Memoirs of Harvey Dent

WARNING: DO NOT READ THIS IF YOU HAVEN'T WATCHED "THE DARK KNIGHT" YET. IT WILL RUIN MANY, MANY THINGS FOR YOU, FOR THERE ARE MASSIVE SPOILERS AHEAD. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.

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Only one sign of hope

One shining ray of light

My heart was uplifted when I saw my father's coin

The one I gave to you before I left

It made me believe that you were safe

That you left me the shining, silver coin

To let me know that you were safe

I touched it, felt it smooth and cool

Like it had felt so many times before...

Then I turn it

And see nothign but blackness

Soot from the fire

Traces of skin and clothing

Your skin

Your clothing

My heart drops like an atomic bomb

Heaviness, emptiness, pain.

I feel nothing but the roughness of one side of a once lucky coin

And the cloth and bandages over a stinging, burning face

My screams fill the hospital

Tears form and stream down my face,

Burning my scarred and deformed face more than before

Fits of rage

Cries of sorrow

I tear the cloth from my scarred face and scream your name

"Rachel...! Rachel...!"

Your blood is on their hands

They should have came for you

I thought for sure that they would have come for you

Batman leapt out of a skyscraper to save you

I thought for sure that he would have saved you

From that horrible inferno

The scars on my face

My burns, my pain, my torment

That was only a fraction of what you felt in there

If the pain I felt hurts this much

I know the pain you felt was much worse

And I hate them for that.

It is in a man's nature to protect his woman

Or to protect any woman who is in distress

So why did they leave you to burn?

Why would they save me

Just for me to live like this?

To be reminded every second of every day

That they picked me, and not you.

They rescued me so that I could be the white knight of Gotham

A ray of hope for the people in a hopeless city

I would have rather burnt to death inside of that building

Then go on living knowing what happened to you

Harvey Two-Face. That was my name down there.

How appropriate is that?

What they did was unforgivable, Rachel.

I will make them suffer

I don't want to go on this way

I don't want to live the rest of my life knowing that we were betrayed

That you lived those last few moments in fear and agony

"I have an answer for you, Harvey... and my answer is Yes."

I swear I will make them pay

I swear on it, Rachel.

Gordon will suffer. The Batman will suffer.

The policemen who betrayed you will suffer.

Everyone will feel the pain that we felt.

I promise, Rachel. I made a living out of enforcing justice,

And justice will be served.

I will make things better, Rachel.

I will die making things better

I will do it for you, for us, for what was taken from us.

"We made that decision... all three of us did."

Gotham will never see a fire like the one I will cause.

The Joker might play his game and introduce his anarchy

But everyone will know my rage

Everyone will feel my pain

"Then why was I the only one who lost everything?"

I don't want to walk away from this

I dont' want to live through this

I can't live through this

Not with the memories that I carry

Not with this cross that I bare

"You either die a Hero or watch yourself become the Villian."

Well I didn't die a hero, Rachel.

Being a hero is what killed me.

It's what killed you.

If being a hero means watching the people I love burn to ashes

I will fully embrace being the villian.

I love you, Rachel

I will see you again

And I will see you soon...

- Harvey "Two-Face" Dent