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Genus

You are in your racing car, blue, shiny and beautiful, everything seems to be fine. You are the racing champion of the last 3 years, all the world loves you and knows that you are going to win. It is a normal day in the Indianapolis Motor Speedway stadium, you hear the great noise of all the fans that support you and see the posters with you and your car "Genus".

You are preparing yourself and checking that everything is ok with your car, everything seems to be perfect and you walk in it to wait the call. The race is about to begin and you already are in position. Always before the start of the race you remember all those happy moments together with your girlfriend Melody, who from your beginnings, has been trusting and attending each game and receiving you with open arms at the time of winning.

The race begins and in a matter of minutes you arrive to the front and the entire stadium cries of emotion. You know you are good but even so you give always the best in each race to win. Only 5 laps are left to win and everyone already knows who is going to be the first place. But as unexpected event, one of your tires bursts and you lose control. You try to control the car, but the impact is too strong. You begin to see all gray, to hear screams and suddenly the world turns off.

3 weeks went by and you finally open your eyes. You see a white room full of hospital’ materials. Everything seems to be lost, you feel weak, useless and with very few strengths. They tell you how the accident happened and that is why you can no longer return to run again, aside from the fact that your beloved “Genus” was totally destroyed. You feel that your life is going to end, although Melody always stay by your side, an important part of you was destroyed.

There were months of depression feeling useless staying in your home although Melody always continued to support you. One day, you were wandering through your home and arrive at your “hall of fame” room, in which Melody saves all of your trophies, your appearances in newspapers and magazines, fans’ posters and many other memories. On a table, you find the picture of your first race, the first one you run and which you won the first place. So many memories come to your mind by how the young man that once dreamed of winning a race did it because he proposed it. So you grab forces and decide to get back to the mentality of that young boy and strive to improve and hopefully someday be equally well to as you were months ago.

Time passes and little by little you see your improvements, you are doing very well and your girlfriend knows and supports you. There have already passed 6 months and everything is perfect with you, but there is something that you forgot, your “Genus” had been shattered, so you don’t have the car to run.

Since Melody saw your desire to move forward, she ordered a car exactly as “Genus”, because she knew how much you loved that car. It was identical, seemed to be the same you've always used. You test it and everything is perfect. You start to practice daily, but only you and Melody know it. The racing season was close so you have to be fully prepared.

The dates of registration begin and the entire world is impressed to see your name again in the races, nobody had known nothing of you since the accident, so your return falls as a surprise for everyone. The people was nervous of how you were going to spend the first race with your return.

You arrive on the day of the first race and you are ready with your team. Melody is by your side giving you great support as always, because she knows that you can do it. The race begins and it takes you a little while to arrive at the first 10 places, but during the middle of the race, you start to remember the first race of the young boy and the largest of the forces comes toward you and you arrive at the first 3 places. The people are impressed and everyone is supporting you. You are so close to the end and suddenly you look at the screen and see Melody smiling at you. Your engine accelerates so much until you reach the goal winning the first place. You are happy, but the best of all is not winning the first place, but having won the best partner with which you will spend the rest of your life.