hey look I'm back writing in this fandom...it's been awhile. I blame life. Anyways this takes place in the same universe as my Kitt the Kat story, and I plan to make this the home of one shots that I come up with. This first one takes place shortly after the end of KTK. I do really want to get back to writing Seeing Double,but it's currently trapped on my desktop to which after it being in storage practically I have to see if I can figure out the password...this popped into my head recently, and I just had to write it down. Oh, and the title credit for this goes to my minion :)

So for now, please enjoy.

It was late at night, and everyone else was asleep. Or, so he thought. He had been playing a simple puzzle game that his brother had suggested to pass the time until morning, when he had noticed it. It was about two in the morning, and he found it strange that there was a light coming from the dining room. Perhaps someone had forgotten to turn it off? Getting up from the couch, he headed to turn off said light but stopped in his tracks when he saw someone sitting at the table, tinkering with something.

It wasn't just anyone he found there, it had to be Bonnie, not either of the two he was comfortable with. She wasn't a bad woman, on the contrary she was great, according to his brother and what he had seen. It was just...he hadn't been here very long, and the last time he had seen either her or Michael, he'd been trying to kill them. Comfortable? No, he was far removed from that at this point. He hadn't been here that long, and the only two he was really comfortable with was his brother and Matt. It was like being alone at someone else's house with only people you didn't know.

He decided that he'd just leave her to it, and go back to his spot on the couch. However, it didn't seem that was going to be an option as she looked up at him. "Oh, Karr, I didn't realize that you were still up." She spoke with a friendly smile.

"I...I...uh..." How did one speak properly again? For some annoying reason, his language module seemed to pick now to go on the fritz. Dang it, he was not one of those tung tired fools! It wasn't that he was uncomfortable in this place, with these unfamiliar people, could it? No, that was stupid. "I...I'm sorry." Suddenly his ability to speak came out of no where, with what he had been thinking instead of what he had planned to say. Yes, he was sorry for what happened, but he hadn't been sure how to go about it; yet here it was, as simple as three words. Maybe. It really all depended on her reaction, really.

"What for? If you think you disturbed me, don't worry, I don't mind." She still had that ever so soft smile on her face. "Since you're up as well, you could always stay and keep each other company if you want." I couldn't help but be a bit incredulous at her reaction, and it must have shown on my face because of what she asked next. "Karr? Is everything alright?"

I couldn't take it anymore. "How can you be so nice to me? You do realize that I tried to kill you, right?!" The last I checked, attempted murder didn't usually go over to well. So why? Why didn't she seem just as uncomfortable as I was? It didn't make any sense. I could understand my brother, because he was like me and could understand completely what happened and why I did what I did; but she was human, and born such. Not manufactured in any way to appear as such.

She just continued with that smile, only with something else I wasn't sure of. "It's alright, like Kitt, I forgave you long ago. It wasn't really your fault." She patted the chair next to her. When I made no move, she spoke again. "It really is alright, you didn't know what you were doing at the time was wrong. What matters now is that you realize that." She patted the chair again.

I didn't move immediately, still a bit surprised and confused at her reaction. But then...I suppose she did have a point...I suppose I can see why my brother can see her as almost a mother figure. Well, if she didn't mind, then I suppose it would be alright...not like I had anything better to do, anyways. So slowly, I took the offered seat. "...So, what exactly are you doing?"

"I'm reading a scientific journal. Perhaps you might be interested."

It was morning, and strangely enough, I found Karr of all people still on the couch, none the least up and running. That didn't usually happen all, he was usually up before any of us. "Karr?" I kneeled down, to see if he might respond. Perhaps he was he had just gone into standby? When no answer came, I began to worry a bit. He wasn't one to let his battery run so low as to cause shut down. I believe I saw Bonnie in the kitchen getting breakfast, perhaps she would know what happened.

"Bonnie?" I asked once I had made my way back to the kitchen. "Do you know why Karr still isn't awake?"

"I was wondering if that would be the case..." She answered with a slight knowing smile as she shook her head. "Don't worry, he'll be fine. He just stayed up with me too late."

I raised an eyebrow. From how it had been going the past month or so that we had been home, it had seemed that Karr wasn't the most comfortable, considering his past history with the rest of the residents of the house. "Really, well I suppose that's a start." A good one at that.

"I thought so too." She said with a nod as she herself decided to peek into the front room where Karr was still laying, and I decided to follow her. "I've been worried he wouldn't like it here, considering what had happened. But I think everything will be alright now, after last night." She put an arm around my shoulders, something that I still wasn't quite used to. "You did a good job, getting him past what he was forced with."

"It...it was nothing. It was really because I needed someone or something that connected me to...before." Before when I wasn't even remotely human. Before when, to most people, I was just a strange talking car, simple Artificial Intelligence. I lived my lie long enough that even now, if I didn't have living proof that my other life existed, I would think that it was just a story in my head, a result of a hit that was a bit too hard.

Bonnie sighed and held me closer. "You two have been through a lot, and it's sad that I wasn't there for either of you."

"No, it's alright, I don't blame you. There wasn't anything that you could have done." Bonnie at fault? Impossible. It was at that point in time that the last of our trio decided to make himself known, and loudly at that, I might add. Running up the stairs with far too much energy for this early in the morning. How he always had that much to spare I doubt I'll ever know.

"Katt, Katt I just had the most brilliant idea!"

I sighed. "If it has anything to do with what you brought up last night, the answer is still no."

"Oh c'mon, I thought of something else that would make it perfect!"

-Xire