Helluva Boss: ''Helluva Human Kid''

Ch.106 - 🛳️ High-Seas Adventure/Hunt 🛟

Loona was still carrying Balin on her shoulders as they made their way to I.M.P for the boy's first mission with the gang.

Along the way, she sensed a little loneliness coming from the boy since they left Stolas' mansion and the mortal realm.

"Hey, kid, doing okay up there?" she asked with concern.

"Did you see the way Amy... looked at me?" asked the boy like he was traumatised. "I was in her house. I heard her secrets, some about me. I even gave her doggy kisses for goodness sake."

"Yeah... around here, we say for Satan's sake." corrected Loona sheepishly. "But you can still say it that way if you want. You're just a kid. No-one's stopping you."

"Will I ever be friends with her again? What will she say after this?" the boy quietly said to himself out loud.

Loona heard him mutter that to himself and felt sorry for the little boy. So with a small smile,  she stopped to gently lift him again and hold him in her arms like an infant, making him look up at her.

"Hey." she softly spoke as she kept on walking. "She did say see you back at school, right?"

"I don't know if that meant we'll still be friends." the boy sighed again.

"Me neither." shrugged Loona. "But you just hope for the best. And that's the best any of us friends can do."

"Okay." the boy then showed a surprised look on his face hearing the rather teenage, yet wise words from Loona.

"So try not to worry about her." she continued. "Just continue being the little boy she knows and loves. Who knows? Maybe you two will get back together..." that last part she said with a smirk.

"Loona!" giggled Balin with a pout.

"I'm just playin' with you, kiddo." giggled Loona back. "C'mon, Blitzø'll be waiting for us for sure after all that."

"I mean... if the mission's good." replied the boy. "I don't want to hurt his feelings by saying no."

"Trust me, kiddo." grinned Loona with an eye-roll. "He's used to it by now."

MEANWHILE, BACK AT I.M.P...

As they waited for Loona and the kid to return, a little while longer, M&M were waiting in the meeting room watching a commercial on their target.

CAPTAIN: *on TV* "The Sapphire Queen was built entirely in the heart of the UK. The largest of its type constructed since the Titanic, it is truly an amazing vessel. It's about a thousand feet long, which averages under 30,000 passengers onboard when it sets sail. Its sixteen decks include 20 restaurants, 15 pools, 10 spas, and 5 state-of-the-art children's entertainment rooms. And finally, the weight displacement of the ship once it hits the ocean is said to be 229,963 tons, but aside from all that, we at the Sapphire Queen, on behalf of myself the captain, are so thrilled to give you what maiden-voyage the sea has been waiting for."

"Hmm... Got it." Moxxie then snapped his fingers, having come up with an idea.

"No way! That quick?" gasped Millie, as she playfully punched her husband's arm.

"I mean, come on. Loona's gonna want all hands on deck with this one." he replied with a chuckle. "The  least I can do is homework of my own." 

"Oh. You're serious, aren't you." Millie then showed an unamused look on her face. "Moxxie, you know damn well how you are on boats."

...

FLASHBACK:

Millie was patting her husband's back as he was throwing up from the deck of a cruise ship sailing out at sea.