Knightfall
12: 07 PM
Underneath Wayne Manner
- Batcave -
[13 Hours, 53 Minutes Until Operation: Knightfall]
"That was a stupid thing to do, Thomas - going after Bane on your own like that, you should've come to me first" Bruce hands over an icepack to Thomas, the younger man slowly takes it and holds it to his sides. Bruce's eyes track over to the man's sides, the blood-stained patch of his shirt, the now dark and dry layer of blood that had soaked into the material "You could have gotten yourself killed, why didn't you tell me that you were back in Gotham?"
Thomas slowly turns his head, his shoulder-length hair followers after, swaying due to the movement "I wasn't going after Bane, my target was Nyssa al Ghul. I was interrogating some of Black Mask's men, trying to get them to give me her location and then Bane showed up - bloody did a number on me, I am so grateful that I can't feel pain"
"Still...you should have come to me first, we could have taken Bane on together - coming to Gotham just like that? That is bound to draw some unwanted attention"
"You referring to that girlfriend of yours?"
"Talia? Yeah, she was dead set on finding you. She wasn't too happy with me when I told her that you were under my protection" Bruce walks over to the Batcomputer, folding his arms and looking to the large screen "Talia has the League of Shadows all through this city, she seems to know everything that goes on, everything that I do - there's no doubt that she knows that you are back here"
"You worried that she might try to kill me, I wouldn't worry about. Nyssa taught me everything she knew, and from the looks of her last fight with her baby sister; they seem to be somewhat equal - trust me, I can hold my own if it comes to it"
"She taught you everything that I know" Bruce counters, turning his head slightly "Talia and I got into a fight a while back, well...she attacked me first, but...I sure as hell couldn't keep her down, I doubt that you will have any better luck - especially with the new wound of yours..."
"You talking about the fight between you and her at Wayne Tower? You too had a wound, yet you are still standing here to this day, once I used the Lazarus; my body shall be returned to peek condition" Thomas looks to Bruce's lower back "You too would be wise to use the Lazarus to heal your wounds from last night, those will only result in slowing you down" he advises, tightening his grip over his wound "I'll take it that you are already aware that Jerome Valeska was only meant as a decoy to distract you from the true terror yet to sweep this city?"
"Yeah. It was obvious that it was a ploy to get me off of their backs, but I still had to stop Jerome before he could cause any more mayhem here, I still have the rest of today to stop Knightfall from happening, I need to make the most out of what time that I have," Bruce turns around "Do you have any leads?"
"A few, yes" Thomas nods "You may have found that trying to find the escapees have been impossible, there's not even a trace of them"
"It seems like it" Bruce leans against the console of the Batcomputer "There has been not a single reported sighting of them, which does not go with some of their . Cobblepot and Edward Nygma live for attention, plus then there's...Jeremiah Valeska. He couldn't have gone this long without making a move, it's not like him, and if Bane was in Gotham - that fails my theory of them not being in Gotham"
"Maybe Bane wants to be first in the line of trying to kill you, that or he's holding it for Nyssa"
"I can't believe that she's back, I thought that Talia would have killed her when my back was turned, honestly...I'm starting to think that I should have let her finish the job"
