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"Surrender yourself!" someone yells, its an opponent.
"I would never!" He says while searching for them, he cant find them.
"I said, surrender yourself!" He spots them now, in the centair of the battle.
His eyes widen, they have someone. Someone in blue, someone from his army. They have one of his soldiers, or.. not one of the 'soldiers'.
The captured has a different uniform on than his soldiers have. Something neat, like he would dress his chil...
"Surrender yourself and he would be free or fight me, and he dies. Your choice, make it fast." They say, walking closer to phil. He now can see who the captured is, it's his heir. His son, his family. His son can't be killed, never.
"Dad, don't do it. He can't do anything with me, if he kills me the war wont be over and he knows that." Wilbur is wrong, so so wrong. Phil knows he won't win this battle, not now, not ever.
"Emperor, make your choice." The man is familiar to Phil, but Phil can't place the voice behind the mask.
"Mate, what's your name."
"Non of your business, D-Emperor." It was fast, so fast. But Phil noticed the mistake.
"I'll surrender, but let him go. I will surrender if you promise that you won't touch my kids." The guy speaks like he is talking to his higher ups, always thinking about every word he says, not dare to make any mistakes.
"Kids, multiple..?"
"The heir and his little brother, don't touch them, please."
"Dad, you can't. I need you, Tommy needs you. The kingdom needs you, you can't leave us behind like that." Wilbur is wrong, again.
"You can leed te kingdom, you are the heir. You will help the kingdom after the downfall, I taught and trained you for that. I trust you."
"Look, I am not great with family business. But, your time is up." He whistles, a man runs up to them 3.
"Yes sir, what do you need help with?"
"Take him, take him to the portal. Not furster than that, dont take him into the nether."
"Yes, Emperor Technoblade. I will." He takes Wilbur. Only now Phil sees that the boy-his boy- is bound. His wrists are tied together behind his back, there is a long cord left over to pull on. Just like a leash for a dog.
Only after he called the name, phil understands what he recognised the man, in front of him from.
They wrap the cord arround their hand and wrist and leave. Pulling it every other moment, so Wilbur needs to keep pace. It isnt long enough to let the boy turn away from his dad. Because of that, pleading eyes bore into his skull with every move he makes.
"Why are you bringing him to the portal?" Phil already knows he has lost, why not make it a pleasant loss.
"When we come through the portal, they will know you are in my custody and they can let him go."
"So, when I come with you. All of it will be over."
"Lets just say, things will be different then. Not over, just different."
Phil isn't happy with that answer, but he still surrenders. He comes down to his knees, hands behind his head. Praying for that the man won't make it too hard on him.
"You like that, don't you Techno?" He says, a grin appears on his lips when he sees the man stills in his movement.
"How..."
"Your soldier, Techno. He named you that, son."
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"How-"
"You think I'm stupid, Technoblade?"
"No, of cour-"
"A father always remembers his child, even if he betrayed the kingdom that loved him."
"You know I didn't have a choice..." there is no emotion in his voice, its weird, he always talked with emotion.
"That army killed you, didn't it? You let your father kneel for you, only for him to be inslaved later on."
"No father, it- it didn't..."
"Let your brother- YOUR TWIN- be captured, to only be threatened with death if his father didn't give his freedom to the opposite end."
"PHIL, your mine now. Keep you mouth shut."
"The army did kill you..." He feels a rope being tighened arround his wrists. Only the be tied together when he couldn't move them anymore.
"It didn't, father. And I said, SHUT YOU MOUTH, please. This is the reason I left this place."
"Yes sir