"Rin? Rin wake up. It's your birthday. Wake up dear" a voice calls to me. I turn over in my bed; which felt a lot softer than I thought. "Wake up Rin. You don't want to be sleeping on your birthday." I give up on trying to sleep anymore and slowly open my eyes. A strange but familiar face looks back at me. She looked like me, with shorter hair and a more mature face. She looked like..

"Mama?" I ask it.

"Morning Rin dear. Did you sleep well?" My mom asks getting my clothes ready for the day. "What color do you think is best for your birthday? Pink? Maybe go for a change and try out a yellow blossom color." I stare at her for a moment. It felt like a dream, my mom was here and well. "How about this bright orange?" Mom asks showing me a orange sunburst dress. Something flashes in my face. The planets colliding, an explosion, fire and magma. I start to have trouble breathing, my lungs couldn't catch a breathe. I started to wheeze and cough as I struggled to breathe. "Honey! Come quick, she's having an attack again" Mom calls to the other room. Dad- or at least someone who looked like him, rushes into the room.

"It's okay Rin, it's okay. Take a deep breathe. Nice and slow" he instructs. His voice sounded so familiar and calming. I did as told and managed to regain my breathing. He hugs me tight. "This one was early, you shouldn't be having an attack till next week"

"Next week?"

"Yes Rin. You usually have attack likethis by next week. When you arrived back to earth. Don't you remember?" he asks me.

"Could this be another symptom? We should tell her doctor about it" Mom suggests. I jump out of bed and rush to a corner.

"What's going on? Where am I? Where's Dr. T? Where's Renella? Who are you?" I ask in a flurry of questions.

"Rin please.." the man says trying to touch me. I slap his hand away.

"How are you alive?" I ask pointing to the woman. "I thought you had a weak heart and couldn't live as long after my birth." I look to the man. "And you. I though you sent me to space because you knew the earth wasn't going to survive the planet collision, how are you still alive? How is the earth still intact?" I flinch as I see a vision or memory. Dad kissing me on the cheek goodbye, the birthday gift, a faint memory of mom hugging my baby self. My breathing begins to get labored again.

"Honey get the injection. She might injure her body with another attack." The woman rushes off as the man rushes to my side. He puts me on his lap and rubs my back "It's okay Rin. Everything is fine. The earth is fine, mom is still alive from an amazing procedure, and we are both still here." The woman comes back with an epi-pen sort of injection.

"One dose, right?" she asks.

"Yes. Let me get her to her bed first." The man carries me to the soft bed. He pulls the blanket up to my belly while keeping my left arm out for the injection. My breathing was still a mass of wheezes and gasps.

"Rin, everything is fine. I'm still alive. I was just away for a heart transplant. I'm sorry I was away for so long" the woman explains.

"And I'm sorry for sending you to space so early on. I was so worried for you and I didn't want your life to be so short. I sent you to space cause I loved you. I didn't know the government was trying to stop the collision with an experimental device until a week after I sent you away." The man places the epi-pen to my arm. I feel a needle prick my arm as I start to feel drowsy.

"It's okay Rin. I know things are hard back then but they are fine now" the woman reassures.

"I missed you Rin. You have been away for so long that it hurt you mentally." The man kisses my cheek. It felt the same I had felt so many, many years ago. "Sleep well Rin. We'll get through this together.. together..together.." His voice began to echo and sound distant. It had to be him. It had to be really him.

"Papa!"