Red Dwarf 2.5: The Lost Season

Chapter 7
Meet your boys

There had been a slight problem with the boys age and size. True they had the bodies of eighteen year olds, but the minds of infants. When Ace had come up with a truly award winning plan.

First they would have to locate a time hole in the general vicinity, which would allow passage to a universe where time itself, runs backwards. Ace would reprogram Kryten to be able to pilot the time sled and it would be refitted with facilities for the boys. Once inside the backwards Universe Kryten was to pass through an inter dimensional wormhole allowing himself and the boys to travel subspace through the backwards galaxy and live in a compressed time causing the twins to grow smaller and consequently younger at a greatly accelerated rate.

When Kryten was quite sure the boys had de-aged long enough he would simply return, with the now infant twins, to this proper time and universe. This would make it easier for the boys to relearn things without the evil Ace's hand in the matter.

And much less nappie changing to Deb Lister, Mom to be.

"Oi I'd like you to meet your two sons Jim and Bexly." Dave announced as
he walked through the airlock. A child in each arm.

Deb's jaw was slack.

The boys were about three months old each. Still it was difficult for the recently wounded Lister to hold both.

"Here let me help," said Deb, and with that she took hold of Bexly for the first time.

"He's got your eyes," she said losing herself into her son's chestnut browns.
The moment Deb Lister held Bexly in her arms she knew she never wanted to let him go. It seemed that within days of their final conversation Deb had started wondering and worrying about the possibility of her having children. Children that she would never know. Or even see.

She had always wanted to have a family, a real family, not an adopted one. But when it came to her gift wrapped she was too stupid and too selfish
to know what she was throwing away. Just as Dave had learned with Lisa Yeats. All that was going to change. Both Dave and Deb knew it.

Tears flowed down her face as her son drooled on her sleeve. Dave Lister watched and a smile neoned across his face. This was not the response he'd expected, and was pleased by that so much that he began to cry also.
Outside in the hallway Kryten paced back and forth.
So much depended on this first meeting.

The rest of his life also depended on this meeting. With that thought his guilt
chip blared into play. Good all was in order.

Just then Ace strode up to Kryten. "Well old fruitcake. How's it going inside with the love birds?" She questioned.

'We'll Ms. Ace Ma'am, it's hard to say. But judging by lack of yelling I assume it's good news."

"Well old tart Gotta run." "Your going Ma'am. So soon? Don't you even want to say good bye?"

"I think it will be best this way. I can lead Holly thorough the Omni Zone with my ship."

"Once inside and you chaps are on the right track, I'll be on my merry way.
It was good working with you Kritis old Chum. Take care of him as a personal favor to me. Skipper in there has had it much harder than the Spanners I knew back in my home dimension."

"I will Ace sir" Kryten beamed.

"I know you will. Smoke me a Kipper. I'll be back for breakfast."