White Knight-Batman SI (Bruce x Rachel)(OC x Selina Kyle)

Part 34

Chapter 34

BRUCE WAYNE

Bruce felt consciousness return to him slowly as his whole body ached with searing pain. Yet he did not scream nor move as the events of the previous night, about attacking Gambol's lair and then the subsequent ambush by the man named 'Bane' appeared in his mind.

He was tied up, his hands and feet secured through tight bindings, and he felt that he was in a vehicle.

"So you are finally awake?" another voice cut in, the voice grazy and mechanical, the very voice that he had heard last as his eyes had shut.

Bruce realized that there was no use in pretending and looked up and found him standing infront of him. He wore a sleeveless jacket, and now, in the light, he could clearly see his bulking body. Bane was a giant of a man, taller and bigger than him; his muscles bulged out, and his face still had that strange mask on it.

"Welcome aboard, Bruce Wayne, or should I say...."

"Batman," he spoke, and Bruce scanned his surroundings and realized that he was on a plane, and still, he knew little of this man's purpose.

Yet they were not alone now, there were others present as well, standing behind the masked man in a manner so familiar to him.

"The League," he reasoned out as he realized this man's probable origins.

"Indeed, at least what remains of us after your brother's crusade against us, but that all shall end soon," the man began as he turned away from him and plopped down on a seat by the side, clearing his sight to a TV placed on the isle, with a live news broadcast.

"Soon, we shall use his prowess to rebuild all that we have lost and finish the mission liberating Gotham. Watch Mr. Wayne as the city you and your brother worked so hard to save."

Bruce's eyes widened as he saw the visuals on the TV. Massive protests were being shown, targeting Wayne Enterprises and the Wayne Manor. The ancient manor was now on fire, along with the various charities set up by Wayne Enterprises, charities, and shelters that were there to help the needy of the city.

And Bruce's gaze narrowed onto the headlines underneath even as his hands unworked his bindings as stealthily as they could as he used a small laser saw from his utility belt to cut through the metal bindings around his arms and legs.

~Batman's identity revealed: Bruce Wayne, the billionaire~ and he stilled as the clips of the video of Selina playing as Joker had her reveal his identity. And have her blame Thomas for his death~

"Watch it burn. Everything you and your family have built is gone," Bane began, and Bruce could feel him chuckle.

"...gone by the hands of the very people you wished to save," he said as he shook his head.

"Was it really worth defying the League for this city, Bruce Wayne?" he questioned as he looked him in the eye.

"You could have been so much more, yet you chose to give it all up for this," he said as he pointed towards the screen.

"Yes," Bruce answered, and he meant it as well.

"This is not the city, and this is you. Your lies and your plots, you have misguided the city, riled them up, enraged them. Gotham deserves to be saved, deserves to be given a chance for it has good people in it, people who have remained good despite the darkness they faced, they have remained resilient, steadfast," he said as he looked towards the screen once more, and watched as his house burnt with a raging pyre.

"We can rebuild the house, we can get back what is lost, but I refuse to give up on the people of my city, and I shall believe in the goodness in their hearts till my dying breath," he said as Bane's eyes narrowed.