Arrgg! Here's the next chapter. See, I'm nice, I don't keep you lot waiting! Lol, this may upset some readers… NOT
Thanks all the reviewers! You rock!
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Kryten hurtled through the medibay doors, closely followed by a puffed-out Rimmer.
Cat sidled in slowly, deciding after a short while, that he had better come along. He couldn't sleep anyway, not with the noise they were making. Honestly, they had no consideration for other people at all!
Lister was lying on the small bed. He wasn't moving.
"Lister." Rimmer whispered.
They had rushed to the medibay, but now that they were here they couldn't move. Lister was so still.
So lifeless.
They hardly breathed.
Rimmer couldn't think straight. He'd gone. Actually gone… Gone…
He was the first one to break the spell. He walked forward, and kneeled by Lister's side. Lister didn't move. His eyes were closed and the pain had finally left his face. He looked almost peaceful.
"Sir… I'm so sorry." Kryten said in a small far away voice. Then he burst into a fit of hysterical tears.
Rimmer shut his eyes hard. Why? He shouldn't have gone like this. Smeg. He shouldn't have gone at all.
Rimmer shut his eyes tighter, as if somehow this would bring Lister back. He would wake up and this would be over.
But it wasn't over. Lister wasn't coming back.
It was his fault. Rimmer told himself. It was his fault he was dead. And now he was gone, and Rimmer was all alone. In the back of his mind he could hear Kryten and Cat. They were upset, but not as much as he was.
He was lost.
Then he heard something else.
An annoying sound. He opened his eyes angrily. Anger for himself. Anger at the GELF. Anger for Lister.
It was a beeping sound.
"Hey my tuna melts done!" the Cat said, jumping up and heading out of the door.
Kryten paused for a moment, halfway through another unbearable sob. "Wait, that doesn't sound like the microwave…"
"What do you mean bud? I've been waiting hours for this!"
"Mr Cat sir - when you said the beeping stopped, what type of beeping sound did you mean?"
"Well," Cat said, checking his nails, "as a matter of fact, it was just like the one on the microwave."
"You mean… it wasn't like the one you hear now?"
"Nope."
Kryten thought about this, and ran over to the machine by Lister's bed, "Oh sir!" he said checking the instrument, "Mr Lister isn't dead!"
"What?" Rimmer couldn't believe it. He stood back up, grasping Lister's hands, "Lister?" The last human stirred slightly at the sound of Rimmer's voice.
Rimmer almost leapt with joy.
Kryten burst into hysterical tears yet again,
"What-" Rimmer panicked, his delight cut short, "What is it!"
The mechanoid heaved a great sob, "I'm so DARN HAPPY!"
Rimmer smiled, kneeling beside Lister again, "So am I." he whispered.
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aaaww, see! They're all happy! x.x
I told you before – you'd have to be absolutely insane to kill off Lister! So you're perfectly fine with me, I'm only a cream bun short of a picnic. Plus, Lister is my favey character, I love to cause him pain! He he he.