Episode 4317 ( 15th December 1997 ) Plot . Natalie is well enough to return to work and is annoyed when people think she was feigning illness to stop Kevin from seeing Rosie ' s nativity play . Kevin gets Rosie to perform her part to him to show her that he really cares . Sally is still furious that he missed the proper performance . Zoe becomes hysterical at the thought of the Malletts taking Katie away and is comforted by Ashley . He promises to help her . Whilst Gary is loading more things into the van she darts into the house , grabs Katie and takes her back to No . 4 , dismaying Ashley who she forces to lock the door behind her . Gary follows her , hammering on the door until Ashley lets him in . Gary pushes Ashley aside and tries to grab Katie but Ashley threatens to phone the Police . Zoe refuses to hand Katie over and Gary is forced to back off . Kevin is touched by Rosie ' s performance and stays to bath them , annoying Sally who hates the way that he ' s never in the wrong . He loses control , telling Sally he misses the girls so much and wants to be with them . She tells him to stop feeling sorry for himself and to get back to Natalie . He admits that he fears she ' ll meet someone else and he ' ll lose the girls for good . Judy is horrified to discover Zoe has taken Katie . She tries to smash into No . 4 and take Katie but Zoe begs Ashley not to let her in . Ashley feels caught in the middle and doesn ' t know what to do for the best . He lets the Malletts in but Zoe refuses to hand Katie over and the Malletts are forced to leave when Ashley threatens them with the Police . Sally is annoyed by the way Kevin only thinks of himself all the time . He begs her to let him prove himself by moving back in . He swears he still loves her and is sorry for everything . The Underworld women move on to the Warwick Hotel . The Malletts plan to grab Katie and drive off to Newcastle but before they get chance Zoe gets Ashley to drive her and Katie away from the Street . Kevin tells Sally he ' ll leave Natalie to prove to her that he wants to get back with her . Judy feels she ' ll never see Katie again and blames Gary for letting Zoe steal her . She slaps him again and again until she breaks down . Natalie is stunned when Kevin tells her that he ' s returning to Sally . She begs him to change his mind , making him feel guilty but he is adamant . Emily is amazed when her nephew Geoffrey turns up on her doorstep , telling her that he ' s now called Spider and is a vegan eco - warrior and wants to stay for a while . Ida discovers Jump Jackson playing at the Warwick and reminds him that they were childhood sweethearts . He tells her that she ' s mistaken as she ' s obviously far older than him . She is furious at the snub but Janice thinks Jump is sexy . Natalie is upset when Kevin admits that he wants Sally again and that he should never have left her . She slaps his face when he tells her that he never really loved her and warns him that Sally isn ' t the same ; she ' s been sleeping with Chris . He tells her that she ' s a bitch . Toyah is intrigued by Spider ' s appearance and spies on him . Zoe takes the baby , now called Shannon , to meet Liam Shepherd at his squat . Les is furious when he catches Janice kissing Jump . He goes for him , delighting Ida by pulling off his wig , and thumping the manager , Mr Jameson , who tries to break them up . Jameson is furious and vents his anger on Liz as she knows Janice . He sacks her . Kevin demands to know from Chris if he ' s slept with Sally . When Chris admits he has , Kevin goes for him and keeps thumping him . Chris doesn ' t try to hit back . Kevin sacks him . Kevin tells Sally that he ' s left Natalie but there ' s no way he ' s moving in with her now he knows that she ' s been sleeping with Chris . He calls her a bitch . Gary tells Judy she has to realise that Katie is gone and will never be back . Shannon is left to cry alone in the squat whilst Zoe and Liam go to the pub .