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After ogling Tony for a good while, Pepper didn't know what to do or how to explain her heated gaze, so she rushed out of the workshop with a heavy blush coating her entire face.

Tony laughed like a madman as she dashed away, resembling an embarrassed love-struck schoolgirl.

"How will you break it to her?" Peter asks with a fake sorrowful tone.

"Break what?" Tony asks in confusion.

"That you're gay." Peter says with a smirk.

...

Since Tony is the first ever human to be given their version of the Super Soldier Serum, they spent the rest of the day testing him for any unforeseen problems, though none reared their ugly head, thankfully.

As soon as they found nothing wrong with Tony, Peter called over every member of the Avengers council for their own procedure.

'I'll go last, I guess...' Peter thought as he didn't really mind.

Only half an hour passed since they called the meeting, yet every council member ran over as fast as they could.

Well, except Charles who technically rolled over.

Usually, when anyone calls a meeting, it takes at least a couple of hours for everyone to arrive, but it seems that they were excited to become super soldiers.

Even Fury, who is a fairly busy man, was the second to arrive behind Erik, though Magneto lives in the Tower. It would be hard to beat someone that only has to take the elevator to attend a meeting.

"Alright, I'm sure you've probably guessed why we called you here..." Peter says as they all were observing the equipment and vials of blue liquid around the room.

"Did you finish it?" Magneto asks, though before Peter could answer, Tony strolls in with a soda in hand.

"..." Instantly, everyone besides Peter was shocked, as Tony was walking around without a shirt on, showing off his newly gained physique.

"That answers the question, doesn't it?" Fury rolls his singular eye as he watches Tony strut around like a narcissistic peacock.

"So, notice anything different about me?" Tony asks as he spreads his arms and spins in a circle.

"Did you get a new haircut?" Charles feigns ignorance with a smile, meanwhile, everyone else stayed quiet, unwilling to stroke Tony's already large ego.

"..." Tony's smirk disappears as he looks at his fellow council members in annoyance. "You guys are no fun."

"Hehe, forget about all of that. Who wants to become a super soldier first?" Peter says as everyone in the room turns their gaze to Charles.

As the only handicapped person in the room, Charles had so much to gain from taking the Super Soldier Serum. Not only will he gain all of Steve Rogers' powers, but he should have a good chance at walking again.

Though Peter wasn't 100% sure whether that was possible or not.

'He may just end up as a really strong guy in a wheelchair...' Peter thought of the worst-case scenario.

After all, the Serum is only known to strengthen and grow the body. They didn't run any tests on injured animals, so it was a mystery whether the Serum would heal the Professor or not.

'If it doesn't heal him, then the resurrection elixir should do the trick.' Peter thought, though Charles would have to wait a while, as Peter hasn't even started looking for more Dragon Bones.

'I think there's some in the city...' Peter thought.

He could remember clearly from the Defenders show, that the Hand was digging somewhere in Hell's Kitchen, as parts of New York were built over a dragon burial ground.

'I'll look into it later.' Peter dismissed these thoughts as he turned to Charles. "It seems you were voted first."

"I know what you're all thinking." Charles says as he pushes his chair forward. "All I can say is that you shouldn't get your hopes up. I've come to terms with my situation long ago, so you should too."

Although everyone, except Erik, believed him, Charles couldn't help but hope deep down inside to walk again. His minor telekinesis may make his situation a bit more manageable, but at the end of the day, being able to walk again would change his life forever.

"Alright, give me a second." Peter says as he hits a button, causing the chamber to open and tilt backward.

Since Charles can't stand, they made the chamber handicap accessible.

After a few moments, the chamber was completely open and laying horizontally, so that Charles could lie inside.

"Alright, hop in." Peter says and Charles floats out of his chair and into the chamber.

"I wish you the best, my friend..." Erik says sincerely, shocking everyone present.

"..." Charles merely looks over in shock as the metal bindings eject, strapping him into place.

"Are you ready?" Peter asks as he gets ready to start the process.

"Yes..." Charles nods with a solemn look on his face.

"Alright." Peter says as he closed the chamber with a push of a button.

Without further ado, Peter flicked the switch that injected the needles into the professor's body. Although he was surprised by the sudden pain, he didn't have it as bad as Tony, as Charles couldn't feel the needles in the lower half of his body.

"Ouch!" As Charles' surprised and pained voice exclaimed, Erik stared worriedly at the sealed chamber.

Though he hid it well.

"Injection complete." Peter says as all of the vials that were once filled with blue serum are now empty. "Hit him with the Vita Radiation, Tony."

"Got it." Tony replies as he flips a switch and automatically starts ramping up the percentage of Vita Rays.

They've been through this many times with the animals, and even Tony went through it personally, so this was all just repeating the steps to a known outcome.

"Aaaahhhhhhh!" Charles' screams grew louder as the dial grew closer to 100%.

As the screams reached their peak, Peter could tell that Charles was somehow experiencing more pain than Tony, which was impossible as he would only feel it in half of his body.

...

"Stop the machine!" Erik exclaims as he feared for his friends life. "He can't handle it..."

After joining the Avengers together, Erik and Charles have slowly started warming up to one another again. The two used to be like brothers before their split in ideology turned them into mortal enemies.

Thankfully, that brotherly love was slowly returning, which can be seen by Erik's recent outburst.

Although he practically ordered Peter and Tony to stop, neither of them bothered paying Magneto any attention, as the procedure was only moments from its end.

"I said stop or I'll do it myself..." Erik says as the metal chamber doors began to rattle.

"NO! DONT STOP!" Charles screams from the chamber. "I CAN FEEL... I CAN FEEL MY LEGS!"

Upon hearing Charles' words, the entire room grew still. Though that didn't last long as Charles started yelling in agony again.

"..." Erik instantly stopped manipulating the metal chamber as he stepped back and waited patiently.

Although he was worried that the pain would send Charles into shock and kill his best friend, Erik knew that the Professor would never forgive him if he took away his chance at walking again.

...

Moments later, Charles' screaming died down as the Vita Radiation hit 100%.

"That should be enough." Peer says as he turns to Tony. "Shut it down."

As the old-school machinery shut down, cutting the flow of vita rays down to zero, everyone gathered in front of the chamber in anticipation.

"Open it up." Erik orders, receiving a scoff from Peter as he hit the button.

'Since he's worried, I'll let the attitude go for today.' Peter thought as the chamber opened.

When the steam cleared and the doors were fully open, everyone was shocked to find a muscular bald man who appeared to be around 50 years old.

"Looking good Professor." Peter comments as Charles gasps for air with sweat covering his body.

As a man in his mid-seventies, Charles looked amazing. He had the appearance of a 50-year-old man that exercised and took perfect care of himself.

Compared to your average 50-year-old, who doesn't have time to maintain a peak level body, Charles might as well look to be in his 40s.

"Well, I'm not feeling good..." He quips back at Peter as the metal restraints release.

"..." With his arms and legs unbound, everyone's gaze fell on the professor's legs.

"Sigh..." Charles let out a calming breath as he tried, for the first time in many years, to move his legs.

*twitch*

Immediately, his feet twitch, and moments later his legs move. Sitting up with just his core strength alone, Charles swings his legs over the side of the chamber and sits in shock, his legs dangling over the edge.

"I am moving my legs..." Tears fill his eyes as Charles hops off the metal chamber bed and steps both feet on the ground.

Silence fills the room as Charles doesn't collapse as he expected.

"Congratulations, Professor." Peter was the first to speak as everyone watched Charles stand under his own power with tears streaming down his cheeks.

"Thank you..." He says wholeheartedly.

"You're very welcome, though there is one problem." Peter says, drawing everyone's attention. "... I'm afraid that the procedure didn't cure you completely."

"What? What do you mean?" Erik asks in confusion.

"Charles... You're still bald." Peter wipes an imaginary tear from his mask. "I'm so sorry."

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