Stick it to the Metal

By Andrea Churchill

I am not a House fan in particular, but I watched an episode for the first time some time ago and I came up with a good idea for a House/Kim Possible crossover. The characters are based off of the Kim Possible Roleplay, not the show. Also, I am not writing it in the style of the show House. I have seen a few episodes of the show and the story will focus more on the patient and disease rather than the lives of the characters of House. This is Kim Possible placed in the House hospital.

Dr. Gregory House walked inside his office to greet Martha M. Masters, Dr. Robert Chase, Dr. Eric Foreman, and Dr. Chris Taub, all sitting around the long, oval table. He didn't give any of them time to speak.

"Male, 32, brought in by his daughter. Has a series of seizures…"

Dr. Chase interrupted. "Easy. Epilepsy."

"If that's so what caused it? And what kind of epilepsy? Was it reflex?" said Dr. Foreman.

"The daughter said he was writing documents when he had the attack." Stated House.

"Primary reading epilepsy, maybe.." Said Dr. Taub.

"Emotional stresses, sleep deprivation, sleep itself, heat stress, alcohol and alcohol withdrawal, febrile illness, trauma, CNS infections, brain tumors, and illicit drug use are the usual symptoms….what's the patient's occupation?" asked Martha.

Everyone paused.

"It was never stated…but let's assume its epilepsy…then the question is….did the patient know he had epilepsy? And if that's so, then what triggered the attack?"

"Discontinuation of treatment." Dr. Foreman said.

"But what if it isn't epilepsy?" asked Dr. Taub. "How do we explain the yellow eyes, skin discoloration on the joints, and the bleeding forehead? None of those are connected to epilepsy."

"As for the bleeding forehead, the patient could have hit his head while falling to the floor." Stated Dr. Foreman.

"The yellowing eyes could be hundreds of things…" said Martha. She looked at House, who was holding the folder. "Describe the skin discoloration."

"Discoloration on the joints, like the elbows and especially the knuckles…brass knuckles?" He responded, looking up.

"More like silver knuckles. The discoloration was grey." Said Dr. Chase.

"Grey…? That's abnormal." Said Martha.

House raised his eyebrows, reading off the file. "Well, it says here that the discoloration was almost a silver to be exact."

"Why silver? Like shiny?" Dr. Foreman asked.

House nod his head. "Shiny…"

"Or was it more blue-ish…? Bruises? Or cyanosis…" suggested Dr. Taub.

"That's a symptom of certain epilepsies!" said Martha.

"No." House stated. "No blue….grey. Silver."

Everyone paused to think. They decided to give the patient a visit.