Amazing Grace- A House/NCIS story

DISCLAIMER: I do not own anything House related except DVDs. Ryan is mine, though.

AN. Ok, some of the NCIS team may be out of character at 1st, because this is my 1st NCIS fan fic. Also, I know Ziva doesn't call Gibbs 'boss', but she had to for the ending to work, and I couldn't send one of the boys. Plus, Abby doesn't really fit yet, but I wanted her there.

Chapter three:

Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs led his team into the lobby of Princeton Plainsboro Teaching Hospital. Looking around cautiously, he approached the nurse's station and flashed his badge. "Hi, I'm looking for Dr. Lisa Cuddy?"

The nurse, whose name tag read Brenda, nodded quickly. "Her office is just behind you."

Gibbs nodded and strode confidently into the office. "Dr. Cuddy?"

The woman behind the desk looked up from her work and smiled politely. "Yes."

He showed his badge again. "Special Agent Gibbs. This is my team, David, McGee, DiNozzo and Abby Sciuto. NCIS."

Cuddy appeared flustered. "Yes, of course. It's nice to meet you all. Welcome to New Jersey. Um, if you'll follow me, I can take you up to Diagnostics and we can get this underway."

Gibbs nodded and gestured for his staff to follow as Cuddy led them out to the elevators.

"Why did he put McGee before me?" Tony DiNozzo complained as they followed their boss and the Dean of Medicine at a short distance.

"Put simply, he likes McGee more," Ziva David replied teasingly, knowing her friend and colleague would find that comment disturbing.

"Or, even more simply, you were standing further along the line than McGee," Abby said calmly.

"So that's how it works huh?" Tony frowned, and hastened his pace to walk closer to his boss as they exited the elevator.

"Dr. House?" Cuddy entered the office, followed by a group of people and her staff rose to meet them.

"May I introduce Dr. Greg House, the Head of Diagnostics, and Drs. Cameron, Chase and Foreman. House, this is the NCIS team. Special Agent Gibbs, DiNozzo, David, McGee and Abby Sciuto forensic specialist."

Tony's gaze was immediately captured by the young woman that had been introduced as Dr. Cameron. She was gorgeous, with long blonde hair and sparkling blue grey eyes, and she was smiling sweetly at the newcomers. He immediately stepped forward and offered her his hand.

"Hi, Tony DiNozzo," he grinned at her.

She shook it and laughed lightly. "Allison Cameron."

Ziva rolled her eyes at Tony's obvious interest and stepped forward to rescue the young woman. "Ziva David," she offered, smiling.

"Hi, it's nice to meet you," Cameron greeted her.

Ziva turned to her friends. "This is Timothy and Abby. And Gibbs."

She shook their hands too, welcomingly. "This is Robert Chase, Eric Foreman and Greg House. Is this your first time to New Jersey?"

"Yeah, it is," Abby replied for them.

House, who had also noticed the NCIS agent's attraction to his immunologist and was scowling slightly spoke up.

"Now they're here, can we play with the patient?" he begged of Cuddy.

She nodded. "Sure. I'll get out of your way. House, behave! If there's anything you need, Agent Gibbs, you know where my office is," she smiled politely and left the office.

"Finally! Okay, let's go kiddies! Differential." House turned to the whiteboard and picked up a marker.

"Just pull up a chair," Cameron said to the visitors, and resumed her seat. Tony immediately grabbed the chair next to hers, and the others arranged themselves around the office.

"Ok, so migraines...nausea...respiratory distress...paralysis.... how is he now?"

"Stable," Chase answered. "We gave him sumatriptan for the pain and verapamil so they shouldn't reoccur, and he's on a ventilator to help with the breathing."

"Tox screen was clean," Cameron contributed, checking her file.

"Blood pressure 120 over 90, heart rate 40. He's conscious and relaxed, and the paralysis is up to his thighs," Foreman added.

"Ok. Get a MRI, and CT. Do a chest x-ray to be on the safe side. Cameron, talk to the wife see if she knows anything about the other two guys who died."

"We can do that," Gibbs spoke up. "There's more chance of getting more recent, more reliable data."

"What can I do, Gibbs?" Abby asked eagerly.

"Go play in the lab. Where is the lab, by the way?"

Chase opened his mouth to direct the young girl, but she stopped him. "No worries. I'm like a homing pigeon, I'll find it."

House paused then nodded. "Fine. Cameron, just see what she knows about anything then."

Cameron nodded and rose from her chair.

"Ziva, go with her," Gibbs ordered.

"Sure boss," the other woman replied, standing also.

"See, why don't you guys call me boss?" House complained.

"Because asshole fits so much better," Cameron retorted, breezing out of the room leaving the others speechless.