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Chapter 6-
Cuddy walked into her office to find a blank envelope sitting on her desk. This is unusual, she thought as she went to opened it and see what was inside.
It was a letter. She sighed, figuring it was a complaint about House or something. However, a look of shock appeared on her face when she finished reading. She whipped out her cell phone and called House; if anyone would want to hear about this, it was him. Silently, she sat as she waited for him to arrive at her office. When she called him she hadn't said anything about the letter, just that him getting there as quickly as possible was extremely important.
"Come on, I promise I'll make up that clinic duty I skipped later. And I'll do it myself, too; I won't just have Chase or Foreman fill in for me." He said, assuming that Cuddy calling him to come to her office must be about something he did wrong.
"Do you want to sit down?" She asked.
"Whoa, okay, what's going on? You're not acting angry and you want me to stay in your office long enough that I can sit down?"
She handed him the letter and let him read it.
Suddenly, he was worried and concerned. He just looked at her and then down at the letter.
"You think this is serious?" He asked, knowing that that was a stupid question to ask.
"No, House, I'm pulling a prank on you. April fools!" She said sarcastically, but then added, "Yes, this is serious."
"Well did you call the police?"
"I just found the letter…"
"Well, call them!" He interrupted her.
"Excuse me for a second." She got up and called the police, explaining the letter.
House took this time to reread the letter. This person was twisted. They had Cameron. The letter said that if the police did their share of the deal, that they might get Cameron back alive (if they can cure her) or dead. House banged a fist on Cuddy's desk.
What does it mean… if the police did their share of the deal? Alive or dead? Curing Cameron of what? What does this all have to do with that Virginia girl? So many questions were running through his mind right now.
Cuddy came back.
"So…?" He questioned.
"They got a ransom note about Virginia. She's missing; kidnapped. The letter that they received had something about them meeting this person's demands and they would get back "whatever else they are missing."
"Cameron."
"Right. Well, they have till the end of the week to send this person the documents and missing person's report about Virginia. They told me to not let any more people touch the letter then already have. I'm to take the letter to the police office and they're going to compare handwriting and try and get some prints off of it. And then we wait for either them to come up with something or another letter or message from the person that took Virginia and Allison."
"That's it? We wait."
"Yes, House. There is nothing that we can do. I have to go. The best thing you can do right now is your job. There is no use in people dying because Dr. Cameron isn't here at the hospital. If you have to tell the others, please wait till later. The last thing I need is a team of doctors too distracted to do their job. Plus, I don't want the whole hospital to know."
"Well, they'll figure it out sooner or later."
"I prefer later."
That was the last thing she said as she headed out the door, leaving House alone in her office. Yes, I'm really going to save people right now. He thought, getting up. Ehh… I think I'll go talk to Wilson.
That was exactly what he did. He found Wilson talking to a patient. Lucky for House, the patient was just getting up to leave.
"You have a good day, Mrs. Parker," Wilson waved as the old woman left the office.
"House? What brings you here at this time of day?"
House limped in and sat down, "Cameron."
Wilson's eyes opened up wide, "What happened?"
"She was kidnapped."
"Okay, I'm going to need a little bit more detail than that."
"That Virginia girl and Cameron were kidnapped. Somebody has both of them and well, Cameron… wait, what did Cameron do?" He explained.
"She's a doctor! That's it!" House exclaimed.
Wilson raised his eyebrows, "Okay, I'm lost."
"No, look. That Virginia girl; she was attacked and that was how she ended up in the hospital. What if someone never meant for her to make it to the hospital? Her husband was murdered and they never found out who did that. Whoever killed the husband wanted Virginia dead, too. They must have come to the hospital and saw that their victim didn't die. They must have seen that Cameron was responsible for Virginia not dying and so they kidnapped Cameron to get back at her."
"Whoa, slow down. Isn't this all happening a little bit fast? We aren't crime scene investigators… we're doctors."
"Same difference." And then he continued to think out loud, "But where would they be? Wilson, if you kidnapped someone where would you not take them?"
"Uhh, to my house. That's the first place that the police look if you're a suspect."
"Good, where else?"
"Nowhere close to where the crime took place; it would be too easy to track the evidence. The further away, the less likely that anyone would look there."
"Hmm… I need my whiteboard. Come with me to my office."
Wilson just tagged along; he knew better than to interrupt House's train of thought.
Unfortunately, Foreman and Chase were in there and, House stopped and gaped, they were using his whiteboard.
"What in the world is going on here?" he inquired. "Drop the marker and put your hands where I can see them."
Chase actually did it, but Foreman just stood there with his hands folded. Chase realised this and put his hands down again, feeling like an idiot. Wilson just laughed.
"Shut up," muttered Chase.
"Scram little kiddies, I need my whiteboard."
"For what?" Foreman replied, "You aren't even on a case right now. I know you've been lounging around all morning."
"Well, actually I do need it and its top secret which means Ducklings can't see or hear anything about it. So get lost."
"Come on Chase," Foreman pushed Chase out of the room.
House wiped off the whiteboard and picked up the marker off of the floor. He started writing everything he knew down and discussed and reviewed everything he knew with Wilson. At the end, he came up with a few people, including Virginia's friend Matt. Sighing as he noticed Foreman trying to sneak a peek of what he was writing, he grabbed his coat and flung it over the whiteboard, hiding what he had written.
"You know, we will find out what's going on," Foreman stated, "We're doctors; we have IQs of at least 140… we aren't stupid."
"Yeah, that's what they want you to think."
Foreman raised an eyebrow, "Whatever, House. I'm sure Wilson will squeal, or maybe Cuddy."
"Doubt it."
"Just tell us what's going on, House!"
Rolls eyes, "Okay, I'll tell you. Wilson and I are planning a big surprise birthday party for Cuddy. It's a secret I thought for sure that you guys would let it slip one way or another. Happy now?"
"Not completely; show us what's written on the whiteboard then," Foreman demanded.
"No, that is for my eyes and Wilson's eye only. It's the plans for a huge card and I don't want you two stealing my brilliant ideas."
"You're lying."
"No I'm not."
"Everybody lies, you said it yourself."
"How do you know I wasn't lying?"
Before House could do anything to stop him, Foreman hurried over and lifted the coat off of the whiteboard. He read what it said and did a double-take.
"You lied to us about Cameron?"
Author's Note- I know it's short-ish, but I wanted to end it there. Thanks again to the one person who reviewed last chapter. I hope more of you guys are reading! Please review… I'm dying to know if this is really good or if it needs work or whatever. Hehe. Plus, reviews make me happy. Well, next chapter should be up as soon as possible and I promise it will be longer than this chapter. D