It has been three months since Ra's Al Ghul's "Purifying" the planet. At first he just took out criminals and mobsters. But it was nothing good for me. All of the criminals were either dead or too chicken to come out in public. He had ended Batman's reason for existence... my reason for existence. Batman was no longer needed. That is, until things started to escalate.
Soon everybody was suffering. Assassins were taking out people for the littlest indiscretion. Stealing fruit off the street, picking some guy's pocket; and there was worse yet to come. Soon, Ra's Al Ghul's assassins were taking out electric, hydroelectric, and nuclear power plants. People lost power, then everybody started dying. It would seem that Cain had gotten more than he bargained for. Nonetheless, I was back on the streets... busy as ever. It figures. Ra's was always aiming for his idea of "Natural Balance." Cain was too blinded with rage to notice. He just thought he was going to take out crime, but now he's taking out criminals, the innocent, the elderly, and the young. He's probably as miserable as ever. There was still one question on my mind, though.
How did those goons kill Cassandra? She was just as well trained as Cain, if not better; and she could have easily taken all of those crooks out."
"Something isn't ri..." I was interrupted by footsteps. I turned around to see some intruder. Before I could make them out, I was swatted over the head, with something heavy.
I awoke tied to a chair... again... and saw five people standing in front of me. I saw The Penguin... Harley Quinn... The Joker... Black Mask... and... and... Cain?
"Where the hell am I?"
"You're in a small gas station outside of Gotham." I heard Penguin answer. "But don't fret. We have no beef with you. Unlike that idiot Cain."
"Why are you here anyway, Cain?" And you..." I looked over at The Joker. "You started this whole mess. If your thick-skulled henchmen stayed away from Cassandra..."
"Oh, you're too serious, Mr. Wayne." I looked down and realized I was not in costume. Cain must have kidnapped me. He was the only one who knew my identity.
"Yeah, bat." I heard the annoying squeal that was Harley's voice. "Who's says it was Joker's guys who did it?"
"Cain, idiot."
"True, I did say it..." Cain trailed of for a moment. "But further observation would prove me... wrong." I saw Black Mask toss an old tape to Cain. When the tape was put in some twenty-year-old fossil of a television, Cain left the room without saying another word.
The tape showed Cassandra walking in an alley, then somebody jumped out from behind her. It was Scarecrow. He drugged Cassandra, and she was so confused and frightened she could barely walk. Then, three men came in; dressed in the same attire as Cain when he killed Dent. They did... awful things to Cassandra. Then they finished her... and Scarecrow thereafter.
"I don't understand..." I was interrupted by Black Mask.
"Just shut up and look."
He used the remote to zoom in on the shoulder of one of the henchmen. There I saw an insignia... crossed swords behind a crescent moon. The same one on...
Ra's Al Ghul killed her. He planned this whole thing. He killed Cassandra so that Cain would join him. Cain would help Ra's get the ingredients for his drug and re-assemble The League of Assassins. He would start this Armageddon we find ourselves trapped in now.
Cain entered the room after the tape had been ejected from the television. "Now you see, Bruce. You now see that Ra's planned everything from the start. You have to help us, Bruce. You have to help us stop him."
"Why the hell would I help you? Penguin, you are a freak who has an obsession with penguins and death. Black Mask, you are a sociopath who tortured Selina Kyle's sister and brother in law to the point of insanity and death. Harley, you are a moronic sycophant who is loves a psychopath. Joker, my reasons for hating you are endless. And as for you Cain, well you started this whole damn mess."
"We understand you hesitation..." Said Black Mask, his uncovered teeth clenching. "...But you must understand, we have never done anything of this caliber. We did some damage, but nothing like this. You must help us stop Ra's Al Ghul or we are all doomed."
"And what if I refuse?"
I then heard that signature maniacal laugh of The Joker. "If you refuse, then you are more of a criminal than any of us."
