Chapter 8
Katie and Foreman gazed into a clearing in the jungle. In it was the most amazing sight that either of them had ever seen. Well, it was more comical than amazing. There were several bags of Jimmy Snacks lying on the ground. On one side of the pile was a shirtless Chase, and on the other side was an obviously hungry wombat. The two would appear to be in some sort of duel for the snacks.
"Chase!" shouted Katie. Without a thought, she ran out into the clearing to give her man a great big hug.
Chase was shocked, but relieved, to see another human. "Hey," he said in a whisper so as not to startle the wombat more than Katie already had. "Where is everybody else?"
"Foreman's over there," said Katie in her usual voice, obviously not understanding that she was upsetting the wombat. She pointed in the direction from which she came, where Foreman was still hiding. "Everyone else is still out looking for you."
"They're looking for me?" Chase was shocked that House and Cameron actually cared enough about him to embark into the jungle. No, they probably just wanted their Jimmy Snacks back. That made more sense.
Katie nodded, and her face suddenly became bright as Wilson and Cuddy appeared at the opposite end of the clearing. They emerged from the trees, and Cuddy appeared to be laughing at the sight before her. Katie simply waved to them, and the wombat didn't seem to like it one bit.
Noticing the wombat's increasing aggression, Chase whispered in Katie's ear. "Katie, I need you to go back with Foreman now."
Katie frowned. "But I want to stay with you…."
Chase sighed. "Katie it'll be safer, please?" There, that should do it.
Katie was excited to know that Chase cared about her safety, so she obliged. "Fine," she sighed. "But just for you!" She skipped off in the direction of Foreman, occasionally tripping along the way.
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Meanwhile, House and Cameron had found the same clearing and emerged from the trees not to far from Wilson and Cuddy actually (how was that possible if they'd headed in opposite directions? No matter!). House nearly laughed out loud when he saw Chase battling it out with an actual wombat to win the Jimmy Snacks. Oh, this was too good. House took this opportunity to pull his cell phone from his pocket and take a picture of the sight before him. The clicking camera sound alarmed the wombat, who began to charge their way.
Cameron gasped. "House!" she shouted. "Look what you've done!"
House quickly dove to the side and pulled Cameron along with him.