I am back from vacation. I made sure I wrote a chapter for you guys to make up for all the days I missed.
Run For Your Life
March 16
5:00am
Cuddy woke up on her sofa in her office. There had been no new news from the kidnappers. She knew that she had only gotten about an hour's worth of sleep the night before and her body was yelling. The night before, she would wake up from nightmares before she could doze off for a long period of time.
Cuddy stayed laying on her sofa looking into the dark room. She hoped that the day would go fast so that she could pay the ransom and get House and Cameron back.
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When Cameron woke up, she heard House still asleep next to her.
She had no idea what time it was because the room was still pitch black just like the night before. She was then blinded when the lights in the room came on.
House woke up when the lights came on. House and Cameron looked at each other and then looked at Jack.
"Rise and shine," Jack said. "Do you guys sleep well?" He asked sarcastically.
"Just wonderful," House said back to him.
"Brandon has gone to get everything ready for this evening. Your Dean better not screw it up." This comment gave House hope that Jack did not know about him and Cuddy because he said Dean and not girlfriend.
"Dr. Cameron needs to use the restroom," House said. Cameron looked at House. "I need to use it too," House finished.
House had noticed that Jack had not come down carrying a gun. He hoped he didn't have it hidden in his waistband. He had to take the risk, though, if he wanted to get Cameron out.
"You will each have 2 minutes in the bathroom," Jack said.
"It takes me longer than that to get my pants off," House said. "Unless you want things to get messy, we will need a little more time." Jack looked at House.
"5 minutes," Jack said as he went over to get the keys to undo Cameron's handcuffs. "Remember the magic word," House whispered to Cameron. Cameron looked at House and then looked at Jack who was coming towards her.
"You should be happy that I am doing this when Brandon is gone so that you will not have to worry about him touching you," Jack said to Cameron as he undid her handcuffs.
"Thanks," Cameron said. House watched them carefully.
Right when Jack finished undoing the handcuffs, House reached forward and grabbed Jack by the collar of his shirt and pulled him down. "Run Cameron!" House yelled.
Cameron immediately jumped up, but before she could run, Jack grabbed her by the ankle. House, who still had a hold of Jack by his collar, punched Jack in the throat, causing him to release his grip on Cameron's leg.
"Hurry Cameron!" House yelled.
Cameron quickly ran away from them and ran upstairs.
Cameron ran outside looking for anyone that might have a phone. It was still dark outside since it was so early in the morning, so there was no one in sight.
Cameron pounded on some doors, but nobody answered. She then saw a main road off in the distance and ran towards it.
It took her twenty minutes to make it to the road. She hoped that House was okay. When she got to the road, she started to wave her hands to get somebody to stop.
A 50-year old business man saw her and pulled over. Cameron quickly ran to the car.
The man rolled down his window a little to see what she wanted.
"Do you have a phone? I need to call the police."
The man picked up his cell phone and rolled down his window a little more and slipped it out.
He watched as Cameron called the police.
"911," The operator answered.
"My name is Allison Cameron and I am a doctor in Princeton and I was kidnapped yesterday. The men that took me also took another doctor and they still have him."
"Where are you?" The operator asked.
"What road is this?" Cameron asked the man in the car.
"Lakewood Drive, right before the 127the street exit," the man said.
"I am on Lakewood Drive right before the 127th street exit," Cameron said to the operator. The operator told Cameron that they had a cop 5 minutes away and to just stay where she was if it was safe. The operator stayed on the line with Cameron until Cameron saw the police officer pull up behind the man that had stopped to help her. Cameron gave the phone back to the man in the car and walked over to the police officer.
The man in the car then got out and followed Cameron to the cop car.
"I am Officer Metcalf," the cop said to Cameron.
"I need to show you where Dr. House is before they hurt him," Cameron said to him frantically. "He has a gun." Metcalf held up his hands to get Cameron to slow down.
"First off all, are you okay?" Metcalf asked her. Cameron nodded her head yes. "Do you know where they have Dr. House?"
"I can show you," Cameron said. "It's over that way in a building in that small town."
"After you show me where it is, I will call back up," Metcalf said.
Cameron nodded her head again as the officer made his way to the passenger seat to open the door for her.
"Thank you," Cameron said to the man who had stopped for her before she got into the cop car. Metcalf also told the guy thank you.
Metcalf and Cameron headed towards the building where House was.
"It is that one," Cameron said as she pointed towards the building.
Metcalf stopped his car in front of the building and picked up his radio.
"This is Officer Metcalf," he said. "I need back up on Baker Street to deal with a kidnapping and hostage situation."
"I will dispatch all available units to your location," the dispatcher answered him back. "We will also get a negotiator out to the scene." Cameron stayed staring at the building hoping that at any minute House would walk out.
"We will get him out," Metcalf said to Cameron.
"Yeah," Cameron said quietly.
"Why don't you tell me about what is going on?" Metcalf asked Cameron trying to get her mind to focus. Cameron told him the entire story about Jack and how House and her knew him. Metcalf listened closely to try to figure out what kind of man they were dealing with. After listening to her story, he knew that Jack would have no problem shooting House. His only hope would be that Jack would give him up if he thought that would help save himself.
