Just a talk between Moxxie's mother, and the Silva Hound's, but what else could go wrong with a decent time for them to talk to the mother to one of their friends, am I right? Thanks again to "Marvelomac1010" for the concept to this arc, and the next one too. Enjoy +reading this new chapter folks!

Helluva Loud Adventures.
"Here comes trouble again."

(Somewhere in Imp City.)

Somewhere, at one of the Parks' located here we see Lincoln, Luna and Loona, taking a nice stroll and with them is the mother of Moxxie, Ruby and she is here to speak with them and they are talking about how everything had began when the day Loona found Lincoln in Royal Woods many years ago.

"It sure is such a nice thing for you to do to take him in, and give him a new life" replied Ruby. "you truly have changed from you're old ways, Loona and have become a strong, brave and truly loving hellhound mother to them."

Loona nods. "I did what I had to, and I wanted to give them a new life, and away from what has gone down with the whole Bad Luck Thing. First, Lincoln, and then Luna and because they both share a long and forgotten bond which was shattered by the stupidity of changes and beliefs from the idiots who you used to be parents."

Lincoln and Luna still remember their former parents, and still hold a whole lot of hate for them. Ruby also agrees. "Those two deserve what is coming to them, I am sorry that I wasn't around to aid in bringing them great pain for their lack of actual parenting, and all because of that man who wanted a big family."

Luna sighs. "That was his big dream, but I guess he didn't see the reality and facts of even managing one. He's long gone, and never ever coming back. Things are alright with all of us, and even forgiving those who were once our siblings."

Lincoln then speaks. "And yet we still see each other as family, and always will. We have forgiven them, and have learned to trust them once again, and that's all that matters."

Ruby nods. "You both have strong, and truly good hearts to do such a thing to forgive those who were once family. You're bond is strong, and now has become stronger thanks to you're mother." They are happy to hear this, and then she asks. "Now, is there anything you'd wish to ask from me?"

They are about to ask, but then Lincoln stops. "Guys, you sense that presence and smell that scent?"

Luna and Loona are also alerted by this and they too pick up the scent, this concerns Ruby and she backs away and looks around, a bullet is about to hit but Lincoln dodges and this alerts the others and then the figure shows up from the top of the fountain. "Striker."

The cowboy imp grins and snickers. "Been a while, dogs. You may have gotten the best of me last time, boy. But not today, and I am not alone." He snaps his fingers, and some demonic goons from Greed Ring show up. "I guess you can say, I've made some new friends who also want ya."

Ruby sees this as she hides behind the tree, and remains unnoticed and now she sees who is behind all this and who Striker is teaming up with. 'No, Crimson? He's teaming with this hoodlum bounty hunter?! But, he never sides with other's unless it's….. Business?'

They know them, and they growl and ready their claws. Loona then throws her scythe, and she pulls it back and spins it around and it cuts the head off from one of the goons. Lincoln dodges the sub machine gun fire, and he leaps into the air, and then impales h is claws to the eyes of two goons and he rips their heads off.

Luna runs forward, and she evades the bullet attacks, and he speed picks up. She then zooms past two goons who get shot by their own friends, and then she grabs the two guns and shoots back, she then throws another gun and it hits another good, and Loona goes berserk and tears that one apart, and then Lincoln sees Striker point his gun at her.

"No!" He races over, but Striker redirects his fire and he shoots at Lincoln, but the bullet blows up and becomes steel ropes and wraps around the boy, and he is now ensnared and he rolls to the ground and is down. "Fucking shit!"

"Lincoln!" Luna and Loona race over to help him, but then Luna is struck by a steel net from one of the goons and she is down. Loona sees this, but then she is hit by a whip to her back, and then a steel lasso wraps around her, and she's down and Striker lands down and pulls her close. "Easy prey, and now that we got ya. Y'all are gonna make my partners happy."

This didn't sound good, and they struggle to get out of this mess. But then, a goon has a knife impaled to his neck, and then his head falls off as something dashes by fast. Striker notices this and is confused. "what the fuck?"

Then the figure races passed some more goons, and she grabs the two guns and guns down five more, she then grabs a grenade, and throws it and this kills several coming. She then kicks another goon in the groin, and she stabs his face, and then she grabs the bazooka and she blows up five more.

The figure then grabs the arm of another one, and she overpowers him and uses his body as a shield from the gunfire, and then she throws a knife and it strikes the head of another who drops his gun and it shoots the rest. A few goons left, and they see who did this, and all of them are horrified as if they have seen a ghost. "Ruby?!"

The female imp, Ruby looks to all of them scornfully. "what's wrong? You've never seen someone back from the dead?"

Striker on the other hand doesn't even know who she is and he yells. "What are you dick shits doing?! Shoot her!" they do as he says, but then Ruby lunges forward, she steps on Striker's foot, and she grabs his tongue and throws him to a nearby tree, and she grabbed his pistols and she uses them against the other goons and are now dead.

Ruby stands tall, among the corpses of her enemies and she smirks. "I haven't lost a step or even a beat." The Silva Hound's are surprised at how nimble, fast and deadly she was.

'Wow! We have gotta hire her for I.M.P!' But then they wonder. 'Wait, why isn't Moxxie that fast and deadly?'

Striker gets back up and sees the Silva Hound's being freed, and this surprises and kinda scares him and so he high tails outta there after dropping a smoke bomb.

The Silva Hound's are now free and see Striker running, and then Loona checks her kids. "You kids alright?" Lincoln and Luna nod, and they embrace the hellhound, which she hugs them back. Ruby smiles seeing this, but she looks at the carnage they all left behind.

Then they look to Ruby and ask. "Are you okay?"

Ruby sighs. "I am, and that felt good to kill the fuckers, and I know whom Striker is working with. These goons are from…"

They all know who she means, and they say his name. "Crimson."

"To be continued folks!"
A/N:
That was way too close, and it seems like they need to alert the others that Striker has returned, and now siding with someone whom they all know and hate. I hope that you all enjoyed reading this new chapter folks!

Date made: 8/22/23.