Compa and Netherrealm entered Compa's house. It was bigger than average, it has two bedrooms, and two bathrooms. Along with a kitchen that is separated from the dining room by a bar. The living room and dining room are the same room. With a couch, and tv. Some filled bookshelves to top it all off.

Netherrealm looked around Compa's house and was directed to place the girl on Compa's bed. While she began tending to her wounds. He relaxed on Compa's couch. 'Suck it land lady! I found a place to stay!' Netherrealm celebrated in his head.

Compa was obviously nice and naive. Get in her good graces, and he'll be set to live here. Compa came back into the living room. "Whew, i'll get something ready Netty," Compa hummed and she went to the kitchen. He leaned a bit further back on the couch to see Compa bent over, looking for ingredients. 'Heh, nice,' His solid white eyes narrowed as he took in Compa's ass.

Then she sadly stood up and began cooking. He turned on the TV and began flipping through channels. After half an hour, Compa called him to the dining table to eat. He sat down in front of her. He untied the headband, and took off your face mask. Then, lastly pulled down his cowl.

His once charcoal black skin turned caucasian. His solid, slightly glowing white eyes. Stopped glowing, his violet irises and his pupils became visible as well. "Wow! You look much less scary without the face stuff on," Compa complimented his looks. Netherrealm ran his hand through his shaved, crew cut styled hair.

"You look cute," He flirted and Compa coughed as she took a bite of her food. Her face turning a shade of red. "N-Netty don't say stuff like that. It makes me feel dizzy," Compa stuttered bashfully. "Alright, but I couldn't help it. I meant what I said," He got the last word in as she coughed again.

Once the two finished dinner, Netherrealm let Compa do the dishes. Then you went onto the couch. "The girl is taking my bed, and you can have the guest room. I'll sleep on the couch!" Compa came up with the idea. Netherrealm inwardly cheering at how easy this girl is.

Compa grabbed a blanket and some pillows. She climbed onto the couch and soon fell asleep. He stood over her for a few minutes, then went into the dining room and sat in a chair. Netherrealm sighed, as he fully realized just how easy this girl is. In this world, people will hurt others for their own benefit, him being one of them.

Why is she so nice, so naive? Perhaps, he'll stick around to see if that niceness is a facade. Netherrealm began quietly sing a song his fathers sang to him and his little brother.

"Past the deep, deep darkness. I hear a faint voice at the door. I listen close and stare, at the swaying lamp."

"Even if it's delusion, dreams, or deja vu, everyone one of them is my precious story. I can't give up this victory to anyone," He finished and with a small, and nostalgic smile.

-In the morning-

He slowly woke up, a blanket over him, and a pillow under his face. Netherrealm fell asleep in the chair, and his head was on the table. He stretched and stood up. Netherrealm saw Compa making pancakes. "Oh, good morning Netty!" Compa chirped.

"Hey, Compa, look i'm broke and I need a place to stay. Can I stay here?" He asked, reluctantly, he disliked asking others for help, and Compa gave a cute smile in return. "Of course! We're friends now, aren't we?" Compa said and Netherrealm looked away at the word friend. 'We just met girl, how trusting are you?' He wondered. "I'll be right back, I gotta get my stuff," Netherrealm waved as he went out the door. Taking a pancake with him.

He walked to the slums, with shitty apartments. 'Purple Progress my ass, why are there slums if we're progressive?' He asked himself bitterly. Purple Heart doesn't do anything for him, or for anyone. No one has seen her, people just know she exists.

'She sounds less and less real the more I think about it,' His thoughts were interrupted by a someone attempting to roundhouse kick his head. Netherrealm ducked under it, and crouched, his leg snapped outward, aimed at the shins to catch the fool attacking him lacking.

C-Sha yelped and fell on her back. Netherrealm fully stood up and laughed at the poor girl. "So, here to lose, again?" He asked with a cocky smirk. He pulled up his cowl. Putting on his headband and facemask. His eyes became a solid, slightly glowing white. His skin became charcoal black. This is called Netherrealm 'Battle Mode'. Because describing it everytime will get old fast.

The young girl growled and went for a front flipping axe kick, called the 'Lunar Phase'. Netherrealm slightly jumped back, avoiding the attack. His shadow appeared behind C-Sha, and socked the back of her head. Netherrealm gave C-Sha a headbutt when she fell towards him.

Then, Netherrealm's shadow went back to you. You jumped into a dark portal that opened under him. He popped out of another portal behind C-Sha as she fell. He grabbed her arms and fell with her onto his back. He put his foot on C-Sha's back and rolled backwards. Throwing her off him, and he rolled onto his feet.

C-Sha skidded on her back, then scambled to her feet. He threw a dagger connected to a rope. It wrapped around C-Sha's neck, and she gasped. Punching and scratching at the rope. Netherrealm smirked under the mask. He pulled on the rope. "Get over here!" He shouted as C-Sha was pulled towards him.

She stumbled right in front of him, the kunai on the rope leaving her neck. Netherrealm gave a swift upper cut as the kunai and rope vanished. He stepped on C-Sha's flat chest and took his wakazashi off his back.

Netherrealm pointed the blade at her throat. "I win, flawless victory," He said as he got his foot off her. Netherrealm sheathed his sword and left her on the ground. Going to his apartment, Netherrealm had only some extra kunai and rope, whetstones, some more bracers and shin guards, and couple of changes of clothes.

He packed all of that in a bag and headed out the door. Kicking it off it's hinges as he did so. Which had an eviction notice taped onto it. The door fell onto the parking lot and shattered. You left the apartments and didn't look back.

Netherrealm soon got back to Compa's place. He knocked on the door and Compa opened it, paling at your scary looks. He took off his mask and cowl, and left Battle Mode, his face fully exposed to Compa. "Thanks Netty, just put your bag in the closet of the guest room," Compa said and Netherrealm nodded, shoving his way in.

"How's the girl?" Netherrealm asked as he began to head to the guest room to dump your bag there. Compa and Netherrealm heard the sound of the alarm clock being smashed. Compa rushed in her room before you. Netherrealm just went in and put your bag on the floor, he'll get it later.

"Oh, shoot! Did I break something?" The girl asked as she shot up. "Wait... Where am I?" She asked as Compa ran up to her. "Oh, you're up. Good morn', sleepyhead! Well, actually, good afternoon!" Compa greeted the confused girl with a close eyed smile.

"Yeah, welcome to the land of the living. You'll wish you'd stayed out of it," Netherrealm said as he stood next to Compa. "Um, this isn't my room, is it? Is it yours, or is it that guy's? And why am I tucked snugly in?" She rattled off questions to Netherrealm and Compa.

Netherrealm had an 'apathetic at best' face on. "Well, it was just last night. I saw a shooting star! That was you," Compa explained, but not really, look she's trying okay? "That was a short answer. Wait, that means I fell from the sky?!" She asked after realizing what Compa said.

"Yeah, you were stuck in the ground like a Dumbass Tree," Netherrealm said and he chuckled, rembering how dumb the girl looked. "Dumbass Tree? That's kinda mean buddy boy," She said with an awkward smile. "I can turn you into one if you'd like," Netherrealm replied with a sneer. "You can do that?!" the girl asked, terrified.

"Yeah, because I fight people in tournaments, I test my might all the time," Netherrealm replied with an uninterested look about him. "Wow, that seems kinda unfulfilling," The girl said, and rubbed the back of her head awkwardly.

"It's the only thing that I'm good at," Netherrealm said and crossed his arms. "Anywho, you were out cold. So Netty pulled you out and brought you here," Compa interjected, trying to keep the conversation on topic.

"That's cool, thanks! You're as strong as you look," the girl thanked Netherrealm and he didn't acknowledge her as he browsed his phone. Seeing the likes on the post he made with the girl in the stuck ground.

"I just said that I punch people out cold for money, It's part of the job description," Netherrealm replied not looking up from your phone. "Come to think of it, we haven't introduced ourselves. My name is Compa," Compa introduced herself like it was the first chapter of Re;Birth 1 or something. "Netherrealm," he introduced himself, bored.

"I'm Neptune! Thanks for saving me, Compa, Netty! Hope we can be friends!" Neptune introduced herself so the author can finally stop using 'girl'. "It's nice to meet you, Nept-... Nepee-... Nepta-... Nepel... Neput-" Compa tried to pronounce Neptune's name and failed.

"Neptuna, Nep-Nep, Nepper, it doesn't matter. You can call me anything!" Neptune suggested to give Compa some leeway. "Okay, then! How about Nep-Nep? It's nice to meet you, Nep-Nep!" Compa said, enjoying the nickname. Netherrealm scowled at being called 'Netty'. He is finding Neptune to be annoying so far. Her voice is so grating.

"Oh, I noticed your all bruised. Allow me to take a real quick look," Compa said as she began to help get Neptune's clothes off. "Yeah, I am kinda scraped up, huh? Strange, I feel like I got sandbagged," Neptune commented, not knowing why she was injured.

Netherrealm put your phone into your shadow and it disappeared. "Woah! Cool ability alert! How did you do that?" Neptune exclaimed, her purple eyes widening and she pointed at you. "I could always do this. My little brother got the looks, the brains, the pretty much everything else of the genepool," Netherrealm replied as his shadow left and came back with a chair. He sat in the chair and crossed on leg over the other.

Soon, Neptune remembered that Compa is taking Neptune's clothes off with you in the room. The parka is already off, and so is one stocking. "Wait! Why do I have to go nude?! I don't need to make myself more powerful!" Neptune protested as she realized her hasty mistake.

"I can't bandage you with your clothes on. No need to be shy now," Compa assured her paitent. "But what about Netherrealm! He's in here to! He could forcibly have his way with me, break my mind and make me apart of his harem!" Neptune exclaimed and Netherrealm pinched the bridge of his nose.

"Yeah, that's a good joke," Netherrealm said sarcastically. "Okay, here comes the wrap. This way...that way...loop it over..." Compa recited, trying to get this just right.

Compa is currently wrapping bandages around a nude Neptune. The bandages are way too tight. Netherrealm watched this display with an amused smile. "Nrrgh! H-Hold on! Can you make it a bit loose? It's getting tigh--" Neptune's whining was interrupted by a stern Compa. "You don't want it loose or you'll trip! Just be patient now," Compa lectured.

"Urgh! I can't...breathe. My back! Netty..help me! Ahhhh--" Neptune desperately reached to Netherrealm as her only source of hope. With one last strangled cry, she lost consciousness. "Nep-Nep? Are you okay?! Please, come back! Nep-Nep? Nep-Nep?!" Compa called out like it was a game over.

Yet a few minutes later, Neptune was conscious again, and quickly put her clothes back on. "Th-That was close... I was just an inch away from entering the light..." Neptune said relieved. "No you weren't, I've seen it happen. Stop being a drama queen," Netherrealm cut in, annoyed. "Hold on, seen it hap-" Compa was cut off by a 'Neptune Moment'.

"And you! You didn't save me! Why, Netty, why, WHY?! I thought you were my friend. You're tearing me apart, Netty!" Neptune lamented, falling to her knees and grasping Netherrealm's trousers. "Sometimes I wish someone would punch my head off three times, at least," Netherrealm groaned.

"Hey Netty, um, I forgot my question..." Compa was too distracted by the dramatic moment between you and Neptune to remember her question. "Okay, cool it! Why did you fall from the sky and get stuck into the ground?" Netherrealm asked, while shaking Neptune off his legs.

"To answer that question, um, I...don't know... I don't remember anything before coming here..." Neptune struggled to answer. "Nep-Nep, maybe you're suffering from amnesia," Compa diagnosed. "Really? Well, I guess so," Neptune hummed, accepting it too quickly.

"I'd like to help, but I don't have anything to cure amnesia..." Compa said, tapping her index fingers together in her own personal shame. "Don't worry about it Compa. If she can survive a fall from terminal velocity, I think she'll be good if we let her go free," Netherrealm said, in his own way, comforted Compa. Even if he won't admit it.

"Um, you know what? I'm a bit hungry. Uh, do you have any food I could eat?" Neptune asked with an awkward chuckle. "Oh great, now I have to be with you for another hour," Netherrealm said sarcastically. "Netty! Don't be rude!" Compa scolded Netherrealm and he scoffed at her. "She's alive and barely injured after surviving a fall from that height. No one can just do that. We should just send her on her way. Before we get involved in something stupid," Netherrealm reasoned sharply and insensitively.

"Don't worry Nep-Nep, I don't have much. But I can give you some pudding," Compa said to her other guest. "Pudding? Um, what's a pudding?" Neptune asked. "You don't know what a pudding is?" Compa asked, shocked that Neptune's amnesia goes this far.

"Wow, she hit her head so hard that she forgot desserts exists. Let me guess, she doesn't know what a toliet is and we have to hold her hand in the bathroom?" Netherrealm laughed at the mean joke. Compa backhanded his cuirass, and after realizing she just smacked armor with her bare hands. Compa rubbed her now sore hand. "Owieee, that was mean Netty," Compa sniffled.

Compa went off to get pudding with tears in the corners of her eyes. Compa returned with pudding and a bandaged hand. "Hm.. So this yellow thing is a pudding? Whoa! It wiggles when you poke it!" Neptune giggled at the funny food.

Neptune took a large chomp of pudding...

Her eyes sparkled as she realized began to form a connection with pudding. "The tantalizing sweetness melts away on my tongue! This is the best! This has got to be made by the finest chef in the world! Where can I get more" Neptune praised the pudding, and it blushed in response.

"This is the start of something, isn't it?" Netherrealm commented, not knowing how right he is. "Well, I actually made it myself," Compa replied to Neptune's question. "Amazing... Compa, you are a genius..." Neptune complimented Compa.

"Oh, stop teasing me, Nep-Nep. Wait a minute. Let me get more, do you want some Netty?" Compa asked you. Netherrealm gave a grunt of acknowledgement. Compa went to get more pudding.

"You're homemade pudding was a blast, Compa!" Neptune said with a thumbs up. "It was decent," Netherrealm said while on his third pudding. "I'm happy you both liked it. By the way, what are you going to down, Nep-Nep?" Compa asked Neptune, wanting to make sure she's alright.

"Well, I want to know what happened. So i'll go back to where I was found," Neptune answered. "Ooh! Then, we can take you there, Nep-Nep!" Compa said and you stood up. "Hold on, 'we'?" Netherrealm asked. "Yeah, you found her first Netty. Let's take Nep-Nep to where we found her," Compa answered and Netherrealm crossed his arms.

"Look, I've got important things to do. Like beating up chumps in the warehouses. Finding that fucker Goroo, and get my twenty credits back. Then afterwards, um, fuck I don't know," Netherrealm made some excuses, and is trying to think of more.

"C'mon Netty! We're friends! You brought me here! If you take me there, we'll help you find this Gor-whats its, and get your money back," Neptune promised with a smug smile. "Pfft, yeah right, what can some amnesiac who didn't know what pudding was minutes do in a fight?" Netherrealm asked with a condescending look.

"We'll find out together! Let's go you two!" Compa chirped and she grabbed you and Neptune by the wrists. "Woah! Hey! You're stronger than you look Compa!" Neptune cried out in suprise. "I'm a nurse in training, moving bodies is part of class," Compa answered. "I hate this," Netherrealm groaned.

So the three of them went off to search for the crater. This was the start of an adventure. An adventure for the ages.