Ryan had been running towards the portal when suddenly Zayne shot out towards him. The surprise of that happening caused his focus to break, and the shadow version of him that had been charging at Samuel dissipated, the shadows returning to their sources. Time seemed to slow as he saw her flying at him. It of course, wasn't actually, it was just a trick of the mind. Whether or not he felt like time had slowed, he barely had time to react, using the little time he had to push the shadows to his front and cushion himself from the flying body. As Zayne reached him, time seemed to return to normal, and he fell backwards, failing to move the shadows to his back to cushion that fall. He grunted slightly as he hit the ground before carefully pushing Zayne off of him and laying her down. He wasn't sure if she was alive or dead, or whether it was even really her, but he knew that something probably happened to change the situation. 

Ryan stood up, looking to Samuel. He felt the anger towards the man for having injured many friends so quickly, and began to rush in, not thinking it through fully. As he ran, he pulled the shadows he used earlier for his double around him, creating as sturdy armor he could make from it before letting some of the shadows circle his feet almost like a puddle. As he continued to run, he changed the shape of his body, moving it all into the puddle of shadows. He planned on creating a surprise attack out of what seemed to be an all-out charge. The shadow armor that was meant to be him pushed some shadows out of itself to create a needle effect around itself so that he could hopefully force the enemy to take at least some small amount of damage.