Chapter 3

2032

A lot of things happened after that fateful day when Zenon Carr was sent back in time. Since no records of her could be found she was given new records, and a Texas ID card. She also had a new home. But to Zenon this was all another mission; she had to find away to get home. She was celebrating her 17th birthday that day and could not help but reflect on the last two years. The only thing she wanted today was go back to her own time. Having spent almost 15 years on the space station she knew exactly what kind of people they were going to hire on the Space Station. So she had begun to read and learn everything she could on space and science. Her adapted parents loved this, and encouraged it whole-heartedly, well the learning part anyways, Zenon never planned on telling them that she was from the future.

Zenon opened her first present inside she found a telescope. A huge smile crossed her face she had really wanted one of these. With it she could watch the space station being built. She went on to her next present; inside she found a textbook disk. She read the title on the box, a Astrophysics book. Although Zenon loved reading these, she had never owned one, she gave her adopted parents a questioning look, this brought a huge smile to there faces, they pulled out an envelope and handed it to Zenon. She ripped it open and found a piece of paper from the University of Houston. Zenon had sent in her transcript hoping to get in to what was by today's standard one of the best school's in the country. It was hard to get in to; she opened the paper and found that it was an acceptance letter. Along with it, was another paper stating she was going on a scholarship. Zenon almost fainted.

2045

Zenon sat in the Commander's office waiting patently, she had waited 15 years for this moment, she could wait a few minutes longer.

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The Commander walked with his mouth hanging open to the science labs where Zenon's parents were waiting for word on their daughter.

"Dr. Carr, please come with me to my office," the Commander spoke softly. A look of terror crossed the parent's faces. The Commander was quick to let them know that as far as he new Zenon was fine. They walked out of the labs and to the Commanders office. Zenon sat with her back to the door and her bags by the wall. When she heard the door open, she jumped up and had to hold herself back from hugging her parents. Instead, she shook their hands.

"You must be the new scientist, you will have to forgive us, an experiment in the lab's went wrong and our daughter disappeared. You look familiar, have we met before?" Zenon nodded. The Commander decided it was time for introductions. He turned to the parent's and said, Mr. and Miss. Carr, meet, Dr. Zenon Carr, Astrophysicist. Her parents looked confused for a minute, then shock spread across their faces.

"Z...Zenon? Our Zenon?" Zenon nodded, tears started to run down her face. "How?" Mr Carr asked.

"The device in your lab." Zenon whispered.

"The device? It has the power to make people older?" Miss. Carr asked.

"No, it's a time traveling device. It sent me back in time...to the year 2030. I have spent the last 15 years earning up enough credentials to get on board this spacecraft. Can you believe I am 30 now? My plan was to get here before you turned on the device, but I could not get in fast enough."

"So, you have been living on Earth for the past 15 years, and you have been living up here for the past 15 years also?" Mr. Carr asked.

"Well yeah, only now I am down on Earth and I am up here now. Okay that made no since what's so ever. Your scientist you can figure it out."

"I don't believe this." Miss Carr, spoke quietly.

"Neither could I, when I woke up in Texas Children's Hospital 15 years ago with a headache like you wouldn't believe.