-New York-

US Embassy

Bruce Banner walks along a sidewalk for several minutes before arriving at a sidewalk florist and orders a bouquet of flowers.

"Must be a very beautiful woman." The florist says as he hands Bruce the bouquet. Bruce nods and smiles as he pays the florist and walks away, eventually arriving at the U.S. Embassy building, smiling to himself as he enters the massive building, the bouquet of flowers in hand. He enters an elevator and takes it to the top floor, approaching a door with a nameplate that reads, 'Diana Prince'. However, before he can knock, an Amazonian walks up to him. "Sorry, Banner, but Diana is speaking with Bruce Wayne."

The mere mention of the name Wayne makes a small fire of rage brew inside of Bruce, but he calms down so Hulk doesn't emerge and make a scene.

-Seven Years Ago-

Following an incident with the vicious supervillain Armageddon, in which he made Hulk destroy half of Vegas, several heroes, including Batman, Doctor Fate, Martian Manhunter, Hawkman and Hal Jordan, came together with a solution to dealing with Hulk. Having no option, they tricked the Hulk and shot him into space, banishing him to the planet Sakaar. While stranded there, Hulk was enslaved into a gladiatorial arena, where he fought several foes, including an enslaved Silver Surfer, gained his freedom along with other gladiators, overthrew the tyrannical Red King, and became the new ruler of Sakaar, along with his wife Caiera, the former Shadow Guard of the Red King. He was happy...but the universe would not have that. The ship that brought him to the planet...its warp core had become unstable due to the damage of it crashing on the planet. During a celebration of Hulk liberating the suffering inhabitants, the ship's warp core was about to detonate. Hulk lifted the craft and flung as far as he could, but it was too late. The ship exploded, decimating the city and killing half the planet's population, including Caiera...and her unborn son. Filled with more rage then ever before in his life, Hulk assembled a group of gladiators, all of which have suffered great losses of their own. They returned to Earth with a single goal: revenge.

-New York-

Upon arriving, Hulk fought a multitude of heroes, who were hellbent on stopping Hulk from getting his revenge, as much as he deserved it. The Inhumans, the Teen Titans, Doom Patrol, Suicide Squad, the Justice Society of America, the Justice League, and even Wonder Woman and the heroes he was targeting. However...Superman was the last line of defense between Hulk and the heroes that betrayed him.

"Hulk...it doesn't have to be this way." Superman says, trying to calm Hulk down, knowing if a fight breaks out, it'll be catastrophic.

"Wrong! You and all the others...You will pay for what you did! I trusted you!" Hulk roars, pointing his finger accusingly at the exhausted heroes. "Guess that's what happens when I trust others. They'll just stab me in the back!" He roars as Batman steps up in his Justice Buster armor.

"Hulk...what we did...was for the greater good. For the entire planet. We all came to a decision...and as horrible as it was, it helped people." Batman says, his voice blasting through a loudspeaker in the suit.

"Batman! You are the last to preach about the greater good! What about all the times your villains kill people, and you just lock them up so they can kill again?!" The Justice Buster charges at Hulk, raising a fist to strike him, only for Hulk to strike faster and harder than expected, sending the large mechanized suit flying into a nearby building, which then collapses on top of it. "I will tear you all apart for what you did to me!"

Superman flies at Hulk, striking him with his elbow, sending Hulk flying hundreds of feet down a street. As Hulk slowly gets up, Superman hovers above him. "Stop this, Hulk! You and I both know how this is gonna end!"

"Yeah...with me kicking your ass..." Hulk says as he wipes some blood off of his mouth. As he charges towards the Man of Steel, Superman sighs as he flies at Hulk, the resulting collision of the two shattering all the windows of various buildings around them. "You could've stopped that ship! You could've done something!" Hulk yells as he locks fists with the Kryptonian.

"I know, Hulk! And I'm sorry! I'm so sorry for what happened to you." Superman says back as he kicks Hulk's shin, knocking him off balance and hurling him into an abandoned building.

The Justice Buster rises from under the building that fell on top of it. As it does this, Wonder Woman looks at the large suit of armor. "Batman...he trusted us...and you betrayed him." She says in her mind. She, like Superman, was one of the few who were sympathetic towards Hulk for what the heroes did to him, and felt that they deserved what was coming to them.

Hulk recovers and charges at Superman, punching him in the face hard, breaking his nose. Despite his extreme durability, Superman could easily be harmed by Hulk. Superman yells in pain as he clutches his nose, allowing Hulk to deliver several punches to his gut and head, no thanks to combat skills he gained when he was on Sakaar. The Justice Buster gets ready to rush in, as its pilot realizes Superman is fighting a losing battle. However, Wonder Woman stands in its path. "Diana, get out of the way." Batman says inside the suit.

"No. Hulk deserves his revenge. All of you- Doctor Fate, Hawkman, Martian Manhunter, and yourself- you betrayed him." Diana says as she points at the heroes most responsible for Hulk's revenge quest. "He was your friend...and you did that to him..."

"Diana-" Martian Manhunter says before being cut off by Diana.

"No, J'onn. You are all to fault...even myself." Diana says as she clenches her fist. "I did nothing..."

Hulk and Superman exchange vicious blow after vicious blow for several hours until Superman collapses, battered and beaten as Hulk changes into Bruce Banner, just as exhausted as Superman, glaring at the heroes who look on in horror as Rick Jones, friend to Bruce Banner, walks up to Bruce and catches him before he falls.

"I got you, Bruce." Ricks says softly as he helps Bruce walk away from the battered Superman, who is so badly beaten that he can't keep his eyes open, and passes out. "Bruce...you have to stop this. What these guys and gals did was unforgivable...but if this keeps going, you'll destroy the whole city."

"I won't stop, Rick. Not until they pay..." Bruce says, channeling the Hulk's rage through him. As Rick keeps trying to convince Bruce to stop his crusade of vengeance, he is stabbed by Miek, one of Hulk's Warbound. "Rick!" Bruce shouts as he cradles Rick in his arms before glaring at Miek, his eyes glowing green.

"Uh-oh..." Hawkman mutters as Bruce practically explodes with uncontrollable rage as he transforms, Rams into Miek, and starts to pummel him, blood splattering from Miek with every punch delivered until Korg and the rest of the Warbound pull him off.

"Why? Why did you stab him?!" Hulk roars, demanding an explanation for Miek's action.

"Because...this...is what you were made for..." Miek coughs. "It's like you said on Sakaar, Green Scar. 'Never stop making them pay.' You told us that." Miek says as he proceeds to tell Hulk about what happened the day Hulk lost everything. "You conquered Sakaar, overthrew the Red King...but we didn't slaughter his people. I watched them load an old warp core onto your ship. They thought it would kill you...but I knew it would only remind you...of what you were made for."

Hulk growls, realizing it was because of Miek that he lost everything. Peace. His people. His wife. His eyes begin to glow brighter, to the point his pupils aren't even visible as gamma energy envelops his entire body. He takes a single step towards the other heroes, causing an earthquake so powerful that it shakes the entire eastern seaboard. Realizing that he was now becoming the World Breaker, he turned to Batman. "Batman! You must kill me...before I break the world!"

"No!" Wonder Woman screams in protest, not wanting Hulk to die.

"Don't worry, Diana. I won't kill him. Enough blood is on our hands already." Batman, still inside the Justice Buster, activates an anti-gamma emitter in the suit's right fist and punches Hulk hard, stopping him...

-Present Day-

Bruce then knocks on the door three times. "Come in." A feminine voice says in answer, prompting Bruce to open the door and enter. Upon seeing him, she smiles and stands up from behind her desk. "Bruce. It's so lovely to see you again." Bruce smiles as he hands her the bouquet of flowers. She gasps as she holds them. "They're so beautiful..."

"You're beautiful, Diana." Bruce says as he looks at the beautiful woman. He spots Bruce Wayne and merely nods at him, clearly still angry at him for what he did all those years ago. "How is your day going?" He asks Diana.

"Oh, I have a ton of paperwork to do...but I'm free for lunch with you...if you're interested." Diana says as she looks at Banner, who smiles.

"Great. I'd love that. So...see you outside when you're ready?" He asks, to which Diana nods as one of Diana's bodyguards enters the room.

"Yes?" Diana says to the bodyguard, wanting to know why she has entered.

"Apologies, but Bruce...the U-Foes are causing havoc at Times Square. I suggest you deal with them." The bodyguard says.

Bruce Banner sighs before looking at Diana. "I'll be back soon." Diana nods as Bruce walks over and kisses her goodbye and leaves.

"Why did you want to meet me, Bruce?" Diana asks Bruce Wayne, who has been standing silent ever since Bruce Banner entered the office.

After a few seconds of awkward silence, he finally speaks up. "Why did you choose him?"

Although his question angered her, she calmly sighs before standing up. "I have always had feelings for him...but I kept my feelings at bay for a long time, even before I started dating him. He has always been my dearest friend. He stood by me when nobody else in the League did. He helped me whenever he could, and he always listened to me...which is more than any of you did for him."

Bruce Wayne stands in silence before slightly nodding and walking out without saying a word, realizing she was just as mad at him for the World Breaker incident as Banner was. After he departs, Donna Troy enters Diana's office.

"Hey. I saw Banner in the hallway. Did you...tell him yet?" Donna asks with a giddy smile.

Diana smiles back. "No. Not yet...but I'll tell him at lunch." She says as she moves her hand to her stomach.

Little did anyone know...things were gonna change for everyone...