Living The Dream
Real Steel AU Charles Xavier has only ever had one dream- to lead the first robot boxing team to glory in the WRB Championships. Now he has his team, but can he lead the X-Men to glory?
The cheering of the crowd could be heard even through the doors and the layer of soil and concrete muffling it. Taking a deep breath, Charles Xavier closed his blue eyes and turned to face his young team.
Opening his eyes, he appraised them soundly, pride stirring his heart. "X-Men."
Their attention gained, his team members turned to face him, nervousness and determination on their faces as they gathered in front of him.
"Ready your robots."
His team shared determined looks, heading off to their respective robots. As the sound of powering up robots and clinking metal found his ears, Charles looked skyward, listening to the chanting of the crowd. Imagined them swaying, chanting their names.
"Charles?"
Looking back down with a deep breath, he met his team's expectant faces, taking in their various earphones and their consoles strapped to their wrists. Swallowing, he opened his mouth to speak- and found his throat dry. "This is it. The goal. The Championships. What we're going to win." His determined gaze drifted across their nervous faces; Scott, with his game face on; Jean, with her face twisted with nerves; Ororo, shifting on the spot; Logan, hands clenched into fists.
"The Brotherhood are no match for us, and they know it. We have superior robots, superior brain power and we're a helluva lot more strong than them! Courage is all we need to win!"
Behind his team, the technicians nodded in agreement, letting loose cheers.
Charles smiled down at each and every one of them as behind him the doors opened. "Now go and hand them their asses on the arena floor."
His team shared looks, then filed out into the light one by one, game faces on, ready to take on the world.
Following the last robot out with Henry and Moira by his side, Charles took a deep breath as his face hit the stadium lights. "Good luck, my X-Men."
I just watched Real Steel last night- and it was awesome! Therefore, when lying in bed till 11:30 this morning, my brain came up with the weird idea of this story. Please, give me feedback!