The Banana-Part 4

Hi guys! Thank you SO much for the wonderful reviews! Sorry I haven't written new chapters in this! It was finals week, and I had to study like crazy! I JUST got back from school, and I HAD to continue on my stories! Your kind reviews are so uplifting, and it makes me want to right more. This is one of my stories that has the most and kind, reviews! Thanks for sticking with it, and I'm glad I'm not the only one who LOVES that plastic banana.

Here is another question...'Why did Rimmer's outfit suddenly change between the 2nd series outfit, to the emerald green outfit in the 3rd series.'

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Lister groaned as he slowly eased his aching body up. His arms wobbled dangerously as he held up his weight, which was more than usual. His head pounded like he was stuck behind Red Dwarf when it fired up. His vision was hazy as he tried to focus on anything.

He swung his legs over the end of the bunk, watching as his blurry world dipped from one side of the room to the other. It was moving back and forth more times than Tarzan.

"Uuugh." Lister huffed as he reached his shaking hand to his over-heated head. He heard a cough, and a creak. "What happened?" Rimmer asked as he brought his head up to Lister's view. Lister would have laughed if he wasn't feeling so sick.

Rimmer's usually tidy hair was tufted in every direction. His eyes were red, and his outfit hung loosely on his frame. The usually straight tie was yanked to one side, and the man's usual stern face looked goofy enough to be on a birthday card.

"Dunno." Lister answered back, trying to make his feet land on the floor. His feet touched, and he pushed with all his might to put himself upright on the floor. A mistake. He wobbled dangerously, as he placed a hand on the wall to steady himself.

"Boy, do I have a hangover." Lister stated as he shakily made his way to the locker on the other side of the room. He leaned against it, suddenly forgetting why he had came over there, then surveyed the room. Something was missing. Something, but Lister couldn't place a finger on it.

"Is there something different!" Lister asked the other occupant of the room, who was currently tugging at his shoes with one hand, and holding his head with the other.

"Yeths. Cath and Kyton not aruind." (Roughly translated readers is, "Yes. Cat and Kryten not around." What! He's having a hangover!)

"No, not them. Something, else." He was interrupted as Holly's blonde hair head came on the screen. "Oy! What's goin' on!"

"Dunno." Lister repeated, as Cat and Kryten stumbled in from the hallway. "Hey, why were we in there!" Cat asked, as he collapsed, in style, on the nearest chair.

"Something happened yesterday, but for the life of me, I can't remember." Kryten stated.

"Wait! Where's the banana!" Lister shouted as he pointed to the usual place where the bright yellow, plastic banana usually was.

The other looked, but the confusion in the room was thick enough you could cut through it with a knife.

"All I remember is that we were watching Lord of the Rings, then...we were thinking of stuff to eat." Lister said, as his face scrunched up in concentration as he tried to remember.

"Oh my god! We ate the banana!" The Cat yelped. Rimmer broke in, shaking his head, taking charge over the truly stupid bunch. "You morons. How can we even try to eat a large, approx. 5 feet, plastic banana! That's not even probable."

"Hol." Lister asked, wanting to clear this mess of not remembering up, once and for all.

"Is there something we could do to make our hangovers go away! Anything!"

"Sorry, Dave." She answered, "All you can do is have a cup of coffee, and wait for your digestive track to come off the roller coaster."

Lister sighed, and started out the door. "Gordon Bennett, hold on a sec! Strike the light, I am a genius!"

"What are you blabbing about!" Rimmer asked as the head on the screen grinned wildly.

"There is a way! Down on Z deck, in the research labs, there's a prototype. It makes the affects of a hangover stay dormant. Eventually, you will have to...'have' your hangover, but you can make it wait a hours, or even a few days. Oy!"

Holly looked at the room, but it was now empty, and she could hear 4 sets of feet pounding to Z deck.

Lister skidded into the first research lab, and started searching frantically for the cure, well, as frantically as you can when you feel as though your head has been jammed in the waste compactor while it was on.

Kryten and Cat followed, but Rimmer wasn't behind them. "Come on, guys! Help me find it."

They all searched, as Rimmer calmly walked into the room, a smug smile plastered on his face. "Gentlemen. What are you doing! Oh, don't tell me! I know. Lister is going to hide so he won't have to go to the vet. Listy, shots are good for you."

"Why are you so perked!" Lister asked curiously, as he glanced at Rimmer. Rimmer looked sharp; his tie was straight, his eyes were slits, and he looked refreshed.

"Well, once you find the pills, I can't take them." He sighed in disgust as the others looked at him with blank stares.

"Hello, I'm a hologram. I can't touch the things. So, in light of reason, I wanted the pills as much as you twonks, so I asked Holly to give me a hologramatic equivalent to the pill. Good luck on finding them!" He finished, a smug smile on his face.

"Ah! Found them!" Kryten cried, as the other 2 crowded around him. "Mr. Lister, Mr. Cat, and one for myself." He handed the small red pills to the others, the swallowed his.

The 3 stood there, waiting for the pills to take affect. Slowly, they felt the haziness and memory loss fade away, saved for another day.

"Now what!" The Cat asked. Lister clutched his forehead, thinking. "Let's think. We were...watching Lord of the Rings, then we talked about things to eat...then... Oh...my...God."

Flashback to what happened

Kryten and Lister hoisted the banana off the hook that held it on the far wall. Cat and Rimmer just watched; one lazy, and the other unable, respectively.

Kryten carried it over, as Lister stumbled behind him. "He, he!" Lister croaked as Kryten took it over to the waiting people. "Maybe we should go to the Officer's Club." All Kryten was thinking that it would be easier to clean the Officer's Club, then the small quarters.

Some how, they ended up in the Drive Room. "Ya know what I fancy right now?" Lister whispered to the others. "A bubble bath!" Rimmer answered.

"No, something to dip this in. Banana's are in splits."

"What! Bananas do splits!" Cat asked, slumping in a chair.

"No!" Lister said, swatting the air before him, as if moving it to the side, along with the silly remark.

"Banana's are in splits. Sundays! You know, with the 2 bananas, and the ice cream, and cherry on top! You don't know, do you!" He asked defeated, as the others shook their heads.

"This needs some chocolate. Hey, Cat! You know that chocolate you found!" Lister asked excitedly.

"Yeah. What are you getting at, grease stain?" The Cat asked, getting tired of all the talking. (As I'm sure the good readership is.)

"You found melted chocolate! We can dip the banana in it, then cut it up, and we can all have some.

"What about Holly and I!" Rimmer asked, clearly disturbed by not being remembered.

"Dunno. Haven't thought that much into the future." Lister stated, as he sent Kryten to get the chocolate.

The thought that the banana they were about to eat was plastic, never crossed their drunk minds.

"Here it is, sirs." Kryten stated from the door, as he carried a large pot full of melted chocolate.

"Give it here." Lister said, as he grabbed the pot from Kryten. Seeing a problem, he dumped the contents on the floor. Brown liquid (Chocolate) leaked on the floor, making a nice large puddle.

"Here, put the banana in it, then we can kinda roll it." Lister said, as Cat placed the banana in it.

They watched as the chocolate coated the banana, and saw it was soaking through. They heard a cracking sound, then they watched in horror as the plastic banana wiggle on the floor. The stitches started to rip, and that was enough to make Rimmer run to the door.

The banana was surrounded in a blinding light, as the terrified crew stood well away, by the door.

They saw something materialize next to it, and it looked like the same banana. They heard a growl, as the duplicate banana stood up, next to a lion. Kryten grabbed his scanner and took a quick reading as the other 3 were running down the corridor, heading for the nearest sleeping quarters.

Kryten found them passed out (From drinking, not terror) in the nearest officer quarters, and soon followed.

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How do you put dividers in? Where the paragraphs NEED to be split!

Wow! Exciting, hopefully! Not many people like flashbacks, so the rest of the story (and yes, it's almost finished...after a few more chapters) is going to be told in the present.

A lot of things changed between the 2nd and 3rd series. The banana disappeared, Rimmer's outfits changed, (Of course, Holly and Kryten changed) and you know.

I got my ideas, especially on the next chapters, from my mom. (Don't make fun!) So, if you don't like it, I'm sorry.

I'm really excited, because when I write stories, I have really good ideas, but then I have other ideas, and I have to write them down. Then I get another idea, and get side-tracked, so I don't...usually finish my stories. I know, I hate myself for that. But with a little nagging from you guys, and the voices in my head, I'm going to try to finish this story. Only a few more chapters left! This will be the first I would have finished, unless they were supposed to be one-shots. If you're reading this, thanks for reading while I bared what's on my mind. SORRY!