So there are some things that have been pointed out/asked in reviews and I'd like to clarify myself: 1) I know the island is actually called Themyscira and not Themyscera, but I never learned it like that until recently so I just stuck to keeping the "e;" 2) I know that in the comic fan populous, there are those who argue if Wonder Woman can lift Mjolnir or not. Personally, it never really bothered me much, but for this story, just bear with me, and you may just like what happens later on; 3) The story is Wonder Woman and Thor, not Wonder Woman and Batman. That's a pairing for another story I have planned for some time in the future {hint hint, wink wink...}

Now that that's out of the way, THE BATTLE BEGINS!

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Chapter 6: Clash of the Titans

Millennia have passed, and I have been imprisoned here in Tartarus. By the commands of Zeus, I must rule this realm, over the dead.

The entry to my realm is guarded by the favorites of Hera. The Amazon warriors, led by Hippolyta, the keeper of my gates, and her daughter Diana, Wonder Woman to those worms she loves so much. They have never allowed anything to disrupt this imprisonment.

But my time has come. Something happens upon Themyscera. They have left my gates unguarded, to face this…threat, or whatever it is. It has left the gates vulnerable.

Come my minions, for today, we feast upon the souls of the living as we take this world. And with the Amazons and their champion so preoccupied, who is left to stop us?

The skies, just pure blue a few minutes ago, were now roaring majestically with thunder as Thor brought Mjolnir down upon Diana's face. Immediately, pain seared through her entire body like she rarely ever felt before. She had once taken hits from Darkseid to the face & a fist to the gut from Doomsday, but this false god hit her with such raw power that she had rarely experienced before that it almost knocked her out cold.

Almost; she had Olympus on her side, after all.

As Thor made to bring the hammer back down onto her again, Diana quickly flew out her hand, grabbing his hammer arm and flew upwards, landing a bone crushing uppercut on his jaw as she raced into the heavens. The impact echoed for miles as it sent Thor flying up and back to the ground. She was very shocked to see him merely shrug it off mid-fall and land on the ground in a perfect dive. She decided to stay afloat to keep the advantage. Unsheathing her sword, she took up her typical aerial stance that she always used when about to attack but also ready to defend herself if necessary.

"You'll find I am not so easy to pummel, Thor," Diana yelled. "I suggest you give up now before y-"

THONK!

The wind was knocked out of her as Thor flung his hammer up at her, connecting full well with her stomach, enticing a scream of pain. Thankfully, her gods had blessed her with the resistance of Olympus, so she was quickly recovering. Again, she was intrigued by how the hammer, as it flew past her after it hit her, stopped mid-flight and zoomed back to its master's hand.

"Give up?! I do not know the meaning of such words, Wonder Woman!" Thor roared. With that he took to the air-completely surprising the Amazon. 'So much for advantage of flight,' she realized. 'Well, back to basics, as Flash would say.'

"Well don't say I didn't warn you," she said simply, right before she bum rushed him, landing punch after punch onto his torso, relishing the fact that his armor was slowing falling apart with each hit that she landed. The impacts echoed in the skies, signifying just how much strength she was putting into her attack. She continued her fists' rampage, using all the tactics learned from her Amazon heritage, not relenting-

Until Thor suddenly blocked a punch with his palm, the sonic waves of the impact just as deafening as when her punches landed. Quickly taking a hold of her wrist, Thor pulled Diana into him, right into his knee that was awaiting her chin as he brought it up, the brute force upon impact making her see stars. But her relentless attack just seconds ago had also done a number on him-she was extremely powerful, as he had learned when she hit him with enough force to send him flying across the length of the island out to see miles and miles away. At the moment, he was feeling quite a bit of pain in his torso.

Taking Mjolnir, Thor whacked Diana across the face, to which Diana retaliated by slicing him with her sword. Despite the Asgardian armor being very durable, Thor was shocked to see that her sword had actually cut through and he saw a thin line of blood begin to leak out of the long gash she had made in his flesh. He was given no chance to react to the sight, however, as Wonder Woman then landed a well-placed kick on his head, sending him crashing into the ground, Mjolnir crashing down beside him. Deciding to repay him in full for slamming her into the ground earlier, Diana smiled deviously as she unleashed a war-cry, racing down into the intruder with a massive kick into his torso, sending a shockwave rippling for miles on the island.

"Now, Thor," Diana said with a smirk as she looked down upon Thor, slightly gasping for breath in her words. "Had enough?" She watched as Thor struggled to move his arm and head, eyes looking directly at her. Then to her shock, he smiled.

"Nay, Wonder Woman; I have just barely begun."

Before she realized what was happening, Mjolnir had returned to Thor's hand and he reached his arm, hammer in hand, to the heavens. Shocked by the motion, Diana barely registered what he had done when a massive thundering boomed across the heavens, followed by a majestic and powerful lightning bolt reigning down upon the two warriors, consuming them both within its electricity and power. As the God of Thunder, Thor was unaffected and immune by such electric attacks to his person.

"AUUUUGGGHHHHHH!"

Being only an immortal warrior and not a goddess, Wonder Woman wasn't.

Hippolyta, watching from the background as the battle raged before her, watched in horror as her daughter was devastated by their intruder's attacks. Her fears were quickly replaced however, as she heard more rumblings of thunder. Looking up, she watched in horror as more lightning bolts began cascading down upon their location.

"AMAZONS, RETREAT TO SECURE SHELTER!" the queen screamed as she did so herself.

Diana was vaguely aware-the pain she was experiencing, it compared only to being struck by Zeus himself-of a hand grabbing her leg and forcing her down when she felt powerful metal hit her cheek with enough force to send her flying into a nearby temple with a thunderous crash.

Thor returned to his feet, Mjolnir now whirling in his hand. Looking to the heavens, Thor willed the massive lightning bolt into his hammer, and saw that the other Amazons were hastily seeking cover from the bombardment of lightning now reigning down on Themyscera. He willed them all into his hammer, preparing for what he was going to do.

Diana, meanwhile, was slowly regaining her senses, realizing with a jolt that Thor had thrown her into Artemis' temple. The anger began to boil in her blood and gave her new strength. Realizing she was tasting blood, she spit into the ground, ejecting to her shock a tooth along with the dark liquid. The hammer had knocked a tooth out. Now furious, Diana stood up, sword in hand, ready to tackle Thor when she saw what he was doing-all the lightning from the skies was being channeled into his hammer. But then, that would mean…

"Hades," she gasped to herself. "Is he really..?"

"FOR MIDGARD!" Thor roared mightily as the lightning suddenly disappeared as he pointed Mjolnir directly at Wonder Woman. Suddenly, a gigantic blast of celestial lightning shot at her direction. Diana barely had time to register what was about to happen and out of pure reflex and instinct, shielded her face with her arms crossed in front, her silver bracelets facing the attack.

For a good 30 seconds, Thor pressed on his unrelenting attack on Wonder Woman, keeping Mjolnir trained on her figure as to let the lightning to its work. He didn't want to battle these women, he had told himself since the moment he had been attacked. He had hoped he could have a talk and get help finding a way home. But it was plainly obvious to him that for some reason, they doubted his word and chose to antagonize him, forcing him to fight. Well, this is what happens when you take on the God of Thunder-you get a lightning bolt to the face.

Finally, Thor relented, bringing the hammer down and willing the lightning to stop. When Wonder Woman was previously standing, there was a gigantic cloud of smoke. Confident that this had won him the battle, the Thunder God began walking towards the smoke, a small smirk on his face.

Then a massive resonating metallic echo rang out, dispersing the smoke with the sonic ripples. Thor was shocked to see that Wonder Woman was still standing strong, now with a fiery vengeance in her eyes. Her bracelets were billowing with smoke, telling Thor that she had used the metal to block the electrical assault, protecting herself. Thor had been taught by Hawkeye that all metal conducts electricity and therefore could lead to death if made in contact. So this completely stupefied him.

"There are a number of reasons why that should not have worked," Thor said aloud, the surprise clearly evident on his face.

At that, Diana smiled devilishly. "I'm full of surprises, Thor." Barely ending her sentence, she rushed him again, full in the chest, forcing him to drop his hammer, taking him with her deep into the island, slamming him into trees and statues. Grabbing his cape, she slammed him into the ground and followed up with a series of face punches. In an effort to unbalance his foe, Thor launched out a sweeping kick to her legs, effectively forcing Wonder Woman to fall. Before she could connect to the ground, Thor lashed out his leg upwards at her, sending her into the sky with a mighty kick. Standing up, Thor brought a hand to his face and looking at his fingers, he was shocked to see smears of blood. His nose was gushing the liquid in a steady flow.

"She has actually drawn blood from me," Thor realized. "Huh. Not many people can do that."

Reaching out his hand to bring Mjolnir back, a golden rope suddenly ensnared itself around his wrist. With a powerful jolt, Thor was suddenly being dragged into the heavens. He barely registered the sight of Wonder Woman, her hand holding the lasso that was forcing him to her, before he was met with a mighty kick to the face. Immediately, he tasted blood in his mouth, but before he could do anything about it, Wonder Woman began whirling him around like a cowboy at a rodeo.

"THIS IS FOR YOUR BLASPHEMY AGAINST OLYMPUS, FALSE GOD!" At those words, Diana let go of the lasso, flinging Thor downwards-right into the Temple of Hera-with a gigantic boom, utterly destroying the beautiful temple and sending massive chunks of marble and stone flying everywhere. Diana didn't realize this until she heard the impact.

"…oops…" Diana knew she was going to hear about this-first from her mother and then from Hera herself. "By Aphrodite, I have no idea which I should be more afraid of."

Diana was knocked out of her thoughts at the sound of stone moving around with great force. Looking to the ground back at the temple, she saw Thor standing up-with one of the solid marble pillars that supported the temple being held above him. With a jolt, Diana realized what was about to happen.

"HAVE AT THEE, MAIDEN!" Thor roared as he flung the pillar into the air right at her with great force. With a resonating echo, the pillar made contact with the Amazon, colliding and now both falling down towards the ground. Thinking quickly, Diana maneuvered herself and the pillar, grabbing onto the marble, and landed with a great effort, keeping herself standing while bearing the brunt of the pillar. Keeping her stance, she waited until she saw Thor charging at her, at which she immediately threw the pillar right into him, sending the Asgardian flying back. Immediately, Wonder Woman flew at him, making to land a devastating right hook on his jaw when she was hit on her side by Mjolnir, knocking her to the ground as the weapon returned to its master's hand at his call. Jumping up, Thor made to slam the hammer into her face, but at the last second, Diana zipped away but was still caught in the sonic ripples created when the hammer hit the ground. Shaking it off, she raced back to Thor, grabbing her lasso-still tied on his arm, and began dragging him through the carnage of stone and marble before flinging the Asgardian into the sky, unlatching her lasso from his arm.

"HERA, GIVE ME STRENGTH!" she yelled as she flew upwards at the speed of a bullet, landing a devastating blow to Thor's head, effectively denting his helmet and causing a crack of skin on his scalp, allowing blood to slowly leak into his golden locks. Forcing him downwards, the two kept falling as Diana made to land another powerful hit. Unfortunately for the Amazon Champion, Thor had not let go of his mighty hammer, and just as she was about to land another devastating hit, he retaliated with a bone-crushing hit to her face with an electrified Mjolnir, breaking her nose and forcing her teeth to badly bite down on her tongue, both results releasing blood from her nose & mouth. So great was Thor's hit that it sent Dian flying away from him. She landed into a temple dedicated to Artemis, Goddess of the Hunt, cleanly crashing through the structure into the plaza on the other side; Thor's hit forced Mjolnir from his hand as he crash landed into a garden while the hammer landed a few dozen meters away into a temple for Athena, right into a fountain pool .

For a good two minutes, both were knocked out cold.

Meanwhile, Hippolyta had been watching the climactic battle before her eyes with growing trepidation and fear. This man, whoever he was, was fairing very well against her daughter, if not defeating her. The echoes of the impacting punches terrified her, for she feared for her child's life like any other mother, she feared that if Diana couldn't defeat him then nothing could stop him from decimating Themyscera even more, as a Queen would fear.

"My Queen!" Hippolyta turned to her Philippus, who was now running up to her. "You need to get to safety. Our sisters are setting up defenses at the palace. You must-"

"My daughter is out there!"

"And she is more than capable of handling herself against that monster of a man-you were almost killed," Philippus yelled back. "Right now, your safety is of the utmost concern.

Hippolyta knew her general was right, but she couldn't bear to seek shelter knowing her sun and stars was out there facing this all-powerful titan alone.

"My Queen, there is something else that must be brought to your attention," Philippus continued. But before she could continue, two massive war cries rang out in the heavens for the entire island to hear.

"BE DENIED, FALSE GOD!"

"HAVE AT THEE, VILLAIN!"

Two seconds later, the island shook like never before and around the two Amazons, temples and statues that had been spared in the initial battle began falling apart. Hippolyta knew that the island would soon no longer be able to take the strain of the battle.

"My Queen, listen to me." She returned her gaze to the general. "We have no idea how this battle is affecting the chamber that holds the gates of Tartarus."

At those words, the Queen's blood ran cold in fear.

Fiona was among those who were specifically dedicated and trained for guarding the gates to Tartarus, locked in the bowels of Themyscera deep under the Queen's palace, away from those who would seek to open the gates and exploit the evils within for their own purposes. As captain of the gates' guard, it was her duty to ensure no one save the Queen, General Philippus and the Princess comes near the gate. Along with her squad of 10 Amazons, she had done so for the last millennia.

At the moment, however, the gates of Tartarus were the last thing on her mind. For the last 20 minutes, the cavern that stored the entrance had been rumbling with massive tremors, as if a war was being fought up on the island surface.

"Fiona, what's going on?!" one of the guards yelled out, the fear that is so unnatural to an Amazon clearly laced in her voice.

"I do not know!" Fiona roared back. "Prepare yourselves, sisters! We may face battle today for the first time in millennia! You have better not be rusty!"

But as the Amazons were preparing for battle, the cavern ceiling began breaking apart, sending massive chunks of rock onto the ground. Fortunately, they didn't hit any of the Amazons.

Unfortunately, they did hit the locks set on the gates to the Underworld, causing them to break apart and leave the gates unlocked.

All Fiona had to say was, "Oh Hades."

The gates immediately flew open, and a group of black-colored entities rushed out, tackling the gates' guard. All the Amazons could do was scream as they were consumed by what they realized to be as demons.

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Figured Hades had to show up sooner or later. How'd you like the way he's being introduced? As for the demons,

I'm trying to incorporate a "Supernatural" possession-type thing with them.

Liked it? Reviews and whatnot are welcome as always. Next, the battle continues and the shocking outcome!