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Dangerous Desires

Author: New aka unshelteredlife77
Chapter: 6 of 13
Censor: PG-13
Pairing: none
Summary: Strange ire
between friends and nightmares coming to life.
Dedication/Thanks: Continued
thanks to Lauren and Ty for their permission to continue this, umm, whatever it
is developing into.
Disclaimer: All Red Dwarf
and all its characters belong to Rob Grant and Doug Naylor with the exceptions
of Shayne and JayV who belong to LaurenScavenger
and Jules Jari who belongs to me. I�m not making money from this, etc.
General
Reading Guide: Everything is pretty much self explanatory but�
/___/
= thinking to self
Italicized
words
are sound effects and flashbacks
Most
important: Jari is pronounced Yari

****

Jari was running in the
corridor. �Krytie? Where are
you? Don�t leave me alone. Everyone has left. Don�t you leave me too,� she was
beginning to cry.

She didn�t recognize
anything around her. Where was she? How could she be lost on a ship she knew so
well? As she turned a corner she almost tripped over Kryten huddled on the
floor. He was talking to someone she couldn�t see.

�Krytie,
it�s Jari,� she grabbed him by the shoulders.

He finally realized she was
there but what he began muttering made no sense. �Jari, what are you doing out
of the closet. How did you get out? It was locked. I told you to stay in there
until mum got home.�

�Kryt�Karen,�
Jari backed away quickly shaking her head in confusion. �I hate that stupid
closet. I�m telling mum when she gets home this time. Mum told you to be nice
to me.�

�Rob is here. I don�t have
time for you. He doesn�t like kids,� Kryten yelled at her as Karen. �You�re not
tellin� mum nuthin�.� And
he headed towards Jari in a manner to grab her.

Jari ducked and stumbled a
little with dizziness swimming over her and then she began to run, �Rob is too
old for you�just like the others�you�re just a slut�mum will kick you out if I
tell her what you�re doing.� Jari yelled as she ran.

�Come here you little
bitch,� Kryten chased after her.

Jari got ahead of him and
she slipped into a room hoping to lose �Karen� in this strange place. She
suddenly realized it wasn�t strange at all. She knew exactly where she was. Her
room�from when she was young�her room on Io. She was looking around and Kryten
caught hold of her while her guard was down.

�NO,� Jari screamed at the
top of her lungs. �I�m not going in the closet Karen, no!�

Kryten laughed maliciously,
�Why do you think you�re here in this world? Mum got pregnant by some pimp, my
dad left us because of you. You�re the reason we live on this sorry excuse for
a moon.� And he shoved a thrashing Jari into a small closet like compartment
nearby and locked it tight.

Jari was screaming, �No,
no, let me out,� as loud as she could. Her vocal cords burned with the strain
she was putting on them. She kicked and hit at the doors and walls of the box.

Kryten wandered out of the
room still making the malicious laughing noise and calling out to Rob.

****
Rimmer couldn�t believe
what a jerk Lister was being about Jari all of the sudden. He had searched all
the rooms along this corridor where Kryten, or Jari for that matter, might be
hiding.

When he found Jari he was
going to have a word with her as well. How could she be so rude earlier about
him and Lister and their sex life? She had never had a problem with them
before. He knew she actually liked the fact they were together. Hell, they were
the type of guys she �liked�.
Rimmer had to stop and rest
a moment. The bio suit was getting really hot.

�Hollies, anything yet?� he
called out.

�We have a lead but we�re
not through searching some old files from the �Starbug�
that Hol has from the trial,� Holly reported. �We�ll
let you know.�

The suit Rimmer was wearing
was going to have to come off. He couldn�t breathe. He wasn�t even sure why he
was wearing it anyway. He took the hood off.

/Air. Finally./ He inhaled deeply. /I can�t believe Lister. He accused me
of cheating on him. I�d never�well, no that�s not true. I have wanted something
with Jari. I have dreamed of her more than once. That�s cheating isn�t it?
Wanting it to happen? And Jari. How could she believe
she doesn�t belong or have someone to live for? She has to know we care for
her. Wait? Maybe she does know but only likes one of us. It has to be Lister.
She�s been so concerned with getting him to like her. She knows she can�t have
him because of me. The only way is�if I wasn�t here to be in the way. Does she
want me to�/

Rimmer was startled by a
noise at the door to the room he found himself sitting in. He saw Jari standing
there.

�Jari, where have you
been?� He began scolding without thinking. �And just what was that crack about Listy and me in the lift?�

�I was tired of waiting
around for you two to get out of my way. I had to go look for Kryten,� she
snapped at him. �And as for what I said about you and Dave�well, it�s the
truth. You two just go about your little love affair like it�s
some special thing. What about me? Did you just bring me here to make my life a
living hell? I can�t have either of you in any universe. The only way is if one
of you died�or me. Well, its obviously got to be me
doesn�t it? I�m the one it doesn�t matter�no one would miss me.�

�No one would miss you?!
Jari, I know you�re not that stupid. Listy and I both
care for you just as everyone else does. And I didn�t just bring you along to
give you a place to go on simply existing. I brought you here to live.�

�Well, just like you
learned living as Ace, life without someone to love and be loved by isn�t worth
living. That�s why you wanted to come back isn�t it? You needed to be loved by
Lister again. But you already had someone that loved you�I�m tired of you
treating me like your kid sister. Start treating me like
a woman.�

Jari had steadily moved
closer and closer to Rimmer and they were now nose to nose where Rimmer was
sitting on a table. Jari glared at him for a moment and then snogged him hard. He had no time
to react when Lister stepped into the room.

�I knew it!� he yelped. �I
knew it. All this time��

Rimmer shoved Jari away, �Listy, it�s not what you think. She kissed me not the other
way around. It was only for a second too. Just before you
walked in. I swear. I swear.�

Lister walked over and
punched Rimmer right in the face. He looked over at Jari who was smiling evilly
back at him.

�I don�t like you and I
never have you cheap little tart,� Lister scowled back at her. �I want you two
off this ship by ship night time. I never want to see either of you again.�

�To tell you the truth, Listy, I was after you,� Jari taunted. �You wouldn�t take
my hints though. I had already won him over long ago so I had decided to settle
for him, but you were always getting in the way.�

Lister was stunned
speechless. Rimmer, nursing his bloody nose, was going into shock. The sight of
the blood was making him woozy. He couldn�t breath
again. He was burning up. He tugged at his shirt collar trying to ease the
suffocating feeling that was overwhelming him.

/Lister hates me. Jari
destroyed everything. Why did I do this? Why did I bring her here?/ Rimmer
thought to himself and he looked up to see through blurring vision that Jari
seemed to vaporize where she stood and whom he thought was Lister was
really�Rimmer blacked out.

****
Lister couldn�t believe
what a jerk Rimmer was being about Jari all of a sudden.

/What about Jari? Jari
this, Jari that./

Rimmer was always so
concerned about how she felt about situations. So what she had a rough life
before. Didn�t all three of them have it tough growing up? A wave of dizziness
swept over him. He stopped, slumping against the wall for support. He decided
to sit down for a moment. What was he thinking? Rimmer had only been concerned
about her. Plus, he had no idea what kind of life Jari had suffered through. It
could have been worse than Rimmer�s. He had to get
control of himself and this attitude he had all of a sudden. He stood up and
headed down the corridor searching all the rooms for any of his friends.

Lister finally came upon
the lab where Kryten had been going through the �finds� of the mission. He
entered cautiously. He found the spilled substance the Hollies were running
tests on. He bent over to pick up a piece of the glass tube and he heard the
door open behind him. It was Kryten. He had a dazed look on his face with a
silly grin.

�So there you are,� Kryten
said with mischievousness. �I�ve been looking everywhere for you. I hope that
little brat didn�t turn you off me.�

�Krytie, what th� hell ya talkin� about man?� Lister studied him carefully but Kryten�s
words flashed back through his mind. /Little brat? He couldn�t mean�/ �Kryten,
where�s Jari?�

�She�s locked away where
she can�t bother us anymore luv,� Kryten slinked
towards him. �I know a more comfortable place to sit and talk.�

Lister took a couple of
steps backwards, �What�re you on about Kryten? Have you seen Rims anywhere?�

�Rims? Jari? Is that all you�re
concerned about? You never have time for me anymore,� Kryten yelled and lounged
at Lister.

Lister jumped out of the
way falling over a stool and landing on his bum. Kryten fell flat on the floor
as if he was drunk or drugged. Lister quickly scrambled over to Kryten and
grabbed his head twisting it off completely. He punched in a code and Kryten�s body went limp.

�Sorry man. I�ll make it up
to ya somehow,� Lister clamored to his feet and out the door. He needed to find
Rimmer and Jari fast.

�Hollies,� Lister called
out as he ran. �I know what was in the tube. It�s despair squid ink. It has a
depressing effect and causes hallucinations.�

�We just arrived at that
discovery as well. How come you�re not affected?� Holly asked.

�Somehow I was able to
fight off the total effects of it. I guess because I�ve been exposed before. We
have the antidote somewhere in Hol�s files. Find it
and put it in the air system throughout the ship now.�

�We�re working on that right
now,� Hol replied.

�Where�s Rims and Jar?�
Lister stopped at a corridor junction.

�Rimmer is in room 309.
Jari is in room 353.�

Lister took off in Rimmer�s direction because he was closest. When he skidded
into the room Rimmer was sitting on a table with his head in his hands. The bio
suit was thrown on the floor.

�Arn? Baby, are
you okay?� Lister spoke softly not knowing what state his boyfriend might be
in.

�What do you want Lister?
Did you come to yell at me some more? Want to accuse me of cheating with all
the other women I rescued as Ace?� Rimmer turned his tear stained face to
Lister.

�Rimmy,
I�m sorry about what I said earlier I didn�t mean it. It�s the stuff that
Kryten was analyzing. It causes irrational emotions and hallucinations. You have
to fight it and believe what I�m telling you,� Lister grabbed hold of Rimmer�s face forcing him to look in his eyes. �I love you.
Don�t you leave me. I need you. Jari needs you. In
fact, we need to go get her right now.�

�Lister, the antidote is
being added to the air system know,� Hol announced.
�It should only take a few moments to reverse the affects.�

Lister held Rimmer close to
him and soon felt Rimmer holding him back.

�I really haven�t done
anything with Jari, David,� Rimmer whispered. �I love you. Always have and
always will.�

�I know, baby, I know,�
Lister kissed Rimmer gently. �I want you to go find Jari now okay? Hol says she�s in room 353. I have to go back and fix
Kryten.�

�Fix
Kryten? What did you do to him?�
Rimmer stepped back looking confused.

�Took his head
off�literally,� Lister revisited the experience and shivered as they stepped
out to the corridor. �He was acting like a woman�tried to put the moves on
me�something to do with Jari.�

Rimmer paused abruptly. �Oh no!�

�What? What�s the matter?�

�W, where is she?� Rimmer
started off in a half trot.

�353,� Lister called from
behind him. �Is something wrong?� He began to run.

�Just take care of Kryten,
okay,� Rimmer motioned for Lister not to follow. �Let me take care of it. It�ll
only make matters worse if anyone else sees her�� Rimmer ran faster to avoid
any further questions.

He ran full out to the
room. Calling for Jari from down the corridor. He slid
through the doorway, /Think Ace think�/ he looked around franticly, when his
eyes stopped short. /The closet�oh god no�Kryten you didn�t�/ When he opened
the door, Jari�s unconscious body lay slumped at the
bottom.

�Jari,� Rimmer pulled her
up and out, �Jar�� he called softly and urgently. �Wake up�please,� he begged.
�You can�t leave me�not after all I�ve done to get you here.�

Rimmer knelt on the floor,
Jari draped across his lap. /I told you: you didn�t need to come down here.
Look what�s happened. You try to be so strong but you don�t see that you�re
not. You don�t have to be. Not anymore�/
His thoughts swarmed as he examined the tear stained face he cradled to his
chest and he remembered her words from what seemed like hours before. /How can
you think you�re not wanted or loved? When you passed out just after I
retrieved you from the wreckage of Starbug, I held
you for hours. All those night terrors you had during that first six months�you
never knew I was there�holding you �til you stopped screaming�you don�t even
remember having them�you don�t know I check on you every night at least twice�Listy doesn�t even notice when I get up�but I notice when
he does�I think he checks too./

�Jules,� he whispered.

Rimmer hadn�t noticed or
even thought to check her breathing. It took him completely by surprise when Jari �s oxygen deprived lungs wrenched her back to
consciousness. She gasped for air and lashed out, still thinking she was
imprisoned. She yanked herself away from Rimmer�s
grip, scrambling to huddle in a corner across the room.

�It�s alright. It�s over.
It was a hallucination virus.� Rimmer eased towards her. �Just take deep
breaths, the Hollies put the antidote in the air��

Jari, still unconvinced
about reality, glanced around anxiously trying to regain her bearings.

Rimmer continued his
careful advance, repeating his lexis calmly. �Jules, it�s okay, it was only a
dream,� he stopped only a few feet away.

Jari�s mind was gradually coming back under her control.
Rimmer could see the tears welling up, the tears that would soon stream down
uncontrollably just as he had seen on many occasions but only once when she
wasn�t asleep.

Jari trembled helplessly
staring. Staring at the sorrowful gaze that stared back at
her. The gaze which finally pulled the first
tears down her cheeks. Reality flooded her mind and everything that was said
and done played itself like a skipping record in her memory. She knew exactly
what and how Rimmer felt. /I hurt him with what I said before�in the Medi-bay�on the lift. Why is he looking at me that way?
He�s had every opportunity to show me his feelings. Especially before we came
here./ Jari took a gentle step towards him examining
his face carefully. /I have been ignoring the signs. He does care for me. But�/
There was nothing that she could do about it though. There was a love for
someone else behind that look he was making for her. David. No matter what he
felt, his love for Dave was always going to be there. Jari wouldn�t let him
betray that for even one moment. She tore her eyes away.

�No Jar. Look at me. It�s
just me�just Arnold,� he opened his arms to her. �Come here.� He reached out
and pulled her to him. �Hol, turn off all cameras
now,� he ordered softly. �Have Dave take Kryten back. Don�t let them come
here,� he cradled Jari tightly, kissing her hair, whispering reassurances
��you�re safe�you�re not alone�not anymore��

****
Lister had Kryten back
together when the Hollies informed him that Rimmer had found Jari and would be
bringing her up shortly. The pair wanted to go see her but the Hollies insisted
it was better that they didn�t considering the circumstances. They made their
way back to the others and ran a diagnostic on Kryten just to make sure that
Lister hadn�t done any damage to his system.

�Hol,
where�s Rim and Jari?� Lister paced the corridor outside their rooms. �Are they
still in the labs?�

�Yes, Dave,� he replied. �I
guess it won�t hurt to tell you she was quite upset over the ordeal. Kryten
locked her in a closet.�

/Her fear of tight
spaces�what happened between her and Kryten�what did he
do�/ �Is she okay,� Lister pressed.

�Yes, she�s fine. Do you
want me to tell them something?� Hol inquired.

Lister paused for a moment
leaning in Jari�s doorway, �No, that�s okay, Hol. I wouldn�t want to upset her anymore. Just let me know
when they start heading up.�

Lister stepped into Jari�s room surveying everything carefully. /She�s got to
keep a journal or something./ He opened the cabinets
and drawers trying not to disturb the contents as it was laid there with a
purpose and ultra neatness. /Just like Rims stuff�/

Lister ran his hands along
the mattress edge and under the pillows. Nothing. He
sat down. He noted the bulge in his pants since he peeked through Jari�s clothing.

He breathed in deeply. He�d
been in this room more times than he could count but never alone. The room
reeked of Jari�s scent. /No wonder Rims always stops
whatever he�s doing whenever she comes into the room or just walks by. Never
really noticed it before�its rather overwhelming when Rims smell isn�t so close
by./

He continued searching
around the room trying to think about where Jari might keep her secret things
hidden. He looked through everything. Nothing.

/She must keep everything
in her head�in her dreams�the dream recorder�/ Lister bounded out of the room
with a renewed enthusiasm: he was on a mission.

****

Lister dropped down in the
chair at the dream recorder consol. Surely Jari had had dreams of particular
interest that could be the answer to his questions. He called
up all her recorded dreams since she came on board. There were only a few. He
began watching them eagerly. Lister soon learned that Jari gave little away in
her dreams or in almost all of these cases, her nightmares. Being trapped,
being alone on the �Red�, flashbacks to dying in her �Starbug�
in space, but here and there he did hear her call out for Rimmer or Dave. Yet
what he found was enough to support his theory.

/She calls for us�to save
her�just like in my dream.../

The one nice dream Jari
had, Lister watched twice. It was short but rather informative. It was Jari�s point of view. She was watching Rimmer and Lister
sitting alone at a table in the corner of the pub talking and cooing over each
other. Then it flashed to Jari�s room. It was ship
nighttime. Jari was lying in bed. Everything was quiet but a faint sound of two
voices�/so she does listen�/

****

Rimmer and Jari were in Medi-bay as Lister strolled down the hall passed the
doorway dwelling on his new wisdom.

�Listy,�
Rimmer called to him.

Lister almost hadn�t heard
him. He took a step back and leaned in the doorway. He couldn�t help but smile
at the pair sitting on a bed. JayV, Shayne, and Kris
sat at various machines, reading reports and the instructions on how to read
the reports.

�Well, Jari, everything
looks normal, no damage of any sort to be found,� the girls were informing her.
Kris came over to her taking off some scanning and monitoring devices, �I think
you should just go to your bunk and rest until tomorrow. Someone can bring you
some supper.�

�I�m going to see Kryten,�
Jari insisted getting up.

�Jar, why don�t you just go
rest,� Rimmer pleaded.

�Rims is
right Jari, you should rest,� Lister interjected.

�He�s bound to remember
what happened and he needs to know I�m not hurt or angry,� Jari added. �I�ll go
to my room after. Holly, where�s Kryten?�

�In the kitchens, preparing
dinner,� Holly replied.

Jari took off leaving
Rimmer and Lister sighing at each other.

****

Jari called out for Kryten
as she entered the kitchen area. He was clambering about in one of the
pantries. He was a little embarrassed and wasn�t sure he wanted to answer. She
kept on calling for him and he could tell she was beginning to search the
pantries and refrigeration units as her voice changed with her movements. She
would find him and he�d have to talk to her no matter
how or what he felt. He appeared with an armful of food half of which he knew
he wouldn�t use. He was just trying to look like he had been busy and not just
ignoring her.

�M, miss
Jari mam,� he stuttered. �I, I don�t know what to
say.�

�You don�t have to say
anything Krytie,� Jari smiled, �you were an unwilling
victim to my nightmares. Just think of it as a learning experience. You now
know me better than everyone else aboard ship.�

�Except for Mr. Rimmer, of
course,� Kryten noted.

�Well, that�s only because
he took care of me while I was unconscious followed with looking at my data
files without my permission.� Jari rattled off.

�I�m, I�m sorry about what
happened mam,� Kryten returned to apologies and
nervousness.

�Krytie,
I�m ordering you to stop with the apologies. You�re my friend and I know it
wasn�t you that did those things to me�it was my own mind,� Jari unexpectedly
sulked. �I should be the one apologizing�it�s my awful memories that tortured
us both.�

Kryten remained motionless
as Jari hugged him and quickly ran out trying to hide tears.

****

Kryten volunteered to take
Jari her dinner. He found her curled up in the corner of her bed. He laid her
out properly and sat down the table watching her sleep for half the night. He
only retired to his own quarters because the day�s ordeal had drained him
enough to require an offline recharge.

****
Lister eased out of bed
trying not to disturb Rimmer. He slipped quietly down the corridor. It was
quiet except for a faint mumbling that could be heard from the other side of Jari�s door. He opened it to see Jari shifting in her
sleep. He almost stepped into the room but she jerked suddenly then went
completely still. He paused holding his breath. He was relieved when he finally
saw her chest rise and fall with a new gentle breathing.

/I�ll have to check the
dream recorder tomorrow./ He noted silently closing
the door.

****
Rimmer lay awake in silence
for a long time. He had felt Lister get up and heard him leave the room. He was
only gone a few minutes. Lister had eased back into bed as gently as he had
gotten out�as easily as Rimmer was getting out now. He tiptoed down to Jari�s door and listened closely for any sounds. He opened
the door and gazed at the peacefully sleeping form. He tucked the blanket
around her and brushed her cheek gently.

/No more playing around./ Rimmer told himself as he closed the door behind him. /I
have to find some way to make things work out./

He crawled back into his
bed spooning up to Lister. /I have to find a way to tell you both./
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