Chapter Two
January 16, 2001 Tuesday
Dear Anne,
That's how I acquired the journal. Anyway I didn't sleep well due to people poking and prodding me while I was in a wolf form asleep. I had coughing spasms that hurt painfully. I woke up to see an astronaut cross off Monday on the calendar. The astronaut left before I could ask why. I haven't seen a clock so I still don't know what time it is. I saw the nurse and I asked her. She didn't have a watch. Sue is still asleep but she woke up some time ago to say "hi" to me then she fell asleep. I saw Sue coughing in her sleep. Her spasms look painful to me. Their painful every time I have a spasm. It hurts badly. It also hurts that I can barely suck in air. I feel like there's tightness in my chest. My parents came with Sue's parents and her fourteen years old younger brother. They saw us. I saw Mom writing some thing on a paper pad. She handed it to a nurse who gave it to me.
Mom wrote: "With a heavy heart we decided to have you and Sue frozen. The cure to the virus is in the works. We hope with prayers that it'll be curable in our lifetime. We are upset yet sorry. Sue knows about this."
I was shocked about this. Mom wrote,
"You'll be frozen tomorrow. Which is too soon for me I don't know how long it will take until the virus is cured I will always love you. Love mom".
Then they left with Sue's parents and Brother Max.
I asked the nurse "Can I keep my journal next to me when I'm frozen?"
The nurse wrote on a pad "Don't worry you won't be frozen".
Uh? Hello? Mom wrote that Sue and I would be frozen. It doesn’t make sense. I asked the nurse about the process of being frozen. She looked at me strangely like I asked her a dumb question. Then she left the tent. I wonder what the heck is going on. I'm getting confused. To be frozen or not I'm glad I have the strength to write down stuff. I'll miss my family and cats Victoria and Demeter. I miss the many things but Sue will be with me frozen. I’m tired. I better go to sleep now. Yawn.
Yours,
Elizabeth
January 17, 2001 Wednesday
Dear Anne,
I asked a nurse about being frozen she wrote something I can't read. It's like this "slkfjow ejfjkljfo jo fjlksngjoj ewkfjk jojwojf"
Whatever the heck it is. I was very confused with her look on her face. She seemed like I asked her a dumb question. I talked to Sue about being frozen. Sue thinks the nurse doesn't know what's going on. I think they kept the nurse in the dark. Humph. I don't think she was helpful. Mom and dad came with Sue's parents and brother. They stood outside the tent. I was happy to see them, which calmed me down. I still don't know what time it is. Well it doesn't matter to me.
Mom wrote "You'll be put to sleep so the doctors will fjslkj foiwj kjogj”
“Uh Hello I can't read this.” I wrote to mom
"The nurse wasn't helpful explaining the process of being frozen."
Mom wrote "Sorry djkfo ieulmflj vojejlsml ljoleoss oelsjf jjoejo"
I can't read this. Mom had a confused look on her face when I asked her my question. She seemed confused. What's going on? I feel like their hiding something from me. I feel like I need to talk to Sue about this. Sue woke up. We talked about being frozen and what the future might be like. I mentioned not being able to read what Mom wrote and her being confused. Sue confessed that she asked her Mom the same question and got confused looks on their faces. Sue also added that her Mother tried to tell her something and she lost her hearing. Practically went deaf when her Mom told her something. She had a hard time lip reading what her Mom told her. Her eyesight fuzzed up. I'm wondering what's going on? We did some guessing about the future after being frozen. I guessed Mars would be colonized in one hundred years Space travel will be conquered. Sue guessed we might colonize some planets other than those in Earth's solar system. It's funny. One thing about being frozen is we won't know how long it'll take until we are cured. I hope it's in my parent's lifetime. I guess it might not be in Victoria and Demeter's lifetime. I really hope so. Sue went back to sleep. A doctor came and injected us with something. I'm feeling sleepy now. I hope I can finish writin……..
"No matter what happens your family will always love you Lisha. I hope you forgive us for the choice of sljfo ejolso you. We wanted you to live life at its fullest. Sjlfo wjoe you both was a hard choice we made. I hope one day you'll wake up cured in sjofjow jle. I write this message in case it's not slsojeoj soelosoweo. Never forget your parents always love you. I thank you for the joy you gave us in our life. We plan to pray and hope you'll be cured. We really hope so. Victoria and Demeter will miss you. I hope you can see them grown up when you’re cured. Love Mom and Dad”
(Day and time unknown)
Dear Anne,
I can't believe it. I found this letter from mom and dad written in my journal with some gibberish that I can’t read. Oh well, Sue and I was frozen for one hundred years. Things we know are already gone. Our parents and friends are gone. I'm grateful that Sue is still here with me. She's lying on a bed next to mine asleep. I better start at the beginning.
I came too conscious feeling myself in a bed that felt weird cause of a humming like vibration. It seems to emanate throughout the room. I woke up lying on a bed and saw Sue lying on a bed next to mine. We were in a room that is square and all white. Then a wall slid open to the side let a man who came in. Sigh, he's human with brown hair and brown eyes. He reminded me of a male version of Sue. Sue woke up and we asked him what happened. He said with Sue interpreting that his name's Mathew Ulian Sue's descendant. We were still confused. He told us we were frozen for one hundred years and the date is January 19, 2101 cured of the virus. We're on a ship that is going to take us to a planet for people who woke up from being cured of fatal illnesses. It was on the order of a new Earth government. The Planet is called Terra is in a solar system of seven planets. It's the sixth planet from the sun. The planet is like Earth but only colder. The both of us were really shocked but Mathew told us the doctors couldn't give me hearing because it's heredity. They did invent a new hearing device for me. I'll be fitted with it in a while. I asked him what time it is. He told me the clock time is different from the time I used one hundred years ago.
I asked him "What happened in one hundred years while we were in the freezer?"
We all laughed except his laugh seemed forced judging by the look on his face. He told us Mars was colonized in fifty years along with moons in the Earth system. The moons were colonized because they had minerals and gases valuable for Earth and other colonies. A new trade system was put in place to ensure that each colony got their fair share. I can't believe I guessed right about Mars. Cars with gas were outlawed. People invented ways to travel at the speed of light in space. The government made a law to allow people, who were frozen, cured of diseases and viruses to have a whole planet for them.
I asked him "How many people frozen?"
He told me "Three hundred. You’re the last ones."
Then he added, "The planet we're going to is named Terra".
Then he talked to his wrist watch. I lip read him speaking about us being awake and telling us what happened. Sue told me she was shocked that she had a descendant. I asked for my journal. Mathew went to a wall and put his hand on the wall. It opened showing our backpacks. Mine is colored of the sky blue, but Sue's is dark purple. I felt a creepy feeling when I saw Sue's backpack. He handed us the backpacks. I looked through my backpack and found my journal and several pens, which still works after a century of no use. Mathew told me People invented a better way to write journals. I told him I got this journal for my birthday and I want to fill it up first before I use the new way journals. I opened my journal and I read what I wrote one hundred years ago. Then I found a written note from my parents written in my journal in Mom's handwriting. Mathew told us he'll be back and then he left the room. I told Sue I found a note from my parents. She told me she got the same thing, a note from her parents and brother. Our backpacks are like time capsules with stuff from th
e twenty first century. My backpack has my journal, ten pens in blue ink, a magazine and a book of my favorite author, my favorite blue V neck sweat shirt and purple sweat pants along with underwear, white socks and my favorite pair of sneakers.
I asked Sue "What's in your bag?”
She showed me that she got the same thing I have in my bag her favorite magazine, book, and sweatshirt, pants and underwear along with sneakers. I forgot to add we're wearing some big white T-shirt. Uh I feel ridiculous without any um you know on underneath. I notice I had markings on my left arm. The markings are numbers, 299. I asked Sue if she had markings on her left arm. She got the number 300. I can't wait for Mathew to come back I want to know if the numbers are removable. I looked over at Sue who's asleep. Speaking of sleeping I'm tired. I'm still feeling shock with this wake up call. I do feel like crying for the deaths of my parents who never lived to see me awake. I still don’t know what time it is when I woke up. I don't know if I should care about the time.
Mathew came back with a laptop computer. He said it was voice active. Sue was still asleep so I looked in the computer checking out stuff. I checked out my family tree. My divorced parents didn’t have any children the rest of my family line died out. Nuts. Mom died in 2050 and Dad in