the 21st of december, 2008.doctor yontararak had been perfecting his formula for creating the perfect weapon in a person, inspired by what movies and comic books had done for decades. after his wife left him, it was easy to pack up his entire life (including his daughter) and move to moscow, russia—where the government was more than willing to fund his research provided he proved within five years that there was substance behind it.and on the winter solstice of that year, he had done it.there was no remorse for the girl that had been nicha yontararak, even though this was his daughter—no, she looked and behaved too much like his bitch wife who had left him behind. he had worked for years to perfect this solution, and he was now ready.

when phantom woke, they were poked and prodded for hours, asked many questions and shocked if they didn't answer them. they had no idea what was going on, no frame of mind for what was happening.as time ticked on and days and weeks and months passed, things became clear. phantom had been created by their body in an attempt to cope with the torture that she had gone through—nicha, a sweet girl. she didn't know what was going on. but phantom would protect her.that's what they were there for, after all.the scientists and soldiers put phantom through training that hurt more than anything they had ever been through. they learned how to use weapons of every variety, learned a mixture of different martial arts, and were forced to learn a handful of languages just in case they were sent elsewhere in the world and english was not spoken. they were punished with assault and electric shock if they did anything wrong or out of turn, and every single time minnie cowered.phantom didn't cower—phantom lied in wait, plotting their revenge.when they had existed for about six years from their own calculations, phantom told nicha to cover her eyes and took over the body earlier than usual in the day, executing their plan. they cut their way through the facility, leaving not a single person behind alive and stealing all of the information they possibly could in order to understand a bit more about what the goal of their creation had been. they checked the date and learned they were turning eighteen soon, and then they bunkered down in survival.nicha mentioned moving to another country and attempting to blend in, and phantom agreed. they did well in south korea for a few months, but then nicha got abducted—phantom took over to get rid of the man who dared lay his dirty hands all over their shared body, and made sure it looked like self defence later on. this proved to be a mistake at first, when an upcoming all women gang called "alibi" came along.phantom thought it was a bad idea—nicha thought it was perfect. it was a way for them to hide in plain sight, to make sure nothing ever hurt them or other women around them ever again, and they relented. it would be a good way for them to get all their pent up energy out, and nicha (now going by minnie) craved human interaction, something phantom was not good at.