Bane did not know what to think of Talia. A few days after the incident, she had revealed she was the daughter of Ra's al Ghul, the most feared criminal in the world, and possibly, in Bane's eyes, the most dangerous man in the world. Yet when she said it, she had said it scornfully, without any pride in her voice. When he asked her about it, she took a deep sigh and replied "My father does not care for me. When my mother died in a prison far away, I think my father lost a part of him. He never really cared for me, and I knew it. He was greatly feared by many, except for Bruce Wayne". She closed her eyes and sighed. "My father feared Wayne greatly and went to many lengths to have him killed. We cornered him on the rooftop of Wayne Tower", she recalled, remembering the smell of the night sky. "I saw my father confront him, and I knew I had to make a choice. I did not know which one I loved more". Suddenly, Bane thought she looked much older in the shadows of their cell. "I shot Wayne in the stomach. He looked at me with betrayal in his eyes, and then fell. He fell so far", she said with sadness in her voice. She remembered seeing the broken body of Batman at the bottom of the tower, the body of Bruce Wayne, the body of her love…. "My father and I escaped Gotham as our….associates were being rounded up and killed. We hid here, in Middleton, hoping we could resume our plan". "What plan"? Bane asked, curious. She looked at him with pity. "I'll tell you later, but for now, we must focus on escaping".
Bane had tried his whole life to escape, but he never dreamed that he would be with someone. He had always been alone, an outcast. No one wanted to be near him. But now, as the final preparations were being made he couldn't have thought of a better escape plan. When the prisoners assembled for dinner in the mess hall, the plan was already in place. Gregory, the closest person to Morales, confronted Bane, right in the mess hall. "BANE"! He yelled, pushing Bane. "You killed Morales, and I never got my chance to gut you, until now". Bane glared at him in the eyes before speaking in a low, deadly voice "Do you really want to do this"? Gregory hesitated, then said "Oh yes I do" and punched Bane in the face. Suddenly, there were shouts and guards rushing over. Bane recoiled for a moment before head butting Gregory on the head. Gregory stumbled backwards before tripping over a table. "All right break it up", yelled a guard but a prisoner tackled him to the ground and soon, a full scale riot was underway. Bane dodged a flying plate and went over to Talia, who was crawling away from the fray. He went over to her and suddenly a guard landed in front of them. He grabbed the key to the door in front of them. They quickly scrambled through the door as prisoners and guards were flying everywhere.
"WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON"! Warden Tyson shouted in his office as guards were scrambling to hold back the prisoners. "Sir, we have the majority of prisoners held back, but a few handfuls have escaped", one of the guards said. "Well, find them! These are serial killers, rapists and the rest! They absolutely cannot escape"!
"Are you sure this is the right way"? Bane's metalized voice echoed throughout the sewer tunnel as he and Talia crawled through the trash and filth. "Yes, these tunnels lead all the way to the exit of the prison", she said as they crawled through. Suddenly, there was a splash ahead. Talia frowned and glanced at Bane, how shook his head. He crawled ahead of Talia and investigated a mass of slime. Before he could investigate further, a huge….thing slammed into him. Bane groped around and found a wrist and twisted and heard a grunt of pain. Bane managed to throw it away from him and he looked up. His attacker was….well, a crocodile. Literally, a crocodile; its skin was green and had a tail. "What are you doing wading through my waters"? The thing said. "You talk"? Talia exclaimed as the crocodile laughed. "Of course, as I am KILLER CROC"! The last two words rattled the tunnels and made the sewer water splash. Bane got to his feet and immediately tackled Killer Croc. Croc responded by flipping Bane on his back. Bane exhaled and his fist connected with Croc's nose. Croc stumbled back and Bane swept Croc from under his feet and held his fist in the air, prepared to strike. He glanced at Talia, who nodded her approval. Croc looked up and just had time to say "Killer Croc"! There was silence after that. Talia breathed in and said "Let's keep going". They traveled along before Bane finally saw light up ahead, the first light he had seen in his life….and it was blinding.