Clara strained as she tried to push herself more and more to hold onto her power like everyone else was.

Clara let out a shuddering breath, "He's too powerful"

Clara gulped as she waved out her hand once more as she felt her arms getting tired and numb from willing so much fire into her. She was starting to get fearful that she had finally reached her limit.

Up ahead, she saw Hank jump down as he growled, wanting to pound on the shield of Apocalypse. But she watched as in midair as he was sent the other way and crashed on top of a car. Clara gasped as she turned and looked to her friend but couldn't see if he was alright or not.

Clara let out a groan as she summoned up more power within her and waved it out to Apocalypse. She turned and noticed Scott closed his eyes for a moment before he was thrown to a wall. Clara felt useless as she just watched Scott get molded into a part of the wall. As much as she wanted to help the teenager right now, she was the last mutant standing in Apocalypse's way before he reached the Professor.

Almost as if thinking him made Apocalypse notice her, he turned to her as she knew she was next. He waved out his hand, making Clara feel weightless as she was thrown to the right. Her body tumbled on the ground for a little bit before her head smacked into the wall behind her. Clara's eyes rolled to the back of her head as everything seemed to lose focus for a moment. The last thing she saw was Apocalypse looking at her before turning his attention to the building that held the Professor.

Apocalypse yelled out, "Come out and join them Charles! Be amongst the weaklings who dare to defy me!"

Clara groaned as she tried to pick herself up from the ground but only got a couple of inches off before she collapsed back down. She then noticed that her arms were trembling terribly as she felt the headache spread throughout her entire head.

"No" Clara breathed out.

"Ah!" Erik shouted out as he was the only one hitting Apocalypse with his power.

Clara strained, "That's enough resting"

As if her body was trying to protest further, she felt something liquid spill out from her nose. She didn't have to check to know it was a bloody nose. Clara had experienced frequent bloody noses when she first realized she was a mutant.

Clara suddenly heard shrieking from overhead as a bright light made her turn. The shrieking sounded between a bird and a scream as a giant firebird was suddenly in front of Apocalypse. Clara shaded her eyes as she noticed that it was Jean who was screaming. She couldn't help but gawk at how strong the young teenager was as she noticed Apocalypse's force field was finally down.

Clara struggled as she slowly got to her feet, even though her body was aching and telling her to stop. Clara took a few steps before she waved out her hand but realized that nothing happened, she was too weak. She waved out her hand to Jean and the fire that she had created. It was easier to manipulate fire than to create it as the fire swirled out and hit Apocalypse. From within the inferno she could hear the ancient mutant let out a howling scream.

Erik shot out more metal bars and this time it pierced the mutant in his skin. Clara let out a sigh as she continued to aim the fire towards him. A shot of ruby lasers came back as Scott joined the fight once more. The mutant was too overwhelmed by all of the different kind of powers directed towards him.

Clara turned and noticed the force field like teleportation that covered him was up again. A fleeting moment happened as she realized that he could still get away from them. Just as he was about to disappear, lightning shot down from the sky as one of his other followers destroyed his shield. Clara's hand wavered as Jean let out a final scream before Apocalypse disappeared in a billow of ashes.

Everyone suddenly stopped their own unique gift as they couldn't believe what they all just did. Together, they killed the first and most powerful mutant that could ever walk this earth. Clara let out a smile before her legs gave way as she fell. A strong arm caught her from hitting the ground as she let out a shuddering breath, her nose bleed painted the ground below her. She slowly turned her head back up to see Erik had caught her and was holding her up.

Erik picked up the end of his cape and gently wiped the blood off of her face as he looked down to her.

Once he was done, he gently sat himself down on the ground, still holding her. Clara let out another breath as she looked up and around at the chaos.

Erik gave a small smile, "You fought well today. I was wrong to say that you were weak"

"Damn right you were"

"Could you ever forgive me?"

"As of right now… no"

"I thought as much"

Clara sighed, "I'm glad you helped us though"

Erik stiffened up, "I was blind in my rage. All I wanted was to cause pain and suffering to as many people as I could"

"But you ended up saving people... so unlike you" Clara smiled.

Erik couldn't help but let out a chuckle as Clara gave a weak smile back to him. She still couldn't believe that this was all happening that they actually won in the end. If she had more strength left in her, she would be running around and hugging everyone that helped and possibly talk about throwing a party.

"It looks like you're not the only one that turned a leaf recently" Erik joked.

Clara shrugged, "So you've noticed that I'm a teacher now. I give them a run for their money though… literally"

"I knew you would" Erik shook his head, "I'm surprised that Charles would even let you teach a class. What was the catch?"

"He has to approve all of the activities" Clara rolled her eyes.

She didn't realize that rolling her eyes would suddenly make her dizziness come back as her head lolled to the side. Clara blinked but couldn't help but notice the world was still spinning too rapidly for her. Erik held her still almost as if he knew what she was going through. His eyes drilled into her as she tried not to fall for them as she always had in the past.

"You've reached your limit, Clara" Erik told her.

Clara opened her mouth to have something snarky to say but instead, she felt weaker by the second. Her eyes blurred as she could feel her eyelids slowly starting to close. The last thing she saw was Erik staring down at her before looking up and picking her up bridal style. She thought she heard Mystique yell out her name as someone touched her head but the voices sounded too far away. All she wanted right now was to lie her head back and rest until next week.