"Daddy, can I go out and play in the garage with 'Ita?" A young girl said running in through the doors.
"Sarah, does Bonnie want you out there? The garage is her work space and I am sure she doesn't want you playing rough around KITT?"
"I know, I know we are supposed to stay out of the way when it comes to your business with FLAG." Sarah frowned as she looked at the mansion which was the headquarters.
"Exactly, seven-year-old girls have no place in a maintenance garage playing around the very expensive equipment that is kept there." The man replied.
Just then a woman knocked on the door, "Charles, I told her it was alright, they aren't going to be playing rough. I promised the two little ones that once they were in first grade they could help me in the garage."
"If you say it is alright, Bonnie, then take her for as long as you want." Charles said holding his hands up, "I only deal with the programming issues."
"Though you can do a fair part with your mechanic skills, more than the sore excuse of a programmer my husband is." Bonnie laughed.
"And to think I chose to marry a regular lady with average skills over you." Charles shook his head, "I think I like my end of the bargain better."
"Alright Sarah, why don't we get on down to the garage so you and 'Ita can help me with my project before dinner is ready." Bonnie took the little girl's hand and walked out of the cottage.
Sarah ran into the garage and jumped onto Bonnie's seat next to the computer. "'Ita, guess who I am pretending to be?"
Another voice issued from nearby, "I won't guess until you guess who KITT is letting me be."
"Alright girls that is enough silliness. You are here to help me with my project and I have told you many times that the equipment in here is not a toy. Especially not KITT," Bonnie wagged her finger.
"I am sorry Bonnie, your offspring was getting bored so I decided she could get in less trouble inside of me rather than out there where I have little control over what she touched." KITT responded.
"Thanks KITT." Bonnie swung around and picked Sarah up before opening KITT's door and ordering her daughter out of the driver's seat. "Alright I need you two to help me reorganize my tool box, do you think you can do that?"
"Yes Mommy," Bonnie's daughter responded with a smile.
"Yes Ma'am," Sarah grinned as she pulled the tool box out from the wall.
"What has gotten your pants in a twist? I thought you were out enjoying a day off with your family?" a man stepped away from the black car in the garage.
"'Ita is in the car, can you call Devon down here, Michael? We have a problem."
"KITT, call Devon down here, and get Dr. Graiman up here as well." Michael frowned as he moved around the car towards his friend.
A few minutes later Charles and Devon walked into the garage, "What is the big issue?"
"The Black Coats have finally made their move against us. I took Bonnie and 'Ita up to the mountains and the Black Coats came. They took Bonnie and left this note." The man held up the note.
Devon started to pace, "We have been aware of the fact that the government has wanted to shut us down for a while now. But I had always hoped that they wouldn't resort to kidnapping to try and scare us out of operation."
"Yes well, they are willing to trade. They will let Bonnie go if we give up KITT." The man frowned.
KITT pushed back, "You should listen to them. After you get her back I can corrupt my programming so that they would never get anything out of my data banks."
"KITT, we will never give in to them. Yes we have had threats over the last few months but we just have to find our way around them. Find out why they are suddenly trying to get us shut down." Michael stated.
Devon took the note and frowned, "We might have to think of something, they are threatening to kill her if we don't give in to them."
"Charles!" came a terrified scream running up the driveway.
"Louise!" Charles called out to his frantic wife.
"Charles, you have to do something about this madness. I just got a very mysterious call." The woman sobbed, "They told me that they had Bonnie, tell me that it isn't true?"
Devon frowned, "Louise, I am afraid it is indeed true."
Louise looked at the grim face of Bonnie's husband, "No!" she sobbed, "Then you will want to know that if you don't give them what they want they will come after me and then they have also threatened the lives of the children."
Michael frowned, "I won't let that happen." He went to KITT's door, "these threats stop now!"
Charles reached out, "Michael we need to think smarter here. This is a branch of the government we are talking about here. They might be using illegal tactics but nonetheless they are a lot bigger than our small agency."
"Even if we get her back we are still going to need to hide away for a while." Devon frowned, "I was alright with just one threat but with it known that they won't stop until they get everything they want, and we just can't risk it."
"What are we going to do Devon?" Bonnie's husband asked "KITT, is that spare car that Bonnie has been working on still in the second bay?" Devon asked brushing his fingers down the side of his face.
"Yes Devon, it is still there." KITT agreed.
"Charles, Waldo, I want you to devise a way to make the spare car have KITT's basic functionality. We will be trading a fake for Bonnie; however it has to be realistic. They have a vague idea of what KITT is capable of." Devon described.
"But after we get Bonnie back and they realize that they have been tricked they are going to come after us." Michael stated.
"But we won't be here." Devon frowned, "I had always hoped that we never would have to evacuate but it is looking like we will have to."
"Where will we be going?" Waldo asked.
"Where ever you want to go as long as we don't go in groups bigger than three people." Devon sighed, "It is likely that they will go after Michael, Bonnie and I with much more force because of our involvement so we will go deep underground together. Charles, you will take your wife and Sarah away from here. Waldo, you unfortunately will have to carry on without Bonnie but you will go somewhere with Aelita."
"What about KITT?" Michael asked.
"In this situation unfortunately it was programmed into me that if this course of action was ever enacted I would be disassembled, Michael." KITT responded.
"There has to be another way!" Michael frowned, "KITT and I can make everything alright if you just allow it!"
"How, Michael? We can't just push a magic button, we aren't dealing with ordinary bad guys; we are dealing with a secret and illegal part of the government. They have the badges and the authority to take us down." KITT reiterated what had been said
"Relax Michael, one day we will be able to be back together again and we WILL be able to bring KITT back at that time as well." Devon nodded, "Charles and Waldo will separate KITT from his shell. Waldo will take KITT's core into hiding with him and Charles will take the shell with him."
"They won't know where to look first." Waldo nodded, "There is no questioning that this will be dangerous."
"No, it definitely will have its risks. We will not have any communication between any of us. We will just have to rely on timing to figure out when we should get back together." Devon said as he shook hands with the team one last time. "Michael, come to my office, we will decide our last plan for a counter attack."
As Charles was getting ready to leave Devon came out and made one last conversation with him. "Charles, I need you to take this folder and retrieve the people noted in the folder."
"Why Devon?" Charles started to open it up to see a picture slide out.
"I found out about her not too long after Michael joined our team. She has been looking for Michael Long. I am afraid where we can't protect her for the time being we are going to need to hide her. It is only a matter of time before the Black Coats find out about her and the child." Devon frowned.
"You mean Michael has a son?" Charles said as he looked at the information.
"Yes. I want you to retrieve her and keep her out of the harm's way. I won't ask you any questions about where you take her, you take her and hide her where ever is best for you." Devon said as he stepped away.