Kissing Steel (Book 1) *UPDATED*

Chapter 12

A loud explosion roared during the big football game, making the audience panic in fear. Bane came out and stood at the middle of the field, taking the microphone. The other men took out the doctor and made him kneel down, as Bane shoved the mic in front of him to introduce himself. It was the start of Gotham's reckoning. This was it.

He spoke to millions of people out there, where cameras explored every corner just to capture the scarred faces of Gotham's citizens. Nobody knew what was happening.

Bane finally introduced himself to the public.

That day, he released every prisoner in Gotham and gave each their weapon. It's definitely war between the police and their prisoners. Good and bad. And batman isn't here to save them anymore.

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Snow started falling from the sky. Families hiding in their houses, hiding from the criminals surrounding their area. It was a tragedy. They couldn't do anything. I pity them, but even I couldn't do anything else.

Miranda lied to us. We believed that no one would get hurt. But even civilians were being punished for nothing.

I went to the hideout. I was hoping he'd come and change his mind.

I'm not leaving, I've made up my mind. I'll stay. I'll rot in jail either way, because whatever happens, I'm still an accomplice. Bane isn't going through this alone.

And it's time to tell him the truth.

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Miranda's plan is going well. Soon, it'll all be over. I'll be dead.

I've accepted that reality years ago. I die with the legacy. But that was when I didn't have anything to live for.

"Come with me," Amy told me at the stadium. She welcomed me into her life as if I was deserving of it.

No, this can't be. Is this what Miranda was telling me? She's become a distraction?

"She's a traitor. Trying to stop us from what we've sacrificed for years," Miranda once told me. She might be right. And I need to know if what I feel is wrong.

I need to find her.