Wednesday, February 28, 1998, AU -Alternate Universe- Evening 6:30 PM
All you see is Paradox traveling through the fabric of reality before landing in the same spot where he fought Death. However, the feel of this place is far different from what he experienced before.
After landing on the ground, he stands up and heads over to Metro City, only to see that it is destroyed and desolate, with no life remaining.
Paradox walks through the city, observing the destruction. He uses his Omni-Watch to scan the area to determine what happened, only to witness an alternate version of himself—a more evil and sinister version—in his [Omnipotent form], destroying Metro City with a smile of glee.
After the vision passes, Paradox transforms into his omnipotent form and scans parts of the universe for this other version of himself, intending to deal with him. The other Paradox's actions rub him the wrong way.
Once located, Paradox teleports behind this other Paradox, whom he dubs “Alter Paradox”. Alter Paradox looks exactly the same as him, except he is not wearing a jacket, opting to show off his abs and chiseled chest.
Alter Paradox turns around with a surprised look on his face, astonished to see another version of himself.
“Who are you? State your business here,” Alter Paradox barks, trying to order Paradox to explain himself.
“I have no reason to say anything. But as for why I'm here, let’s say I'm here to kill you, plain and simple.” Paradox moves swiftly, cutting off Alter Paradox’s arm with ease.
Alter Paradox, who seemingly shows no reaction to losing his arm, watches as it regrows instantly. Then, Alter flexes his arm before holding up his hand and creating a massive black hole, launching it at Paradox.
Paradox looks directly at the black hole tearing apart the ground and absorbs it. He holds out his hand, grabs it bare-handed, turns it into something solid, and crushes it instantly.
“I see that you are surprised to see me, and I assume that you don’t have a copy of yourself in this world?” Paradox asks.
The confused look on Alter Paradox's face is all Paradox needs to see. This shows that this version of himself is strong but lacks control over his powers since he did not create certain things.
So, Paradox decides to end the battle quickly with one attack. He activates his Omni-Watch, snapping his fingers and creating an Omnicore cage around Alter Paradox, weakening his power. Then Paradox claps his hands, warping time and space, transporting them outside the boundaries of space and time.
With this, Paradox makes them appear above the whole universe. Looking down, you can see galaxies, solar systems, and even planets throughout the Omni universe.
Paradox launches Alter Paradox in the Omnicore cage right down at this alternate Omniverse at such high speed that upon impact, the force causes the whole universe to implode and vanish.
Now floating in the empty vacuum of nothingness, watching the universe vanish, Paradox dusts off his hands, proving that he is stronger than this alternate version of himself who has not mastered his Omni-Watch.
Sighing at how boring the fight was, Paradox hopes for another good fight, just like with Death, and with someone else he plans to get revenge on, Huracan. It seems he erased this version of Huracan, but this one was far weaker than his.
March, Monday 4, 2003 - Morning 6:00 AM
Snapping his fingers, Paradox creates a portal through time and space back to his home universe, appearing inside his house in Metro City.
Upon appearing in his house, he is attacked by a “Death flame,” signifying that Clea is now awake. Paradox catches it with his hand and blows it out with ease still in his [Omnipotent] form.
“This is the reason I did not power down—I knew that you would do this, Clea,” Paradox says, looking over at her out of the corner of his eye.
“Where have you been? I was worried sick about you,” Clea says. Upon closer inspection, you can see that she had tears in her eyes, showing that she was crying over his disappearance.
“It’s been five days since you have been gone. What happened?” she asks, her tone impatient.
“Well, you see, during my fight with Death, she sent me to an alternate universe where I had to fight a different version of myself,” he laments, thinking about it before continuing.
“He was an ‘evil’ version who loved death and destruction for fun, which annoyed me. I can understand killing when something irritates you or to get rid of an annoyance, but never for fun or the thrill,” he says, his eyes shadowed by his white hair as he looks down.
Clea just sits there, listening to what he says, but what he does not say and what she gets from it is that he destroyed the universe without remorse, just because he did not like something.
This makes her wonder if her father/creator is actually as good a person as he makes himself out to be and if Yami Paradox is truly the evil clone of the two.
She thinks to herself, ‘Maybe if I were to go to different timelines, I could see for myself how Father really is.’
“So, Father, what are you going to do today?” Clea asks, curious about his plans.
“Well, I was thinking about traveling Paradox Earth some more before later traveling the universe,” Paradox responds.
“That is a very good idea, but why don’t you create your own association, like with heroes and stuff?” Clea asks, hoping Paradox would, as she always wanted to see a world full of heroes.
“Hmm, that may be a good idea. I could find someone to train to become the first hero. That would make my time on this planet not as boring, plus the rise of a hero would bring the rise of villains,” Paradox says, giving it more thought.
“Well, I’ll be off, Father. It was nice fighting with you,” Clea says, turning towards him. “And please be careful not to do anything too brash and get trapped or sealed away.” With that, Clea flies off into the cool night sky.
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Paradox watches as Clea flies off, her long white hair blowing in the wind. After she is out of sight, Paradox lays in bed to get some rest after the day's events and decides to start looking for the person he will train as a hero over the next few days.
March, Monday 5, 2003 - Morning 7:11 AM
As soon as the sun rises in the sky, Paradox gets out of bed and prepares for his journey to find someone to train as the very first hero.
He begins walking around Metro City looking for someone, but all he sees are weaklings and people who would break during his training. So, he decides to leave Metro City, traveling north toward a small secluded town.
The town is under attack by what seem to be skeletal dog-like creatures, which, for what they are, have quite the speed, tearing through the town with ease and ripping people limb from limb, spilling blood and guts everywhere.
Paradox watched the spectacle, intrigued by how brutal these creatures were in their efforts to sate their desire for destruction. It was then that he saw a small girl, looking no older than twelve, with short crimson hair and deep blue eyes, wearing a flower-printed dress, cornered by the beasts.
What caught Paradox’s eye was that despite her terror, she had a fight in her eyes and a determination to not be killed and to protect what was close to her.
Upon seeing this, Paradox snapped his fingers, destroying all of the creatures in the town. However, in the end, everyone except this girl was dead.
Just as he did that, the girl passed out from the stress of what had happened. Paradox picked her up and teleported them back to his home, where he laid her on the bed, allowing her to rest easily.
He watched over her for a few days until she woke up. When she did, she bombarded him with questions, but none of the answers were what she wanted to hear, and she cried herself back to sleep.
–Three Weeks Later–
March, Tuesday 26, 2003 - Morning 11:00 AM
The girl, whose name was Eve, learned all about Paradox and his powers. She asked him to train her so that she could become stronger and protect herself.
Paradox agreed under one condition: that she use her power for the greater good and become a hero who protects the innocent. Eve readily agreed as she liked the idea of helping others.
With that settled, Paradox asked Eve what power she wanted, and he would bestow it upon her before beginning her training.
It took some time for her to decide on the ideal ability, but she finally chose telekinesis.
Paradox activated his Omni-Watch, tapped Eve’s head, and bestowed her with that power, though it would only unlock when her body was ready for it. Therefore, they would have to train and strengthen her body.
Three days later, we find Paradox and Eve inside a forest outside of Metro City for her training. He has her running around the forest, making it foggy, while she has to find her way out, which takes some time as she has a terrible sense of direction.
Along with that, Paradox has Eve working out, doing one hundred push-ups, sit-ups, and squats while starting with fifteen-pound weights, all in the prospect of strengthening her body.
March, Thursday 28, 2005 - Morning 11:00 AM
Eve continues this training for weeks, even months. By the time she turns fourteen, she is able to find her way out of the forest with ease, getting used to using her five senses. On top of that, she has also increased her workout to five hundred reps, and her body is beginning to become toned.
Her crimson hair has grown quite long, reaching down to her shoulders, and her blue eyes have become sharper from her training. She stands at 5’5”, one inch shorter than Paradox.
Her Hero costume is a sleek, red, and silver leotard, which fits her perfectly and accentuates her figure. The leotard is designed with a skin-tight fit that highlights her physique, including her curves.The leotard is adorned with metallic gold trimming along the edges, emphasizing the contours of her shoulders and waist. The front center features a stylized infinity symbol in metallic gold, placed just above her chest, with a smaller circle at the heart of the emblem displaying a gradient from deep indigo to pure white, which she opts to wear all the time underneath her clothing.
This is the outfit she chose as her hero costume, and she chose the name “Omni Eve”, taking "Omni" from the Omni-Watch that gave her her power, and "Eve" from her own name.
We cut in as we see Eve lifting multiple trees with her telekinetic powers, spinning them at high speed in the air and launching them at mountains eight hundred meters away, leaving craters.
During her training, Eve has gotten quite strong—nothing too crazy, but strong enough to run faster than the speed of sound and wipe out a forest with her telekinetic power.
“Bravo, you have done well in your training, Eve. I must say, you have shocked me with the rate of your growth,” Paradox says, appearing behind her, still looking twenty years old, most likely using his Omni-Watch to always appear that way.
Eve turns around, happy to see her mentor, who has become much like an older brother to her.
“It is all thanks to you, Big Brother. You gave me this power and saved me those years ago.” She pauses, thinking about how to say this. “If you hadn’t saved me, I hate to think about what would have happened.” She grimaces, thinking about her hometown.
Paradox, not one for showing emotions, actually shows concern for her and pulls her into a loving hug, showing that he is here for her.
“I just did what I thought was right, and in the end, I saved a life. That’s what really matters,” Paradox says, showing that he truly cares for her, thinking of her as his little sister as well.
With that, Eve’s mood instantly lightens up, and she puts back on the smile she always keeps. “Why don’t we go get some ice cream? I worked up quite a sweat training,” she says, walking back towards town.
Paradox follows closely behind her as they head to the ice cream shop. Once there, they open the door and are greeted by the worker. “Welcome to Ice’s Ice Cream Shop. What will you have?” the man says with a cheerful expression.
Eve quickly responds, “I’ll have a strawberry and vanilla ice cream cone, please.” Then she looks over at Paradox, waiting for him to order. Not wanting to disappoint her, Paradox orders a vanilla cone as well.
“Thank you for your patronage. Please come again,” the shop owner says, handing them their ice cream cones.
Just as they walk outside, Paradox, who now has someone to take care of, sees that Metro City is not as peaceful as he once thought. Around every corner, there are drugs being dealt, kidnappings happening, and bank robberies in this small city.
He decides that he should increase Eve's training soon, seeing as you never know what will happen or who you will run into.
They begin heading back home while eating their ice creams, with Eve humming a happy tune as she has already finished the strawberry cone and is working on the vanilla cone.
Just then, a car speeding away, chased by four cop cars, passes by with one man leaning out of the car, shooting bullets at the cops. One of the bullets strays towards Eve, who seems not to be paying attention.
Just as Paradox is about to act, the bullet seems to make contact with her, but there is a force field where the bullet hits, keeping it at bay. Eve uses her powers to stop it and launches it back at the culprit, striking him in the arm and causing him to scream out in pain while bleeding profusely. The car drifts and crashes into a pole.
Paradox, looking surprised, didn’t expect her to go that far. Just before he asks Eve why she did that instead of popping the tires, she looks at him and says as if reading his mind, “I did that because I don’t like people like those thinking they are above the law and harming innocents for their sick, twisted goals. He should be happy I didn’t go for his head,” she says, her eyes covered by her hair as she continues walking even while Paradox briefly stops.
Paradox looks over at the thieves, who had just earned the ire of Eve, and who were being arrested by the police.
He thinks to himself, ‘Maybe I should not be killing people all the time. I don’t want to be killed by someone I view as a sister.’ With that thought, he catches up to Eve as they make it back to their house to rest after the day's events.