Once again…
No matter how hard I try, I still can’t deny the sight in front of me. Hundreds. No, thousands. No, MILLIONS! This year’s participation of The Great Mitochondria Race has exceeded 400 million participants. Damn…more participants mean more competition. Nevertheless, I shall do my best! PEET!! “ ALL PARTICIPANTS PLEASE GET INTO LINE. THE RACE IS ABOUT TO START!” ( I am still wondering who said that). Anyway, into line we go. Get set, ready, GO!
I have been in this race for about three hours and I am still wondering what in the world was I thinking in joining this race! Every participant can be seen squeezing through every empty space available in this “delivery” canal. Luckily for us, we are racing in liquid and our specially designed tail helps us to propel forward at an unbelievable speed. Oops… there goes one participant. Although our speeds are constant and the same, it is our stamina and will power that will determine the victor of this race.
We have been racing for about twenty hours now and I am beginning to feel the stress around my tail. Hundreds or perhaps thousands have perished in this battlefield. Oh, no…here is where the real challenge begins, the last stage! We have to choose between either path on this forked-tunnel. All we know is that either or on rare occasions, both has the egg. Plus, we do not have enough stamina to return from the chosen path and enter the other path. Anyway, no time to think! I chose the right turn with about 1500 of us. I have lost track of time through this dark watery canal. The thought of choosing the wrong path crossed my mind just when I saw it. The mighty egg! Only one participant is allowed to penetrate it before it seals itself, killing anyone who tries to enter. However, on some occasions, double penetration at almost or at the same time can happen. The final stretch of this race has begun!
The supersonic speed almost everyone portrayed at this last stage made me worried of losing. I had not accelerated once in this whole race and lucky for me, I did not. If not, I would not be able to penetrate the egg this far. It was quite humorous though to see them speeding towards the egg and bouncing back, never getting up again. Some even started drilling as fast as they can trying to penetrate which in the end, remain motionless with their head half-way in the egg shell and its tail resting on its surface. I did my best throughout this race and my energy is almost out just as I am penetrating half-way through its shell. Just when my motor was about to stop, I decided to ram my way through! I reversed and with all my strength left, I propelled myself forward towards the hole I made. Fortunately I did not miss and perhaps it is my size or what but my momentum was great enough for my head to enter the egg. Yuck! More liquid! I felt the shield was being set up around the egg.
As the shield enclosed the egg, I saw I was the only one who had penetrated the egg and many were falling down as they touched that shield. Plus, my neck and tail were also being detached and everything went black. The funny thing is that I did not feel any pain at all losing my limbs. Yet, I somehow felt myself being fused with the surrounding liquid and my brain is being forced out! The last thing I remember is that I was being split over and over for God knows how many times.
P/S : This is a re-post of my last last last last time post. Enjoy.
Kiong 






