Descend into Arkham Madness
I was only a petty thug trying to make my way in Gotham until I was caught by his Tyger guards and thrown into a transit van. The van was filled with the scum and filth of Gotham city and I could taste the stench of their sweat in my mouth. As we come to a sharp stop I could hear the murmurs and screams of Inmates being carted off into Arkham City. Just then the doors opened and the spotlight from an on looking helicopter pierced my eyes making me squint.
“On your feet you worthless piece of crap.”
As I looked around many prisoners from Black Gate Correctional Facility was being tasered, shot and beaten into Arkham City. Some of them was only at Black Gate for small theft or fraud and they were about to be thrown into the biggest sprawling prison in the country. I took my time taking in the surroundings and I caught glimpse of one of the propaganda poster that read “Arkham Asylum for the criminally insane.” Insane? I wasn't insane.
“I don’t belong here!” I screeched at the Tyger Guard behind me.
Knowing full well that they were armed to the teeth with batons, tasers and Rifles, I made a run for it. I must have got a few feet away from the guard when he shocked me in the back with the taser. As I lay on the ground, still in shock, five more Tygers crowded around me each of them taking it in turns to beat me to a bloody pulp. Then the last guard stepped forward, through my clouded vision I could see the rage in his eyes as he raised his rifle and trusted it into may face with such force it knocked me out.
I woke up in a daze, my vision and hearing was blurred and my joints were weak. When my sight and hearing came back I glanced around for something to help me recall how I got here.
“H-h-hey, where are we?” The thug next to me stared with violent eyes.
“Were in Arkham City’s processing area.”
“Processing?”
“Yeah man. You've been out cold since we got in here! You missed all the fun, Bruce Wayne was here and Sionis over there just gone and got tasered.”
“And what’s gonna happen now?”
“Well all of us here are waiting to be taken inside the city.”
I leaned back against the wall and silence fell between me and the inmate. My nose had sustained minor damage from the Tyger guards, forcing me to have to click it back into place.
“So whose gang are you joining?” the thug continued.
“What?”
“Well there’s three main gang leaders the Joker, Two Face and the Penguin. If you want to survive in this place you gotta join up with a gang so they can protect your ass. I for one am joining up with Penguin, he treats his guys real nice, sure you have to earn his trust but that’s the fun part. You know what I’m saying? So who are you joining?”
“Err well; I guess I never thought about it. I think I’m just going to tough it out on my own.”
“Ha good luck with that.”
A group of Tyger Guards came into view along with Professor Hugo Strange. Every single conversation stopped and all eyes looked at Strange.
“I know most of you are wondering why you are here. And why you are being kept in a prison for the criminally insane.”
Strange’s eyes latched onto mine like a leach latching onto flesh. His stare was haunting and soulless.
“Some of you are in fact quite sane and have no history of mental illness.” He continued
“Nevertheless you are all criminals and Arkham City is designed to protect the good people of Gotham city.”
He then backed up to let the Tyger guards do their duties.
“Precede captain.”
“Okay, this half will go into line A and this half will go into B, each of you will go through a full body x-ray to see if you have any weapons on your person. If you try anything funny you will be tasered; if you try and attack one of us you will be shot. Do I make myself clear? Good. Now on your feet, move!”
At that moment every inmate scurried to their feet, pushing and shoving to get into their correct line. As we were being crammed into our lines one of the prisoners lashed out at a guard, without hesitation the guard shot him point blank in the chest. The body was then dragged off like nothing had happened. I was at the back line A and I became closer and closer to being in Arkham City.
“Last one Sir.”
“Good. Take a break captain I’ll see to this one.”
As I stepped through the x-ray Strange grabbed my arm and pulled me close.
“Escape is impossible.”
I could smell the stench of his breath and the coldness in his voice.
“That’s never stopped me before.” I whispered back and without any hesitation he threw me into the container that would take us into the infamous city.