Darkness, My Old Friend
(Hey guys, this story was originally supposed to be just a House M.D. story, but after seeing some scenes and a few particular episodes of Law & Order: SVU there was something I felt there was a story I could write. Though I'm in a damn writer's block for months now, but I'm hoping to do this story for a little bit perhaps solely to see if I can slowly get out of it by focusing on just a single story of my independent creations. I'm still working with Noble Six on some of his stories when I can/when he asks, but with my own it's more difficult for me to write. So, while I hope this helps with my writer's block, I hope this ends up being a good story.)
Prologue
(Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital, New Jersey)
Teams of nurses rush in near a half a dozen people into the hospital. Doctors follow around them shouting orders whilst running beside the teams. Civilians whisper about the event and some try asking the ambulance drivers that had brought the people. They saw police cars approaching in the distance, the lights flashing, and they could hear the noise of the sirens.
(House's meeting room, a few minutes later)
House limbs into the meeting room. Cuddy, Thirteen, Wilson, Foreman, Taub, and Chase sit or stand around the room. None of them are saying a word and don't turn their heads when House walks in.
"Is it opposite day? Quit stealing my shtick. What the hell's going on?" House said.
"We've got around a half a dozen or so patients just came in and –" Foreman started to say.
"Let be clearer: what the hell's going on of what I don't know already," House snarked.
The group rolled their eyes in irritation.
"Oh, I'm sorry. Is me being snarky not helping the situation?" House asked, bland sarcasm filling every word.
"House," Wilson grunted.
House groaned whilst he threw back his head. He sighed as he took a seat and crossed his legs then place the cane across the arms of the chair. The group didn't say anything. House motioned for them with his hands to continue.
"All the patients except one are female. They've got some injuries, some lacerations, one with some trauma. But with some treatments and rest, they should be fine," Chase continued.
"So, what's the problem?" House asked.
"The last patient, he…well…uh…" Foreman struggled to say.
"Well not just him, it's the other patients as well," Thirteen added.
"What?!" House hissed.
Cuddy bit her lip and motioned her head towards the door. The team started walking through the halls, House at the head.
"We have checked him over yet, but from just a glance we saw he's in worse condition," Thirteen informed.
"'Just a glance', seriously? Are we playing I Spy?" House scoffed, turning his head to her then back forward.
"House!" Cuddy hissed.
"It's not just what I saw about him, it's about the lines in the sand," Thirteen added.
"I do the metaphors around here. But you've already stated. What are the details behind this incident?" House asked.
"That's what you're about to find out," Thirteen answered as they all walked into the patient's room.
House saw a young man with his face has blood on different parts of his face and the upper part of his gown near his neck and above his chest. But what truly drew his attention was that his wrists are cuffed to the arms of the bed.
"Who are you?" A new voice asked.
House turned from the patient. He saw a group of people he's never seen before: a middle age brunette woman, a slightly younger blonde, a middle age black or mixed man, and a middle age man with some gray hairs.
"Oh, I'm the Gingerbread Man. Wanna try and chase me. I gotta warn you, I'm faster than I look," House answered.
"Oh, he's clever. Isn't that nice?" the brunette scoffed.
"Ooh, nice. Did you go to school for cracking jokes?" House asked.
"Alright, smart guy enough. We're the SVU unit from New York City. I'm Sergeant Fin. These are Detective Amanda Rollins, Detective Carisi, and the lady you just got into a snark contest with is Lieutenant Benson," Fin said as he took a step between them with his hands up to calm them.
"Please excuse him, he hasn't had his rabies shots in a few days. I'm Dr. Wilson, these are the respective doctors Cuddy, Hadley, Foreman, Taub, and Chase. This charming fellow is Dr. House," Wilson introduced as he took a step forward.
Fin and Wilson shook hands then ended it.
"So now that we've all kissed and made up, someone tell what the hell's going on!" House scoffed.
"If you don't show some courtesy will put some cuffs on you," Rollins said.
"Wouldn't that make it hard for me to walk?" House scoffed as he emphasized his cane.
"Ok, please. We're not here to argue," Carisi stated.
House started to open his mouth.
"House, shut up. Please, we need to know what's going on," Cuddy said.
"*Sighs* It's a long story…but this is another moment in a long battle with…certain people," Carisi sighed.
"Oh, the Hardy Boys? The Jolly Green Giant? Jack the Ripper?" House said.
"More like the last," Benson answered.
"If that's so, who's tall, dark, and bloody right there?" House asked as he nodded to the patient.
"He's going to jail once this is all done," Rollins answered.
"Did he attack the other patients?" Foreman asked.
"No, he got in the way of those who were doing that," Fin answered.
"Then why is he in cuffs?" Chase asked.
"Because he got involved in an investigation and…*sighs*…a manhunt that has just recently started," Benson answered.
"Oh, did he say: 'Oh! Bad guys!'" House said.
"Enough, we've got jobs to do. Let's just do them," Carisi said.
"Right, because being involved in some major crisis is a good way for medical professionals to really do their jobs," House said.
"House," Thirteen said.
"What?" House hissed.
He turned and saw Thirteen and the other doctors looking at the patient. He turned to look at the patient who is bleeding from his mouth as well and is seizing.
"What hell?" Fin said.
"Hmm, interesting," House said.
The others looked at him with varying expressions than back at the patient.
To be continued…
(I don't regularly watch either show, just House a little more. The story came to me after watching an episode of House, but after watching a few more episodes and some scenes and episodes of Law & Order: SVU some things got changed in the story. I hope this'll be an interesting & meaningful story.)