Part 1: Origins of Normal
We open to a small farming village somewhere in New World where a lone yet familiar person was tilling a field before a figure in white approached. "Amadeus Flux?"
"Shh. Go away." he grumbled.
"My apologies...but I need to have a word with you." the figure said.
"Look, I get it. You're some writer who wants to do some column about villains. Well jokes on you, I am no longer a villain. I'm done." Flux said.
"Done with villainy?" the figure asked astonished.
"Yes. The Universal Villains is disbanded thanks to the titans, the new group disbanded thanks to Despair turning over a new leaf...so yeah...I'm done. Besides, after a couple of months in Paris, I came to realize that...all these plots were just born out of some desire to best Jexi and those other heroes. Then I saw Davids secret tantrums about me and my voice. That was the kick I needed. So yeah, retired here with my wife Aphrodite and by help Ian as well as a child along the way." Flux said.
"Wow...all very detailed and a little shocking...but that's not why I came here." he said.
"Oh." Flux said a little disappointed. "Then what?"
"I'm an investigator actually. I want you to tell me about...Normal." he said.
"Normal...but...I thought he was destroyed?" Flux asked.
"No. David destroyed Dragon but not Normal." he said.
"Damn...then he screwed up back there." Flux said.
"What do you mean?" the figure asked.
"Because while Dragon claimed and thought he was the leader of the Elements, that couldn't be farther from the truth. Why don't you take a seat and I can explain." Flux said as the figure sat. "It all started after the fight in Alola. After I jumped into the water, I was adrift for days till I washed up on Melemele. I came across a hidden...secret. A cache of z-crystals. Taking them, I began to experiment with them. My aim, to create my...successors. Ones who cannot die from aging or traditional means, even if their crystals get destroyed. They have no organs therefore cannot bleed or die. If the crystal is shattered, its no problem if another of their species takes it into their body to restore it. However...eradicating every last trace of the crystal...was the only way to kill an element."
"Like how when David eradicated Dragon." the figure said.
"Yes. However...when it came to Normal...I had more in store for him. See...I created him to become my heir. Someone to take over when I retired or kicked the bucket." Flux said.
"An heir?!" the figure asked in shock.
"Yes. As much as I hate to admit, even I'm not immune to the hands of time. Normal was my first living breathing creation that I could identify with. And for a time that dream was realized. For that long while I felt like I had a son...until…" Flux said.
"Until what?" the figure asked.
"As projects began to flow more smoothly, things between me and Normal...changed. He started to think more rationally and less on emotions, even going as far as sacrificing human and animal lives to the experiments he concocted. I soon realized that an artificial being like Normal was devoid of true human emotions and could only feign them. In order to keep him around the longest, I gave him two abilities...duplication and shape shifting. This allowed him to become an actor of sorts and perform many tasks...but even I knew this would lead to more than conquest...more on the terms of destruction. So...knowing this, I cancelled the Elements project and put them all on ice under false pretences. But...Normal had somehow manipulated them to follow a false directive." Flux said.
"Enhanced killers." the figure said.
"Normal is not to be taken lightly. He may seem like a weak one but truth is...he's a true monster." Flux said walking off.
"Yeah...already figured that out of myself." the figure said as the holographic field around them faded to reveal Techno. "Normal...he got the drop on me and poached two of my own. I was so focused on that prophecy that I didn't know he was right under my nose till I was too late. Well...only one choice left...I need to join forces with him somehow."
Meanwhile in the real world aka world of pores…
"So this is the real world. Not quite what I was expecting." Frieza said.
"On that we can agree." a man with red hair and suit marks on his cheeks said.
"So...is this where we're gonna start it all?" asked a man wrapped in many bandages.
"Yes. The time is close at hand. A grand experiment...is about to begin." Normal declared.