Title: Confessions

Rating: T

Disclaimer: I do not own anything

Summary: Cuddy is faced with a suspected case of abuse and tries to help the victim. But her willingness to help puts her in a dangerous position and she begins to fear for her life.

!!Huddy!!!

Chapter 14

Baker shut the door behind him as he led House and Wilson into the office.

"Hey!" Wilson rushed forward only to be halted at the sound of a gun shot.

"Damn it Baker!" Marcus slid off the desk after placing a kiss on Cuddy's lips. "Are you trying to attract unwanted attention?"

"Me?" Baker replied "You're in here trying to get off. I could hear her screaming from the hallway."

"Jealous?" Marcus retorted pulling Cuddy up with him. "Cutie and I were just having a little fun. It didn't go to far. Not yet anyway." he smiled

"You are aware of the bleeding women on the couch?" House spoke up.

Baker looked from Marcus to Natalie. "I thought you were getting this taken care of."

"I was." Marcus snapped "But then I thought about it."

Baker looked confused "What are you talking about?"

"I want to take her with me." he motioned to Cuddy

"This wasn't the plan." Baker argued "This.." he pointed to Cuddy who was backed into a corner "And this." he pointed to Natalie. " This is going to far."

"What's it to you?" Marcus questioned him. "Natalie made her own choices."

"I'm a cop." Baker added "You asked me to scare her a little...I did it because you're my brother...but you are going to far."

"Well then she should have stayed out of my business.

"Marcus..." Baker felt for a pulse on Natalie "She's slipping. I'm not going to let you...let her die."

"Fine." Marcus pointed the gun at House and then fired a shot at Baker.

The blast of the gun made Cuddy jump, as Baker fell to the floor. "You were always the weak one." Marcus bent down to his bleeding brother "I never understood why." Then he turned back to House as Baker lay gasping on the floor.

"Look at my wife...."

House didn't move

"Are you deaf?" Marcus walked toward him, the gun still raised "I said look at my wife."

"Let her go." House whispered, motioning to Cuddy.

"Cuddy are you okay?" Wilson ignored the argument between Marcus and Baker.

Cuddy nodded "I'm okay."

"Let her go?" Marcus chuckled

House nodded "I'll do what you want..if you let her go."

"How about you do what I want, because if you don't she's the one that will suffer."

"Marcus!" Wilson yelled from behind him as Natalie's body began to shake.

"What's happening?" Marcus snapped at House. "What's happening to her?" The distraught husband had returned.

"She's having a seizure." Cuddy raced toward her.

Cuddy and Wilson safely pulled Natalie's convulsing body to the floor and held her in a safe position until it stopped.

"Marcus you have to let us get her out of here, or she's going to die." Cuddy pleaded.

"How many times do I have to tell you no?"

"This isn't what you want for her." Wilson jumped in "you love her and you asked us to save her. We are doctors..put the gun down and let us do our jobs."

"I say we let her die." House retorted "He doesn't need a punching bag anymore."

"House!" Cuddy glared at him

"He has done nothing but torment her...and you...why all of a sudden does he care." House argued.

"She doesn't deserve to pay for his mistakes."

"Well I didn't deserve to pay for yours." House looked at Cuddy "But I spent my time in jail."

"Shut up!" Marcus ordered "The both of you!"

"It's too late..." Wilson whispered as he searched for a pulse on the now, still body.

"What?" Marcus dropped his gun, ran toward the three and pushed Wilson out of the way. "Nat..." he whispered. "Natalie sweet heart wake up."

Marcus cradled his limp wife's body and began to rock back and forth.

Cuddy slowly backed away and began climbing to her feet.

"You!" Marcus suddenly let his wife go and lurched at Cuddy. "You did this!" he grabbed her throat.

Wilson darted for the gun that Marcus had dropped when he had raced toward his wife.

"Let her go!" Wilson warned pointing the gun.

"Do you even know how to use that?" Marcus taunted Wilson as he gripped Cuddy's throat from behind.

Behind Marcus House reached slowly for his cane.

"You wouldn't want to miss, would you?" Marcus continued to taunt.

"I'm warning you."

Marcus nodded as Cuddy attempted to breath and break free.

"You're killing her!"

"Shoot him already." House yelled and swung his cane at the back of Marcus's legs.

Wilson fired the gun, and the blow to Marcus's legs sent him sailing backward toward the ground Cuddy still in his grips.

Wilson dropped the gun when House fell backward.

"You......You shot me...." House muttered pressing on his shoulder.

"You weren't supposed to do that." Wilson ran to him "You were supposed to..."

"It was a nice try." Marcus was back on his feet with Cuddy. "But my girl and I have to...."

Marcus didn't get to finish his sentence when another blast of a gun echoed in the office.

Cuddy gasped as she looked down at the blood staining her shirt. "House...." she whispered before falling forward along with Marcus.

TBC