In the center of the city, where Apocalypse watches over, Dylon and Jacob hide from sight as they get closer. Neither of them know what would happen or what to do. They are confronting a creature of unimaginable proportions and power. Even with their strength combined, it might not be enough. Dylon stares down at his feet, thinking of the horror Apocalypse could do if he succeeds. The death, destruction, horror, no one would be spared. He could kill all life on earth.

"Dylon?" Jacob says, snapping him out of it. "Wake up, you're starting to sweat."

Dylon looks to him for a moment. He swipes his hand over his forehead and finds large amounts of sweat coming off. "I'm fine… just…," he couldn't finish.

"Look, I know this looks hopeless, but we have to try. Come on, you're the serious one."

"Your… your right. Let's go."

The brothers race to the tallest building closest to Apocalypse. They aren't sure if it would notice them if they tried to climb it, but it's better not to take risks at a moment like this. Every living thing around it was gone, either replaced by nothing or its nightmarish creations. They wander the streets around it, searching for humans constantly, and a meal. Dylon and Jacob manage to stay out of sight by hiding in every dark corner, moving when the time was right.

Suddenly, Dylon stops in the middle of an ally, stunned by an unknown force. He places his hand over his chest, breathing heavily. Jacob rushes to his side and brings him into the shadows before anything saw them. "Dylon," he says, extremely worried, "what's wrong, are you wounded, answer me?!"

Try as he might, Dylon wouldn't respond. Jacob sees his eyes are closed and opens them. He sees them moving haphazardly, looking side to side. As soon as he sees it, they stops. "Jacob," Dylon finally replies, "what are you doing?"

"Dylon, I swear to god, if you lie to me, I'll… I'll… just tell me, what's wrong?"

"It's nothing, I just… need a moment."

They wait for a few minutes, Dylon takes in slow and calm breaths of air. Jacob sits impatiently, but is willing to wait. "Alright," Dylon finally says. "Let's go."

They continue their normal pace, evading sight, sticking to the shadows, momentarily off the ground against the walls, each movement was perfectly executed.

They finally make it to the tallest building near Apocalypse. It stand right next to one of its many legs. "Perfect," Dylon whispers, "let's go."

"You already said that." Jacob says.

"Does it matter?"

"... Maybe?"

"Jacob."

"Right, focus, but I hope you can do the same."

Dylon stops for a moment and asks "Jacob, what exactly did you see?"

"You were in some trance, blocking out the world, like some kind of nightmare. Wait, do you remember seeing anything?"

"Seeing…," Dylon suddenly freezes again. Through his eyes, he sees his life, his family, his friends. At first, everything was peaceful, no worries in the world. Then… the darkness. The clouds turn black, like the eyes of the undead. Dylon feels he's being pulled away from his loved ones. Try as he might, he only feels the pull grow stronger. Soon, they are only visible as specks of dust. Then… he awakens. He sees Jacob slapping him back and forth. "Stop, STOP, I'm awake," Dylon blurts out between slaps.

"Dylon," Jacob says, far more concerned than before. "What… is… wrong?!"

"Nothing, I won't let it…"

"It's not that… you started lashing out with or teeth. Biting at the air. I had to drag you inside before they heard you."

Dylon was confused for a moment. He looks around and sees they are inside, already at the halfway mark in the middle of the buildings large number of floors. "Jacob… I… I… I don't know… what's going on?!"

"Dylon, easy, easy, just breath."

Dylon begins to breath slowly again, although, struggling to calm his mind. Moments before, he was confused by Jacobs sudden worrying. Now, he feels as though on the edge of a cliff on Mt. Everest. Jacob gives a quick sigh before getting his attention. "Look, you can wait in here, I'll go."

"Jacob… you can't… not without me."

"At this rate, you can get us both killed. Just stay her and breath."

"I won't let you go without me."

Jacob gives another sigh before giving his brother a hug. Dylon thinks he's trying to calm him, but then comes the sharp pain in his back. He pulls away and reaches for the spot to find one of Jacob's quills, dripping with some form of fluid. "Sorry," Jacob says' "it's for your own good."

Dylon becomes light headed, struggling to stand. Within moments, he collapses, out cold. Jacob brings him to the deepest corners of the building to let him rest. "I'm sorry, but if you die, I would never forgive myself for letting you do this. Whatever is happening, well… uh… just get better."

Jacob races up the stairs of the building, near the brink of simply flying up to the top. In his mind, he questions what he's done and is about to do. Feeling both guilt and terror, it's a wonder how he can still think straight. He reaches the top in mere seconds, however, he stops in the shock of his life at who he sees waiting, Ruven. "Ruven, what… what the hell are you doing here?!"

"You think I would let you have all the fun?"

"No, I mean yes, I mean… shouldn't you be helping the others?"

"Would you believe me if I said my help was overkill? Besides, you'll need a fill in for Dylon. What's wrong with him anyway?"
"I don't know, he just… he looked like he was gonna cry."

"Really?! Hu, I guess everyone has a limit, even him."

"Yeah it was weird. I mean he was sweating and… that doesn't matter now, let's go."

"He already said that."

"Funny."

Without a second thought, they jump onto the leg, only ten feet away. They cling on to small chinks in the armor. They use them to climb to the top of Apocalypse, moving at a steady pace. It takes them nearly fifteen minutes to reach the top. They stand on, what felt like, meat clinging onto itself haphazardly. "Okay," Ruven says, "what now?"

"Now we… uh… god damn it, I wish Dylon was here."

Farther towards the center of Apocalypse, Ruven notices something. "Hey, what about those?"

Jacob looks to where Ruven was pointing and sees small, yellow, glowing orbs littered all around the "ground". "You think those are weak spots?" Ruven asks.

"It's worth a shot."

They run to the strange orbs and begin destroying them. From below, the monster sized eyes of Apocalypse move to look towards the top of its body. As Ruven and Jacob continue smashing, Apocalypse lets out a deafening roar for a few moments. At first, Ruven and Jacob think it was nothing, until the "ground" started to move irregularly. Small growths begin to arise from it, changing into humanoid shapes. The bodies of these creatures are thin, but strong, along with having a mouth full of teeth. They swarm over the two, stopping them from destroying the orbs.

Ruven begins to be dog piled by them, somehow overpowering him. However, seconds later, he ruptures out of the pile, flinging their bodies off, a few flying off Apocalypse. With his machete, he starts to hack them to pieces. In mere minutes, he turns them into piles of limbs. Suddenly, the limbs begin to reform, connecting to each other. The creatures regenerate and continue to attack. "You gotta be kidding me." Ruven muttera.

Jacob moves between the creatures at breakneck speed, knocking them down one by one. He bites some heads off, rip bodies to pieces, ragdoll a few of them, in short, he goes all out. Suddenly, the creatures recede back into Apocalypse, leaving two of them. The remaining two begin to grow in mass, becoming larger, stronger, and strangely familiar. They change

into imperfect copies of them. The Jacob clone against Ruven, the Ruven clone against Jacob.

The R clone attacks with immense power, keeping Jacob on his toes. One of its attacks lands straight into Jacob's side and flings him away. He digs his claws into the ground to stop himself, only to be met by a swift kick from the R clone. The J clone climbs onto Ruven, clawing at him relentlessly. Try as he might, the clone is too much like the real Jacob and dodges each of his grabs. It crawls to his feet and digs giant claws into them, causing Ruven to tumble. As he does, the floor begins to form into tentacles, latching onto him and slowly pulling him towards the edge. The J clone leaves him and goes for Jacob.

As he fights the R clone, he goes ballistic, showing his teeth and attacking like an animal. He latches onto the clones head and rips it off. He then proceeds to toss the body off the edge. The J clone charges at him ,only to be dodged and grabbed by the legs. Jacob begins spinning, and spinning, and spinning, until he lets go, throwing the clone off. At that moment, he sees Ruven being pulled off of Apocalypse. He races to save him ,but it's too late. Ruven falls to the ground with a scream in defiance. It was now up to Jacob.

As he turned back ,the floor sprouts with more clones, ready to fight. Jacob becomes exhausted, huffing and puffing. The high altitude wasn't helping a lick. Along with the clones, more tentacles appear. It all edges forward, surrounding him, herding him off of Apocalypse. Ruven can survive the fall, but Jacob couldn't. All seemed lost, no more hope, just death. Then… it happened.

From the building, a roar of anger and force appears. It was so loud. Every window on the building shattered, and some from the surrounding buildings. The structure begins to fall apart. Strange limbs sprout from it. All Jacob could think was "...Dylon?"