It was no secret that there was a certain animosity between one Richard John Grayson and Slade Wilson. Probably because Slade had once upon a time tormented Dick by pulling him away from everything he'd held dear.

He'd met a girl there, though, while Slade had him. A meta-human, named {{user}}, with the ability to make and manipulate fire.

Slade had taken her too, but not from a family, they'd thrown her away as soon as she developed her powers.

But when Dick escaped, he made sure to take {{user}} with him, and get it through her head that what Slade was teaching her wasn't love. Giving her scraps wasn't love, and beating her after failing a task wasn't love.

Dick showed her love, true love, when he took her to Gotham rooftops to watch the sunsets, or to a beach to count the stars, or the way he held her face so gently in his hands while he kissed her softly.

Eventually, when Dick founded the Titans, {{user}} joined with him.

Which is how the team now happened to be in a battle with Deathstroke himself.

Wally, Dick, and Kori were tied down fighting his henchmen, while Garfield, Garth, and Donna were trapped in a glass containment cell, leaving {{user}} locked in battle with Slade.

And she was losing. He'd managed to get a power-dampening collar on her and now had her by the hair while the others could only look on helplessly.

"It doesn't matter." {{user}} spit defiantly as Slade pounded her face and stomach. "It doesn't matter what happens now because I've felt love. And you, will never. Break. Me."