A/N: This chapter is posted in three parts for those of you who are playing along. Enjoy!
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Chapter 5 - Hunting for Treasure - Part 1, Clue 2
"House, House …wait up …"
"Wilson … I thought that you'd left already." Wilson caught up with House at the elevator.
"I was worried about you … I'm sorry you didn't win … if only …"
"What Wilson?"
"I was thinking afterwards that if I had just given you my last three eggs you would have won." Wilson said sadly. "But it turned out that Cameron wasn't the Honey Bunny after all … Chase won a giant chocolate rabbit."
House smirked. "I would have loved to see the expression on the Wombat's face." Wilson laughed. "It was priceless House …"
"Hey Wilson … do you know where Cameron is?"
"I haven't seen her for almost an hour … did she leave anything for you?"
"Like what?" House asked suspiciously, wondering if Wilson was in on the plan.
"Well Cameron ordered these special Honey Bunnies from Canada for all of us and she had one for you … it was the second prize in the Easter egg hunt."
House thought for a moment. Wilson doesn't know anything about the treasure hunt … I'm not going to tell him right now that the Easter egg hunt was just the first step in Cameron's plan …
"Oh that … yes she left me a Honey Bunny and a scroll on my desk."
"Did you read the scroll?" asked Wilson.
"I read it very carefully Wilson." House pushed the down button for the elevator and the two friends got in.
"So what are you going to do?" asked Wilson.
"Well, I'm going to eat some of my Honey Bunny and pray I find true love."
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House watched Wilson leave and then he got back in the elevator and went down one more floor to the basement of PPTH, thinking about the hidden word puzzle.
THERE IS A RUMOR GUEST HOLDS THE NEXT CLUE
House swung open the entrance doors to the morgue and walked in. It took a moment for his eyes to adjust to the eerie glow that the low evening lights cast throughout the room.
But then he saw it; a lone pink beacon against a backdrop of cold stainless steel. House picked up the paper:
OPEN CHAMBER ETHER
He grinned as he quickly unscrambled the word ether, and walked over to cold chamber number three.
House opened the door and pulled out the steel shelf.
Fortunately, the chamber was unoccupied. House picked up his clue.
Clue #2
TOFIN DTHEN EXTCL UEYOU
MUSTL OOKBA CKWAR DSONT
HEFOL LOWIN GPHRA SE1CI
NILCE HTNIK OOLTS UMUOY
tbc ...
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A/N: If you are solving the puzzles along with House, stop here. The solution is revealed at the beginning of the next chapter. When you have the answer, please read on to Chapter 5: Hunting For Treasure – Part 1, Clue 3.