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Technoblade was known for his violent outbursts and his tendency to kill people by accident with his signature weapon. If anyone had gotten to know him they would have realized that he was doing for the protection of his twin brother, but no one wanted to get to know him. A lot of people were afraid of him and he wouldn't allow anyone near him or his brother in the slightest. Technoblade also has a deeper secret for doing what he does, but no one knows the reason and he would rather keep it that way. Eventually his doings got into the ear of one Philza Craft, which became Technoblade's downfall. You see, Philza, was head of the mafia group The Syndicate, and he doesn't like when things get out of his control so when he hears about Technoblade he wanted to get rid of him at first because he was causing a whole lot of issues, but the more he thought about it the more the idea of getting him to join his side was sounding better and better. The problem was figuring out how to get that to happen and if someone had happened to find out that Technoblade had a twin brother who he was very protective of told him that information well that is anybody's guess. Philza ended up arranging it to where he got the brother kidnapped and well what happens next did not initially go well.

"What did you do?" Technoblade says immediately upon entering the office where Philza was waiting for him.

"Well hello to you to and I don't know what you mean?" Philza says in reply while lounging in his chair.

"Don't play dumb with me. I know you had my brother captured" Technoblade snapped eyes flashing as he stalked a little closer only to get stopped in his tracks by two armed men that was guarding Philza. Techno glared at both of them hand drifting to his axe that was strapped to his back.

"Alright. That's enough. Everyone leave. I will like to speak to Technoblade alone" Philza ordered keeping eyes locked on Technoblade. For a brief moment nobody moved until they just left without a word being smart enough to listen to orders knowing what would happen if they didn't. It wasn't until it was just Techno and Phil in the room did Techno drop his hand from his axe.

"Now lets get down to business. I won't pretend anymore of what has occurred since you seem to be a smart man. I did indeed have your brother captured. Your twin if I'm not mistaken right? Goes by Wilbur?" Phil said watching Techno. The more Phil talked the louder the voices in Techno's head screamed to kill him. It took a whole lot of effort to calm them down enough to be able to respond.

"Release him. Now" Techno said foregoing peace as he took another step forward.

"What will you do for him?" Phil replied having a feeling on the answer.

"Anything" Techno said with a slight growl, eyes narrowing at Phil.

"Anything you say? Even if it means doing more of what you have been doing" Phil replied leaning forward in his chair.

"I don't care. Give me my brother back" Techno snapped eyes flashing with barely concealed rage ignoring the voices that were being stirred up again. He would only make things worse if he gave in and that is the last thing that he wanted.

"No. I don't think I will" Phil finally said, breaking the silence that had briefly fallen.

"What do you mean no? Techno replied with gritted teeth while forcing himself to stay in place.

"I mean no. What about that didn't you understand? Your brother stays with me. That's not so hard is it? Phil said with a slight smile. At that Techno's will snapped and he stormed forward slamming his hands on the desk.

"Give. Me. My. Brother" Techno hissed, leaning forward into Phil's space.

"There it is. There is that rage that I have heard so much about" Phil said, leaning back against his chair.

"What will it take huh? You want me to join? Fine. You want me to hurt some people? I don't care. I already do that anyways. Just give me my brother back. He didn't do anything" Techno replied, curling his hands into fists as he struggled to rein in his temper.

"Alright alright. I'll release your brother to you. On one condition" Phil answered. Techno took a careful step back, still seething, but willing to listen if it meant getting Wilbur back. The second Phil noticed that Techno had moved back slightly and was paying attention he leaned forward again. "All you have to do is take care of someone for me. You see this individual is causing all sorts of problems and I need it handled. Kill the person for all I care. After you do that then I will let your brother go" Phil spoke again watching Techno to see how he would react. Techno took a breath in an attempt to calm down before he said anything and to think through what was being asked of him, but it only took a second considering Wilbur was at stake.

"Fine..." Techno answered , letting his sentence trail off for a moment. "But you have to swear that you will release him when I get back here" he finished the thought. When Techno initially started talking Phil had smiled knowing he had Techno hooked, but that smile quickly fell as the rest of the sentence was spoken.

"What? You don't trust that I will do as I say? Phil answered eyes briefly narrowing, before he forced himself to relax noticing that Techno was watching him.

"You seriously expect me to trust the guy who literally runs the most dangerous mafia group that this city has? I don't even know you. For all I know you could easily go back on your word and I'm not having that when my brother is being held hostage" Techno responded, crossing his arms in defiance daring Phil to disagree or to do something. At that Phil smirked lacing his fingers together on the desk. Techno immediately braced himself having a feeling something was about to go wrong.

"You dare question me? Who do you think you are coming in here and trying to tell me what to do? You might be good with that weapon of yours, but that is all your good for isn't it? I mean lets be honest. You couldn't protect your brother from me when I had him captured, so what use are you really" Phil said getting comfortable and that smirk of his only got wider when he saw Techno flinch. He let Techno stand there realizing what he had let happen before he started talking again. "I'm not swearing to anything because frankly you should just believe me. Now go on do what I told you" he leaned forward, which caused Techno to take step back as the voices started chanting danger. For a couple minutes nothing was said by either Phil or Techno.

"And yet you are asking for my help for something that you could easily tell anyone to do and they would without question because they know better than to go against you. There is no reason for you to ask me or hold my brother here unless you have other plans that involve me, which can mean that you have heard of my exploits and want to use them. As for my brother. I do a pretty good job on protecting him considering this is the first something has happened. You just so happened to plan accordingly when I wasn't around to keep on eye on things to be able to grab him like you did. You do realize that I can't do anything without information right, so I can't leave just yet" Techno answered straightening up a little while also tensing a little not knowing what was going to happen next. Phil narrowed his eyes at Techno while not answering for a minute before giving him the info that he needed to come up with a plan to complete the task at hand. After the info was relayed Techno turned around to head out not wanting to wait around any longer.

"Oh and Technoblade?" Phil said as Techno reached the door and opened it. Techno turned slightly to glance back at Phil. "You better watch yourself. Anything could happen to that brother of yours" Phil finished. Techno stiffened, before stalking out his anger flaring without saying a word. Phil takes a bit of time to cool off not liking how Techno got under his skin. He got up and walked over to the corner of the room where a door stood hidden pressed up against the wall. He walked through it and into a hallway that was empty except for another door at the very end of the hall. He started making his way down the hall not in any hurry to reach that door and when he eventually made it he straightened to his full height before opening it revealing a large enclosed room with a figure sitting shackled in the middle. When the figure heard the door open he looked up and as it noticed Phil standing in the doorway it smiled at him.

"Wilbur. How goes it?" Phil said walking in and shutting the door behind him.

"Let me guess. You got Tech to do what you want by threatening not only me, but himself as well. You're going to end up regretting that" Wilbur said shifting position.

"Sure I will. He is more than willing to comply if he knows that I can hurt you at any time I want" Phil replied walking towards Wilbur.

"You still don't get it do you? If you hurt me in any way no matter if it isn't serious you're gonna have a problem. My dear brother isn't going to let that slide. You think that his outbursts are bad right now its gonna be a whole lot worse if you put your hands on me" Wilbur answered looking up at Phil as he reached him.

"I think I can handle him" Phil said looking down at Wilbur, before suddenly grabbing his shirt front and jerking him upright so they were face to face. "After all he will be more focused on getting to you than anything else" Phil smiled as he finished talking releasing Wilbur to fall back to the floor. Phil turned around to leave without another word and then ended up stopping when he heard Wilbur start laughing. He turned back around to look at Wilbur on the floor curious on what was so funny.

"You must be really delusional if you really think that you would be able to handle my brother. He is protective and that protectiveness makes him that much more dangerous" Wilbur said after calming down from laughing. Phil didn't say anything just rolled his eyes as he left completely that time.

~With Technoblade~

As Techno left the mafia stronghold he made his way through the streets fuming at the fact that he has to go do a job that he got forced into doing. He noticed how people were steering clear of him as he stalked down the road and that was fine with him. He made for his house going in an elaborate way so it couldn't be found. When he eventually got there he went in long enough to grab supplies, before heading out again to hunt down the person that he got sent after. As he walked he slowly started to get into the headspace of laser-eyed focus and the voices settled disappearing into the background as Techno was bent on finding the person as quickly as possible. It seemed to take forever before he found the building where Phil said the person was hiding out. Instead of going right in and finishing it Techno wandered around until he found a good vantage point to keep watch until the right time to strike hit. As he waited he let all thoughts of what could be happening to Wilbur fall away because if he let himself think about it the whole plan could easily come undone, so he forced himself to only think about the task at hand.

After awhile of watching and waiting Techno finally got up to head inside the building, but not going through the front door. He found a different way in that nobody would seem him enter or leave. He made his way quietly through the building eyes constantly moving to make sure no one got the jump on him. Eventually he stopped right outside and out of sight of a room that he could hear a lone man talking on the phone. Techno moved forward enough to peek into the room to see if the man was who he needed to deal with and after making confirmation that it was he moved back again to very quietly draw his axe from its place on his back. He double checked to make sure anything else he might need was in the respective places and then stepped into the room swinging his axe up to rest nonchalantly on his shoulder. The man got off of his phone and turned around to grab a glass that was sitting on a table close by him when he noticed Techno.

"Who are you?!" he said taking a step back.

"I heard that you were giving The Syndicate a hard time" Techno replied purposefully not answering the question.

"So they sent you to deal with me did they?" the man spoke laughing.

"Yeah they did and you better stop or else I will do something to make you" Techno answered reflexively tightening his grip on the handle of his axe.

"Oh really? And what are you gonna do? Kill me. Please. Do you know who I am?" the man replied straightening up.

"Honestly I don't really care who you are and I'm more than capable of killing you" Techno said moving closer. As he got closer the man started to recognize Techno.

"Wait. I know you. You're Technoblade aren't you? Listen man I can make you a deal okay. Just don't kill me please" the man spoke as he backed away from Techno.

"Are you going to stop being a hassle for The Syndicate?" Techno said.

"No I'm not. If anything I'm gonna teach them a lesson" the man replied stopping his backward movement, which was a mistake because in the middle of what he was saying Techno got fed up and moving swiftly he cut the man down with his axe killing him instantly. Techno stood there for a moment just staring at the dead man in front of him, but all of a sudden the doors around the room burst open spilling a bunch of men into the room and when they noticed the guy dead on the floor with Techno standing there with a bloodied axe they screamed and charged Techno weapons aloft. Techno sighed before jumping into the battle and killing every single person. After it was done he took his leave to go back to Phil to tell him what happened.

~The Syndicate stronghold~

Phil was chilling in his office reading a book when the door slammed open and Techno came stalking in still covered in blood. Phil looked up from his book as the door hit the wall and then set it down when he saw Techno.

"So. You finished it?" Phil said instead of anything else.

"Yes including everyone else in that building" Techno replied taking out stuff to start cleaning the blood off of his axe.

"Impressive" Phil answered watching Techno.

"Are you gonna give me my brother now or is there going to be a problem?" Techno said glancing up at Phil.

"No problem at all. One moment" Phil replied after deliberately not saying anything for a bit, before he stood up and left the room. While he was gone Techno finished cleaning his axe and then set it back in its place. Phil comes strolling in not super long after that with Wilbur following and as soon as Techno saw him he relaxed a little. Wilbur perked up upon noticing Techno and slipped past Phil to go up to him.

"Techno. You actually came back for me" Wilbur said in relief.

"Of course I did. I couldn't just leave you here" Techno replied wanting to reach out to hug him, but he realized he was still covered in blood and there was still the issue of Phil to deal with, so he turned his attention back to Phil. "We good to go then" Techno said addressing Phil.

"Go ahead" Phil answered gesturing to the door after moving slightly to the side for them to leave. Techno narrowed his eyes before grabbing Wilbur's wrist and pulling him behind him, so they could pass Phil, who didn't make a move to go up to them. Wilbur wisely said nothing as they left confident that Techno has his back. Techno didn't relax and after they left the building and made it back home. Phil went to sit down at his desk to go back to reading with a small smirk on his face already planning how he was gonna get Techno to do more jobs for him.