If Batman refuses to kill Bane, then Joker will die, and if he fails to kill either of them,then it will be Batman who dies. And if the monitor is removed, then they all die from the bomb Joker has in the prison. The stakes are raised when Joker takes Captain Gordon hostage and straps him into the chair as well. However, Batman manages to turn the tables in his favor by using Electrocutioner's shock gloves to temporarily stop Bane's heart, prompting Joker to let Gordon go and flee. Batman then revives Bane, saving him from near-cardiovascular arrest, who injects himself with the TN-1 formula, a steroid that transforms him into a hulking beast. He loses the ensuing battle to Batman and suffers permanent memory loss as a side effect of the TN-1, thus preserving Batman's secret identity. Afterwards, Batman follows Gordon and Warden Joseph as they go after Joker, forced to leave them behind as he continues onto the prison's chapel where Joker is. Dismayed that Bane is still alive, Joker tries to goad Batman into killing him. Managing to resist the urge, Batman proceeds to beat the mentally deranged criminal into submission and leave him for Gordon, Gordon commenting that the city finally has something to believe in again. In a post credits scene, Quincy Sharp is shown proposing reopening and upgrading Arkham Asylum to house the mentally deranged, while Amanda Waller is recruiting Deathstroke from prison for the "Suicide Squad".