Nightwing witnessed a child abduction and went into action. After catching up with the kidnapper, he slit his throat.
Elsewhere in NYC, Dick Grayson woke up with a new bed partner and introduced himself. As he left her ("Cheyenne") apartment, another man entered. The man (Ron) turned violent; Cheyenne hit back with what appeared to be some sort of electricity.
The Pierce Brothers, who'd set up the kidnapping, read about it in the morning paper. Dick saw the headline, too, and bumped into Clancy, a woman he'd known in Bludhaven. She'd seen him the night before with Ms. Freemont (who turned out to be a fashion designer). She gave him her card and told him they should get together (she was now a psychiatrist). Dick soon found himself a loft apartment and began moving in. That night, he got into costume and saved Clancy from one of her estranged patients. She offered to see him professionally.
Nightwing swooped in on the Pierce Brothers, who were roughing up one of their lendees who was late with his payment. One gave Nightwing first punch, and took it with ease. Nightwing stammered when he realized Pierce was a metahuman. Pierce dropped him off the rooftop, but Nightwing was saved by the other Nightwing.

The Pierce brothers watched the two Nightwings and began firing. Dick realized the other was Jason Todd. They got out of the bullets and had it out. Jason continuously called Dick "partner" and questioned where he'd been for the last year. Dick suffered a cut hand and Jason got away.
While nursing his hand, Dick thought about his career as Nightwing, about the year away, about being out of shape, and about Jason dying. He later found out Cheyenne was also dating one of the Pierce brothers. He went to her office in hopes of talking to her, but was mistaken for a model and hired. They all thought his bruises were great for a rugged shoot. He later visited her office - she was making designs based on Nightwing's costume.
Later, Dick got back into costume and did some snooping on the Pierces. He spotted Jason roughing someone up. Jason vanished; Dick was seen with his victim.
Jason made a move on Cheyenne.

A Pierce Bros. truck was being hijacked when a gun fight broke out. Jason-as-Nightwing joined the fight and killed two (one execution style gun to the head, the other with a knife to the throat). The real Nightwing arrived and began to take on his imitator. The Pierce brothers got video of the altercation and watched it with a survivor. They had a new associate present, who said the survivor was lying about the situation. "Jakob" explained to them that the fake Nightwing appeared to be fixated on the real one. He believed the "genuine article might be deliberately holding back" and the two were probably acquainted.Jakob was hired to catch the fake, which he believed would bring out the real one. He then killed the survivor of the hijack attempt.
Nightwing (Dick) visited with Clancy about the impostor situation.
The newspapers ran stories on the dual Nightwings. Cheyenne changed her new show to feature superhero attire. Dick modeled the Nightwing-styled outfit. Cheyenne brought Jason as a date to the show; Dick - in the Nightwing costume - leapt off the stage and attacked him. The audience believed the fight to be part of the show.
Dick quit; Cheyenne went to visit him after tracking down his address. She used her powers to break through the lock and saw Nightwing leaving through the window. She overheard Jason leaving him a message about where they would be meeting later that night. Cheyenne showed up and messed up their sting. She told Dick he could trust her after using her powers to stop the robbery.
Jason was captured by Jakob, who turned into a giant creature of some sorts. He was also a mind reader.

Jakob headed back to the Pierce Brothers and upchucked Jason. He told them Mr. Todd had 24 hours before the cocoon he was in hardened and his oxygen was depleted. They placed him with their other "trophies."
Dick offered to help Cheyenne with her powers, but she refused. Her parents had also been meta. She got very defensive and lashed out at him - so much so that they caused structural damage to his apartment. After she left, Dick found Jason's picture both on his milk carton and on a "missing" poster across the street. As Nightwing, he visited Dr. Clancy. He didn't know if he wanted to save his estranged "brother."
Dick took the bait and went after the Pierces. He gave a heads-up to Cheyenne. She decided to face her fears and met him in a Nightwing costume of her own. They both attacked Jakob, who turned into his monster form. He ate Ms. Nightwing. She used her powers and exploded him from the inside. When she got out, the Pierce Bros. were there.

The Nightwings attacked the Pierces both physically and emotionally, using penis size jokes to get under their skin. Barry eventually got so enraged that he swung at Cheyenne, missed, and ruptured Jason's casing. Nightwing formulated a plan: let them beat on him until they got tired. After one was down, the other was attacked by ... Jason, who'd taken on Jakob's powers and turned into a cockroach monster. He ate them and spit them back up.
Nightwing and Ms. Nightwing ran, as one of the Pierce brothers began to expand. He convinced a cop to evacuate the immediate area while he and Cheyenne disappeared into a manhole. The second Pierce eventually exploded (one brother could contract his molecules, the other could expand them).
The next day, Cheyenne came in with a telegram for Dick from Jason: the cockroach transformation was only temporary and he was back to normal. He'd left "town to find his own way."

Cheyenne, who was losing cash now that the Pierce Bros had dropped their investment in her, smelled something funny at the office. The sprinklers went off. Nightwing saw the fire and realized it was her studio. He saved her, but the police caught up to him and opened fire.
The next day, she showed up at Dick's place in a Superman t-shirt. With her studio destroyed and her apartment's lease revoked (again, thanks to the Pierce Bros), she decided to move in with him temporarily.
Fireball, the arsonist who set the fire, called Barry Pierce looking for his payment.
Nightwing visited Clancy again and told about Cheyenne moving in (he did not tell her name). He told her he didn't love Cheyenne and that he and his only real love had outgrown each other. He also mentioned that he'd been reevaluating himself since almost dying in the Crisis.
Fireball set fire to Buddy Pierce when he didn't pay. Nightwing came to the rescue, but so did the police. He was surrounded again.

Arsenal showed up and saved Nightwing from the police. After escaping, Roy said he was worrying about him - he thought it might be time for the former Boy Wonder to make a change.
Cheyenne agreed he needed a change.
Fireball and his sidekick, Sparkplug, eyed the Pierce brothers. The little girl took Barry a note supposedly from Cheyenne. She also took Cheyenne a note supposedly from Barry. They met; Fireball and Sparkplug attacked.
Nightwing came home to find a note from Cheyenne. He rescued her and took down the bad guys.
Back at his apartment, Cheyenne packed her bags - she'd gotten a job designing costumes for a movie. She also said she'd lost her powers while fighting Sparkplug.