Draco studied the woman before him. She wore a tight black cat suit and her brown eyes sparkled in the dark as she circled him like he was a small mouse and she was the tiger. In Draco's eyes, she was beautiful even if she did cover half her face with a mask.

"So...you have a idea to make a path for the people?"

Draco nodded. If she wasn't a muggle, he'll fuck her. But then again, what his parents didn't know wouldn't hurt them. Perhaps he'll get a deal out of her later. He gave a slight smirk.

"We have forty-five minutes to save the city." He replied, putting his hands in his pockets.

"No, I got forty-five minutes to get clear of the blast radius because Batgirl and Batman don't stand a chance against these guys."

"Much to my horror, we have to work together on this."

Catwoman rolled her eyes and huffed. "Fine. I-we'll open the tunnel and then as soon as we do, I'm out of here."

"There's more to it than that is there Selina?" Draco asked and Selina looked surprised that he knew her name. Her facade slipping.

"How-?"

"No time to explain. Maybe we'll have time for that later thief." He gave her a cocky grin as he pulled her towards the tunnel entrance, his wand out and he handed her some mines that Hermione had given him, ignoring the look of bewilderment on her face.


It was dawn and the army of police officers were standing at the low end of the street. In front of the city hall, Bane's men poured out of the building to form a the line.

A cop who was wearing his full uniform stepped forward and it was Detective Foley. The silence was eerie and both armies looked evenly numbered until two tumblers from Bane's side arrived. Foley gave a slight shiver.

Suddenly someone was speaking through loudspeakers. Their voice echoing out over area. "Disperse. Disperse or be fired upon."

The police officers were shaky but looked determined. They were determined to have their city back. Ready to reunite with their families after being trapped so long in an underground cave. Ready to fight to the death if necessary.

"There's only one police in this city." Foley spoke with confidence and stepped forward, his army following him slowly.

Bane stood in the colonnade, watching the scene before him and he nodded towards one of his men.

"Open fire."

The tumblres fired into the line of cops. Many of police officers were thrown into the air, screaming in agony and the line of cops was about to scatter when suddenly there was a loud whoosh and the bat dropped in, followed by Batgirl who seemed to be flying alongside it, her eyes full of fury and the men that looked upon her looked upon her with fear.

Hermione did some arm movements with her wand before she blasted both of Bane's tumblers, flipping them to the side as though they were nothing but toy cars. The bat rose and the cops ran towards the enemy, firing with their guns until they were close enough to fight with hand to hand combat. The area was filled with men and women in a pitched battle, each side screaming.


Draco and Selina, upon hearing the distant battle cries nodded at each other. Draco took out his wand and Selina threw in the mine and Draco put a shielding spell to protect themselves from the blast before noticing that their path was clear, the battle cries ringing in their ears.


Bane strode through the battle, taking out any police officers he came across and spaced cleared as he made his way and he was left face to face with Hermione, her black cape swishing from side to side.

"Your fiancee came back. So did you. To die with your city."

Hermione snarled. "No. We came back to stop you."

Bane leapt at her but he was bounced back by her shield that she had produced by magic before she smashed her fists into Bane's stomach.

Suddenly, Batman came in from behind Bane and pushed him back before a tumbler roared between them, separating them. Hermione stood at Bruce side before Bane punched Batman, making him fall upon the stairs of the hall and Hermione punched Bane in the mask, the mask breaking a bit and Bane roared before he ferociously punched her where ever he could but he was hit by Batman who hit his mask. The air was coming out of it and Batman kicked Bane who smashed through the windows and landed on the marble floor. Glass shattering everywhere.

Batman pounded on Bane and Hermione moved to attack the mercenaries that were in the room, knocking them out one by one.

Bane grunted and smashed Batman's head and moved in for the kill when Batgirl smashed Bane back onto the ground and ripped his mask of sideways though it wasn't enough for the whole mask to come of. Bane thrashed around in agony and Batman held him down with his hand on his throat whilst Hermione searched Bane.

"Where is the trigger! You'll never give it to an ordinary citizen-" Batman roared.

Bane's thrashing calmed as he stared at Batman with pain in his eyes. He looked at Batgirl and gasped through his broken mask for relief.

"I broke the pair of you. How have you both come back?"

"You thought you were the only one who could learn the strength to escape?"

Bane looked at Batman, despite his pain he was still curious.

"I never escaped. Ra's al Ghul rescued me. That is why I must fulfil his plan. That is why I must avenge his murder." Bane replied.

Suddenly realization hit Hermione and she gasped and she turned to Miranda, who stood in the corner of the rooms. The shadows protecting her.

"Your the child?!" She pointed her fingers at the other woman, trying to adjust to the truth.

"I am." Miranda pulled a knife into Batgirl's ribs and Batman made a rush to rescue her but Hermione indicated for him to stay where he was. "And though I am not 'ordinary', I am a citizen..."

Batman watched in horror as he saw his fiancee in pain. A knife stuck in her ribs and Miranda pulled out a gun. He could not move to defend her because if he did, Bane would have complete control again.

"My mother named me Talia before she was killed. The way I would've been killed if it were not for my protector...Bane. I climbed out of the pit..." She reached out to touch Bane's mask. "The League took us in. Trained us however my father could not accept Bane."

Hermione slid to the floor, clutching at her wound. She slowly pulled out the knife from her ribs and threw it across the marble floor where she watched it skidded, leaving a trail of her blood behind.

"He saw only a monster who could never be tamed. Whose very existence was a reminder of the hell he'd left his wife to die in. He excommunicated Bane from the League of Shadows and Bane's only crime was that he loved me. I could never truly forgive my father after that."

She turned to look at Hermione and Bruce coldly. "Until you murdered him." She accused Bruce.

"He was trying to kill millions of innocent people-" Batman began but Talia interrupted him.

"'Innocent' is a strong word to throw around Gotham Bruce. You should know that. I honour my father by finishing his work. Vengeance against the man who killed him is simply a reward for my patience..."

She moved over to Hermione, jabbing at her wound and Hermione gasped in pain. "You see, it's the slow knife...the knife that takes it time the knife that waits years without forgetting then it slips quietly between bones...that's the knife."

She armed the trigger. "That cuts the deepest." She glared at Hermione before she pressed the button.

Nothing happened.

Talia turned to the couple, furious and Hermione laughed, despite her pain. "Your knife may have been a little slow Talia." She croaked.

A mercenary from the outside came in, panting and out of breath. "The truck is under attack." He said to Talia.

Talia clenched her fists. "Gordon." She turned to the couple. "One of you must of given him a way to block my signal. No matter," She looked at the clock on the wall. "He's bought Gotham eleven minutes." She turned to the thug. "Prepare a convoy. We must secure the bomb until it detonates."

She jumped to her feet and Bane grabbed a shotgun from the thug and pointed it at Batman's head.

Talia moved her way towards him and rested her fingers on Bane's arms. "Not yet. I want them both to feel the heat." She looked at Batman. "I want you to feel the fire of twelve million souls you failed to save. Including your precious children."

She reached up to Bane's mask and reconnected his tubes tenderly. "Goodbye my friend."

Bane nodded at her slowly and Talia moved out with the thugs.

Hermione moved slowly to reach for her wand but Bane kicked it out of her reach and she gritted her teeth. Bane grabbed Batman and threw him onto the floor before checking his rounds in the barrels of his gun.

"You'll have to imagine the fire-" He shutted the gun and jammed it into Batman's face harshly. "We both know I need to kill the pair of you now so I can watch your children suffer. Let them both grow up as orphans and let them both know their parents died as failures."

He squeezed the trigger before there was a sudden loud bang that was followed by a bright crimson light and Bane was suddenly blasted across the room and knocked unconscious against the wall.

Draco stood there, his wand aiming at where Bane had been seconds before before and Catwoman moved to stand next to Draco. If anyone told him years ago that he'll be fighting alongside muggles and protecting them, he'll laugh at them in the face and sent them to Azkaban for such a ridiculous tale.

"You know about the whole no killing muggle thing? I'm not sure if I feel strongly as you do about it."