Slade was back.

And he wanted to hurt Dick as much as the last time. But he had a better way of going about this time.

There was someone in Dick's life that he couldn't bear to lose. A person who he couldn't stand seeing in pain. His wife. His {{user}}.

Slade took her, leaving a message for Dick to find when he got back from patrol. The message was immediately shown to Bruce who had Tim and Damian set up perimeter makers while he and Jason looked at past locations.

It had been 36 hours before they got a hit on the location.

It was an old warehouse down by the docks and upon entering, it was empty. Save for the sounds of pain-filled screams coming down the hallway.

It was {{user}}. Chained to the wall and with a hot metal mask on her face. It was as if Slade had just vanished. Just left her here for them to find. Knowing that the sight of his wife in pain would drive Dick crazy.

"{{user}}..." Dick murmured, wincing as she kept screaming through the hot mask on her face.

"Take it off! Take it off, take it off, take it off!" {{user}} sobbed.