Chapter 1: Loona the lifesaver
It was another normal day in Hell as usual. In a large city populated by demons and hellhounds known as Imp City, a small assassination group known as I.M.P(immediate murder professionals) was getting ready for another long day of work killing bad people for clients.
The group was three demons and one hellhound.
Blitzo, who was the founder and leader of the group, was at his desk polishing his sniper rifle while drinking coffee.
Moxxie was sweeping the floor around the meeting room while getting into usual conflicts with Blitzo like they always do from time to time.
"Come on Moxxie the faster your tired ass sweeps the floor, the sooner we can get started on our day!" Blitzo ordered.
"You know what Blitzo, why don't you sweep the floor for once in your goddamn life!" Moxxie complained
"Oh, what's that? I'm sorry I don't speak stupid." Blitzo remarked sarcastically
Right away chaos ensued between the two. While they were fighting, Millie, Moxxie's wife, was walking to the break room to put away her lunch.
She arrived to find Loona, the teenage hellhound, rummaging through the fridge.
She was throwing different contents out behind her as if she was desperately looking for something in particular.
"Um Loona? What are you looking for?" Millie asked
"Uuuugh! I need some fucking avocado salad!" Loona groaned as she slammed the fridge door and pulled her long hair.
"Let me guess, your hungover again, aren't you." Millie said
"Yeah you guessed it Sherlock! Please tell me you brought some!" Loona said pointing to Millie's container
"Um…no sorry. Just some regular veggie salad today. Gotta stay healthy to assassinate my targets well." Millie said with an apologetic smile, opening the container to reveal the contents.
"Oh just fucking great! This means I gotta go get some myself!" Loona exclaimed
Moxxie then comes in "Hey Loona, wouldn't it be more wiser not to drink in the morning so you won't have to feel this way?" Moxxie asked
"Eat a dick Moxxie! I don't tell you how to live your pathetic life!" Loona said as she stomps past the two down the hall.
Millie and Moxxie look at each other and shrug.
Loona was about to walk out when Blitzo asked "Hey Loona where you going?"
"None your damn business Blitz!" Loona shouted glaring at Blitzo
"Alright just hurry back. You never know when we will get a call. Oh and while your out, would you mind getting me a candy bar?" Blitzo asked with a cheeky smile
Loona flips him the bird as she walks out and slams the door.
"Same old Loonie" Blitzo said to himself and continued on cleaning his gun
Outside, Loona was walking to a nearby convenience store.
"I swear not a moment of peace around here. Why do I still bother working with these guys?" Loona grumbled to herself as she arrived at the store and went in.
1 minute later she comes out with a new sealed container of avocado salad. She wastes no time on ripping off the lid and dumping the green contents down her mouth.
"*sigh* Much better." Loona said in relief as she tossed the empty container and started making her way back to I.M.P headquarters.
"I sometimes wish something special would happen in my life. Like a miracle perhaps. I'm so done with these guys." Loona thought
Just as she was approaching the I.M.P building, Loona could see something right next to the front door against the wall. It looked like a ball of grey fur.
Loona right away thought this was some homeless hobo imp trying to sleep curled up on the sidewalk.
"Oh for the love of- Hey buddy! This ain't no homeless shelter! Get your ass out of here!" Loona shouted to get this person's attention. No response.
Loona was getting ticked again as she was walking closer to confront this person.
"Hey I'm talking to you!" Loona shouted. Again, no response.
As she was getting closer, the ball of fur appeared to be very small. Loona's expression turned from irritated to curious. When she got up close to the curled-up ball of fur, Loona couldn't believe what she was seeing. Her expression now turned surprised.
This ball of fur was a small hellhound pup with grey fur and white streak going between his ears and a white fur spot over his right eye and had a snout and ears shorter than Loona's.
"What the hell?" Loona exclaimed starting to get concerned. She knelt down to get a closer look.
The pup looked no more than 6 years old. He was wearing a navy blue t-shirt with a few holes and tears everywhere and he was wearing long black pants that had dirty stains.
Not only was he wearing battered clothing, he also had bruises and scars all over him and he was shivering and whimpering in his sleep.
"Why is there a kid out here!? And why does he look like he's been through a shredder!?" Loona asked herself shocked by what she was witnessing.
"This is so not right!" Loona thought. Something inside Loona was screaming at her to help the kid and she did not hesitate to do that.
She brushed her hand across his head to gently wake him up.
The pup's eyes started to opened and he slowly sat up and groaned in pain. Loona could see he had red eyes just like her but his eyes also looked like he hadn't slept in days. When the pup finished gathering his surroundings, his gaze landed on Loona. His eyes widened as he gasped in shock and tried to scoot away from her but his body was stinging in pain.
"Woah it's okay it's okay. I'm not going to hurt you." Loona said calmly putting her hands up to show she's friendly.
"You're- you're not going to hurt me?" The pup whimpered.
"I promise." Loona said putting a hand over her heart while giving a sympathetic smile.
"Why are you out here? What happened to you?" Loona asked.
"I…uhh" The pup didn't give her an answer but only looked down in sadness as tears were forming in his eyes.
"Is everything okay?" Loona asked. Still the pup didn't answer and started sniffing as teardrops started falling from his face
Loona really wanted to help this poor pup right now.
"Hey" Loona said nicely gently putting her had under his snout to direct his gaze to her.
"Would you like to come with me? I can take good care of you and you'll feel all better again." Loona said sweetly holding out her hand.
The pup hesitated at first but he saw the sincere and honest look in her eyes and slowly reached out his hand to grab hers.
Loona helped him to his feet, picked him up and held him with his head on her shoulder like a baby.
Loona made her way inside the I.M.P building as the pup fell asleep in her arms.
Inside the building, the three imps were sitting in the meeting room waiting for Loona.
"What's taking that crazy hellhound so long!?" Moxxie complained
"Now calm down hun. She's probably still looking for some avocado salad. Maybe the store ran out." Millie reassured her husband petting his hair.
"I sure hope she's not out killing targets without us." Blitzo said sipping more of his coffee after finished polishing his sniper rifle.
Suddenly the door opened and Loona came in.
"About fucking time!" Moxxie exclaimed
"Just where the hell have you-" Moxxie stopped mid-sentence noticing the pup in Loona's arms.
"Uh Loona? What's with the pup?" Blitzo asked sipping more of his coffee
"I thought you went to get more avocado salad." Millie said confused
"I did. And on my way back, I found him curled-up just outside our front door." Loona explained
"Oh..Is he your lunch?" Blitzo asked
"What!? No I'm not gonna eat him!" Loona exclaimed
"Well what are you gonna do? Dropkick him?" asked Moxxie
"Again No! Look, I'm gonna take care of him. He needs my help."
The moment Loona said that, Blitzo spits out his coffee all over his gun and looks at Loona with a super shocked and dazed expression along with Moxxie and Millie as the four words "He needs my help" echoed in their heads.
"W-Wait…come again now?" Moxxie asked.
"I said I'm going to take care of him you dipshit. I mean look at him! Satan knows how long he's been out there and whatever has happened to him! Now if you assholes excuse me, I gotta get him patched up." Loona said as she made her way to the break room.
"Millie, am I dreaming?" Moxxie asked still shocked.
"I don't know hun. I think I'm dreaming two."
They both pinched each other to confirm that this was no dream and Loona really said what they heard.
Blitzo shook himself out of his trance and looked down at his gun soaked with coffee dripping off the desk.
"Oh fuck me! I just cleaned this!" Blitzo shouted realizing what he just did.
Loona went into the break room and gently laid the pup down on the couch. After getting the first aid kit, she carefully tends to his wounds without waking him up.
The three demons come into the room with concerned expressions on their faces.
"Um Loona? I'm not offending in anyway but did you get hit in the head?" Moxxie asked
"Why does it matter to you?" Loona asked
"It's just…since when did you start caring for someone?" Millie asked
"Yeah. You usually don't give two shits about us." Moxxie added
"Look, I may be selfish and bad tempered, but I can't just let a kid die on my watch, that would be so uncool, now are you gonna help me or do I have to hit you on the head!?" Loona glared at them
"Oh uh s-sure we'll help you out Loonie." Blitzo said nervously as everyone gathered around to help Loona tend to the pup.
"And don't call me that!" Loona growled at Blitzo
As everyone was cleaning and applying bandages here and there, Millie couldn't help but feel sorry for the pup.
"Aww what a poor thing. I can't imagine what this little sweetie has been through." Millie said as she was putting a bandage on the pup's forehead.
"Yeah, well whoever did this to him, I'll be more than happy to show them my teeth." Loona said
Finally they were all done.
"Perfect. Now all we gotta do is wait for him to wake up." Loona said draping a blanket over the pup.
Blitzo's phone starts ringing
"Oh hold on I gotta take this." Blitzo answers the phone "Hello I.M.P…..Yes….Okay where can we find them?...Perfect…..You got it! We'll have it done right away." Blitzo hangs up the phone "Alright everyone we got our target for the day!" Blitzo said excitedly
Moxxie and Millie smiled and pulled out their weapons "Perfect! Who we killing today boss?" Millie asked excitedly.
"We are to take out a group of phone scammers stealing money from people through computers. They are located in a secret household in a suburban neighborhood so let's get to it." Blitzo shouted enthusiastically while using the book to open the portal.
"You guys go ahead. I'll hold down the fort here and also I have to watch this kiddo." Loona said petting the pup's head.
"No problem Loona. We'll see you when we get back." Blitzo said as he, Millie and Moxxie jumped through the portal before it closed.
Loona looked back at the pup. She couldn't help but pet him some more and give him a kiss on the forehead before going to her desk to play with her phone.
End of chapter 1