would like to talk with you about Paige Cameron." Cuddy spoke with him for about 10 minutes trying everything she could to get him to release Paige.
"I understand your concerns, Dr. Cuddy, but..."
"No, I don't think you do" Cuddy interjected, hanging up on him and slamming the phone down.
"What was that about?" Cuddy looked up and saw House standing in her office over by the doorway.
"Nothing that concerns you, House" she curtly responded.
"I heard mini-Cameron got arrested yesterday" House said, lying down on Cuddy's couch. Cuddy looked up at him, but didn't say a word. "So she's seeing Dr. Rosen now? What does the whack-job think she's an Alpha or something? Keeping her under observation up in Binghamton?"
"How did you..."
"Know all this?" House finished for Cuddy who simply nodded in response.
"Rosen and I go way back" House said, folding his arms behind his head. "I spent some time working for him before coming to work here."
"And what happened? Why did you stop working there?" House sat up before answering.
"He no longer had any use for me and I no longer had any use for him. So I just left" House said, making it sound as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.
"Do you believe in this whole Alpha thing?" Cuddy asked in a serious tone.
"I don't know" House responded. "Though I saw people who could do things that I can't still explain to this day." Cuddy tilted her head and furrowed her eyebrows.
"Like what for instance?"
"Telekenisis, mind controlling abilities and superhuman strength just to name a few."
"And you've actually witnessed this?" House nodded. "Wow!"was all Cuddy could say. This newfound information shook her to the core and what scared her most was that House sounded completely sincere about all of this...
Cameron and Paige were sitting in a lounge type room while Dr. Rosen stood outside appearing as if he were talking with somebody. Paige was sitting on a black velvety couch while Cameron brew a pot of coffee. "Want a cup?" she asked Paige who shook her head in response.
"All I want is to go home!" Paige sighed as she leaned back and closed her eyes. Cameron poured herself a cup of coffee and than sat down next to her daughter.
"I know, sweetie. I know. But we can't do anything so long as we're locked in this room, so we might as well make the best of it."
"I guess!" Cameron put an arm around her daughter's shoulders.
"Don't worry! Everything will be just fine!" Paige looked up at her mom and forced a smile.
"Um...mom can I ask you something?" Cameron nodded her head. "Do you really think I'm an Alpha?" Cameron hesitated for a moment, deciding how to best answer that question.
"It's possible. I mean, it would explain a lot!" Cameron finally said.
"What do you mean?" Before Cameron had a chance to respond, Dr. Rosen came walking in with Detective Rothberg.
"Hello, nice to see you again" she said, walking over to shake Cameron's hand. Cameron reluctantly accepted the handshake. "Nice to see you again Paige."
"Thanks" Paige mumbled. Detecive Rothberg took a seat across from the pair.
"Paige I need to discuss your charges further with you."
