In chapter seven, Keira has gone back to worse and Chase and Cameron try to cope with what happened the other night. House gets a very special visitor and Daxter has found the file that will shed some light on the answers as to why Ashelin hates House so much. And Samos has finally made it to HCTH...I've got lots to cover, so lets go on to the story:)
---- Rain panged against the wingows and poured from the sky. It was a Thursday, A very dreary and wet Thursday. Gloomy and dark, as if to fortell future events still yet to come. With it being dark as night outside the lights in the conference room at HCTH seemed to struggle to illuminated the whole room.
Chase and Cameron sat on opposite ends of the table. Which House noted was unlike them. They never left that great of a distance between each other. Another thing, was that they really wouldn't look at each other. Almost like they were too nervous to. House put all the facts together and came up with the solution,
"Chase. Cameron. Party way too hard last night?"
Chase and Cameron both seemed to stare at the floor. Avoiding House's gaze and each others. An instant later Chase, Cameron, and Foreman heard their phones go off. As it seemed there was an emergency. "We have to get to Keira's room stat!" Foreman prompted everyone else to hurry. And they all did. They made a mad dash to get to Keira's room.
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---- Jak carefully navigated the streets of Haven City. He had to be espicially careful in this weather. Samos had been completely silent the entire trip there. He appeared to be taking in the visage, but his glassy stare indicated that he was lost in thought. Samos was never one to panic or show extreme worry. He was very reserved and always had been when it came to keeping emotions in check. Jak rounded a corner and stopped in front of HCTH. "We're here." Jak announced.
Samos stared at the hospital, "Impressive looking." And for that it was, two five floor bulidings connected by exterior winds and hallways. It looked like a huge maze, but to the trained eye it was an intricately organized hospital. Jak stood there as Samos seemed to start spacing out again, "Are you ready to go in now?"
"Yes, let's go."
Inside of HCTH, Jak was a very well known face. The nurses at the circulation desk in the lobby were so used to seeing him that they frequently stopped him for idle chit chat and they also didn't require him to sign in. They also were aware about the situation with Keira and always kept tabs on her condition for Jak.
When Jak approached the desk the nurses had a very solumn look on their faces. Jak didn't want to believe that something had gone wrong again. But the looks they were giving him when he came in were undenyable, something had happened. Jak approached on of the nurses, "Hey, this is Keira's father, Samos. We're here to see her."
The nurses looked at each other and one finally spoke up. "I'm so sorry, Jak. But Keira was just recently rushed to the Intensive Care Unit. You'll have to wait here."
Samos was completely silent and Jak was just plain shocked. "What...why?"
"I'm sorry, but we really don't know at this point. You'll have to take a seat and we'll let you know if anything changes. We really are sorry." The nurse sorrowfully responded.
Jak and Samos took a seat in the lobby. It was nervewracking. Jak was literally on the edge of his seat and Samos seemed to be lost in meditation. Samos was trying to give it his all to keep from breaking down. This isn't how Jak wanted this to turn out. She was fine for two days. Jak wanted her to be able to greet her father with a warm smile to reassure her, but in life things never seem to work out as planned.
Hours went by and Jak and Samos still sat in the lobby with many unanswered questions. Someone finally came to them, it was Cameron. She sat down and looked Jak in the eye. Cameron sadly said, "She had lapsed into a coma again. We don't really know why, but we are searching for an answer now. I'm sorry." Cameron stood and left. She never liked to hang around to see people's reactions to the bad news she had to deliver. But she looked out of the corner of her eye and saw one tear drop from Samos' face. Cameron looked away.
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"Her health is rapidly declining," Foreman said as they stood in the conference room once more. "We need an answer and fast."
House was standing where he usually stood, which was in front of the white board. "Diffarential diagnosis. Recession of symptoms and lapsing back into a coma."
"There could be a tumor in the brain that is growing. That would explain many of the symptoms and comas." Foreman said.
"She would have to have more than one tumor in more than one part of the brain to satisify most of the symptoms." Chase argued. "And the MRI didn't show any tumors."
"She's been asymptomatic for two days and now she's in a coma. It has to be neurological."
While Chase and Foreman battled over the diagnosis, House noticed an anomaly amonst the team. "Where is the other little duckling?" House got an enjoyment out of refering to his team as "ducklings"
"Cameron? She 'delivering the bad news'" Chase mocked House's tone.
Just as they seemed to mention her, Cameron showed up. She sat abruptly and stared up at House, "Sorry, it took me so long." Cameron shuffled her things about for a moment. "So, what did I miss?"
House sarcastically said, "Well it shouldn't have taken you so long. Mama duck has been worried sick about the missing litte duckling."
"Very funny, House."
"Speaking of which, why did it take you so long?" House asked suspiciously.
Cameron adjusted herself in her seat. "Actually House, you have a visitor for you. I was having a quick chat with her." Cameron pointed towards the door.
The woman stroked her short, black hair and she smiled a kind and gentle smile. She looked to be roughly around House's age. "Hi Greg." She said gently.
House looked slightly surprised and confused. "Hi...Stacy." He said slowly. House grabbed his cane and began to leave after Stacy, until Chase stopped him.
"Wait, what about the diffarential? We do have a dying patient to save you know."
House stopped and sighed, "Foreman, MRI the brain. Look for any tumors, leisons, scarring, anything. Cameron and Chase, you two can get the blood work. Look for hemotoma." House watched Chase and Cameron awkwardly look at each other. "Yes, I am making you two work together on purpose. I don't care how great the sex was last night, you can't avoid each other forever. House stepped out the door and strolled down the hall with Stacy. Foreman slowly turned his head towards Chase and Cameron.
"It's a long story." Chase and Cameron said in unison.
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---- Chase, Cameron, and Foreman made their way out of the elevator and to the lobby. They reamined silent most of the time, each of them minding their own thoughts. They immediatly saw the anxious Jak and a rather odd, short, pale green man. Foreman couldn't help but gawk at the sight and laugh. "I think this guy need our help. He's literally got the green thumb." Foreman grabbed his ankle. "Oww...why did you kick me?"
Cameron hissed, "Because that's Keira's father. Show some respect."
"Fine. Sorry."
Jak ran up to Cameron, Chase, and Foreman the minute he saw them, "So...how is she doing?" Jak asked hastily.
"Her health is declining fast. We need to do an MRI and we need your clearence before we can proceed." Foreman solumnly announced.
Samos hopped up from his seat and approached Foreman. "I'm Keira's father, only I from this point on can pass clearence. So first, what are you looking for?"
"We're looking for brain tumors. That is the most likely cause for her condition."
"We are also screening the blood for hemotoma. Which is a tumor like collection of blood in the brain." Cameron added.
Samos took this into deep consideration. He turned to Jak, "How well do you trust these doctors, Jak?"
"They're the best doctors in the entire hospital. I trust them very much."
"Alright. You may do the tests."
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---- "So Stacy, what brings you back here?"
"Oh, I was just visiting in the area. Came to stop by..." Stacy's voice trailed off.
House stopped in the hall, "You're married now. I've never met your husband, so I guess you'd bring him here with you. But you didn't, why is that?"
Stacy sighed heavily, "If I don't tell you, you'll bombard me with twenty questions until I do. So to save some time, we had a bad, no explosive, fight. Happy now?"
"Not yet. Why would you come all the way to Haven City?"
Stacy sat on a bench and House sat beside her, rather close. Stacy looked House in the eyes, "I can't stay at home with him. I was wondering...could...could I stay with you for a while?"
House grew silent, taking the thought in for a while. "Don't you have other friends? And move in with me again? I don't---"
Stacy put a finger to House's lips, "I'm not fully moving back in with you. And I'd feel safer staying with you. Please, Greg..." Stacy mad the cutest sad face she could.
"You know this may lead to something." House tried to make her aware of the danger of her staying with him again. Even though he was still in love with her and was happy that she wanted to stay with him. But he'd never admit to him that he needed her. Even if that was true too.
"I know...but please..."
House gave a smile (wow, House actually smiled), "Alright."
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Chase, Cameron, and Foreman had gathered the blood work and completed the MRI. Cameron ran down to the lab to see if the test results were done yet, leaving Chase and Foreman in the cafeteria. "So," Foreman said. "Are you two over your not talking or looking at each other spout?"
"Yeah." Chase answered.
"Are you two planning on a relationship?"
"Not at the moment."
A small, furry, and orange little ottsel hopped up on the table. "Found it!" Daxter exclaimed triumphantly. "Exactly why House left Salicia's case!" Chase and Foreman edge up in their seats in anticipation. "It seems like House gave up on the case because of something with this woman named Stacy."
"Wait, let me see that." Foreman grabbed the file. "Ther are no real specific reasons, but he did leave the case because of something with Stacy."
"You mean, that Stacy that is visiting now?"
Foreman nodded, "Personally, I think he got a little too involved with her and was so distracted that he couldn't treat Salicia so he handed off the case."
"Could be..." Chase agreed. "That could be..."
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House and Stacy left together and Ashelin caught a glimpse of Stacy from the corner of her eye, "Her..." Ashelin hissed angrily.
The drama never seems to stop at HCTH. In chapter eight, a treatment is given to Keira, but is it really working or just cover up the symptoms? And Stacy and Ashelin meet face to face, the claws will come out. And I'll take a moment to go into House's past with Stacy to explain the part that she may have played in Salicia Praxis' untimely death. There will be even more drama in Chapter eight. But thanks for reading and please R and R.