CH.1
Lancaster High School
Lancaster, California
Friday, October 30th
2:45 P.M.
Xavier sighed; here he was teaching things to people his own age, why did he have to be the child of two super geniuses? Xavier was 'gifted' and unfortunately this meant he managed to skip 12th grade and go straight to collage. He was only here because he needed the money; he had been contacted by the school to intern there for a small sum of money. He was teaching his favorite class: Chemistry, but still they were the same age as him it was weird.
"OK guys, did you get that?" He asked referring to what he had written on the board, the 18 year old sighed, he really didn't want to do this but he needed the money. He needed the money to buy a car; he was going to buy a Junker or a used car, and fix it up -- if it needed to be -- once he did that he would drive it. But then again he would need more money to buy whatever parts he needed, he could've taken the easy way and bought a new car, but Xavier liked the hard way, this came from his father.
Xavier glanced at the watch and noticed it was nearing time for the final bell, he wished he could speed up time, but that was beyond his power.
"OK class, it's time to go so look over your notes, form study groups or something and review this formula." And with that said the bell rang, signaling the end of the school day. Xavier decided he would swing by the front office and get his weekly pay check, a whopping $25.50 so much money, but he had been working since school started in August so he had enough, that along with his part time job after school helped too.
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Lancaster Junkyard
3:55 P.M.
Xavier got off the bus; he was at the junkyard finally after an hour or so of being on the bus Xavier was happy to be off. He yawned and looked at the junkyard, it wasn't completely a junkyard, after all even he had standards. It was a Junkyard/Auto Dealership and had some nice cars, but they all were from 1999 and before. Xavier walked to the lot and looked around; he made it to the third car before a salesman ran at him.
"Hey there young man, what kind of car ya looking for?" The salesman asked, Xavier raised an eyebrow before answering.
"Something that's not too expensive, and that is fixable if it's messed up." Xavier told him looking around at the cars, this was one of those 'All or nothing' places so at least he wouldn't have to worry about making payments later. Xavier walked around looking at the cars, he found a whole bunch, some he really liked but couldn't afford. The ones that made his list were, a 1973 Silver Chevy Corvette, a 1999 Yellow/Orange Pontiac GTO, and the one he went with, a 1999 Black Honda Civic EX, he figured he could do the most with this one. It had two doors and the salesman told him it was the best choice for his budget and something about the how the Corvette was breaking down and the GTO was a bit on the high side price wise.
The Civic wasn't too beat up, the paint had about three layers of dust, but the previous owner had swapped out the stock headlights with those super bright LED's a lot of people had now-a-day's, each headlight had three circles for the three lamps, the radio had also been changed to one of the ones you can take out if you wanted to. The Civic also seemed to have a good engine, it sounded good while running and didn't make any weird noises while driving. The test drive was what really convinced him to buy it, he liked the feel of the car and as the movie 'Transformers' once said, 'The driver don't pick the car, the car picks the driver.' He liked that movie; he also liked what happened after that, the salesman asking him to sign something brought his attention back to reality.
"Excuse me son, you'll have to sign here and here and then she's yours." He said Xavier nodded and signed the papers; the salesman gave him a keychain with one key and a keychain remote. Xavier then handed the money over, he was happy he still had more then he expected left over; he could look through the junkyard before going home.
"I'm gonna look through the junkyard for a bit," Xavier said to the salesman.
"Well we do need to clear it out, the old man that used to own it died recently and we haven't been able to look through everything, but there are prices above each pile so what ever the price is, is what you'll pay." The salesman said before going back to his desk, Xavier went out the back door and looked around, there were a whole bunch of signs posted by piles of junk saying numbers ranging from $5 to $100 he saw none that pasted that number. Xavier went over to a pile that said $50 and started to looked through it, he had mostly picked this one because it was the smallest and therefore the least likely to fall on him. He dug through it for a few minutes before finding a box that had four letters on it: K.I.T.T.
"Kit? A Kit for what? And what is it spelled with two 'T's'?" Xavier asked speaking to himself more then anyone. Xavier opened the box to find a large square device, a smaller computer chip, and wires. He figured they were some sort of on board computer system or something, which would explain why it was in an auto yard, so Xavier kept it with him. He then moved over to one of the areas that had $100, this was mostly electronics and they were laid out on tables, what caught his eye was a 12" LCD's screen that he had wanted, $150 wasn't too bad, after all he had expected to pay more on his car and had thought he would need to fix it up but it was good for now. So Xavier bought K.I.T.T – whatever that was-- and one LCD screen, it would fit in his dash either below or above the radio, he wasn't sure yet. Xavier went out and hopped into his new car, he looked up and noticed the sun roof he opened the panel and let the sun come in through it, he used the A/C thought after all this was California. Xavier started up and pulled out onto the road, he tried to think of which way he should go and decided he would take the highway, bad move.
The Highway
5:25 P.M
The highway was at a stand still, he had forgotten to turn on the radio to see how the traffic was like so now he was stuck. They were moving about three feet every ten minutes, at that rate he would be thirty before he reached his home. Xavier sighed and looked over his shoulder, it was then that he noticed his laptop bag; he had forgotten that he had brought it with him today. The laptop was very high end, his parents and grandparents had bought it for him as a graduation present, the laptop was about five months old now but it was still good, it had a built in camera, mike, and awesome speakers. Xavier grabbed the laptop and turned it on, a five minutes wait while it powered on and it was ready, he checked for a Wi-Fi signal and found one near-by it was weak but it would do. Xavier then looked at the passenger seat, he had 'K.I.T.T' there, he figured since it was some sort of computer thing he could access it with his laptop.
So Xavier opened the box and pulled out the large, rectangle shaped device with the wires and hooked it up to his laptop. After it connected Xavier's laptop crashed, "You have got to be kidding me!" He exclaimed, before he could start yelling at the devices it powered back op again, this time showing a blue screen. The screen went away and Xavier found he could do nothing on the laptop; the start menu opened itself up and accessed the text reader program, said program closed and then the command prompt window opened. A code was typed in and then the screen went blank again, when the screen turned on again three red bars were visible. The one on the left was only one bar high, same as the one on the right, but the one in the center was two bars tall.
A few more seconds of waiting and a distorted voice spoke.
"Hello?" The voice asked, it was very deep and disturbing, the screen seemed to flicker and when the voice spoke again it seemed to be lighter and had a Bostonian or New York accent.
"Hello, who am I speaking to?" The voice asked, the bars moved as it spoke, Xavier was shocked and didn't say anything for a moment.
"Um…I'm Xavier… and you are?" Xavier asked hesitantly, Xavier wondered if he was tripping or something, he didn't think he had eaten or drank something that could've affected him like this. Xavier looked at his camera, had it just zoomed in on him?
"Hello Xavier, I am the Knight Industries Two Thousand, but you may call me 'Kitt' for short." Kitt's processer warmed up and he started to recover his memories, as he remembered he realized he was no longer in a Trans Am, or any type of car for that matter.
"Oh, so that's what K-I-T-T means" Xavier said looking at the box, "Um what are you?" Xavier asked, he wasn't sure how this was all possible, he had just plugged this thing in and a few seconds later it took over his laptop.
"I am a sophisticated Artificial Intelligence, I was made to preserve human life though the last thing I remember I was a Trans Am." Kitt said mostly talking to himself at the end. "Do you know anyone named Michael Knight?" Kitt asked, Xavier thought for a moment before shaking his head.
"Nope, never heard of hi-" Xavier was interrupted by a loud honking noise behind him; he looked ahead and noticed he could move. Xavier put the laptop on the passenger seat and drove forward, Kitt tried to scan the area and found that whatever he was currently in didn't have any scanners. All Kitt could do was see and hear things around him, he felt odd like this.
"So you were in a Car?" Xavier asked, it was pretty weird but it could've been a prototype of an onboard computer that failed.
"Yes, I even had a partner he is the man I asked you about earlier, we worked for a government group, unfortunately that information is classified and I can not tell you anything else about it." Kitt said, Xavier was curious about the small device now but he would have to wait until he got home. Xavier had gotten out of the jam and was on the straight-a-way that would lead to the road that leads to his home.
"So, Xavier may I ask what I am in?" Kitt asked, he had found something called 'Internet Explorer' and was running a search, he found the year was 2009 and it was October 30th. 'Interesting…' Kitt thought, the last thing he remembered Michael had told him he would be safe, and then he was powered down.
"You're in a Laptop Kitt, you can go on the internet if you want, this whole area is covered in a Wi-Fi signal." Xavier said, almost all the houses in this place had a Wi-Fi network that reached a few feet out of the house. Xavier looked at the laptop and Kitt he was being really quiet, he must've been using the internet or something. Xavier pulled into his driveway and cut the engine, when he looked over at the laptop the screen was blank.
"Kitt, you OK?" He asked, nothing Xavier moved the mouse and nothing happened, he pressed the power button and still nothing. "Oh yeah I forgot to charge it, battery must have died, better go charge it." Xavier said, he pulled out his other keychain and added all the keys to the car keychain he then grabbed the laptop, the bag, the LCD screen, Kitt's box and Kitt's CPU unit, and got out of the car. He walked to the door and opened it, he walked to his Rec room and placed the laptop on the desk, he then plugged it in. The system powered back up and the bars were there again. "Kitt you alright?" Xavier asked looking at the screen.
"Yes, what happened?" Kitt asked Xavier sighed and sat on the chair.
"The battery died, I didn't charge it yesterday, totally my fault." Xavier said before adding a quick 'sorry'.
"Don't worry Xavier, you hadn't expected an AI to be hooked up to you laptop." Kitt said, trying to assure the boy he was OK and that he understood.
"OK, so you're an AI made to preserve human life, you were made to be in a car and…?" Xavier said summing up everything that Kitt had said and trying to get more information.
"The vehicle I was in was made special, it had weapons for defensive purposes, and other systems to help Michael and I 'catch the bad guy' as he would say. The body of the vehicle was made of a special alloy that made it near indestructible." Kitt said giving Xavier the information he wanted, Kitt was making a list of everything he once had in Microsoft word, he wanted to ask Xavier to put him in a car but he wanted to see if any of these systems had better versions before asking, he also wanted to make sure it was safe.
Xavier absorbed everything Kitt had said, it was like overload or something it was cool but weird at the same time. "So… what happened?" Xavier asked, wondering what could've happened to make Kitt lose his body.
Kitt thought for a moment wondering what he should say, his processor had warmed up enough that he remembered everything, including his most recent memories he realized that what he had told Xavier was not completely true, he decided to just 'tell his story' – as Michael would say — and see how Xavier reacted.
"Well Xavier, it became evident that I could be hacked into and reprogrammed, and that if this was to happen then everyone would be at risk. So they took me out of my body, and I presume they destroyed it. But when they were going to destroy me, Michael took me and hid, he kept me connected to computers so I could speak but they soon found him. When this happened, Michael told me I would be safe and then shut down the computers and I'm not sure what happened after that." Kitt said reliving the last moments he could remember Kitt then remembered the year, "But all this happened around 1990, now this 'internet' says it is 2009 so I've been off-line for 19 years." Kitt said sadly, he wouldn't know what happened to Michael or if he was even still alive.
"Whoa Kitt, that's a lot of stuff to hear I wouldn't want to live through that…" Xavier said, "Hey Kitt how did you take over my laptop?" Xavier asked the AI trying to get away from the sad topic.
"Oh well that's simple, I was still linked to my Alpha circuit, it was made so I could control a car but since I had already used it on computers before it made it easy to take control of your laptop and communicate with you." Kitt said speaking matter-of-factly; Xavier raised his eyebrows but lowered them when he remembered Kitt could see him.
"Well I'll do anything I can to help," Xavier told Kitt, Kitt was searching for things that could make some of his old systems. Xavier waved his hand in front of the lens, when he didn't get a reply he spoke up. "Hey Kitt can you minimize this window so I can work on this project I have due?" Xavier asked, he really just wanted to use his computer but he also had to find the name of a 19th century explorer for his history class.
"I don't believe I can, at least not so you can have full use of your laptop I am sorry but I have to do something, I am attempting to compile a list of items that can be used to recreate my systems." Kitt said earning a look of curiosity from Xavier.
"Why…" Xavier said, looking at the screen, he heard Kitt sigh and saw the bars flutter slightly.
"I was going to ask you to put me in your car, and attempt to recreate my old systems so I can be somewhat like my former self." Kitt said, he left out how it was proving difficult because of the fact he was mostly classified. Kitt waited to see what Xavier would say; after all he was asking him if he would let him take over his car.
"Well, I just got the car and it's not like brand new, but I don't have the money to add a billion things to my car." Xavier said talking to Kitt, if Kitt had a head he would've shaken it.
"Xavier, today the components to build the systems are fairly priced, or you can take them out of a household appliance. So far I've only thought of the most vital systems and they seemed to be less then $100, I don't think it'll pass $200 so it should be possible for you to rebuild me." Kitt said calmly, if anything he would be happy if he could drive again. Xavier shook his head and went over to a window, he looked at his car it was new to him, the first car he had bought with his own money. He couldn't believe he was going to agreed to this, why should he sure it would be cheap but then he said 'only the most vital systems…'
"Fine Kitt, tell me what I need to get and I'll try to get it." Xavier said he still wasn't sure why he wanted to help the AI but he would, just to be nice to him after all he was sentient and had gone through a lot. Kitt seemed to be happy; he had split the screen in half, one side showed his voice modulator and the other showed a super long list of items, then he highlight a part of that list.
"OK, so I need a Scanner, a voice modulator, I need access to the speakers, and some sort of hub so I can link up to the systems maybe a small computer or something… and of course a microphone so I can hear you." Xavier looked at the list to see what was used to make everything before speaking.
"I can build you the scanner, as for the voice modulator I can use this 12" LCD screen I got, I can use my old mini laptop for the internet access and hub, and hooking you up to the speakers should be easy." Xavier said, "You can upload the program you're using and then project it onto the screen. Of course I would have to take off the paneling to get to the wires and stuff. Think you can access the schismatic's for a 1999 Honda Civic EX?" Xavier asked looking at the computer screen, being the gear head he was he was excited to be modifying his car.
"I have the schismatic's for your car, they are on screen," Kitt said showing a 3-D rotating image of a Honda Civic EX.
"Whoa, Kitt how'd you do that?" Xavier asked looking at it, Kitt stopped the image.
"Was that bad?" He asked, worrying he had done something wrong.
"No of course not, it's just it was like 3-D and rotating!" Xavier exclaimed, he hadn't expected that.
"I just used the pictures of this vehicle and compiled them together to create the image; I couldn't find a projector so I just showed it as you saw it." Kitt said Xavier was pretty amazed but he managed to calm himself down. The image reappeared and Xavier looked at it, there was enough space for what they needed to do and it seemed easy enough to take the paneling off and put it back.
"OK, Kitt access my bank account and order the parts you need for the scanner, I have all the tools I need to build the scanner, install the LCD, and the mini laptop I have into the dash I helped my friend add screens into the back of his headrests so his little brothers could watch T.V in the car." Xavier said walking out for a minute to grab the tools, "I'll put you in last just in case I need anymore help with this." Xavier said sounding super excited; he hadn't added anything to his old car because it was really his parents and his.
"I would recommend keeping me out for a little while, just in case we decide to add the other items I have listed." Kitt said, Xavier was a little surprised that Kitt had said that, he thought he would be happy being in a car again, but Xavier shrugged it off he figured if they did do it he would have more fun.
A/D: Chapter One, what do you guys think? This is the longest I've written so far, 7 pages on word, I know a lot of people have written more but this is my SECOND Fan fic so I feel good anyways… now for side notes!
I felt it impossible to stop here, I had to force my fingers to stop typing lol
I'm trying to make everything that happens possible, so he could totally build a scanner and all the other stuff (With help from Kitt) but things like the MBS (Kitt's shell) he can't build, so some of his other parts like his medical scanner and laser pack will be hard to build, so we'll see what happens!
A note to a reviewer: In the prologue it was meant to be a joke, like the narrator was talking to the writer (me!) and scolding him for writing about different things and keeping them together, I was feeling random when I wrote that sorry for any confusion.
One final note: No not all of my OC's will be named Xavier, and I mean including the main OC I have other names I just felt like using Xavier for this one, now I gotta stop adding notes because this note pushed it to 8 pages on word.
OK ONE more note: Please review because reviews make writers want to write
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without reviews, writers would never find the will to write so please review!
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Any tips you may have will also be helpful!
Until next time,
- Xavier
