Thor charged at Quetzalcoatl and, careful to avoid damaging Catrina, struck the Aztec god in the face with the sledgehammer. Quetzalcoatl just looked at him. Thor hit him a few more times. Quetzalcoatl remained unimpressed.
“Nope,” he said. “Still gonna kill her.”
Quetzalcoatl lifted Catrina, squeezing his fingers tighter around her neck. She began coughing and kicking her legs frantically.
“No,” said Thor, “you’re not.”
The sky darkened as roiling, black clouds overtook the sun. A colossal crack of thunder echoed off what remained of the casino’s walls, shaking the ground.
“Oh, no fucking way,” said Quetzalcoatl.
A bolt of lightning tore through the sky, striking Quetzalcoatl. Catrina fell from his grasp.
“Holy shit, Thor,” she said, stumbling towards him, “was that…”
“Verily.”
“But how? I thought…”
“Anything that prick can do,” replied Thor, “I can do better.”
“Yeah, well, anything I can do that you can do better I can do best,” said Quetzalcoatl, picking himself off the ground yet again and coiling his tail to strike.
“Yeah,” said Thor, “I kind of doubt that.”
Catrina jumped to the side as Quetzalcoatl lunged at Thor. Thor hit him in the shoulder with the sledgehammer, sending the snake god sprawling sideways across the ground. Quetzalcoatl immediately launched himself at Thor again, but Thor caught him in the throat with his elbow.
Quetzalcoatl fell backwards, choking. Thor swung the sledgehammer and struck Quetzalcoatl in the face, spinning and disorienting him. Thor capitalized and pummeled the snake-man mercilessly, lightning assaulting the Aztec god with each strike of the hammer. Quetzalcoatl swung blindly and thrashed futilely throughout the onslaught, never quite regaining his bearings, before a final blow to the square of his back sent Quetzalcoatl collapsing to the ground.
Thor gripped the sledgehammer with both hands and lifted it over his head. He swung it down onto Quetzalcoatl’s skull with all his might. The accompanying thunder shattered windows, the bolt of lightning set the surrounding sidewalk on fire.
And then the sky cracked open.
“Oh, crap,” said Thor.