House and Logan

[im_torchwood]

THere'd been spikes of weird energy coming from the hospital. Jack had tracked it and had of course dragged Logan along. He'd followed the signal to a room where he saw a very familiar face. That explained everything. Hex didn't know Jakc, but oh, boy, did Jack know Hex. He had full dossiers on every one of the Doctors companions he could find.

He sauntered in to find Hex asleep and House in the room.

"We need to talk," he said firmly. "About him."

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[drfeelbad]

House looked back and forth between them and then said, "Cobalt-60. I mean, I've read about it. I'm not even sure we have a gamma knife here, but it's possible. That's some experimental shit, though."

[logan_echolls]

"We can get you one," Logan shrugged- Assuming that was an actual thing they could do.

[im_torchwood]

"Yeah, it might take a day. And it'll have to be installed in your MRI room. Have you ever run a gamma knife?" he asked, thinking he might have to steal a technician, too.

[drfeelbad]

"I'm not a surgeon," House reminded him. He glanced back at Hex. "And I'm not going to risk doing a shit job on him. I'll find someone."

[logan_echolls]

Logan nodded, watching House curiously.

"He's a friend?" he asked.

[im_torchwood]

Being a friend was the only excuse Jack could think of. Otherwise House only cared about results, not really the patient.

Jack had to admit, this was a pretty good puzzle for the good doctor to solve.

[drfeelbad]

"He's my ex's boyfriend," House said, because it was true, and that way he didn't have to decide whether Hex was a friend or not.

[logan_echolls]

Logan raised a brow in surprise, then smiled softly.

"I'll put a call in for the equipment," he offered, leaving the pair to talk.

[im_torchwood]

"Which ex?" Jack blurted out.

[drfeelbad]

"Jealous?" asked House flatly. But then he said - "Fin. Who I'm sure you know about, given that you were stalking me. So I'm a little surprised you didn't already know about him." He jerked a thumb at Hex.

[im_torchwood]

"I didn't realize it was a relationship," Jack replied casually. He didn't judge.

"As for him, I've been watching him for a long time," he said. "He disappears from time to time, but I've got a line on where he goes."

[drfeelbad]

"Really?" House said. "You in love with him too?"

[im_torchwood]

"No, thank God. He's a hot mess," Jack laughed. "If he's with Fin and you're with Fin..did the three of you ever...?" he asked with a vague hand prompting House.

[drfeelbad]

House blinked. "No," he said immediately. Then paused, and added, "And like I said, Fin and I aren't together anymore."

[im_torchwood]

"Like that ever stopped you," Jack mumbled, barely intelligible. He wandered over and looked at Hex laying there asleep.

"I just wish I knew why this happened to him. Here. Now." He looked at House. "I've seen a lot of weird stuff, but I've never seen anything quite like this."

[drfeelbad]

"You think I have?" said House. He didn't like mysteries that he was at a disadvantage to solve.

[im_torchwood]

"Greg, you see things no one else could even imagine," Jack said with warm admiration. "So if you can think of any reason a dimensional portal would open in a time traveller's frontal cortex, I'm just going to believe you're right."

[drfeelbad]

"Time traveller, what the - Hex?" Then House sighed deeply, in a 'no one ever tells me anything' kind of sigh. "What the hell do I know about dimensional portals? Because as far as I know from all the science fiction I've seen, portals are what things go into and come out of." House jerked a thumb at Hex. "So are you going to tell me now that something is going to come out of that portal?"

[im_torchwood]

"That's what doors do," he replied evenly. "I suppose it's too much to hope to know what wants to come through. I mean, you could ask him, but he'll just lie. Everyone lies."

[drfeelbad]

"Yes," House agreed.

Then - "You don't actually think something's going to come through a portal do you?"

[im_torchwood]

Jack shrugged.

"I think that right now, that's in your hands," he said. "I'll get you the gamma knife, but then it's up to you to save him, doc."

[drfeelbad]

"Look, I will close the whole in his head," House said. "But beyond that, it's outside of my expertise. If a demon comes crawling out of his head, it's probably just going to kill me."

[im_torchwood]

"That's a risk I'm willing to take," he said. And...it didn't seem like he was joking. At all. He did reach out and clap House on the shoulder. "You'll be fine. Why don't you do some of that great bedside manner thing and I'll take Logan and go get what you need."