Well it's 4:55am and the next chapter is up! (The bollywood film was good by the way and I'm kind of surprised, I watched a film esturday - Pinjar right and it had this guy called Sanjay Suri in, he was in tonights... this mornings film as well! (Jhankaar Beats) And there's this other film that he and like half the cast of Jhankaar Beats are in! Sorry it's just interesting to get to know the famous Actors and Actresses of Bollywood... I babble at this time in the morning...) I think i'm going to attempt sleep now so byesey! and #Insert Witty Saying Here.# Oh yeah and read on! (Current time 5am)

Switch

The gang burst into the Drive Room and looked around expecting to find a load of aliens controlling the ship and altering them. Well that's what Rimmer was hoping for… Kinda. But nothing was there, Holly was still online but no trace of his bald, gormless face could be found.

"Holly, show your self this instant and tell us what the smeg is going on!" Rimmer yelled to the blank monitor. A pause elapsed that seemed hours but was only a few seconds, then the elusive computer appeared.

"Wot?"

"Holly, read my… his lips – What Is Going On?"

"You mean apart from the fact you're all pretending to be everyone else? You know April isn't for another 3 months?" He asked in his usual deadpan voice.

"Shut up you gimboid we aren't faking – And why didn't you answer when we yelled you earlier?" Rimmer accused shaking Cat's finger at Holly's screen, as if scolding a five year old child.

"No you didn't"

"What? Yes we did!"

"You need your microphones cleaning bud."

"Look I may have been alone for nearly 3 million years but I think I still know when my name is been called or not." He protested rolling his eyes dramatically.

"Holly. What was been happening in the past hour or so? Anything strange?" Lister asked slowly and clearly, ignoring Rimmer's snort at the words 'anything strange'

"Well no you come to mention it there was a weird power surge not long ago, but I put it down to either Lister playing his guitar, The Cat plugging in all his electrical products or Rimmer's ego." At this Cat and Lister smiled slightly as Rimmer contorted Cat's features with a look of the up most anger, though he couldn't quite achieve the same effect without his instant flaring nostrils.

"And you didn't think to do anything about this at the time because…?" Rimmer spluttered.

"I was busy!"

"Doing what?"

"I was teaching the skutters to play the themes to some of their favourite John Wayne films by banging their heads on various pots and pans in the kitchens." Holly replied as if he's just said a completely normal thing.

"Great Hol, just great but do you think you could do a little sweep for unidentified life forms and maybe HELP us here?" Lister asked trying not to snap too much – It would take the fun away from snapping whoever or whatever did this – When he got his body back.

"Ok, ok – God you're all tetchy today."

"I wonder why!" Rimmer scoffed melodramatically.

"Hey there is something there… No I was wrong, must have been some dust on the scanner or something." Holly amended.

"Great. JUST great!"

"Oh like you even want your body back Rimmer, why don't you just smeg off to find Rachael?" Lister cried in annoyance – he was not having a good day – and it wasn't even Thursday!

"Not in my body he aint!" Cat retorted angrily. The 3 glared at each other dangerously, before all falling back in pain.

"God what is that?" Cat yelled covering his ears from the sound though no one was able to answer as they all fell to the ground, unconscious.

"So what's this? Name that death scene?" Holly asked earnestly. After a moment he realised something really bad WAS happening but what could he do?

He decided to call one of the scutters and got Bob's attention. However just as he was about to explain the problem to Bob in binary code, a warm sensation – almost a feeling washed over him and all he said was "Go back to the kitchens for act 2."

The monster lay in his hiding place contently. He had been there months, and no-one had noticed him, every time someone broached the subject he would erase their thought – not that there were really many to erase anyway.

Soon his plan was to be complete and he would feast on his broken and insane prey – Just the way he liked them.

He was like a chef preparing the main course, he didn't want to rush things, and he hadn't rushed things. He had started small, getting Lister to forget where he had left the keys to his space bike for instance. He had nearly cracked himself – he was starving all the months and years he had waited for a decent meal and there it was, just in front of him teasing him in everyway imaginable. He had managed though, he had even tried some of the human's food – The stuff they called curry… It hadn't gone down well though. – Thank god the hologram had put the whole roll of bog roll down to aliens!

Anyway they were near breaking point they were trying to stay calm but they would soon be nicely done. The monster cackled evilly to the empty room and transmitted the brain scrambling messages in a high pitched wail to the Drive Room occupants – blocking out the signal from the harmless, senile, but highly irritating computer – Let's see how they'd cope with another switch…