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"I am the richest man in the world!" James Stewart's image said on the silver screen. Then the camera shot faded and was replaced by the closing credits. Lister turned his eyes on Kryten.

"What's next on the play list?" he asked.

"Warlords of Atlantis," he said. Then he quickly added, "Please don't hurt me, Sir."

The unwashed one shook his head disdainfully. "You know how much I hate Doug McLure," he stated through a groan.

"You'd rather eat raw vegetables," Kryten said empathetically.

"Why did you program it in, Plastic Percy?" asked the Cat.

"Mister Rimmer made me, Sir. I was merely filling a request."

Lister shot his dead bunkmate a dirty look.

"Did I ever tell you that my great-great-great-great-great-uncle played Captain Daniels in that film?" Rimmer asked.

"Smeg-off!" the unwashed one said as he got out of his chair.

The Cat stood up as well. "I'd rather wear a paisley-print jacket than watch something that any one of your relatives has been in, Brillo-Pad-Head," he announced.

On that note he and Lister left the theatre.

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Near the outskirts of Rush Valley, C.J. chased after his sister. Ducking behind mail boxes and what-not whenever she looked in his direction was soon to become a lost option, but he needed to keep going until he could find a place to corner her and try to reason with her. It was starting to look like a hopeless cause as they were now in a part of town where the houses were a half-mile apart from each-other.

Living in this Hick-Ville blows, he thought as he ducked behind a tractor. I don't know if I'll be able to hide next time.

He checked to see if Katy Jo was still looking around. As he saw that she had continued walking again he noticed the lights in the distance. This meant that they were approaching the industrial park. Those light were at the end of a proverbial dark tunnel for C.J. It was his best hope for getting his sibling to turn around and come back home. He fell back a little to insure that he wouldn't be discovered until they reached the former proving grounds.

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As Dave Lister walked through Red Dwarf's corridors he made a detour via the Officer's Club. The Cat caught sight of the mess hall and abandoned him as he decided that it was time for his fifth meal of the day. Seeing this as a precious moment of solitude—completely Cat-free, Kryten-free and (halleluiah!) Rimmer-free—he decided to take advantage and enjoy himself.

When he approached the bar he jumped over it, grabbed himself a bottled lager from the refrigerator and then popped the cap off. Holding it high above him he tilted his head backward, poured his beverage directly into his mouth, gargled, and then spat it out. "Ah, privacy," he said in an almost melodic tone of serenity. There was no reason to believe that his peace could be broken.

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Katy Jo Lamont looked behind her as she approached a boarded-up building. She could swear she saw her brother's rust-blonde hair duck behind the brewery, but she couldn't hear any evidence. She took a few steps toward where she saw him and opened her ears…

…nothing…

"God, this is nuts," she said under her breath as she dismissed it as another meth flash-back.

C.J. allowed himself to take in some air as he saw his sister turn around and continue on her course toward the abandoned building. That was bar-none the closest call he had received on this entire trip and it nearly made his heart stop. He was—needles to say—relieved when he saw Katy Jo kick at a loose board in one of the windows. As soon as she entered, this deranged game of "Follow the Leader" would be over.

As Katy kicked the pressboard out of her way she saw it hit what looked like an old copy machine. Thinking that there probably wasn't any electric in this building she found it odd that it had started humming to life. Letting her curiosity get the better of her, she decided to investigate.

She had no idea what was in store for her when she lifted the lid to the scanner. The she became surrounded by a bright yellow-green light. She wanted to back away, but she had become frozen with fear. Suddenly she felt quite dizzy and the room seemed to be fading…

C.J. Lamont climbed through the wind and jumped to the floor landing on all fours. He stood up to see his sister's form become transparent. "Katy?" he called out to her while feeling disoriented as he realized that it wasn't was his sister who was fading, but the entire room as well. In the next moment there was a blinding flash. The nauseating part was over, but the wild ride had just begun.