directly after infinite crisis, the teen titans fall apart. cassie, feeling abandoned by her best friends, leaves the titans during the year in which "52" takes place, following robin's departure. cassie becomes involved in a cult heavily influenced by kryptonian culture. she sets up an altar in titans tower with kryptonian crystals and a gold figure with the superman-insignia, which means "hope" in kryptonian. soon, ralph dibny approaches her because someone defaced the grave of his wife sue with an upside down 's' shield, which in kryptonian means "resurrection".