It was a sunny Thursday afternoon, Braxton, Zion, and Matias were heading towards Braxton's car. They were just getting some new pool supplies for the summer when they got a call from Mr. Keighly. After five minutes on the phone, Zion turned to his friends, "Big G wants us at Studio 25, pronto" he explained to his friends.
At Studio 25, Mr. Keighly was panting around like crazy, "This is great, "This is great," he groaned.
Cristian came up and comforted the upset nature host, "Calm down, Walker" replied Cristian, "It's just a dancing troupe."
"Just a dancing troupe" asked Mr. Keighley, "This is a world famous dolphin troupe!"
By the door, Braxton, Zion, and Matias couldn't help but giggle at the panicked nature host, "What's so dumb about this show anyway.
"You get to volunteer" explained Mr. Keighley, "The original dolphin trainers ran into a little trouble with Elton John on the way here. Lawsuit for sneaking into private hotel room to take some clothes."
"Wow" Matias said, "I'm a fond of Elton's music. You have to be a millionaire in order to get into one of his hotel rooms."
Up close, Zion could see the adorable dolphins, "My nine-year-old sister loves dolphins of all kind" he explained, "From the bottom nose, to the spotted, to the killer whales"
"I thought killer whales were just whales" replies Matias.
"Maybe you should get some oceanography tutoring from Nadine," joked Braxton, "Me and my sense of humor."
"Enough, boys" replied Zion, "But it's true, and another name for a killer whale is an orca."
"You must really know your oceanography" replied Mr. Keighley.
"Thanks" answered Zion, "Before I joined LADUWS, I volunteered at SeaWorld in Orlando and you would not believe how many sea creatures I met."
In the audience, the girls were finishing up their homework and were wondering what's with the dolphins, "This is Dancing Dolphins of Dublin" Cristian explained to the girls, "Their quite friendly and these were the visiting dolphins I told you about when the Sesame Street Gang came to visit. Mr. Keighley was taking his niece and nephew to SeaWorld and has asked the owner to let them perform on Pleasant Beach."
"And thanks to some Elton John troubles" replied Nadine, "You got Braxton, Zion, and Mattias to volunteer."
"Zion always wanted to help out on Pleasant Beach," explained Cristian, "Plus Braxton and Matias are falling behind in science and volunteering on the show is a good chance to boost their grades."
By the end of the bleachers, they saw Vincenzo being bummed. Concerned, Ginger walked up to her boyfriend. "What's wrong, Vincenzo" asked Ginger, "You're acting like Big G after he didn't eat his brussel sprouts."
"It's me and Cousin Saylor" Vincenzo answered, "She wants me to be in the revival commercial of an old cosmetics brand Nonna was in."
He showed them the cover of the 60s cosmetics magazine, Tranquil Cosmetics Weekly.
Delfa's Dangles, A Dolphin's Inner Beauty
"Isn't that the cosmetic brand from the early 50s to the early 70s" asked Ginger.
"Say was cleaning up magazines from the early 50s when she spotted one with Nonna on it." Vincenzo explained, "And she wants me to be in it. Unfortunately, Lewis laughed at her idea and said that Nonna is a Nasally Nincompoop."
"Your grandma was a cosmetics girl," asked Faith, "I thought she did cookie commercial."
"Not only Nonna was a spoke model for Big Pond Cookies, Troposphere Treats, and Lucky Star pre-made cookie mix," Vincenzo continued, "She's also the spokes model for this very cosmetic brand. Nonna was in most of the commercials. After the rise of Madonna and Cyndi Lauper, they discontinued the product. Saylor wanted to relive the commercial."
At another studio, Saylor was doing the commercial with The Backstreet Boys being the camera crew. "Just like my Grandma, "Aurelia Farina-Guidi"" announced Saylor, "These will make Aphrodite dance the night away."
"Cut" shouted Kevin, "That's a wrap."
Saylor was happy that she gets to commemorate her grandma, but was sad because of what Lewis did. Saylor began to shed a tear. Not wanting a delicate girl like her said about her grandma's death, A. J gave her a tissue, "Say" he said, "Your makeup is running."
"Thanks. A. J" Saylor replied "This makes me feel better, unlike how Vincenzo tossed plantains at me, those are for Up With Cakes' plantain salad. Not only Lewis laughed at my idea, he tossed a plantana at me."
Remembering that Vincenzo would never toss food at his cousins on purpose, they knew that something was off.
All of a sudden, from nowhere, they could hear screaming from the Pleasant Beach set.
Now the boys arrived the same time Braxton, Zion and Matias escaped the room, "That place is a madhouse," exclaimed Matias, "Sea monkeys going nuts and ruining our chances to boost our grades."
"It looks like it's going back to being a bus boy at my dad's beef restaurant," Zion called "And I'm vegetarian."
"Looks like he still wants those vegetarian substitutes Pablo makes." suggested B-Rok
"Never mind that now" Howie replied in consideration, "We got to figure out what's going on at Pleasant Beach"
By the pool, they saw a bunch of sea monkeys playing around with the pool equipment. Faith and Dorothy were grabbing a few life preservers to round up the sea monkeys, Jessie karate chopped her way through some rope, Nadine, Ginger and Vincenzo, and Cristian and Jalen were using pop guns at them, "What are these, sea monkey?" asked A. J.
"They are" answered The Griff Gals.
"We met them before," explained Dorothy, "While we were on that yacht party in England, they snuck on board and stole all the banana dishes"
"Usually, normal monkeys love bananas." recalled Nick.
Just then, Vincenzo realize something "Did you guys frame me for tossing plantains at my Cousin Saylor" he asked.
The sea monkeys admitted it by nodding their heads. The only thing they don't get is, why would they come to Studio 25? Suddenly, the boys sensed danger by the beaches.
Moments later on Cocoa Beach, they found an alien sea captain and his crew with numerous oil tanks, "Space oil spills" asked Nadine as she placed tracer dust on them, "We can handle oil spills, but space oil is going to be tougher than it seems.
Behind them, The Penguins were driving a busload of sea-monkeys and Vincenzo and Lewis dressed in scuba gear "What are you two doing?" asked Faith.
"We're trying to return these sea-monkeys back to their underwater kingdom" Skipper said with anger, "One of them told Private that someone plans to pollute the beach with space oil."
"There's a slight 60% chance we'll return them to the water" Kowalski explained.
"Then we'll encourage them" Dorothy replied, "Selah's got a friend who can turn humans into mermaids."
In the sparkling water, Selah popped up in her mermaid form and behind her, was a blue griffin with seashells in her hair. "Everyone" announced Selah, "This is, "Brinley". A good friend of mine and the daughter of the General of the Octogard Tribe"
"That's the tribe where they had those ocean elements right?" asked Jessie.
"That's us" Brinley replied, "Selah told me you got a sea monkey problem. Don't worry, our tribe knows how to handle these things."
Using a powerful sea-monkey call, the Sea Monkeys followed it to the water. Everyone was happy that Brinley got them in the water, but were curious on how they will get in without drowning. If Nick knew anything about being a licensed scuba diver, he knew they could get caught. "Not if only two of you were scuba divers" Brinley said as she sprayed her water breath on The Griff Gals and The Backstreet Boys. Vincenzo was relieved, because neither him nor Jalen were turned into mermen.
"Look at us," exclaimed Nick, "We're merfolk"
"Never thought I see myself with fins again" Jessie said.
"They say that the depths of the ocean can be scary," explained Nadine as she got into the water, "So be careful."
Deep down in the oceans, they saw ruins with numerous sea monkeys on them, "We remember Atlantis: The Lost Empire" recalled Nadine, "But this is different."
These examined the details and architecture of the design. One sea monkey, took Selah and Brinley towards a statue of The Sea Monkey God, the guardian of their home. "This looks beautiful" commented Selah, "I wish we had statues like those in the Heskelter Tribe."
During their little tour of the Sea-Monkey kingdom, Nadine kisses Jalen. Jalen quickly placed his regulator on and swam off, "Quite a home for sea-monkeys," admitted Jalen.
Using her supersonic hearing, Jessie swam up ashore with A. J following her. In the distance, they saw a boat that says, S. S. Zator. At that very moment, they knew they were Zallegrean bounty hunters.
On deck, a space sea captain was doing a space oil check. After he stopped to check off one of the bins, he noticed the merfolk through the mirror. The twelve of them needed to act fast.
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Using their returned legs, they landed safely on the boat, "Sink the lifeboats!" shouted the captain to his crew, "We can't have any escaped Earthlings."
"Aye, aye, Captain Capt-Zrat." shouted the sailors as they started sinking the lifeboats and destroying the rubber rafts.
During the fight, Ninja man cut a few space blades, Top Speed tossed energy balls at them, Griffin Girl, Merazul, Rubyhane, Diamondnix, Ordnance, Illusioner, and Power Lord. Just then, Centauremerald remembered that Nella once pranked her teacher, which made her miss recess. "Nella told me that she placed a skunk into the supply closet and gave the teacher a stinking sensation."
"But we don't have a skunk" Power Lord reminded her."
"No" smiled Centauremerald, "But we have illusions."
Hearing this, Illusioner knew what she was talking about. Using his illusion powers, he created a bunch of skunks in front of him. Thinking that they were real skunks, they decided to head back to The Zallegro Galaxy.
Just as they were about to celebrate, they noticed that the boat is heading towards the beach. This was awful, the lifeboats were gone, the rubber rafts were destroyed, and none of them knew how to steer a space sea boat, except for Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private, "Don't worry your humanoid bodies" Skipper said, "The boys and I will take care of this."
"Just power down, relax and enjoy the views." Private announced as The Griff Gals and The Cyber Crusaders powered down.
During their time on the ship "Normally" said B-Rok, "Zanell would know about these sort of things."
"It's alien traditions" Faith replied, "I've seen numerous ones of these on Astro Slam and Galaxy Quest."
While looking at a view, Vincenzo spotted something fuzzy nearby. He put on his glasses and saw that it was Saylor, her family, Braxton, Zion, and Matias with filming equipment. Jalen came up to his best friend in consideration, "Looks like Delfa's Dangles wants a reality view."
After they landed ashore, everyone was ready to leave. Before they could slip off, Skipper decided to give them one tip, "Just smile and wave, boys." Skipper said, "Smile and wave."
"We're The Backstreet Boys," replied Howie D, "We know how to do that"
On the beach, Antonio, Jay, Marcos, Saylor, Briana, Braxton, Zion, and Matias were examining the view for the tribute commercial. After they placed the cameras down, they spotted our heroes in bare feet walking towards them, "Hey there, Antonio" "Shooting a commercial with fresh air?"
He nodded his head, "What are you doing out in the beach?" asked Antonio.
"Helping find the perfect backdrop for the revival" exaggerated Vincenzo nervously.
"This is perfect" replied Antonio, "My mom always loves looking at the beach. She'd even starred in the 60s beach show, "Mystery Oceanfront" as the leading lady's sassy best friend."
"Plus we get to handle the boom mikes" Zion explained, "Isn't making commercials fun or what?"
Vincenzo knew that he needed to keep the sea monkeys safe, so he willingly took the blame for their plantain trouble, "Cous" he said to Saylor, "Sorry about what happened, I was acting like grandpa."
"It's okay" Saylor replied, "After you guys left to go scuba diving, Brax, Zion, and Matias calmed down thanks to your idea of going to the beach."
Over the next two hours, they made the best revival commercial ever. Above them, Selah, Brinley, and The Penguins could watch them, "You know" Brinley said, "Those guys sure know how to star in a commercial. Like the time they were on that Sears commercial."
"You should see those crazy fans" Selah replied, "Or how about the one commercial with Outlooks at Bealls. They really do have their own style."
On Friday, after they danced to Sydney Forest's Soaring, all the backup dancers celebrated in their cat costumes in the green room. "Meow wow" Blakely exclaimed, "Now that dance was the cat's pajamas."
On the green room's TV, the cosmetics commercial started to air.
In the commercial, Saylor and Brina were in their swimsuits relaxing on the beach when they spotted Faith, Ginger, Nadine, Jessie and Dorothy seeing the complexion on Saylor's face, "The boys would sure invite you to places"
"Really" asked Saylor, "Like who?"
"Hey Saylor," greeted Howie D as he and the other Backstreet Boys walked up to her, "Want to come to our next concert for free. Everyone would love to see your makeup."
Touched by Howie D's commented, she decided to go with him.
Then they showed Saylor in an empty room, "Just like my Grandma, "Aurelia Farina-Guidi"" announced Saylor, "These will make Aphrodite dance the night away."
Delfa's Dangles, A Dolphin's Inner Beauty.
Everyone rooted for the commercial, except for Lewis, Lewis wanted to get home and suck in a one-hour bubble bath. "Oh please" Lewis growled, "When my grandfather Lewis Hightower I hired her, she figured that her nasally voice would scare away other actors. Unfortunately, her sassy 50s Connie Corleone behavior. Who cares what you losers think, no one will ever by this stuff again.
Braxton, Zion, and Matias decided to go get changed, because they don't want to be late for Pleasant Beach.
Just as he was about to leave, he spotted Antonio, Pablo, Alexandria, and Mr. Guidi blocking him, "What is with you dorks" asked Lewis, "And where's your old man?"
"Mr. and Mrs. Kazuma are making my dad eat his brussel sprouts" answered Pablo, "His least favorite vegetable. I figure I could use a break from cooking."
"Saylor told us that you called our mom a Nasally Nincompoop." Alexandria growled, "Is that true?"
"Yeah" shouted Lewis, "She sounds terrible."
"Our mom may have a nasally voice" growled Antonio, "But we love her anyway, and you are an insult to females and cosmetic brands everywhere."
Annoyed, Lewis decided to go home and take his bubble bath.
Just then, Pleasant Beach was on the TV. Walker was smiling and waving, "Hello fellow nature lovers" greeted Walker, and "I'm Walker Keighley, host of Pleasant Beach On today's show, we'll meet The Dancing Dolfins of Dublin". Also, we will be featuring a few Let's All Dance Until We're Sick fellas, "Matias, Zion, and Braxton."
Everyone rooted for their three friends, "Thank you Walker" Zion replied, "We never thought we get to perform with an Irish dolphin troupe, I wanted to dedicate this to my little sister, "Emely"."
"Plus this is the perfect grade boost for Braxton and I" Zion admitted as he started petting some dolphins.
Zarina was proud of them for catching up on their grades and for helping Walker.
The End.