Ho-Hum and the Alien Visitation
A Hyperdimension Neptunia Fan Fiction
by Derald Snyder
Chapter 16- Rescue Financier!
*Ho-Hum HQ*
"We got the maid, caww!" the Tenga on the monitor exclaimed. "Those baby goddesses never suspected a thing!"
"Mmmmph!" Financier mumbled, gagged and tied to a chair.
"Excellent work!" Overlord Momus nodded in satisfaction. "Now, you have the instructions I gave you, correct?"
"Got 'em right here, caww!" the raven held up a laminated piece of paper.
"Make sure you follow those directions to the letter, meow," BlackGatomon ordered. "They should be simple enough that even you can't screw them up..."
"You got it, BlackGatomon!" the Tenga saluted. "Tenga out!" The monitor then went dead.
*Back at the Lowee Basilicom...*
"We're deploying drones to scan everything in the direction that those birds fled in," the NPC police chief explained. "As soon as they find anything, we'll let you know..."
"I'm holding you to that," Blanc nodded. Dismissing him, she turned to her sisters. "I promise, we're going to find Financier... just don't do anything rash when we do, okay?"
"We gotta help her!" Ram protested. "It's our fault she got snatched in the first place...!"
"W-we should have b-been keeping an eye on her..." Rom sobbed in despair.
"For the last time, this is NOT your fault," Blanc insisted. "There's no way you could've known those birds were actually after Financier... hell, they might have just grabbed her when they realized they couldn't beat you! I probably would've done the same damn thing, so stop beating yourselves up over it, okay?!"
"O-okay... I'll try..." the older twin nodded, wiping her eyes.
"At least let us help rescue her when we find her!" Ram pleaded.
"...All right, I'll let you help," Blanc decided. "But ONLY if you follow my directions, and don't go off like some stupid Leeroy Jenkins, got it?!" Just then, a Basilicom priest ran in.
"Lady Blanc!" the NPC gasped, "a hostage video was just posted to that author's message board you frequent!"
"What?!" the CPU whirled on him in shock. "Damn, it must be for me personally! Rom, Ram, let's go to my office!" The three sisters promptly set off...
*Blanc's Office*
Sitting down at her personal PC, Blanc promptly pulled up the message board the priest had mentioned, and sure enough there was a new topic titled 'A message for the CPU, caww!' Opening it, the goddess promptly accessed the video link, making sure it was full screen...
"Hello, Blanc, and all you Lowee people!" a Tenga greeted. "So, you probably know by now that we kidnapped your sister's maid, caww!" The camera was turned, showed Financier tied and gagged, stripped down to her bra and panties. "Even if she escapes, she won't last long in this freezing weather, caww!"
"Those mean birds!" Ram cried in distress.
"You baby goddesses are so stupid, letting her get kidnapped, caww! You're not worthy of being CPUs!" the Tenga taunted. "Of course, you wanna try and get her back, we'll be waiting for you... if you can find us! Caw-hahahahawwww!" The video then ended.
"It... it is all our fault, isn't it..." Rom sobbed, sinking to her knees in despair, Ram instinctively grabbing her in a reassuring hug.
"It is NOT your fault!" Blanc asserted as she turned to face them. "Don't listen to what that stupid bird says! He's just trying to break your spirit! Compared to likes of that pedo-freak Trick, he's nothing! They're nothing!"
"Big Sis is right!" Ram nodded. "You can't let that dumb bird get to you, Rom! We'll get Miss Financier back, I know we will!"
"Damn straight we will," the CPU nodded. "And on that note..." She picked up the phone, dialing the police. "Hello, get me the Cybercrime department. I need them to trace a video that was uploaded on my author's message board just recently..."
*At the Tenga's hideout...*
"So what are we supposed to do now, caww?" one Tenga asked his brethren.
"We wait, caww," the other replied, "for those baby goddesses or Blanc herself to show up... hey, you got that thing BlackGatomon gave us?"
"Right here, caww!" another Tenga held up an item that looked like an orb with 1s and 0s orbiting it.
"Good, don't lose it! It's important to our plans!" the first Tenga nodded. Just then, yet another raven came in through the door, looking a bit panicked. "Uh-oh, are the CPUs here already?!"
"Not the CPUs, the fuzz!" the raven flapped his wings in near panic. So the other Tenga walked up to the nearby window, seeing a fleet of police cars!
(Music- 'Bad Boys', COPS theme song)
"This is the Lowee City Police Department!" Detective Snorkel 'Snooper' Pericles shouted through a megaphone. "We have the place completely surrounded, avian scum! It's not too late to give yourselves up! Come out with your hostage unharmed and your wings in the air!"
"They called the cops on us?!" one Tenga cried in disbelief. "What do we do now, caww?!" Just then, a part of the ceiling fell in, a large ice crystal quickly revealed to be the culprit! Then a gout of fire magic engulfed said ice, flooding the room with steam! "Caww! I can't see!"
"Surprise, birdbrains!" White Sister Pink exclaimed as she dropped down through the hole, White Sister Blue quickly following, the former attacking the Tenga at the window while the latter flew over to Financier!
"Hold still, Miss Financier!" Rom said as she use her wand to break the back of the chair the maid was tied to, allowing her to wiggle free of her bonds! "Get outside! We'll cover for you!"
"Okay! Thank you, Rom!" Financier nodded as she quickly untied her feet, running around the ice crystal to the door. A Tenga tried to block her path, only to get kicked out of the way by Ram! Fortunately there were no other obstacles for the brunette as she managed to open the door and run outside, wrapping her arms around herself and gritting her teeth as the cold air hit her nearly-nude body.
"She's getting away!" a few Tenga flew down after her, only to get slammed aside by a familiar axe!
"Lady Blanc!" Financier gasped as the HDD CPU wrapped an arm around her, lifting her into the air!
"I got you, just hold on!" White Heart grunted as they flew over to the police cars, setting the maid down next to Snooper. "Hurry and get in the car, before your freeze your ass off!" Financier nodded, quickly climbing into the back seat of the car and shutting the door.
"The hostage has been recovered!" Snooper announced. "Now to detain the suspects! Move in!" Several officers dashed forward, dressed in armor and wielding assault rifles!
"The police are coming!" a Tenga yelled as he tried desperately to fend off White Sister Pink, only to get roasted extra-crispy!
"Where's that program?!" another raven cried as he looked around frantically.
"I got it-!" the bird-man in question was frozen, the orb flying away and rolling along the floor, the first Tenga managing to scoop it up as he ducked more ice magic from White Sister Pink!
"Program Execute!" he exclaimed, the orb starting to glow brightly...
(Music- 'Splash', Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 1)
As the police approached the abandoned outpost where the Tenga had holed up, they came to an abrupt halt as the roof burst open, revealing a giant Tenga! "Fall back! Fall back!" one officer cried, the group quickly turning tail and retreating as the bird-man attempted to crush them underfoot(undertalon?)
"Caw-hahahahaw! Who's giving up now?!" the large Tenga crowed as he pursued the fleeing cops!
"Dammit to hell!" White Heart cursed. "Get Financier outta here, now!"
"Don't gotta tell me twice!" Snooper agreed, getting in the police car and peeling rubber in a hasty retreat!
"That's right, run, run away!" the giant Tenga taunted as several other police cruisers followed Snooper's lead, White Heart then flying up to look him in the eye. "You think you can take me all by yourself, caww?"
The HDD goddess just smirked. "I'm not by myself, dumbass... or did you forget my sisters?!" Sure enough, the oversized bird screamed in pain as his tail feathers were set aflame!
"Take that, you overgrown turkey!" White Sister Pink yelled as she blasted the giant enemy with fire magic! She was then forced to fly away as the Tenga spun and tried to kick her out of the sky!
"Rom, Ram!" Blanc yelled as she flew close, "try to keep him busy! I got an idea! Gefahrlichtern!" She launched several white projectiles at the Tenga, before flying a short distance away!
"Okay, Big Sis!" White Sister Blue assented, flying up to the Tenga's face and shooting an icy blast at his beak!
"You won't freeze me that easily!" the giant raven growled as he broke the ice off his beak, trying to swing at the tiny CPU Candidate to no avail, then yelling in pain as his wing was hit with a fireball from White Sister Pink! "Stop that, caww!"
"I call upon the power of the Hyper Share Crystal!" Blanc declared, raising a hand into the sky. "Access NEXT Form!" A bright light briefly engulfed the CPU, coming down in a new bodysuit with an icy blue bodice, black arms and leggings, white armor appearing on her legs as she touched down before skating forward, a gauntlet attaching to her left arm, then another one on her right arm before jumping into a magical water pool, materializing mechanical angel wings, a large hat with goggles plopping on her head, before materializing a new axe with a blade almost as long as the handle itself! "Alright you giant freak, let's see how you handle this! Blaster Controller!"
"Huh?!" the giant Tenga turned to see NEXT White send out a horizontal wave from her axe, encasing his feet in ice! "Caww! Oh no, I'm a sitting duck!"
"Damn straight!" Blanc agreed, as she sent a concentrated vertical wave at her enemy, now encasing the lower half in ice crystals! "Now I'll show you the power of a next-gen CPU!" she said as a very large gun slid out of a portal next to her, the barrel extending and opening up, crackling with energy! "Max power! FIRE!" She cried, the cannon firing a massive energy beam, the shockwave knocking her hat off!
"CAAAWWWW!" the Tenga screamed as the beam pierced right through his chest! "You... got me..." With that, his body dissolved outward from said chest wound, until nothing was left but the ice crystals that had encased him.
"She did it!" an officer cried as he and his companions observed from a safe distance, the rest of the police breaking into cheers.
"I knew you could do it, Lady Blanc..." Financier smiled inside the police car, a blanket now covering her modesty.
"We won!" White Sister Pink proclaimed as she and Blue flew down to Blanc, who had reverted to normal from expending all her Shares. "You really nailed that big bird!"
"Heh... compared to a Dark CPU, he was nothing," the flat-chested goddess said with a weak grin. "You two mind carrying me back so we can rejoin with Financier and the police?"
"Of course, Big Sis!" White Sister Blue agreed as she and Pink put Blanc's arms over their shoulders, slowly rising up and flying off together...
*Later, at Ho-Hum HQ...*
"It seems your Tenga failed after all," Overlord Momus observed as he and Black Gatomon watched the news broadcast.
"Oh, well," the black cat shrugged. "I didn't think they'd win, even with the 'make my monster grow' program I gave them, meow... but wasn't that the point, anyway?"
"True," the Ho-Hum leader nodded. "It seems you're finally starting to understand..."
"Yep," BlackGatomon nodded back, before stretching. "Well, I'm gonna go take a catnap... if you'll excuse me, meow." Momus dismissed her with a wave, the cat running off on all fours...
But instead of taking a nap, the Digimon sat down at a laptop inside a small closet, opening it and beginning to type away... "If that conference call we intercepted is right, those aliens are in Leanbox now... Purrfect for me," she grinned as she called up a virus program. "They're probably gonna meet with the LASA space team, so let's send those guys a little present..."
*To be continued...*