Ho-Hum and the Alien Visitation

A Hyperdimension Neptunia Fan Fiction

by Derald Snyder

Chapter 53- Knocking On The Door

*Ho-Hum W-2 Base, Front Entrance*

"Ugh..." Tenten Ryghts shivered from the cold as she stood guard outside the base entrance, which was situated at the top of a flight of stairs hewn from the rock. Several automated turrets lined the wall on either side, courtesy of MAGES.' genius, making the thief and her current firearm- the Berretta 93R she'd stolen from Uni's vault- feel inadequate in comparison.

"W-why d-did I have t-to be the one t-to d-draw the short s-stick..." She grunted through chattering teeth. Even the fur coat from one of Noire's cosplay costumes wasn't helping much with the freezing temperatures, though the sun peeked through the clouds on occasion... Just then, Tenten heard something up above... (Is that a jet...?) Looking up, she saw a dark jet-plane streaking above... suddenly two missiles fired from its wings, which then spawned four more missiles each, all of them screaming down to Tenten's location!

"Eeeeeeekk!" The blue-haired thief screamed as she threw herself to the ground, the missiles destroying several of the turrets! The surviving guns opened fire, but jet was too fast for them to track! Several pointed green energy projectiles then rained down on the turrets, as well as an EX Multi Blaster! "Ahhh! I have to tell Overlord- Eeeep!" She cried as the door into the base was frozen solid before she could run inside! She tried to escape down the stairs, only for another ice crystal to block her path!

"TENTEN RYGHTS!" a familiar voice shouted, Tenten looking up, going white as a sheet as none other than Rei Ryghts in HDD form descended from the sky! "Drop that gun, worm! NOW!"

"Ahhhhhh! Okay okay, I surrender!" Tenten squeaked as she threw her hand cannon to the ground, then fell to her knees! "I'm so sorry! So very, very sorry! P-please d-don't k-kill meeee...!"

"Idiot. If I wanted to kill you, you wouldn't be breathing right now!" Rei growled as she touched down. Reaching down and grabbing her sister by her horn protrusion, she ordered, "Now tell me, why the hell did you join with these bastards?! You told me you were going to try and stay on the straight and narrow!"

"I-I... " Tenten stuttered, tears starting to stream down her face. "I was s-starting to get c-cabin fever cooped up in th-that jail...! And then you never c-came t-to visit me... when th-that Overlord Momus g-gave me an offer t-to get out, I c-couldn't say no...!"

Rei held her glare for a few seconds, before heaving a sigh. "Much as I hate to admit it... You know, part of the reason I didn't see you is because it's hard for me to get on a flight anywhere without express written permission from one of the CPUs... everyone's too afraid I'll blow them up in mid-air or something... also, the one time I did have a lull in my legal work, I ended up getting roped into a case in Lastation..." Releasing Tenten's horn, Rei kneeled down to look her clone sister in the eye. "But you know what? That's no damn excuse for forgetting you. I'm sorry, Tenten. I should have made the time somehow."

"Rei..." Tenten tried to wipe her eyes, before abruptly grabbing her sister in a tight embrace, her head pressing into Rei's bosom. Chaos Heart could only heave a sigh as she returned the hug, though her HDD personality inwardly cringed at such an act.

"Nice work, Rei," Vert's voice was heard, "you got her to surrender without a fight." Tenten lifted her head up to see the HDD CPUs and Candidates descending from the sky, with Purple Heart joining them a few seconds later.

"S-so w-what happens t-to me now...?" Tenten asked hesitantly.

"Well, let me ask you honestly," Rei pulled away to look Tenten in the eye again, "did you steal anything here in this nation?"

"I-I... I stole some p-parts t-to get the heater working here..." Tenten responded warily.

"Alright, fine. Then you can stand trial here, and be sentenced to prison much closer to my home, so I can actually come and see you without too much hassle," Rei proposed.

"B-but what about the thefts I did everywhere else?!"

"Well, seeing as this hand cannon was the last thing missing from Uni's vault, we can consider that debt settled," Black Heart said, picking up the gun in question and handing it back to her sister. "Right, Uni?"

"...Fine. But I want a written apology for leaving all my other guns strewn all over the floor!" Black Sister insisted.

"Y-you'll get it," Tenten nodded vigorously.

"Good. As for me... where are the rest of my cosplay costumes?" Black Heart tried to keep her voice even, those there was still an angry undertone to her words.

"I-in a c-closet near the b-back of the b-base. All unharmed!" Tenten insisted. "I o-only wore th-this one t-to p-protect me f-from the c-cold...!"

"Understandable. Alright, if that's the case, then I will not press charges, either," Noire nodded curtly. "As long as that costume you're wearing comes back to me after you're booked."

"I'll take it back with me to my law office," Rei spoke up.

"Well, the only things you stole in my nation were Chika's and Peach's clothes and Armor Morphers, so I suppose I can let those slide as well," Green Heart stated.

"Um, Nepgya kept you from stealing anything, so I got nothing," Nepgear shrugged. "What about you, Neptune? I know you were really upset about your secret pudding stash getting stolen..."

"I'm sorry!" Tenten reflexively blurted out. "B-but we've only eaten about a th-third of all the p-pudding...!"

Purple Heart had her eyes closed in contemplation for a few moments... "Rei, there is something I would like to ask your sister in private..."

"...Alright, fine. But make it snappy," Chaos Heart muttered as she stood up and backed off, Neptune promptly picking up Tenten under the armpits, the two floating down to the foot of the mountain steps...

"I wonder what she wanted to ask her," Vert pondered.

"Probably wants to know how she found the pudding stash," Nepgear suggested. "Not even Histoire knew the exact location, after all..." The CPUs watched as Neptune and Tenten conversed... Though they couldn't hear what was being said, they did see Purple Heart nodding affirmatively. Not long after, she flew Tenten back up to the others.

"Alright, I'm done with her," Neptune stated. "You can take her to the police station now, Rei."

"Good, let's go," Chaos Heart nodded, picking up Tenten in her arms and rising into the sky. "I'll get some pen and paper for you when we get there, so you can start on that apology to Uni straight away, worm."

"A-all right..." Tenten nodded as they flew off together.

Purple Heart watched them go, nodding in satisfaction. "...Well, now that that's done... Nepgear, call Iffy, please."

"Right," Purple Sister nodded as she pulled out her mobile device. "Hello, Iffy, Haruhi? The entrance is secure, so you can come here anytime!" Soon enough, Haruhi and IF appeared by the frozen door.

"Nice work taking out the defenses," IF observed. "But how are we gonna get past the door?"

"We only did that to keep Tenten from escaping..." White Sister Blue pointed out.

"Right, and if we froze it, we can melt it!" White Sister Pink asserted, her wand lighting up with fire. "Help me out here, Rom!"

"Okay, Ram!" Rom nodded, the two going to work on the door with their fire magic...

*Inside the base...*

"The CPUs are here, chu!" Warechu cried as he ran in, stopping before Overlord Momus. "They blew up all our guns and caught Tenten, chu!"

"No surprise there," Momus mused. "Are the other members in position?"

"Yep! Dogoo Man and our newest recruit are waitin' just inside, chu!"

"Where did you find someone like her, though?" Linda questioned.

"It's a long story," Momus shook his horned head. "But she should prove to be more than adequate to oppose the CPUs..."

"Hopefully not too much," Linda grumbled. "I want my shot at them, too!"

"Well, for now, let's see what happens," Momus said as he brought up several holo-screens, showing the Ho-Hum members ready and waiting in separate rooms for their adversaries...

*To be continued...*