Chapter Five
2043
Zenon smiled proudly as she gave a small wave to her adoptive family from the large stage she was walking up to. This was it, all of her hard work was paying off, and she was graduating with honors, a doctor in her field of Astrophysics. She already had a job lined up with the company responsible for sending people up to the space station; she was privileged to intern with them for the last two years. Now she would be paid for her work and would be in the last steps to getting her on board the space station. Many scientists' dream.
Zenon ignored the incredible weight the graduation gown held on her slim body, along with the massive amount of heat it generated. The Texas humidity and almost constant heat did not help. A giant smile spread across her face as she shook hands with high standing members of the scientific community and school officials. A fake rolled up paper diploma was handed to her, tied with a ribbon. Despite technologies advances something would never change. A dozen pictures were taken all around her as friends, family and professional photographers got in there snap shots for memory books. Finally, she pulled her tassel to the other side of her head signaling that she was no longer a student but a master in her field. With a sigh she stepped down and joined her fellow classmates as the rest of her class had there turn on the stage.
2045
The blood computer only took a few seconds to do it's job.
Zenon Carr
Age: 30
Blood Type: O+
Blood: Normal
Medical History:
Acute Myelogenous Leukemia2040
"Zenon?" Mrs. Carr exclaimed hugging her daughter. It's really you!" She cried.
"Leukemia?" Mr. Carr asked.
"Five years ago, it was a block in the road, I fought it and moved on. It hasn't reoccurred, so the doctors on Earth let me go." Zenon explained. "They still don't have a cure yet but they are close and I responded well to treatments. Which means I was only a semester behind."
Zenon laughed at the man sitting next to her. "So anyway this box is now headed for the space station! A time machine, yeah right!" Zenon stopped laughing.
"Wait, did you say a time machine?" Zenon asked.
"Yeah! Chris said he invented a time machine but no one would listen to him do he sent it up to the station where someone would look at it. But the whole getting it on to the ship was hilarious don't you think?" Tom asked.
"Yeah…funny…" Zenon jumped up. "Hey I have to go, pack you know? Umm I'll talk to you later!" Zenon ran off.
"Hey! But you already packed!"
Zenon ran straight to Chris's office.
"Chris! What have you done?" Zenon exclaimed.
"I did it because no one would believe me!" Chris defended himself.
"I believe you!" Zenon exclaimed.
"Why would you do that? You never even saw the thing!"
"I did! Because I am the one who accidentally is sent back in time! In a couple of hours my fifteen year old self is going to find herself in a children's hospital with suddenly no family in the year 2030! The entire reason I am here today is try to stop this from happening!" Then Zenon did something she had never done before, punched the man in the face before storming off."