I always wondered why House had gotten fired so many times and in my story this seems like the most plausible explanation for one of the hospitals. And as always in this story, it may seem extreme, but I've heard of this being done. As I'm sure you know I adore reviews!
Kris the fanficaholic- Ah now here is a darker story for you though there is underlining of sweetness
BananasRockMySocks08- So you're name is Grace and you look like her, hmmmm something you want to share with us? He he! Glad you like the story, and you're right this story could go anywhere!
McRaider- Glad you like the story, I was always taken with the idea of House being a parent, and wanted it to be a little different, an here it is.
SupportSeverusSnape- It won't be sweet forever though, that's not the House we all know and love (most of the time anyway)
Chapter 7- In the Dark of the Night
23rd February 1994- Los Angeles, California, USA
The operation would be illegal. It would have to happen in the dark of the night, House knew he shouldn't do this at the hospital but he needed the equipment and he had a pass to get through to what he needed.
After House had insulted the Dean of Medicine and some donors in Philadelphia, he had been fired from the hospital there, so the House siblings moved all the way across the other side of the country to Los Angeles at the beginning of the school year and were doing alright.
Until.
Four months previously House had discovered a cancerous tumour in his little sister's kidney. Because he wasn't a match, he had got her onto the transplant list. He had manipulated people, spread rumours, evened out favours and kissed every ass he needed to, to get her at the top of the list. Most of the staff were so amused at the sight of House actually being nice and charming to donors and praising the hospital, but of course they all remembered why they were doing this and quickly their thoughts were saddended. Even if it was House's sister, no one deserved cancer.
Unfortunately the day of the transplant, as the donor courier was speeding through LA traffic on his motorbike, he had been hit by a taxi and the donor kidney was deemed unviable. As soon as the hospital heard about that, they all left House alone as he swore his head off, kicked the walls, and trashed a lab.
House slipped silently into her room, she was sleeping soundly, not aware of the trouble. House held her hand softly as he lay his head down on her bed and wept for her, not yet ready to wake her and tell her the horrifying truth.
But as soon as she woke, he knew he had to. He knew she knew before he even opened his mouth.
"Something happened." She guessed.
"I'm sorry, Gracie." He said to her as she lay in her room, tears silently falling down her own cheeks now. He held her hand and grasped it firmly, he wasn't going anywhere, he was gonna find her a kidney if it was the last thing he did. And it was the last thing he did do, at that hospital at least.
HHHHHHHHHH
House had found a pig's kidney on the black market. He had paid a bundle and now owed a lot of money, but money was nothing if it saved his sister's life. He had done research on animal to human transplant, though it was completely illegal and not even fully approved, House knew how to make it work. He was a legend for a reason after all.
He had also paid money to get another surgeon to help him, though this one was retiring soon and immigrating to Australia so he didn't mind if he got a black mark against his name.
"Ready Sampson?" House said. The older Doctor nodded and they put the unconscious Grace in a wheelchair and quickly took her to the morgue. This operation had to be secret, quick and out of the way. The night crew were busy watching TV or doing something to keep themselves awake. Not paying attention to the two doctors stealing a patient. House and Sampson also ignored them, acting nonchalant.
But maybe if they had looked a little harder, they would have noticed George Fisher, House's arch enemy at the hospital, watching them. He quickly followed them to the basement where they had set up a make-shift rush operating room.
Quickly scrubbing up and administering a stronger anaesthetic to knock Grace out, Sampson prepared the pig's kidney, as House cut open his sister and removed her now destroyed kidney.
As Sampson drained the blood and placed the pig's kidney in, House began tying it in. Altogether the operation took two hours, which was a rush job but it still worked, Grace had survived. As House tidied up, Sampson took Grace back to her room, and began giving her medicine. House decided to wait till morning to explain her miraculous recovery. But he didn't have to bother. As soon as he left the morgue he came face to face with Dr. Henry Beckman, the hospital's Dean of Medicine.
"Dr. House. Or should I say Butcher House. You're fired." Beckman stated.
"Whatever." House wasn't in the mood for these threats, he wanted to be with his sister.
"House, I'm serious. This is an illegal operation, what I should be doing is handing you over to the police, or at least revoke your Medical licence. But in the interest of fairness and the fact that I know you love your little sister, she's the only person you love more than yourself. So I will just fire you with no reference. As soon as Grace is recovered, you're out of here." House looked back and realised that this was no threat, Beckman actually wanted him out.
House just nodded. No matter what happened, he didn't regret his choice. He had saved his little sister, so what if he had to sacrifice his career in California.
