"What happened?" Cat groaned, he blinked and looked around. "Medical Bay – Oh thank god I am alive. How am I looking?" with a sigh he fell back upon the bed and listened to the reassuring beep of machines around him.

"You're fine Sir, Just a little concussed" Kryten smiled, "Best to remain still for awhile, don't worry I have seen to it that your hair has been washed and curled beautifully while you were out cold. I have also given you a manicure and whitened your teeth."

"Where is that crazy bitch?" Cat growled the events of the day suddenly coming back to him all at once, "Where is Lister?"

"Mr Lister and Rimmer are off searching the cargo decks now. They believe she has headed that way and its probably best that we don't all jump around her at once again. It wasn't very successful last time"

"That's because goalpost head came running in and scared her" Cat settled back down and stared at the ceiling. "Wonder what she's doing right now?"

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"Look calm down" Lister whispered, "Its going to be fine. Just breathe easy and it will be okay" Lister tried his hardest to console Rimmer that they weren't about to die as they were both faced with the girl once more.

"Lister, she has a look in her eye. A rabid deranged look. She's looking at me. Directly at me. In fact I think its safe to say she doesn't like me very much" Rimmer was backed right up against the wall and didn't drop her gaze. Part of him wanted to turn and run as far away from this deranged girl but there was something about her eyes that kept him in place. Every part of him was shaking with fear which seemed ridiculous as she couldn't kill him, but as he had just found out she could hurt him.

"What do you want?" she finally asked, "Please just leave me"

"We want to help you" Lister pleaded, "Help you remember who you are, help you get where you are going. We rescued you from that ship – we want to know more about the ship and what went on there. Trust me, we are not going to hurt you"

"You're not like the others?" she whispered, "They hurt me. They did something to me. I am not the same anymore"

"Will you let me find out what they did to you?" Lister walked slowly towards her and held his hand out. "Trust me?"

Rimmer watched as she walked over to Lister and stared into his eyes, "You're friend, I hurt him. I hurt both of them." He eyes filled with tears again, "I didn't mean it. I just felt scared, I ran. I don't know why I can do this, I can't control it"

"Its okay" Lister smiled, "They are fine. They want to help you as well. Come on follow me, you must be hungry"

Lister started to walk off, his weapon thrown over his shoulder casually he looked at Rimmer then back at the girl and continued to walk perfectly assured that she would follow him. She did, up until she reached Rimmer then she reached out to him and touched his chest, "Hologram" she whispered. "I am sorry I hit you."

Rimmer could barely breathe, having something he was curious about yet so afraid of this close to his body made him shake. "My name is Rimmer" he finally stuttered, "Not Hologram" he knew it was pointless, if the girl was concussed and confused then she wouldn't be thinking straight yet calling him a hologram seemed too blunt and rude he felt a need to defend himself.

"Rimmer" she whispered, "Sorry". Rimmer lifted his hand and removed hers from his chest holding it a little bit too long as he appreciated the soft and warm skin of a woman. "I don't feel too good, will you help me?" she groaned and threw up down his shirt, Rimmer jumped quickly to catch her as she collapsed and lifted her gently in his arms.

"Nice one Rimmer – I knew you were smooth but vomiting on a first date, I didn't think you could master that." Lister's laugh was loud and hearty as he walked off towards the medical unit, then stopped and turned to see Rimmer looking awkward, he was holding her body away from his and seemed unsure what to do, "Here dya want me to take her?" he offered.

Rimmer stared at the girl in his arms; "No, no she asked me for help. I will carry her; just warn Kryten we are on our way will you?" He could smell her vomit all over him but for once didn't have a sarcastic comment to throw out. Just the tiny weight of her in his arms made him realise she was young, alone and frightened, she needed someone and he was happy to be that someone, it wasn't like he had anything else to do anyway. Holding her tightly to his body he followed Lister in silence, never taking his eyes off her face.