"It's amazing how you can make it rain like that." I told him from the passenger seat. He drove the ship with such skill it was amazing. I wouldn't know which button turned on the AC!

"You can do that, too." He said.

"I can?"

"Of course. You have the power of all four standards. Didn't they say that?"

"No...no." I said softly.

"I can teach you how to use the power to control water."

"Really?" I said. I was waiting for him to say that.

"Sure. Just gimme a buzz when you want me to come by."

"I will...hey...how is it that everyone speaks English here?"

"We evolved from humans, remember. We kept some things."

A few weeks later I visited my mom in jail. I was wearing a pair of jeans with a rip in the knee and a pink Roxy shirt.

"Visitor to Cell 666 immediately." One guard said to the other.

"Ah, Queen again?"

"Damn right."

I walked inside. The other prisoners didn't notice me, since I came her so often now.

I opened the small hatch window.

"Ah, I was wondering if you'd come. It's been a while."

"Sorry. I've been busy. How are you?"

"Fine, fine. And I see someone went shopping."

"Yeah, and it's free, since I am the new ruler of a planet."

"Do you ever miss Earth?" she asked.

"I try not to think about it. It's behind me now. What's done is done."

"If you ever wanna go back, the escape pods are to the left of your room. It's voice activated autopilot."

"Okay?" I said confusingly.

"Queen Dove! Queen Dove!" I heard someone say. It was a guard.

"This came for you! It was urgent! I was told to give it to you right away!" He handed me a package and huffed out of breath.

"Uh...thanks, dude." I said. I read the small card.

Here's to you

I ribbed the brown paper into confetti. He got it! He remembered!

I held my mask in my two hands. I hadn't worn this baby in months. It was blacker than I remembered...and softer.

"That's right! You were a superhero! I'd forgotten! Here, put it on, put it on!"

I did so.

"Ah! Well, look at you, Ms. Superhero!"

"That's super-villain now."

"What?"

"I did some bad stuff, mom. I wish I could tell them I'm sorry again."

"You can always go back."

"I'm not going back! Earth is behind me now!"

She looked at me with strange eyes.

"You don't want to be forgotten there, Dovey."

"I don't want to be forgotten here, either."