Sugar and Spice

Summary: Xmen/ Batman Beyond X over... Max and Terry are thrilled when their senior trip take them to the beautiful beaches in Mexico and when they cross paths with students from a private school, things heats up and romance blooms. However when females students starts ending up attacked and left in a comatose state it's up to Terry along with the help of a trio of mysterious vigilante's to stop the attacks before things turn deadly...

"Wait...let me get this straight. The old man is actually letting you go on this trip to Mexico? Who is going to protect Gotham?" Max asked perplexed as she loaded her suitcase down with bikini's and clothes she had bought earlier for the trip.

It was a warm late Thursday afternoon in the middle of April and the duo were hanging out in Maxine's apartment packing for the annual senior trip. The sun peeked through her rather dusty blinds bathing the room and a peaceful orangish glow. Terry was lounging on Max's bed flipping through a magazine with his head propped on the pillow, occasionally lifting his eyes from the colorful pages to watch his best friend scurry around frantically. Terry had done the 'sensible' thing and packed for the trip a week in advance, but Max had waited until the last minute which was why he was stuck waiting for her to finish instead of being at the arcade like they had originally planned. As he watched her room go from tidy and neat to having clothes strewn all over the place, he had to admit he was a bit surprised. He had never knew Max owned so many clothes.

"Well it's only for a week and Bruce says he has it under control. I personally think he's been itching to get back into the suit and I rarely get any time away so I wasn't about to argue with him when he gave me permission," he paused, as a blur of something she had flung out of the closet landed on top of his head.

His grin widened and he arched his dark eyebrow curiously as he lifted the offending piece of cloth of his head and saw that it was a barely there one piece black bathing suit. It was strapless and the only thing connecting the top to the bottom was a metallic gold chain shaped in hearts. He was stunned that Max would own something so provocative seeing how she was the biggest tomboy that he knew. He tilted his head and tried to imagine her in it and smiled deviously as the image popped into his head. The price tag was still on it and he let out a low whistle which caught Max's attention. Poking her pink head out of the closet she saw what was in Terry's possession and she flushed deeply before storming across the room and snatching the article of clothing out of his hand.

"Speaking of suits, are you planning to wear that particular one piece for someone?" he asked slyly.

Max snorted.

"Can't a girl buy a nice swim suit for the hell out of it?" she asked nonchalantly, trying to look busy by loading her suitcase. She held up a pair of denim cut off shorts and made a face as she tossed them aside shuddering inwardly. She couldn't believe she had paid good money to purchase those hideous things.

Terry shook his head unconvinced.

Max's evasiveness only intrigued Terry even more and he tossed the magazine aside fully prepared to grill her.

"I was with Dana when she bought her "nice" bikini and trust me, she was buying it for a purpose," he said grinning deviously.

Max laughed as she covered her ears playfully.

"Ew, whatever Dana has planned for you wearing the "nice" bikini, trust me when I say that I do not want to know. Terry, we are best friends. We share almost every secret we have with each other. If there was a guy then you would know but there isn't," she said amused.

Terry smirked.

"Are you sure? Blade says you and a certain popular point guard on the basket ball team has been spending an awful lot of time together," he said slyly, his cobalt blue eyes shining with curiosity.

Max scowled.

"Blade has a big mouth. I am just tutoring Gary Wiles because he is struggling in Chemistry, and it would be ashamed for him to fail his senior year. Besides he is so not my type, and why would you believe anything Blade would say? Her gossip is not the most accurate," she grumbled.

Terry smiled widened.

"But you hate jocks, so why would you go out of your way and tutor Gary?" he prodded.

She threw her hands up in the air exasperated.

"You're right, Terry. Somewhere between helping you fight crime, helping you keep up in your classes and balancing my perfect A average in all my classes I am swept away in some hidden secret romance with Gary! Are you kidding me?" she asked in disbelief.

Terry reluctantly had to agree. Max was as busy and focused as they came. Not only did she help provide a cover for his vigilante activities, she helped keep him caught up in his classes while she kept her average the highest in the senior class, and apparently Gary was now added on to her tutoring list. If anyone deserved this trip down to Mexico, it was definitely Max. She needed to escape from under the weight of all her responsibilities and let loose and relax. He watched her struggle with closing her suitcase and he realized that he took her for granted. They were best friends and she was always there for him when he needed her. She never complained much about being overwhelmed, but sometimes he could see it in her face when she didn't think he was paying any attention to her. Sometimes he could see it in her eyes that she was struggling and more then once he had felt guilty for being a huge part of her burden.

"Earth to Terry! Are you spacing out on me because you don't want to help me lug this suitcase down three stories?" she asked suspiciously as she glared at him mockingly with her hands resting on her shapely hips.

He shook his head smiling inadvertently causing a stand of black hair to fall in his face.

"Your such a pain, you know that?" he teased rising from the bed and grabbing the suitcase and lifting effortlessly before heading out of the room.

Moments later he came back into the room and found Max with a excited gleam in her dark eyes.

"I am so excited, Ter. For a whole week I'll be out of this psychotic city and lying on the beaches of Cancun. It's going to be peaceful and relaxing...," she trailed off as Terry picked up his infamous brown book bag and she caught a glimpse of the batman suit folded neatly inside.

She frowned.

"Ter," she groaned.

He sighed.

"I know, Max but if something happens I have to be prepared. Besides Bruce made me promise that I would take it with me," he mumbled.

She smiled and shrugged.

"It's our senior trip. What could possibly go wrong?" she asked brightly.