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-Sailor

When they eventually got whatever cargo they were referring to onto the plane, some of the men that travelled with us in the van took their seats scattered around the plane. It was only a small plane so there were only a few seats with plenty of leg room though. I noticed they all created like a radius around me, not even looking at me at all through the flight. Bane sat beside me but never looking at me, his eyes stared straight forward occasionally glancing around at his men. I let my head fall back on the headrest staring out the window.

"You should sleep…we still have a few more hours to go" spoke Bane.

"Yea…I just want to go to the bathroom first"

He nodded and got up. There was no need, there was plenty of room for me to walk past but I walked out with him hot on my heels until he reached the back of the plane. He opened the door and I stepped in. All I really wanted to do was splash some water on my face to be honest, flying always made me feel really grubby even if I've showered that morning. After a few minutes I opened the door and was met with Bane's enormous back.

"Oh" I said slightly startled. I wasn't expecting him to be right outside.

"Are you ok?" he said turning around.

"Yea I just didn't think you were going to be standing right outside the door is all"

"Are you done?"

"Yea"

"Ok, you should sleep"

"Ah I'm ok I can't really sleep sitting down anyway" I said rubbing my eyes.

Bane stepped forward towards the main body of the plane and took down something that was leaning against the back wall. It was like a small, single pull out bed; he straightened it up and pulled out a blanket from under it.

"You may sleep here"

I looked around, it was at the very back of the plane and there was no one sitting in the 2 rows in front of it. I crawled onto it as he reached over and pulled down the blind on the window.

"No movement little one…I'll be right here" he said pointing to a fold down seat that was directly opposite the bed.

I lay down and tried to get comfortable but it reminded me when I was younger and I went to a music festival and tried to sleep in the tent, it was impossible. I closed my eyes but I knew it was going to be too noisy for me to sleep. I heard some whispering coming from where Bane was sitting but I decided not to look up since he thought I was already asleep.

"Boss, the cargo is starting to stir…"

"Well what are you telling me this for? Do something about it"

"Boss…we might need you to come down to the hold"

"I can't"

"But…you're not…busy" he swallowed hard.

The silence was deafening for what seemed like forever until I heard Bane breathe heavily through his mask.

"I am busy, busy making sure you scumbags are kept in line…"

"She's asleep…" he said laughing nervously.

"She doesn't like being left alone"

"She's…"

"She's not being left alone"

"But…"

But then I heard the sound of someone like gasping for breath.

"Just go sort out that little problem you absolute waste of space"

I then heard a slight thud and fast paced footsteps. I took this as an opportunity to move my position since I was getting a dead arm from lying on it for so long. I turned to lie on my back with my two arms outstretched, my hands falling over the frame. After a few more minutes I felt someone else approaching.

"Boss…they need you down in the hold"

"For what?"

"The cargo…it's not settling"

I heard Bane get up sighing angrily. My brow knitted together knowing he was leaving, again.

"I can watch her" the other guy said.

What did he mean the cargo wasn't settling? But just as I was going through the possibilities I heard Bane's loud footsteps fading as he walked away. I opened my eyes slightly to see my new guard settling himself in the seat where Bane was a few minutes ago. I opened them fully and the guy stopped moving altogether.

"Don't scream. He'll be back in a few minutes"

I sat up slightly and I knew that made him uncomfortable. But I didn't feel as uneasy since he was sitting there even though I didn't trust him at all.

"How much longer will this flight be?"

"Look, lie back down and go to sleep please or at least pretend because it's gonna be my head on the block"

I nodded and turned away from him, closing my eyes once again. But this time I actually managed to fall asleep once I heard his heavily footfall return after a few more minutes.

When we eventually landed, I was woken by Bane and brought out first before anyone else. The first thing that hit me when the doors of the plane opened was the scorching, choking heat that hit me right in the face from the outset. It was like we were in the middle of a desert. I found it hard to breathe as I was escorted to a waiting van and placed inside followed by Bane. I felt something heavy being chucked into the back of the van and we were on our way. We drove for about another hour and then suddenly stopped. The door of the van was thrown open by Bane and I was brought out. It was only now did I see what cargo they were talking about. Two men dragged a limp, lifeless body towards what looked like a large well in the centre of this barren desert. We walked along the uneven ground a bit behind the body that was being dragged as Bane kept a firm hand on my back guiding me along. But then I got caught on a rock and fell onto my knees in the dust, my hand getting caught on a sharp stone and creating a massive cut.

"See knee pads are necessary" he said helping me up. I felt the dirt and dust mix with the blood that was flowing out of my cut. I wiped it and we kept walking even though it was bleeding heavily. Bane stopped me just as they began lowering the body into the well like structure.

"Let me see your hand" he said taking it in his own. He ripped off some of my sleeve and wrapped it tightly around my injured hand.

"We better keep it taped up…they can smell it" he said his eyes hitting mine.

"Who?"

But before he could answer my question he was pulling me towards the pit and helping tie a rope around my waist. He watched as I was lowered into the pit and I could hear people chanting from below which made me feel ill. It was like the basement all over again. One of his guys put me standing against the wall while Bane made his own way down. It was only now I got to see the face of the cargo. It was Bruce Wayne. I thought I had heard him wrong when he said that during the fight but obviously I was wrong. He lay unconscious on the ground guarded by two men. I instinctively went over to him to see if he was ok. The two guys twitched slowly but knew better than to stop me. I knelt down and rubbed my fingers through his brown hair, down along his cheek but got no response.

"Bruce" I whispered. He didn't look himself at all, his stubble had grown out and he had a huge cut over his eye. It wasn't the billionaire playboy I had tried to seduce only a few years previous. He looked older but not well aged, more haggard.

"Little one" called Bane looking over at me as he got to the bottom of the pit. I glanced over my shoulder at him but didn't budge. I couldn't leave Bruce here like this.

"Little one" he urged again coming over and holding me by my shoulders trying to lift me up.

"Bane…you can't kill him" I whispered.

He picked me up and brought me over to the other side of the pit as his men took Bruce under each arm and brought him to a cage.

"You know Bruce Wayne" he said holding onto my shoulders and looking me dead in the eye.

"Yes…I mean I moved in the same circles as him…but I didn't know he was…that"

His brows knitted together and he got that look of utter disgust in his eyes. "You and Bruce Wayne"

"No, no" I figured this wouldn't be the best time to admit that I was so close to actually getting with him I could smell it and it was all I ever wanted for years. His eyes looked between mine before walking away bringing me with him towards where they threw Bruce Wayne's lifeless body.

I stood on the outside of the cage occasionally glancing down at the men below me who looked up at me with hungry eyes.

"Put him on the bed" Bane ordered.

His body was thrown onto a camp bed and I finally saw some life come back into him. Bane sat at the edge of the bed staring down at him as his eyes opened slowly but then closed.

"Why…why didn't you just kill me?" I heard Bruce finally croak. It felt good hearing his voice again.

"You don't fear death…you welcome it…your punishment must be more severe"

"Tor…torture"

"Yes, but not of your body…of your soul"

"Where…where are we?"

"Home! Where I learned the truth about despair…as will you. There's a reason why this prison is worst hell on earth…hope. Every man who has been here over the centuries has looked up to the light and imagined climbing to freedom…so easy…so simple. I've watched men turn to sea water from uncontrollable thirst. Many have died trying and around here there cannot be any true despair without hope. So as I terrorise Gotham I will feed its people hope to poison their souls. I will let them believe that they can survive so you can watch them clambering over each other to stay in the sun! You can watch me torture an entire city and when it is done and you've truly understood the depth of your failure we will fulfil Ra's Al Ghul's destiny."

I watched Bruce Wayne's breath quicken as he listened to Bane's plan to destroy the whole city his parents had helped create and he was for once powerless to stop it. I was beginning to regret my decision to come here.

"And then when it is done…and Gotham is…ashes!"

There was a long pause as I moved closer to the bars catching Bane's attention before turning back to Bruce.

"Then you have my permission to die"

Bane pushed himself up using Bruce's chest and I just remembered his back as his shrieks of pain rang out in the cell. He strode towards me leaving Bruce there in agony.

"Bane" I whispered. "Can I please talk to him?"

He looked back between me and Bruce before pushing me slightly away from the view of any of his men or Bruce.

"No little one…Bruce Wayne has interfered enough in my life already without you getting involved with him"

"I just…"

"No!"

It was the first time Bane had raised his voice to me like that. He used such a vicious tone that it even caused a short silence between the men that were still in the cage with Bruce. He shook his head from side to side before going back over to the cage and looking in.

"Lock it up" he ordered.

He walked back over to me and pushed me towards the huge pit and wrapped a rope around my waist before wrapping the same one around his waist. I was, in effective, tied to him. He jumped onto the ledge and started the climb out of the pit with me securely bound to his body.