Knight Rider: Dark Angel
(This story is rated M for Mature. All Knight Rider elements are copyrighted 1982-1986 NBC/Universal Studios. Trinity Jean Knight is my character but her powers are copyrighted 2001-2007 WB/CW Network & DC Comics. Knight Rider created by Glen A. Larsen. Dark Angel and All related Elements are copyrighted 2000-2001 Fox Studios & was created by James Cameron and Charles H. Eglee. Any Smallville references are copyrighted 2001-2007 The WB/CW Network & DC Comics)
Chapter 1: Beginnings
Michael stared at the picture of the young woman. A top-secret government lab called Manticore created her. He stared at Shawn McCormick with a look of distrust. He had just found out that the Taliban had created a bomb to emit an electromagnetic pulse and it had effectively cut everyone in the Seattle area off from the rest of the US. Their technology, Cell Phone use, cars, everything was gone. Trinity had been recalled from the Smallville office of the Foundation to FLAG headquarters in Los Angeles. He smiled as he saw her walk in.
"Hey, what's up?" She asked as she took a seat as she saw Dr. Bonnie Barstow walk out.
"I've been asked by the Board Of Directors to put you Trinity on Administrative leave due to circumstances related to your recent assignment. You may take KARR and use him as you please, but you are not on active duty until we get this mess straightened out," Shawn said as she moved to a nearby computer and pulled up Trinity's FLAG ID number. She programmed a code and across the screen read "Inactive".
"I guess this means the Manticore assignment is all mine, right?" Michael said staring at his fiancée with a look of frustration. The adopted daughter of Wilton Knight and the man formerly known as Michael Arthur Long were set to get married in December of 2007, the following year.
"Yes, Unfortunately," Shawn said as she stared at Trinity with a look of equal frustration. Michael leaned in and gave the dark haired woman a kiss, passionate but short. Trinity walked out.
"How soon until KITT's upgrades are finished?" Michael asked. The Knight Industries Three Thousand was being given a few new upgrades to prevent any unauthorized access to the vehicle's CPU. Shawn smiled.
"Dr. Barstow, who came in before Trinity did, came in to give me a final check-in on the results of the upgrade done to KITT. He'll be ready to roll to Seattle in a couple of hours. There's a contact in Seattle I want you to find. He goes under the code name of Eyes Only. One of his Operatives, named Logan Cale agreed to meet you as Eyes Only's representative. There is one more thing that you also need to know. Due to the electromagnetic pulse that the Taliban released in Seattle, you will not have any contact with FLAG while you're up there. There's also a young woman on the run named Max, but Manticore claims she's a top-secret government genetically engineered project that the Government was trying out. Technically she doesn't have a name. Her serial number is X5-452. She was genetically altered to be the perfect soldier. Be careful," Shawn said. Michael nodded and was out the door. He walked from the main building that once had been Wilton Knight's estate that he shared with his 3 children, but was now the main building for The Foundation for Law And Government. He walked into the lab facility where the original Knight Industries Two Thousand had been built and where the Knight Industries Three Thousand was nearly done with the upgrades. He saw nothing in the main charging bay. His car was gone.
"Dr. Garrison, what happened to KITT?" Michael asked Dr. Alicia Garrison who was on her way out.
"Trinity said she needed to borrow KITT for a trip to Seattle. She said she had your authorization. She used voice Command to give herself full command of KITT. I assumed you knew," Alicia said, smiling at the former Executive Director of FLAG.
"Prepare KARR for me. I need you to give him the same upgrades you gave KITT. I need to get to Seattle," Michael said as he reached for his Cell Phone. He pressed the number 1 on his speed dial, which was Trinity's number. He got an automated message saying the phone was not active.
"He'll be ready in two hours," Dr. Garrison said after a minute as she motioned for another technician to go get KARR.
Michael dialed Number 4, Shawn McCormick's Cell as he saw KARR pull into the charging bay.
"Miss McCormick, we have a problem," He said frustrated with his fiancée who was both human and Kryptonian.
To Be Continued…