It was a hot day in Minnesota.  The guys were to do a concert in two days but would arrived earlier then they expected.  They were all on the bus doing whatever.  Howie was sleeping, Brian and A.j. were reading, Kevin was watching t.v. and Nick was drawing for this new webisode of the Backstreet Project.  His little sis was watching over his shoulder.

"That is so wickedly cool!"  said Kari.  She was watching him draw Brian.

"A little bit of Boston rub off on you?"  laughed Nick.  She shut her mouth as fast as she could.  He just snickered and went back to his work.

"How did you get into this?"  she asked.

"What?  Oh, that's right, you weren't here when I started.  Well, I just wanted to do something cool and never done before by some people."  he explained.

"Oh I get it.  I can't wait to read it."  she said.

"Actually, your going to like this one.  It's a special siblings edition.  I already made one for Aaron and the sis's.  Now it's your turn."  he smiled.

"Really?  Cool!"  she almost screamed in excitement.

"Shut up Kari!"  yelled Brian.  She gave a little giggle.

""Sorry B-Rok!"  she called.  She turned back to Nick.  "Well, have you drawn me yet?"  Nick smiled.

"As a matter of fact I have, come take a look."  he said.  He bent over and pulled a piece of paper out of a pile.  It had several drawings on it.  All of a girl.

"Oh my god, i'm cute!"  she exclaimed.

"That's not the best part.  In the book you have powers and an outfit like the others."  he said.

"Well Mr. Smarty Pants, what can my character do?"  she asked.

"She can shoot laser beams, light and x-rays from her eyes.  And she has these paragliding wings in the back of her suit."  he said pointing as he went.

"That is so neat!  Thanks a lot Nicky!"  she said as she hugged him.  At that moment the bus screeched to a hult.

"Hey!  Why are we stopping?"  yelled A.j..

"Were at the hotel A.j., grabbed your things."  yelled Charlie the bus driver.  Nick and Kari could hear a few thuds of them coming out of the bunks.  They could hear Howie groan out of sleep.

"You heard the man.  Get your things."  ordered Kevin.  Nick went into a salute.

"Sir yes sir!"  he yelled.  Kevin just rolled his eyes as Brian and Nick gave each other a high five.  They finally got off the bus with a few of their things and put them on the hotel cart.  Brian and Nick were still laughing.  This made Kari start giggling.

"Oh no.  Looks like the blonde brigade is on a laugh attack."  said A.j..  All of the others called Brian, Nick and Kari the blonde brigade because they each have light blonde hair.  Nick calls the rest the Brunette patrol just for kicks.  Finally them got into the hotel and Howie went to check in.

"Hi, we have reserved rooms for Darcy, Rivers, Landon, Charles, Miller, and Louis."  he said.  The man at the desk typed something into the computer and gave his the room cards.  He thanked him and joined back with the group.  Kari, Brian and Nick were still laughing.

"Knock it off you three, it wasn't that funny."  said Kevin.

"Yes it was."  said Brian.  The others just rolled their eyes and walked to the elevator.  They squeezed all of them in and pushed the button for floor 4.

"Who's touching my leg?"  called Brian.

"Sorry!"  yelled Kari.  She sneered after she said that.   She knew she had a secret crush on Brian.  She always had but he was ten years older than her.  Finally the elevator stopped and the doors opened.  They all piled out and grabbed the cart thing.  They reached Brian and Nicks room first.  They always shared even though the others got their own rooms.

"Sweet!  said Nick.  He ran over and flopped down on the bed.  Brian ran to the other one and jumped up on it.

"Let's just go."  said A.j..  They put Brian and Nicks things into the room and shut the door.  The next room was a little smaller and odveously Kari's.

"Finally, a nights sleep without having to hear Brian talk in his sleep or Howie snoring."  she laughed.  Howie just smiled and sneered at the comment.

"Which is your Karz?"  asked Kevin looking through the bags.  She grabbed her blue bags and pulled them in.  As she shut the door, she heard Kevin try and say something.

"What?"  she asked.

"We have a interview in about two hours.  They would like if you came with.  Being that this is your home state."  he said.

"O.k.!"  she yelled and she shut the door.  She listened to the reach the next room and put things in it.  By the voice she would say that it was A.j.'s room.  She let out a look sigh.  And walked over to the bed.  She grabbed the remote to the t.v. and began to flip through the channels.  Although she liked being with the guys, there was always something missing.  She wanted to do things like a normal teenager but couldn't.  Sometimes she just wished she could get out of it.

"Hey Kari!  We're going down to the game room to play some Mortal Combat.  You wanna come?"  asked Nick who had come through the room attaching door.

"Would I?!"  she jumped off the bed and ran into the other room.

"You got the quarters?"  asked Brian.  Nick nodded.  He grabbed a room key and they all walked out into the hallway.

"I am so going to kick your butt!"  said Kari with excitement.  It had been a while since they had played that game.

"Remember, use the same character as the last time."  said Nick as they entered the elevator.

"I know I know."  said Brian.  He pushed the button and the doors closed.

"Oh, by the way, I'm almost finished with the layout of the comic book.  All I need to do is get it all together and add texted."  said Nick.

"Man, that will take forever."  said Kari.

"I know, but it's worth it."  he answered.  None of them knew that right at that moment, a huge storm was gathering outside.  One filled with lightning.  One that would change almost anything.
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"Hey Kev!  Where did the twins and the kid go?"  asked Howie as Kevin came the opposite way.

"By the looks of it, the game room.  They better be back in a half an hour.  We can't be late for that interview."  said Kevin.  He hated to be late for anything.  He always wanted to be organized.

"Don't worry about it.  Anyway, here they come now."  said Howie.  Kevin turned and saw the three coming down the hall.

"Kevy, Kevy!  I beat them both!"  yelled Kari.

"Yeah, beginners luck."  said Brian.  He hated losing.

"Oh shut up.  We gotta go soon right?"  asked Nick.  Kevin nodded.

"All we need to do is get A.j. up and get into the van as fast as we can."  he answered.  He knew that a crowd of fans was already parked outside.

"Alright.  I'll go get A.j..  said Nick.  He went to the room and found the door was already open.  He walked inside to see A.j. sprawled out on the bed snoring loudly.  Nick giggled.  Turns out A.j. talks in his sleep to.

"I don't wanna wear this mommy.  I look stupid!"  He said softly.  Nick held back the laughter.  This was to much to resist.  He walked up to the bed and kneeled down so his mouth was by A.j.'s ear.

"You will do as I say Alexander!  Now march right up to your room!"  Nick said in a high voice.  A.j. woke up with a start and Nick began to laugh.

"Dude, what did you do that for?"  yelled A.j..  Nick continued to laugh until A.j. smacked him in the head.

"Ow!  Anyway, we have to go for the interview now.  Come on!"  Nick began to leave the room with a very grumpy A.j. behind him.  They locked up the rooms and walked to the elevator.  The rooms were all now empty.  The storm outside began to gain strength and was unleashing powerful bolts of lightning.  One of which hit Nick and Brian's room.  The place lit up like a christmas tree.  The pages of the comic book went flying.  When it was over, there were papers all over.  But one stuck out.  There was movement on the page, as if it were alive.  And it was.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

"I loved it!  That guy was so nice!"  said Kari as they were in the van coming from the interview.

"Yeah, Rusty is a pretty cool guy.  We did an interview with him a while ago."  said Kevin.

"I know."  she answered.  "You had to flip a coin that day and Howie and You lost."  she smiled.

"And how did you know that?  That was Twin Cities news."  said Howie.

"I got it where I use to live duh!  I waiting all week to see that.  Now I got it for real."  she laughed.  They talked for a little bit until the driver stopped at a Mickey D's for supper.

"Alright!  I'm starved!"  said Nick.  The others just laughed at him.

"Your always hungry.  I'm surprised you don't gain an once with the way you eat.  Your so skinny!"  said Brian.  Nick got him into a headlock and gave him a big nuggie.

"Stop that!"  yelled Kevin.  They stopped and they all went inside.  The person at the counter to took their orders and Nick and Kari went to save a seat.  Kari plopped down and looked out the window.  She let out another long sigh.  Nick looked up.

"You missed being home didn't you?"  he asked.

"Oh, no.  Just concerned about the huge storm outside."  she lied.  She turned back to him.  "You know, I am really happy about that comic book thing."

"Really?  Angel, Leslie and B.j. didn't much care for it."  he said.

"Yeah.  But I was thinking, wouldn't it be cool if that was all real.  Like you be the super ninja and junk?"  she asked with a smiled.

"Yeah, hiya!"  he yelled.  They both laughed pretty hard.  Finally the guys came back with their food and they began to dig in.

"Slow down boys, it's not going anywhere."  teased Kari.  A.j. threw a fry at her and she laughed harder.

"Alrighty then, we got tomorrow off right?"  asked Brian the other nodded.

"I thought we could have Karbear give us a tour and then have the day to ourselves.  That is, unless you want to Kari."  he said.

"Yeah you betcha!"  she said.  Nick snickered at her Minnesotan talk.  She ignored him.

"That's a great idea!  You do know the city well right?"  Howie asked Kari.

"Oh yeah, like the back of my hand."  she answered.

"Good.  So a very slow day tomorrow."  said Kevin who sounded relieved.  They finished their meal and threw the garbage away.  By the time they were ready to leave, it was a total down pour outside.

"Oh no!"  said Kari.  All of the sudden Brian and Nick just ran into the rain.

"What are you two doing?"  yelled A.j..

"Having a bit of fun!  Come on, this is great!"  Brian ran up and pulled Kevin into the rain.  He looked kind of pissed.  He just walked to the van.  Then Brian pulled the other two who looked like they were having fun.

"That's alright, just pull the car around."  yelled Kari.

"Oh no you don't!"  yelled Nick.  He ran up and grabbed Kari around the waist.  She tried to struggle but he picked her up and carried her into the rain.  She got totally drenched.  Finally they all climbed into the van, all looking like drenched rats rather than humans.

"Nick, I am going to so kill you."  said Kari as she caught her breathe.

"Yeah, i'd like to see you try!"  he laughed.  Kevin leaned in to whisper to Kari.

"Don't worry.  If you want to hurt him, i'll hold him down for you."  he said.  Kari giggled.  There was a crack of thunder outside.

"I can't wait to get back and take a nice long hot shower."  said Howie.

"Thanks for sharing.  Now I got a mental picture."  grimaced Kari.  Howie gave her 'the look' and she shut up.

"I don't know about you guys but i'm heading right for the pool!"  said Nick.

"Yeah!"  agreed Brian.

"Is that all you guys think about?"  asked Kevin.

"Yes."  they both said at the same time.   They pulled into the hotel parking lot and the driver stopped under the canopy right next to the doors.  The wet bunch climbed out and walked into the hotel.  People stared as they made their way to the elevator.  They did look kind of funny with all of their hair matted to their heads and clothes soaked.  They road the elevator up to their floor and headed for their rooms.

"Guys, i'm coming with you to the pool k?"  yelled Kari.

"Do you want to swim or just see us in our swim trunks?"  smiled Brian.

"Both!"  she yelled back and then disappeared into her room.  Brian struggled to get the door open but could.

"What's wrong?"  asked A.j..

"I can't get this dang key to work."  said Brian.

"Hang on, let me try."  answered A.j..  He slid the key in and held it longer than Brian was.  The door clicked open.

"Oh, thanks man."  said Nick.

"Don't mention it."  and he left for his room.  Brian stepped in, turned on the light and gasped at what he saw.

"What happened?"  he asked.  There were papers everywhere.  All of them Nick's.

"Oh no!  I must have left the window open." and he began to pick up the papers.  Brian went into the bathroom to see if his hair was out of place.  As Nick picked them up, he came to the one that looked weird.

"Bri?"  he started to say when all of the sudden, a bolt came out of it and hit him in the chest.

"Brian!"  he screamed.  Brian heard this and ran out of the bathroom.  There was no one there.

"Nick?  What did you do!"  he said.  No answer.  He walked over by the bed and looked around.  No Nick.  All of the sudden he heard a small crackle under his foot.  He looked down and saw it was one of Nick's drawings.  But this one was different.  It was already colored and was of Nick.  There was a look of surprise and fear on his face.  He was wearing exactly what he was that day.

"What's this?"  Brian asked himself.  He bent over and picked it up.  At that moment the picture moved.  Brian dropped it but it was to late.  Another bolt came out of in and hit him in the stomach.  Brian was gone.  And now animated Nick had his buddy with him.  Animated Brian.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

"Hey A.j., have you seen Brian and Nick?"  asked Kevin.

"No.  I thought they were going to the pool."  answered A.j..  Him and Howie were playing a game of checkers.

"Well I just came from down there and I didn't see them."  he said.

"Then they must be playing elevator races.  You did use the stairs remember?"  said Howie, not even looking up.

"Yeah, I guess your right.  I mean, where would they possibly go at this time of night?"  Kevin laughed.  A.j. looked up at them.

"Knowing Frick and Frack, anywhere." he turned back to the game.  There was a knock at the door.

"Come on in, it's open!"  yelled Howie.  The door opened to reveal Kari.

"What can we do for you Karbear?"  asked Kevin.

"Brian and Nick were suppose to wait for me while I got ready.  I decided I didn't want to go and when I went to tell them, no one was there.  And I checked the pool."  she explained.

"They're having elevator races.  Don't worry about it."  said Howie.

"No, I would have known because I just used the elevator.  There was no one but a big fat man and a lady with a screaming kid in there."  she said.  The guys all looked at each other.

"*sigh*  We better go look around for them.  They gotta be somewhere."  said A.j., standing up.

"We'll come with you." said Kevin.  He motioned to Howie and they headed for the door.  Kevin turned to Kari.

"You coming?"  he asked.  She shook her head.

"I'm really tired and I don't feel like looking for those two stooges.  I'm just going to head to bed."

"Alright.  If there's a problem, you know were to come."  he said as they reached her room.

"I know.  Goodnight."  she said.

"Goodnight little angel."  he said.  She smiled and shut the door.

"Hey Kevin!  You coming?"  asked Howie.

"Yeah, wait up."  he replied.  They used the stairway and ran down to the main floor.  There they walked up to the desk lady and asked if she had seen them.  She shook her head and went back to working.

"Fine, Howie you go to 2, 3, and 4th floor.  A.j., you go to 5, 6, and 7th.  I'll check 8th, the gift shop, the gameroom and the pool."  said Kevin.  They all agreed and went off in their separate direction.  They all soon returned empty handed.

"You didn't see them?"  asked Howie.  They both shook their heads.

"This is getting really weird you guys.  I mean, Frick and Frack do some very dumb stuff to us but they have never lasted this long without us finding them.  Plus they don't do it at 10:30 at night."  said A.j..

"Maybe they went back to the room.  Their probably laughing at us right now for looking for them."  said Kevin.  They all agreed and went for the stairway.  When they reached the fourth floor.  They walked down the hall and saw that the room was open.

"That's not like them at all."  said Howie.  They entered the room to find that no one was there.

"Check all of the closets and under the beds.  They're here somewhere."  said A.j..  Before doing so Kevin opened the door to Kari's room to check on her.  All he could hear was deep slow breathing.  She was already asleep.  He shut the door so they wouldn't wake her up.

"Yo dudes, check this out!"  yelled A.j..  They both saw him pick up what looked like a thin booklet.  "Nick must have been working on this."  He opened it up to reveal colorful images.

"Whoa, wait a minute."  Kevin grabbed the comic book away.  "Why did he make them keep saying 'How are we going to get out of here?'" asked Kevin suspiciously.

"I don't know.  He's weird remember."  said A.j..   Howie gave him a funny look.

"Weirder than you?  I think not."  he said laughing.  A.j. nudged him in the stomach and he stopped.  All of the sudden A.j.. dropped the book.

"What did you do that for?"  asked Kevin.

"That thing just did something."  said A.j. in a shaky voice.  The other two just laughed at him.

"Like what?"  said Howie trying to catch his breath.

"Like that!"  he screamed this time all of them saw it.  It was like the words appeared out of nowhere on the page.

"W w w what does it say?"  asked Howie.  Kevin slowly picked it up as if it were a time bomb.  He looked at it and then looked up.

"It says, 'I know you can hear us, help us now.'"  he read.  "what do you think that means?"  The two just shrugged.

"Must be invisible ink.  You know, the kind that appears out of nowhere?"  said Howie, trying to find a logical explanation.

"Lets just go guys.  If they want to be buttholes, let them be buttholes."  said A.j..  they started for the door when they heard a crash behind them.  They turned to see three giant bolts coming out of the book.

"What the heck is that?!"  screamed A.j..  Kevin tried to open the door but couldn't  One of the bolts hit Howie and another A.j..  They were both gone in a second. What ever it was tripped Kevin and he landed on his back.  Before he could react, the thing hit him right between the eyes and he was gone.  The pages of the comic book now growing.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

They all landed with a hard thud.  There was a tangle of arms and legs all belonging to the three.

"Ah!  My arm!  I can't feel my arm!"  cried A.j..

"That's because it's my arm you dork!"  yelled Kevin.  Finally they got themselves untangled and stood up.  Everything around them seem familiar but then not.

"Where are we?"  asked Howie.

"Your stuck with us, that's where you are."  said someone behind them.  They all turned to see Brian and Nick.  But not the Brian and Nick they usually see.  They looked more like cartoons.  And they were wearing those outfits Nick had drawn for the Backstreet Project.

"What the heck?"  said A.j..  Then he looked down at his own hands and almost screamed.

"We're in a cartoon!?"  he yelled.

"No.  My comic book."  said Nick.

"Oh it's nice to see your so calm about it.  We tried to warn you but odveously it didn't work."  snapped Brian.  He always got this way when he didn't know what to do.

"So how do we get out of here?"  asked Kevin.  Brian sighed.

"We have to finish the storyline.  That's the only way of getting out."  he said.

"How are we suppose to do the story line when we don't even know what it is?"  asked Howie.

"My words exactly."  said Brian

"You just kind of go into it.  And if my timing is right, something bad is suppose to happen soon."  said Nick.

"Where are we?"  Howie asked again.

"That weird looking ship I drew.  This is so cool!"  he said.

"Well, at least we know that this will all be over soon."  said A.j..

"Um..." Nick rubbed the back of his neck.  "There is one more minor detail that has to happen before we get out."  The guys just looked at each other.

"Oh no. Don't you tell me that...." started Kevin.

"Yep."  said Nick as if to read his mind.  "Little sis has to get stuck here with us."

"What!?  Man, the only time you write her in the story, we get stuck in it!"  ranted A.j..

"Don't worry.  She'll wonder where we all are and come in here.  Then that thing with suck her in to."  said Brian

"Why did it even do that?"  asked Kevin.

"We don't know.  All we know is that Fracks papers were scattered in the room.  And when we went to go pick them up, poof!  We were in a two dimensional world.  And with these in our pockets."  Brian said, pointing to a weird necklace around his neck.  Just out of curiously, A.j. reached into his own pocket.  There was now something there.

"Guys?"  he said as he pulled out the necklace.

"Oh cool!"  yelled Brian. A.j. just put it on, you know because it was jewelry.  There was a slight zapping noise and A.j. was standing there in a cowboy hat and trench coat.  The laser guns in their holsters.

"I look good!"  he said.  Brian rolled his eyes.

"Ah, Nick?  There is going to be a problem with the sixth party member."  Howie said as he put his own on.

"And whats that? asked Nick.

"She is fast asleep.  There is no way she's going to walk in here tonight.  Maybe if she sleep walks but that's a fat chance."  he explained.

"What?  Great now we have to stay her for the rest of the night."  sighed Nick.

"Good.  That gives us time to get use to the place."  said Brian.  He went back to the command area of the ship and started driving it.  The others behind him were trying out what they could do with their new found powers.  Then there was a loud crash and the ship pitched forward.  What ever bad thing that Nick said was going to happen, was happening now.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

Kari awoke the next morning to the sun shining through the curtains.  She smiled a little, knowing that she was in a town she was more familiar with.  She pulled herself up and let out a big yawn.

"Man what a night."  she said to herself.  She looked at the clock next to her bed.  it was 8:30.  The longest night of sleep she had had in a long time.

"Huh.  Might as well get ready."  she said.  She took a long shower and started getting herself ready for the day.  When she went to grabbed the toothpaste out of her bag, she suddenly remembered that she was out.

"Dang it!  Now I gotta borrow from Nick."  she said.  She knocked on the door that separated the rooms.  There was no answer.  She turned the knob and found that it was unlocked.

"Nicky, do you mind...."  she stopped.  There was no one there.  And the beds were perfectly made.  She brushed it off thinking that the maid had already been there and the guys were downstairs already.  She went into the bathroom and grabbed the toothpaste out of Nick's bag.  As she was leaving, something caught her eye.  She turned to see the comic book on the table.

"Oh wow!  He must be almost done!"  she whispered.  She opened it up and began to read it.  She was loving every moment of it.  Especially when they defeated the attacker that bombed the ship.  But something seemed different about it.  She couldn't put her finger on it.  She turned to another page to find it was empty.

"Man, he better finish this soon!"  she said.  She got up to go back to her room when a noise made her stop.  She thought it was just the air conditioner until something hit her in the back.  It completely knocked the wind out of her.  What ever it was wrapped itself around her waist and began to lift her up. She tried to scream but nothing came out.  It began to pull her in somewhere.  She could something.  Then it was stopped.

"Wha, what?"  she whispered under her breath.  She was no longer in the hotel room.  But what looked like the pentagon.  She lifted her head to see five figures manning this thing.  But something was wrong.  They looked to drawn in, sort of like the Simpson's.  She looked down at herself and saw she was the same way.

"What?"  she squeaked.  The figures didn't move.  She let out a small groan and started to pull herself of the ground.

"Who's there!?"  yelled someone.  They had heard her.

"Please don't hurt me.  I mean no harm."  she answered.  One of the people had glowing eyes staring right at her.

"Kari?"  asked one.  This came as a total surprise.

"What?  Howie?"  she yelled back.  The person came into the light and it was indeed Howie.  But just seeing him like this scared her stiff.  His eyes were still glowing a light blue.

"Whats going on?  What happened?"  she said shaking.  Howie helped her up.  This place was just not right.  It was to big to be a hotel room.

"Karbear!  Thank god your o.k.!" said Nick.  He was all in black with a bit of his hair sticking out of the top.

"W w why are you dressed like your comic book?"  she asked him.  This seemed like a bad time to be having a costume party.

"Well, the reason we're all dressed like this is because we're in the comic book."  he said.  Kari just stopped.

"You mean, the real thing?"  she said in shock.  he nodded.  "Somebody pinch me right now.  This has got be be a dream."

"Gladly."  said Brian.  At least he looked half way normal.  But that fireball he was holding was making her nervous.  Kevin held him back, which seemed very weird because Brian could usually break from his grip.

"No no no.  You guys are playing a very nasty joke on me and I want out now!"  she cried.

"Kari I really wish it was but this is no joke.  Go ahead.  Reach into your pocket and tell me this is real."  said Nick.  She did as she was told and reached into her pocket.  Instead of feeling loose change she felt something else.  She pulled out a necklace.

"Whats this?"  she asked.

"It's an amulet."  said A.j. from one of the drivers seat.

"Whoa!  Inspector Gadget has entered the building."  she laughed.  A.j. flashed her an evil eye.

"Go ahead, put it on."  said Brian.  She looked down at it and looked back at the guys.  They nodded so she put it on.  There were several flashes and she felt very weird.  Then it was over.  She could feel something on her head like a crown and her outfit was longer.  She looked down to see it was all blue.

"Man, I wish I had a mirror."  she said.

"That's no problem."  said Howie.  His eyes began to glow a light blue.  Three bands of light came out to form an image.  On that looked like her.  But with all the stuff on.

"I am so cute!"  she said.  The image disappeared and Howie's eyes went back to normal.

"You see Kari, all the powers you read in the other books are very much real here."  said Kevin still holding back Brian.

"Ah, Kev?  Your hurting me!"  he yelled.

"Oh, sorry B-Rok."  he answered

"This is to strange.  How did this happen?"  she asked.

"We think our hotel room got hit be lightning.  You know, electric waves and all."  said Nick.

"But why your room out of all the other ones?"  she asked.

"I'm not really sure.  I guess it's one of those right place wrong time thing."  said Brian.  He returned to his station and started helping A.j. with steering.

"Where are we going anyways?"  she asked again.

"To meet up with the one who attack us.  To beat her down hard."  said Kevin.

"Whatever.  I'm just going to sit here and try to wake up from this dream o.k.?"  she said sarcastically.  She leaned on the side of one of the control panels and was just in shock about this whole thing.  All of the sudden she got this really weird feeling in her eyes.  Like something was pushing out. Suddenly, a laser beam shot out striking the back of A.j.'s chair.

"AH!"  she screamed and covered her eyes.

"Kari!  Are you o.k.?'' yelled Brian.

"I don't know!  What just happened?'  she asked.

"Relax Kari.  Just relax.  You had a bit of a power surge.  It's o.k.."  said A.j..

"O.k.?  I almost blew you up!"  she yelled.

"I know.  I almost shot at Kevin earlier.  It happened to all of us.  We're just lucky that it wasn't the x-rays."  he said.

"And I almost jumped through the roof of the ship." said Brian.  A.j. snickered a bit.  All of the sudden Kari felt the surge again.  This time a flash of light happen.

"Ow!"  said A.j. who had been hit head on.  "I'm seeing dots."  he said as he tried to walk around.  He pulled off his sunglasses.

"Here, put these on.  It might help a bit."  he said.  He handed them to her and she put them on.  She felt another power surge but nothing happened.

"Whoa.  Why the heck did that happen?"  she asked.

"All we figured out is that our bodies are adapting to our new powers.  It never lasts long but when it happens, watch out."  he explained.  He walked back to his station when something hit the ship sending him backwards.  Kari fell on top of him.

"What was that?"  he asked.  A.j. quickly brought up the outside screen.

"Oh no.  Looks like we have trouble."  he said.

"A.j., Brian!"  What the heck happened out there!?"  yelled Kevin.

"We've got company.  Sinissta's right on us!"  yelled Brian.  The others came running from the other side of the ship.

"Oh boy.  This is not good.  Not good at all."  said Nick.

"I don't know what you're all talking about.  If we fight this lady, we can't die remember?  People in cartoons can't die."  said Kari.

"That's where your wrong.  We're not in a cartoon, we're in a comic book and plenty on characters have died in these."  said Nick through his teeth.  The ship gave another sharp jolt before she could answer.

"What happened?"  asked Kevin as he stood up again.

"Don't worry, that was my fault.  I steered the ship into the loading dock.  We'll go from there."  answered Brian.

"Good plan B-Rok."  said Nick.  The ship slowly landed and hit the ground softly.  The door on the right popped open and a ladder fell down.

"No.  I am not going to go out there and get myself killed by something that isn't even real."  scoffed Kari.  Howie rolled his eyes.

"Listen.  All of this that's going on, it is real to us.  You have to come with or you will be killed anyways."  he snapped.  Her eyes widened.

"Get me out of here!"  she yelled.  She ran to the door after the rest of them got out.  Instead of using the ladder, she jumped.  (Believe me, it was very high.)  The wings in her suit clicked open and she glided down to the floor.

"Show off."  laughed Nick.  The wings clicked back into her suit.  They then split up into two groups to make it easier to find the culprit.  With the group now separated in a strange new world, only god knows what can happen.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

"Guys, do we even know where we're going?"  asked Nick.  He was in a group with Kevin and A.j..

"No, not really"  said A.j..  He gave a coakeyed look at Kevin.

"A little.  Somethings jamming my navigational systems."  he said.  Kevin can mentally control the navigational stuff.

"Well, what could be jamming it?"  asked A.j..

"I don't know, lets just keep moving."  he answered,  They continured walking down a long hallway until they reached a doorway.  All of them pressed themselves against the wall for fear there was a guard behind it.

"Nick, use one of your throwing stars to see if there someone there."  whispered A.j..  Nick nodded and pulled one out.  He slowly put it near the door to see if he could find a reflection.  Nick quickly drew it back.

"What did you see?"  whispered Kevin.

"We are in major trouble."  he said with wide eyes.  Just then, a figure appeared in the doorway.

"Hello boys!  Back for more I see?"  It laughed.  It was none other than the queens main guard.  A.j. pulled out his guns and they were already to fight.

"You want us, come and get us!"  growled Kevin.  Nick pulled out his sword.

"Fight you?  No no my good men.  We have better plans for you."  he laughed.  Before the guys could react, the main guard waved his hand and ropes came at them.  It tied them all together by their hands and ankles.  They fell to the floor.

"What are you going to do to us?"  yelled A.j..

"Oh, you'll see.  We just have to find your other two members."  he snickers.  He gave a whisle and several other guards appeared.  They picked up the group and carried them away.  Their fate unknown.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

The others were not to far away from where the guys were captured.  They had no idea.

""Hey, did you hear something?"  Howie suddenly said.  They all stopped to have a listen.  Silence.

"Howie, your just paranoid."  said Kari.

"No, i'm serious!  I thought I heard A.j. yell."  he said seriously.  Brian just shook his head.

"Do you feel that bad about it?"  he said in a mocking voice.  Howie nodded.  Brian let out a sigh.  He then motioned to Kari.

"Lets go.  Howie, direct us to where you think the noise can from."  he said giggling.  Howie gave him a look of anger but said nothing more.  He began to lead them down a hallway until they stopped at a door.

"See D.?  There's nothing here except a lot of metal and some space dust."  said Brian.

"No.  I swear I heard something.  Something like A.j. asking someone something.  I'm not to sure but thats what I think I heard."  he said.  Kari turned on her eye lights to get a better look at things.  Something shined from the floor.

"You guys, come here!"  she said as she picked it up.  The guys can to her sides.

"What is it?"  asked Howie.  Kari held it up.

"It looks like one of Nick's throwing stars.  You know, like the ones on those Jackie Chan movies."  she said as she handed it to him.

"Nick would never leave that lying around.  Unless..."  started Brian.

"Unless something happened to him."  said Kari.  Brian's eyes lit up.

"We've gotta do something!  I'm sorry for doubting you D."  he said.   Howie just shrugged.

"Looks like they went this way."  she said.  The went running down the hall until they reached another room.  It was full of strange gadgets and gidgets.

"Cool, the supply room."  said Brian.  They began to look through the stuff to see if they could us some of it.  They soon returned to the middle.

"Got anything?"  asked Howie.  Brian held out what looked like a palm pilot and Kari held out what was obviously rocket boosters.

"I have no idea what this does."  said Brian.  He put it in his pocket anyways.  Kari began to strap the boosters to her ankles.

"Now if you need two high jumpers, you can look to me."  she smiled.

"Guys, we gotta go find the guys!  Lets go!"  said Howie.  Once again they entered a hallway.  This time there was a light at the end and they could hear soft voices.

"This way."  whispered Brian.  They ran down the hallway to the light.  They came to a stop near the end.  They could all see into the room.

"My queen.  We have not been able to locate the remaining two.  Yet we have tracked them as far as the machine room.  They have stolen some of our technology."  One said.  They didn't know who they were.

"Well find them!  We need them to complete the plan"  said a female voice.  They heard someone kick something.  Right then, the others came into view, bound and gagged.

"Nicky!"  whispered Kari.  Howie put a hand over her mouth.  She shook him loose and stood by Brian.

"Kari.  We need you do do something."  Brian whispered in her ear.  She looked at him attentively.

"We need you to fly up to the rafters."  he said.

"What?"  Kari whispered back.  Brian put a finger to his lips.

"They don't know about you.  It's best to have a surprise attack."  he answered.  Kari didn't say anything.  She just kicked on the boosters and flew upward.  She soon disappeared into the overhead rafters.

"I'm not sure if this is going to work."  said Howie.

"It has to.  The sooner we're done, the sooner we get out and back into the real world."  hissed Brian.  He looked back at his friends and back at Howie.

"On the count of three.  one two three!"  yelled Howie.  They charged into the room posed for battle.  The two people were gone.  All that was there was their three comrades.

"Guys!  What happened?"  asked Brian.  They couldn't answer.  They had cloth over their mouths.  Brian ran up to them and began to try and break the ropes.

"Man, we are these made of, brick?"  he strained.  He stopped when he saw that Kevin couldn't break them.  They all were trying to talk through the gags.  Howie grabbed Nicks and pulled it down.

"What the heck happened?"  he asked him.

"RUN!"  Nick screamed.  But it was to late.  A rope swung around Howie and Brian, trapping them.  There was an evil laughter behind them.

"Caught in your own trap I see?  The queen will loves this."  he snickered.

"I will love what, guard?"  said a stern voice behind him.  He turned to face the queen herself.

"All five on the Backstreet Brigade have been caught your highness."  he reported  The queen smiled.

"Good.  Phase one of plan merge is complete.  You may begin phase two."  she said.  The guard nodded.  He pulled a little button thing out of his pocket and pressed it.  There was a slight rumble and the place shook.  A huge machine appeared from the floor and stopped.

"Ah, the inventors have been working hard I see."  she said.  The guard nodded again.

"To your word my lord, we will load them in and start it."  he said.

"You may.  I want to see the fun."  she snarled.  The guard whistled and many others came to the room.  He pointed to the guys and then pointed to the machine.  They grabbed them and hosted them up to what looked like a conveyer belt.

"You can't kill us!  We're not even suppose to be here!"  yelled Kevin.  The queen just laughed and signaled to the guard.  The track began to move.

"I'm not going to kill you, oh no.  I have better plans."  she said.  The guys tried their best to pull free from the ropes but were soon inside the thing.

From the rafters above, Kari watched in horror as the machine began to light up and shake.  She couldn't loose them.  She knew Brian wouldn't like this but she had to do something.

"GUYS!  I'M COMING!"  she yelled as she dove head first from the ceiling.  The queen and guard looked up to see this little speeding bullet flying at them.  The guard tried to jump out of the way but Kari smashed into him, knocking him down.

"Whats this?  A sixth member?"  asked the queen in shock.

"You bet it is!  Take that!"  she yelled as she sent a laser at the queen.  It hit her and she was knocked out cold.

"You little brat!"  yelled the guard.  He ran at her.  Just then, the machine gave a little buzzing noise.  Kari and the guard looked to she smoke and steam coming from it.  The guard chuckled.

"Your to late.  Your friends are done."  he smiled.  Kari was really mad now.  She ran at him and kicked him where it hurts.  He fell to the ground in a fetal position.  Kari grabbed something out of his belt and tried to work it.  Before she could, he grabbed her around the ankles and knocked her to the floor.  He began to try and wrestle the thing out of her hands.

"No!"  she yelled.  She pushed to buttons on it and she and what she thought was the guys disappeared into thin air, leaving the guard and the queen.  She had begun to come to.

"Guard!  Where are the enemies?"  she barked.  The guard slowly got up.

"They got away with my transporter."  he said.

"What!?"  she screamed.  The guard just smiled.

"But I got something even better."  he said.  He held up something dangling from a chain.  A tiny light blue amulet.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

"When Kari opened her eyes again, she found she was back on the original ship she came on.  She looked around and then pulled herself off.  She shook her head a bit and stood up.

"Man, I wanted to be back in the real world!"  she said out of disappointment.  Suddenly she felt something was wrong.  She looked down to see that she was in her regular clothes.

"What the, where's my amulet?"  she said out loud.  She began to search the floor.  She thought she found it until her hand brushed against something warm.  She gasped and crawled back.  She then forgot about her search and was scared to death.  She swallowed her pride and went back to what she touched.  She found a hand.

"Oh my god!"  she said.  Attached to the hand was a human being.  But someone she had never seen before.  From the looks of it, she would say it was a guy.  His hair was half and half.  Half blonde and very long, even tied back in a ponytail.  The other half was short and spiky.  The tips were dyed red.  The face was very familiar but not.  It's outfit was several different colors.  Some of it was covered with a cloak thing.

"This is one weird looking guy."  she whispered.  All of the sudden he opened his eyes.  She could see that each eye was two different colors.  One was half blue, half light brown, and the other was half green and half dark brown.  She backed up as he sat up.

"Who are you?"  she asked him.  He turned around to face her.  There was a look in his eyes that she knew.  Someone she knew.

"Nick?"  she asked him.

"Kari, is that you?"  he said.  instead of hearing one voice, it sounded like five people talking at once.  Five people that she knew very well.

"Oh my god!"  she yelled.  He stood up.

"Kari, don't you recognize us?"  He said with the five voices.  She began to back up.  He stood up and began to walk toward her.  She looked around for a weapon and found a wrench.  She grabbed it and swung it at him.  He jumped back.

"Whoa, Karbear!  It's us!  Well, sort of."  he said.  She lowered the wrench.

"You called me Karbear."  she said.  he nodded.  She dropped the wrench and grabbed him in a hug.

"What happened to you?"  she asked.  They let out a sigh.

"That machine put us all into one body."  they explained.  It was kind of hard to understand them with all their voices going at once.

"My god, I wouldn't believe it if I didn't see it."  she said.

"By the way, why are you dressed in regular cloths?"  they asked, Nick's voice being louder than the others.

"Um, I don't know."  she whispered.

"What do you mean you don't know?"  they said, now A.j.'s voice was louder.

"I must have lost it during the fight with the guard.  Idiot, smashed me in the eye."  she said as she pointed to her black eye.  They lifted her chin to get a better look at it.

"Whoa, you got one heck of a shiner there."  they said, now Howie's voice was louder.

"Why do each of your voices get louder and stuff?  It's getting really weird."  she asked.

"Only one of us can say something at a time."  Brian answered.  She nodded a bit as if she understood.

"Now all we need to figure out how to get you five apart.  I don't need five people around me all at once."  she said.

"And nothing you said made any sense."  said Nick.

"Well, sorry bro!  I'm a little scared right now o.k.!  I'm in a comic book with things that aren't real but can kill me, you five all mashed into one body, a missing amulet that could help me survive this and I don't even know if you guys have yours!"  she screamed.  They backed up a bit.  She never got this way before.  They just stood there as she walked over, flopped down into a chair and began cry.

"Hey now, it's not your fault."  They said trying to comfort her.  They walked behind her and put a hand on her shoulder.

"Yes it is.  If I would have gotten there in time, you wouldn't be like this and we'd probably be out."  she cried.  They turned the chair to face her and knelt down to her level.

"You don't know that.  It might have made a difference it might not.  We can't change the past."  said Kevin.  Kari looked into their eyes.  All of they guys had the same look in their eyes that she always loved.  Now that they we're together, that was the same.

"Your right.  It's the first time but your right."  she smiled.  They smiled back.

"We have to get back to that evil queen."  Nick said.  Kari gave him a weird look.

"How do we do that?"  she asked.

"Don't you remember?  I parked in the ship in the evil one earlier.  They don't even know we're in here." said Brian.

"Oh yeah, but how do we fight them?  I don't have powers and I don't know if you do."  she said.  One of them touched around the neck.

"Wait a second, I found something!"  said Howie.  They pulled the cloak a side and pulled out one amulet.  The middle was white in color.

"I don't believe it, you still have them!"  she said with amazement.

"It must have all of our powers in it!  Man, no wonder why queeny wanted this done to us.  We must be even more powerful than her!"  said A.j..

"Lets give it a try!  Howie, astroproject yourself out."  said Kari.  He gave her a thumbs up.  Their eyes began to glow and a blue streak began to form and person.  When is finally finished, it look exactly like Howie.

"Wow."  Kari whispered.  She walked up to get a closer look.

"Hey, don't touch!"  it said.

"Whoa, warn me when your going to do that!"  she yelled.

"He's not in here anymore Kari.  Howie's out.  For now."  said Kevin.  Sure enough, Howie's voice was gone from the mix.

"This feels like heaven.  It was kinda cramped in there."  he said.  Kari gave a little giggle.

"Well don't get to laid back Howie.  We don't know how much longer we can hold it."  said Nick.

"Alright.  I have a plan that might work and get us out of here."  he said.

"Shoot."  she answered.

"We're going to take off the amulet and give it to you."  he said.  Kari just stared at him.  The guys behind him gave a weird look.

"And how would that help?"  she asked.

"Well, I think all the queen wants is to have a powerful person to do her deeds.  If we trick her into thinking we're evil but don't have the amulet, she might give us yours if she has it."  he explained.

"Dude, and where will I be through out this?"  she asked again.

"The same place you were last time."  said Brian.  Howie turned around and looked at them.

"How did you know I was going to say that?"  he asked.

"Our minds are linked together dummy.  I can see everything your thinking."  he said.

"Fine then, what am I thinking off now?"  he said sarcastically.

"Guys, don't start."  said Kari.  Suddenly the image disappeared and Howie was gone.

"Ow, we're not going to do that one for a while."  said A.j..  Howie's voice had returned with the others.

"Guys, I don't want to do that.  What if something happens again?  You get hurt, taken over or worse?"  she said.  They let out a sigh.

"It'll be fine.  Just think positive."  They all sad at once.  She gave a half smile.

"Alright.  I'll do it, but we're using the transporter thing to get us there."  she said.

"Good.  You might want this now."  they said.  They pulled off the amulet and they changed back.  The person without the hero gear was even weirder.  The arms had a few tattoos of A.j.'s but two of Nick's and Brian's also.  The clothes looked normal and the hair and eyes stayed the same.  It was just the body that was odd.  Very tall indeed.  They put the amulet into Kari's hand and she placed it into her pocket.

"Let's do it."  she said.  She pushed the little button on the transporter and everything around them faded.  They were soon in the room with all of the weapons where they got the palm pilot thing and the boosters.

"Why did we come back here?"  asked Nick.  Kari pulled something down from the wall.

"We need some protection if we are now powerless."  she explained.

"Oh, good plan."  said Kevin.  They began to search the walls for something to use against the queen.  Kari ran back to them with two laser guns.  They looked like A.j.'s

"You guys should use these.  They're hide able and A.j. knows how to them."  she said.  They grabbed them, grabbed a holster and put it on underneath the shirt.  Kari snapped some devise onto her wrist.

"What do you think this thing does?"  she asked.  They shrugged.

"We'll figure it out soon enough."  said Howie.  Kari then grabbed some of the same guns and holster.

"We all set?  Or do you need to find a make pouch to match your holster?"  snickered Nick.  Kari mocked him back.

"I'd kick you in the butt right now if it wasn't going to hurt four other people.  Remind me to do that later."  she said.  She then hit the transporter again and they reappeared in the same hallway that Kari had last seen Howie and Brian as themselves.

"Alright Kari, you have the amulet?"  asked Brian.  She nodded.

"You have to do that same thing you did last time.  We'll let you know when you can attack."  whispered Kevin.

"How?"  she asked.

"You'll just know."  said A.j..  Kari then shook her head.

"No, I left you last time and look what happened.  Something might happen this time!"  she said with worry.

"Don't worry about us.  The grand high witch out there will never know."  Howie said.  Kari lowered her head.  They put a hand on her cheek.

"Nothing's going to happen.  We'll make sure.  Soon enough, we'll be out of here and the whole thing will be a big joke!"  they said.   She let out a sigh.

"Well, just in case..."  she gave them a kiss.

"Only one can come that sweet."  they said.  She smiled.

"Thanks guys.  I know you got that from Brian, but thanks."  she said.  She that kicked on the rockets boosters and flew up to the rafters.  She gave them a thumbs up when she landed and then disappeared.

"Hope this works."  they said to themselves.  They waited a bit to see if the queen would hear or see anything.  She didn't.

"Well guys, this is now or never."  said Kevin.  They nodded and walked through the door. The queen and head guard looked up.

"Who goes there!?" yelled the guard.  The guys swallowed hard.

"We come for the queen."  they said.  The guard pulled out a gun and was ready to shoot but the queen stopped him.

"Don't.  Thats our little creation."  she smiled.  She stepped down from her throne and approached the boys.  She then circled around them, snickering the whole time.

"Why have you returned?"  she snapped.

"We have returned to serve our creator and leader."  they answered.  The queen devilishly smiled.

"Good, you are very loyal.  What about the girl?"  she asked.

"Dead.  She was a very tough fighter but we took care of her."  they said.  In their mind Nick was very upset that they had to say something like that.

"Excellent.  Excellent indeed."  she said returning to her throne.  "You will serve a great propose here young one.  What is your name?"

"I have no name."  they answered.  This pleased the queen even more.

"Loyal to me and has no memory of past.  That's the way I like it."  she said.

"What shall we call the prototype oh great one?"  asked the head guard.  The queen thought for a moment.

"If he is to be a noble fighter for us, he will have a noble name.  We shall call our new member Camiden."  she said.

"Ah, a very noble name my queen.  How did you ever think of it?"  asked the guard.

"It is my father's name.  Actually, was my fathers name before I had my guards take him to the air lock."  she said.

"Is should hear that story sometime."  they said.

"You should.  Now, would you like to show me some of your powers?"  she asked.  They shook their head.

"I have no powers my queen."  They said.  The queen's eyes burned with anger.

"What!  I wanted to have the strongest and greatest one of the galaxies and he has no powers!?" she screamed at the guard.  The guard cringed.

"I don't know what could have happened.  It clearly showed that the enemies went in wearing them."  he tried to explain.

"No excuses.  Find the powers now!"  she yelled.  The guard nodded and ran out of the room.  The queen then turned her attention back to the guys.

"I'm so sorry you had to see that."  she said with no emotion.

"I've always wanted to see our leader in action."  they said.  The queen smiled.

"You're such a good boy.  I will show you your partner in crime.  Come."  she ordered .  She past them and pulled a lever on the far wall.  The floor shook and the same machine that made the guys like they are appeared.  Next to it were two cages.

"Wow."  they said.  The queen pointed to the two cages.  The guys could see a lion in one and a blue bird in another.

"We are going to merge the earth creature in with our blue eagle.  That will create the legendary griffin and a pet for you."  she sneered.  She gave a whisle and three guards came to the room.  She gave a hand signal and the lifted the cages onto the conveyer belt.

"Actually, We were thinking of something different."  They said.  The looked up to the rafters to try and see their real partner.  They saw a hint of red and knew she could see and hear them.

"Oh is that so?  What is it then?"  said the queen.

"One pissed off teenager!"  a voice yelled from above.  The queen turned to see Kari flying down with laser guns in her hands.  She turned back to the guys who had pulled their laser guns.

"Traitor!"  she screamed.  "Guards, get them!"  the guards ran at them and they opened fire.

"Never turn your back on a Carter!"  yelled Nick as he shot one of the guys in between the eyes.  Kari got aim for one guys when she was hit from behind.  She turned to see the queen.

"You!  You foiled my plans once but never again!"  She then pulled out a huge gun and fired.  Kari went flying backwards and landed on the conveyer belt holding the two animals.  The amulet that she had been holding for the guys flew out of her pocket.

"What the?"  said the queen.  The little necklace flew over their head and landed around the guys neck.  There was a big flash and the guys regained their powers.

"No!"  yelled the queen.  Just then, the head guard walked in.  The guys hit him in the head and saw he had Kari's amulet.

"I'll take this."  said Brian.  They grabbed it and kicked the guys in the stomach.

"Fools!  Your little comrade is mine!"  yelled the queen she ran at where Kari was but the guys were to fast.  They threw the amulet.  All of the sudden, ropes tied around the small girl before the she could catch it.  It landed on her chest.

"Kari no!"  yelled Nick.  The conveyer belt pulled her into the machine with the two animals and the door slammed.

"KARI!"  screamed Brian.  They ran at the machine and started to punch it but it was to late.  The machine glowed and smoke billowed out of it.  The guys turned around and glared at the queen.

"What will this thing do to her!?"  Yelled A.j..  The queen just chuckled.

"We don't know if earthlings can handle being merged with beasts.  All I know is that our kind died in the process."  she said.  She let out and loud laugh and smoke swirled around her.  When it cleared she was gone.  They turned back to the machine.

"No please, please let Kari live.  It's all my fault she's here."  whispered Nick.  Soon the machine gave a little ding noise and the door opened.  They slowly looked inside.  Something moved.  They knew Kari went in, but didn't think she was coming out.

"Kari, please come out."  said Howie.  All of the sudden there was a loud screech that made the guys cover their ears.

"What the heck was that?"  yell A.j..  Soon after, something flew out of the machine and towards the ceiling.

"More like who the heck was that!"  screamed Kevin.  It landed before them and they backed up.  It stood on two feet and the wings went back like an angel.  It's face was that of an eagle with blue and tan stripes going down it.  It appeared to a a sort of headband or crown circling its head and had light blonde hair with blue streaks.  It's hands and feet were like lions claws and it had a tail.

"Kari!  That god your alive!"  said Brian.  She gave a smile and then fell to the floor.  They ran to her to see if she needed help.

"Wow, what a rush."  she said.  She looked down at her hands and gasped.  She looked up wide eyed to the guys.  They didn't know what to say.

"The same thing that happen to us happened to you."  said Nick.  She tried to say something but nothing came out.  Then she got a look of anger.

"This is not happening!  Nick, why the heck did you write this in!?"  she said.  Nick got a weird look on his face.

"I didn't.  After the getting caught part, it just kind of took on a life of it's own."  he answered.

"You mean to tell me that I'm in a comic book that you have positively no control over and I am now a freak of nature.  Thats just peachy!"  she yelled.

"What is your problem?  You have been yelling at us this whole time and look where it got you!"  said A.j..  Kari got a look of shock on her face.  A.j. had never said anything like that to her ever.  She let out a sigh.

"Your right Bone.  I don't know whats wrong with me."  she said softly.  They put a arm around her waist.

"Don't worry about it.  Everyone has their days.  Mostly Kevin but we don have our days."  said Brian.  Suddenly Kari's head shot up and she looked into one of the corners.

"She's here!  She's right over there!"  she yelled.  The guys look to see nothing but a evil laughter flowed through the room.

"What a good creature.  Adapting to your senses already?"  Sinissta laughed.  She made herself visible again.  Kari snarled and the guys got into position to fight.

"Once we get through with you, you'll never know what hit you!"  yelled Kevin.  Sinissta got an evil grin on her face.

"No my dear, I should have done this in the first place.  You all are dead!"  she yelled.  She charged at them and began to morph into this ugly horrible creature.  Kari jumped and flew up when the guys took a giant leap and flipped over her.

"Way to go Brian!"  yelled Kari.  She dive bombed at the evil creature and it's eyes looked up at her.  Kari sent a fast and burning laser beam at her but nothing happened.

"Thats not good!"  yelled Nick.  The queens giant hand came up and slammed the small girl into the floor.  She didn't get back up.

"No!  You are going down!"  yelled A.j..  He grabbed his laser guns and began to shoot as fast as he could.  It didn't work.

"Man, is this girl made of steel or what?"  said Howie.  Suddenly the queen sent several shocks through the floor, knocking the guys onto their back.  Her laughter again went throughout the room.

"Ow."  said Brian.  They got back up and prepared to use another power.  A fireball appeared in their hand.

"Chew on this!"  said Brian as he leaped up and threw it into the queens giant mouth.  She then swallowed it like a half eaten gobstopper.  This was getting really scary.  It looked like none of the powers would work against this evil minion.

"We have one last hope guys."  said Nick.  He pulled out his sword and flipped it around a bit.

"A sword?  Ha!  Like that will hurt me!"  taunted the queen.  She brought one of fists down, narrowly missing the guys.

"Oh, I hope it will."  he said softly. They ran at the queen with full strength.  The queen tried to catch them but couldn't.  Nick buried the long sword into the queens tough flesh.  She let out a scream and the guys backed up.

"NOOOOO!"  she screamed as her body began to lose it's size.  She shrunk more and more until she was back to her old self.  She fell to the floor and didn't move.

"Whoa.  Nice shoot."  said Kevin.  They slowly approached the evil queen.  She still didn't move.  They kneeled down and touched her skin.  It was cold.

"Dude, we didn't do what I think we did, did we?"  asked Howie.  They pulled the sword that was sticking out of her back out and laid it on the floor.  It was covered in a blue substance they thought to be blood.  They then rolled her over onto her back.  Her eyes were rolled up into her head and her lips were blue.  She wasn't breathing.

"Oh my god, she's dead!"  said A.j..  They backed up from the body when they heard a groan. They turned to see Kari trying to get up.

"Karebear."  said Nick.  They walked up to her and helped her up.  She put a hand to her head and winced in pain.

"Whoa, what happened?"  she asked.  They didn't say anything.  They just looked at the body of the fallen queen.  Kari looked at it wide eyed.

"We killed her."  said Kevin.  Kari's eyes returned to them.

"So it's over?"  she asked.  They smiled.

"Yeah.  It's over."  they answered.  Suddenly the room started to fade to black and things began to spin.  It tore the guys away from Kari as they fell.  Not knowing if they would return home or if they were just getting started.
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"Uff!"  Nick said as he landed on his stomach on the hotel bed.  He stayed like that for a few seconds to catch his breath.

"Wow, that would be a really cool ride."  he said to himself.  He pulled himself up and dusted off.  He turned around to see his friends and his sister just coming back.  They all hit the floor with a thud.

"Dude!  Can we do that again?"  asked Brian.  Nick could tell he liked the ride back to.

"NO!"  yelled the other four.  They helped each other up.  Kari got a huge smile on her face.

"Nice to see you all again."  she said.  Brian giggled.

"You said it.  It's nice being where no one can hear your thoughts and stuff like that."  he said.

"Hey, thats my line."  said Howie.  Brian just laughed.

"I gotta go check my stuff, you know, see if the maid lady came."  said Kevin.  He turned to leave the room when he stopped.  "Dude!"  he said.

"What now?"  asked Nick.  Kevin knelt down to pick something up.

"Guys, its all here.  Right here."  he said.  In his hands was the comic book.  It was pretty thick and had a brightly colored cover.

"Put that down!  God knows what could happen!"  said Kari.

"No you guys, come here."  he said.  They all gathered around to see the finished product of their very interesting day.

From the mind of Nick Carter comes the new edition to The Backstreet Project!  Join our five superstars gone superheroes as they battle their most evil nemesis Queen Sinissta!  And now, introducing a new heroine to the group.  Joining Ordinance, Illusioner, Ninja man, Top Speed, and Power Lord is a girl who's knows what goes, Heatseeker.

"Wow."  said A.j., who is usually impressed by nothing.

"You said it buddy."  said Brian.  Kevin opened it up and all of it was there.  When Howie, Kevin and A.j. came, when Kari had a power surge, when the guys were merged together, and the death of the queen herself.

"I can't believe we did all that and lived to tell about it."  Nick said in shock.  He put his hands into his pockets to avoid anyone from seeing them shaking.  His eyes widened in surprise.  There was something there.  He grabbed it and pulled it out.

"What the heck is that?"  asked Kari, who had seen him.

"Guys, it came with us!"  he said as he pulled out an amulet with a green charm.  Everyone looked in amazement and they reached into their own pockets.  They all had their amulets.  Including Kari.

"Sweet!"  said Brian.

"Dude, do you guys know what this means?"  Kari asked.  They all shook their heads.

""I don't care what this means, we've got something big on our hands."  said A.j..

"But guys if this came with us, what about the down side of it all?  The evil and the villains?"  she said.  The guys all looked at each other.

"You've got a point, but why worry about that now?  All I have to say is i'm pooped."  said Kevin.  He flopped down onto the bed.  Brian walked over and looked out the window at the darkening sky.

"I guess we didn't get to do what we wanted today huh?'  he said softly to Kari.  Kari just smiled.

"Hey, how many times do you get to save the day in another world?  I'd say we did a lot."  she answered.  Brian's facial expression showed that he agreed with her.

"Well why stay up here?  Last one to the gameroom has to kiss A.j.!"  he yelled.  He ran for the door and they both dodged out.  Nick ran after them.

"Kiss me!?  Oh no you don't, i'll beat you down first!"  yelled A.j. as he ran after them.  Kevin and Howie just laughed.

"We'd better go down and make sure one doesn't kill the other."  said Howie.  Kevin nodded.

"Yep, I think we should."  he answered.  The walked out the door and it closed behind them.  The comic book laying on the table.  All of them thought this was the end of it all, but thats what they thing.  In reality, this was only the beginning.