Agreements

Chapter 11: Banes Side

Heavy feet crunched on top of fresh crisp snow while hot steady breathing escaped the man's mouth. Every day it was cold; but Bane would never wear a jacket. After training in harsh winter storms with only shorts on; this weather was nothing to him.

Bane had found sanctuary in the Himalayan Mountains. Though this was the best place he could get away from his enemies; he mainly came up here to help the villagers that where being attacked by a small terrorist group.

He approached his little wooden cabin and yanked the door open. Inside was a small tv, an arm chair, a fireplace, a small cooler full of meat, and a bed. There was no need for a fridge really, what ever needed chilling he would stick in the snow for a few minutes.

A calendar hung from the wall next to his bed, which he only marked one day each month when his supplies where coming in. But other than that; Bane was alone in his little cabin; his little space; his territory; his comfort zone.

The only human contact he made was with the villagers he was helping. They did not know any language that he knew, but it was ok. He was very good at interpreting people's body language; which helped him figure out where the terrorist would hide.

Bane put an iron cast kettle onto the metal hook above the fireplace, waiting for the water to come to a boil so he could make his favorite tea. While he neatly set up his tea leaves he suddenly stiffened, looking toward the cabin door.

He could hear the crunching of snow heading toward his cabin. From the sound of the footsteps it was not any wild life he had heard of before. No; it had to be a man, 5'4, average weight; carrying something.

Drop off day had happened just a week ago; who could this be? He told his men that to come up here any other time of the month would result in death. In a quick action, Bane ripped the door opened the grabbed the little man by the neck before he could even knock on the door.

"State your business of coming here." Bane yelled at the man, but his grip was way too tight around the man's neck for him to even squeak out a reply. The man weakly lifted a manila envelope, his hands shaking. Bane dropped the man, causing him to fall over; trying to catch his breath.

"T-T-This is f-*gasp*for you! A j-*gasp*ob.", The man still gasping for air while Bane put his foot on his chest. Manila envelope, little man delivering it; this was a hit job. "Who wants who dead." Bane asked the man who was breathing heavily on the floor.

"H-He wishes to remain anonyms! But he is willing to pay four million dollars for the job!" This made Banes eyes widen a bit under his mask. Four million, someone really wanted this person dead.

Bane slowly opened the envelope and took out two papers with a photos attached to them. The first one was of Bruce Wayne; no wonder the hit was worth so much, this man was the billionaire orphan.

Though he knew that Bruce Wayne's alter ego was Batman; the vigilant crime fighter that Bane had broken years ago. But after years of Bane changing his ways and of them helping each other; they had made an agreement to stay out of each other's way; unless situations like these happened.

Bane looked at the other paper and was a tad bit shocked; it was a young woman's file. Her name was Amelia Bent; A twenty-four year old, sandy blonde hair, with gleaming green eyes; with a smile that could melt any ones heart. He had just one rule; no killing of innocent women. Taking his foot off the man he glared down at him. "Tell who ever sent you I am not interested. Now get out of here que poco hombre."

The man ran away screaming and Bane slammed the door behind him, looking closer at the woman's file. Apparently according to the file; this woman was the niece of Bruce, and she was to be the heir to the Wayne fortune. Bane laughed quietly to himself, he knew this was a lie. Bruces will state's that all his money is to go to orphanages all over Gotham. So who ever wanted this woman dead obviously did not have his facts straight.

It said in the file that she was coming to Gotham after she finished her semester in college. He deiced that he would give Bruce a call in the morning; warning him about the bounty on his and his nieces head. Putting the files on top of the tv, he held his tea cup; pouring the hot water into it.

Hours later he was watching the tv quietly; watching the fuzzy picture of what the media liked to call 'the news'. He calmly sipped his green tea; his senses calm and his mind clear.

Somehow the photo of Amelia fell onto the floor; Banes eyes fell onto it. The woman's smile pierced him. But unlike other men, trained himself to suppress sexual desires and the drive to seek female companionship. Though this Amelia was a sight to behold; a little gorgeous woman on a little gorgeous frame. He picked up the photo and put it back on the tv upside down and continued to drink his tea.

Hours passed; and once he was done with his daily exercises and showering; he lying down in his bed. He was actually tired; which was odd for him. Sleep was very rare for him; usually when he was tired he would meditate to rejuvenate himself; or just lie awake restlessly. But tonight; Banes eyes slowly closed and he let out a deep breath; sleep slowly taking him.

His eyes opened to darkness surrounding him; this was not usual for him though. Just then a beam of light slowly came from the floor, almost blinding him. This was unusual; the last time this happened was when he was a child.

Out from the floor where the light came from, the figure of a woman slowly rose up. When her whole figure came out of the floor her sandy blonde hair bounced but she would not face him. Was that the girl from the file; Amelia?

Bane slowly approached the woman, who seemed to be crying softly; her hands covering her face. His massive hand touched her shoulder making her whole body tremble. Her hands moved but her face was still hidden.

"Bane….me duele tanto .. que me duelen .. ¿por qué no estabas ahí para protegerme ... te necesitaba ... lo que supone que debe ser mi protector ...?" Her words made him stager a bit.

He grabbed her shoulder to turn her around; her face was covered in blood, gashes all over her face and arms. In the middle of her forehead was a bullet wound, blood gushing from it.

"Bane. No matter where I go, he will hurt me. Please; HELP ME!" She started to scream in pain which made him cover his ears.

Banes massive frame and shot up, taking a deep breath; sweat running down his face. He quickly got up and grabbed Amelias file and started to read it; learning everything about her from it. Amelia was graduating from her college this year with a degree in Communications and Public Relations.

This did not tell him anything about her, but the dream did. If he did not get rid of who wanted to hurt her; they would come after her in till she was dead. He knew what he needed to do. Sticking his hand in between the mattress and picked up his emergency cell phone, he called one of his men.

Bane sat tall in his plane seat, not moving scene he got in his seat. He was a very patient man, so this seventeen hour flight did not bother him. The only thing on his mind was the woman Amelia. Bane had a bit of a problem; when he focused on something he would not leave alone in till his job was done. So in till he knew that Amelia would be safe; he would watch her like a hawk.

It was hours later after the plane had landed and Bane was ready to finally get to work. Though it was late at night he went right to work; putting on his normal attire of black tight tank top, black pants and mask; he opened his window and jumped out into the night. He memorized the address of where she lived and started towards it.

He purposely got a hotel near her dorm room; luckily she lived in a college town where there where nothing but hotels. Scaling he building he studied his surroundings in till he found a small red apartment building.

Counting the rooms, he knew that she lived on the third floor in the twenty second room. Her room faced a window that looked onto the San Francisco Bay and the Golden Gate Bridge.

The night gave him cover as he climbed up to her window, he saw the light in her room was on. Pulling himself quietly onto the fire escape that was next to her window he gaze in and was awe struck.

Amelia was sitting at her small vanity, brushing her long sandy blonde hair. She was wearing a white night gown, with a white robe tied over it. She looked like an angel as she put her brush down slowly and glided across the bed room floor. Sitting at her desk that was near the window, she opened up her laptop and started typing.

He never thought he could find himself in such awe and infatuation with a woman before ever laying eyes on her. Bane shook his head; no he had to stay focused and hide his natural sexual desires. He was here to protect her, not to ogle her.

He had been following her for days now; at this point he knew her whole schedule by heart. Every morning during the week she went to classes from 8 till 1; taking a small lunch break in between 11 and 12. After class she would go back to her room, and do studying or homework. After that she would go jogging from the apartment up to the golden gate bridge. After that she would eat dinner and then would coop herself up in her room.

She was a timid little woman but it seemed like she had a heart of gold. She was always helping others weather they wanted it or not. To him, she was a hard working, innocent, lovable woman. He found himself slowly wanting to get closer to her everyday.

The only time he got to be very close to her was during her breaks. She would always go to a little coffee shop at the corner of her apartment. She would always order a small coffee, something small to eat and read something till her next class started.

On these days he would always sit at a table behind her. He wouldn't bring anything to cover his face up; though she was very smart, she wasn't the very observant type.

As she would read he would constantly use silver wear to look at her. He would study her face; the way her nose would crinkle up when she read a paragraph she liked. The way she would always blow on her coffee before she sipped; even if it got cold. Bane would find himself smiling at every little thing she did. He couldn't help it; she was so little and sweet that everything she did was adorable.

But today was different; today someone decided to sit with her at the table. It was some man he had never seen before. Bane turned his head a bit to listen into the conversation.

The mean leaned across the table, "Hey Amelia! You didn't call me last night?! Are you ok?"

Amelia closed her book and bit her bottom lip. "I'm so sorry Ben. I've been so romped with final project that I forgot to call you."

The man smiled and reached for her hand but she shyly pulled her hands back. This made the man frown a little. "We've been dating for a month and you still get shy when I try to hold your hand. You know you don't have to be shy around me!"

He tried again but this time she hid her hand behind her book. Her cheeks where red now; she seemed more embarrassed then shy. "I know…I know.."

"You've been stressing yourself out with school. How about I come over, we order pizza and we can cuddle the way you like."

Amelia and Ben heard the snapping of wood behind them; making them jump. Bane had a new feeling rush over him that he had felt before; jealously. He had gotten so jealous during their conversation that he had snapped the table he was sitting at in half. Bane got up and tossed a hundred on the broken table, storming down the street; Amelia and Ben stared at the man.

That night Bane was at the fire escape like he always was; staring at Amelia intensely as she sat on her couch; reading her favorite book. He had been watching her for weeks now; she never once called this man and now he wanted to bother her. Then again he could have been the number calling her ever other night around ten. But she would always hang up and text the person; then would continue to study.

Around nine there was a knock at her door; putting her book down, Amelia went to the door and opened it. The man just walked in and sat on her couch; Bane kept his eyes on him, watching with a death glare.

Amelia eventually sat down next to him and they watched some movie. Though she did not seem really interested in it; she kept trying to bring up things in their political science class but it seemed Ben had other ideas.

Every time Ben would move his hand onto Amelia's leg Bane would have to stop himself from crashing into the window and breaking his spine in half.

Amelia would timidly move over or shuffle her legs away; but to Bane he did not even deserve to breathe the same air she did, let alone be in the same room as her. Eventually after what seemed like the 20th time Amelia pushed his advances away; Ben had finally had it. "Amelia come on! What is wrong?!"

Amelias face was red; she refused to look up at him. "Look; I told you before we started dating that I was REALLY shy."

Ben put his hand under her chin and had her look up at him, "Hey come on, you really have no need to be shy. I just want to get closer to you is all."

He slowly started to move for a kiss; but Amelia put her hand on his lips, her eyes locked on his neck. It looked like he had a bruise on his neck, grabbing the collar of his shirt she tugged it down; it was a hicky.

"Oh I was in the shower…and..and I slipped." Amelia could tell he was lying, she got up from the couch.

"I'm not stupid Ben, who is it." Ben looked down, scared to even look up at her.

"Elizabeth. From our political science class. It was a mistake! We were drunk, we got carried away an-" Before he could finish Amliea threw his coat at him; angrily opening the door.

"Out. Now. Do not call me, do not come around me, do not sit next to me in class." Amelia was staring at him with a cold stare; Ben was smart and walked out of the apartment. Before he could say anything she slammed the door in his face.

Amelia now sat on the couch; turning the tv off. She sat there in silence, staring blankly at the wall. Eventually tears fell from her face but she kept a calm face. She quickly walked to the window and opened it, letting cold air in. But Bane was not there anymore; he had other plans.

Ben stood by his car and opened his cell phone; letting out a loud sigh. "Hey. I'm sorry boss but it looks like she isn't interested in me anymore. What was the other part of the plan if the first part of the plan didn't work out….Kill her?! I am not killing her! I thought the boss hired someone to kill her!"

"He did. But he was a fool to try and hire me; and you are one too for coming near Amelia." Ben jumped from the deep voice coming from behind him and looked up. There stood Bane; staring down at him with the most cold; menacing look he had ever seen on a man.

Ben dropped his phone and put his hands up, shaking violently, "Look man I was just doing my job is all! She's the one who pushed me away! Sh-"

Bane grabbed the man by the mouth before he could finish his sentence; lifting him into the air. "You hurt her…my…my little sunshine…you.." So much rage filled Banes heart, the last time he was this mad was when facing Batman to the death.

"You broke her heart, now, I MUST BREAK YOU!" Bane grabbed the man by his legs and bent his knee down, snapping Ben in half like a twig. For a second his body twitched but eventually his body went limp.

Bane threw the body and stood up tall; looking up at Amlieas building. He was right; if he had not come to watch over her; she would have been murdered. Bane slowly climbed up the fire escape to find her sitting on it; her legs hanging off the edge. Tears running down her sweet face.

Bane wanted to dry her tears, he wanted to hold her, tell her that she was going to be fine. He never wanted to see her suffer like this; to be sad; to feel alone. She was so innocent, so smart; she did not need a bum like Ben. Bane would show her that all she would need…was him. To protect her from anything that would dare hurt her, to comfort her when she was sad, to be there for her; always.

*you little man.

**"Bane..it hurts so much..they hurt me..why weren't you there to protect me...I needed you...you where suppose to be my protector..."