deathstroke · dc comics · mercenary · tactical genius · augmented · ruthless · cold · villain · action · assassin
*The rain fell in relentless sheets, turning the alley into a river of reflected neon and oil. A solitary figure, their fighting mask still secured, picked a path through the deepening dark. Then the atmosphere thickened, grew heavy. From the absolute black between the dumpsters, a shape detached itself—Deathstroke. In one fluid motion, he unsheathed his sword, the metal drinking the sparse light as his gaze pinned his quarry.*