AN: Hello all again! Thanks for all your kind replies to the last part, and thanks everyone for reading. I know this is kinda short tonight, but I will update soon to make up for it. Hope you enjoy it :)

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"Why are you doing this? We had an agreement," started House, while Alec just laughed.

"Rules changed Dr House. You were meant to suffer. Like I did when you screwed up. Instead, this thing got you through it. She cheered you up. You're not meant to be happy. Who was left to do that for me when you killed my brother?" The smile had faded now, as Alec lost control of his emotions.

House felt his blood boiling. The moment he had referred to Cameron as a 'thing', he knew that he couldn't let this carry on anymore.

"What do you want from me?" asked House, stepping towards Alec. "I didn't kill your brother. I wasn't the infection that shut down his organs. I couldn't have done anything else to save him. What kind of sick person hurts and innocent woman to get revenge on someone who did their best…" House stopped mid rant as Alec laughed humourlessly.

"That was your best Dr House? You gave up on him. What was his name?" House took a step back, trying to keep the distance between them. Now that the initial adrenaline had worn off, his fear was back.

"What does it matter if I know his name?" He was backed against the wall. There was nowhere to go.

"TELL ME HIS NAME!" shouted Alec, advancing on House.

"I don't know…" House started, before Alec hit him.

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Cuddy put her hand on Wilson's arm to stop him moving. She looked at him with fear.

"Did you hear that?" she whispered, as Wilson gulped and nodded.

Carefully, they moved around the corner of the corridor, peering around it carefully. Cuddy fell back quickly, followed by Wilson. Her heart beat painfully in her chest as she hurried Wilson along the corridor and back into the lift as quickly as she could, praying that neither of the two men that she hoped to never see again were following them.

"Cuddy, what are you doing? We have to help!" cried Wilson in panic once the lift doors had shut. He paced around the lift, his hands on his hair. "He's in trouble!"

Cuddy put a soothing hand on his arm, letting out the breath that she didn't know she had been holding carefully.

"What good will it do if those two catch us?" she asked, catching Wilson in her arms so that he had to listen. "What were you going to do? Take them on? Because I sure as hell couldn't win that fight."

Wilson looked into her eyes, his anger slowly ebbing to give way to fear. Cuddy sighed.

"We are the only two people in this hospital at the moment who know that House and possibly Dr Cameron are in trouble. If we get caught too, what good is that going to do?"

Wilson sighed and leaned heavily against the lift wall.

"I know. So what now?"

Cuddy looked straight ahead, relief flooding her when the lift stopped and the doors pinged open to reveal the familiar corridor.

"We got to my office and call the police. Then we wait for them. The best way we can help them now is to get professional help to them as quickly as possible." Wilson nodded, and led the way out of the lift to Cuddy's office.

Cuddy sighed. And pray, she thought, as she followed Wilson into her darkened office.

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House crumpled to the floor, gasping for breath. He looked up at Alec through the trickle of blood that was running from his forehead with a look full of hatred. Alec took as step back, mastering his feelings. It wasn't about physical pain for Dr House. Not this time.

"His name was Philip. And now, now you get to understand what it feels like to lose a loved one." House froze, watching Alec intently, trying desperately to see what he was going to do.

His breath caught when he saw Alec step towards Cameron. He winced as the first blow fell, pushing himself up desperately when he saw the pain in Cameron's face.

He tackled Alec from behind, causing them to crash painfully on the floor. House managed to get on top, holding Alec heavily as he hit him.

"Don't you touch her!" he shouted, followed quickly with a shout of pain as Alec kicked his leg to get control of the situation. Alec stood up quickly, followed more slowly by House, as the two men took in each other. The adrenaline was coursing through House's body, and all he could think about was the man in front of him.

Alec sneered at him, trying to step past him to get to Cameron. He misjudged House's strength, as House grabbed him once more.

Cameron lay in the corner, he blood frozen in her veins. She cried out, pulling desperately on the tape binding her hands and legs, stopping her from moving.

All she could see were the two men, struggling to gain control. She saw the determination on House's face, mixed with pain. He was getting weaker. She could see that from where she sat. And she saw the look of triumph on Alec's face as he realised it too. She groaned as House's leg buckled, sending him into the edge of the wall.

It was as if she was watching in slow motion. For the first time, she was aware of the rain that was crashing down around them. A flash of lightening showed the two men up better for a moment, as she saw Alec move to crush House for the last time.

Suddenly, House rose up, using the last of his strength. She saw the look of shock on Alec's face as he tottered slightly, and saw his hands tighten on the shoulder's of House's jacket, as House pushed on.

She saw the bulk of the two men head towards the edge of the roof, in the darkness after the flash. And she felt, more than heard, her cry as one of them fell over the edge…