I cant shut the phone completely down it wont let me.
the phone should power down from FastBoot Menu with just a press of the power button. Just make sure the phone is unplugged from everything when you do that. When you plug it into your AC adapter the MOTO Logo will light first, this is normal and it dowsn't mean your phone is booting up. Shortly after that you should see your battery icon and then the screen will go black. That is also normal. You can check the charge level by momentarily pressing the power button and will see your battery charge icon. It's very important to have an adequate charge, some DEVs recommend 70% or greater when you are doing these operations. I've been where you are when I tried to flash the Gen X theme for ICS and I got the same results you did. I got it recovered but I stay awayfrom themes that don't come with the ROM. That's my choice, not a knock on the people who write them.