I smiled when I saw the city in the distance. I saw an orchard a few hundred feet away from me and smiled. I went up to the fence and jumped it. I walked up to a tall, old apple tree overhanging the tracks, and climbed up into the crown and pulled off an apple and hungrily munched on it. I nearly dropped it when I heard a train horn sound from the direction that I was coming. I ripped open my bag and stuffed as many good apples that I could find into it and perched on the sturdiest branch above the tracks and waited eagerly. Soon enough I saw it come flying under me. Knowing I would have to make it at the right time, I steeled my nerves and jumped. Glad that I survived I sat up and saw something else that made me happy that I didn't wait any longer, I had landed on the caboose. I shivered before slowly standing up and making my way to the front of the train. We soon arrived in Gotham and I jumped onto the under part of the first bridge we went under. I climbed up onto the top and adjusted the pack on my back and started walking randomly around.

That's when I noticed that everyone I passed was hysterical. I looked around, 'I don't see anything that funny.' I shrugged and kept walking until I smelled something stinky, real stinky. I looked over at the docks and cringed when I saw a garbage boat parked by it. I wrinkled my nose and turned away from it before walking down a street heading for anywhere. I stopped walking when I realized that I couldn't smell the boat anymore and people weren't laughing. 'Could it be that garbage barge? Nah.' I shrugged and pulled out an apple and munched on it while walking down the street. I stopped when I started to hear people laughing again. I took a deep breath and smelled the barge again. Allot stronger this time. Puzzled I went back to where I had seen the barge as it became dark and the moon came up. I saw it still docked and ran behind the corner of a random building and watched as the middle half of the garbage lifted and a ramp stretched out. I crouched down lower as two people came out, both were wearing clown masks and different colored sweaters.

I looked at the barge again as I heard a voice say, "Now don't forget where we parked, haha!"

I looked at the source of the voice and saw a man dressed in a purple and green tuxedo like suite with something that looked like a fishbowl over his head. He had the world's biggest grin as he pushed his shopping cart. I froze as a little memory made its way to my mind.

'Joker..' I trailed off as I watched them walk off into the city. I silently followed them and watched as they robbed hysterical bystanders and stores and everyone was powerless against them. I saw the smaller clown say something to the bigger clown and the little one went down an alley while the other went down a different street. I looked both ways and snuck after the smaller clown.

I rounded the corner and felt someone grab me from behind and I struggled when I felt a hand clamp down on my mouth, "Hey Joker. This rats not affected by the gas." I saw the madman come around the corner with his shopping cart and come right up to me.

He roughly grabbed my chin and made me look at him in the eyes. "Well little squirt, what's your pretty secret?" I growled and clamped down on his gloved hand and shook my head. "OOOWWWWWW!" He howled and jerked his hand out of my mouth. I spat on the ground trying to get the foul taste out of my mouth. "Throw her onto the ship boys. I'll decide what to do with her later." I struggled as the clown picked me up and threw me over his shoulder as we went back to the barge. They stowed their cars under the deck before coming back and tying me to the front of the steering room. I struggled against the rope and finally gave up. I sat there thinking that after all this time, maybe leaving the orphanage might have been a bad idea, that was until I heard an engine roar. My ears perked up as I struggled to pinpoint where it was coming from.

I strained against the rope and managed to slightly raise myself above the ships railing and see one of the Bat vehicles heading straight towards us. I smiled and relaxed against the rope and sank to the floor. I saw the boat park next to the ship and Batman jump out.

'It's been such a long time since I've seen him. I wonder if he even remembers me anymore.' I stayed quiet as the scope came up and looked around. It slowly spun over Batman before freezing and whisking back over to him. He brought back his hand and slammed it into the glass making the scope bounce backwards. I smiled when I saw Joker and three goons came out onto the ship's deck. Joker sent the first two clowns after Batman and they were soon defeated and Batman faced his next oponent. The giant clown.

He easily took down Batman and my blood began to boil. Joker jumped off the container that he was sitting on and held it open in time for the robot to dump Batman into it.

"Let's puch in some holes, wouldn't want our new pet to suffocate!" The madman cackled before pulling a knife out of his suit and began stabbing the containers sides. He cackled as he finished and looked at the robot, "Captain Clown? Give Batsy the old heave-ho!" The robot picked him up and threw the container overboard.

"No!" I shouted and watched with tears in my eyes as bubbles rushed to the surface. I focused on my finger nail forgetting my caution if Joker saw me or not, it slowly morphed into a claw and I easily sliced through the ropes before jumping over the edge of the boat as I pushed Joker overboard, "Move it bozo!"

I opened my eyes under water and saw the rapidly sinking container. I swam with it down to the bottom. I grabbed the handles and tried swimming back up to the surface. I managed to swim back up a few feet but sank right back down.

I focused on my hand and smiled when it morphed into a dragon talon. I sliced through the side as my mind began to get fuzzy. A rush of bubbles hit my face and I was enveloped in a strong grip. I felt the water rushing past me until I broke the surface and landed on a hard surface. I coughed up water and groaned as I rolled onto my side and spat out more water. Someone began patting me on the back and I looked up to see Batman looking at me like I was about to die.

"Hey, don't look at me like that, I ain't dead yet." I rasped.

He narrowed his eyes at me before something clicked in his skull.

"You! You were that kid that I sent to the orphanage two years ago."

I nodded, "The one and only. Now let's go get Joker!" I was about to jump into the water when he placed his gloved hand on my shoulder.

"Now wait a minute. Before we do anything you are going to tell me what's going on and how you got me out of there."

I hung my head and growled, "Fine."

I explained about the accident and then I explained the recently discovered powers I had. He pondered this before finally relenting to having me help him. "Yes!"

He turned and stared after the disappearing barge. "You want to play dirty Joker? Fine." He turned to me and motioned at the Batboat. "Hop in."

I shook my head, "No thanks. I got my own ride." He stared at skeptically as I concentrated on myself. I felt myself grow until I looked down at myself and smiled at the outcome. I had shiftshaped into a plesiosaurus and flipped into the water. I looked back at Batman who seemed stunned. "Hello! You ready?" He snapped back into reality and nodded.

I swam off in front of the Bat boat leading the way in the direction that Joker had gone. We soon came to the wharf of the Gotham city dump. I saw Joker sitting cross legged on a large crate watching his two goons spray down his barge with some kind of green stinky spray and his robot clown stood next to him. Batman pulled up to the wharf and leapt out. Everyone jumped back in surprise.

"Batman?! You're-you're alive!?" He smirked under his mask.

"Yes, and I brought backup." He jerked a thumb back towards the water. I made a dramatic pause happen before I brought my head through the water at frightening speed startling all three backwards.

I heaved my heavy self onto the dock and slowly swung my head around and glared at the criminals. Joker stared at me aghast.

"That's your back up?! Where did you pull that thing out of?! A dereanged history page?!" Batman smirked as I roared at them (watch the Jurassic park 3 rainy boat scene to get the full understanding). Joker fell over backwards and took off running. The other two stood off with Batman. He knocked the last one into the power pole and knocked him out cold. I growled when he was picked up by Captain Clown and was about to be crushed on the conveyor belt.

I reached down and lightly grabbed his cape with my teeth and pulled him out of the clowns grasp. I set him down in front of me. He scrambled backwards as the clown came towards him again until I brought my tail down onto of him. I felt the circuits stop fritzing and slowly lifted my tail and bared my teeth in a toothy grin. "Bug squashed."

I morphed down into a Velociraptor and stopped next to him. "Hop on." I saw a small smile appear on his face before it quickly disappeared and he slowly climbed on. "Hang on tight." I felt him slightly grip my neck a little tighter before I rocketed into the factory and stayed with Jokers scent. It led me to the edge of a pipe. I leapt in without listening to Batman's reprimands and slid down the smelly old thing on my tail end.

"Woah!"

"Hang on to me!" I saw the end of the pipe and stuck my feet out trying to slow our descent as we were sliding closer and closer to the incinerator.

We rocketed out of the pipe and I managed to turn around grab the pipe in my mouth before we fell down into the inferno. I managed to wrap my tail around Batman to keep him from falling and being devoured by the ravenous flames. I saw the Joker leaning over the railing laughing at us and growled. I swung my tail back and forth and finally picked up enough momentum to throw him at the railing. Once I was sure that he was secured, I heaved myself onto the flooring of the pipe and ran up it.

Joker watched as the dinosaur left. "Well Batsy boy, looks like your little pet iguana ran off. HAHAA!" He cackled and held his side. They both looked back at the pipe as they heard a roar and rapid footsteps coming towards them.

I shot out of the tubes ending and rocketed towards the railing. I caught it with my two arms and hauled myself over the edge. I cocked my head as I studied Joker and went up next to Batman.

"What is that? Are we in Jurassic park four or something?"

I got an idea and concentrated on myself again. This time I was aiming for something bigger than a raptor or swimmer. I looked down at Joker from my newly gained height and lowered my giant head T-rex in front of him. "Boo!"

He gasped and slowly back up as his foot got wrapped up in some rope coils. I kept advancing towards him until he fell over the edge. The rope snapped taunt and he dangled over the flames. Batman went up to the railing and looked over. "Batman! You wouldn't let me fry, would you?" Batman smiled and leaned on the railing with his head in his hand looking so bored. Joker panicked. "Batman!" He motioned at me and I leaned my head over the railing and gripped the rope in between my teeth and hauled him over board. I dropped him in front of Batman and morphed back to my human form after he had nocked him out.

"Ahh, that's better." I smiled.

I looked back at Batman and watched him grab Joker by the front of his shirt and hauled him back to the Batboat. He cuffed him and tossed him in before looking back at me.

"You coming?"

In the blink of an eye I was morphed into a pteranadon and landed next to him. "I think that I'll follow you from above." He nodded and jumped in the Batboat and drove off.