Authors Note: So, it's come to my attention that there's a few things I've kind of glossed over. So true. I was in such a hurry to post chapter 5 that I skipped two scenes I had intended to write. Didn't think they were that important but now I realize that they were. So these are two scenes that should have been in chapter 5. So this technically not a "new" chapter, but it is new reading material. Yay.

Chapter 5 Extended Scenes

Day 44

Robbie looked over at his baby sister, her face illuminated by the multitude of monitor screens and the light falling into the room from the wide window opposite them. Remy smiled over at her brother, having been woken by him only moments earlier at his touch. The two could hear their parents sleeping on both sides of them and tried to keep their giggles to a minimum.

"Ombee" Remy whimpered playfully as the boy touched her chest through her green scrub top. She had her eyes on his, watching as his pupils dilated, not knowing what for. She simply lay there with one leg between his thighs and an arm across his waist. The boy smiled at her as he tentatively squeezed her more easily reachable breast. This got the girl to wriggle in his arms and giggle.

Her movement caused Cuddy, who was laying behind the girl, to start to stir. Frowning, Robbie looked contemplative for a moment before suggesting to the girl, "Lets go exploring?" Remy's eyes went wide with the suggestion and she immediately nodded. Slowly and quietly, the two untangled themselves from the blankets, careful not to wake either parent, and just as quietly slipped out of the room.

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Wilson was on his fourth cup of coffee, well, fifth if you counted the steaming cup in his hand that had yet to be touched. "I hate having to stay overnight." He whined to himself, fighting back a yawn as he turned a blind corner. "Oh crap!" He shouted as he nearly bumped into Robbie, instead stopping short and spilling a small amount of coffee onto the hand that was holding the cup. Quickly switching hands he wiped off the hot liquid onto his lab coat and gathered himself.

At the loud exclamation, Robbie had taken two steps back, nearly knocking his sister over. "I'm .. I'm sorry Sir!" He said, his voice laced with panic. He recognized the man as the friend of his fathers, but that didn't mean he wasn't nervous, alone in his company, especially with his baby sister to protect. "Please.. I didn't mean it."

Wilson finished cleaning his hand and looked up at the two frightened doctors. "What? Oh, no, it's find Chase.. Oh, I mean, Robbie." Wilson tilted his head as he noticed the woman behind him. "Remy?" He recalled House referring to his female fellow as such, though the urge to call her by her numerical moniker was strong. Both children looked up at him, fear on the girls face, an attempt at bravery on the boys.

"What, hey, no guys. It's okay. No harm done." He showed the kids his hand, which wasn't even red anymore. With his hand raised he looked at his watch. "What are you two doing walking the halls at 4:30 in the morning?"

Robbie, who was calming down slowly, responded. "We couldn't sleep and didn't want to wake our parents." His face turned bright red at this, while Remy gripped onto his arm and buried her face in the back of his shoulder. Wilson raised a brow at this but decided not to probe any further. "We were just walking around. Are we in trouble?" That fear was back in the boys face.

Wilson shook his head quickly, careful not to spill any of his coffee again. "Guys, no one's in trouble, okay? At least with the hospital. I don't know what House and Cuddy are gonna think, waking up to find you two missing." No longer sleepy, Wilson tossed his coffee into the bin opposite them and motioned the two to follow him. "Let's get you back to Allie's room."

"But, we don't want to. We're not sleepy." Robbie protested, the girl behind him nodding her mutual feelings. "Can't we hang out with you? Daddy seems to like you so I think he wouldn't mind."

Sighing, Wilson tossed the idea around for a moment and shrugged. "Sure, I guess. I'm only doing paperwork at the moment. I don't know how interesting it will be for you though." Both kids shrugged their own shoulders, making it apparent they rather sit there watching the man doing nothing, than have to try and go back to sleep. "Alright, you two wait here, I need to at least leave a note for your... parents." He let the word slip over his tongue, finding it awkward but doable.

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When Wilson returned he was gobsmacked to see Robbie leaning into Remy, who's back was pressed into the wall. The boy's hands were under the girls top, evidently playing with her chest. "Chase!" He shouted as placed his hands on the mans shoulders and pulled him backwards. "That's not appropriate behavior in the hospital, especially in the hallway." He shook his head, realizing there was a lot more to this 'family dynamic' than he'd been informed about thus far.

"Come on you two." He shook the improper images from his mind and led the two towards the elevators. In the two minutes it took for the elevator to come and then bring them up to the Diagnostics floor, he'd had to separate the siblings once more. In all actuality, he had no idea if this behavior was something they'd become accustomed to while being held captive. Though, even if that were the case, he just couldn't let them be that intimate in a public space.

"Why are all the walls made of glass?" Robbie asked as he followed behind Wilson. He was looking into a rather long room that had a giant table and at least half a dozen chairs. Next they passed what Robbie imagined to be an office. He'd seen The Mans office once. A full body shudder overtook him during the flashback and he had to stop walking while he recovered. Remy recognized his posture and hugged him from behind, kissing him on the cheek. This got the boy walking again, this time with a large grin on his face.

They hadn't much further to go, as it seemed Wilson's office was right next to the room with the long table. "Alright guys, this is my office. I've got a couch and some uh, some snacks in my desk if you guys are hungry." Both children nodded and he dunked his head slowly, and let the glass door close behind him. "Alright then." He sat down in his chair and pulled open his lowest desk drawer. "I've got some saltines, some rice crackers and a few nutra grain bars."

Remy recognized these items and was on the verge of pouting when Wilson cleared his throat, noticing the upset in the girl. "Okay, I don't want you to tell your.. your parents I gave you these." He produced a bag of mini chocolate bars, left over from halloween. "Moderation is the key guys." His words were on deaf ears as the boy had grabbed the bag and brought it back to his sister. Within moments they were tearing through the wrappings, shoving chocolate after chocolate into their mouths.

Wilson opened his mouth to protest when he realized something. He was actually treating his fellow doctors as actual children. When did that start becoming second nature? He leant back in his chair and watched the children devour the entire bag. He couldn't deny there was a definite difference in the way both acted, spoke, carried themselves. But they were still adults, physically, and sexually it seemed.

"Robbie?" He asked the former Dr. Chase. The boy looked up and grinned at him, his teeth a dark brown, stained from the chocolate. "How old are you?" The boy didn't hesitate to hold up his right hand, outstretching all four fingers and his thumb. "Five." Wilson repeated, biting his lip as he matched the boys behaviors to that of his 'age group'. "And your sister?"

"Which one?" Robbie asked back, frowning when Remy took the last piece of chocolate from the bag. "Mummy said Remy's two and Allie is 8." He was now fighting his sister for that last chocolate, but the girl was too quick and had it in her mouth before the boy could grip it firmly enough.

Wilson took in this news as well. He hadn't had much interaction with Remy, but her lack of coherent speech was starting to make sense. Her clinginess to Cuddy also made sense now, if she saw the woman as her mother. "This is beyond strange." He shook his head as he watched the two toss rolled up chocolate wrappers at each other. He needed to talk to House again, there was still so many questions he had and he knew he wasn't going to get these answered by the two before him. "Hey, guys, you going to pick up that mess when you're done?" In typical childish fashion, both quickly shook their heads and giggled, going back to their foil and paper fight.

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Wilson looked at the clock; it was nearly 9 and he would have to start doing rounds on his patients. The two children in his office were dozing together on his sofa and he really didn't want to wake them. Though he knew if he didn't, and they wandered off again, he'd have both House and Cuddy to deal with. "Guys, hey, time to wake up." He shook the boys shoulder gently, glad at least they were light sleepers. He was also thankful that the boy didn't start screaming as his groggy eyes first made contact with his.

"I called downstairs and the nurses said your parents haven't woken up yet. I have to go to work now, so.... I'm gonna leave you with some friends of mine, okay?" Robbie was yawning still and Remy seemed as if in a trance. Wilson wondered if it was like this every morning trying to get them up. There he went with those thoughts again. He'd worked alongside Dr. Chase nearly 4 years, and Thirteen a little over 1, yet something about them now kept drawing him to view them as what they were conditioned to be: children.

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"Blurred vision, occasional headaches, he's already got glasses so it's gotta be AMD." Kutner threw out as he closed the case file and leant back in his chair. The blonde at the white board shrugged and leant down, writing the suggested diagnosis on the board underneath the symptoms. "Anything else guys?"

The glass door to the conference room opened and all four turned to see who was entering; none of them expecting the trio that did. At Amber's shocked and slightly annoyed expression, Wilson shook his head at her. "They'll be quiet. Look, I've gotta go visit my patients and their parents are still asleep." At this the three sitting at the table quickly averted their eyes or began looking over the case file again.

They had been interviewed for the fellowship positions by Dr. Foreman three days after the original team had gone missing. Despite the hope that the five would resurface quickly, there was still a department to run and since all four that ran it were missing... Amber had been asked to lead the department as she'd been working at Princeton Mass General under Dr. Foreman for over a year. He felt she had enough 'House like' qualities to keep up the reputation of the department.

The following day they had called in several potential fellows, and after weeding out most of the candidates based purely on lack of experience, they'd decided on Kutner, Taub and Cole. They'd been working rather well together for the past 40 days, though often relied heavily on their interim Dean.

Now, since the original doctors had resurfaced, the four felt they had to work extra hard to keep their jobs. Though in the back of all their minds, they knew that once the four had recovered, they'd be back to their old jobs, if they even existed anymore.

So the sudden appearance of two of the four original team members was not something they really wanted; let alone having them staying during their differential. The new team had been given the spark notes version of the condition of the three recovered fellows, but seeing as it sounded so far fetched, they were quite surprised when finally confronted with them.

Amber was first to speak. "Dr. Wilson, surely you can leave them somewhere else..." She put the cap back on her marker and walked over to the oncologist. "I mean, we're in the middle of trying to cure a patient here." She let her eyes roam over whom she recognized by description as Dr. Chase. He didn't look 'messed up', she thought to herself. The girl, Thirteen as she was called for some reason, on the other hand...

Remy was clinging to Wilson's arm, her mouth and nose buried in his shoulder so only her eyes could peek over the top of his lab coat. "Unka" She whispered to Wilson, which caused him to smile and turn around to look at her; exposing her to the four strangers in the room. Wide eyed she moved to her brother and clung to him now, squeezing so tight around his midsection it looked like it would leave bruises.

"Don't worry Remy, these people don't look too scary. I'll protect you." He said in a very gallant fashion and approached the glass conference table, taking up seat in one of the leather swivel chairs. The girl immediately climbed into his lap and kept her eyes darting from one stranger to another.

Wilson turned his attention back on Amber. "Listen, they used to work here.. Maybe hearing you guys discuss medicine will trigger something inside them." It sounded plausible and the blonde sighed and nodded. "Thank you." Wilson told her sincerely as he started to back towards the door. "Remy, Robbie, I'll be back in a little while to check on you, unless your parents find you first. Don't be too much trouble for the nice doctors." Both kids gave him slightly less brown smiles and the oncologist rolled his eyes as he exited the room.

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It wasn't ten minutes before Amber was seriously regretting the decision to allow the two former doctors to stay. "Daddy would say you are all idiots." Robbie was smirking as he spun around in his chair. Currently Remy was playing with the large box of envelopes: saved mail addressed to House. She was having fun ripping them open and setting the papers inside into nice neat piles.

"Oh, and why is that?" The oldest fellow asked, the one Robbie had learned was called Taub. "There's nothing wrong with what we've tried diagnosing this kid with. And how would you even know anyway, I thought you were all retarded or something." The boy let this comment roll off his back, mostly because he didn't realize it was an insult.

"You wrote down AMD at the bottom." He pointed out as he continued to swivel. "Adult Macular Degeneration is a stupid diagnosis." He didn't elaborate, just let his words hang in the air. Kutner, who had thrown the suggestion out, was about to protest when the door to the office once again opened and House and Cuddy walked in.

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Authors Note: Okay, from there, you can go back to the last chapter, in the middle of the second scene, and see it goes with House and Cuddy walking into the conference room. Hope these two extra scenes helped a little with introducing some of the new characters, as well as their reactions. And Wilson and his reaction to the kids. Sorry I didn't include this information in the last chapter, but hey, I made up for it.. I hope!