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This chapter is a little boring, but seeing as I haven't updated in a while I figure something is better than nothing.

Raine POV

My heart nearly beats out of my chest as I am lowered into the Pit, I have Banes arms wrapped around me holding me to him as we are lowered, I can't hold on with both hands due to the cast on my arm. As we got closer and closer to the bottom I began to panic more and more. The only thing I could thing about was what had happened the last time we were here; the pain, the fear and the screams. I have my gun with me so if anything happens I should be fine, plus bane is beside me, "You'll be fine, I promise" Bane whispers down to me.

We touch down on the floor of the pit. I can feel the eyes of all the prisoners on us; I turn and observe all that has changed and all that is different about the pit. There are now TV's in some of the cells but other than that the place is the same and still as hellish as it was before. I look around for a few minutes, making eye contact with the inmates to let them know that I'm not intimidated by them, when I feel a slight nudge. I look over to bane and he nods towards me signally me to move. Stepping backwards I look up to see Bruce be thrown over the edge of the pit. He free fell for about 30 seconds before the rope pulled tight and he made contact with the wall knocking him unconscious.

Bruce was lowered down to the ground where Bane cut the rope and hoisted Bruce over his shoulder. He began walking away from me towards the cells and I knew where he was going.

I followed behind Bane slowly; I got to the cell just as he placed Bruce down on the bed. Now we just had to wait for him to wake up.

We were only waiting a few minutes before we saw movement from Mr Wayne. He turned his head towards us. "Why didn't you just... kill me?" he asks. "You don't fear death... You welcome it. Your punishment must be more severe." Bane answers "torture?" Bruce says, jumping to conclusions. Bane replies "Yes. But not of your body... Of your soul." Bane looks down at Bruce as he looks around "Where am I?" He asks. "Home, where I learned the truth about despair, as will you. There's a reason why this prison is the worst hell on earth... Hope." Bruce looks shocked Bane continues "Every man who has ventured here over the centuries has looked up to the light and imagined climbing to freedom. So easy... So simple... And like shipwrecked men turning to sea water from uncontrollable thirst, many have died trying. I learned here that there can be no true despair without hope. So, as I terrorize Gotham, I will feed its people hope to poison their souls. I will let them believe they can survive so that you can watch them clambering over each other to "stay in the sun." Bane then Leans over Bruce "You can watch me torture an entire city and when you have truly understood the depth of your failure, we will fulfil Ra's al Ghul's destiny..." Bane explains and points to the TV opposite Bruce's cell. "We will destroy Gotham and then, when it is done and Gotham is in ashes, then you have my permission to die" Bane then proceeds to lean on Bruce to stand, causing him to scream out in pain.

The fourteen hour flight back from Kuwait, was a slow and painfully quiet one, I couldn't decide if Bane was angry, sad or deep in thought so I left him to himself and spoke with Barsad, "How smooth do you think things will go now that the bat is gone?" Barsad asks me "Very smooth I'm hoping" I reply to him "we haven't room for err…" a phone begins to ring, I look over to Bane and see him pull a phone from his pocket "hello…yes…yes there is time…no…why her...NO... fine I'll talk to her when I can…ok goodbye" I open my mouth to ask who was on the phone when I get cut off. "There has been a slight change of plan, Talia will be coming to over to discuss her position when retrieving the bomb" I give Bane a look "so instead of her finding where they keep the reactor and staying out of the way, she will be?" "She will be helping us to move the bomb and detonate it" I then knew the conversation was over because he turned away and started a conversation with the pilot.

We arrived back in Gotham at 1:00am; from there we went back to the penthouse. The ride back to the penthouse was silent, the lift ride was silent and climbing into bed was silent, even when I cuddled up to Bane and laid my head on his chest. For a few hours we laid there, not a word said between us "ok, what do you need to tell me?" I ask Bane, avoiding looking at his face. "Nothing" He replies. Let the awkward night commence.

I wake up to a cold bed, no one beside me.

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