Knight Rider: Mirror Darkly
(Knight Rider is ©1982-1986, 2008,2009 NBC/Universal Trinity Jean and Trinity Marie Knight are my characters but their powers are ©2001-2011 CW Network & DC Entertainment)
Chapter One: Dark beginnings
Los Angeles, California, Mirror Universe: an alarm rang out and a man ran from the house he had just ransacked. The man was Michael Arthur Long and he was a criminal so branded when he couldn't save a girl by refusing to give blood under command from his superior. The man was well built from years of serving in the military and he knew law enforcement would be on their way. The man who he had robbed was named Wilton Knight. He had stolen $100,000 that he had thrown into a duffel bag. He stared at the gate of the mansion and he was trying to figure out how to jump it. He then began to climb it and he then suddenly found himself staring at a black Mustang. A red light tracked back and forth and a door opened on the driver's side. He then heard a voice say "get in," he then climbed in and stared at the digitalized dash and the heads up windshield.
"Welcome Mr. Long. Allow me to introduce myself. I am the Knight Automated Roving Robot and I need your help," a mechanical sounding voice said.
"What is this? I just robbed a guy named Knight and your claiming to be his," Michael said.
"I am but I am on the run due to what's in the back seat," KARR said. He glanced at the back seat and saw a 10-year-old girl. She was built like a 17-year-old with full breasts, and had some muscularity on her arms and legs and Crimson red hair.
"What's her name?" Michael asked. He then stared at the voice modulator as it seemed the vehicle's artificial intelligence seemed to pause.
"Trinity Marie Knight, the daughter of Wilton Knight and some woman who took advantage of him. The female was allegedly from another planet. She didn't want to be found and she activated me. Your name was in the Federal government's database so I sought you out. Your name was placed on a special list authorized by Regent Charles Graiman, who helped Wilton design me. I was programmed to serve the both of you and aid you with whatever you desire," KARR said. Michael laughed. He then heard the girl in the back seat yawn. He glanced back as he put the car in reverse and the put the vehicle's shifter in drive. He then took his eyes off the road to see Trinity climb up front into the passenger seat next to him.
"Who are you?" She asked as she was rubbing her eyes.
"My name is Michael Long, miss Knight," He said. He then felt the rush as the vehicle picked up speed.
"So where to?" Trinity asked as she stared at the open road.
"I was programmed to go to a safe house in Houston, Texas after acquiring Mr. Long. At current speeds we can be there in 16 hours," KARR said.
Michael shook his head. The vehicle's AI was off. From LA to Houston was at least a 3-day drive that is if he could figure out how to get past the checkpoint into the state.
"How do you figure 16 hours?" Michael asked. He then saw a button start flash on the dashboard. It was labeled pursuit Mode.
"The Pursuit Mode will give us greater speed, and given the fact that I am a government sanctioned prototype, that won't be a problem," KARR said smugly. "But what about the borders. Federal agents will be swarming the place," Trinity said as a map of the Border of Texas was pulled up and the border line that surrounded the state was displayed on the Heads-up display.
"I've been granted a special clearance by the UEA. I'll darken the windows so you won't be seen," KARR said. Michael nodded.
16 hours Later-Houston Texas. Michael woke up from the nap to see the skycam that hovered over Milam and Dallas Streets as the Knight Industries Three Thousand stopped.
"What's wrong?" Michael asked. "My battery packs need to recharge. I run on both solar energy and electricity. My solar cells have not yet received a complete charge, so I need to be charged. There is a charging bay in this Parking garage that I require. Your handprint will get us into the garage," KARR said. Michael placed his hand on the handprint reader and it flashed as it read his handprint and the screen then lit up green and the gate rolled up. Michael then glanced at the name on the garage. Central Parking Systems, a subsidiary of Knight Industries. He then followed KARR as the vehicle rolled into the garage under its own power. Michael then saw the car charging stations on the 1st level and he then saw the handprint reader again and he placed his hand to the reader and it lit up green and He plugged up the charger to a charging port underneath the car. Trinity stared at the garage as it was midnight and the garage was empty.
"Where are we?" She asked. He looked around.
"We're in Houston Texas. KARR got us past the border security and we're at a garage that is a subsidiary of Knight Industries," Michael said. He then heard a woman moaning coming from one of the upper levels.
"What was that?" Trinity asked, afraid. The two walked up the stairs to see a homeless woman with cuts and bruises on her face and hands in obvious pain.
"What's your name?" Michael asked. The woman stared at him in recognition. "Michael! Where am I," She asked.
"What's your name? How do you know me?" He asked.
"My name is Dr. Bonnie Barstow. I'm a cybernetic Technician working on The Knight Industries Two Thousand. Where am I? and how did I get badly cut and burned?" She asked. Michael stared at the woman who was in her late 20s early 30s.
"KARR we have a problem," Trinity Marie Knight said. They then helped the young woman down from the 2nd level and helped her walk down to where the Mustang was.
"KITT?" Bonnie asked. She then saw the yellow scanner track back and forth.
"You must have me confused. I am the Knight Automated Roving Robot. I was built by Charles Graiman and Wilton Knight. I have no idea who this KITT is that you speak of," KARR said.
"Tell him who you are," Michael said. "I am Bonnie Barstow. I know of KARR but not you," Bonnie said fear in her voice at the sight of this deadly prototype.
"Impossible! Commander Barstow is home asleep," KARR said with a sound of surprise in its voice Modulator. The Vehicle began a DNA scan of the woman. The vehicle then spoke again after a minute.
"I have scanned you and you are a match for Commander Barstow but your DNA is off from our Commander. Regent Graiman has been alerted to her DNA so we must go to the safe House. I have enough of a charge to get us to the safe house," KARR said. Michael, Bonnie and Trinity climbed inside the car and KARR blew past the gate, breaking the gate arm in two.
Magnum Baptist Church Northwest Houston. KARR pulled into the church parking lot and the three got out. Michael stared at the dilapidated church building. He remembered living in Chicago reading about the UEA forces storming this church building as a rebellion had started here 20 years ago, and he had learned how his own Father, Arthur Andrew Long had been a leader in this rebellion against a regime that had taken orders from Nazi Germany and had recently liberated itself from the Nazi party and then in an act of utter brutality had nuked Nazi Germany in the 1980s and in the 1990s had bombed this church house out as all religious activities had been banned and any violators were arrested, raped or killed or both.
He remembered the Church as he had worshipped here as a boy, but his mother Lisa Long had fled with the boy to Parris Italy where the UEA would not find them.
"Mike? Michael Long?" spoke a voice from behind Mike. He turned to see Lisa Hernandez, the daughter of David Hernandez, the Pastor of the Church stood there. The woman was 19, and very good looking for a Hispanic young woman. He embraced the woman, brushing her legs with his hand remembering the woman when the two had briefly dated 5 years ago when they were still kids. They had made out but He didn't get her pregnant, of which the girl at the time was thankful for.
"Yeah Hi Lisa. Let me introduce my companions. Dr. Bonnie Barstow, and Trinity Marie Knight as well as a prototype," Michael gestured to the black Mustang.
"I am the Knight Automated Roving Robot, or KARR if you prefer. I have been assigned to bring these people here to protect them from UEA forces. I need a garage or a gymnasium to charge myself," KARR said. Lisa glanced inside the car and saw the digital dash and then glanced at Mike.
"Dr. Barstow? She's a commander of the Emperor and she designed the Knight Industries Two Thousand very similar to this car, but with a different set of weaponry. I don't recognize this car," Lisa said.
"I am a prototype that was originally designed for the Military to put down the China conquest but the Government discovered a programming flaw in which I was programmed to save life not take it. KITT was designed to replace me but Dr. Graiman couldn't dismantle me, so I was put in storage and that's when Trinity Marie Knight found me. I was then given a mission by the Regent to find the Christian rebellion and aid them or convince them to stand down," KARR said. Lisa walked around the prototype and then attempted to climb into the car. But the car driver's door wouldn't open.
"what's wrong? I'd like to see what you are," Lisa said. Mike nodded and the door opened and she climbed in. She noted the rich Corinthian leather the seats were made of. She glanced at the dash and noted the car didn't have a speedometer then noted it was on the heads-up display on the windshield.
"Wow," Lisa said staring at the state-of-the-art vehicle. Michael smiled. They then heard David Hernandez walk up with a gun in hand. He then lowered it when he recognized Michael. The two men then embraced.
"Welcome to the rebellion, Mike," he said.
To Be Continued….
