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Chapter 14

'He hasn't even lost that much blood.'

House knew he couldn't trust this man and he knew those words were a lie. What he didn't know was what those words really meant then. But he had to trust his instincts and those told him that the situation was bad…really bad.

House turned around and saw Wilson, Cuddy, Cameron and Foreman watching him with wide eyes full of expectation. They wanted a sign, good or bad, but House ignored them. There wasn't time. He walked over to the chief of police as quick as he could.

'You should bust in.' he said and the chief immediately understood what was going on. He walked over to his policemen and started giving orders.

House sighed as he now would have to face the others. He turned around and was a little startled to see them standing behind him.

'What's going on?' Cameron asked him with a high voice.

'There going in.' House simply answered.

'What did Parker say?' Cuddy wanted to know.

'Not much.' House said as he watched the policemen close in on the door of Chase's room. Wilson shook his head with disapproval as he watched House.

'You shouldn't have done that,' Wilson then said, 'he could have hurt you too.'

'Someone had to talk to him and we couldn't wait for the negotiator to arrive, now could we?' House said in a hard irritated voice.

The five watched how the policemen were now in place to enter. One man kicked in the door as six other men quickly entered, guns lifted, faces filled with concentration. There was some shouting, but no gunshots were to be heard. Everybody felt some relieve and they all held their breaths as Parker was guided out if the room, hands cuffed behind his back, an insane smile on his face. And then they waited for a shocked and terrified Chase to walk out of that room, but no one followed.

A loud voice cried out.

'WE NEED MEDICAL HELP IN HERE!'

No one, except for House, hesitated and they immediately ran over to that room. House closed his eyes and prayed for the first time in his life that a miracle would occur. Slowly, feeling a little lost as he didn't know what to do, he walked to the room. The first thing he saw was how 2 policemen lifted Chase up onto the bed. They immediately stepped back to give the others space to work on Chase.

Wilson reconnected Chase to the machine which monitored his vitals and heartbeat. A steady beeping erupted and everybody watched the full line spread over the screen. No pulse.

Foreman was the first one to get to action as he intubated Chase who wasn't breathing. Foreman, forcing air into Chase's lungs, watched how the others now too were fighting for Chase's life.

Wilson was checking for an exit wound on Chase's back, but he found nothing. If the bullet was still in there, it would have to be removed and Wilson contacted the surgeon who would be the best for the job. He didn't care that he wasn't allowed to use his cell phone in the hospital, this was an emergency.

Cameron grabbed the paddles as the heart massage from Cuddy didn't work. She charged the paddles and Cuddy quickly exposed Chase's chest.

'Clear!'

Everybody let go and Chase's torso lifted a little. The beeping of the machine didn't change. Still no pulse. Foreman forced new air into his lungs while Cameron recharged the paddles. Wilson and Cuddy, accompanied by House, could only watch as the other two were fighting for Chase.

'Clear!' Cameron yelled.

Foreman let go. Chase's torso lifted again. The steady beeping of the machine didn't change. The same routine was repeated again, but still, nothing happened.

'He lost a lot of blood.' Cuddy sighed as she let her gaze drop to the red floor.

'Don't talk like that!' Cameron yelled as she recharged the paddles again. 'Clear!'

Again, no reaction. Foreman grabbed a needle filled with adrenaline and shot it directly into Chase's non-beating heart. Cameron shocked him, but again, nothing changed.

'Maybe-'

'No!' Foreman said with a firm voice, he wasn't going to allow Wilson to finish that sentence. 'Again!' he yelled to Cameron.

Cameron followed Foreman's orders without hesitating and she felt her hope die a little as the machine still gave a loud constant beeping. She recharged the paddles and shocked him once more.

'Cameron…' House nearly whispered as he lay his hand upon her arm, holding her back as she wanted to shock Chase again. Cameron reacted nearly as an instinct. She lifted her elbow and planted it against House's nose. House, surprised by the sudden move and startled by the sudden pain in his nose, jumped away and watched how a few drops of blood spread over his shirt.

'You broke my nose!' House said as he pushed his fingers against the sore bone.

'I'm not giving up on Chase!' Cameron yelled as she watched Foreman inject another shot of adrenaline. She recharged the paddles and Chase's torso lifted again.

The most beautiful sound in the world could be heard now and Cameron covered her face as she felt tears rolling over her cheeks.

His heart was beating.

Foreman was still forcing air into Chase's lungs as he couldn't breathe on his own and his pulse was weak, but it was there. He was alive! His skin felt cold and it had a glassy look, but his heart was beating and that was the most important thing.

Wilson threw a clean blanket over Chase as Cuddy was now applying pressure to Chase's bullet wound. She had to prevent it from bleeding again. Chase couldn't afford losing more blood.

House still stood at the door as he watched the other's faces fill with happiness.

'He's not breathing on his own.' He said in a weak voice.

The other's turned their gaze to the cynical man and looked at him as if he was an enemy who was trying to destroy their mood. Wilson, understanding House's comment, turned around again and quickly checked Chase's vitals as he connected him to another machine which would now monitor his brain activity.

'He's in a coma.' Wilson sighed.