Shadowman smiled down on his little son, taking in all of his perfections. How unbelievably adorable some kids could be. Ah, the delusionment of parent hood. Plantman opened one bleary purple eye and gazed up at his daddy.

"Hey there, still sleepy?" Shadowman asked

Plantman's eyes filled with tears.

"Uh? Shshshshshhhh…" Shadowman quickly tried to sooth his son. "Don't worry! Daddy's here!"

Plantman's lips quivered.

"Please don't cry, tell me what's wrong bur please don't cry. Come on, shhhh…"

"WAHHHHHHHH!" The cry rang loud and clear through the room echoing off the walls and reverberating into Shadow man's ears.

"Please! Wait…" Shadowman bent down to pick up his unhappy son. "Please now, don't cry. Shhhhhh…" he said soothingly stroking his son's back.

Plantman's cries continued to echo in the room. Shadowman vaguely wondered if robots could get headaches as he continues to rock his son back and forth.

"Hush… it's all right. Don't worry, daddy's here." He continued to murmur sounds into his son's ear.

"Uhhh, Shadowman?" asked a voice from the door. "What the hell are you doing?"

Shadowman spun around to see Crashman standing at the door. "Well, I uhhhh, you see Plantman was crying and you know, he can wake up the whole base…" he said

"Did you call him your father?"

Shadowman huffed up. "Well, why not! I take care of him, so he's my son."

Crashman came up chuckling and put a hand on Shadowman's shoulder. "Come on, you can't really believe that. Can you?"

"Of course I can! He's my son and what's it to you anyway?"

Crashman smiled as Plantman's cries subsided. "Has he ever called you daddy?"

"Well…. no." Shadowman admitted. "But he can't talk yet so…"

"Well, there you go then! The kid is just another robot, now come on; we've got a battle with Rockhead tomorrow."

Shadowman growled. "Plantman is crying and he needs someone to rock him back to sleep."

"Come on, I mean it's just a kid!" Crashman tried to make his friend see sense.

"No! He's my son. He needs a father."

Crashman opened his mouth but they were interrupted by Plantman bracing his hands on Shadowman and looking at them. He turned to Shadowman and gave a baby grin. "Daddy!" he said, loudly.

Shadowman would have dried with joy if he could. "Di-did you hear that?" he asked breathlessly.

Crashman groaned. "Yeah, I heard."

"H-he called me daddy!"

"Yeah, I know. Now will you please put the kid to bed so we can…"

"Say it again!" Shadowman said to Plantman. "Come on, who do you love?"

"Daddy!" Plantman shouted with glee.

"That's my boy!"

"Daddy!"

"Oh come on now, you two are making me sick. Shadowman, let's get a move on!"

"Oh, all right." He placed Plantman back in his crib and stroked the baby's head. "Daddy has to go now, I'll see you tomorrow."

He turned to walk out the door.

"Daddy…" Plantman said softly. Shadowman turned around to see him; his luminescent eyes glowed in the darkness.

Shadowman gave a little wave. "Night."

Plantman shut his eyes and yelled loudly. "DADDY!"

Shadowman was shocked. "No-now wait a minute……" he started

"Daddy-daddy-daddy!" Plantman said

Crashman put a hand on Shadowman's shoulder. "Well, you're his daddy." He said and walked out of the room.

Shadowman sighed. "Yeup."

"Daddy?" Plantman asked

Shadowman smiled and bent down to pick up his son. He cradled him in his arms and rocked him to sleep.

"And I wouldn't have it any other way." He said, smiling.