Aion sighed as Moirai succeed in accessing her domain, now all she had to do was find her weapon. As Aion stood waiting he sensed a presence and dark voice spoke from behind him. "So she's returned."

Aion turned to the voice and summoned his scythe. "You are not welcome here, now state your business." He said coldly as he leveled the scythe at the being.

The being before him frowned and put on a hurt expression. "Can't two brothers catch up with each other?" He asked. “After all it’s been so long since we last spoke.”

"Don't make me laugh bastard, you have no interest in such things.” Aion Growled. “Do you honestly take me for a fool?"

"Oh very well." The man said as his appearance changed from that of a living shadow to that of a man in heavy armor. He wore a tattered black cape with red inside and his black hair floated in a nonexistent breeze (think of Alucard when he becomes Dracula off Hellsing Ultimate). "I've come to kill Life and destroy this planet again."

"Over my dead corpse." Aion replied as he raised his scythe and the being drew his sword.

"I expected you to draw Oblivion not that pathetic scythe.” The being murmured before smiling darkly. “Come now, draw the true weapon of death; let us fight as the Gods we are."

"Silence Apocalypsis, we are not gods and you hold no right to ask such a thing; this world has only just been restored and I will not have it laid to ruin just so that you might indulge in your sick fetish for destruction!" Aion growled in anger.

"Then you will die a coward." Apocalypsis said as he charged at Aion only to be struck by an arrow made of pure light. Aion and Apocalypsis turned in shock to see Moirai holding a large bow a second arrow already notched and aimed strait at Apocalypsis.

Apocalypsis growled. "This isn't over Reaper, I destroyed the last Embodiment of Life and this one will die by my hands as well." Apocalypsis spat as he pulled out the arrow and turned to back to a shadowy form and faded away laughing.

"You can try but when you do I will be there to stop you. As Death It is my duty to do so till the day entropy consumes us all." Aion said solemnly.

As Aion finished speaking Moirai dropped the bow and sank down to her knees before releasing a shaky breath. "Aion who, or what was that thing?" Moirai asked fearfully.

"That was Moros Apocalypsis, also known as Doom Apocalypse. He was once the Avatar of Gravity and one who I considered a brother but now he is the literal embodiment of the destruction." Aion replied. "Your predecessor, I think her name was Le'fay, was murdered by him, he is singlehandedly responsible for the state that the universe is currently in."

"I thought you said we were the only living beings in the universe." Moirai said.

Aion sighed and sat down patting the ground next to him. As Moirai sat Aion opened his mouth to speak only to close it and look away before turning back to her. “I may have lied to you a bit on a few things.” He said calmly as he looked at Moirai in sadness. “When I spoke of this world I mentioned I just found it like this but to be honest… I once saw it flourishing with so much life.”

Moira looked angry for a moment before taking a deep breath. “What happened?” Shje asked

Aion leaned forward and for moment he appeared as he was; an ancient god who had seen far too much. “There was a war, The Pantheon War, the last great war of the old Pantheon. It was a fight to save or doom the universe and we lost, we all lost, there was no winner.” He explained. “Before that time there were thousands of Embodiments, each given a domain to control. Mine was the Domain of Death, Moros’s was Gravity. But eventually some Embodiment became corrupted and tried to take more power, they were led by Moros who had taken the title of Apocalypse. We never thought it would last long but it did and as time went on the war only got worse.”

“You said neither side won so what happened?” Moira asked as she looked at Aion in concern.

“There was a man in that war, a man with more blood on his hands than any other; a man feared by both friend and foe, whose very name would cause whole armies to run in terror.” Aion said calmly as he looked off at something only he could see. “He was a man that would commit a crime that would silence the universe, and that man was me.” He said darkly. “In the final battle the whole universe convulsed in agony, the last of the non-corrupted Embodiments standing against a hoard of abominations and their leader. So I ended it in the only way I knew how; I destroyed them all, I ripped apart the fabric of reality itself, on this very world, and created an abyss from which nothing could escape. I imprisoned the army he created with in that abyss before I dragged Moros Apocalypsis into the pits of hell itself and used the life force of every living thing in existence to fashion chains that would never break, rust or decay! I bound his body and shackled him to the very throne he so craved, and imprisoned him for all eternity.” Aion stood and walked away from Moirai before turning to her with tears in his eyes. “That’s why I said there was no winner and only losers, because I may be the last one standing but a victory at such a price is nothing but hollow.”

Moirai sat in silence for a moment before looking up at Aion. “So if he can’t break free, how was he here?” She asked. “I thought you said he was trapped forever.”

"So did I." Aion grumbled. “Apparently he found a way to escape at least temporarily but he is most likely still trapped.” He explained as he looked up at the sky. "So… any idea why the sun hasn't set yet? He asked as he looked at Moirai with a raised eyebrow.

Moirai looked at the sky as well and frowned. "Um... we may l have to move them manually for a while, stellar engineering is still way out of my ability. But I can move the sun or moon right now; I'm not strong enough to move both at least not yet."

"I'll move the moon and I bring out the stars; you get the easy job of lowering the sun." Aion said.

Moirai nodded and raised her hand, her magic glowed and the sun began to set, once the sun was about to disappear over the horizon Aion raised his hand and the moon rose as millions stars exploded in the night sky. Once it was done Aion and Moirai walked back into the forest and lay beneath a tree. After a while of laying together Moirai shifted and looked up to Aion. "Can you sing again...I-I can't sleep again."

Aion smiled and nodded. "If you want Mora."

Moirai nodded.

Aion smiled and began to sing.

As the song ended Moirai was fast asleep and Aion smiled. "May all your dreams be sweet this night Mora." Aion whispered as he closed his eyes and drifted into the realms of sleep.

Author's Note

Here is a picture of what Moros Apocalypsis looks like