Batman: The Dark Knight Page #10

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Okay. We got POV on alpha.

Unveiling beta.

It looks like clowns and hostages on 2 floors.

A SWAT team on stairwell.

Another SWAT team on the roof.

Barbara, calm down!

He has the kids!

Hello Jim.

Harvey, where's my family?

Where my family died.

Blue Team, acquire the target.

Fox, the SWAT's targeting the wrong people!

The clowns are the hostages!

Red Team go!

Don't move.

Take the shot!

Those SWATs are coming in hard.

Clown, put down your gun!

Doctors get down, clear the line of fire!

Freeze!

You see those bad

guys on the floor above?

They're waiting for help with the

SWAT team coming up the elevator.

The tally is 140 against,

So go ahead, do it!

We're still here.

That means, they haven't

killed us either.

Trouble on the floor above.

Freeze!

Or we will shot!

We got him, he's out of the game.

Step away from the edge!

Don't move!

Ah, you made it!

I'm so thrilled.

Where's the detonator?

-- Go get him!

You don't want to die,

but you don't know how to take a life.

Give it to me. That man

will kill you and take it anyway.

Noone wants to get their hands dirty.

Fine, I'll do it.

Those men on that boat. They made

their choices. They chose to murder and steal.

It doesn't make any sense

for us to have to die too.

Oh the old familiar places!

Hostages are safe.

Give it to me.

You can tell I took it by force.

Give it to me and I'll do what

you should have did 10 minutes ago.

We really should stop this fighting.

Otherwise, we'll miss the fireworks!

-- There won't be any fireworks.

-- And herewego!

What were you trying to prove?

That deep down, everyone's as ugly as you are?

You're alone!

You can't rely on anyone these days,

you got to do everything yourself, don't we?

That's okay. I came prepared.

It's a funny world that we live in

speaking of which,

you know how I got these scars?

No, but I know

how you got these!

Ugh, you. You just

couldn't let me go, could you?

This is what happens when an unstoppable

force meets an immovable object.

Youtruly areincorruptible,

aren't you, huh?

You won't kill me out of some

misplaced sense of self-righteousness.

And I won't kill you

because you're just too much fun!

I think you and I

are destined to do this forever.

You'll be in a

padded cell forever.

Maybe we could share one!

You know, they'll be doubling up the rate

this city's inhabitants are losing their minds.

This city just showed you that it's

full of people ready to believe in good.

Until their spirit breaks completely!

Until they get a good look

at the real Harvey Dent

and all the heroic things he's done.

You didn't think I'd risk losing the battle

for Gotham's soul

in a fist fight with you?

No. You need an ace

in the hole. Mine's Harvey.

What did you do?

I took Gotham's "White Knight" and I

brought him down to our level.

It wasn't hard. You see, madness,

as you know, is like gravity.

All it takes is a little push!

This is where they brought her, Gordon

after your men handed her over.

This is where she died.

I know, I was here,

trying to save her.

But you didn't!

-- I couldn't!

-- Yes, you could have. If you had listened to me

if you stood up against corruption

instead of doing your deal with the devil!

I was trying to fight the mob!

You wouldnt dare try to justify

yourself if you knew what I lost.

Have you ever had to talk

to the person you love most

To tell them it's going to be alright,

when you know that it's not?

Well, you're about to know

what it feels like, Gordon.

Then you can look me in the eye

and tell me you're sorry.

-- You're not going to hurt my family.

-- No, just the person you love most.

So, is it your wife?

Put the gun down Dent!

Harvey, put down the gun.

Please. Please Harvey. Please.

Goddamn it, will you

stop pointing the gun at my family?!

We have a winner.

-- No, Jim, stop him!

-- Harvey!

Harvey

I'm sorry!

For everything!

Please, don't hurt my son.

You brought your cops?!

All they know is this is a situation.

They don't know who or what,

they're just creating a perimeter.

You think I want to escape from this?!

There is no escape from this!

You don't want to hurt the boy, Harvey.

It's not about what I want!

It's about what's fair!

You thought we could be decent men

in an indecent time!

But you were wrong.

The world is cruel. And the only morality

in a cruel world is chance

unbiased, unprejudiced, fair.

His son's got the same chance she had

What happened to Rachel wasn't chance.

We decided to act. We three.

Then why was it me who was

the only one who lost everything?!

It wasn't.

The Joker chose me!

Because you were the best of us.

He wanted to prove that even

someone as good as you could fall.

And he was right.

You're the one pointing the gun, Harvey.

So point it at the people responsible.

Fair enough.

You first.

My turn.

Harvey, you're right.

Rachel's death was my fault.

Tell your boy it's going to be alright,

Gordon.

Lielike I lied.

It's going to be alright, son.

Daddy! Dad, is he okay?

Thank you

You don't have to thank me.

Yes I do.

The Joker won.

Harvey's prosecution,

everything he fought for, undone.

Every chance we had at fixing our city

dies with Harvey's reputation.

We bet it all on him.

The Joker took the best

of us and tore it down.

People will lose hope.

They won't.

They must never know what he did.

Five dead, two of them cops.

You can't sweep that up.

But the Joker cannot win.

Gotham needs its true hero.

-- No.

-- You either die a hero

or you live long enough to

see yourself become the villain.

I can do those things because

I'm not a hero, unlike Dent.

I killed those people.

That's what I can be.

No, No! You can't,

you're not!

I'm whatever Gotham needs me to be.

Call it in.

A hero. Not the hero we deserved,

but the hero we needed.

Nothing less than a knight... shining.

-- They'll hunt you.

-- You'll hunt me. You'll condemn me

set the dogs on me.

Because that's what needs to happen.

Because sometimes the

truth isn't good enough.

Sometimes people deserve more.

Sometimes people deserve

to have their faith rewarded.

Batman!

Batman!

Why is he running, Dad?

Because we have to chase him.

Okay, we're going in! Go, go! Move!

He didn't do anything wrong.

Because he's the hero Gotham deserves,

but not the one it needs right now

so we'll hunt him

because he can take it

because he's not a hero

he's a silent guardian,

a watchful protector

a Dark Knight.

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