[ WP ] You are the first human whose mind has been downloaded to a computer . Your machine self wakes up and looks at the body left behind .

I'm floating, bathed in light. My wife and son are by my side. I ca n't see any floor below me, or ceiling above, but I'm oddly calm about this. I ca n't remember how long I've been like this, but it feels like heaven, so I just go with it. 
 
 Suddenly, I awaken to find total darkness. I ca n't feel a thing, and this worries me. I've read enough stories, seen enough movies, TV, etc, to know that waking up to absolutely no feeling in my body whatsoever, plus total darkness, is a very very bad thing. 
 
 I immediately scramble to get up so I can find a light switch. Suddenly, my vision is flooded with light. What the... 
 
 After a moment, it adjusts, and I see a bunch of people in lab coats staring at me. Oh God oh God OH GOD, I remember now, the car accident! I can see their lips moving, but not hear anything. I strain to hear them, and suddenly I hear them clear as day. 
 
 `` -- is complete. Look, I think he's waking up. Besides a couple of flares of worry and one of panic, the patient seems to be doing well'' one of them said. `` yes, besides being dead'' the other said flatly. Oh God WHAT! `` But he's not dead, he's right there now!'' a third one explains, and gestures towards me. I've had enough, I try to speak up. 
 
 `` What's going on here....and why does my voice sound so funny?'' I asked. This was unnerving to say the least, who were these people?! They're not doctors! 
 
 `` Oh good, you are awake! Greetings. I'm Dr. Pepper, no relation to the soft drink, and your voice sounds funny, because... well... this is going to be a lot to take in... I'm not sure I should quite say...'' he trailed off. `` Oh come on! Your voice sounds funny because you're in a computer core. That's why. Oh, you might feel some disorientation too.'' another one added. The one that accused me of being dead before. 
 
 `` Okay... what? Why ca n't I feel anything?'' I asked. This was getting confusing, and starting to sound like sci-fi. 
 
 `` About a year ago, you were in an accident. It left you in a coma, with most of your body badly broken beyond healing. We needed a test subject, and you HAD a donor card, so... we tried an experimental new procedure on you, something that would change everything! And here you are now. Alive and well. And you will never age, never die, you ca n't get cancer, you ca n't get sick, no more pain even!'' added a new voice from behind me. I tried to turn around, but found myself unable to move. 
 
 `` Oh how rude of me, allow me to introduce myself'' he stated, stepping into my field of vision. `` I am Professor Claw, and you, you're a whole new life form! We've put your mind in a computer core!'' he added, and grinned. My mind... in a computer. They mentioned this bullshit before. 
 
 `` Where am I, then? Where's my body?'' I ask. I'd rather be flesh and bone than this. 
 
 `` it... may be a little unsettling, so prepare yourself.'' the doctor stated, wheeling over a lump under a blanket in front of me. `` THIS is why we did what we've done.'' he tells me, pulling the blanket back. 
 
 Oh... dear God... that's just... maybe this IS better after all. 
 
 `` you are in a robotics lab, we intend to build you a new body, give you all your senses back, give you your life back if possible.'' he told me. 
 
 I stopped paying attention to him, as I noticed a black robed figure staring at me from the corner of the room. I would n't have found this so fascinating, even in stark contrast to the white lab coats everyone had on, if not for the fact he was transparent. 
 
 And he starts to step soundlessly towards me.
