I'm just going to start by saying this is very AU, and it's an idea that kind of been used. I hope to add some new things to it though and I hope I do it well.

Hello! I suppose this could be considered by first real story if you discredit the one-shots I wrote. Tat being said I'd like to clarify it probably won't be the best piece of work on here by any means. As a follow up, I do appreciate constrictive criticism in the right places. Tell me if they're being OOC and correct me on things, k? :)

(Disclaimer: I do not own DP)

Green eyes opened and slightly illuminated a small area in the darkness surrounding the being who possessed them. They flashed brightly before dying down, switching unnaturally to an icy blue. The being was decidedly male, possibly only a child from the looks of things.

He didn't know.

He felt empty.

The now blue eyed boy looked down to see restraints wrapped around his legs and arms. He tried to move, figuring he was strapped to a table. He turned his head to survey their surroundings, as it was the most obvious and logical thing to do in a situation like this. The area was dark, but the reflections and odd sheen it had scattered about indicated it was primarily metal.

He had just started scanning the room for an exit when the resounding bang of a door opening attracted his attention. To the left of the room, at the top of a small stairwell a door opened up. Immediately a brightly dressed couple came running through the entrance.

The boys head shot up as they came strait to the table he was restrained to. They gave him matching odd looks, before turning to each other and smiling brightly.

"We did it Jack!" He heard the 'blue one' whisper to the much larger traffic cone colored man. "We've finally done it!"

'Traffic Cone' smiled brightly at the woman, nodding his head enthusiastically. "Yep, Mads! It's the picture of perfection, isn't it? Do you think their's coherent?"

The boy on the table had an odd feeling they were talking about him and slightly bristled at being called an it. He was a person!

At least... he assumed so, considering his limited knowledge on that matter.

He decided to speak up, getting annoyed by the two excitable Crayola rip-offs. "Who are you? Where... am I?"

The couple seemed to have forgotten the boy was there mid-rant. Their eyes bulged as he spoke to them, but soon both pair of spectacles were shining with admiration. The 'blue one' spoke up, "I'm sorry, I am Maddie," she pointed to herself, "And this is my husband Jack." She pointed to the co- oh Jack... "You happen to be in out lab at the moment."

He looked at them both for a few moment before thinking of an adequate response. They seemed to be acting very neutral about this, so he figured he was supposed to be here according to these two. That being said, they probably knew why he was here and things about himself. He'd start there.

"Do you know who I am?"

The couple blinked at the odd phrasing. It was almost as if 'it' was asking as though it already knew. But, that was simply impossible.

Maddie took the reign again and answered before Jack could get a word out. She looked as though she was trying to formulate the answer, like she didn't want to 'offend' the boy. If he could even be offended.

"Well, you're called Phantom." She turned to her husband, who was looking serious. "We... uh, well... made you."

The newly dubbed 'Phantom' blinked.

Made? What exactly did that mean? He was fairly sure this was a very... unconventional method of 'making' someone. He didn't even know these people moments before. Although, he didn't know his own name either moment before.

"What... exactly do you mean by that?" The boy's blue eyes flicked over to the larger male, he hadn't said much.

As if reading his mind, the man grinned and excitedly started explaining. "Well, Phantom you happen to be a part of a very important scientific test!" Insert eye-roll from Phantom, "You are, uh how do we put this?" He gave his wife a sheepish grin, "A.. uh, robot!"

Phantom took a moment to think this over. He supposed the explanation had some merit to it. It would explain his 'waking up' with no former knowledge of where he was or who anyone including himself was. It would also explain the lab and the restraints.

He wanted to know more. "Robot?"

Maddie but in, "Yes. A robot. More like an AI though, dear. The object of the test was to recreate human though processes in a mind created from scratch. The goal was and is to create a robot with the capabilities and functions of an almost average human."

Phantom felt a bit uncomfortable with this revelation. The didn't seem to care what he thought about this. "What will happen now?" He wanted to know. Was he good enough? What was beyond the lab? Could he leave? Would they keep him here forever?

Maddie and Jack both smiled, Jack answered happily, "Well the test run of course! You can't buy it before you try it, can you?"

What was that supposed to mean?