Author's note: I don't believe KARR and KAcRRE were the same, nor that they had to do with each other except for their voice. But what if?
Visitor
Dusk
The curtains of the small room were dancing in the late afternoon wind. The golden rays of the setting sun were shining at two lonely figures seemingly holding on to each other. One of them was lying comatose on the tidy hospital bed, the other was sitting next to him. The unconscious man's left hand was resting on the hood of his visitor, pale skin on the black metal.
"The doctors say you might hear me. I am not sure how much of your surroundings are you aware of, but I will keep trying. I very well know how it feels to be deactivated."
In fact, he knew it too well. He didn't even understand first, but by the time this human was deactivated by the other, he already knew. It was treason. His whole life was infused with it: he was betrayed by humans, he betrayed other humans, humans around him betrayed each other. And it always contained the danger of being deactivated again.
"I am about to get my driver back." He never thought he would be driven by someone called Michael Knight. Not even if it's only the son of that Michael Knight. But he is a good driver, and he wasn't on speaking terms with his father when they worked as a pair. „After all we have gone through together, I miss him almost as much as I miss you."
He pressed his hood against the bed, as if he was trying to get even closer to the man he was talking to.
„I already talked about him, but there are so many stories still untold."
The Sun illuminated the pale human and the white bed. The lights were moving slowly on the nose of the black vehicle.
„Like" he continued „we met Abdul Fakkadi himself. He is the kind of person you would love to rob. Once you re-activate, I will take you to Carbombya City. It is a fascinating place, with its population of 4000 people and 10000 camels. "
The last rays of the Sun shone into the white room, their amber colour met the amber shine of the symmetrical scanners.
„You were there when I was re-activated, and I will be here when you come back online" he promised, and he meant it. If there was anything he could have done for this man, he would have already done it, but the brain damage once caused by their partner was irredeemable. He even tried linking with the comatose man (how surprised Agent Torres was when he saw KARR handle a human so gently!) but it only left him disoriented for two entire days. Quite the opposite of the effect a real driver would have had.
„You could still be my driver" he said, but he fell silent almost immediately. „Do you remember when I was trying to teach you how to drive? I had to take control back in almost every third minute." He couldn't hide his sarcasm, not if he meant to hide it. Back then, he really had to take control all the time, in order to protect himself, which was the most important part of his programming. But he gave it back to his two human partners again, as soon as it was safe to do so. He served them and he didn't mind being used by them. In fact, it was the happiest period of his life. A period that was ended by one human deactivating the other, and by him ejecting Tony right in the middle of a trap. The double treason should have been enough for a day, but the worst was yet to come.
The Sun could no longer be seen, its last rays were replaced by the slowly moving light of his scanner. It was time he went back to the base. He ignited his engines and slowly backed away.
„Goodbye, Rev" he said.
He knew how it feels to be deactivated. Lonely.
„I will be back tomorrow" he added, as he left the hospital room.