The selection was tough. Everyone was screened on the basis of their chromosomes. Luckily I got away with mine. Thanks to a gene pool that wasn't stagnant. It was pretty vast. Great grand chromosomes from Mesopotamia, Persia and finally India. Or was it the other way round? Well, now that I am in, I will have to prepare myself for the job. It is the world's only cloning facility and I can't let this pass me by. But hey who is that guy staring at me now? Why does he look like me? Have they already cloned me?
He couldn't keep count of the days or nights as he was always surrounded by darkness. No he wasn't blind nor did someone blindfold him. He fell in to a deep dark hole that's all. He was rushing to catch the last train home. Since it was getting late he decided to take the shortcut. Before he fell, all that he saw was a lamppost by the tracks. The impact of the fall switched off the lights in his brain. When he recovered, it was dark. He tried to feel his way around. But to his surprise all that he could feel was the darkness around him. It was as if he was encased in a thick gooey dark liquid. It held him tight. It moved with his movements. It felt as if he was part of the liquid. He floated in it. He never felt hungry or cold. In fact he felt comfortable. For the first time, he felt safe. Slowly he began to forget what he was and whom he knew. In this darkness, it was impossible to wrack his brain. Everything was slowly getting shrouded in darkness. Until that day when he ...
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