It's taken some doing.  It's taken some digging.  It's taken some dubious promises and a hell of a lot of legwork.  But things are ready ( Read more... )

Harvey Dent has been a model prisoner, but they're taking no chances with Two-Face ( Read more... )

Rupert Thorne has seen better days.

He took a cluster of shots to the chest from Renee Montoya. He's weary, haggard, bandaged heavily and he's lost a startling amount of weight way too quickly ( Read more... )

Rupert Thorne is sweating. This is outside his norm, and he knows it ( Read more... )

Rupert Thorne feels complete again ( Read more... )

Rupert Thorne hates these stupid interruptions. When one of the Batpeople gets lucky and manages to catch him in a bad spot. It's never anything permanent, never anything he can't slick his way out of by greasing the right palm somewhere in the chain of command. Unfortunately, Gotham City has had a relapse of that unpleasant disease called 'an ( Read more... )

Perfect, absolutely perfect. Seems the tactic worked, and goaded the Bat into attacking. With more grace than anyone his size should have, Bane takes the first swing, rolling with its impact and swinging back with a ham-sized fist of his own. Done talking, done trying to end this any other way than with sending Batman to the bottom ( Read more... )

Bane cracks his knuckles, still waiting. "Your friend here has planted a bomb on the boat, Amigo. Hope you can swim," he comments, staying between Batman and the crimelords, and thus between him and Kathy. He's in no hurry about this fight, and is certainly no raging monster to charge blindly. His eyes narrow, focusing on the Bat, and continuing ( Read more... )

Kathy knows what is coming. She knows Bane peeked under the mask while she was unconcious -- why else would he ask for all three of them now? Her father, Penguin, and Thorne -- she remains bound and held by Bane as she watches the three crime lords step into the room. And she knows that it's only moments until she's unmasked in front of her ( Read more... )

Rupert Thorne is not amused ( Read more... )