Real Steel Page #6

Nice! Let's do that again.

Nice. Three-punch combo.

Combo.

Again. Again.

Faster. Faster. Nice.

You're not even out of breath.

I like it.

Let's see how you move.

That's good.

Step around! Left hook! Left hook!

That's it. Every time.

Upper cut!

Great fight, fellas.

the satellite home of robot boxing.

Caller two, what do you got for me?

Have you heard about this little bot

out there, his name is Atom?

Oh, yeah.

My buddies and I saw him

the other night, and he dances.

- Did you say "dances"?

- You heard me.

He dances pre-fight

with this little kid,

and the crowd went nuts for these two.

You put the gimmick aside

for a second,

and I'm holding here a list

of the bots he's beaten.

Chaos. Wall Street. One-Eyed Jack.

No slouches on that list, right?

Atom's fought them all, beat them all.

This bot is fast! He escapes shots

from these bigger bots, it's insane!

No doubt. I'm telling you, listeners,

remember this name:

Atom. That's right, A-T-O-M.

This bot is one to watch.

- Awesome fight, sir.

- Thanks, thanks.

Great fight.

- You guys put on a good show.

- Thanks.

We'd like to invite you

to fight on our card,

Virgin America Spectrum Detroit,

Friday night.

Right. That's a WRB...

That's a League fight.

Damn right it is. What do you say,

fellas? You ready for the show?

Heck, yeah.

It's the undercard,

but it's still a League fight.

I just want you to be relaxed.

I want you to be relaxed.

No freaking out.

Don't get all freaky-deaky on me.

You go freaky-deaky,

this whole thing can go south.

Whatever you do, have fun, have fun.

You got to have fun, you understand me?

We've come too far to get out there

and freak out and blow this whole thing.

We're going to have fun,

and we're going to not freak out!

We're going to stay loose,

and we're just going to bam him.

I've spent my whole life waiting

to get here. We're going to...

I tell you what. Trust me when

I say no freaking out. You got it?

- I got it.

- Good.

You have been invited to Lemkova Suite.

Follow me, please.

What was that? One more time.

Lemkova Suite. Zeus Suite.

Sure. Yeah. Let's head up

to the champ's suite. Sure.

Wow.

- Gentlemen, I'm Farra Lemkova.

- Yeah. I'm Charlie Kenton, and...

And this, of course, is Tak Mashido.

Holy sh*t. It's Tak Mashido.

I know you have a very important fight

tonight, so I'll get right to it.

It's a little far from the action for

my liking. It's nice. I like it, though.

Very nicely... Wow. That's a great shot.

Look at that. You want an autograph?

Would you mind?

I'd like to buy your robot.

He'd be useful sparring bot for Zeus.

And for that I'm willing to pay.

$200,000.

- Done.

- He's not for sale.

- Of course he is. We can definitely...

- He's not for sale.

You are 15 minutes away from getting

in the ring with Twin Cities,

a vicious League bot.

So, to be clear, my offer stands

until the starting bell.

OK. And just to be clear,

he's not for sale!

Not now, not ever.

Give me a minute to clear this up, OK?

Tak, how are you? Max!

Be smart. I know you love him,

but in 20 minutes

there may be nothing left to love.

- Think about it. Take the offer.

- You think about it.

Why does she want Atom?

Because he's different from other bots!

Yeah, he's different.

He's smaller, weaker,

- and he's going to get his ass kicked.

- He's a boxer.

We taught him to box.

You taught him to box!

- That's worth something.

- I think it is, too.

I think it's worth 200 grand.

Two hundred grand.

We can go round and round this

all night long.

Look at me.

But it's not going to happen.

I got a fight to get to.

Ladies and gentlemen, tonight,

the march towards

the Real Steel Championship

makes its way through Detroit's

Virgin America Spectrum!

Kicking off the evening,

in our first undercard,

the two-headed tyrant,

Twin Cities!

Opposing Twin Cities,

in his first professional fight,

hailing from parts unknown,

Atom!

- Nice work, boss.

- Thanks.

- Did you switch him to fight mode?

- Of course.

- This bot is tough to put down.

- Atom can do it.

Look over there. You see those geeks

with the joysticks and consoles?

They're controlling

everything their bot does.

They're monitoring his systems,

seeing what he sees,

stadium feeds of the fights.

This is not like the underground

handheld remote bots

we've been fighting.

This is the League. Stand on that.

So what do we do?

We fight smart, we be patient. And pray.

Seriously, pray.

Ready!

- Ready!

- Hands up.

Fighters ready! Fight!

Engage.

Slip! Right! Lean back.

Right, left! Cover up!

Duck! Left roundhouse!

Damn it.

Lean left! Lean right!

Cover up! Cover up!

- What's going on in there?

- He's taking too many hits.

Get your hands up!

Get out of that corner! Move!

He's getting killed in there!

Tell him what to do!

That guy's got two heads, a foot

of reach on us, and no blind spot.

He's got to have a weakness. Find it!

Wait, wait, wait.

Right shoulder, right shoulder,

right shoulder! He's got a tell!

He's got a hitch in his shoulder

every time he throws that right bomb!

We got him!

See? Here it comes again!

Duck! Spin!

Slide left! Roundhouse! One, two!

Backstep. Backstep.

Backstep. Lean right.

Come on, Charlie! Get in there!

Got to get in close where

he can't use that size and reach on us!

Left to the body! Right to the body!

Left to the body!

Yeah, it's working!

Stay downstairs! Left, right, left!

- These program modes aren't working.

- Left! Right hook, slip!

Right uppercut! Left uppercut!

Duck left. Counter right!

- Get him, Atom!

- Here comes the Charlie Special.

Three-punch combo to the body!

Out! In! Counter!

- Two-one-two!

- Two-one-two.

Stay on him! Lunging right!

Don't let him go. Right to the body!

Straight right to the head!

We got a systems crash!

Get him, Atom!

This is not happening, man.

- Put him away, Charlie!

- Spin left!

Spin right!

Finish him!

- Do it!

- Right uppercut!

He's down!

One! Two! Three!

Four! Five! Six!

We got him. Stay down!

He's out! He's out!

Yeah!

Corner!

Corner! Corner.

Victory!

In a time of one minute, 47 seconds

of the first round,

Atom has defeat...

I want to thank everyone

for coming out tonight!

Our little bot from the junkyard

got a shot at a League fight.

How about that?

And the last thing I want to say

to a special girl who won't be named,

Farra Lemkova.

That instead of buying my robot, using

your money to control this sport...

- That's it!

- I'm not done.

Why not give the littlest guy

the biggest shot?

Because I bet if you give him a shot,

he'll surprise you!

Wouldn't you like to see a little guy

get a shot at the

Real Steel Championship?

I challenge Zeus to a fight.

Any time, any place, anywhere!

You name it! We will be there!

I'm going to get us that fight!

Atom, Atom, Atom...

That was a ballsy move,

you challenging Zeus like that.

That's one thing to call it.

A lot of people would like to see that.

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