-Abandoned Warehouse-

"Hahahahahahahaha! Oh, please! Stop it! I can't take it anymore! Hulk, please!" Diana cried out as she swayed from side to side in a failed attempt to escape the tickling. As Diana continues to suffer, Hulk sighs before turning off the machine. Diana lowers her head before gasping a hard breath of air, grateful that her suffering has ended.

"Thank you..." Diana whispered, clearly exhausted by the merciless tickling that was delivered onto her.

"Rest. I have to turn it back on in a few minutes." Hulk stated.

"Hulk, why are you doing this?" Diana asks.

"Cheetah loves me. I'm doing this for her."

"Hulk, what you are feeling for her isn't love! It's that love spell! She's manipulating you into thinking that she loves you just so you can be her loyal servant!"

"Well, at least she feels something for me." Hulk said coldly.

"What are you talking about?"

"She told me that you don't love me, that I'm a means to an end."

"Hulk, she's lying to you! That's what Cheetah does!"

"Really?" Hulk asks, walking in front of the bound heroine, standing inches from her face. "Tell me one thing about me that Cheetah doesn't know."

"My mother was going to kill you. When you arrived on Themyscira, she wanted you dead because you were a man. I defended you because I..." Diana halted on finishing the sentence.

"What? Because you what?" Hulk asked.

"Because I loved you. Ever since I saw you, when you fought those Germans on the beach. I wanted to be with you, but my mother didn't want us to be together. I feared that you didn't feel the same, that your feelings were opposite to mine. I love you, Hulk. Cheetah doesn't." Diana said.

"Show me. Show me that you're telling the truth." Hulk demanded.

Despite being bound, Diana leaned forward and kissed him. The two moaned into it, the kiss becoming more passionate as Hulk put his hands on the back of Diana's head, his fingers becoming entangled with her beautiful black hair. They reluctantly pulled apart, breathing heavily from what transpired.

"Wow..." Hulk exhaled.

"Does that prove anything?" Diana teased.

"Diana, I'm...I'm so sorry."

"You can give me a multitude of heartfelt apologies after we kick Cheetah's ass, preferably into a prison cell instead of the harbor. Now, can you get me out of this stupid machine?" Diana asked, motioning her hands around the machine that drove her wild with hysterical laughter.

"Definitely." Hulk quickly untied the restraints on Diana's wrists and ankles. Diana fell forward, but Hulk caught her.

"Thanks." Diana said as she stared into Hulk's eyes.

"For what?"

"For helping me, silly. As soon as Cheetah gets back, we beat her down." Diana said, smirking. "Although, I could do a lot more without this thing around my neck." Diana pointed to the Depowering Collar, which Hulk swiftly tore apart.


-Later-

Cheetah walks into the abandoned warehouse, horrified to see the restraining device empty and Hulk is nowhere to be seen.

"Hulk? Where's our prisoner? I thought I told you to keep her there." Cheetah said in a singsongy voice.

Hulk tapped her shoulder, forcing a loud yelp from Cheetah before she spun around.

"Hulk. Haha. You scared me. Um, where's Diana?"

"Who?" Hulk said, deciding to fool around a bit.

"The woman you strapped to the machine? Black hair, big boobs, annoyingly persistent?" Cheetah said, trying to get Hulk to remember what he was supposed to do.

"Oh, her."

"Yes, her. You lovable green ape. Do you know where she is?"

Diana snuck up on her, wrapping her arm around her neck while pressing her sword against her back.

"What? How'd you get free?" Cheetah asked, her voice shaking with uncertainty.

"I let her go." Hulk smiled as he said this.

"Why? I thought you..." Cheetah began to say, but then realized the obvious. "The spell."

"Seems true love's kiss is more than an expression, Cheetah." Hulk taunted.

"Hulk...you wouldn't let her hurt me. You love me, remember?"

"Our love was a lie! You cast a spell on me, tortured my friend, and made me rob a bank!"

"Hulk...please. We can be together. Diana doesn't know you like I do. I know you've been hunted like an animal. I know that you're alone in the world. I can change that."

"Well, at least he doesn't act like an animal." Diana remarked.

"You're right about one thing, Cheetah. I was alone when I got here. Diana could've let me drown, but she didn't. She saved me. She is my friend. Plus, she didn't need a love spell to earn my love. She had my love this whole time!" Hulk said as Diana was mesmerized by Hulk's words.

"You lose, Cheetah!" Diana said before punt kicking Cheetah out of the building. The two ran out to fight her.

Cheetah picked herself up and unsheathed her claws, letting out a growl before charging towards the duo. Hulk swung his right arm, which Cheetah vaulted over only to be kicked in the face by Diana. As she lay on the ground, Hulk raised his arms, ready to slam them down on Cheetah, but she slashed him across the gut, green blood spurting from the wound. However, Hulk ignored the injury and punched Cheetah in the butt, sending her flying across the ground with his left fist.

"Ow! Who punches women in the ass?!" Cheetah complained after getting up. Angry, Cheetah leapt over Hulk before mounting his back and clawed his back repeatedly. Hulk collapsed, seemingly unconscious.

"Hulk!" Diana shouted in horror as she tackled Cheetah to the ground and started to punch her again and again. Thinking quickly, Cheetah cut a single line across Diana's forehead. Diana reeled back in pain as she covered her wound to stop the bleeding, giving Cheetah an opportunity to steal her lasso and wrap it around her neck.

"Too slow, Wonder Woman." Cheetah taunted as her opponent struggled to breathe. "With you dead, I'll cast an even stronger love spell. He'll fall in love with me again, only this time, he won't have a semblance of his former self. He'll be a slave under my sway!"

Before Diana's life could fade, Hulk's wounds on his back healed and upon seeing Cheetah choking Diana with her own lasso, got up and wrapped his hand around Cheetah's head, making her release Diana, who gasped for air. Hulk then slammed Cheetah into the ground repeatedly before holding her down, his left hand on her small throat while he raised his right fist, ready to strike.

Before Hulk could finish her off, Diana wrapped her lasso around his forearm.

"Diana?"

"Hulk, stop. She is beaten. Let's turn her over to the authorities like we planned."

"Yes, lover. Lock me up. I'll just escape and come back for you!"

"Shut up, Cheetah! Diana, she is dangerous. If we lock her up, everything she's done will repeat itself."

"We'll be ready next time. I promise. Hulk, please. Don't let your rage control your actions."

After a few moments of processing, Hulk sighed and unclenched his right fist and lifted Cheetah into the air, still gripping her throat.

"You lost again, Cheetah. You should probably make a tally chart by this point." Diana jokingly said.

"I just...wanted to be loved. I'm sorry. Hulk, forgive me." Cheetah said.

"I don't know if I can. I do pity you, Cheetah. But...the next time you want to proclaim your love, don't make the person you love your slave." Hulk said.


-Later-

Cheetah is put in handcuffs and shoved into a police van. A man with silver hair and a mustache walks up to Hulk and Diana.

"Well, what a mess. Thanks in large part to the big guy, Cheetah will be taking up a long residence at Arkham. The money you stole is being returned to its proper place and you're being forgiven of your theft of said money."

"Thank you, Commissioner Gordon." Diana said. Gordon nodded his head before getting into his police car and driving off. Inside of the police van, Cheetah looks at Hulk with a sad look on her face before she disappears from sight as the van turns to the right.

"Well, now what? Off into the world again?" Diana asked, pointing towards their still docked boat.

"Actually, I kind of like this city. What if we stayed?" Hulk said.

"You'd actually want to stay here?" Diana was surprised to hear Hulk say that.

"As long as you're around, yes."

"Well, looks like we're staying." Diana chuckled.


-Author's Note-

That was fun! Hope you're enjoying the story so far!

Next chapter will focus on Circe arriving in Gotham and some hilarity will ensue as well as action.

I'm considering making a sequel to this where Hulk joins the Justice League. Let me know what you think about that idea!

I'm also going to make an Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes and Young Justice crossover at some point, so stay tuned for that as well!