Hello there. This is my first fic with Helluva Boss. It's a strange idea I know. Doing Mrs. Mayberry side of story instead of all the other characters presented up until now in Helluva Boss, but this story was on my mind for a while and I wanted to write it. I hope most of you will like it (since it's unrealistic to think that everyone will) and that I will handle those characters well.

Chapter 1
Who are we?

The party was over now. Almost everyone ate their piece of cake and after some joking around and Blitzo trying to make himself look way better than he was back then everyone were ready to finish it. Blitzo was now talking to Mr. Mayberry about their payment, he was too caught up with telling some of his stories to ask her before that. Of course she paid all that she could and gave some extra for fucking over the rest of the family and convincing from Blitzo. Millie right now was now talking to Loona and asked if she could help her in her hand to hand training. Most likely after getting beat up by that cannibal she felt as if she became very rusty and wanted someone to help her improve to avoid such a thing in the future. Loona seemed to be interested.

But the only one that was sitting alone and didn't eat his piece of cake was Moxxie. In a way star of this recent contract and yet he was so easily ignored now. All he did was just stare down at the cake, still seeing that house explode and that piece of teddy bear falling under his feet. A piece of teddy bear he unknowingly grabbed with his tail before getting dragged back into the portal by Blitzo. He was now holding it in his hand, the little piece of cloth wrapped around cotton felt so heavy, like his hands were about to fall off just from holding it. The kid that had this teddy bear was now dead. Because of him... He knew she was a cannibal and that they were monsters, but... he still felt terrible. Those kids didn't deserve to die like this. They deserved a chance to redeem themselves and now... they are probably here. In Hell. What if they find out where he is? What if they want to harm Millie? And would he do? Threaten them? He is the one that caused their deaths. How could he-

What a hellish pony, what a hellish pony

Then a melody started playing. Was it... that song of that pony cartoon Blitzo was sometimes watching? Moxxie knew that because Blitzo many times was watching this when he REALLY shouldn't and almost fucked over some of their more secretive missions. That must have been his ringtone. Although Moxxie was too depressed to really make a joke about it. But he noticed Mrs. Mayberry trying not to burst out into laughter.

"HAHAHAHA!"

Something Loona failed to do.

"OH SHUT IIT LOONY!" Blitzo blurred out as he took out his phone and seemed to get very stressed out about who was calling. "Oh no... It's Stolas. Okay Psycho Tits, I have to go. I'm sure you can find the door. I REALLY need to answer this. Cya!"

And Blitzo quickly run outside before the Sinner could punch him for calling her "Psycho Tits". She run after Blitzo to give him what he deserves. Millie came up to Moxxie who quickly hid the Teddy bear part he was holding. She wrapped her hands around him as she got closer

"Hey Sweetie, are you okay? You haven't eaten anything..." Millie as always was concerned about him "Is something wrong? Is this about this job?"

He really wanted to scream out all his thoughts now, but it would be inappropriate here.

"N..No. It's okay... Hey we can talk about it at home. Okay?"

He decided to hold it off until they were somewhere more private. Bursting out here would be horribly humiliating.

"Okay... Hey. I'm going to be training with Loona outside. Find some pieces of shit to beat up." She became far more passionate as she said that, punching the air a few times. Moxxie loved seeing her so happy, but now... "Wanna join us?"

"It's okay. You can go without me." Moxxie really wanted to have some time alone.

"*sigh* I understand Moxxie. Don't worry. We will talk about it. I'm always there for you" Millie said as she put her hand on his cheek and kissed him causing Moxxie to brighten up a little "And maybe eat some of this cake. It's for you after all."

Millie then left with Loona. The client also seemed to be gone for now. Moxxie now looked again at his untouched piece. It felt disgusting just looking at it.

*CRASH*

And he threw it on the wall, breaking the plate too and buried his head in his hands, finally letting some of his emotions out. He felt terrible. He started looking at the head of teddy bear again. Then he noticed a stain that was on the wall now from his outburst. Shit... Now he had to clean it up. But that was fine... At least it will be something to take mind off of this situation. But then he noticed something. On the floor there was a black handbag. Then he heard footsteps. It was... Mrs. Mayberry?

"For fuck sake, now of all times I had to forget about it." And she picked up the handbag from the floor. "Oh..."

She just noticed Moxxie as she picked it up. She was looking into his hands... At the teddy bear.

"OH SH-" Moxxie quickly tried to hide it in his coat. But the Sinner before him must have already noticed.

"Umm... What is that?" She asked him as she got closer to the imp

"N-n-nothing... really... i-it's nothing..." Moxxie said. he was extremely nervous now. Even more so when he remembered about the stain on the wall. Mrs. Mayberry followed where Moxxie was looking and also saw remains of the cake.

"What happened? Are you okay little guy?" She seemed to be concerned. It felt strange to hear her softer side.

"I'm fine... really." His hands were shaking as well as he looked at the floor

"No, you are not." Out of nowhere she took a chair from the table and sat in it next to Moxxie. Why was she doing it? Moxxie thought to himself "What is wrong?"

"Wh...why do you care?" Moxxie asked her as he put his hands on the table

"Well you helped me today and you look like one of my students when they had a bad day" Her voice was becoming softer as she mentioned her students "Call it an instinct. So come on. You can tell me"

She was just before celebrating a death of entire family... well a cannibal family, but the point still stands and now she behaved like a very caring and sweet person. It was peculiar to Moxxie. But also made him think if this is who she was before she died. Her voice sounded very supportive and sweet. Moxxie then without even thinking pull out the head of a teddy bear from his coat.

"Oh... What is it?" She asked as she looked at the damaged thing

"This... this belonged to one of the kids..." Moxxie felt terrible from even mentioning them.

"Wow. You took a trophy? You are even weirder than-"

"NO! BY SATAN, LUCIFER AND EVERYONE ELSE NO!" Moxxie burst out at her causing her to almost fall from her chair

"Okay, okay, calm down... Sorry..." She said as she readjusted her position "Okay... so why do you have it? Damn such a small guy with quite a heavy voice." That last part she said in a whisper

"I... I don't know. I just grabbed it with my tail before I came back. I... I don't know why." Moxxie said as he squeezed the head a bit

"Are you... crying?" She asked him as she pointed at his cheek. Moxxie quickly wiped the tear on his eye with his sleeve.

"I just caused death of several children and their dad..." Moxxie said as he squeezed teddy bear tighter "How do you think I'm supposed to feel?"

Moxxie's voice became more aggressive. He didn't want to speak like this, but in this circumstances he couldn't help himself.

"They were bunch of killers and they ate human meat. Why would you feel so bad about it?" She seemed genuinely confused. Which made Moxxie more angry

"They were children... I didn't want them to be killed!" Tedy Bear was now squeezed so hard it was gone in his hands "I just wanted to help them! Maybe they could have become better! Atone for what they did! ANYTHING! And I... and I fucked it up"

Tears were flowing from his eyes again as his hands finally let go of the teddy bear. He felt defeated. Like he was just run over with Blitzo's car over 500 times. Then he felt a hand on his shoulder. It was Mrs. Mayberry.

"Wow... I'm sorry. Damn..." She seemed to try to find the right words. "Are you... are you an imp?"

"Wh...what?" Moxxie was confused about this question

"I mean... most imps I met here are just complete murder junkies or just complete fuckwads like your boss." She probably omitted calling Millie a murder junkie to not piss him off even more, but he knew what she meant "Are you sure you are an imp?"

"*sigh* 100%... I was born an imp. I know my parents... even though I was... raised by another ones. I never lived in land of living. I know who I am." Moxxie answered her

"Wait... You are adopted and yet you know your real parents?" That was a strange thing to hear

"Yeah... I at least know who my father is. I heard he is some gangster or something. Makes me not want to go near him in my lifetime. Form what I know he abandoned me... I was found and raised by pair of imps, my mom and dad" His face brightened as he mentioned them

"Well... That explains some things." Mayberry admitted as she picked up the teddy bear and put it on the table "Imps that are ready to adopt a child are bound to be decent."

"They are the best. My dad taught me how to shoot, said I was a protégé in it. He taught me how to handle all kinds of weapons to protect myself and many times he hammered it in that it's to protect myself." Moxxie started mimicking a mush deeper voice, he was surprisingly good at it "My mom taught me how to cook, gave me my first guitar, showed me some of those theatre plays humans brought from land of the living..." Moxxie's mood was getting better and better as he talked about them

"They sound like good people" Mayberry also seemed to get more positive as she listened "Oh... Oh my... You spilled so much about them and I don't even know your name." This realization caused her to chuckle

"Hmm? Oh... I...I'm Moxxie" Moxxie put his hand out to her

"Sarah" she shake his hand as she introduced herself "Hmm, you are a pretty decent guy..." She let go of his hand and put her hands on the table. "What are you doing here?"

"eh?" Another strange question "What do you mean?"

"I mean... you are a decent person. You don't like killing as much as everyone else here... Why are you in this job? I can tell it's by all means not for you." Her tone was sincere. It really sounded like she wants to help him somehow. "If you don't mind telling me."

"No, no. It's fine..." Moxxie said in a slightly embarrassed tone "Well... It's about my wife."

"That bloodthirsty one? Oops" She quickly covered her mouth after saying that. To he surprise Moxxie started laughing a bit

"Hehe... Yeah... That's her. Love of my life." His tail started taking shape of a heart "The first time I met her was I think about 3 years ago. I was giving a concert and-"

"You were a musician?" That was new

"Yeah... I even had one gold record" He said with a hint of pride, but then it quickly dissipated "But that was the only one I ever made"

"What happened? Was it not good?" She asked him... she seemed very interested in hearing what he has to say

"Well... maybe... It definitely didn't sell that much. Most of what I heard is that it was... too nice and that my style didn't fit Hell at all" Moxxie was becoming more depressed again and his tail lost his heart shape "I tried later to do more appropriate songs, but... It always felt wrong writing them."

"Oh... I'm sorry" She put her hand on his shoulder again to comfort him "Maybe let's go back to your wife. How did you meet her again?"

At those words his tail started becoming a heart again and his mood seemed to improve. It seemed to Sarah that talking about her really helped which made her smile.

"Well... 3 years ago I was giving a concert. I was trying out singing one of my songs, most of the audience seemed to not enjoy it, but then I saw her... Clapping at my performance... This beautiful woman with a smile that I think could even melt the heart of Satan himself. I was entranced by her appearance and right after the show I found her. We talked a bit, she said that she loves my song, I said that I love her smile, her eyes, her voice... her everything... It was pretty awkward when I said it, but she seemed to really enjoy it. We started dating, she went to all of my concerts, was there for me when my record sold terribly and when I looked for other jobs... For a while I worked in a restaurant too. Then after 2 years... We got married. Right now it's almost out 1st anniversary." Moxxie's heart was beating extremely hard and fast now the more he thought about those times. He never wanted to stop thinking about her.

"I'm very happy for both of you..." Her tone was sincere, but her voice now carried a hint of sadness

"Oh crumbs... Am I reminding you of-"

"No... It's fine... really. I already put it behind me." She remained composed, but it was clear to Moxxie that she was not okay. "Well... what bout working here?"

"Ah yes... Well our wedding was quite expensive. I wanted to give us the best wedding I could possibly afford. My mom and dad also threw in some of their money despite how much I refused... Her family though, they never showed up..." Moxxie lost steam for a bit "But... our wedding was amazing. It was the best day of my life. But the next day... Ohh, I learned about how much we actually spend and then I realized we had no money left. I still could work at my job in a restaurant, but Millie now also needed a job. Then I found a sign that asked some imps to join... and you probably can guess what it was."

"Here?" she pointed at the floor

"Yes. Millie was very excited for this job. She loves bloodshed like no other imp and her skills are amazing as everything else about her... but that also meant she was going to be in danger." Moxxie wrapped his hands around his body "I know she can handle herself... I know that better than anyone, but the thought of her getting killed on a job gone wrong... Thinking about her dying, leaving her alone for something this dangerous... I couldn't handle it and I offered to be a part of I.M.P. as well... even though I knew I would be terrible."

"Wait... so. You got the job not suited to you... because you cared for your wife so much?" She seemed to be in disbelief... For a husband to care so much,

"Of course... " It was so obvious to Moxxie "I love her more than anyone. Why wouldn't I give my everything for her?"

There was a minute of silence as Mayberry looked at Moxxie without saying word. After a minute his words seemed to finally sink in for her. Moxxie was getting quite worried about her, just looking at him like this.

"If I had to give my soul to Lucifer himself, be tortured for the rest of eternity once I die in a sea of fire of this terrible place..." Those words made Moxxie really confused and worried now... What went into her? And why is she... smiling? "I would agree in a heartbeat... if it meant having someone like you as mu husband."

That... wasn't what Moxxie expected. What did she just say!? His face took the color of bright pink as he finally processed what she just said

"I...I don't know about that... That seems very excessive... for someone like... me" How could anyone bring onto themselves an eternity of suffering for someone like him?

"No... Not at all" She sounded very sure about her words "Your wife is incredibly lucky to have someone like you!"

"..." Moxxie didn't know exactly what to say "Th...thank you" A simple thank you will have to do.

"Hehe... don't mention... oh..." then her voice became far weaker, when Moxxie looked at her she seemed to be falling from her chair

"Wow. Careful!" Moxxie quickly grabbed her by the arm and helped her back to the chair "What happened?" Only when Moxxie asked did he see expression on her face. She seemed scared and... sad

"And I send you to kill a family" tears started falling from her eyes as she covered her face "A goddamn IMP is a better person than me... I... Maybe I do deserve to be here..."

Her last words were quiet, but Moxxie could still hear them. What was she talking about.

"NO! Of course not! You just asked us to kill the woman that screwed you over... I'm the one that-"

"You cute idiot! I KNEW you would fuck it up!" Her voice was filled with despair and rage "Why do you think I trusted this idiotic boss of yours!?"

Those words... Moxxie was not ready for them. She really wanted them to kill them all... That... was a lot to take in.

"Listen... while I don't appreciate such a gesture I... I don't think you should be getting worked up over it." Moxxie tried to comfort her as she put her face on the desk and he put his hand on her head. "As you said... they were just-"

"BUT I DIDN'T KNOW THAT!" She screamed at Moxxie with tears still in her eyes... it was strange to see such a role reversal here "I didn't... I wanted them all dead... To have revenge on the world for putting me here. But... Now I see how much I may have deserved it... for killing my husband like that and..." then she paused for a moment and looked at the wall. "Traumatized them..."

"Mrs. Mayberry? Sarah?" Moxxie tried to reach out to her as she looked at the wall with the cake on it

"The children... What have I done?" And now her eyes went down to the desk again...

"I'm very sorry for what happened. But now we can't change-"

Then out of nowhere she fell to her knees and took Moxxie's hands

"I HAVE ANOTHER JOB FOR YOU!" She screamed at him

"Umm... miss? Is everything okay?" Moxxie was now getting scared.

"Listen... I know it may sound strange, maybe even downright terrible, but I NEED you to listen to me! PLEASE!" Her eyes were getting filled up with tears again.

"O...Okay. I will listen" Moxxie calmed down a bit

"Okay... Is it possible for you to..." She paused again... like she was carrying the courage to say it "Take me to human world to apologize to those children?"

And then silence fell over the room... Like time just stopped for a moment and Moxxie was the only one that could move in it. The feeling of terrible fear fell upon him. This... this sinner wants to... escape? Every fiber of his being was now screaming out in protest. DON'T DO IT! DECLINE! RUN! That's all he could hear in his head and yet...

"PLEASE! I WILL GIVE YOU ANYTHING! I SWEAR! I Promise to every Lord of Hell, to GOD, TO ANYONE YOU WANT! I promise that I WONT run away! That I will NOT do anything to out you or MIllie in danger! Please, just..." Then her head fell to the floor, her sobbing was legitimately hard to listed to Moxxie "I want to fix this... Th..that's all I want... I want to atone... Please..."

Atonement... That made Moxxie think of something...

"Miss I..." Moxxie was thinking, every single thought in his head told him to back away, but his heart... his heart was singing a different song "I will help you..." Moxxie said as he hugged her, she wrapped her hands around his body. Moxxie felt he was making a big mistake... But it wasn't in his nature to refuse someone like this... But this was dangerous endeavor nonetheless. And he needed a plan."

TBC in chapter 2

I hope this was good to read. This one is a bit slow and mostly happens in one location and is just characters talking. For that I apologize, but next one will have more in it. And I think this fic will take about 3-4 chapters. I hope to hear your thoughts on it. It really helps.