In The Pit Bruce is about to make his escape when he thinks back to what he said to the blind prisoner, "I do fear death", he recalls the moments that led to this, Alfred: You're not Batman anymore, you have to find another way, you used to talk about finishing about a live beyond that awful cave.
Bruce: You remember that day you once told me about, when Gotham would longer need Batman? It's coming.
Rachel: When Gotham no longer needs Batman, I'll see Bruce again.
Rachel didn't mean anything to him anymore, he now had two interesting women to choose from, one Femme Fatale betrayed him out of fear for her very life and came to regret it immediately, the other talked of leaving Gotham. either way his love life was back in full swing.
Batman's career was always meant to be brief, he just got in too deep fighting criminals and psycopaths, ultimately to take the fall for a fallen district attorney. another reason he wanted to come back as Batman, was because he didn't like how he left it, being a fugitive but then he was broken by Bane, and that didn't sit well with him either, if he is going to stop being Batman he needs to go out on a high note: stopping Bane and saving the city, becoming the true hero of Gotham. how he was going to do it he wasn't sure yet, but one thing certain, was he wanted a life outside of Batman.
He jumped... and landed on the ledge and made his escape, the other prisoners were amazed, he made it to the top, climbed out and tried to figure out where he was, based on the landscape and the architecture, he made a guess that he was in India. he started walking.
He made his way to Gotham by stowing away on a cargo ship to New York while on the way he thought up few scenarios.
Defeat Bane If i can, obviously.
The Reactor: Plan A put the Core back in the reactor
Plan B Finish fixing The Bat's autopilot, hook up the Core and fly it out of Gotham
Batman's End:
I can't just ditch Gotham, I have to do something spectacular, but what?
By this time he was already off the boat and heading toward Gotham by road stowing away aboard a delivery truck bound for Gotham, once the truck was inside Gotham he got out of the truck and made his way to his abandoned penthouse without no one noticing.
I can't save Gotham alone
3 names came to mind Selina, Lucius, Gordon.
Find Selina First
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