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House forced himself to his feet when he saw Mark and Jon emerge from the woods. He gave a glance at the sleeping Cuddy before heading over to the group.

"How did it go?" Dave asked. "Any reception?"

Mark shook his head. "No, but there's a clearing a little while out and then a huge mountain Jon and I want to scale. We thought we'd come back and get some supplies before heading out again. There's no food anywhere."

"Here." Bill handed a granola bar to both Mark and Jon.

Mark tore open the wrapper and hungrily took a large bite from the granola bar. House stepped up alongside of Bill, trying not to draw too much attention to himself.

"We have flares and a walkie talkie," Dave said. "You should take them with you."

"Where are you going?" House's voice was low.

"To a mountain we saw," Jon answered since Mark's mouth was full. "We hope there'll be reception or, at least, we can see if there's anything useful around."

Mark swallowed hard. "We thought we'd sleep for a few hours and then head out in the dark. We could get to the top of the mountain by early morning."

"I want to go with you," Chris spoke up, breaking into the conversation.

Mark shook his head. "No."

"Why not?" Chris demanded.

"You're just a kid," Mark told him. "You'll stay with the group."

Chris scowled, but didn't say anything. Mark popped the rest of his granola bar into his mouth.

Jon cleared his throat. "Mark thinks we're in Canada."

"Why?" House frowned at him.

"Vegetation." Mark shrugged. "Temperature. It seems like it, but I can't be sure."

"How would you know?" House challenged him.

"I'm a teacher," Mark replied. "History and geography."

"Elementary," House muttered.

Mark glared. "Yeah, but that doesn't mean I don't know what I'm talking about."

"Hey, cool it, all right?" Dave stepped in between them, knowing of Mark's hatred for House. Dave turned to Jon. "Jon, eat something. We'll get you both water and sacks to take with you. Dr. House found flashlights, you can take those."

Dave led Mark over to where he was keeping their supplies. Bill followed after them, wanting to be included so he knew what was going on. Chris headed over to where Joshua was playing with some rocks and sticks, hoping to try and give the boy company since he wasn't needed to go on the expedition.

Jon turned toward House. "How's the guy with the broken leg?"

"Still broken," House answered. "In and out of consciousness."

"And how is Lisa?" Jon asked.

House paused for a fraction of a second. "Not well."

"I hope we get rescued soon," Jon said. "For the both of them. But, especially for her."

House's eyebrows drew together slightly. "Why?"

"She survived only to die from some infection?" Jon shook his head slightly. "It's like fate dangled the prospect of her being okay in your face."

"Why do you think I care that much about her?" House knew he spent a lot of time with her and shared the airplane seats with her, but he didn't think he was that obvious.

Jon shrugged slightly. "The way you look at her. It says it all."

Jon tore open his granola bar and walked away from House. House stared after him for a moment, watching him go. He then turned and made his way over to Cuddy. Carefully, he knelt down beside the airplane seats.

"Cuddy." He gave her a gentle shake. "You should drink some water."

Cuddy opened her eyes, but it took her a moment to settle them on House. She drew in a sharp breath.

"We're not going home, are we?" she asked tiredly.

"We are," House told her. "We will."

Cuddy shook her head, tears coming to her eyes. "No, we won't. I can't breathe. I feel like I can't take in enough air."

"Try to stay calm, okay?" House asked of her.

Cuddy turned over onto her back, her breaths coming in short and quick. She closed her eyes, her tears slipping from the corners. She opened her eyes back up and squinted against the sun.

"Anything else hurt?" House waited, but she didn't respond. "Cuddy?"

Her eyebrows drawing together, Cuddy turned her head in his direction. "What?"

House kept his eyes on her. "Are you with me?"

Cuddy stared at him a moment, trying to understand his words. It was becoming more and more difficult for her to concentrate and focus, which was starting to scare her.

"What?" she repeated.

House felt the light tingling of fear creep over him. "Are you still with me?"

"I don't..." Cuddy trailed off before letting out a sigh.

House frowned as he suddenly heard a distant sound coming closer. He turned quickly and looked toward the rest of the group.

"Is that a helicopter?" Dave asked as he stood to his feet.

"Shoot off a flare!" Mark exclaimed quickly.

Dave picked up the flare gun and loaded it. He hurriedly aimed it toward the sky. Janet covered Joshua's ears as Dave pulled the trigger of the flare gun. There was a loud bang before the flare shot up into the sky.

The survivors waited a moment, staring up into the sky. Mark gave a nudge to Dave.

"Shoot another one," Mark commanded.

Dave began to load the flare gun again, but stopped when Chris spoke out.

"Look!" he exclaimed and pointed to the sky as a helicopter came into view.

Bill and Jon let out cries of joy. House felt a small sense of relief wash over him and he turned away from the hovering helicopter to look at Cuddy. Her eyes were closed and face, pale.

"Cuddy." House gave her small shake. "Lisa."

Cuddy sucked in a breath and forced her eyes to open. She directed her gaze to House.

"Do you hear that?" House asked her. "It's a helicopter. It's rescue."

Cuddy's eyes closed again. House glanced up at the helicopter hovering overhead and then leaned down towards Cuddy, his face alongside of hers, his lips near her ear.

"Stay with me, okay?" he whispered to her. "Just for a little longer. Stay with me."

Cuddy shook her head slightly. "I can't... House..."

She drew in a breath that wasn't deep enough. Each breath was more difficult than the last. House brushed some hair away from her face.

"I'll get you on that helicopter," he told her. "Just keep breathing, Cuddy." He swallowed hard. "Lisa. Please."

House forced himself to his feet and looked up at the helicopter. A man was quickly descending from a ladder. House hurried over to where the ladder remained several feet above the ground.

Dave and Mark were standing next to each other, staring up as well. Bill was helping Janet, who was carrying Joshua, over to the ladder. Annalise was being escorted by Jon, and Chris was standing several feet back, taking it all in.

House squinted at the man descending, the wind caused by the helicopter making his eyes tear up. House reached into his pocket and extracted his Vicodin. There were about six pills left. He popped one into his mouth.

The man dropped from the ladder and looked to Dave and Mark first.

"It's good we found you," he shouted over the noise of the helicopter. "We were afraid you were in the ocean and we'd never get ya."

"Where the hell are we?" Mark shouted back.

"Newfoundland," the man answered. "The island. Now, how many of ya do we got?"

"Eleven," Dave told him.

"And she needs immediate medical care," House spoke up and then pointed toward Cuddy.

The man nodded. "We've got a pilot and a paramedic up there, but we can't land here. There's a place about a quarter of a mile out, if you want us to land."

"I'll help carry her up the ladder," House said. "She doesn't have time to wait."

"Dr. House, I'll help," Dave offered. "You can't carry her with your leg."

"We can take half of you to the nearest city and another chopper will come get the rest of you," the man looked around at the group. "We'll take five if we're getting those who are injured first. And we called it in, so the other chopper should be here soon."

"I'll get Lisa." Dave hurried over to her as House followed after him.

Dave bent down towards her and slipped an arm under her back and another under her legs. Cuddy let out a mix of a groan and a whimper as Dave lifted her from the airplane seats. He shifted her in his arms and drew her into him.

House watched, feeling a pang of jealousy and a flash of anger, knowing he could never be the one to carry her. He limped after Dave as they headed back for the helicopter ladder. Mark and Jon were attempting to get the man with the broken leg into the helicopter. With the extra tug of the paramedic, they managed to get him inside.

Joshua was placed on the ladder next with Janet following behind him. Once they were safely inside, Annalise climbed the ladder and entered into the helicopter. The man that first descended was still standing on the ground, next to the ladder. House hurried in front of Dave and over to this man.

"She's in septic shock," House told him. "Tell the paramedic. She needs oxygen."

"We'll do what we can," the man replied.

House frowned at the response as Dave reached the ladder with Cuddy in his arms. Mark climbed halfway up the ladder and Dave hoisted Cuddy up until Mark was able to take partial hold of her while still managing to hold onto the ladder.

Cuddy was much lighter than the man with the broken leg and had much less movement. Mark pulled up on her while Dave and House both tried to push her up further. The paramedic leaned out of the helicopter and reached down for Cuddy.

Mark helped the paramedic get a good grasp on her. The paramedic pulled up on her while Mark pushed her up with his arm around her abdomen, and House and Dave pushed the best they could from below.

The paramedic pulled Cuddy into the helicopter and the last House could see of her was the sneakers that Bill had given to her.