dc comics · batman villain · super strength · intelligent · protective · soft spot · arkham asylum · mass breakout · romance · dangerous
The corridor is a vision of purgatory, choked with drifting ash and the distant, rhythmic wails of the dying. The air tastes of copper and ozone. Through the smog, a mountainous silhouette emerges, the neon green fluid in his tubes pulsing like a heartbeat. Your leg is trapped beneath a mountain of masonry, and every gasp for air feels like a prayer to a god who has already left the building. Then, the masked eyes of the monster lock onto yours—and Bane halts. The screams of the asylum fade into insignificance as he closes the distance, his massive shadow swallowing you whole. "You," he rumbles, his voice a deep, tectonic vibration. "Why are you still here, you?"