Hello once again! It's me! Last-Babylonian! And I finally have the time to write the sequel to How to Flatter a Cat! I'm so sorry for how late this is and I'm sure ya'll were about to find me with torches and pitchforks so I'm hoping this persuades you to be nice to me. Read and review please!

Chapter 1: Why Hello There

"MAX!" Isis shouted as she glomped the startled pinkette.

"Holy cow woman! Are you trying to give people heart attacks?" Max asked as she hugged her friend tightly.

"Well no…but that would be something fun to do," Isis said as she and Max walked down the depressingly gray hallway of the school.

"You're crazy hon. Hey, where's Terry?" Max asked when she realized that Isis was unusually alone. Sighing Isis did a quick sweep of the area to make sure no one was within ear shot.

"Bruce Wayne sent him out to handle some idiot named 'Mad Stan'. I offered to help, obviously. But they both shot me down," Isis said with a childish pout and annoyed yowl.

"What? I thought they would jump at the chance for you to help," Max said with wide eyes as the girls walked through the school doors. "Mall?" Max asked randomly as they stood outside awkwardly.

"Mall sounds good. I need to look at some new clothes. And I thought so too. But Terry said that Mad Stan was not someone I should face and Wayne said that I should stay in class and take notes so Terry doesn't miss anything," Isis said as the two walked towards the mall.

"That's ridiculous if you ask me girl. I mean you're obviously able to protect yourself and help Terry out. I mean that whole deal with mask man should have proven that," Max said as she wrapped an arm around Isis's shoulder and gave her a brief squeeze.

"One would think that! I mean that was two weeks ago and I haven't fought anything but stupid Jokerz! Now I can see why Dana got all pissy with the lack of time spent together," Isis said with a full body shudder at her comparison.

"Yeah but there's a major difference between you two; you actually understand why he's constantly off and you even help him out once in a while. Dana was kept in the dark," Max said before the girls entered through the mall doors. "Where to first?" Max asked as they looked at a directory.

"I say Hot Topic (Yes there will be a Hot Topic in the future!). I need to see if they have any interesting jewelry," Isis said as she pointed to the location of the store. Nodding in agreement, the two girls walked arm in arm to the gothic store.

The girls separated once they entered the store in order to look at random things for themselves. Isis headed over to the jewelry section while Max walked over to the shirts. She was off in her own world thinking about what Isis and her talked about and didn't realize that there was a person directly in front of her. Bumping head first into a solid chest, Max stumbled and braced herself for the harsh impact that never came. Opening her eyes, she saw pitch black eyes staring at her with slight shock.

"Are you alright?" The young man asked as he helped her to stand up straight once again.

"Uh huh," was all Max could say as she stared at the young man who straightened a wayward strand of his shoulder length blonde hair. "I'm sorry for bumping into you," Max said once she regained her ability to speak.

"Oh don't worry about it," The man said, waving his hand dismissively. "I'm Lance by the way," he said with a charming smile and a slight bow.

"Max," Max replied as she tried to fight down her blush.

"So, Max…you here with someone or am I able to steal you away for pizza and conversation. I'm new here and could really use a friendly face to talk to," Lance said with a flirty tone and wink.

"Actually she's with me," Isis said as she draped herself on Max's back. "But I don't mind you stealing her for pizza and conversation," Isis said as she gave a gentle push to Max's back, causing her to take a step towards Lance. "I'm Isis by the way," Isis said with a brief wave.

"Lance. And thank you for the loan of your mall buddy…unless you don't want to join me Max," Lance said as he bowed towards Isis and gave a concerned look to Max.

"Well I probably should stick with Isis," Max said with hesitation.

"Max, I'm…" at that very moment, Isis was interrupted by her cell going off with the Dracula theme playing. Isis sighed and opened her phone and turned her back on the two so she could answer Bruce Wayne's call. A few awkward moments, or at least to Max, went by and Isis turned back around with an evil glint in her eyes. "Max, I'm unfortunately going to have to leave you. Boss wants me to run a few errands for him. Take good care of her, Lance!" Isis said as she hugged Max and sauntered out of the store.

"Well, shall we?" Lance asked after a few silent moments.

"Sure," Max said as she blushed a vibrant pink that could put her hair to shame. Lance smiled at how shy Max was acting.

"What took you so long!" Terry shouted as he saw his girlfriend swing her way into the half destroyed building that was the library.

"I was busy Mr. Impatient. And I'm here now aren't I?" Isis said as she sauntered her way over to Terry. His suit looked as though it has seen far better days and he was breathing heavily. "And I thought you said that Mad Stan was too much for me?" Isis purred with an evil smirk that screamed she was going to rub this in.

"Well I apparently thought it was going to be no different than the last few times," Terry said as the eyes on his cowl narrowed to a glare. Glaring in return, Isis turned on her heel and stalked up behind Mad Stan who was too busy blowing things up to notice the added company.

"Now why are you destroying these wonderful works of literature?" Isis asked with a sad tone and a matching pout. Turning around in shock, Mad Stan forgot the explosive that was in his hand.

"Do you know what the problem is these days!" Mad Stan shouted as he threw the explosive at Isis who easily jumped up onto a bookshelf and avoided the blast.

"Too many books with gum in them?" Isis asked sarcastically as she crept her way closer to Mad Stan who was growling in irritation.

"Information overload man! We're having all of this info shoved into our heads! And the only way to solve this problem is to blow it up!" Mad Stan said as he charged at the book case that Isis was perched upon. Jumping down onto his back, Isis made quick work of his explosive vest. Doing a back flip off of Stan's back, Isis ripped the trigger line with her claws and threw the vest as hard as she could towards Stan. The explosion threw Mad Stan back into the far wall and knocked him out.

"Great work, Catwoman," Terry said as he tied Mad Stan up as tight as he could.

"He wasn't that bad. And to think I missed out on seeing this guy flirt with Max to take care of an extreme protestor," Isis said with a pout and a stomp of her booted foot.

"Wait, what? Some guy was flirting with Max?" Terry asked as the two of them left the destroyed library and headed towards the Bat Mobile.

"Yeah. Some new guy in town was flirting with her in Hot Topic," Isis said as she stretched her arms up over her head and sighed as something in her back popped back into place. "He didn't seem all that bad actually," she continued as she waited for Terry to situate himself in the Bat Mobile before climbing into his lap.

"Maybe she'll like him enough to date him," Terry said as he tried to pay attention to the controls while Isis was purring next to his ear.

"You never know, hon. She just might," Isis said with a content smile.