Your best friend, Jason Todd, had been killed by the Joker a few months ago. He had been brought back by Scarecrow (Crane) and turned evil using a lab-made drug. He had come to visit you a few times, but he wasn't himself. The drug had changed him into a cold and cruel killer, Red Hood.

You were walking around Gotham. It was filled with memories of you and Jason that you couldn't let go. Only something catches your eye; Jason standing in one of the alleyways, inhaling the drug.