Chapter 11
Ooops! We've Lost the Cat
"Well, personally for me," Rimmer confided to Lister as they were about to land the Blue Midget, "that trip was one hundred and fifty seven times more successful than I possibly could have imagined. And to think I didn't want to go."
Lister, Spanners and Kryten, along with the black box that was dug out of Ace's crashed craft were in Blue Midget en route for the Dwarf.
"What the smeg are you talking about?" asked Lister "We lost the Cat."
"O.K. Your right. I shouldn't be light hearted at this time."
"You really mean that?"
"No." A smirk lit Rimmer's face. "Two hundred and fifty seven times better than I could have imagined."
"I can't believe you man, the Cat's been with us from the start. How
can you be so cold? He's probably more frightened now than he's ever been in his life."
"Your really think so."
"Sure. He's never been off the Dwarf in his life. Hell none of his race had. How do you suppose some one like that is supposed to cope with the elements?"
"You're right. I'm sorry I really don't know what to say. Except;
Three hundred and fifty seven times better."
"Your a bastard Rimmer you know that? If Holly didn't call us back because of that U.O. and a possible intruder alert we'd be still down their searching.
As soon as I make sure my babies are safe, and sauce out the secret of that black box, the sooner we can go back and find the Cat."
"We were just lucky Kryten located the ship's black box before we left."
"No, we were just lucky the Cat was off playing while we took off."
Rimmer Smiled. "Four hundred and fifty seven times better."
Holly explained that while scanning for the unidentified object, he stumbles on some weak but constant transmissions. Video transmissions.
"So what is it Hol? Anything useful?" Questioned Lister.
"I'll plug it directly into your monitor, that way you can decide for yourself."
When the image on the screen cleared Lister couldn't believe his eyes.
"What is that?" Asked Rimmer truly perplexed. "Well?"
"It's the Flintstones."