Doors

[The rain isn't his doing, but everything else is. Waiting until Riddler, the self-proclaimed guardian of Arkham, is gone, is easy enough. The man is unpredictable, and unpredictable men never remain still for long. His men break in, and they set the bombs without even being noticed. The distraction of preparations for Blackgate transfers, with the filling of buses and filing of paperwork, is just that - a distraction. The ground is soaked by the time the explosions detonate, and the rain-soaked foundation helps the bombs finish their work. Arkham Asylum explodes, and then it sinks into the gaping maw left behind when the rain-drenched foundation fails. Screams fill the night, along with the smell of charred flesh, but there's no saving anyone inside. Amid the rubble, a message a appears once the smoke clears, one last present from Bane to his adversary, a taunt to come out from the shadows - a Bat symbol in flames in the middle of the debris.]

[After every powerful person in Gotham is no longer able to serve, Bane steps in. By nightfall on Monday, the entire city has been closed off by violent men taking orders from Deadshot. The airspace is declared a no-fly zone by the new governing body, which consists of just him. Three planes that do not follow the ordinance are brought down by missiles over the bay. Anyone trying to enter or leave is shot dead. The amount of accumulated explosives brought up from the sewers that evening is enough to sink the entire city, but he promises Gotham that it will only be utilized for their protection. Almost immediately, his men put out the fires, round up all off the poor citizens harming themselves due to the toxin, and they help them. Emergency hospitals are opened, and scientists are rounded up and given materials to work around the clock on an antitoxin. Anyone who helps will, of course, be rewarded very nicely. The people of Gotham, unconcerned and unworried, go along with all of it like children being led to the slaughter. He ends the evening with a speech outside city hall, promising to protect the city, to help the people take back what is rightfully theirs. He encourages Gotham's citizens to bring forth their villains, the men and women that oppress them. And, without trial, these citizens are put in Blackgate. There is celebrating in the streets late into the following morning.]

[Message delivered to Deadshot]
Make sure the federal government does not interfere with our plans, my friend.

[Message for Deadshot]
[He sends the message with one of his men, and the contents are simple: Now. Maximum damage, friend, so that we may help this city by taking control of it.]

[Call to Deadshot]

[Ring.]