Curate, connect, and discover
What would have happen if Hellspawn was on the bounty at the end of S8?
Well, first of all, this would make Lloyd despise Harumi (and maybe even Garmadon) a lot more because it's partially her fault hellspawn & the guys just got crushed by the Colossus. The beginning of season 9 would also be well...more depressing, I guess. Nya, Misako & the others know deep down that nothing they ever say will console Lloyd — she was his kid, for FSM's sake. She was his kid. And now, he's lost her along with his brothers and uncle all because he was too trusting.
And as for hellspawn, she's having the time of her life, aside from missing her dad. (Poor Cole tho — he's got two kids to babysit) I think she would've gotten along really well with Faith and child Wu, but she'll be a little disappointed when teenage Wu comes into the picture because he barely pays any attention to her. (Not that he hates her, he's just too focused on finding Faith and the dragon armor, that's all) I also think that Iron Baron would've scared the shit out of her (to be fair, that guy's fucking creepy) and other than that, she finds Kai's S9 stress episodes absolutely hilarious, which is odd considering Zane had tried to get Kai to calm down because he was worried Kai was scaring her.
Back to what's going on in Ninjago, I'd say Lloyd and the others remain in their depressed states until they find out the guys are alive when they see the Traveller's Tea at the bounty's wreckage. Hunted then ends as it originally did.