DMC: Heya guys! I am so glad to have you all here! I know you all want an update on WOTE and I am working on it I promise, just taking longer then it should when I was sparked with this idea. I know, I know I jumped from BD to WOTE but I have been known to jump around and will return, so do not fret. I am so thankful to all of my supporters and the people who understand, I care for you deeply! Thank you for taking the time to read this!

Happy Holidays everyone, hope you all have a wonderful winter where ever you are :D

Summary: Snowed in and power out, what could honestly get worse? With everyone on staff at the hospital, things are a little hectic. Especially when House's team has got a new case and no machinery to help figure out what is wrong with the woman. Things get a little crazy and new things are cropping up in attempt to cause more trouble for House and his little ducklings. Will they get through it? Will someone get fired as House has been threatening? Will the woman die? Will Wilson tell House the things he is seeing with House's youngest duckling? Or will he just watch the group act as if there is nothing more in their relationships then co-workers?

DISCLAIMER: I do not House M.D. If I did I would not be sitting here, I would be sitting at some other computer writing out the next part of the series because it would be my job.

WARNINGS: This is a slash pairing. You know lemon, yaoi, Shounen ai, fluff, and all that Jazz or so which you call it, so don't get all mad at me when you come to find it is and you don't like it, I warned you ahead of time and if you don't like it you can leave. Also, I try desperately to keep the people in character, but most of these characters have such loose ended personalities they can easily change, especially when the new series you hardly see the ducklings any more so its hard to get much info, so if they are not YOUR interpretation, don't get mad and flame me. I gave you warning. So you don't like it to bad. Flames will go ignored and be deleted. They are a waste of my, and your, time. They are not helpful, and I do not care. Like I said, DON'T LIKE, DON'T READ!

But comments of help, and just plain happiness I will be more then happy to accept them, you may even see your acknowledgement on the next installment! Because people like you make my day.

To my readers, if you recognize that, you are amazing because it shows you really do care 3

Thank you.

Pairings: Ch/H

Thank you AFMom for kindly telling me my title was spelt wrong. Fridged and Frigid read the same on my computer so I didn't know. Can't trust spell check for everything!!!! Once again, thank you XD

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It was dark… so very, very dark, it was eerie. How it was even possible that it could be this dark was beyond him. Regardless of the fact that the power had gone out in about half the city because of the storm earlier that night, there had to be some light, right? On no, it wasn't like the blonde Aussie was scared or anything. He wasn't scared at all. Just sort of… Creeped out… He definitely did not like being in this kind of darkness.

White. That's all there was around him. White, white, white, white, white. A blue-ish sort of white that formed from the shadows of the pure, untouched snow. It kind of reminded him of the hospital, how it was always white and sterile yet it held some purity in it with the hope that things could in fact get better with the right treatment. A light twinkle danced upon the heavy fallen flakes from the small light given from the sliver of the moon that appeared from behind thick clouds every so often. He let out a sigh, watching his breath fog up before his reddened face as he wondered how he could have been so stupid as to wind up walking to work in the middle of winter during the dead of the night.

It was deathly cold out and inwardly he curse himself for not picking up the new battery for his silver BMW. He had pt that on his mental check list of things to do after work, but had been too tired from the long stressful day to even remember. Now, because of his foolishness, his car did not start so he was left to walk to the hospital on his own. He would have called someone if he had not been running late. The call came in late at night when he was just beginning to doze off. All the power had gone out and they needed him to get to the hospital and fast. However, not being able to see, he fumbled about in the dark, trying to get dressed, find his heavy coat, which had had not found so he settled for the next best thing, and tried to find his gloves and keys, failing at both and remembering his car refused to start anymore anyway. As such, he was late out the door so he was left to walk, in the dark, running late, and very, very cold.

Pulling at the dark blue scarf he did manage to grab before he left a bit tighter around his neck, he stuffed his gloveless hands into his pockets and shivered. He wasn't to far off now from the hospital, so if only he could get there before he died of hypothermia he would be okay. If he survived his boss's rude comments about him being late that is. House could get really mad sometimes, though normally he just enjoyed teasing the crap out of everyone and poking and prodding at them, both mentally and physically, he could get serious, and when he did, he could get mad. He figured House would be in a serious mood right now, the hospital's power had gone out and the backup generator was currently iced over by a huge snow drift so it wasn't going to come on any time soon.

His beeper, clipped to his belt, buzzed against his hip and he grumbled as he removed his hands from his pockets, immediately regretting it as it felt like his fingers were going to fall off, and pulled it off to look at it.

Where are you!?-Cameron

Chase sighed and looked up, just now coming upon the large building that was the hospital. "Outside" he muttered, his voice filled with a thick Australian accent to match his Aussie looks and solidify the fact that he was not American. Knowing it probably wasn't going to be any warmer inside then out, he stuffed his hands in his pocket and shuffled inside, wanting nothing more then to go home and bury beneath his blankets and sleep the night away. However, being a doctor, and on the team with Doctor Gregory House, that wasn't likely.

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"Get him a new IV drip then make sure to replace the ice; we don't want him to die do we?" Cuddy asked angrily at a doctor who stood before her, confused on what to do. Never had the power gone out like this before. It was bad too; he had a patient who was spiking with a fever of over 104o and without electricity to keep things running smoothly in the place, and things were a little more then chaotic.

"Why don't you just toss him outside in the snow? I am sure that will cool the little fire fighter off" House said sarcastically to her as he limped by going to his office where his team waited for him.

"And risk hypothermia or frost bite? You are completely crazy" Cuddy replied, watching him hobble off before she turned to go bark orders at another doctor who was rushing around like a chicken with its head cut off. How could this happen at her hospital? Of all things, the power had to go out and the generator had to kick the bucket.

"Hey Wombat boy" House called to Chase who still stood by the door, staring at the shadowy scene before him. Blinking, chase looked over to House who motioned for him to follow. "You're late" he said as he looked at Chase, his hair and clothes littered with flakes of snow, the hem of his pants wet, and shivering. "My office now" he said as he continued his hobble to the glass cage known as the office of House M.D.

Chase jumped into step, walking after the older man to the place he knew all to well that he could do get to it in the dark. Pun not intended. Reaching his hand forward his soft yet very cold fingers found a smooth and very cold glass handle which he pulled and slid past, letting the soft shh of the hinges announce his arrival. It was a bit warmer in the office due to the amount of body heat sitting in that enclosed small room, which made Chase practically purr with happiness.

"What took you so long?" came a voice Chase recognized as his co-worker Cameron, sitting in her usual seat in the middle of the desk, facing where House probably stood and where Chase would have guessed him to be standing if not for the soft thumps of his cane hitting the floor as he walked around the office.

"Sorry" was his reply as he watched House light a match to light up a candle, needing some sort of light in his office. Watching the flame dance on the thin stick between the rough hands of the doctor, he continued on softer "Car wouldn't start, had to walk" he muttered

"Why didn't you call one of us to pick you up?" Forman asked from his usual seat at the far end of the grey table.

"I was late getting out the door" he said "By the time I got out, you all would have been halfway here anyway" he replied and Forman, he figured, rolled his eyes, though Chase couldn't see him.

"We could have turned around and got you anyway" Cameron said and Chase just shrugged as he sat down, watching as House lit three more candles.

The light flickered on the small wicks, dancing and weaving as the office slowly started to glow and each person slowly became a tad easier to see. It was almost as if he could reach out and grab it, letting the small flicker dance in his hand, and hold it close. He watched their endowments and couldn't help but smiled, because even though they had no power and things were not going well so far, it seemed as if that little flame was a thing of hope. Telling them that if they just stuck through things would be okay.

"Earth to Dr. Chase" House said as he reached his cane forward to prod at the blonde, and snapping him back to reality. Chase looked up at him and blinked a few times as House looked at the three. "we have no power, no machines, no warmth, and we have a case" he said as he dropped the file kind of heavily on the table before them

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DMC: well there ya go, I know y'all have been awaiting Batman but alas that muse has opted out on me so I am working with what I got. I will return to it, don't worry, after all I am still very much in love with it. :D Just gotta work some things out first.

Well thanks for reading. Tell me what you think so far :D Ciao!