The League [Phan AU]

Chapter 51

Katie walked down the stairs to the Hideout's jail, hidden underground beneath the warehouse. At the end of the line of cells stood Phil, staring into one of them with his arms folded over his chest. Katie walked and stood beside him, observing Dan who was laying on the bench against the far wall, his hands grasped together and resting on his stomach.
"What are you going to do with him?" Katie asked.
"I'm going to take him on that vacation we always dreamed of," Phil responded.
"You're going to the island I told you about?"
"It's the only shot I've got at saving him," Phil sighed. "They got us a flight in a few hours."
"You're leaving already?" Katie questioned.
"I want to get there as soon as possible so we can come back and help with the new League," Phil stated. "Plus, I have this gut feeling that something bad is going to happen."
"Well I'll be here waiting for you guys to come back," Katie said, turning to Phil and smiling. "I'm going to lead the League right, I promise you."
"Thank you," Phil grinned. "I know you'll do great."
The two friends opened their arms and embraced one another in a gentle, but firm hug. When they pulled apart Katie smiled up at him again and then turned to leave the jail, heading back upstairs all the way to the balcony.
Joe stood there in all black, grinning at her as they looked down at the remaining League members. The survivors from Los Angeles were there too, now following Katie's command like those of London. Katie took a deep breath and began talking to the crowd.
"The past months have been hard on all of us," she started. "And I know more difficulties will surely come, but we will fight them with all our strength. For years this League has existed to cause pain and to start violence, but today we start a new regime, one where we use the skills we have to do good. I know it'll be hard to change our ways, because we have been trained since we were children to kill and hurt. However, we will do good in this world, little by little we will atone for all that we have done with our bare hands.
"Today marks the beginning of a new code, a new conduct, a new way of life. We will no longer hide because we are doing wrong, but because we don't care to be recognized for our acts of kindness. From now on we work in the shadows to help those who cannot fight themselves. We protect the weak because we are strong. We save to atone for those we killed. We stand strong and mighty in honor of those we lost, that we may do right by them.
Because we are the League of Specially Trained Individuals."