Author's Note

Sorry it's short, and that the fight scene is not the best.

Battle of Champions

Thorax and Pharynx let out a shocked sigh, because of how Thor was excited to fight with this champion.

"Hey!" Thor cheered with bright laugh of his own, before looking up at the crowd, up where the Grandmaster was watching, "We know each other! He's a friend from work!"

"What?" Thorax asked, suprised by the revelation.

"Yeah, what?" Pharynx was suprised as much as his brother was, but Thor didn't listen to them.

"Oh, so much has happened since I last saw you." Thor began to speak up, "I lost my hammer. Like, yesterday, so that's pretty much fresh... Loki! Loki's alive! Can you believe it!"

"Yeah..." Thorax decided to go along it. If Thor knew it, perharps it would make easier for them to get off this planet. He pointed his hoof to higher box seats, "He's there!"

"Banner, I never thought I would say this." Thor continued, "But I'm happy to see you.."

Thor's smile began to fall as he observed the Hulk, who was just standing there, watching them. The way he was looking at him, and the changelings.... was like he was struggling to work out who they were. He understood why he did that for Thorax and Pharynx, because he never met them until now, but he didn't know why he didn't recognize him.

Thorax and Pharynx glanced at him, then at Hulk, seeming to be coming that something was not right about this, "Banner." Thor called again, ignoring the crowd as they cheered, "Hulk!" over and over, "Hulk!"

The Hulk grimaced at them, looking almost, for a moment like something was going to happen, but he only roared at them, "HULK NO BANNER!" he cried, "ONLY HULK!"

"This guy can talk?" Pharynx asked.

Hulk let out another roar at the and charged at them.

"What are you doing?" Thor demanded as Thorax and Pharynx changed their shift. Thorax had changed into a bear, and Pharynx had changed into his spider-like form, "It's me!" he dove out of the way as Hulk launched an attack, swinging his weapons at them before landing a blow that shattered Thor's shield.

Then, the help came. Thorax was the first one to attack the Hulk. He launched himself at him, and grabbed him by his back, as Pharynx flied into him, causing him to flinch a little. Hulk roared much louder than the last time, as he grabbed Thorax by his bear pawns, and threw to the other side of the area, into the wall.

"Brother!" Pharynx called, as he growled and charged at the Hulk, only for the same thing for him to happen.

Thor drew his sword, calling out, "Banner! I'm your friend!"

Hulk didn't seem to care, kicking at Thor who didn't even had a chance to block the attack, because his shield was broken. He was sent flying across the area, and nearly into a nearby wall. At the view of this, Pharynx quickly got himself back up, followed by Thorax. Pharynx rushed at the Hulk, as Thorax made his way to Thor and yanked him up. The two of them observed how Pharynx fought with the Hulk. The older changeling blocked the attack of the Hulk battleaxe, and almost sent him away, but unfortunely for him, the Hulk swung his weapon, which Pharynx managed to block, but it was too hard even for him.

"Alright." Thor nearly growled, "Screw it." he grabbed his warhammer and swung Hulk's battleaxe up, causing him to let go off Pharynx, who was soon joined by his brother. Thor used his brute strenght to push Hulk back with every blow.

Thorax and Pharynx quickly joined in. Pharynx was helping Thor fight with him, as Thorax changed into a smaller animal, and moved in between Hulk's feet, tripping him as he fought, making him even more angry, giving Thor and Pharynx more of a chance to land better blows as his attention was divided between the three of them.

"I know you're in there, Banner!" Thor shouted, "I'll get you out!" he swung hard, almost disarming Hulk, which was followed by another blow from Pharynx who managed to break his battleaxe. They looked up to as Thorax who had changed into his normal form leapt behind Hulk, landing a heavy punch to the center of his back, driving him to his knees. Thor used that advantage, and dealt his own blow to the chest, sending Hulk onto his back, "What happened to you?"

Hulk let out another growl and sprang up, punching Thor so hard he went tumbling across the area, following close behind with a jump that landed him on the top of him, punching him over and over.

"Thor!" Thorax shouted, racing after them, with Pharynx by his side.

Thor gasped in pain with each blow as he felt each blow, getting more powerful with each strike. He could almost feel his world getting black... but then... he saw something. It was as though vision was seizing him in flashes with each punch, Odin, standing there on the cliff, the background dark with storm and lightning.

Thor's eyes shot open, glowing almost white with electricity, which suprised Thorax and Pharynx a lot. Neither of them have never seen anything like this as Thor gave a firm punch himself, sending Hulk flying back with burst of lightning.

Thorax and Pharynx skid onto their knees as the Hulk flew over them. They looked to the side, seeing Thor on his feet, lightning surrounding him as he blasted a lightning fueled blow after blow, Hulk struggling to keep up, as he was lanched backwards. They moved to Thor's side as he landed on the ground hard enough to make a small crater.

They looked up, hearing the crowd, which started to chant, "Thunder!" over and over begin to fall silent when they saw the Hulk actually seemed to weakening and staggering about.

They turned their attention back to Thor, "Are you alright?" Thorax asked, a suprised expression was on his and Pharynx's face.

"I don't know." Thor admitted, sounding unsure as to what had just happened.

Pharynx looked over, seeing the Hulk gain his bearings, "We'll talk about that, later."

Thor nodded, Hulk now lumbering towards them, "I'll take left."

Pharynx and Thorax gave him a firm nods to that, the three of them turning to face down the green man as he pulled back to punch them. They separated, they all attacking at the same time, landing blow after blow, Hulk struggling to keep up from the onslaught. Thor made to land one final blow that would have Hulk down for the count when a pain shout through his and the changelings bodies from the disc on their necks.

It was just enough to give the Hulk a chance as the man leapt into the air, almost rocketing out of the arena

"This is going to hurt." Thor muttered as he and Thorax and Pharynx panted, the discs not letting up on the pain, keeping them cripled as they watched helpless, as the Hulk plummented back down towards the, his fists out.

That was the last thing they saw as the Hulk's two fists came down at them, landing a blow that made their world go black.