Chapter 4
The next morning, Cameron and House emerged from their private hut to find the sun brightly shining and the island rather noisy. Over the sounds of the waves, the two could hear the marital arguments of Cuddy and her wife (Wilson: We are not… Oh never mind.) Katie was yelling at Foreman, who apparently, wasn't doing all he could to find the most valuable member of their team (in her eyes at least), Chase. Foreman thought otherwise. However, the constant arguing stopped when Cameron and House stepped into their midst.
"Where the hell have you two been?" asked Wilson.
"Somebody ate all the Jimmy Snacks," said Cuddy angrily. "We need to know who!" Cuddy took this moment to cast Wilson an accusing glare.
"For the last time," shouted Wilson. "It wasn't me!"
Cuddy put her hands on her hips that shockingly resembled the trademark Wilson pose. "Then who do you suppose it was?"
"Maybe it was the whimpering wombat," suggested House. Cameron cast him a glance as if to plead House to stop picking on her coworker, but she knew it was useless.
Katie, on the other hand, was excited. "Chase?! You think he could have been here!? So he's not lost after all?!"
House shrugged. In all honesty, he didn't really care who had stolen the Jimmy Snacks. It angered him more was that there were none left.
"We have to find him!" shouted Katie. "Oh, Dr. House, what do we do?"
Now, House was never one to disappoint of course. He, like all of the other castaways, had developed a certain liking for Katie, and it was just an added bonus that if he found Chase, he wouldn't have to interview anyone when he returned to Princeton. "Fine," he said. "We'll come up with a plan."
Katie grinned.
"We'll split up," said House, "And we'll search for Chase that way."
Katie nodded. "Sounds great, Dr. House!"
"Okay," said House. "I'll go with Cameron. Cuddy, you take your wife. And Katie and Foreman, you go together. Sound good?"
Wilson was about to yell at House once again for calling him Cuddy's wife, but decided it was useless. "We'll meet back at sunset."
With that, the islanders embarked on their search for the wombat.