Later, Somewhere far from the facility:

"MY UNCLE RYKER IS DARKMATTER!?" Lana asked loudly.

"Yeah...heh heh...that's kinda what I meant by somewhere in the middle." Quentin said nervously, "It's good news because now we know who he is, but it's bad news because...well, you know."

"GAAH," Lana screamed, "WHY!? WHY WOULD HE DO THIS!?"

"Believe me," Quentin told Lana, "I'd like to find out why as well!"

"Then let's go after him, we know where he usually is, at least you two do." I.C.E. said.

Quentin then had an idea, "Before we do that, there might be another way to find out why, without asking him ourselves."

Back at the House:

"Hello?" Quentin called out, "What's this." he said as he saw a note on the counter.

"Dear Quentin,
Your uncle and I are going out tonight, dinner's in the fridge. Love Aunt Tara."

"Well," Lana said, "that's convenient."

"We better go down to the lab." Quentin said.

The group went down to the basement lab to search for possible information on Ryker's intensions.

"Look at that one!" I.C.E. said, "Argo family discovers alien race: An outside world."

"Click on it," Lana said, "There might be some photos."

Quentin clicked on the link, and it showed a news article from over 10 years ago. "Look, its my parents, and...me..." The photo showed Dr. Clayton and Jaqueline Argo, with a 5 year old Quentin in the middle.

"Aaaawwwww, you're adorable!" Lana said in a childish tone.

"Could you do that!" Quentin damanded. "There's gotta be something in this picture that could help us."

"Wait," I.C.E. noticed, "Who's that in the background?", It was a young Ryker Mooney, with a angry look on his face.

"That's definitely him." Lana said.

"When I met him, he said he hadn't seen me since I was 5," Quentin realized, "the same day that this photo must of been taken!"

"But what could have happened?" I.C.E. asked.

"We're about to find out!" Quentin said, "We're going to Mooney Laboratories!"

"Wait," Lana said as she stopped Quentin, "We need to talk about this!"

"What's there to talk about Lana," Quentin said, "Your uncle lied to us all, that's all there is to it!"

"That's not what I mean!" Lana said.

"Then what is it!?" Quentin yelled.

"I mean...I'm sorry." Lana said, shedding a tear.

"Lana...you have nothing to be sorry for." Quentin told her.

"But I do," she said, "your family's life was ruined by MY uncle, and he took advantage of your trust and mine!"

Lana ran over to Quentin and hugged him, "I just hope you don't hate me for that!"

Quentin smiled with empathy and returned the hug, "Of course I don't hate you, but I DO hate your uncle."

"Yoo hoo," I.C.E. said, "Can we save the forgiveness for after we beat this guy?!"

"Of course," Quentin said with a slight blush, "Lana, can you hack into Mooney Laboratories' security cameras from here?"

"I think so." Lana answered, also with a slight blush. She went back on her laptop to search.

While waiting for an answer, I.C.E. started chuckling, "Real smooth, pal."

"What?" Quentin asked.

"You know exactly what." I.C.E. answered.

Quentin finally realized what I.C.E. meant, "Whoa, whoa, whoa, We barely know each other!"

"I saw the look on both of your faces." he responded.

"Oh please," Quentin said, "The last thing I need is a token love interest who's only part of the story as an excuse for someone I have to constantly save!"

"What was that?" Lana asked.

"Nothing." Quentin answered.

Lana continued hacking in, "I'm in! But there's nobody around."

"That can't be right." I.C.E. said.

Lana continued her sentence, "Nobody, except one person."

"Mooney himself." Quentin finished.

"We need to go now!" I.C.E. said.

"Agreed." Quentin said.

He grabbed their hands, turned into his spirit form, and flew off to the lab.

Once they were there, the place was deserted.

"Man, when I said nobody was around, I thought it was only in the rooms and hallways with cameras." Lana said.

They continued walking around the main area, but once again, not a single person was in the building.

"There's only one explanation for this." Quentin said.

"And what would that be?" I.C.E. asked.

Suddenly, The security alarm went off, and the room was flashing red.

"It's a trap!" Quentin said loudly.

Lockdown doors started shutting, including the one for the entrance.

"Crap!" Lana said, "How are we gonna get out!?"

"Easy," Quentin said, "I can go through the wall in my spirit form with-"

"You aren't going anywhere, Mr. Argo." interrupted a familiar voice.

At the top of the stairs was the man himself.

"Ryker..." Quentin said.

"I gotta say, Quentin," Ryker said, "The superhero look really suits you."

"You're Darkmatter!" Quentin said in a deep voice.

"Umm..." Ryker said, "...Surprise!"

"Tell me Ryker," Quentin demanded, "TELL ME WHY YOU DID WHAT YOU DID!"

"You wanna know the story?" Ryker angrily asked, "Do ya! Your parents took everything from me!"

"What are you talking about?!" Lana asked with tears of betrayal in her eyes.

"Let me explain, sweaty." Ryker said to his niece, "Before Quentin and you were born, Clayton and I were inseparable in the world of science. Ever since college, we had always believed that there were living beings beyond Earth. Of course, we were always made fun of for it, but there were some people who had faith in us, including your parents and Quentin's mother, that's how they met."

"Cut the chatter, and get to the big stuff, will ya!" I.C.E. yelled.

"Okay, okay Snow boy," Ryker said, "One day, we found something in the atmosphere, it was a meteorite. But this one was different then most, It had green craters and left a black mist."

"Just like the meteor from the doominoid invasion!" Quentin realized.

"Precisely," Ryker said, "but we had to take extreme measures to study it. We worked together on a special machine that allows us to contact outside life, and it worked. The meteor fell from the sky and when we brought it into the lab, we saw what many though was impossible. An extra terrestrial. We asked the strange creature inside the meteor what it was. And it answered, "A midnight shadow". We continued to study it for years, and when you were 5, they took you to the science expo where we showed it off to the public."

"The photo from the news article." Quentin remembered, "but what was with the face you made in it?"

"We may have worked together, but it was that day that changed everything." Ryker explained, "Your parents were getting all the attention, and took credit for everything that we've done up to that point. After that day, they were busy getting notoriety and glory for their work, not once mentioning my role in any of it. So I came up with an idea to get back at them, and there was only thing I could use. I found the midnight shadow that we studied, and it told me why it really came to Earth. It was to find host to live in and control the human race."

"We never wanted to take over the planet," Terios said from Quentin body, "That was the plan of that traitor, Morfier!"

"Who's Morfier?" Lana asked.

"A midnight shadow who rebelled against my people," Terios explained, "We tried capturing him but he managed to escape through a meteorite, hoping to conquer us all one day."

"That meteorite was the same one from years ago!" I.C.E. realized, "But where is he now?"

Ryker searched his jacket, and pulled out a jar with a midnight shadow with a red hue instead of purple.

"Morfier!" Terios yelled.

"It's been far too long, hasn't it Terios?" Morfier said in deep echoing voice. "I gave Ryker the idea to help me take over the midnight shadows by stealing the machine that called me here."

"But, your parents found out what I was doing," Ryker continued, "They through me out, and that's when I began to become who I am now!"

Ryker threw the jar on the ground, shattering it, and releasing Morfier.

"No, Uncle Ryker, please!" Lana said crying, "Don't do this!"

"It's already too late for that, sweetie!" Ryker said with an evil smile, with Morfier entering his body. He became engulfed in a black orb, just like Quentin during his transformation. When it disappeared, that's where things got creepy. His entire body was covered in purple fire, and he had glowing orange eyes and mouth.

"Ryker?!" Quentin and Lana both asked in shock and confusion.

"No," He answered in a demonic echoing voice, "You may call me...Darkmatter! And I didn't finish my story, you see Quentin, after your parents tossed me out like garbage, I still had Morfier with me, so I decided to give them the biggest pay back anyone of their image could ever conceive! I have ties with the United Nations, and I hired their best members to take everything away from them! Just like they did to me. Once I did get all of their research, I let my inner demons out. I have your father's machine nearly rebuilt, and once it's finished, I will contact the entire midnight shadow population!"

Lana gasped.

"And what could you possible do after that?" I.C.E. asked.

"Isn't it obvious?" Darkmatter asked, "Once every midnight shadow in the galaxy arrives, they will be under my control, and the citizens will be under their control! First, we take Montreal, and then the rest of Canada, and then, THE ENTIRE PLANET!"

"No," Quentin told him, "You won't!"

Darkmatter turned towards The Shadow.

"You may have succeeded in getting revenge on my family and getting what you think is yours," Quentin told him, "but now that you've so foolishly revealed your true self and intentions..."

Quentin and Darkmatter charged towards each other and butted heads.

"I can protect the citizens...FROM YOU!" he yelled as he shot black fireballs out of his hands.

(I Am... All of Me by Crush 40 plays)

Darkmatter fires a black lazer from his hand to destroy the fireballs.

"Damn it!" Quentin thought.

"You're not strong enough to stop me Quentin!" Darkmatter said.

He then noticed an icicle hitting his foot, "Aaahh! WHO DID THAT!?"

"That would be me." I.C.E. said, "And this is long overdue!"

"You always did surprise me during tests, White." Darmatter said.

"I'll make you pay for what you did to me!" I.C.E. yelled, "You threatened my family, forced me to turn the city into a winter wonderland! And you locked me in a freezer for 7 hours straight! 7 FREAKING...HOURS!"

"And I'd do it again!" Darkmatter said as he threw a fireball at I.C.E.

I.C.E. dodged it but it almost hit Lana.

"Lana, you need to get out of here!" Quentin told her.

"I wanna stay and help!" Lana responded.

"You don't have any powers, you can't defend yourself!" Quentin continued.

Lana tried to convince Quentin to keep her around, "But I-"

"Just go hide!" Quentin shouted.

Lana ran off to another room to avoid getting hurt.

"Enough of this," Darkmatter said, "I'm going make your death as slow and painful as possible!"

"Wanna bet!" Quentin said as punched Darkmatter in the stomach, and uppercut him.

I.C.E. made an icicle in the shape of a spear and threw it at Darkmatter, impaling him.

The ice spear melted and did no damage to him.

"What!?" Quentin and I.C.E. said in shock.

"You think you can kill me with frozen water?!" Darkmatter laughed, "You're even more pathetic than I thought!"

"I'll make you eat those words!" I.C.E. yelled.

Darkmatter flew down, grabbed I.C.E., and he began steaming up. "Are you sure about that?"

I.C.E.'s armour started melting, "I'm feeling weaker! Can't...make...ice!"

Darkmatter dropped the powerless I.C.E.

"What did you do to him!?" Quentin asked angrily.

"Relax, all I did was give a bit of a meltdown." Darkmatter answered, "He's not dead...yet. But you will be soon!"

They turned into their spirit forms and continued to throw punches and kicks as they flew through different rooms of the building.

Lana continued looking for somewhere to hide, until she saw Quentin and her uncle fly through the wall.

"I can't take this, there's gotta be a way I can help him!" she said to herself.

She noticed the entrance to the Argo lab, "The machine!"

Inside the lab, there was some sort of satellite dish.

"I have no idea how this thing could contact every midnight shadow," Lana said to herself, "but I definitely know how to stop it!"

Darkmatter had Quentin in a headlock, "Before I control all the midnight shadows, and after I kill you, I'm gonna kill your frozen friend, and then I'm gonna kill your aunt and uncle! I win Shadow!"

The power suddenly surged and turned back on, "What was that?!" Quentin asked himself as he kneed Darkmatter in the thigh, freeing himself from the headlock.

Darkmatter disappeared and reappeared in the lab, "MY MACHINE!"

"Sorry Uncle," Lana said as she held a hammer, "but your plans are scrambled!"

"HOW DARE YOU!?" Darkmatter yelled.

Quentin appeared in a puff of smoke. "Lana, run!"

Darkmatter let her run away.

"I'm surprised your not stopping her or taking her hostage." Quentin said.

"She's family," Darkmatter said, "I wouldn't dream of it. But as for YOU!"

Darkmatter dashed into Quentin, making them go flying through the wall, and landing on the floor below.

"I'm going to make you suffer, and there's nothing you can do to stop me!" he continued.

Quentin then remembered his battle with I.C.E.:

"Why is nothing working?" he asked in shock.

"We midnight shadows hate extreme temperatures." Terios explained.

"And your only telling me this now!?" Quentin asked furiously.

Back to present day:

"Nothing, huh?" Quentin said bluntly as he used his spirit form to fly towards I.C.E.'s arm pieces. He saw the temperature was at -62 degrees.

"Accept when I turn the cold up!" Quentin said as he pointed the arm piece at Darkmatter and fired a wave of -100 degree Icy wind.

Darkmatter was becoming weaker and Morfier was starting to deteriorate from his body, "NNOOOOO! I..I..FEEELLLL...GAAAAH!"

"Doesn't feel so good, huh?" Quentin asked sarcastically, "Well why don't we turn the head up!"

Quentin high jumped over Darkmatter, and unleashed a black flamethrower from his hands.

"I didn't even have to train to do this!" he said in excitement.

"GGGRRRRRR...THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING!" Darkmatter screamed, "I WILL NOT BE DEFEATED BY THE LIKES OF YOU!"

"Then how about the likes of both of us?" said Lana, holding I.C.E.'s arm piece and firing the icy wind.

"NNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Darkmatter said as Morfier left his body and he turn back into Ryker.

(Song ends)

"We need to contain that thing!" Quentin said.

"Thankfully, I got just what we need." Lana said as he took out another jar.

Morfier started getting sucked into the jar, "No, not again!" he said.

Ryker got up and notice he was normal again, "You won't beat me that easily, Quentin!"

"Really, cause I'm pretty sure I won!" Quentin stated.

"Well you left plenty of damage to my building," Ryker told him, "I ruined your parents' reputation, I can ruin yours too! It's my word against yours."

"Actually Uncle," Lana said as she pulled out her phone with photographic evidence, and a tape recorder, which when played said:

"Once every midnight shadow in the galaxy arrives, they will be under my control, and the citizens will be under their control! First, we take Montreal, and then the rest of Canana, and then, THE ENTIRE PLANET!"

Lana continued, "It's your word against yours."

Ryker slammed his fist on the ground in defeat, and the sound of police sirens approached the building.

"I can't let the cops see me," Quentin said, "Think you can handle this from here?"

"Of course." Lana answered as she faced Ryker. "My parents are gonna a long talk with you when they come home!"

"Grrr!" Ryker growled.

Once the cops showed up, Lana showed them the evidence and asked them to take I.C.E. to a proper hospital.

Hours later:

Quentin was back in his house and watching the news. Once the truth about his parents went public, Ryker was sentenced to life in prison, and Morfier was taken to another lab to be studied.

"That was some battle, huh?" Terios asked.

"Sure...I guess." Quentin said in a tired tone.

"Quentin?" said a familiar voice. "Are you feeling okay?"

Terios quickly went back into Quentin's watch.

"Honestly Uncle Forrest," Quentin answered, "I don't know how to feel. The person who I was trying to track down was someone I thought I could trust."

Forrest put his hand on Quentin's shoulder, "Look on the bright side, you restored our family's image. You helped that superhero save the city, and best of all, you made me and your aunt very proud."

Quentin blushed, "Thanks Uncle Forrest."

"Also," Forrest said, "Your friend wanted to meet you downtown."

"Um...okay." Quentin said.

They went into their car and drove downtown.

"Where did they say they wanted to meet me?" Quentin asked.

"Over by that building over there." Forrest answered.

Forrest dropped Quentin off and drove away.

"Hello?" Quentin called out. He suddenly felt something hug him from behind. It was Lana.

"You made it!" she said.

"Yes, I did," Quentin responded, "Why did you want to meet me here?"

"I wanted to show you something, follow me!" Lana said as she ran down an alleyway.

Quentin followed and saw a ladder to the roof of a building. He climbed up and saw Lana with a new invention.

"What is that thing?" He asked.

"It's a meta human tracker" Lana answered, "With it, I can alert you of any other crimes caused by metas or otherwise."

"Sounds like somebody watches a lot of Sci-fi." Quentin chuckled, "Although, I do to, so I shouldn't be talking."

"There are still some meta humans left at the holding facility," Lana explained, "they could attack at any moment."

A bunch of cop cars drove by, giving the idea that there was a crime happening near by.

"That's my cue!" Quentin said as he turned into his Shadow costume.

"Wait!" Lana said before Quentin flew off.

"What is it?" Quentin asked.

Lana pulled him closer and kissed his cheek, causing both of them to blush.

"That was for luck." she explained.

"Cool," an embarrassed Quentin said, "but I don't think this will take long."

Quentin jumped off the building and flew away in his spirit form, following the cop cars.

Hidden on the top of a taller building was a man wearing a black hood with The Shadow's logo on the chest except it was purple and the eyes were shaped like lighting bolts, long pants, a metal mask that covered his whole face with purple lenses and a red scar across the right eye. and gloves. In a voice sounding a lot like Kylo Ren, he said, "Little Quentin...you've gotten stronger as the years go by...but you'll never be prepared for what I have in stored for you in the future."

The End

"I AM...All of Me" from Shadow the Hedgehog (2005) by Sega was written and preformed by Crush 40. I do not own it.

And that was the origin and first adventure with The Shadow. Be on the look own for the continuing adventures as well as fanfic adaptations of other Spectrum superhero movies, Coming Soon.

Thank you for reading.