Knight Rider: Dark Origins
(This story is rated M for Mature. Knight Rider is 1982-1986;2008-2009 NBC/Universal. Trinity Marie Knight is my character, but her powers are 2001-2011 CW Network DC Comics Entertainment. Any and all references to The Flash and Smallville are 2001-2011;2014-2019 CW network DC Entertainment. All other characters are mine)
Chapter 1: Origins
Michael Long stared at the bank with a look of envy and lust his eyes. He worked for LAPD but was on the take from the local Mob and He knew what banks to hit. He had heard a week ago his mother Jennifer Anna Tracer had died. He had been born of a Regent but was sent away to protect him from a fascist government. All this information had been hidden from him. He had been working for the LAPD to enforce the local mayor, but when he had heard that the train that his mother had been on had vanished, a local Mob boss had approached him with stealing money to discover what had happened. He looked at his partner, Barry Allen with a wicked smile. He knew the Regent who had authorized the train, Lionel Luthor who was Regent over Kansas, Oklahoma Texas had worked on the Empire's first High speed train. The Regent of the tri-state area of Washington State, Oregon and California had invited Lionel to Seattle as the train commissioned was finally done. Unknown to the citizens of the United Empire of America, Lionel Luthor and the Regent of the Seattle region were having an affair and of course Jennifer Tracer had been promised to be the next Regent of the Dual area of New Jersey and New York. Mike had discovered his mother had been on that train to go meet with the Emperor, but the train had started to move at a higher rate of speed that was intended, it had simply vanished as if it hadn't existed at all. Mike stared at his crew as they had finished. He remembered reading about the change from a Republic to an Empire back in 1955, and now in 2007, for the most part the Emperors had been peaceful, but the newest one who had been installed, Ronald Reagan has stripped more freedoms from the people, and Mike's request for an investigation had been denied by the local Regent which had replaced the mayors and governors in all of California 5 years ago.
"We're done," Barry said as the men left. Mike stared at the young woman. She was the ringleader and Barry's girlfriend who had been cheating on him with Mike. He smiled a secret smile, as he loaded the final load of money into the security money truck. He saw Barry climb into the driver's side and then the truck left him behind. He began to run but lost the truck in an alley. He then heard the growl of a turbine engine of a Mustang Shelby nearby. He saw the green colored scanner that tracked back and forth. He then heard a mechanical voice speak emanating from the Mustang. "Who are you?" Mike asked. "I am The Knight Automated Roving Robot. I was created by the Regent of California, Commander Wilton Knight for the military but was rejected and not used. I escaped from the Knight Industries military installation after I was deemed unfit by the Joint Chiefs. I seek revenge against him, as well as the Regent of Kansas, the one named Lionel Luthor who is codenamed the General, for He installed a nuclear bomb in me to kill the Regent of Seattle who replaced your mother," KARR said. "Jennifer Tracer was a Regent? I never knew," Michael said. KARR spoke again. "She was also married to my creator, the Commander, Wilton Garth Knight. Lionel wanted Jennifer gone so he could install Lillian Luthor as Regent of the Seattle-Oregon-California tri-state but Wilton wouldn't have it," KARR said. "Do you know where she is," Michael asked as he climbed into the vehicle. He saw the heads-up display and the lit-up dash.
"I've heard rumors through the internet that Lionel had a young woman as a slave who was born immortal and Eternal, who passed through some portal 2 years ago and was sent to some alternate reality similar to ours. From the rate of speed that the train your mother was on, she punched through a breach in reality that lead to that reality as did Wilton's son Garth. I have the coordinates, but we need to break into a local LuthorCorp installation and install some equipment for you to travel safely to the other side, if you want to bring your mother home," KARR said. "I also want to stop that bastard Garth Knight who hid this information about my mother from me," Michael said. They drove off and 5 minutes later they were in front of the nearest LuthorCorp installation. They saw the steel gate. "What now? How do we get past this?" Mike asked. He heard KARR laugh maniacally.
"Did I not tell you I was the vehicle of the future? I have been weaponized," KARR said. The Mustang's headlamps lowered to reveal machine guns which the computerized car fired toward the gate and the vehicle powered on through the now broken gate. The vehicle stopped as two technicians walked over to the Knight Industries vehicle.
"Hey Sarah," Mike said to Sarah Graiman, the lead technician who worked for LuthorCorp. The two recently had gotten engaged to be married but she didn't know the woman he was cheating on her with was her own sister Maria Graiman who was known for seducing any man she saw. Mike stared at Bruce Davidson, the lead LuthorCorp tech who he distrusted but the man was good. He then saw Maria Graiman come in.
"What are you doing here," He asked. She smiled wickedly. "I see you found my father's silent partner's poor excuse of a prototype," She said ignoring his question. "I know what you're planning Mike, and we can't let you go alone," She said.
"You knew what I was planning, didn't you?" Mike asked. They then heard a voice behind them. "Yes, Mike, we know what you are planning, and that we need to do something, but we want you to do it for us," the voice of Charles Graiman said. Sarah bowed before her father.
"Dr. Graiman!" Mike said surprised to see the younger man.
"Good to see you, Mike. I see you found KARR. Let me fill you in on what's going on. A year ago, Regent Luthor lost a slave due to tear in a dimensional barrier. Normally the tear in reality would kill anyone, but this young woman had a unique ability as she was a part of a class of people known as the Eternals who lived among us. They were allegedly created at the beginning of time and are immortal due to what scientists can confirm as a genetic mutation. This particular class of human being has hidden among the human race for a long time but were recently found by our Empire. We made them slaves, but there are special rules from the Emperor concerning these slaves. This slave is wanted by our government, but it was discovered that she "slid" to a similar reality. There is a special spray that KARR must be sprayed with in order for any humans within any vehicle to survive. Unknown to the Empire, Lionel Luthor sent slaves, his own personal slaves to the other side, but they died enroute to that alternate reality. We were able to get these from the Eternal, named Hannah Melvin who wore a special camera but images were scrambled 2 minutes after she got there, but we were able to get these clear video images of a young woman, which DNA scans determined was her sister Heather Melvin, who was killed on this side when she was identified as a rebel cell that was located in Chicago," Charles said. Mike then saw Sarah move to a set of monitors that made up a big screen. The video came up of a cave that the person wearing a headset that had a camera. The image was of a young 25-year-old woman that the HD camera identified as Heather Rebecca Melvin, which the camera that bore the image of The United Empire of America and the camera tagged the girl as a rebel. The video also had audio files.
"LuthorCorp built the camera but it had both an audio mike built in, but it broadcasts on two channels, and not simultaneously, so we will be the only one able to use one channel at a time. We switch to audio, we lose video and vise versa," Charles explained. Mike stared at the man, wondering what he was going to do for him.
"What do you want from me," Mike asked. "Kill Garth Wilton Knight and bring Hannah home, and I promise that any criminal charges against you will go away," Charles said. Mike stared at him, as LuthorCorp guards with weapons drawn walked in.
"You can do that?" Mike said. Sarah smiled wickedly. "He can do anything," She said. "Only a Regent can make charges go away," Mike protested. Charles shouted at him. "I am a Regent!" The man thundered.
"Very well, Regent," Mike said. "There is one other thing you must know, before you go," Charles said.
"And that is?" Mike asked as the guards put handcuffs on Mike.
"You are related to Wilton Knight, the co-Regent of California. We will lose signal with you and KARR so you will be on your own," Sarah finally said. She then watched as the ruthless guards thrust him into the car, handcuffed and she tossed a wallet in the driver's seat that he sat in.
"KARR run program Run One. Find Garth Knight and kill him. He could reveal to that other government our agenda and we must stop all rebels. Kill Garth and bring Hannah home," Charles said. The green scanner then switched to an amber color and the team began spraying the car with a blue colored mist and then the vehicle lowered the driver's side window.
"You do this, and you are a free man, Mr. Knight," Charles said laughing. KARR then switched to Auto Cruise and the Mustang backed up and began to build speeds reaching nearly 500 miles an hour and it was gone in an instant.
"Is He gone?" spoke the voice of Lionel Luthor. Charles nodded.
"The plan is set. He will either complete it or he is a dead man," Charles said cackling with glee….
To Be Continued….