After falling for Dr. Spyral's sinister trap, Nightwing finds himself unable to move. He's unable to think clearly.
"What's...happening to me?"
"I've trapped you in your own body. Now you are my puppet and will do everything I command."
"N-no...I..I won't," Nightwing protested. He attempted to resist, but in the end, he couldn't.
He was displayed before a crowd of people and forced to dance. Then, the ultimate humiliation.
"N-no...please...don't...don't make me reveal myself," he begged. To his horror, he unmasked himself before going still, a living statue before the crowd.