-Gotham City-

Bar

Bruce and Diana sit at a bar and order some drinks. The bartender starts flirting with her, much to Bruce's irritation.

"A woman as beautiful as yourself could have anything. Money, power, men. Why settle on such a small, insignificant man like him?"

"Careful what you say. My friend has a...temper. When he gets angry, people tend to get hurt, or worse, killed." Diana said as she took a sip from her drink while the bartender grinned at her.

-Abandoned Warehouse-

Cheetah is assembling a restraining device equipped with robotic arms that have gloved hands and vibrating probes attached to them. Cheetah sees that the device is durable enough to withstand even Wonder Woman's strength, clearly planning to do something bad.

"As soon as I capture that Amazonian jerk, I'll get the Hulk to fall for me, and Gotham will tremble before me!" Cheetah loudly boasted as she held up a box for an item called a 'Depowering Collar'.

-Bar-

Bruce is in the restroom, internally fighting the Hulk, who wants out.

'Let me out, Banner!' Hulk demanded.

"No, Hulk! You'll destroy the bar!" Bruce argued.

'Maybe, but that stupid man is flirting with our friend!'

Bruce manages to calm the Hulk down and exits the restroom, and sees Diana. She's still at the bar and remains untouched by the bartender. He sits back at the bar with Diana, noticing some men walk in. Strangely, they don't order any drinks.

"Diana. Those men in the black trenchcoats."

"I see them. What is the problem?" She asks.

"They haven't ordered anything for a while. Something's wrong."

Right on cue, the men bolted from their seats and pulled out assault rifles, each firing a stray bullet into the air to get everyone's attention.

"Okay, everybody! Listen up! This is a robbery! Just give us all your money, and we won't have to shoot anybody!" One of the men said as another man held out a bag for people to put their money in.

"Bruce, we have to do something!" Diana whispered, trying her best not to be heard by the gun totting maniacs.

"I can't! If I transform, people will know that I'm the Hulk! I don't want these people to live their lives in fear!" Bruce said.

The men overheard Bruce and Diana's conversation and pointed their guns at them. This immediately got the duo's attention.

"Hey! You two better stop talking unless you want a bullet lodged in your brain!" The leader thug said, slowly walking towards the two.

"Enough." Diana simply stated before leaping into the air and kicking the man in the chest, sending him flying through a window.

In response, the remaining thugs opened fire on Diana and Bruce, the latter of which hid behind the bar. Diana sped behind two thugs, elbowing one of them in the face while kicking another in the back of his knee, forcing him to fall down. The first thug threw a punch at her face, but she stopped it by clutching his fist with her left hand and started to apply pressure until his hand broke. As he recoiled from the pain, she grabbed him by the back of his neck and brutally slammed him face first on one of the tables. He then slumped backwards onto the ground, unconcious.

"Two down, five to go." Diana said, smirking in self-victory.

The remaining five thugs stood side by side as they charged at Diana, who effortlessly tossed them aside. A large thug was able to land a direct hit on her, stumbling her long enough for him to put her in a lock.

Still hiding, Bruce saw Diana struggling to break free. With no other choice, he walked out from the bar and transformed, receiving startled yelps and screams from the innocent bystanders. The large thug's eyes went wide upon seeing his new adversary.

"Why don't you pick on someone your own size?" Hulk growled at the man.

"Finally. A real fight." The brutish man said, tossing Diana to the ground, who was quickly grabbed by two other thugs, who tightly gripped her arms.

The large man threw a punch to Hulk's gut, but he didn't budge. The man gripped his wrist in pain; he hit Hulk so hard that he broke his own hand. Hulk put his palm to the man's face and slammed him into the ground. He began to repeatedly punch the dazed man in the face over and over until Diana called out to him.

"Hulk, stop! You beat him. You can stop." Diana said, almost like she was crying. Hulk stopped and turned around to look at the two remaining thugs.

"Let her go." Hulk demanded. "Or do you want to try dealing with me?" Hulk asked the men holding Diana. He growled softly, scaring the men enough for them to release Diana and run out of the bar.

-Author's Note-

That was fun. Next chapter will involve more of Cheetah planning out her seduction for Hulk, and will have Batman and Batwoman investigating Hulk to see if he can be trusted.

Stay tuned!