THOR (CONT’D)
Banner. Hey, Banner!
Hulk’s face grimaces and contorts, suppressing puny Banner.
HULK
NO BANNER! ONLY HULK!
Hulk CHARGES at Thor. Insanely fast.
THOR
What are you doing? It’s me.
Thor DODGES the first few attacks, but then Hulk SHATTERS his
shield and sends Thor FLYING.
Thor draws a sword and STABS it into the ground to slow his
momentum. Draws the other sword and faces off against Hulk.
THOR (CONT’D)
Banner, we’re friends. This is
crazy. I don’t want to hurt you!
They engage again. Hulk KICKS Thor, sending him SLAMMING
into the wall.
GRANDMASTER
Here we go.
Thor jumps down just in time to avoid Hulk’s warhammer, which
HITS so hard that it remains lodged in the wall.
With Hulk charging again, Thor RIPS the warhammer out of the
wall and WALLOPS Hulk with it.
Hulk goes CRASHING alongside the arena. He ends up sprawled
out in a pile of rubble, slightly dazed.
GRANDMASTER (CONT’D)
What?
ABOVE: Val is watching through a set of high-tech
binoculars. She reacts to Thor, reluctantly impressed.
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Thor advances on Hulk with all the swagger. He takes off his
helmet and CALLS OUT to Hulk, provoking him.
THOR
Hey, big guy. The sun’s getting
real low.
Hulk takes off his helmet. Scowling. Teeth GRINDING.
THOR (CONT’D)
That’s it. The sun’s going down.
I won’t hurt you anymore. No one
will.
WHOOSH! Thor is suddenly dragged out of frame. Hulk has
Thor by the leg and is WHIPPING him against the arena floor.
Over and over and over again.
IN THE VIP BOX: Loki’s whole mood shifts. The joy returns to
his face, like “everything will be alright!” Loki LAUGHS.
LOKI
Yes! That’s how it feels!
(to Grandmaster
I’m just a huge fan of the sport.
Thor is SMASHED into the floor face first.
Hulk ROARS and RUSHES Thor with his axe.
THOR
All right. Screw it.
CLANG! The giant weapons CLASH! Now Thor and Hulk are
fighting warhammer versus battleaxe...
...and Thor is winning! He’s getting the better of these
exchanges, using Hulk’s aggression against him. Thor
continually KNOCKS and/or TRIPS Hulk off his feet while
evading all of Hulk’s best attacks.
THOR (CONT’D)
I know you’re in there, Banner.
I’ll get you out!
One particular vicious blow DISARMS Hulk, and Thor BREAKS
Hulk’s axe with the warhammer. Thor then BASHES Hulk in the
chest, KNOCKING him to the ground.
THOR (CONT’D)
What’s the matter with you? You’re
embarrassing me! I told them we
were friends!
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GROWLING, Hulk stands up and HITS Thor with a straight jab
that sends Thor TUMBLING across the arena. Hulk immediately
LEAPS after him and LANDS ON Thor!
Hulk is now on top of Thor as they slide across the arena,
just PUMMELING him with punches. Left-right-left-right.
Thor’s head snaps back and forth.
In the carnage, Thor sees VISIONS OF ODIN. Then-
-his eyes GLOW WHITE WITH ELECTRICITY. Like an instinctual
defense mechanism, Thor suddenly KNOCKS HULK BACK WITH A
BURST OF LIGHTNING!
Seething with electricity, Thor springs to his feet and then
BLASTS HULK WITH A MASSIVE LIGHTNING PUNCH! Hulk is LAUNCHED
BACKWARDS and Thor hits the ground HARD.
CROWD
Thunder! Thunder! Thunder!
KORG
Thunder! Thunder! Thunder!
The crowd gets hushed. They’ve never seen this before.
IN THE VIP BOX: Grandmaster is pissed. Loki is amazed.
Hulk and Thor stagger to their feet. Thor looks at himself,
a little surprised. There are still small charges of
lightning CRACKLING through his veins.
Meanwhile, Hulk RUMBLES towards Thor and they’re at it again,
close-quarters boxing. Thor is winning the exchanges,
landing BRUTAL PUNCHES to Hulk’s body. And then suddenly-
-BZZZ! The Grandmaster ZAPS him with the Obedience Disk fob!
Thor drops, totally caught off guard!
Hulk plants his feet and JUMPS! He ZOOMS UP, rocketing out
of the arena, up-up-up into the sky! At the apex of his jump
Hulk clenches his fist and begins a missile-like descent.
Val sees this from her ship and decides to take off, like
“This fight is over, time to beat traffic.”
KORG (CONT’D)
Another day, another Doug.
Down below, Thor groggily turns over. He does so just in
time to see Hulk coming at him like an atom bomb!
No time to avoid it. KA-BOOM!!! Right before impact Thor’s
eyes go lightning white. Hulk HITS Thor like a meteor.
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The impact knocks Thor unconscious and we CUT TO BLACK.