Hello, and welcome to the story of my original superhero, The Shadow. He is a character I created as part of the fan-made Cinematic Universe that me and my friends from Spectrum Productions created. My character first appeared in the film "New Age of Heroes" from 2016 (Yes, it was named after the subtitle of Marvel vs. Capcom 2). What you're about to read is an extended look at his origin story, as well as the first adventure he had and the villains he fought before meeting his teammates from that movie. This will be an stand alone story, but I will be making a separate fanfic with more individual stories coming soon. Thank You.
In the year 2014, Downtown Montreal is under attack from the evil Lord Doomer and his army of doominoids. Buildings are burning and collapsing and citizens are being attacked by minions.
During this time 4 meta-humans escaped from prison to stop them... but will get to them later.
Back in the city we meet Quentin Argo, a fourteen year old science lover, and the son of famous scientists, Dr. Clayton and Jaqueline Argo. The Argo family had been dedicating their lives to studying the possibilities of life outside of the Earth, in other words... extra terrestrials. However, that all ended when the United Nations forcfully shut down their lab and research due to being seen as possible bait for interstellar invaders.
Quentin wanted to be just like his parents, and spent most of his life homeschooled due to fear of being considered an outcast to other students. At least, that's what his parents say the reason is. It was also so he could focus more on scientific studies to follow in his footsteps, but that would all change today...
Doominoids were swarming through the sky, blasting every building in their path, among them was the condo that Quentin and his family live in. The sound of screams filled the air. The doominoids were an alien race trying to claim Earth as their new home after their last one exploded.
"These freaks won't let up!" Quentin worried. "What are we gonna do?!"
"Simple." his father replied, "We have to evacuate before the building collapses with us in it." He busted through the door, which had been stuck from the wreckage.
"Clayton, its not safe out there with all those aliens, they will vaporize us!" His wife said in a panicked tone, "Can't we wait for the fire department or a rescue helicopter?!"
"Mom, I'm positive every helicopter in the area has been shot down."Quentin replied, knowing his father had the right idea."Lead the way Dad."
The family of 3 ran outside the door watching every step of the way for fires or holes in the ground. They managed to survive walking down each floor until the second to last one, which would cause the most painful moment in Quentin's life.
"Jaqueline, Quentin, were almost there," Dr. Argo said with passion, "just one more flight of stairs and were in the clear." Quentin managed to get to the door but before his parents could, parts of the ceiling fell on them, along with some debris.
"Mom, Dad!" Quentin said in shock as he ran to his parents, attempting to lift the debris to set them free. Unfortunately, the fires from the floors above started spreading across the room and getting close to them. Quentin was struggling to lift, but his father grabbed his arm and he and his mother told him to leave.
"Son!" Jaqueline said in a struggled voice. "It's no use, were done for, but you must live a good life."
"What are you saying?!" Quentin said with a worried look on his face.
"Were saying its over for us and we want you to keep going" his father said, also in a struggling voice, "Get out of here!"
"No!" Quentin yelled as he tried pulling his father out.
"Go!" Dr. Argo demanded.
"I'm not leaving you guys!" Quentin refused as continued to lift the debris.
"I SAID GO!" Dr. Argo repeated.
He pushed Quentin into the end of the hallway, through the door before the fire reached it.
Quentin, out of fear, continued to run outside of the building, avoiding debris in his path. He managed to get through the front door but sees a bunch of doominoids wreaking havoc across town. He saw a group of what looked like superheroes attacking them.
One of them was a strange magician with a top hat, an opera mask, a red bowtie, a white shirt, a black cape and a crazy laugh. He would later be known as "The Illusionist".
Another one of them was a caped hero wearing a red outfit and cape, and had a buzz cut. He would later be known as "Solarus".
Another, had wrist guards, a white shirt, a bow and arrows, and wings. He would later be known as the demi-god "Zunder".
The last one of the group had a blue suit with white armour and a blaster. He would later be known as "Azure Striker".
"Who are those guys?" Quentin thought to himself until he heard an explosion. He saw his Condo tumbling down from the lack of balance and the impact caused a loud BOOM!
Quentin had tears in his eyes as he yelled in the air "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" he fell to his knees with his clenched fists.
With a face of distraught and guilt, he ran as far away possible with the doominoids continuing to destroy the city. After running close to the city limits, he saw something fall from the sky. It looked like a black meteorite, but it was much smaller than the average one, and it was leaving behind a trail of purple smoke as it fell and crashed in a nearby forest.
Quentin thought to himself, "What was that?" whatever it was, he knew it had to be something of great power.
Quentin made it to the forrest where he saw the meteor crash and entered with caution.
"I have a really bad feeling about this." He thought out loud. "Something tells me it has something to do with those aliens, or worse..."
He finally made it to the crash site, noticing a whole path of trees cut down or with exposed roots, with a crater at the end. At the bottom of the crater, the meteor was a blackish purple with green holes in it, and also had purple smoke coming out of it.
"I've never seen a meteor up close before but even I know that their usually not this colour." Quentin said, thinking that it should be delivered to Area 51 or the government, or even those heroes he saw earlier. "Wherever this think came from, it should definitely be kept away from the wrong hands." he said to himself.
"Mom, Dad, if you can hear me, I won't let your legacies be in vain, this will be my breakthrough." he thought.
Quentin reached out to grab the meteor but before he could do so, it began to crack. "What the hell? I didn't even lay a finger on it!"
It continued to crack until it broke in half and something came out of it. He fell back and landed on his elbows, as he watched what came out of the meteor swarm around until it was right in front of him. It was a strange creature with a ghost-like appearance, a purple and black hue, pointy teeth, and glowing green eyes.
"What the hell is that thing?!" Quentin thought to himself sacredly.
The ghost-like creature spoke in a semi-demonic deep voice: "Attention Terran, I have come from the edge of space, seeking someone of value to prote-"
Quentin cut him off, saying "I don't care who you are or what you are, but what I do care about is the fact that you look like bad news and i'm out of here!"
He started running like there was no tomorrow.
"You can't escape from me so easily..." The creature said as it easily caught up to Quentin.
Before getting close to the exit, the creature caught up and entered Quentin's body, causing him to freeze in place for a second and engulfing him in a giant black orb.
Inside of the orb, everything was black with purple streaks, Quentin's eyes were closed tightly as he thought he was already dead. Suddenly, his body from the neck down turned purple and what seemed like gloves and boots started appearing on his hands and feet. The creature appeared again behind him, with only its eyes and upper jaw visible and it bit the top half of his head and turned into a hood.
The orb finally disappeared, with Quentin looking like a superhero. He had a purple suit with a symbol on his chest. The symbol looked like the face of the creature (Demonic green eyes and open mouth), he had black leather gloves with tiny spikes on the finger tips. He had black boots with 3 spikes pointed upwards on the toe area. He had a long black cloak and hood with a bit of his hear sticking out, and a mask on his eyes. He finally opened his eyes and they were glowing green like the creature.
"What the heck just happened to me...why do I look like Mysterion from South Park?" he thought to himself before his eyes started looking normal again, and began loosing consciousness.
When he finally landed on the ground he was back in his normal clothing, and the creature went towards his wrist and made a watch appear.
As he closed his eyes, he could see flashes of red and black and what sounded like police sirens.
"Someone get that kid to a hospital!" said a faded voice.