Matter Man

Ryder Fleming, better known as his former identity of Matter Man, is a supervillain-turned-civilian from The Saviors of Sunset City, best known for his troubled past. He is 10's nemesis.
== Personality ==
Matter Man is very aggressive and an angry person.
== History ==
=== The Curse ===
At some point in the past, 10 and Matter Man had a bad altercation that left Matter Man with metal skin and a mutated body. What actually happened is as-of-yet unknown.
=== 10's Prologue ===
Matter Man was first seen attempting to steal 10's kill on the Berry Buffoon, taking him at knifepoint. 10 tried to stop Matter Man, but is unsuccessful in convincing him to let the Buffoon go, due to his motives not aligning with those of Matter Man. 10 offered to fix Matter Man, but he refused, claiming his leader promised to do the same for him. He accepted 10's offer to settle the conflict like men, fighting it out while the Buffoon was incapacitated. Matter Man morphed his hand into a giant fist, having it deflected back at him by 10's use of Demonsion's portals. He made a sword, getting deflected by Mindstretch before being snatched through one of Egress' portals, fleeing the scene.
=== The Saviors of Sunset City ===
In the campaign proper, Matter Man was first seen raiding Hader Labs on the Operator's orders, aiding Egress in snatching Dr. Hader for his research. Matter Man tied Hader to a chair, kicking it away into one of Egress' portals, much to Holo-Girl's dismay. Matter Man charged at a newly-summoned Clayton Ray Huff, knocking him into Big Red, who promptly threw him at Matter Man as a projectile. Void Empyrean used his flames to melt the floor beneath Matter Man, making a safe space to fight away from the civilians. Several heroes, both Supers and not, swarmed Matter Man in this mosh pit, to which Matter Man responded with a hefty shockwave that killed Dream and seriously hurt Chris-Chan and Mike Tyson. After this, Spinflux landed on Cursed Energy, unleashing Hollow Purple on Matter Man, and consequently Void Empyrean, who was restraining him. This caused Matter Man to collapse, somehow not vaporized, and allowed 10, as Brainstorm, to hold Matter Man with his telekinesis to prevent him from being scooped up by one of Egress' portals. After this, 10 took Matter Man to the Superiors' bio-scanner, which failed to recognize his DNA due to the error "Genes Obstructed". After this, 10 kept him in containment until they could figure out what to do.
A few days later, 10 paid Matter Man a visit, asking him how he's doing, to a disgruntled response from Matter Man. He asked for Matter Man's name, who refused to tell, and in an attempt to get friendly with Matter Man, 10 introduced himself to him. Matter Man then yelled at 10 for cursing him with metal skin, to which Oracle questions him, being given the rather vague response that it happened during a bad altercation. 10 offered to fix the affliction using his watch, and without Matter Man's consent, quickly got to work, watching the elements crumble off of Ryder's skin. No longer a threat, Oracle used her telekinesis to pull apart Matter Man's restraints and lift him out of them, kicking and screaming. Big Red then glared at Matter Man before taking him to the bio-scanner once again, being able to identify him as Ryder Fleming, a 19-year-old pupil of Hopkins House.
The Eight soon took Ryder to Hopkins House and spoke with Martin about the incident and how they cured him. This prompted Hopkins to disclose the other missing pupils, some of which they had seen before. After this, 10 questioned why Ryder worked for the Operator, being told that he was promised a cure for his ailment.
After this, Ryder disappeared, not to be seen again. Whether he remained at Hopkins House before its destruction is unknown.
== Relationships ==
=== 10 and the Eight ===
Matter Man seems to have a strained relationship with 10 and the Eight, but seems to be on neutral, but not respectful, ground with them after being cured.
== Notable Moments ==
* Kidnapping Dr. Hader
* Killing Dream
* Kickstarting the investigation of Hopkins
== Powers and Abilities ==
=== Material Body ===
Ryder's body used to be made of powerful materials, mostly metal, and this gave him enhanced strength and durability.
== Trivia ==
* Matter Man was visually inspired by Kevin's mutation from Ben 10: Alien Force, after he and Ben attempted to hack into the Omnitrix.
* Matter Man is a rare instance of a mutation not being caused by genetic deviation, but rather an accident.
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