It took four weeks for them to reach Red Dwarf. Dave, Kriss, Arnold, Yvonne and Cat marched in armed with Bazookoids ready to fight for the ship (Kryten was looking after the children), but there was no one there. They creped up to the Captain's Office but again there was no one there
"What the smeg is going on?" Dave asked generally
"It's all gone tits up" a voice called "they've gone Dave"
They all looked up at the screen and saw Holly, but it wasn't their Holly, it was the reincarnation of Holly identical in everyway except for the shape of his head. It was egg shaped and really strange.
"What happened Hol?" Dave asked
"They just left Dave" Holly responded, "upped and left"
"When was this?" Yvonne asked
"Just after you left" Holly told her "I thought there was a problem with the engines and that the ship was going to blow, told them all to leave, but there wasn't any problems at all and as you can see the ship didn't blow"
"Are they coming back?" Kriss asked
"Don't think so, Kriss" Holly responded they think that Red Dwarf is floating around space in millions of little pieces, I don't think they'd even contemplate coming back, you can stay if you want"
"Oh" Kriss smiled "yes please"
Kriss marched back into Starbug and smiled at everyone in the room
"We've got it" Kriss announced, "Everyone will have their own room, we're moving"
"Moving?" Chloë asked, "Where are we moving to?"
"Red Dwarf" Kriss told her "we're going 'home'!"
Yvonne and Kriss each took their children and all ploughed into the lift. It stopped at floor seven and Yvonne, Jemimah, Lilimay and Junior got out
"See you in the officer's club at six!" Yvonne called
"Yeah" Kriss answered "we'll see you then"
The lift doors closed and they went up another three floors. When the doors opened again Kriss, Chloë, Llewey, Jim-Bexley, Alicia-May and Theo came out of the lift and turned the corner. There standing in front of them was Dave
"Welcome to casa de Lister Rimmer Kochanski" he announced "this is Mummy and Daddy's room" he pointed to the room on his left before moving his hand so it was pointing to the room on his right "Chloë" he called
"Yes daddy Dave" she responded
"Would you like this room?"
Chloë, Kriss and Dave walked into the room. Disney pictures had been stuck on the walls and pink sheets; pillowcases and duvets were on the beds
"Is this for me mummy?" Chloë asked, "Is this my room?"
"Yes darling" Kriss answered, "do you like it?"
"Yes" Chloë answered "thank you Mummy"
Kriss and Dave carried on showing the children their new rooms. Llewey and Jim-Bexley had to share a room. Their beds were blue and on the wall there were pictures of tractors, cars and boats. Alicia-May's room, like Chloë's was pink and had a Winnie the Pooh theme. Theo's was just blue and green, but perfect for a baby boy.
Kriss and Dave got the children ready before taking them all down to meet Kryten, Cat, Yvonne, Jemimah, Lilimay and Junior at the officer's club for dinner.
Months passed and everyone settled really well on Red Dwarf. Before they knew it the time came for Kriss and Yvonne to have their babies. Everyone could tell that Kryten was worried, they could tell by the way he was acting. He was scared, scared that all four of them would come at the same time. He looked at the situation. Two girls, best friends, two men also best friends. They were conceived at almost exactly the same time, both conceived twins, due on the same day. Odds were they would be born at exactly the same time. Now this was fine except for one thing, he was the only trained 'midwife' on the ship and there was only one of him. Yes, Dave had delivered Theo but there was only one of him and no complications. Kryten tried to stop worrying and thinking about all the possibilities, but he couldn't.