Ho-Hum and the Alien Visitation

A Hyperdimension Neptunia Fan Fiction

by Derald Snyder

Chapter 23- Dr. Pop Fizzles

*Lowee Basilicom*

"I'm sorry, Lady Blanc, but we can't trace exactly where the hacker came from," the Cybercrime technician apologized. "I can only confirm that the virus originated from outside the nation..."

"So this was a professional, then," Blanc mused. "I wonder if I should get ahold of Vert and have her contact the creator of 4GO... she seemed to be a pretty damn competent cracker..."

"I did manage to get a visual image of the virus," the technician said, typing at the keyboard and pulling up a slightly pixelated image of Keramon.

"That's it!" Ram pointed. "That's the monster that scared me and Rom!"

"Doesn't look like any monster I've ever seen," Blanc muttered. "Even on 4GO or anywhere else..." Mind made up, she pulled out her phone and dialed. "Hello, Vert...?"

*A short while later...*

"No, I've never seen a virus like this, either," the main GM of 4 Goddesses Online muttered as she observed the image of Keramon on-screen.

"It looks like it might be related to the virus that infected LASA Headquarters," Vert mused. "But Haruhi completely destroyed those, so we can't trace any correlation..."

"Maybe it's a more evolved form of the first virus?" Blanc theorized. "But if that's the case..."

"That's weird, though," the GM said, "computer viruses don't mutate like biological viruses... Unless whoever created this one is constantly upgrading it's source code... Do you know if this virus was released anywhere else?"

"Nowhere else in Leanbox," Vert said. "Only LASA was targeted."

"Cybercrime said they had never seen this virus, so it seems only Rom and Ram's system was hacked," Blanc added. "Maybe we should contact Neptune and Noire... actually, let's get a hold of Noire first, she'd be more on top of something like this."

"Big Sis! Big Sis!" Ram cried as she ran into the room, Rom on her heels.

"What is it, Ram? I'm kinda busy here trying to find your hacker..."

"It's Underling!" Ram said, waving her arms. "She's gone and stolen Turtlezilla from Super Nintend Land!"

"She WHAT?!" Blanc gasped. "Dammit! Sorry, Vert, I gotta go, this is an emergency..."

"No, I quite understand," Vert said. "I'll contact Noire in your stead, hurry and stop Underling!"

"Thanks. Alright, let's go!" Blanc said to her sisters.

"Right!" "OK!" And so the three went off together...

*On the streets of Lowee City...*

(Music- 'Ruby Delusions', Sonic Mania)

"Grrroooaar!" Turtlezilla roared as it set a car aflame with its fire breath, Underling riding on its shoulder while Warechu sat atop its bright red mane.

"HAHAHAHAHAAAA!" Underling laughed as bullets from the policemen's guns easily bounced off its hard shell. "You'll have to do better than that to slay this robo-dragon!"

"Fall back! Fall back!" the police chief cried as Turtlezilla began overturning the police cars! Just then, a large ice crystal smashed the robot in the snout, forcing it back a step!

"The Lowee sisters have arrived!" White Sister Pink declared as she and Blue arrived on the scene, White Heart not far behind.

"Get your sorry asses outta here!" Blanc ordered the police. "This shit is way above your pay grade! We'll handle this overgrown turtle!"

"Thank you, Lady Blanc!" the chief acknowledged as he and the others beat a hasty retreat.

"You losers don't think you can topple this turtle, chu!" Warechu taunted.

"Not the first giant monster we've dealt with!" White Sister Blue asserted.

"First things first, eject the pilots!" White Sister Pink exclaimed, dodging Turtlezilla's fire breath and kicking Warechu off it's head! Blue then followed up with another ice crystal aimed at Underling, forcing the punk girl to jump off, rolling as she hit the ground!

"You think it'll be that easy?!" Linda growled as she rose to a kneeling position. Whistling sharply, she yelled, "Tenga! Get your sorry beaks down here!"

"We're coming!" Several Tenga abruptly flew down, surrounding the goddesses!

"Not these birdbrains again!" White Sister Pink growled as she fried one with a fireball from her wand! "Didn't you idiots learn your lesson last time?!"

"I guess not!" White Sister Blue mused as she froze a few Tenga solid.

"Guess I'll have to handle Turtlezilla myself, then!" White Heart asserted, staring down the robotic kaiju. A few Tenga tried to block her path but she easily downed them with Gefahrlichtern projectiles! "And now... Getter Ravine!" Her right eye glowed red as she charged at Turtlezilla, easily dodging its flame breath by leaping into the air, then swinging her axe down with all of her might, smashing the robot's head to scrap! As a result, the flamethrower mechanism backfired, causing the body to catch fire and explode, collapsing in a heap of burning metal.

"Well, that failed spectacularly, chu," Warechu deadpanned.

"Nice try, Underling, but you're gonna have to do a lot damn better than that to beat me!" White Heart taunted with a grin, hoisting her axe over her shoulder.

"I'm gonna have a word with that Dr. Pop," Linda growled under her breath. "Warechu, Tenga, let's get outta here!" The group of them promptly fled down the street...

"Alright, cops, your turn! Get after those bitches!" White Heart ordered, several police cruisers promptly getting into gear and chasing after the Ho-Hum operatives!

"That'll teach you to ruin one of Super Nintend Land's best attractions!" White Sister Pink called after them.

"But how did she get Turtlezilla to go berserk, anyway?" White Sister Blue pondered. "Any cheating devices she might have had would have become useless after we beat the Deity of Sin for good..."

"I just heard her say something about a 'Dr. Pop'," White Heart said as she flew up to them. "Whoever he or she is, must have hacked into Turtlezilla's mainframe and taken control remotely!"

"What if Dr. Pop's the one who scared us with that virus?!" White Sister Blue realized.

"Yeah! It had to have been!" White Sister Pink agreed.

"We don't have any proof, though," White Heart pointed out. "Let's get back to the Basilicom and hope Vert and Noire found something..."

*Ho-Hum HQ*

"Apologies, Overlord Momus," MAGES. lamented on bended knee. "I have failed you..."

"You certainly have, Dr. Pop," Momus agreed, doffing MAGES.' hat and pounding her on the head, leaving a sizable lump! "Next time, hijack a robot that can actually take a hit from a CPU's weapon!"

"Ouch... Understood," the Mad Magician concurred, putting her hat back on, wincing as she adjusted it to not rub against the bump on her head. "Fortunately, I do not make the same mistake twice..."

"See that you don't." Momus then turned to the communications console, hailing Generic Ninja #25. "Have you made your way to Lastation?"

"Yessir," Ninja #25 nodded. "Actually, sir, there's something you need to know..."

*To be continued...*