Hera vs. Gem Queen - Palace of Pain!

Gem Queen's sneer was caught right on camera, causing lots of boos and yells at Hera to get up quick. But Gem Queen didn't care for the boos and jeers, for she had a match to win.

She then grabbed one of Hera's horns, lifted her up to her knees and had her bent forward, she then balled up her fist, and swung a powerful punch into Hera's gut with enough force to launch her upwards!

She didn't go up much, just one or two feet, but it was enough for Queen to swipe her arm up under Hera's crotch, lifting her up while with her other arm she held onto Hera's neck, and lifting her up showing off her shocking strength, she then brought the gladiator down in a powerful slam onto her knee!

Hera's whole body quaked with her labored breath, her stamina suffering from the sustained beatdown she's hd to endure... She heard the cries from the crowd to get up, she knew she needed to fight back- But her massive body felt like it was full of cement, and gravity was deadset on keeping her pinned down...

The Queen, however, had other plans. She tugged on Hera's horn harshly, the demon wincing and letting out a grunt of protest, placed on her knees and lying in powerless wait...

"GUGH--"

A fist plowed right in her abdomen, her eyes bulging from their sockets as her whole body was forced into the air! A breathless rasp escaped her lips, the air driven from her lungs as gravity quickly resumed its role in keeping Hera grounded- Only for the Gem Queen to capture her in her impossibly powerful arms, denying her another fall to the canvas! Hera couldn't muster any air to verbalize her shock as she was hoisted into the air and presented to the entire crowd...

Before being SLAMMED down onto the Queen's knee with all of her regal authority, her spine threatening to snap in two as her face scrunched in misery, the supposed Gladiator screaming to the heavens!

"GRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGHAAAAH...!!"

That scream was not a scream. That was a message. A declaration. A decree.

A decree of her power and authority when she's around. And this person in front of her will be part of that message.

Seeing the Gladiator in agony was the perfect lettering and inking for this one. Cracking her knuckles, she grabbed Hera's arm up and twisted it in a painful hold, then hooked one leg around Hera's neck, bending it in a painful way by pressing on her chin, and hooking her other leg under Hera's breasts!

The hold was locked in!

Hera was still gasping and snarling as she lay upon the Queen's knee, her body still twitching in overwhelming agony... Her chest rapidly rose and fell with her uneven breathing, the Gladiator seemingly having met her match... But her opponent was nowhere near finished with her.

Hera felt her arm raise up and bend back, letting out a sharp gasp as she feels a searing pain in the joint of her shoulder! Her body jolted, desperately trying to yank itself away from the sadistic monarch's grasp, but a thick leg curling around Hera's thick neck stopped her in tracks- Before she felt her head kink to the side at an awkward angle, further adding to her torture as she let out an unbecoming, wounded wail! Before she could even think about trying to move again, the Queen's second thigh squeezed in underneath Hera's breasts, pushing them up and pinning her in place...

The Gladiator was trapped. Stuck in the Gem Queen's agonizing lock, Hera couldn't even hear the crowd or Hermes panicking for her to fight back- All she could make out was her heart thumping against her chest, and the sound of her own anguished screeching...

But... Unlike everyone before her, the Gladiator didn't tap. Seconds of crying and torture passed, but still Hera didn't even contemplate the simple motion of patting her opponent's thigh in submission.

Instead, Hera dug her claws as deep as she could in the Queen's leg, and rolled to her side, attempting to roll over the Gem Queen and reach her knees...

Queen thought she had Hera down and ready for a tap out, and it would be a good victory. But.....she got surprised when Hera's free arm dug into her chubby skin! Letting out a growl, she got surprised as Hera rolled up and over her!

"Heh?!" was her surprise as she didn't know what was Hera doing.

Hera stared down at the shocked Queen as she suddenly loomed over her, a blazing inferno in her eyes as she slowly pushed herself up to her feet. Her body seethed as adrenaline started to pump through her veins, the demon gnashing her teeth and snarling as she clenched the fist that was still captured...

"T-This... This is TRUE STRENGTH!" Hera let out a furious roar as she suddenly heaved the Gem Queen high into the air with the arm she was still tightly clutching, staggering in place for a moment before fell forward to drop the Queen down!

The ring shook like an earthquake, as the Queen bounced off the mat, having let go of Hera's arm after the initial impact. She bounced off the mat and was spreadeagled all over the mat, breathing hard, trying to suck up the pain of that impact, as her neck craned to look at Hera.

"D-Damn!"

Hera kept her arms tightly coiled around Queen's leg, refusing to let it fall. Not giving her opponent any chance of a reprieve, she begun to lift her stocky body back into the air, holding her aloft for everyone to see... Before slamming her right back down to the mat! And again... And again... Repeatedly powerbombing the exhausted Gem Queen as the ring tremors with each and every blow, the Gladiator letting out violent shouts of rage to the rhythm of each bomb!

After about the fifth brutal slam, Hera hoisted her straight back up for seemingly yet another bomb... Before suddenly pushing forward and rushing for the closest corner, heaving the Queen off her shoulder and BASHING her back against the turnbuckle!

The repeated powerbombing was sending shockwaves across the Queen's body and spine. She was letting out pinned gasps with every bombing, her body growing more and more limp with every consecutive attack.

What she expected was gonna be a final bomb, however, was dashed as she realized she was picking up speed! For the Gladiator seemed out for blood now, smashing her on the turnbuckle with so much force, she practically bounced off it and flopped to the mat like a ragdoll with a loud scream.

The crowd was borderline deafening at this point- A wild, spirited comeback after Hera was ensnared in the jaws of defeat? This is everything they've wanted to see! And Hera knew it too, unleashing a near-primal roar to the heavens as the Queen flopped!

Hera straightened back up and ran a hand through her messy hair- Her breath was ragged, her whole body sore, and her ashen grey skin glistening with a thick sheen of sweat. She hasn't felt this exhausted in a long time... But she was still standing. Victory was right in front of her- And she wasn't about to lose her chance.

She waltzed over and reached down for the fallen Queen, grabbing a handful of her leotard and just barely lifting her off the mat with a grunt. She staggers forward slowly with her prey in tow, before carelessly tossing her forward to the center of the ring. From there she takes her time to step over her body and reach down to grab her giant legs...