Many thanks to shaun and my newest reviewer boogle! Okay, it's been a long while since I updated, so, today I am finally updating again. Woohoo. Okay, here's chapter six.


Siblings

As Malyne laughed, she transmogrified herself into a giant slobbering worm, which usually wouldn't be very scary, but when you lived with Lister, you learned to be afraid of anything that was giant and slobbering.

Around the corner, there was a giant beetle, wasp, bumblebee, and fly. That was what had made Cat shout and dive for cover. Apparently her sisters had the same gift of transmogrification that Malyne did.

"Oh my God!" said Rimmer, staring at the worm. "Run!" He cried and started to jog in place.

"Well, Rimmer. It would be nice if we could run from the giant bugs, but we are in a boat. Traveling on water. And correct me if I'm wrong, but humans cannot run on water," said Lister sarcastically.

"Mr. Lister sir, I suggest we remain calm," the worm that was Malyne growled, "I change my mind, perhaps we should panic sir," said Kryten.

"I'm way past panicking, it's brown trousers time," said Rimmer quietly, for he had stopped jogging and was cowering in the boat as far from Malyne as possible.

A great voice boomed, creating more panic among the Dwarfers. "You will come with us to Ooglesmigle to live. You will live with us forever, or until we are too hungry to hold off." Malyne's voice seemed to put Rimmer, Lister, and Cat under a sort-of trance, but Kryten, who was a mechanoid, was not affected, though he pretended to be for his own safety.

"Yes Ma'am," recited Lister, Rimmer, Cat and Kryten.

Malyne nodded at her sisters and changed herself back into her human form. She let her sisters into the boat and they immediately piled the Dwarfers in the middle so they could relax. Malyne started up the boat and directed it to her homeland.

"That was too easy," said the sister who was a bumblebee, Kalyi.

"No, I think not. They were all much scared out of their wits, or should I say pants," said a girl, eyeing Rimmer, "to fight back." This sister had been the fly. She was called Laiki.

The other four ladies snickered. Malyne spoke up. "When we do eat them, I want the ugliest one. Ugly beings always seem to have a greater flavor."

"We will give them the Test when we get them home," declared Enala, the wasp.

Time passed quickly as Malyne drove the boat home on high speed. Occasionally Lister or Rimmer would move or groan as if they were about to wake up, but Enala flicked them on the head, and they would be out cold for quite a while longer.

"We're home," sang Malyne, climbing out of the boat, and heaving out the Dwarfers.

"Good. Now we can Test them," said Kalyi.

Together the five sisters dragged Lister, Rimmer, Kryten, and Cat inside. Yidze, the beetle, went around and woke them all up.

Cat was the first to stand up. He took one look at his clothes and fainted again. Rimmer and Lister re-woke him and helped Kryten stand up. All four of them were terrified.

"Erm, we're just going to go now," mumbled Lister, not making any move to leave. In fact, he was so mortified he could not move.

Enala laughed. "I think not." She stared at them all for what felt like five minutes before speaking again, "Tell me, which of you is the ugliest and stupidest."

Rimmer and Cat exchanged looks with Kryten and Lister before pointing at Lister saying, "Him."

"Ay?" Lister examined himself, "Alright, I may be dirty– Don't laugh Rimmer, but I am not ugly. I must be the best looking one here."

"You are the ugliest," said Enala, grabbing Kryten by the arm. She took him into a large room with only a table and some creepy looking devices in it.

"Now, lie on that table," she said, using a voice that even Kryten could not resist. He obeyed, and Enala picked up a tool that looked like a carving knife and a pair of scissors. She locked Kryten's arm down and cut open the black covering he wore. "Ugh, a mechanoid," she cried, startling Kryten out of his trance and accidently cutting a wire.

"What are you doing, ma'am?" he asked her.

"Get out!" she cried, releasing him from the table, disgusted.

She followed him out into the hallway where she chose Rimmer as her next test subject. The look of panic on his face made her laugh, which made him all the more afraid, especially since Kryten came out of the Test unable to speak.

"Lie on that table," she said, and of course, Rimmer obeyed. This time she chose his leg and sliced it open. Rimmer's screams of pain, though he was hard light, could be heard in the hallway. "You will make good eating," she said and let him go, not bothering to close up his leg wound.

Lister was her next choice. "Lie on that table," she ordered.

"Why?" he asked, "You're just a little bitch who likes to torture people."

"Lie!" she insisted, and he did. She cut open his stomach. His screams were, if possible, louder than Rimmers.

"You will be good," she said and let him go.

Lister limped out of the room holding his stomach. "Don't go in there man," he said to Cat, then fell over out cold. Rimmer was sitting, but was conscious, and Kryten was perfectly fine, but couldn't speak.

"Come," Enala said to Cat.

"I can't," he said. "I have a hair appointment at ten o'clock and I can't miss it."

"Come here!" she shouted, and he followed. "Lie on the table." He did. She cut open his arm and he did not scream. He fainted at the first sight of blood. "Oh, exciting. You will be the best to eat. But you are the prettiest. That proves Malyne's theory wrong. Mmm." She dragged him out into the hall where the now-conscious Lister greeted him.

"Want a curry, man," Lister asked, holding out a curry.

Kryten mouthed a few words. " ."

"Right. Well, I'm going to go to sleep."

"No," cried Rimmer, "you can't sleep, you'll die."

"Well, hell's got to be better than this," he replied.

"Oh yes, he's quite right," said Enala. "Just you wait and see . . ."


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