The Dark Knight Rises Page #22

BANE:

Peace has cost you strength.

Victory has defeated you.

85.

Bane SMASHES Batman back - kicks him off the catwalk -

Batman drops, uses his cape to land. Bane climbs down on a

chain - his men watch in disciplined silence - Batman hurls

flashbangs at Bane, who doesn't flinch.

BANE:

Theatricality and deception are

powerful agents...to the

uninitiated.

Batman lashes out at Bane - Bane counters - they separate.

BANE:

But we are initiated, aren't we,

Bruce? The League of Shadows. And

you betrayed us...

BATMAN:

Us? You were excommunicated. From a

gang of psychopaths.

BANE:

Now I am the League of Shadows,

here to fulfill R¯'s al Gh¯l's

A U:

destiny...

Batman hurls himself at Bane, throwing him into the

waterfall, where he smashes his fists and gauntlets into

Bane's mask again and again, water cascading over them.

Bane is not moving. Just taking the blows. Batman pauses.

Bane's arms SHOOT OUT, SMASHING Batman aside - Bane RISES...

BANE:

You fight like a younger man.

Nothing held back. No reserves.

Admirable. But mistaken.

Batman hits a switch on his belt - the lights go out - Bane

turns slowly addressing all the shadows at once.

BANE:

You think darkness is your ally.

But you merely adopted the dark. I

was born in it. Formed by it...

In the shadows, Batman circles, looking to strike...

BANE:

I didn't see the light until I was

already a man. And by then it was

nothing to me but blinding...

86.

Bane lunges backwards into the darkness - Batman's throat in

his grasp.

BANE:

The shadows betray you, because

they belong to me...

Bane SMASHES him into the ground, POUNDING, pounding,

pounding the hard cowl with his bare fists until it CRACKS.

Bane RISES from Batman, gestures to the ceiling of the

chamber - explosive charges have been drilled into holes...

BANE:

I will show you where I've made my

home while preparing to bring

justice. Then...I will break you.

A Mercenary tosses Bane a detonator - Batman watches through

cracked cowl - Bane hits the detonator - explosions BURST

over his head as the ceiling CRUMBLES revealing:

Applied Sciences - Bane has dropped the bottom out of Fox's

weapons store...a camouflage Tumbler rests in the rubble.

BATMAN:

No...

BANE:

Your precious armory. Gratefully

accepted. We will need it.

INT. APPLIED SCIENCES - CONTINUOUS

Mercenaries race through the stacks of equipment...

INT. BANE'S LAIR, SEWERS - CONTINUOUS

Batman climbs to his feet, swaying. Bane approaches.

BANE:

I wondered which would break first

- your spirit...

Batman SWINGS at him - misses - Bane GRABS him, lifts him

HIGH.

...or your body.

Bane brings Batman down onto his knee, BREAKING his back

with a horrific CRACK.

87.

In the shadows, Catwoman looks on. Shocked. Bane crouches to

pull the broken cowl off the broken Wayne. Mercenaries lift

Wayne's body and carry him off... Bane stares into the

hollow eyes of his trophy...

Catwoman slinks back into the shadows, and we -

FADE TO BLACK.

FADE IN:

EXT. WAYNE MANOR - DAY

Blake's cruiser pulls up. He noses up to the windows.

Nothing.

EXT. SELINA'S BUILDING, OLD TOWN, GOTHAM - DAY

Blake sits in his cruiser. Selina exits, wide-brimmed hat,

bags. Blake recognizes her. She hails a cab.

BLAKE:

(INTO RADIO)

Get Commissioner Gordon. Tell him

I've got a line on the

Congressman's kidnapping.

Blake pulls out to follow.

INT. TERMINAL, GOTHAM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT - DAY

Selina moves through the terminal. She clocks a Uniform Cop

staring at her - ducks down a service hallway.

INT. SERVICE HALLWAY, AIRPORT - CONTINUOUS

The Uniform rounds the corner to find Selina applying

make-up.

UNIFORM:

Excuse me, Miss. I need to see your

ticket and identification, please.

Selina, surprised, fumbles with her purse.

SELINA:

Would you mind?

88.

She hands the Uniform her hat - punches him through the

brim, stuffs him in a closet - plants her mangled hat on his

head.

INT. JETWAY, AIRPORT - MOMENTS LATER

Selina makes her way down the jetway - spots Security at the

far end - turns - Blake smiles at her. Badge in hand.

INT. INTERROGATION ROOM, AIRPORT - DAY

Selina, now in cuffs, looks up as Blake walks in.

BLAKE:

I showed your picture to the

Congressman and guess what?

SELINA:

Don't tell me, still in love?

BLAKE:

Head over heels. Pressing charges,

though.

Blake lays a police file down with a thump.

You've made some mistakes, Ms.

Kyle.

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