Knight Rider: Funeral of a friend

(This story is rated M for Mature. Knight Rider is ©1982-1986;2008-2009 NBC Universal. Trinity Jean Knight is my character, but her powers are ©2001-2011 CW Network & DC Entertainment. Hannah Melvin and Andrea Baros Swanson are used by permission. Smallville characters are ©2001-2011 CW Network & DC Entertainment. All other characters are mine)

Chapter 1: Funeral part 1

A few days later: Angeles Abbey Memorial Park, Compton, California: Clark straightened his tie, as this was tough. Years ago he had lost his adopted father and then his biological father in Kansas, now both his sister and best friend were dead. He had known Chloe all of his life, but Trinity he had met when FLAG agent Michael Knight had come to investigate Lionel Luthor during his Freshman year at Smallville High School. The two had met an FBI agent who was biologically both of Wilton Knight's family line and of the noble House of El, from his native Krypton. He frowned as he saw Lex Luthor there as well. Charles Graiman frowned at Lex.

"Who invited you?" He asked. Sarah, his daughter smiled. "LexCorp offices requested an invitation for Lex, so Sandra Landers said," Sarah said. Charles frowned at Lex's security team who had guns trained on Charles. Both Lex and Charles heard a voice. "Call off your dogs, Lex," spoke Clark. Lex motioned with a hand and his armed security forces lowered their weapons.

"Chloe was my friend, and I am here to close that chapter in my life," Lex said, with a bemused smile on his face. Clark stared at the man who had been his best friend for some time.

"For some of us that are here, we are not just simply closing out a chapter in our lives, but we are here to celebrate family," Clark said. He then saw 17-year-old Michael Long walk up.

"Hello, Clark. My name is Michael Long. You may not know me but I heard of you," the young man remarked. Up walked Natalia Knight. "Yes, Lex. For some of us this is a celebration of family, and life. I've heard a lot about your company, and of you. I'll be keeping my eye on you," She said. One of Lex's guards raised his weapon, but Natalia had her gun out and pointed at Lex quicker than an eye. "Like Clark said, call off your dogs, Lex," She said. They then heard Wilton Knight speak, as he was walking up to them. "guys, please. This is a celebration. Put down your guns," Wilton said. Lex stared, perplexed at how young Wilton was, 40's maybe he thought to himself.

"I thought you were dead," Lex said. Wilton shook his head and smiled a wicked smile. "Reports of my death were premature. I was...traveling," Wilton responded. He knew he could not reveal where he was from, so both Knight Industries & Knight Industries Technology had released a public memo, reporting that Wilton had been vacationing in the Falkland Islands for the past few years. It was a cover story of course, manufactured by Charles Graiman, CEO of Knight Industries for he knew no one must know that this Wilton had come from a reality known by our government as The Mirror Universe.

"Gentlemen, let's take our seats," said Pastor Bob Wilkins, who was a friend of Dr. Graiman. They all sat down and they stared at graves of both Chloe and Trinity. Trinity's was unique as it bore her name in English and ancient Kryptonian, as well as bearing the symbol of The House of EL and the Knight Industries company logo. Chloe's bore her name and the Queen Industries logo.

Bob spoke about the sanctity of human life and how the team had attempted to save the life of both Chloe and Trinity, but in the end had killed the man who had taken the life of both women. Charles got up and spoke about learning about Trinity from Elizabeth Knight, and had backed Trinity's choice to join the FBI, had learned about an investigation which ultimately lead her to meet both Michael Knight, and Clark Kent. Clark then got up and spoke about the kind of woman both Trinity and Chloe were, how they sought to do the right thing, even if it got them into trouble. The family and friends offered their condolences to Charles and Clark. Wilton smiled.

"What now?" He asked as people began to vacate. They then saw Clark kneel down by spot where Chloe's casket was and he picked up some dirt and it dropped it into the ground where his friend would be buried. He did the same for his sister. Natalia looked at him. "Why do you do that, Clark?" She asked. He smiled.

"It's a tradition from where I was born. I was born on Krypton but born on Earth. Going through some holodisks that my father left me, I discovered some traditions from Krypton that I carried over shortly before my adopted Father died," Clark said in a low voice. Natalia looked in shock.

"Your well known where I am from, Clark but all I've heard are stories. You are something else," She said. Clark stared at her. "Where are you from," He asked her. "A reality known as The Conglomerate where a Russian mob controls the world. We had heard stories of a child from another planet with amazing gifts and abilities. You are one person that inspired the rebellion that is currently raging on my world," Natalia said. Clark smiled. "Glad I am known elsewhere," He said. Charles walked up to them.

"We're all going back to the SCC. Clark do you want to come see what Watchtower did to the SCC?" Charles said. Clark smiled, then nodded. Charles, Natalia, Michael Long, and Clark rode in a limousine back to the SCC.

Sarah smiled at all of them. "Welcome back. How was the funeral?" She asked. She had stayed at the SCC to set up the Foundation. She then brought up the big board.

"She connected us with the Watchtower servers and vice versa." Charles said. Clark walked over to KARR, and then saw the schematics for the first one. "When was that built?" He asked. Charles smiled sadly. "Lionel Luthor and Wilton started construction on that one in 1981, finished it in 1982. They tried to finish it for a military contract. But a technician re-programmed the vehicle for self-preservation, but we didn't learn about this until 7 people were dead during a demonstration of the vehicle. Wilton cut his deal with Lionel and then had Devon Miles contract me and my company to build a duplicate but this one had safeguards built in. This was the first KITT, titled the Knight Industries Two Thousand. After the Knightfall protocol which temporarily shut down FLAG, I shut down KITT, but kept the AI, and with the help of Trinity Jean Knight, developed an online cloud system for both KARR & KITT. When Trinity began to recreate KARR, she knew I was updating the vehicle in an attempt to restart FLAG, and I discovered a young marine named Michael Tracer, and enlisted him for the KARR project but a marine cybernetic tech code named Black Canary reprogrammed the car, again forcing me to shut down another KARR. I discovered later that Michael Tracer was originally born Michael Knight who was brought here from the reality known as the Mirror Universe. I assigned the young man to be the driver of my KARR, which was finally finished in 2008, but by that time, Marines were dead. I shut down the KARR Project and started with the KITT Project. CIA agent Alex Torres took over direction of the SCC and planned on re-creating KARR," Charles said. Clark nodded. They then heard a voice behind them.

"My name is Alex Torres and your all under arrest," spoke a woman who flashed a FBI badge. They were then surrounded by FBI agents with guns drawn. Natalia pulled out her own gun to protect her newfound friends.

"Under who's authority," she asked. They then heard a voice they never thought they would hear.

"Mine," spoke the voice of Garth Knight…

To Be Continued…