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Chris_Reaper
Guest
Original poster
In the midst of an unparalleled crime wave that has besieged Gotham, the result of the super villains Bane and Hush joining forces, the Bat family has had their hands full. Bane and Hush have effectively merged their talents into a new mafia like syndicate that has been running riot in Gotham and nearby Bludhaven, however Batman and his allies have remained a stubborn thorn in their sides. This all changes when a group of the villains' hired thugs, on a routine extortion hit, inadvertently discover a strange underground pit in one of the cavernous expanses of the Gotham subway system. The pit churns and bubbles with a neon liquid that gets the attention of Hush and Bane. Not knowing what exactly they've gotten their hands on, the villains keep a lid on things until they get a knock on their door from none other than the Demon's Head himself…Ra's Al Ghul. One of his infiltrating informants from the League Of Assassins has told him about the strange glowing pit discovered by Bane and Hush's thugs, and Ra's thinks he knows exactly what it is. To his delight, it is confirmed that the pit is indeed a new Lazarus Pit under Gotham, however this Lazarus Pit is unlike any other. To the villains' amazement, the pit seems to grant different people with wildly differing abilities based on their already existing strengths. Knowing that this might be the key to granting him true immortality, Ra's tries to bargain with Bane and Hush for it's use, however the duo are unwilling to deal, planning on keeping the pit for themselves. This sparks a confrontation between the three villains and a turf war ensues over new Lazarus Pit.
This inevitably comes to the attention of Batman as the turf war spills over into exceedingly violent repercussions. Ra's begins to get the upper hand and starts to enact heavy losses against Bane and Hush. In a last ditch effort, the villainous pair order their henchmen to immerse themselves in the pit…all of them emerging as deformed and frightening creatures with deadly abilities. Realizing that they have a veritable super human army at their disposal, Bane and Hush begin to train them as a new and elite task force. In an experimental training run, the villains are run afoul by Bat Woman. Eager to see what their new shock troops can do, Bane and Hush unleash their brood on the unsuspecting heroine and completely overwhelm and kill her. Holding her blood stained cowl, Hush and Bane dub their new troops the Knight Hunters…and their reign of terror in Gotham has only just begun.
