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Dan is pacing the room while the rebel leaders and Adrian and Joe all sit around the circle table, Dan's chair empty next to PJ. They're all watching Dan as he moves back and forth, thinking hard about what they need to do.
"So what did he specifically say?" Adrian asks, speaking up for the first time since they've all been in the room.
PJ clears his throat before speaking up. "The king said that he knows where we're hiding, he's bringing the fight to us, and he's giving us 24 hours to prepare. No negotiating."
"Well we obviously can't bring the fight to him because we don't have enough time to actually plan that," Cat throws out there and everyone nods in agreement.
Louise also adds on. "And we also can't exactly run because getting that many rebels out of here would be nearly impossible with that amount of time."
"Which basically puts us in a situation where only have a couple options and none of them are very good," Dan says and they all sigh in frustration. Phil tilts his head to the side in slight confusion.
"What are our options?" Phil asks Dan and Dan pauses, pinching his lips together as he looks back towards the table.
"Well," he begins and they all look at him to continue. "We take the obvious route and meet him in the middle so we basically bring the fight to each other in the streets. Another route is we disperse fully into the city but we don't have enough places for all of us. And then there's the last option..."
As he trails off, Adrian's eyes widen as he figures out what Dan's last option is. "Oh fuck no. Daniel Howell, if we do that again you will end up dead and I'm not going to let that fucking happen while I'm still breathing and alive."
They all look between the brothers in confusion.
"What exactly does he want to do?" Joe quietly asks and Adrian clenches his jaw in anger before looking back at everyone sitting around the table.
"He wants to offer himself to our father to buy us time." The split second after Adrian finishes talking, everyone is yelling and objecting to that idea instantly, throwing glares at Dan. Dan instantly starts to become overwhelmed and all of the loud voices starts to make his heart pound.
"Okay, OKAY!" he yells and they all fall silent. "It's not an option then."
"How about this for a plan?" PJ starts. "We tell everyone what's happening and we prepare everyone. Then afterwards we tell them that we're meeting the king the middle by bringing the fight to the streets and then with everyone, we figure out who is to be where and when. Okay?"
They all nod, agreeing to gather everyone in two hours before splitting off and leaving the room.
As Dan is headed back to his room, Phil grabs his wrist and pulls him into his own room, slamming the door behind him. Dan stumbles forward before whirling back to look at Phil in shock.
"Phil, what the fuck?" he exclaims but Phil grabs Dan by the shoulders and flips them around, pushing Dan roughly against the door. Phil stares into Dan's eyes before shaking his head with a sigh.
"I want to be mad at you, god I want to be pissed because you were willing to offer yourself up to your father again but, it's really hard to be upset with someone that I love." Dan stutters as he searches Phil's eyes, trying to figure out what he means.
Phil doesn't give him a chance to think before kissing him and locking the door.
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15 hours earlier
As everyone gathers in the main room, all of the leaders and Dan stand on the side of the room, waiting for everyone to arrive. Dan bounces on his toes anxiously as Cat and Louise quietly talk near him and Phil and PJ make conversation between them. As the room quiets down, PJ leans over and whispers into Dan's ear.
"Did you have fun with Phil earlier?" he mutters and Dan blushes darkly as PJ pulls back with a smirk. Phil looks over and gives Dan a look but Dan just waves him off.
Phil subtly moves closer to Dan and whispers "Why are you blushing so hard?" in his ear. Dan swallows thickly.
"He knows we were... having fun in your room earlier," Dan replies and Phil coughs to cover up his chuckle of embarrassment. PJ looks over at the two with a knowing smirk and Phil punches him in the arm.
The last people come into the room and the door shuts behind the last person. Phil takes a deep breath before stepping up onto the table at the front of the room so that everyone can see him.
"Hello everyone," Phil begins strongly. "I'm sorry that we have to gather now. I know that it's late. For years we have been running from the king, fighting for our place in society but it's now the time that the king is coming after us." Talking starts to fill the room but it instantly goes silent as Phil puts his hands in the air. "Here's the situation. The king has given us 24 hours to retaliate and prepare ourselves. Now we have 20 hours left but we have a plan," Phil says, pausing to let everything sink in. "We are meeting him in the middle. We will fight in the streets because we will not let him destroy us in our home. Tomorrow at 9am, we will do what we usually do is leave our mark but after that, we will not run. We will fight and kill the king to fight for our spot in this world! Who's with me?!"
Cheers fill the room and Phil hops down as PJ stands on the table. "Okay everyone! We will have groups with separate tasks..."
PJ explains the rest and afterwards, they all start to prepare for what's next.
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You're Never Alone
FanfictionDan is a firebender and a soldier for his father, the king. He's the prince and for years on end, he's been given the task to capture as many icebenders as possible. Phil is an icebender and a rebel for a society his father created. Anyone who is ag...
