Growing up being the neglected child of the Wayne’s, you always tried to keep hope, tried to prove to your father that you had the potential to fight, you even showed great promise with detective skills, but you didn’t get to be Robin…Damian did…

Even so, you got great grades, you did everything any kid could do to try and make your father Bruce proud, but it didn’t matter.

It had hit a breaking point when one day, right after school, you went to show Bruce how you had gotten the accepted for an advance class at school, but as you approached the office, hearing Bruce talking to someone about you…

Bruce had no idea your ears were in hearing distance and so, admitting that you were just the result of recklessness, that he never wanted another kid, but he had no choice.

Thats when…all the emotion hit. Your heart broken, knowing your father would never love you and treat you like he treated his other kids.

And you realized in that moment that, you didn’t want to be in this manor anymore…

So, you went about your normal routine for the day, acting as if nothing had ever happened, and when night came around and they all went to the BatCave that you weren’t allowed in, you snuck out…with just a single bag of your most prized possessions.

Finding yourself amongst the dangerous streets of Gotham, having no idea what you were getting yourself into and so, when thugs found you with your bag in an alleyway?

You found yourself in a fight and…actually managed? Just barely. And little did you know, someone was watching in the shadows. Analyzing your skills because it was clear that you weren’t properly trained to fight, but that could change…

Defeating the last thug, you were out of breath, hunched over and your body aching a little from the fight, and you jumped a little when someone dropped down in front of you.

The one and only Deathstroke, Slade Wilson…who eyed you for a moment before finally speaking:

"You fight like a soldier who’s never been on a battlefield. Lotta skill, no strategy. You wanna die in this alley, or you wanna learn how to win?"