Last time on pushed to insanity:
Ben looked at Batman. Once he again he got the feeling that Batman was mentoring him. Teaching him how to be a better crime fighter. Why would this hero who swore that he works best alone be teaching him to be better at crime fighting? Come to think of it most of the situation with Zsasz had ended up being somewhat akin to a lesson. Learning how to better control the Omnitrix, showing that he could think strategically instead of just going for hard hitters, and now telling him to take a closer look at his surroundings.
"Hey. I was just joking before but… are you actually mentoring me?" He asked. Batman looked at him.
Without answering he walked over to a Air vent and pulled off the metal grate blocking it. Ben smirked. Maybe this Batman wasn't so bad to work with… maybe.
This time:
Ben followed Batman through the ventilation shaft. As they travelled through Ben hear Batman begin to speak. "Oracle, Joker has escaped custody. We're on his trail."
"There's another person with me. His name is Ben Tennyson. He has a device that allows him to transform into aliens… he's from another universe." Batman explained.
Batman took what looked to be an earpiece from his utility belt and gave it to Ben. "Put that in your ear." He said.
Ben nodded and put it in his ear. "Hello?" He asked. "Hello." A woman said from the other side.
"You have a guy in the chair?" Ben asked Batman incredulously. "Woman in the chair." Oracle said.
They got out of the vent and walked down another corridor. There was another short encounter with two thugs. Both of whom were easily dispatched by Batman again.
"So what's the deal? Why does he dress like a bat?" Ben asked. "I can't tell you that." Oracle said.
Still on the Jokers trail they were stopped at a room. The guard outside was looking inside the room in horror. The people in the room were trapped in there with some kind of Gas. They were laughing uncontrollably and their faces were contorting.
"Are they okay?" Ben asked putting his face close to the window. "What's that stuff that their breathing?" He asked.
"Joker toxin." Batman said. "Anyone exposed is dead."
"Including us if we try to go through after Joker." Ben said. He looked behind himself.
Batman had disappeared. He looked up. There was an opening in the ceiling. "Did he just- I mean- that was rude." He said.
"Don't take it personally." Oracle said. "He does that. He's in the room." She said.
Ben tapped on the Omnitrix and began to scroll through his playlist. He needed an alien that could survive in there. He searched long and hard. He found the alien that would best. He got ready to select the alien there was knock on the window. He looked up. Batman was staring at him. The gas was gone.
"Come on." He said.
Ben walked into the room embarrassed. "Sorry sometimes it takes a while to find the right alien." He said. "You won't always have time to select the perfect alien." Batman said.
"I know where this is going. I already know I need to figure how to make due with what I get. Remember, up until 20 minutes ago I could never get the alien I wanted." He said.
They walked through the room. Ben stopped and looked around at the dead bodies. He sighed sadly. "How many of these people had families?" He asked.
"Come on." Batman said.
Ben followed him out of the room into another corridor. They heard a voice. It wasn't over the speaker. It was echoing through the halls. "Come one you two! I'm so close you can almost taste me." The Joker shouted.
Ben followed Batman's lead. He noticed how calm Batman seemed. Nothing seemed to faze him. "Look through your Omnitrix." Batman said.
"Find an alien that's good for fighting in different situations."
Ben smirked. "I have just the guy." He tapped the Omnitrix and spent about thirty looking for the particular alien he was thinking of. He tapped the Omnitrix and the faceplate slid off. The core popped up.
Ben pressed down on the core and began to transform. He transformed into what seemed to be a humanoid mix between a chicken and a hawk. He had a muscular torso and well toned arms. His legs were thin but were strong enough to support him.
"I call this one Kickin' Hawk." The Alien said.
They went into the room. It was large an open. There were security terminals on either side in cubicles. The Joker stood on top of a what looked to be a cell held up by a chain connected to a conveyer belt on the ceiling.
Batman took a bat like object from his belt and threw it at the Joker who dodged it with a duck. He laughed wildly. "I will find you joker. You won't escape." He said.
"Oooh I'm counting on it. Just not YET!" Joker said stomping on the cell.
The door opened in a mutated man was revealed to be inside. His muscle were grotesque. Smaller in some places and unnaturally large in other places. His spine was sticking out of his body. There was no way that whatever was happening to this man normal.
"What the heck?" Kickin' Hawk asked.
The mutated man jumped off the cell and landed on the floor in front of them. It roared loudly and grabbed one of the dead guard's bodies off the ground. "No don't do that." Kickin' Hawk said.
The monster of a man threw the body at the two of them. Batman rolled out of the way and Kickin' Hawk sidestepped. The body hit the wall and slumped to the ground.
"Okay now that's just wrong." Kickin' Hawk said.
The alien ran at the monstrous man. He threw a punch at him but his fist was caught. "Oh, Man this thing is stronger than I thought it would be." He said.
The monster picked him up and threw him at the Batman who once again rolled. Kickin' Hawk looked at the monster jumping to his feet. The monster charged at him.
Kickin' Hawk jumped out of the way and began to attack the mutated inmate. It flinched some but it seemed to make it more angry than anything else. It prepared to charge again but then instead began to roar in pain. It put its arms to its chest where it's heart was.
It was having a heart attack. The light left it's eyes and fell forward dying of cardiac arrest.
"Oh well that wasn't what I expected! Note to self… need stronger test subjects." Joker said. "I'm feeling generous today, So come on Bats take a free shot. Do the dirty deed, save the day, stop me once and for all!" Joker said.
Batman took a Batarang and got ready to throw it. Except he hesitated. He wouldn't kill Joker. Kickin Hawk nodded approvingly.
"BWAHAHAHAAA! Oh your getting too predictable Bats!" Joker cackled.
Kickin Hawk tapped the Omnitrix dial and transformed back into Ben. The conveyor belt began to move into the room behind Joker. Taking the cell and him with it. Suddenly Batman used his grapple hook and followed Joker.
"Batman!" Ben yelled running after him. "Stay there. You have to make sure the rest of the asylum is safe." Batman said. "I'll take care of Joker."
Batman disappeared. Ben looked to his right. A guard was waking up. "Hey you. Come in here." He said taking down the gate. "Hang on." Ben said.
He inspected the body of the man turned monster. What had mutated him like this. He pressed his earpiece, "Oracle. Batman and I have been separated. We also fought some kind of monster. A man mutated into something out of a horror movie. I need a sample analysis," He said.
"Wow… I hadn't expected you to be so thorough. Do you have something that can analyze the blood and sent me the results?" She asked. Ben walked into the cubicle that the guard was in. "I'm about to." He said.
He tapped the Omnitrix and the holographic interface popped up. He scrolled through it for a few seconds. He smiled finding the alien he wanted. The faceplate slid back and Ben pressed down on the core.
He turned into a small demon looking alien. He had an aviator outfit. "Disassemble! Disassemble!" He said grabbing the various computer components and machinery in the cubicle and ripping them out.
"Hey!" The guard yelled panicked.
After he had dismantled everything he began to rebuild it. "FIX! FIX FIX FIX!" Jury Rigg said.
He a device that would analyze the sample and send it to Oracle. Jury Rigg. Took a blood sample and sent it to Oracle. "Okay got it. I'll contact you when I have more information what this is." She said.
Jury Rigg turned back into Ben when the speaker came on. "Well! Batman finally bit off more than he can chew. Don't worry he's not dead! Yet!" The Joker said over the speaker.
"Anyway, you have more pressing matters to deal with. Like the commissioner. It seems that the guard with him was on the winning team!" The Joker said.
Ben went wide eyed. "Oh you did not." He ran to the door which was still locked. He used the Omnitrix again transforming into Big Chill again. He turned intangible and stepped through the door.
He stayed transformed this time in case he had to get into any fights. "Oracle." He said.
"You sound different." Oracle said. "Yeah I know, I've gone alien. I need the quickest route to the cell area. The commissioner was kidnapped." He said.
Oracle was quiet for a second. "Okay. I'm bringing up a map of the area now." She said.
"Okay I think you can send the data to my Omnitrix. I just need to figure how." He said.
The Omnitrix beeped and Ben changed back. "Command recognized connecting to computer." It said.
"Whoa. It can do that?" He asked. "Guess so," Oracle said. This time her voice came from the Omnitrix. "Okay I've sent the data." She said.
Ben looked at the Omnitrix. "Uh okay… Omnitrix show me the map of the area." Ben said.
The Omnitrix projected a holographic map of the area Ben was in. Ben looked at the map and studied it. "Alright. I think I've got it." He said. He headed off to the Commissioners last known location.