Night. Arkham Asylum.
Commissioner Gordon switched on the Bat-Signal. It wasn't long before he heard footsteps behind him.
He didn't need to turn around to know Batman had arrived.
"What is it?"
Batman asked in a low voice.
"Amanda Waller's here. She wants to take Bane."
James Gordon skipped the small talk and spoke with a hint of frustration.
After all, Amanda Waller was a high-ranking member of The Eye Society, a representative of America's upper echelon, and the person in charge of handling metahuman affairs.
Clearly, she had her eye on Bane this time.
If she declared Bane a metahuman, then even the Gotham Police Department wouldn't be able to stop her.
They simply weren't on the same level.
Batman knew Amanda Waller, of course, and she had always been wary of him.
Amanda Waller was a staunch patriot who believed superheroes posed a potentially enormous threat to the nation.
Even a human hero like Batman made her distrustful.
In fact, the Gotham Police Department hadn't liked Batman at first, either. They thought the vigilante was taking the law into his own hands.
They only accepted him after learning he followed a "no kill" rule.
Commissioner Gordon had even led the way in working with him.
"I'll go talk to her."
Batman spoke in a low voice, then followed Commissioner Gordon into Arkham Asylum.
Arkham Asylum's full name was the Elizabeth Arkham Asylum for the Criminally Insane.
It stood on an island between Coventry and Burleigh, in the outskirts of Gotham City. You could call it Gotham's "abnormal human research center."
Anyone with even a hint of mental illness was usually sent here.
The Joker and Bane had both been brought here before.
Bane was supposed to be sent to Blackgate Prison, but Batman had used a little of