Seattle, Wishworld
At the Seattle Convention Center, the Golden Roar Experience was arriving to the Seattle Music Convention. Leona booked them a gig to play Beatles music.
"You know what would be starrible?" Alesha joked. "If Hydra came in performing with replications of himself as a boy band."
"I know," giggled Vivian. "And his snakes scaring everyone away. Someone get Penn and Teller to make them disappear."
They were laughing so hard, that they didn't see a trio of girls in southern belle apparel came in. They were a band called Southern Sultanas. Vicki Lynn had brown hair and wore a light blue dress, Roxxy-Lou had red hair and wore a purple dress, and the one in the pink dress was Leah, Shimmer and Shine's friend. The genie twins were surprised to see their human friend be part of the band.
"I met them during their South Asian Do Declare Tour," Leah explained. "Their former lead singer, Audrey-Anne, quit to join her new actor boyfriend. After hearing my voice at the same studio they were doing their talkshow, they decided to let me be her replacement."
"We're happy for you," Shimmer smiled. "Maybe we can jam together later."
"I do declare," Vicki Lynn said in a Southern voice, "that would be wonderful."
"Just need to get our set ready," Roxxy-Lou replied in an equally Southern accent.
Although Shimmer and Shine were happy that Leah got to sing and motivate people, they were also jealous of Vicki Lynn and Roxxy-Lou.
Unknown to them, Numbers I13 and I86s of the Royal Agency of Exploding Stars tracked them down to the Seattle Music Convention. Even though they usually tracked down Starling agents in Europe, they coulnd't give up on killing every last Starling on Wishworld.
"I don't know how the Parisian Starling Babysitter took us out," Number I13 growled while adjusting her Irish Step-dancing dress, "but she really outsmarted us."
"I believe you, Number I13," Number I86 replied. "And those Audio Boom performers poisoned our ears with that technical '80s music. A weakness to any other alien lifeforms."
Using their Starling detectors, they tracked down the SDE by the Star Darling stand where Lady Sage, Scarlett, Libby, and Vega were waiting for them. "Targets in sight," Number I86 smiled.
XxoxX
Meanwhile, Masci and Mariza were sneaking around the undergrounds for some long forgotten Starland records, rumored to be buried under the bowels of Seattle. Masci said, "Jody really wanted to find the lost record of the 1950s Starling band, Artemis's Senstartions."
"And it's the only copy, right, Masci?" asked Mariza.
Masci nodded his head. "Out of all the albums, only three didn't get realized: 'The Deer and the Senstartions Play', 'The Hunt for Stars', and 'Three Phases'."
Mariza wanted to know what came of the three unreleased albums. "From what Jody told me," Masci recalled, "Artemis's Starsations were supposed to display during a hotel music ball. Sadly, the hotel stayed at got robbed by Wishling thieves. Even though that the guards arrested them, they never recovered the stolen items. Rumors say that it is buried underneath here where the hotel use to be built."
"They build buildings over buildings?" Mariza asked in confusion.
"The world changes, little sister," Masci assured.
As they were going deeper into the dark, Masci saw a brick fall out of it. Before she could place is back in, she saw three old and worn out records. "Hey, Masci," she called, "are these the albums you told me about?"
Astonished by the '50s star logos, Masci immediatlely recognized them as the three lost Artemis's Senstarsions albums. "Way to go, hermana," Masci said gleefully. "Now let's go to the Audio Boom booth before anyone notices."
XxoxX
Upstairs, they saw the two peculiar Irish stepdancing women getting ready to ambush the SDE. Before they could do it, Masci grabbed a microphone and sang Pete Rodriguez's "I Like It Like That." Everyone started to clap to Masci's song, except for Numbers I13 and I86, for they were confused. Mariza joined in for the backup vocals.
Annoyed, I13 and I86 tried to arrest the duo, but slipped on the wet floor that the janitor just cleaned up. Angered by the wrecked hard work, security guards kicked out the two fake Irish stepdancers. "This is humiliating," groaned Number I13.
"Well I13," Number I86, "I think we should bring out the big guns."
"You mean?" Number I13 asked.
"Yup," Number I86 added. "The White Death Dwarf."
"They'll be working in the coal mines," smiled Number I13, "going down, down!"
XxoxX
Inside, everyone was rooting for Masci's rendition of "I Like It Like That." Suddenly, the star microphone floated towards the Star Darlings and the Star Darlings Evolution, revealing to be another Wonder Wish: Change.
Luckily, everyone was busy rooting for Masci and Mariza to notice.
Masci and Mariza was so fascinated that they forgot about the albums that mysteriously disappeared. Little did they know was that an old man took them and took off.
To Be Continued
Note: Penn and Teller were the Hydra in "The Masked Singer." Also, Southern Sultanas are a reference to the Lambs, who I think are Wilson Phillips.
