A/N: This is kind of a filler chapter, the real action is planned to be in the next one. Sorry about the short chapters that's just the way I write. Anyways here it is, the calm before the storm, chapter 10, hope you enjoy...

Disclaimer: I do not own House M.D. or NCIS, (insert somewhat clever remark here)

Chapter 10

House sat in his chair once aging looking out into space while bouncing his ball off his desk. Tony, who had been observing House for a while now, realized it would best to stay quite.

House was confused. He had gone over each symptom at least 80 times by now and no diagnoses had come to him yet. The symptoms just didn't relate to each other. Even if he went to the extent that his patient had three diseases it still wouldn't explain all the symptoms. This was a question with no answer.

But there had to be an answer. There always was an answer, there had to be. The man was dieing and he couldn't figure out why.

"Your job must be hard," said Tony not being able to stay quite any longer.

"Not this hard," replied House still looking at nothing.

"Our jobs are kind of the same, except we deal with people after they're dead," continued Tony.

"Yeah except I can't cut into my patient to see what's wrong, I actually have to work."

Tony, slightly hurt but knowing how House operated by now, replied, "You've got a poisonous tongue , don't you doctor House?"

Houses eyes suddenly gained focus but still looked at nothing as though something had just appeared in the room but only him could see it. His mind now going from zero to sixty in about a millisecond, ideas flying around at light speed. House figured it out.

House stood up grabbed his cane and started to move toward the glass door that led out of his office. Tony followed him with intense interest.

"What's going on," asked Tony, very confused.

"Call your team," House replied, "I've found your murderer."

The team was already on there way when they got Tony's call, afterwards however Gibbs accelerated the car to far beyond the legal limits, passing cars at a frighting pace.

The car pulled up in front of the hospital and the agents jumped out, guns at the ready. They bursted in through the doors and quickly moved up the stairs, yelling at anyone that got in their way.

They made it to the third floor quickly and stormed down the halls looking for Tony. They found him however relaxed and standing with House.

"Dinozzo!" yelled Gibbs, "Where is he?"

"Don't know boss, but House says he does."

Gibbs put his gun in the holster and turned to face House, "Where is he?"

"What's the magic word?" said House in his normal sarcastic tone.

Normally Gibbs wouldn't of touched a crippled, their life was hard enough already without people threating them, but he was finished with House. This Doctor called them over, saying he found a murderer and was now asking for the "magic word". He wouldn't take this, the game was over. Gibbs grabbed House and pushed him hard up against the wall.

House was stunned for a second by the speed and strength of the old man, but quickly regained his composer.

"Where is he?" Gibbs asked again inches away from House's face.

"Follow me," House replied.