My theory
In “apocalypse the twelve” storyline
Apocalypse was never truly trying to ascend.
It was never about apocalypse’s ascension
It was about Scott summers ascension as leader of mutantkind
Apocalypse knew what was going to happen he needed to merge with cyclops to leave a part of himself with him as a way of crowning Scott summers “cyclops” as the new leader of Mutants kind
Look at all the mutants surrounding apocalypse and cyclops
From magneto to Jean grey, from leaders of mutantkind and the some of the most powerful.
Apocalypse knew Of cyclops since the moment he merged with cables techno organic virus hundreds and hundreds of years ago.
And He met cyclops again in the time traveling adventures of further adventures of cyclops in Phoenix.
The techno organic virus apocalypse has is from cable and because cable is cyclops‘s son The techno organic virus has access to cyclops DNA. Hence Apocalypse has summer dna
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