A/N: The story picks up during the final act of „The Scent of Roses", during the scene where Michael goes after Durant. David Hasselhoff originally wanted for Knight Rider to end with this episode, so in my KRverse it is the original series finale, so this episode takes part post-„Voodoo Knight".

The first chapter here is the extension of the final act.

Durant (or Ronalds, or whatever his name was) was trying to run away from the collapsed platform, but as he was now limping his right foot, he wasn't able to run far from the younger man, who now jumped out of KITT and darted towards him, pulling him down to the ground.

Durant threw a punch at the other man in self-defense, but he had made a grave mistake a few hours ago. He was no match for Michael Knight, overcame by blinding rage at the man who killed his wife just minutes after they were wed, who now threw a punch at him. Michael took Durant down, rolled him over and began hitting him in blind fury. Would Durant survive that?

„Michael, Michael, stop it!" KITT intervened. „You wouldn't be able to live with yourself!"

„I got to, KITT!" Michael shouted back, as he prepared to throw another punch at Durant. „It's justice!"

„Justice, Michael?" KITT questioned him. „Or revenge?"

KITT's words made Michael stop. He stopped throwing punches at Durant, but continued to hold him in a tight grip. Would he make the right choice if he killed Durant? After all, there was the saying, "If you kill him, you'll be just like him". Even if Durant was officially his least favorite person, then would killing him solve anything in the long run? Right now, he had the upper hand, and Durant would face the punishment anyway, no matter if it was in his hands, or legally. Stevie was dead now, killing Durant wouldn't bring her back. But would the vengeance make him a better person?

Would it make him feel good? Would it be a moment's pleasure, or would he still feel empty? And like KITT asked him, would he be able to live with himself? Or would he one day wake up and feel sorry for his actions?

What would become of him if he killed Durant? Would Devon, Bonnie, RC3 and KITT want to work with him anymore, or would they see him as a mean, dirty killer? Could he even work in the Foundation anymore in the first place? Yes, recently he was contemplating leaving the Foundation, but Stevie's death had made him a bit unsure on it. Even Devon had tried warning him not to go after Durant himself and kill him. There is a judicial system, he remembered Devon's words. Durant would not win anyway after what he did, so would killing him be worth it?

If Durant had killed Bonnie, Devon, or RC3 instead, would Stevie still have stayed married to him if he killed Durant? Or would he have lost both his wife, and his job?

Did he even have the right to play vigilante?

A scene from the Dirty Harry's sequel, Magnum Force, sprang to his mind. Even though Harry Callahan was his complete antithesis, doing his job with massive overkill and property damage, and his tactics were often seen as unethical and met by strong criticism from higher-ups, even Callahan had his moral code and would not join a vigilante death squad, that was hell-bent on killing acquitted dirty criminals.

The world is very imperfect. But would it give him the right to take justice in his own hands?

Would Stevie want him to avenge her? Or would she want him to get on with his life?

One man can make a difference, Wilton Knight's words came to his mind. But if he killed Durant now, would Wilton be proud of him?

So many questions, so little answers.

Another flashback came to him. About a year ago, he had been investigating the murder of Kevin Morgan at the construction site. When he finally found out who were the masterminds behind the murder, Kevin's widow Janet had then came with a gun and tried to kill the murderer, Kevin's former boss Stephen Barnes, but Michael had stopped her before she could kill him and told her that the cold-blooded murder would not solve anything and would satisfy her only for a moment, but not in the long run.

Quickly thinking it through, Michael made his decision. He pulled Durant up from the ground and shoved him against the wall.

"You're not gonna die today." He snarled coldly. "It's too easy. If you're lucky, you'll be executed after the trial. If not, you're gonna watch your life rot away, in the mirror of a prison cell." Michael punched Durant out and dragged him to KITT. KITT opened the passenger door for him, allowing Michael to slump Durant into the seat.

Michael slammed the door on Durant and for a moment, just stood there with a cold look on his face. He had won, but at the cost of Stevie's death. He really felt empty, but still felt good that he had not stained his soul. Yes, it would take him time to heal from all this, but at least he had not done something he would deeply regret in the future.

Exhausted and emotional, he rested his hands on KITT's roof. Throughout all this, KITT had stayed by him, even though he didn't think that Michael's actions were right. "Thanks, buddy." Michael sighed with a very husky voice.

"I'll always have your back." KITT told him.

A/N: Alright, here's Michael's final confrontation with Durant. Next chapter will be up soon, basically I'm going to largely extend the time window between this, and the tag scene. The episode referenced is Season 3, Episode 16 "Knightlines".

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