Oh, I know! I was thinking that when using somebody as competent as Deathstroke, you would likely need to plan out the twists with the group ahead of time to avoid looking like you're pulling stuff out of your ass. Not down to planning every move like a script, but down to planning certain fight set pieces (EG, Deathstroke luring Connor into an area laced with kryptonite. Not saying that would happen, but using it as an example; that sort of thing would be roughly sketched out and then given more detail in the moment).<br/><br/>The above post was more a point that if he has the chance to prep the ground, which given the current plan he would, then the heroes would probably have a much harder time of it, so we'd likely need to discuss roughly how the fight would go and what DS has planned for the area. He retreated in STAR Labs because he no longer had the upper hand and was dealing with too many unknowns; in a location that he controls, that he's prepped, with the right intel on his opponents? He should - on paper, at least, given his prior feats - give them a decent hiding, at least at first before they throw a spanner in the works and turn the tables. If they manage to do that at all, of course; at this point, it's entirely plausible that he beats them and walks away with his cube and leaves them alive "because he isn't being paid to kill them." *shrug* It's up to the rest of the Bat-Fam, of course, but I was more opening the point that if DS is formidable enough to almost take out the JLA with his prepping, then he should be able to handle the New Bat Fam with the right amount of preparation and intel, or AT LEAST give them a run for their money. :P