Readers, this is a revised/enhanced version of my original chapter. I'm going through and working on early chapters to make them better!

Interstellar: Revivisco
Chapter 1 - Adventus

"TARS, what are the coordinates for Edmunds' planet?" Cooper asked, as he strapped into the ship. This ship was small, but surprisingly had everything that they would need for the trip.

"I have them locked in, Cooper. This craft can exceed the speed of light by an unbelievable amount. No doubt thanks to Murphy." TARS stopped, letting Cooper mull over that idea. "Also, this ship appears to emit a sleeping gas that serves the same purpose as a cryo pod. You're probably going to want to go down for about a year. For Brand, the amount of time it takes for you to leave here and get to her planet will be about a week. Based on the time that you left her to the point of your arrival upon her planet, she will have been on the planet, alone for about 35 days, 3 hours, and 53 minutes."

"Damn, TARS, you're certainly precise," Cooper chuckled, pulling his helmet on. "Major Tom has nothing on us, does he?" The robot lit up, appearing to have liked that comment.

"Taken your protein pills yet?" TARS asked, continuing the joke.

"Okay, TARS, are you ready? As soon as we go, you tell me when to go to sleep and you wake me up once we're 14 hours out from Brand's, alright?" Cooper had never been more ready to leave anywhere in his life. This station just didn't feel right – the tin sound when you walked, and the 'outside' as they called it just wasn't ideal. Murph, in all her intelligence and creativity had created this ark for humanity to survive on, but Cooper was sure that it was no substitute for Earth, and nothing ever really would be, in his opinion. Soon, the shuttle began to move toward an air-locked room, allowing for a safe takeoff.

"Are you ready, Captain Cooper?" TARS asked. Cooper smiled.

"Why'd no one ever call me that before?," he asked, looking out into space as the doors opened. "TARS, you have no idea just how ready I am."

Amelia Brand was alone out there, the only person she thought she might have left, dead, but she wouldn't be alone for too much longer. How had Murph known Edmunds was gone. She'd said Brand was alone - how did she know?

"Let's do this."

"CASE, I can't do this," Amelia exclaimed as she turned away from the rubble. "You've got to dig him out. I don't want to see him like this. Not now, or maybe ever, I can't. Take pictures, but don't show them to me anytime soon; take them and save them just incase I ever decide that I'm strong enough." The robot blinked. Amelia was crying again, clutching her helmet to her chest like a pillow, leaning down into it.

"Yes, Dr. Brand. No problem." Amelia fell to the ground, sobbing uncontrollably. "Don't you't you think that maybe you should go on the ship and sleep?" She nodded in disagreement.

"I'm not getting the in the cryo-pod, CASE. I can't do that – not now," she replied, wiping her eyes. He's only trying to protect me.

"No, not in the cryo-pod, I was referring to actual sleep, Dr. Brand. I think it would be a good idea to rest for a bit." CASE, while a robot, was certainly kind.

"You're right, CASE. Thank you." She walked back toward her ship, ready for a nice, real nap.

Cooper was suddenly awake, blinking and coughing.

"Rise and shine, Princess," he heard TARS say. "We're 14 hours out from Dr. Brand's planet. Due to our proximity to Brand, time on the ship is now passing just the same as time on her planet. You've got enough of a stretch to make yourself look presentable." Cooper was still coughing, eyes now open.

"What's that humor setting at, TARS?" The robot laughed, causing Coop to laugh in response as he stretched his arms.

"I'm just being honest, Cooper. You don't want to look unkempt. It's the first time you've seen a woman anywhere near your age in a while." Even though it was said in jest, the sentence felt like a weight on his chest. He was 125 now.

"How old is Brand now, anyway, in Earth years?" Cooper unbuckled himself from the seat, stretching his legs.

"She is, in Earth years, 119. If she ever gets to Cooper Station, I'm sure they'll be dying to know what anti-aging cream she's using." TARS was priceless. "Assuming that she is indeed alone, you'll be the only man on this planet, and she'll be the only woman there so I'm just guessing-" Cooper cut him off.

"Ah, TARS, not now," he interrupted, straightening up, trying to get his legs used to moving again. "Sorry, just being honest." That made him think of Brand.

"Okay, Cooper. Maybe next time we can have a heart to heart." Cooper was sure he'd be having lots of heart to hearts with TARS, if he was to guess. "Old age catching up to you, Cooper?" Cooper hadn't laughed like that since he locked onto the Endurance, and that laughter was laughter of sheer relief.

"At 125, I guess it is."

"Dr. Brand, I'm detecting a shuttle of some sort about ten hours time from here," CASE stated, running toward Amelia. She shot up from her desk, eyes wide.

"Are you sure?" Was this real? Had people come from Earth or was it 'them'? Maybe it was 'them' just passing by; they weren't going to land. Or was she not actually hearing the words she thought CASE had said?

"I'm positive. What do you want to do in preparation?" What did she want to do? She didn't know if these beings were friendly, arriving in peace, or if they had detected her on what they considered to be their territory and were there to destroy her.

"As much as I would like to hope for the best, prepare for the worst, CASE. Gather every weapon we have, okay? We'll set up a camp of some sort in the shelter. I'm going to place a probe outside so you can watch the arrival from in here. Record every bit of it – if I die, I want someone – or something to see this someday. Heck, even if I survive, it will be worth watching." She ran toward her weapon supply, full of odd-looking guns that she really didn't know how to use. Please, she thought, don't kill me.

"Ready to land, TARS?" Cooper asked, looking down at the planet. It looked shockingly similar to Earth. "It looks like we're about to enter the atmosphere." TARS locked into position.

"Once we are three-fifths of the way down, I will deploy landing gear, Cooper." Cooper locked on his helmet for what felt like the millionth time.

"I'm strapped in everywhere, TARS." Cooper double-checked his various buckles and hooks. Brand, you better be alive.

"We'll be entering the atmosphere in approximately two minutes." Cooper was only two minutes away from hopefully seeing Dr. Brand in good health and happy to see him. Knowing her, she might throw something at him, but after she got the anger out, maybe she'd be happy that he was there.

Edmunds wasn't alive, so that had to be rough on her. Cooper knew that Dr. Brand's biggest wish was to be with Edmunds again, but she hadn't been that fortunate. Everyone had lost lives and loves on this journey, all in the name of securing a future for the human race.

Here Amelia Brand was, alone, with only a robot for company, and Cooper had more or less been in somewhat of the same boat.

"Dr. Brand, the shuttle has breached the atmosphere." Amelia looked forward at the wall, writing the information down and the time of entry into the planet's area of control.

"Okay, so they'll be landing within the next bit," she said to herself, continuing to write. CASE was recording the data, no doubt, but just to keep her sanity in check, she wrote.

She had decided that what can happen will happen, and she was ready for the worst.

"Cooper, we'll be landing in just a few minutes." Cooper looked out the window, too in awe of what was about to happen to even respond as he usually did. He was hopefully going to see Dr. Brand again. He knew she had to be alive – he could feel it, almost like he had felt Murph's soul across galaxies, pulling him in.

"Want a countdown?" He smirked, bringing him out of his daze.

"Start at 30 seconds, TARS," he replied, "I'm not up to too mud anxiety." TARS took note. Cooper closed his eyes as he thought of what was next.

Dr. Brand could feel the ship's landing, the whole shelter shaking. "What's the situation, CASE?" CASE didn't respond immediately, causing more fear to rise within her.

"Dr. Brand, there's a NASA logo on the shuttle." Relief fell over her – humans. Humans are here! She wasn't going to be alone. "The door on the shuttle is opening."

Amelia was beyond excited. "How many people are getting off the ship, CASE?" The bot, once again, did not respond immediately. "CASE?" she asked, knocking on the side of the robot.

"Dr. Brand," CASE said, pausing as if to take a breath.

"Yes?" Amelia was counting each second.

"It's Cooper."