The League [Phan AU]

Chapter 50

Phil made it up the stairs and went to the office, finding Dan sitting casually on the couch. He looked up and saw Phil and stood up, smiling in a way that was simultaneously evil and kind. Behind that grin were still some remnants of the Dan that Phil fell in love with. "Hey Philly," Dan greeted.
"I want Dan back," Phil stated.
"I am Dan, I always was, I've just come to realize a lot of new things," Dan said.
"No, you're not him," Phil replied, shaking his head.
"Of course I am! And when you realize that we can have the happy life we've always wanted!"
"We can't," Phil sighed sadly. "Not after everything that's happened. I wanted to live the rest of my life with the Dan I met when we were kids."
"I'm still here, I swear!" Dan argued. "Please, Philly."
"I'm sorry, Dan," Phil answered. "But I can't believe you."
"Okay, fine," Dan said. "I'll just do this the hard way."
Dan cracked his knuckles and began walking toward Phil with a smirk on his face. Phil raised his fists in a defensive stance, ducking as Dan swung his fist at him. Dan was fast though, and used his other hand to land a punch to Phil's side. Instinctively Phil dropped his hands to hold his side and Dan took the opportunity to punch him in the face.
Phil staggered backward and held his nose, which was throbbing with pain. He put his fists back up and was ready when Dan came at him this time. He quickened his movement, ducking and moving away from Dan's powerful blows. Suddenly Dan kicked Phil's legs out from under each other, sending him toppling to his knees. Dan grabbed Phil by his hair and kicked him in the stomach, Phil calling out in pain. Still holding him by his dark hair Dan took a knife from inside his coat and held it at Phil's throat. He could feel his heart beating rapidly in his chest. He knew Dan had always been holding back in training, and that's the only reason Phil ever beat him. Truthfully, Phil was no where close to matching Dan's skill.
"You know, I really didn't want to kill you," Dan said in Phil's ear. "You would have been fun to have around, and Dan of course loved you."
"So you admit it, then," Phil interrupted through gritted teeth. "You aren't Dan."
"You're so clever, Phil, I see why he likes you," Dan laughed.
"Let him go," Phil pleaded.
"But I've just started having fun! I can't give him up!"
"Please," Phil begged. "I want Dan back."
"Well boohoo!" Dan yelled. "You're going to die so why do you care?"
"I could ask you the same thing," a voice said from the doorway. They both looked up and saw Katie standing there, Joe behind her. Dan started laughing and the knife dropped lower in his grasp.
"Finally a worthy opponent appears!" Dan exclaimed. "Too bad you're too late."
Phil glanced down at the knife loosely held in Dan's hand, and the almost non-threatening place it was being held at. He sucked in a breath and grabbed Dan's arm, using all his strength to push him over his head. Dan landed on his back on the floor with a loud thud. Phil walked backward and stood by Katie, watching as Dan stood again.
"I'll take care of him," Katie said, stepping forward.
"Bring it, girly," Dan challenged, motioning for her to come closer.
Katie ran at him, moving away from his knife as he swung it at her. She grabbed his arm when he went to jab her and twisted it, the knife falling out of his hand as he cried out in pain. Katie then kicked the back of his knee and he fell to the ground.
He attempted to get up but Katie held him down, her smaller body somehow matching the 6-foot man in strength. Phil took out the handcuffs that were in the pocket of his coat and handed them to her. After his hands were bound Katie took out a gun and put it to Dan's head.
"Woah what are you doing?" Phil exclaimed.
"Relax, I'm just ending the fight," Katie replied, Phil letting out a sigh of relief. Katie pushed Dan to the balcony where they could see all that was happening below. With the gun to Dan's head she yelled out to the warehouse. "Dan Howell has been captured! The fight is over!"
Some people cheered, others groaned. The guns of Dan's men were dropped to the floor and the police shouted the words they had committed to memory for arrests. Up the stairs came Agent Norwood himself, followed by the two detectives Phil had grown quite fond of.
"Thank you for your help," Phil said, shaking the FBI agent's outstretched hand.
"And thank you," he replied. "I will honor our agreement and let you keep him, but be warned, if you cause any trouble from this day on, I will not hesitate to shoot you."
"Understood," Phil nodded, the agent turning and walking back down the stairs. Levi turned to follow, but stopped in his tracks when he saw Eren was still standing there.
"It was nice to meet and work with you," the detective said to Phil, holding out his hand. Phil took it with a smile and shook his hand.
"I wish it had been under different circumstances," Phil confessed, catching Levi grinning at the two of them.