"Where is he?" House asked the nurse who was straightening up what was Chase's hospital room. It was mid afternoon. House had been caught up by a case from yesterday. At the moment he and his team were waiting to see if the medication they started the patient on was going to harm or help.

"Signed out AMA this morning." She answered.

"And no one thought to call me or any other doctor?"

"I wasn't here at the time Dr. House. From what I heard, he just upped and left. There were two notes, one stating that he was leaving the hospital of his own free will and that he knew what he was doing. The second note was addressed to you. Its back at the nurses station."

House followed the nurse not knowing what else to do. Taking the note he headed to Wilson's office.

"Dr. House, to what do I owe this visit?"

"I need a place to read." House said sitting down and opening the letter.

"You have an office."

"Its bugged. Now shh, I'll share when I'm done."

Wilson stared at him, not quite sure what to make of House sitting in his office reading a hand written note. He was curious who it was from and why he needed to hide it in his office.

It took a minute for House to finish reading the note and stand up. "Why that ungrateful little shit."

"Which one are we talking about?" Wilson stayed seated, letting House rant and rave for the time.

"I did everything I could to save his miserable life and this is the thanks I get?" House tossed the note on to Wilson's desk.

Wilson picked it up and read it.

House,

I know you are trying to help, and trying to what you think is best. But I need to do this on my own.

Robert Chase

Wilson put the note down. "He signed out AMA?"

"I know I didn't advise him to leave."

"Is it really considered against medical advice being he is a doctor and he can give medical advice?" Wilson couldn't help but bait House.

House didn't bother to answer. He just stood up and walked out the office. Wilson considered following, but thought warning people was a better use of his time.

When Lisa Cuddy picked up the ringing phone, Wilson informed her that House was on the warpath because Chase had left the hospital AMA. Cuddy thanked him for the news and went in search of information to try and help House in his quest.

House's search for information was fruitless. He was able to find the name of the cab company and the actual cabbie that picked Chase up from the hospital at 4am this morning. According to the cab driver Chase was wearing a pair of scrubs and used crutches to move around. He dropped Chase off at the corner of a where Chase actually lived.

When House followed the trail to Chase's apartment he was surprised to see that is was clean and orderly. It looked like Chase had planned to be away for a while. All the electronics were unplugged and his laptop was missing. The refrigerator was cleaned out and only housed a bottle of water and a box of baking soda. Looking in Chase's closet and drawers it seemed like some clothing was missing. None of his work clothes, they all still were hanging in his closet. The sock and underwear draw was empty though. And it seemed that a good portion of tee shirts and shorts or track pants were missing.

Thinking back to the note that was left, House wondered if Chase had checked himself into some rehab center. The letters that he had left for Chase to read were missing too.

Heading back to the hospital he then made the mistake of asking Cameron if she had heard from Chase. All that he got from that conversation was a headache and a wish for more time with Chase to know what his side of the story was. As far as Cameron was concerned, the fact that Chase was gone, made her life a whole lot easier.

Foreman's reaction was just a shoulder shrug and a question if they could get back to their current patient who still wasn't doing well.

House spent the whole next day calling up all local cab companies, and some not so locale ones, questioning if they had a fare from Chase's address. All came back negative. He wanted to ask Cameron if Chase had any friends who might give him a car ride some place, but didn't need her bitchiness towards him.

House spent a good few days calling different centers that focused on rehabilitation for people who lost limbs, but no one was willing to give him information being there was no proof of a relation. When House reached the end of his leads he couldn't help but admit defeat. He hated the fact that someone had gotten one over on him. And that it was Chase was even more of a rub.

All he could do was wait for Chase to come back, or for Cuddy to order him to hire Chase's replacement.

Sorry for the delay in posting. I blame real life and writers block. And the fact that I still haven't decided how much of a witch I want Cameron to be and of I want them to get back together. Thanks for all your support.