Writing yesterday's chapter caused me to have a dream that I was in a tornado. Of course, that doesn't explain why Stephen Colbert was with me and I was competing in a spelling bee and the tornados turned multiple colors.

Hang On To Your Life

"Cuddy?" House said as Cuddy closed her eyes.

"Hmm?" Cuddy said keeping her eyes closed.

"Keep your eyes open," House said.

"My head hurts," Cuddy said.

"I know but you need to stay awake," House said.

"I can't," Cuddy said.

"Yes you can," House said.

"I think I am going to be sick," Cuddy said. House and Audrey quickly helped Cuddy turn to her side as she threw up. House knew that he needed to get her to the hospital now.

"I need someone to help me carry her to our car," House said.

"You need to wait a little longer sir," the manager said. "We might not be free from danger yet."

"I don't care," House said. "She needs to get to the hospital now."

"I will call for an ambulance to come get her," the manager said. As the manager called 911, House turned his attention back to Cuddy.

"She stopped talking," Audrey said to House.

"Cuddy?" House said gently shaking her. Cuddy didn't respond.

"Is she alright?" Audrey asked him.

"She needs to get to the hospital," House said.

"Hang in there," Audrey said to House.

"They said that it would take about 20 minutes to get here," the manager said to House. "Can she hang on that long?"

"I don't know," House said. "How far away is the hospital from here?"

"If the roads are clear it will be about 10 minutes," the manager said.

"I am going to take her," House said. "Will you please help me get her to our car?"

"Okay," the manager said. House grabbed some adhesive tape and wrapped the towel onto Cuddy's head. The manager bent down and picked her up. Audrey pressed on the towel as the manager carried her to keep some pressure on it.

The manager had one of the hotel staff unlock the door and told him to wait 10 more minutes before letting the rest of the people leave.

When they left the shelter, the inside of the lobby was covered in debris where the front door had blown open. There really wasn't any damage to the hotel, though.

House leads them outside. He pushed some of the big pieces of debris out of the way so that the manager would not trip over anything and drop Cuddy. The sky was already a lot brighter than it was about 20 minutes before. The rain was still falling, but at a slow constant pace.

A few of the cars had been slightly moved because of the wind, but all the cars were upright. House found his and Cuddy's rental and opened up the back door so the manager could put her in.

"You get in first," the manager said to House. "I'll drive." House slid into the backseat and the manager lowered Cuddy so that her head was lying on House's lap. Audrey climbed into the passenger side seat and the manager jumped into the driver's side seat. Cuddy had left the keys in the ignition when they had arrived to the hotel, so the manager started up the car and pulled out as quickly as he could.

"I do not care if you have to smash into 1,000 cars as long as you get her to the hospital as fast as you can," House said.

"I'll do my best," the manager said.

"I will call the hospital and tell them we are coming," Audrey said to House. "What is your wife's name?"

"Lisa Cuddy," House said as he stared down at Cuddy lying in his arms. "Tell them to prep an OR because she has internal bleeding." Audrey called the hospital and they told her that they would have an OR ready for them.

"Are you a doctor?" The manager asked House to try to get him to stay calm during the ride.

"We both are," House said.

"Where are you two from?" The manager asked.

"Princeton, New Jersey," House said.

"Did you guys go to school there?"

"We went to Michigan," House said. "That's where we met."

"I met my wife in college too," the manager said. "We went to the Christian college here in town."

"What is your name?" Audrey asked House after she got off the phone with the hospital.

"Greg," House said.

"They are waiting for us," Audrey said. "Lisa is going to be alright."

"I can't lose her," House said. "I need her."

"Look at me Greg," Audrey said causing House to raise his head. "You are not going to lose her. You have to be strong for her right now."

"We are here," the manager said to House. He went and pulled up the ER doors where there were some doctors waiting. They immediately ran over to their car and opened the door.

"We got her sir," one of the doctors said as they lifted Cuddy out of the car. House quickly jumped out of the other door and he and Audrey followed them in.

"Do you know her blood type?" A nurse asked House.

"O positive," House said.

"Is she on any medication?"

"I don't think so," House said. House saw them take the towel off her head and the blood start to flow out.

"Let's get her up to the ER," the doctor said.

"You two can come with me," the nurse said to House and Audrey. "I will show you were the waiting room is." House stood and watched them wheel Cuddy onto the elevator. House hated that there was nothing he could do for her now.

"Come on Greg," Audrey said to him. She wrapped her arm around House's and helped guide him to where they were going. The hotel manager came in and caught up to them.

"Is she in surgery?" He asked.

"They are taking her up there," House said. "You two don't have to stay if you don't want."

"I don't mind," Audrey said.

"Are you sure you don't need anything?" The manager asked.

"I'm sure," House said. "Thank you for helping her."

"Ecclesiastes 4:10says, 'if one falls down, his friend can help him up. But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up!'" The manager said. "All of the Lord's children should be friends and help each other when they are down."

"Thank you for helping her up," House said.

"My family will pray for your family," the manager said as he left. Even though House was not a religious man, he felt like praying to God too that Cuddy would be okay.