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Banton’s shadow now acts as a mobile "black hole" that disintegrates anyone it touches. He hides in areas with to prevent his shadow from forming and inadvertently killing more people. The situation escalates when the government, represented by Mulder’s informant X , takes a sinister interest in Banton’s condition for research purposes. Key Trivia & Lore

Mulder and Scully are brought onto a case by Detective Kelly Ryan, a former student of Scully’s, to investigate a series of mysterious disappearances that leave only scorch marks behind. They eventually find Dr. Chester Ray Banton, a physicist who was exposed to during a freak particle accelerator accident.