At the Backstreet Boys' beach house, Howie D was fixing up some orange juice. One by one, Nick, Kevin, and B-Rok were coming down to grab some breakfast before work. As they sat down, they were wondering if A.J. is sleeping late, again.
"I'm right here!" shouted A.J. "Sorry, forgot to put the alarm on."
"That's alright," Howie D laughed as he fixed himself up some orange juice. "We're judges for 'Let's All Dance Until We're Sick'."
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Before they can go to the studio, they decided to go to an Ice cream cart for an ice cream break, A.J. got vanilla with caramel sauce, Howie D got cookies and cream, Nick got chocolate, Kevin got mint, and B-Rock got a plain with chocolate chip. Sure, it was January, but Florida's warm weather couldn't stop them from having ice cream.
Nadine came in and she was holding hands with a six-year old Haitian-American boy, "Are those the Backy Sweep Boys?" he asked.
"*Backstreet* Boys," corrected Nadine. "Now it's time for ice cream for breakfast."
"My favowite!" shouted the boy.
The Backstreet Boys were thrilled because they were not the only ones who liked ice cream for breakfast. Nadine got a vanilla ice cream while she gives the little boy cookies and cream ice cream. The Backstreet Boys began to wonder who the little boy was, "This is my six-year-old brother, Holden," explained Nadine. "My parents left me in charge of you while they repaint the basement."
"Babysitting?" Howie D asked. "You know, I was the baby of my siblings."
"You were?" asked Nadine.
"My brother and sisters were young adults when my folks had me," Howie D explained.
As Nick patted the little guy, Holden took his green baseball cap and placed it on, which made him mad. "Holden!" he shouted angrily.;"That's my hat!"
Big G came in, feeling angry about the noise. "What is going on here?" he asked.
"Sorry, Big G" Nadine said as she grabbed her brother. "I was forced to bring my baby brother to Studio 25. His teacher wanted him to learn about life behind the camera, so the school board thought that he could spend the day here."
"My daughter-in-law is a certified tutor at our studio," explained Big G. "Okay, but no mud pies; I just got the carpet cleaned."
"I get to weawn with you guws!" Holden shouted as he hugged the Backstreet Boys.
A.J. was a bit embarrassed by this.
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Later in the studio classroom, Nadine met up with her friends Lewis, Vincenzo, Raquel, and Rosalee, and the other backup dancers. Blakely was a 16-year-old female gymnast with red hair and pink clothes, Ryker was a 19-year-old cowboy with brown hair and blue clothes, Braxton was an 18-year-old African-American male with grunge clothing, Zion was a biracial African-American male with yellow skater clothes, and Matias was a Latino boy with rapper clothes. Holden started playing with Raquel and Rosalee, much to Vincenzo's delight.
As everyone sat down, Mrs. Guidi started teaching the kids about famous musicians before the radio. "Now, class," she said, "Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was an Austrian musician who wrote operas like 'The Magic Flute' and 'The Marriage of Figaro'."
"Wasn't that the name of Gapatty's kitty from 'Pinnyocchio'?" asked Raquel.
"Good work," replied Mrs. Guidi. "Figaro was also the name of Gepetto's cat in the Disney version of 'Pinnocchio'."
Outside, the Backstreet Boys were working on their harmonies for "I Want It That Way" when they heard Mrs. Guidi giving them a lesson on Mozart. A.J. barged into the room and said, "Hey, Studio 25 School. Backstreet Boys in the house."
Everyone was excited by the Backstreet's Boys' appearance. Mrs. Guidi, on the other hand, was annoyed by their disruption. Looking in the medium-sized room, they saw that the room needed a little livening up, "We should take them on a field trip" B-Rok suggested.
"FIELD TRIP!" shouted the dancers.
"Holden loves field trips," Nadine explained. "Normally I get to look after him. But on the plus side, it does do good for college applications."
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Later, our heroes were at Backstreet Market, the place where the Backstreet Boys got their name. A.J. figured that since they're learning about music, they can learn about the origins of the Backstreet Boys. Mrs. Guidi didn't appreciate the Backstreet Boys giving them ideas, and she certainly didn't want her students to goof off - but she also didn't want to lose her job, so she played along.
During their trip, they learned about how flea markets run, how pretzels are made, and the wonders on antiques.
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Afterwards, it was lunch time. Of course, lunch was on the Backstreet Boys; they got them some turkey hoagies, broccoli pizza, apple slices, and chocolate milk. Mrs. Guidi was proud of the Backstreet Boys for giving them healthy suggestions. Howie D looked at Ginger and telepathically said, *Thanks for giving me the tip that superheroes always have to stay healthy.*
*Telepath*, Ginger telepathically replied. *Nice work. Plus you i'm glad that you did your studying on using your powers every now and again when your in human mode.*
After they were done with lunch, Holden, Raquel, and Rosalee heard the sound of children's music. Not a single classmate noticed that they were gone.
Holden, Raquel, and Rosalee followed the music to a black tent with red stars. Little did they know was that a witch-like Zallegrean was in the market, posing as a storyteller.
"Zuzottat," said Zator on her communicator, "take all the children in the market and take them to me, I can use little minor miners for the Zalecoal mines."
"No problem, your highness," Zuzottat smiled. "I'm going to make these brats our slaves, and the kitty bots will take them to my ship."
At a vintage clothing stand, Howie D and Ginger were going through the clothes from 1973. "So, Howie D" said Ginger, "you're biracial?"
"Yup." answered Howie D. "Puerto Rican on my mother's side."
As Ginger turned her head, she saw that Holden, Raquel, and Rosalee were missing. They both knew that Nadine would be furious if she saw her brother missing. So, they both decided to sneak away to find them.
In one empty corner, Ginger and Howie D turned invisible so the others wouldn't catch them. Quietly and stealthily, they tiptoed around the place, until they found a strange black and red tent. In front of the tent, a bunch of children was listening to the horrifying tales of Zuzottat, including Holden, Raquel, and Rosalee.
Howie D and Ginger knew exactly what they had to do.
Backstreet's Back, Allright!
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Illusioner made an illusion of an angry mob. It fooled the witch and snapped the children out of the hypnotic storytelling. Unbeknownst to them, Zuzottat could see Illusioner and Rubyhane while they were still invisible. Outraged, she summoned a bunch of cat robots and they took the children.
At the parking lot, Mrs. Guidi was going through her list of students to see if everyone is present and accounted for. Though she started to get a little nervous when she saw that Howie D, Ginger, Holden and her daughters were missing. And just to their surprise, everyone in the market ran out of the place and into their cars.
"A crazy cat has kidnapped our children!" shouted a blonde parent with a red suit.
The Griff Gals and the Backstreet Boys knew that the had to act fast, so they decided to go in to find them. Mrs. Guidi on the other hand gathered everyone into the bus and closed the door.
Backstreet's Back, Alright!
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Ninja Man, Ordnance, Top Speed, Power lord, Diamondnix, Centauremerald, Griffin Girl and Merazul were going around to see if Howie D and Ginger were alright.
"Shouldn't Illusioner and Rubyhane be fighting the criminals?" asked Ninja Man. "They should be handling this on their own."
"Superheroes ALWAYS respond to a call for help," explained Diamondnix, "even when their superheroes in crisis."
By the tent, they found Illusioner and Rubyhane trying to save the children from the cat robots. Ninja Man tried to slash them, but Diamondnix stops them. They didn't want to hurt innocent children. Then Top Speed got an idea. He did a supersonic jump and did slam dunks on the robots' heads. The children weren't hurt but were still scared. Ordnance than shot out wholes in the containers so they can escape.
Griffin Girl escorted all the children to safety and to the parking lot. Then it was time to put an end to Zuzottat's reign. Merazul remembered from "The Wizard of Oz" that the Wicked Witch of The West melted through the water. With one water ball, she made Zuzottat all wet. Then Power Lord tossed a barrel of pickles at Zuzottat, making her a pickly mess.
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After that, they changed back to their regular selves and saw that the children reunited with their relieved families. All the kids started talking about how The Cyber Crusaders and The Griff Gals saved them. Holden turned his head and rushed up to his big sister. "You missed it, Nadine!" she shouted. "The Cybew Cwuasadews saved us!"
"Easy, little brother," Nadine replied. "Let's get back to the studio before we all get in trouble with Big G."
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At Studio 25 later that day, Howie D was practicing "We've Got It Goin'" On his guitar when Ginger, Nadine, Holden, Raquel, and Rosalee came in. "Howdy D" said Raquel, "there were these supewhewos at Backstweet Mawket today, and they saved us."
"I am an honest person, and I have to say," Howie D said as he looked at Ginger, "they're really nice guys."
Holden, Raquel, and Rosalee showed a drawing of Illusioner and Rubyhane stopping a bunch of kitty robots and people cheering for them. Howie D didn't want to reveal his secret, so he told the three kids that he'd give it to Illusioner.
The End.
