In the living room of a fancy mansion, all seemed peaceful and quiet. ...until something buzzed by at lightning speed.
Whatever it was, it seemed to be decorating this mansion from top to bottom with streamers and kegs of alcohol, in the shape of a beehive.
The figure then revealed herself as a fox-like demon with four insect arms and wings, along with fuzzy golden fur and a mane, tail & belly which looked exactly out of a lava lamp.
"WHOO! Fuck yeah, Bee!" she boasted to herself. "You've outdone yourself halfway through once again!"
She finished off the decorations, dropping the rest of the kegs in every room around the mansion, including the swimming pool.
And finally, she grabbed out a blaster and set it to cotton candy.
MEANWHILE...
While the imps were getting dressed, with Blitzø in his blazer and M in their bodyguard sweaters from the 'Loo Loo Land' episode, Loona was bathing Balin with soap and water to get him ready for the party at this mansion.
"I thought you said I was marked." said Balin as Loona scrubbed his head. "Why do I need another bath?"
"That's a different kinda bath, kiddo." replied Loona. "Besides, this is a party we're talking about. Gotta make sure you're clean, just the way you are."
Balin then chuckled lightly, knowing Loona was right.
After finishing the bath with a scrub under his pits, she then lifted the boy out of the tub and started drying him with a towel.
"Now kid, I want you to listen, alright?" she said. "Bee's parties are a little... out there. And so is she. And by that, I mean they're like 'adults-only' parties."
"Oh. OK."
"But, Tex just texted me to see she's excited to meet... her guest-of-honour." she continued in a sing-song voice.
"I'm her favourite?!" Balin asked with widened eyes.
"Mmhmm. Sort of." shrugged Loona in response. "And luckily, we'll have the three stooges looking out for us during our time there. Just in case."
"In case of what?" he then asked tilting his head.
"Well... let's just say, not a lot of hellhounds or demons are gonna put respect on your name." Loona explained further. "Which means they'll either try to pick on you or even hurt you."
"Oh. Will you be there for me too?"
"Kiddo, I made a promise to you and I'm gonna keep it." chuckled the hellhound. "But... all you have to do is maybe show a game face."
"A game face?" Balin then tilted his head the other way, intrigued to know. "What's a game face?"
"It's a kind of face you make to let people know you're as brave as me." Loona replied, ruffling his hair.
"Ooh! Ooh! You mean like this?"
Showing his teeth, Balin started walking around Loona in a circle growling, which made her chuckle and want to play too. So she got on all fours and did just that as well.
It was like a boxing ring for the two, until...
"Loona! Squirrel!" shouted the little boy with a point.
No matter what, a hound was still a dog. So Loona fell for the trick and pounced into the bathtub with the soapy water still in it as he ran out.
"Oh, you just made me GO FERAL!" she laughed with her sharp smile.
Loona jumped out of the tub and shook herself dry still on all fours, before chasing after the boy.
"Where's the boy, nerds?" she asked with a secretive but playful bark to the imps.
All three of them pointed to his room, before Loona opened the door to see him sitting on his bed, cross-legged in his underwear.
"Oh, dang it, you guys!" the boy giggled.
Before long, Loona slowly crept up to the boy before playfully and carefully tackling him.
"So... you like treating me like a doggy, eh?" she teased. "Fine. I'll show you what this 'doggy' can do."
Loona then started giving Balin's little tummy some raspberries.
"PFFFFFFFFFFFT!"
"Hahahahahahahah!" Balin began laughing like crazy.
"Nom! Nom! Nom! Nom!"
As the three imps listened to the raspberry affection through the bedroom door before slowly moving away, and with the breath they held, they soon laughed and awed.
AT THE ELEVATOR STATION...
The quintet arrived at Hell's grand central station, which instead of trains, had elevators to each ring.
In their case, they booked five tickets for the next lift to the Gluttony Ring, where the party was being held.
Once they booked their tickets, they waited 15 minutes at the benches before the number was called.
Moxxie and Millie linked their arms together, Blitzø whistled with his back straight following the two, while Loona decided to give Balin another ride on her shoulders as she played with her phone.
Walking into the lift to Gluttony to many other demons, it soon went down, going through an abstract LED-light tunnel. The four demons and human kid were all mesmerised by the many colours of the glass as the lift soon reached...
THE GLUTTONY RING!
A ring abundant in multiple palm trees, yellow brick roads, and futuristic-looking buildings and homes.
When it stopped and everyone exited, Loona dog-whistled for a cab before Blitzø could, seeing as though he couldn't be trusted with them.
As one cab arrived, everyone hopped in and buckled up with Blitzø sitting in the front, Balin sitting next to Loona, and Millie sitting in Moxxie's lap since there was no other seat.
5 minutes into the drive, the cab drove around a bend passing a sign saying 'Party St', where Tex & Bee's mansion was, and pulled up at the curb.
"Here we are, y'all good to go from here?" the taxi driver asked.
"Uh-huh, thanks for the ride, dude." said Loona.
As Blitzø tipped him, seductively, the gang then got out of the car, and Balin and M&M looked in awe of the luxurious resort-like exterior of Bee's mansion.
At the front door, surrounded by more palm trees, there was an endless line of hounds and other demons invited to the party. From chauffeurs parking guests' cars to security imps scanning people as they entered.
"Alright, make sure you stay close kid." said Blitzø. "This place can be dicey if you don't know what the hell you're doing. Trust me."
"He knows Blitzø." said Loona blankly to him. "I lectured him on the game-face thing earlier."
"Now that's my girl!" the boss replied with a chuckle, earning a groan from her as usual.
Loona then sent a message to Tex saying they arrived and are now standing out the front door.
"What up everyone! Y'all are just in time!" he soon exclaimed. "How're you doin', lil' man? You excited?" he then asked Balin.
Looking at all the different hellhound breeds as they drank, swam, and socialised admittedly made Balin a little nervous.
"...Excited as I'll ever be." he replied with a small but brave smile.
"First time jitters, huh? Totally normal." said Tex. "Why don't y'all come on in, make yourselves at home."
"Don't mind if I do, barky!" Blitzø responded with confidence as he held Moxx and Millie's hands into the house.
...
Meanwhile, in one of the rooms upstairs, a male hellhound started sniffing unexpectedly, as if he picked up a strange scent.
He slowly walked out to the mansion balcony and soon saw the gang as they were just about to get inside with Tex.
Still having a funny twitch in his snout that one of them wasn't really a hellhound OR a demon, he kept stalking them from the shadows, keeping a close eye on him.
Things were low-key for now, but the gang were soon to learn that bringing Balin to this party would be a mistake.
...
"Yo, yo, yo, everyone! Y'all remember my girl, Loona, right?!" he announced to the cheering crowd as Loona blushed.
"And these are her friends, the current Beezlejuice champ, Blitzø with the silent O!"
Everyone cheered again as Blitzø showed off, while Tex lifted Balin onto his beefy shoulder.
"And meet the new faces! Moxxie! Millie! And our guest of honour, Balin!"
Balin softly waved as the party guests fell in love with him, underneath their surprise to see a kid at this kinda party, saying stuff like:
"Awwwww!"
"So cute!"
"A puppy!"
"Now I know what y'all are wondering, such a young'un and all, and I get it." Tex continued. "But Bee's announced him tonight's guest of honour, so let's make this a night he'll never forget!"
The buff male hellhound then howled at the end of the speech, leading every other hound at the party to howl as well. Including Loona.
"Alright, why don't you three grab a drink? Mirandah will be happy to hit ya's up." he then spoke to the thee imps. "She's an effing pro."
"Oh yeah, I'll be the judge of that." chuckled Blitzø boisterously. "I've been to enough clubs in my time."
"Remember, Blitzø!" warned Loona with a stern look and a finger at his face. "Be! Nice!" she then pointed the finger to Moxxie & Millie as well. "You two, uhh, too!"
"Don't have to tell me, twice." scoffed Moxxie underneath his breath.
"What was that...?" Loona leaned towards the white-haired imp raising an eyebrow. "You want the big dogs to have a piece of that sass too?"
"N-N-No, ma'am!" Moxxie whimpered.
"Good. You keep reminding yourself that." spoke Loona grimly, with a mixture of annoyance and quiet. "Because I don't wanna hear your insults around some of my other friends. Not even by a whisper."
"He's got it, Loona!" Millie replied cheerfully for him again.
Blitzø then leaned in close to Moxxie. "Bravery's still kicking in for ya, huh?" he asked his favourite employee.
"Sorta." he replied.
...
Tex then put Balin down as he began showing him around with Loona safely holding his hand.
"Wow! You live here?" the boy asked.
"With my girlfriend, little dude." replied Tex.
"Gosh. I wish we could live here, Loona." he then looked up to his hellhound caretaker, giggling in response.
"I'd love that kiddo, but it's easier said than done." she smiled softly. "They call this place 'Gluttony' for a reason."
The chuckling boy then looked up at Tex.
"So what's your girlfriend like? Is she a nice hellhound, like Loona?"
"Oh indeed." explained Tex, making Loona blush again at the start. "She's like a hellhound, but you'll see what she looks like. I will say though, she's kinda like an overlord around here."
"Another one?" Balin was shocked to hear this.
Loona and Tex then chuckled at the little boy's innocence. "Yep, another one." he then ruffled the little boy's hair.
"We, uhh, got him a book to read, o-on everything about Hell."
"I see." replied Tex, before continuing to speak to Balin. "But she's also as creative and kind as you are. But at times, she can be a little... what's the word I'm searching for...? Loona, help me out."
Loona wanted to help him find the word that described Bee, since she had embarrassing feelings around her. The first time she met her at one of her other parties, to her, she seemed super weird but super hot too. But all that aside, Loona then found the right word.
"Wild?" she suggested nervously.
"Close enough." Tex snapped his fingers in response. "Anyway, Balin, you two'll hit it off well."
"Then where is she? When can I meet her?" asked Balin, looking around the party.
"If I know Bee, sweetheart, I think she's getting ready for her grand entrance." chuckled Loona.
"Yep. That's my Queen Bee." added Tex.
"Now c'mon, let's have more of a look around." Loona then held his hand again. "Just stay close to me for a bit, okay? Until you get an understanding of what this place is like."
The two continued walking as Tex followed them.
...
Meanwhile, the imps walked up to the bar where Mirandah, a Landseer hellhound wearing a bikini with a flower in her puffy chest, was serving the drinks.
"Uh, hi there." Moxxie cleared his throat. "May we please have a vodka martini, a Bloody Mary, and a lim daiquiri, please?"
"Betcha ass!" Mirandah then said in an energetically husky voice. "Comin' right up, dudes." She then made the three drinks with her bare hands, sometimes a tap of her feet and even her tail, in under 10 seconds. "Here ya's go. Enjoy!"
The imps were so surprised to see these drinks done so outstandingly, as she then went back to work like it was nothing.
"Huh, when Tex is right, Verosika isn't." said Blitzø in admiration.
...
Balin was already having so much fun at the party.
He sat down in a couch in between Loona and Tex's furry sides in a least crowded spot of the mansion, while drinking a vanilla milkshake.
"Whoa now kiddo, don't want ya getting drunk on that." Loona giggled.
"At least, not in the kid-friendly way." added Tex, as the three of them laughed.
...Until Balin said: "I don't get it."
Soon, three familiar faces came into the room to see Loona sitting there.
"O, M, D!" one of them said with an evil smirk.
It was a poodle-like hound, while her two others were a Dalmatian and a Saluki.
"You...!" snarled Loona softly at the poodle.
"Lunatic Loona, back at long last." the poodle remarked with a chuckle. "After what now? 'Two' fuck-ups she calls parties?"
"I wouldn't advise swearing in front of the pup, B-I-T-C-H." she still snarled at her through her baring teeth.
"Now, now, Loona. You can spell it, but you still can't, say... that... either..." she was stunned to hear what Loona had said. "Did you say pup?"
"Uh, yes...?" said Balin softly, as Tex held him back with his paw.
"Awwww!" the poodle then cooed. "Now I remember hearing you say there was a pup here tonight Texy, but this little guy?"
"He's, like, so cute!" the Dalmatian hound added. "Can we pet him?"
"NO!" barked Loona. "If anything, he's uncomfortable!"
"Come on Loona. He doesn't seem to look that way." Tex said. "Granted he does look frozen, but still..." he then stopped to see Loona now seething in anger at the hound in awe of the child, like a defensive mama wolf. "Still, a female hound's instincts are as dangerous as she is." he then spoke to himself.
"Oh yeah? Well the queen bitch herself is this party's mama, so like, she gets to tell us what we can and cannot do!"
The poodle then grabbed Balin from the couch.
"Balin!" Loona gasped in shock.
"Loona! Wait!" Tex immediately grabbed her shoulders gently.
The boy was now being cradled by the poodle hound as the other two hounds looked over her shoulders, both in awe of him.
"Look at this cute little baby, Ruffette." the poodle cooed to the Dalmatian.
"Couldn't agree more, Vikki." Ruffette replied. "I like, wanna wrap my tail around him and take a selfie."
"Well there ain't no stoppin' ya, girlfriend." Vikki then winked.
Ruffette then lifted her not-as-long but still fluffy Dalmatian tail and wrapped it around Balin's waist, making him sneeze a little at the ticklish feeling.
"Oh my dog. Step one's adorable already." cooed Vikki again. "Step two: kiss on the head..."
The Saluki then grabbed out her phone for the picture.
"Come on! Let me go!" squirmed Balin.
"Stop fidgeting, sweetie." cooed Ruffette. "Vikki will give you back to Mama Bitch in a few seconds, 'kay?"
This made Loona even madder than any mama wolf could be at her threatened pups.
"Alright, Balin. This has to be game-face time." he whispered inside his head. "Oh!"
He felt a bit of open space inside one of Vikki's fingers and was able to squeeze his way through it as much as he can by tickling it.
As she giggled a bit, Vikki tried hard not to do it louder as she knew it'd make her lose her grip on the little kid. But by the time Balin was able to pry her fingers open a little more, he then slipped out of her hand and plopped onto the ground.
"OM, darling! Are you okay?" Vikki gently picked him up to see a little crevice of human skin on him. "Wait a minute..."
She then slowly took off his hoodie.
"NO!" Loona and Tex both shouted.
But by then, it was too late. When the three hounds saw Balin was a 'human' pup, they both screamed just like he did.
"HUMAN!" another hellhound yelled from the balcony afar. "I KNEW IT!"
Balin then looked to see was the same hellhound from earlier, who then ran down from the stairs as everyone else soon saw him, before the boy looked back at the hound trio.
"Get over here...!" growled Vikki, as the other two did.
Balin then started running away, exclaiming in fear.
"BALIN!" Loona then screamed as she rose from the couch, with Tex gasping.
"A human kid!" one of the imps screamed and hid.
"Every-hound! Kill circle formation!" the male hellhound from the balcony shouted to the rest of them. "Go, go, go, go!"
All the hounds in the party reached the exit point before Balin could escape, making him move backwards as to not turn his back while they crept up to him.
"Balin, STOP!" shouted Tex.
"Don't make any sudden moves or show any fear!" added Loona in a shout too.
Balin then stopped moving and stood up straight, trying not to panic.
The imps then heard all the commotion having their drinks and soon went up to see what was going on, which was a pack of partying hellhounds now circling around this little human kid on all fours.
"HOLY SHIT!" screamed Blitzø.
"What the fuck is happening?!" gasped Moxxie, as the three hound girls joined in with the growling and howling kill circle.
"NO!" screamed Millie in fright at what she was witnessing.
"Don't panic, Balin! Any of you!" said Tex loudly but calmly. "My friends won't eat you! At least, not with me around. You know me, I'm a strong hellhound." he then said standing tall and pumping his chest.
He then looked to see a random hellhound prowling next to the gang, outside of the circle.
"Roll over!" Tex then yelled, earning a lion-like roar out of her which caused another shocked reaction of the gang. "...Right, maybe not that strong."
"Oh, for God... CALL THE CATCHER!" shouted Blitzø melodramatically.
That one was so good, it deserved a hard and well-earned slap on the head from Loona.
"You racist piece of shit!" she snapped.
Balin was still frozen in his straight position, trying to be brave as the hellhounds continued circling him, and even a couple licked their lips preparing to feast on him.
"Well, so much for your game-face talk, Loona!" Moxxie loudly remarked to her.
"OK, that's fuckin' it!" Loona then picked up Moxxie with her brute strength.
"Hey, what are you do... AHHHH!" she then threw him into the pit of now-hungry hellhounds. "Oh. Hey, Balin."
"Technically you did deserve this one, Moxx!" shouted Millie, before realising something else. "...Because the game-face strategy still works in this case."
"Bullshit!" interrupted Blitzø. "How could you possibly know that for sure?"
"I've seen Wrath beasts with this kind of primal behaviour my entire childhood." replied Millie.
"Then take it from me." Tex helped her. "As long as he just stays this still and submissive, they won't kill him. ...Right?"
"You don't even know?!" exclaimed Blitzø. "ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?!"
"Loona?!" Balin called out to his hellhound friend in fear.
"You're doing great, kiddo!" she called back to him. "Just keep standing still! They won't kill you!"
Millie then pulled the hellhound down to her scared face by her tail. "YOWCH!"
"My little nephew's too young to die, Loona!" she cried. "Do something. *HOWLS*"
Millie howled in worry as Balin was still being circled by the party of hellhounds, either one of them ready to pounce at any moment.
The moment his game face fades, they will kill and eat him.
A/N: See y'all in the next chapter.