A/N: Time for chapter eleven! This one took me a while to write but I finally got it done. Time for the Batman/Bane fight and the John takes Selina to jail scene. I hope you guys like it!
Like last chapter, I'll be using content from The Dark Knight Rises, so WARNING: SPOILER ALERT! If you haven't seen the movie and want to find out what happens yourself, reading my story wouldn't be advisable. But if you've seen it, or you just want to read and find out what happens, then by all means, read on!
Disclaimer: I do not own Batman, or any of its characters. They all belong to DC Comics and Christopher Nolan… Even though I'd really like to. If I did I would put much more John Blake in the movie. And my characters would most definitely be added.
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-IWRU-
Rosalie was woken up a couple of hours after she fell into a light sleep by a sharp kick in the stomach. Rosalie coughs roughly, and glares up at the offender, which just so happened to be Barsad.
"Get up. It's time for you to go," he says, scowling at her.
"My sister's here?" Rosalie asks, sitting up quickly, ignoring the pain where she was kicked.
"Yes. Let's go," he says, grabbing her arm, and harshly pulls her to her feet. She wrenches her arm out of his grip and glares at him.
"Hands off, Bernard," she hisses to him.
"Barsad," he corrects.
"Whatever," she says, following him out of the room. She follows him to the room she was brought to when she first got there, and stands beside Barsad. She sees Bane slowly approaching a grated bridge that was above them.
"I had no choice. This is the only way I could get my sister back alive," Rosalie hears Selina say.
"You just made a serious mistake," she hears a voice growl.
"Not as serious as yours, I fear. Let us not stand on ceremony Mr. Wayne," Bane says, and Rosalie's eyes widen a bit when she sees the Batman turn around and slowly approach Bane.
'Mr. Wayne? Bruce Wayne is Batman? Jesus Christ', Rosalie thinks. She watches as the Batman starts to savagely punch Bane. She watches as each blow that the Batman lands doesn't seem to affect Bane in the slightest way. Rosalie looks away as Bane finally starts to fight back, knowing that the Batman doesn't stand a chance against him. She looks again as she hears someone land on their floor, but on the other side of the room. Barsad grabs Rosalie's arm, and pulls her back, into the shadows.
"The Batman is not to see you. Bane's orders," Barsad tells her. The pair looks over sharply when a round of explosions go off.
"Theatricality and deception are powerful agents to the uninitiated... but we are initiated, aren't we Bruce? Members of the League of Shadows!" Bane says, grabbing the Batman by the neck and effortlessly lifts him in the air with impressive strength. "And you betrayed us."
"You were excommunicated... by a gang of psychopaths!" the Batman rasps out. Rosalie looks around her, and sees a few hallways.
'One of them must have an exit,' Rosalie thinks. She looks back to Bane and the Batman and watches Bane viscously beat the Batman.
"I AM the League of Shadows, and I'm here to fulfill Ra's al Ghul's destiny!" Bane says, loudly. She sees the Batman pull a device out of his pocket and the lights go out. Fortunately, the room is still very dimly lit from a few lights from the nearby tunnels that entrances lead to the room. Rosalie glances over and sees that Barsad is far too transfixed on Bane and the Batman to pay attention to her, so she quietly slips away, making sure to stay in the darkness of the room. She vaguely sees the Batman coming closer to her, and she takes the opportunity to try to get the both of them out of there. "You fight like a younger man, with nothing held back. Admirable but mistaken."
"Bruce," Rosalie whispers, and the Batman's head snaps in her direction. She steps out of the darker shadows, and grabs the Batman's arm. "We have to get out of here. You can't beat him."
"Find an exit. You need to get out of here," the Batman growls quietly to her, and Rosalie shakes her head quickly.
"Oh, you think darkness is your ally. You merely adopted the dark; I was born in it, molded by it. I didn't see the light until I was already a man," Bane says, and Rosalie internally panics when she hears his voice coming closer to them.
"No, you don't understand," Rosalie starts.
"By then it was nothing to me but blinding!" Bane says, and suddenly the Batman is ripped out of Rosalie's grasp. She lets out a sharp breath and backs away from Bane. She watches as Bane again, begins savagely beating the Batman until he falls weakly to the floor. "The shadows betray you, they belong to me!" Bane shouts, and Rosalie watches with wide eyes as Bane repeatedly punches the Batman in the head until the cowl he wears, breaks.
Bane slowly walks away from the Batman, and takes a small yellow remote out of his pocket. Rosalie waits until Bane's back is turned, and she quickly walks to the Batman's side. She kneels down by him and she sees his eyes weakly open.
"My god," she whispers, shaking her head.
"I will show you where I have made my home while preparing to bring justice. Then I will break you," Bane says, pressing the button on the remote control, causing an explosion to go off, and a vehicle falls through the ceiling. "Your precious armory, gratefully accepted! We will need it."
Bane looks back to the Batman, and sees Rosalie next to him. Bane quickly reaches over and grabs Rosalie around the neck with one hand and lifts her into the air. Rosalie gasps, and grips the large man's hand.
"You are testing my patience, little one," Bane says, applying more pressure to his grip. Rosalie chokes for breath, her eyebrows furrowed from pain. "Tell me, do you wish to die?"
"N-no," Rosalie whimpers out, and Bane looks her in the eye for a moment, before tossing her to the ground. Rosalie lands on her stomach, her hands going to her throat while she coughs. She takes in gulps of air, and watches from the floor as the Batman attempts to punch Bane again.
"Ah, yes…I was wondering what would break first," Bane says, and lifts the Batman high in the air. "Your spirit, or your body," Bane finishes, and slams the Batman on his knee, like a child breaking a twig. Bane lets the Batman fall to the floor, and Rosalie surprises herself when her eyes well up with tears. She rests her forehead on her arm, and breathes deeply.
Two large hands grip her waist and haul her to her feet. Rosalie spares a glance to the fallen Batman and a very small amount of relief swells in her heart when she spies him breathing. Though she dares not get her hopes up too high, knowing that once she leaves these tunnels, anything under the sun could happen to Gotham's 'Dark Knight'.
Bane's large hand grips her upper arm, and he gently leads her up a small flight of stairs to the grated bridge where the brutal battle between the Batman and Bane began. More tears well up in Rosalie's eyes when she sees her sister waiting behind a chain-linked gate.
"Rosie," Selina whispers, but the relief doesn't wash over her yet. She'll feel the necessary relief when her sister is safely next to her on the plane to take them away from this city.
"Your service has been greatly appreciated, Miss Kyle," Bane says to Selina, who nods to him. Bane leans forward and presses a button on the wall, and the gate rises up. Bane releases the grip he has on Rosalie's arm, and turns to the side, motioning for her to go to her sister. Rosalie cautiously steps past Bane and into her sister's waiting arms. There are a few of his men outside the gate, awaiting orders from Bane. "Escort them out. Shoot them if necessary."
Selina grips her sister tighter in her arms at Bane's words, and she feels Rosalie's arms tighten weakly around her as well. Two of Bane's men gesture for the sisters to follow them, and without a problem, Rosalie and Selina are safely escorted from the tunnels. The walk home is silent between the two sisters. They can't take a cab or any other form of public transportation because Selina was sporting her Catwoman suit, so the sisters took numerous alleyways, and stayed in the dark throughout their entire walk home.
Once they stepped inside the familiar apartment building Rosalie let out a long sigh. The exhaustion, and hunger had all finally caught up with her, and Selina found herself supporting her sister's weight on their way up the stairs. Once inside the apartment, Rosalie leans against the wall and quickly glances around at everything. She slowly slides down the wall, bringing her knees to her chest, and rests her head on the top of her knees.
Selina remains silent, watching her sister. She kneels down beside her, and softly strokes her hair.
"When was the last time you ate anything?" Selina asks when Rosalie's stomach lets out a painfully loud groan.
"When I took my break at the diner," Rosalie answers tiredly. Selina takes Rosalie's hands and pulls her to her feet. The exhaustion in Rosalie's eyes is more than evident. She walks Rosalie to her bed and makes her lay down. As soon as Rosalie is engulfed by the warmth and comfort of her own, familiar bed, her eyes close for the much needed rest she so needs.
Selina smiles a bit, and takes her sister's shoes off, and covers her with a blanket. She goes to her own room, and changes into some pajamas that she takes out of her fully packed suitcase and puts her 'suit' into the suitcase where she vows it will stay until the sisters arrive at their next destination. Selina shuts off all of the lights in their apartment, and walks back out to the main room, and blindly makes her way to Rosalie's bed. She climbs into the bed beside her sister, and wraps an arm around Rosalie's waist. Finally feeling a bit of relief fall over her, Selina allows herself to drift off into a comfortable sleep.
-IWRU-
"We're leaving," Selina says, as Rosalie finishes up her plate of waffles.
"I figured that out when I saw our bags packed," Rosalie murmurs, setting her plate on the coffee table by the couch. "Where are we going this time?"
"As far away from this city as possible," Selina says.
"Well, personally, I've had enough of the cold weather. Let's try California or Arizona or something," Rosalie suggests. "I want to get as far away from here as I can."
"You're not too upset about your cop?" Selina asks, and Rosalie frowns deeply.
"Let's leave John out of this. I like him… it's going to be tough leaving him… but I'll get over it eventually. We need to look out for ourselves," Rosalie says, half-heartedly meaning her words. Rosalie goes to her suitcase and pulls out a random outfit that consists of a red long sleeved shirt, and a pair of dark jeans, and changes out of her pajamas that she put on after her lengthily shower. Rosalie pulls her hair into a side braid and looks to her sister. Rosalie puts on her leather jacket, and a scarf to cover the dark bruise on her neck that she received from Bane. "Well?"
"The sooner the better," Selina says, grabbing her suitcase. Rosalie grabs her own suitcase and the girls take one last look at their apartment, and step out, leaving all of their other belongings behind like they've always had to do.
The sisters leave the apartment building, walking a little way away from the complex, and hail a taxi. They put their suitcases in the trunk and the cab driver drives them to the airport. Once inside, the sisters book a flight to Phoenix, Arizona. It takes them nearly forty-five minutes to get through airport security, and everything they need to do. They're walking up the stairs to get to the terminal when a security guard stops them.
"Excuse me, ladies. I'm going to need to see your tickets and identification please," the security guard says, and Selina nods.
"Oh, um, okay," she says, handing the man her hat. She acts like she's going through her purse, but quickly punches the guard through her hat, knocking him unconscious. Rosalie lifts an eyebrow, and shrugs, and the girls continue on their way. The girls are nearly to their terminal when two policemen show up behind them and Rosalie is admittedly thoroughly surprised when John steps out in front of them, flashing his badge.
The two sisters share a glance, barely listening as John talks. The two sisters are handcuffed and brought to the security room of the airport. They sit down side by side on the couch available.
"This is so typical," Rosalie mutters, and Selina nods. The sisters look to the door when John walks in. John and Rosalie make brief eye contact, and John is momentarily surprised when he looks into her eyes. They're not the warmer light brown eyes she once had. Instead, her brown eyes are colder, and he looks away, and sits down in a chair across from the girls.
"Is he still in love with me?" Selina asks John when he talks about the congressman.
"Oh, head over heels. He's also pressing charges," John says, and Rosalie frowns.
"Let Rosie go," Selina says immediately. "She had no idea that Gilly was around."
"Selina-," Rosalie starts.
"Rosalie," Selina cuts off, sending her a look that shuts her up quickly. Rosalie shakes her head at Selina.
"Gör inte detta*," Rosalie says to Selina in Swedish.
"It's alright, lillasyster," Selina mutters, and Rosalie sits back against the couch, gluing her eyes to the floor, frowning. She remembers what she'd heard from Bane's men, and relaxes a bit. She knows what they're planning. She knows that Selina won't be in prison for long.
"The congressman is only pressing charges against you," John says, looking at Selina. "He didn't mention another person. Your name is the only one he said."
Rosalie rolls her eyes, and her frown deepens. She barely listens as Selina and John talk, until John accuses them of running from the police. That makes Rosalie shake her head, and chuckle a bit.
"You honestly think it's you we're running from?" Rosalie asks, amused.
"Bane?" John asks, and Rosalie looks away from him. "What do you know about him?"
"That you should be as afraid of him as we are," Selina says, looking over at Rosalie.
"We can offer you protection," John offers to the sisters, keeping his eyes trained on Rosalie. Rosalie looks to John and stares at him, her face betraying no emotion.
"There's no amount of police in this city that can protect us from Bane," Rosalie says. John stares into her eyes, and gets up. He takes a set of keys out of his pocket and unlocks her handcuffs. John spies the marks on Rosalie's wrists that were left from the rope that Bane's men tied her with. Rosalie notices that he's looking at her rope burn marks, and she pulls her hands sharply away, adverting her eyes to the wall.
"When I spotted you, I was looking for a friend of mine. Bruce Wayne," John says, and both sisters look at him. Selina's face is blank, while Rosalie shuts her eyes, her eyebrows furrowed, and she takes a deep, calming breath. "Did they kill him?"
"I'm not sure," Selina answers. John nods a bit, and walks out of the room. Two policemen walk in and haul Selina to her feet.
"Hang on," Rosalie says, and steps forward to hug Selina.
"Du kommer inte vara där länge. Lita på mig. Jag älskar dig, äldre syster**," Rosalie says as she hugs Selina.
" Jag älskar dig också***," Selina says back. Rosalie pulls away from her sister, and watches with pained eyes as the policemen take Selina away. Rosalie grabs both sisters' baggage from where they rest on the other side of the room and leaves. She sees John waiting for her, leaning against the wall beside the door, but she breezes past him without a word.
"You still leaving?" John asks, walking after her.
"Kind of hard to go anywhere on a plane that left ten minutes ago," Rosalie says, coolly.
"You know more than you're letting on," John tells Rosalie.
"About what?" Rosalie asks, in a bored voice.
"Bane," John says, and Rosalie tenses a bit while she walks. "What else do you know about him Rosalie?"
"And why would I tell you anything?" Rosalie asks sharply, rounding on him. "You just hauled my sister off to prison. Blackgate am I right?" Rosalie asks, mockingly, continuing on her way out of the airport.
"I'm doing my job. Your sister broke the law by kidnapping the congressman," John says, and Rosalie laughs bitterly.
"The congressman is an old pervert, and my sister is a beautiful younger woman. Do you really believe that she kidnapped him? But hey, it doesn't really matter what I say, or what Selina says. We're just two lower class girls from Texas, and he's a congressman. Who's everyone going to believe?" Rosalie asks, snidely, rolling her eyes.
"Hey," John says, grabbing her arm and turning her to face him. "I'm sorry. Believe me, I am. But he's pressing charges against her. We have to bring her in," John says, and catches a glimpse of her wrist again. "What happened to you?"
"None of your business," Rosalie says, wrenching her arm out of his grasp. She picks up the two bags of luggage again, and finally walks out of the airport.
"Where've you been the past couple of days?" John asks, and Rosalie sighs, stopping by a bench and setting the luggage back down. She sits down on the bench and buries her face in her hands. John sits down next to her, and tentatively puts a hand on her back. "Look, I know you're angry with me. But you can talk to me Rosalie. I can help you."
"You can't help me. Selina and I were trying to help ourselves by getting the hell out of this city and away from Bane," Rosalie says, shaking her head.
"Is that where you've been? With Bane?" John asks, and Rosalie quickly stands up, and flags down a passing taxi. Rosalie puts their luggage in the trunk and looks at John.
"I'm fine now," she says, and gets in the back of the taxi, not making eye contact with him as the cab takes her back to her apartment, alone.
-IWRU-
A/N: John in this chapter, but Rosalie's angry with him. I hope you guys liked this chapter. The next one will be out tomorrow or the day after!
Translations:
Görinte detta – Don't do this
Du kommerinte vara därlänge. Lita på mig. Jag älskar dig, äldre syster – You won't be in there long. Trust me. I love you, older sister.
Jag älskardig också – I love you, too.
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