Ciel and Sebastian would arrive just as Bruce clinked his glass to perform a toast. "May I have your attention, everyone! Get out. For far too long you've all clung like leeches to my family name and legacy. You sycophants who latched on to me after my family's death in hopes to gain some good standing with the company in some way..GET OUT. Stop smiling, it's not a joke you bloodsuckers. Leave before I call the police and have you all arrested for trespassing."<br/><br/>The mutterings of the offended guests as they left met Ciel and Sebastian's ears.<br/><br/>"Amusing." A voice said when the guests had left, out of the shadows stepped Ra's al Ghul. He was wearing a green robe with a clasp that was a golden oni head. "But...pointless....none of those people have long to live."<br/><br/>"I was right, it is you.." Bruce said, fists clenched. "You're going to unleash Crane's poison on the entire city..."<br/><br/>"Then watch Gotham tear itself apart through fear and hysteria. The League has been a check against human corruption for over a thousand years: WE sacked Rome, WE loaded trade ships with plague rats, and WE initiated the attacks of September 11th."<br/><br/>Ra's walked with Bruce through the hall as League of Shadows members stalked through the manor. "You three stand here defending a city so corrupt that we have infiltrated it's entire infrastructure at every level."<br/><br/>"You have to give me more time...Gotham isn't beyond saving." Bruce said, trying to reason with his former teacher.<br/><br/>Ra's sighed and looked at Bruce sympathetically, "When I found you all those years ago..you were lost...but I believed in you. I gave you purpose and showed you a path. Despite everything you are still my greatest student..and it should be you standing by my side saving the world."<br/><br/>A group of ninja began to pour gasoline on a tipped over Grandfather Clock next to Ciel and Sebastian..<br/><br/>Bruce glared defiantly at Ra's, "Forget it."<br/><br/>That was when the fires were started, "When a forest like this grows too wild a purging fire is inevitable and natural. The movement back to harmony will NOT be stopped this time. I forgot to mention we attacked Gotham before....but we underestimated certain of Gotham's citizens...such as your mother and father."<br/><br/>Bruce's eyes flashed as Ra's taunted him: "Poetic justice....your family created enough hunger in Gotham that their greed got them devoured. Who better to end the suffering..than Gotham's favorite orphan?"