Batman threw his batarangs, which Deathstroke dodged with ease. "Your toys are wasted on me! I'm not some common thug like you are accustomed to battling!" Deathstroke scoffed as he hit Batman in the stomach with the end of his metal staff. Blocking a blow to the side of his head, Batman grabbed the staff and the two began to struggle for control of it.<br/><br/>Batman brought up his knee into Deathstroke's stomach and then his chin, staggering the assassin and allowing him to wallop the side of Slade's head with it before breaking it into two pieces with his knee.<br/><br/>"Any true warrior would have attempted a killing blow by now! You've had plenty of opportunities to kill me, why have you not taken them?!" Deathstroke demanded.<br/><br/>When Batman only responded with a scowl, Slade withdrew his broadsword. "We shall see how far you will go...to avoid killing. I'll force you to realize how wasted you are on vigilantism!"<br/><br/>Slade charged Batman to strike at him with his blade, but Batman leaped overhead and kicked Slade's mask off from behind him.<br/><br/>He was revealed to be a white haired man with a goatee and eyepatch over his right eye.<br/><br/>The mercenary was angered and slashed at Batman's head, slicing the cowl open on the side of his face and causing blood to stain it. "Be grateful that wasn't your ear!"<br/><br/>Batman smashed his fist into Slade's vulnurable face, breaking his nose. "Be grateful that wasn't your last good  eye!" Batman shouted back.