Chapter 2

Revelations

Katherine watched the two cars that were chasing them rapidly approach, she pushed on the accelerator to try and get some more distance between them but since she was in full control of the car for the first time she didn't want to risk going too fast; in a matter of seconds she had one car on each side of her, the windows were tinted black so the drivers remained completely hidden and KIRA detected some sort of jamming device that was protecting the two cars from being detected at a distance or tracked via satellite.

"What is your plan?"

"Not die for the most part, we need to try and loose these guys somehow"

"there are no available roads that divert from this main street for some time, I do not believe losing them is going to be a viable option"

"well what about turning around?"

"the amount of skill you'll require to maneuver to turn around and drive away in the opposite direction without endangering our lives or those of the people in the other cars without drifting off the road is way beyond your current expertise and practice when driving me, besides, if you did manage to do it safely it would take longer for KITT and your father to reach us"

"right…so what do you suggest then?"

"our best course of action would be to try ad outrun them in order to avoid any physical contact that could push us off the road"

"dude I'm not driving any faster right now; I'm scared enough to have to hold the wheel straight against all the road bumps in order to keep us from flying off into the trees"

"for this plan to work you will need to increase our speed, otherwise they will be within physical contact range in just a few seconds"

"I am not doing that we'll have to find something else, give me more options"

"we have no more options"

"there has to be something!"

"Katherine I have already ran through all the options and-"

"oh I hate this so much!" with that last protest she pressed down harder into the accelerator and watched as the digital speedometer on the windshield started to climb up considerably, the two red cars that were previously next to them were once again behind as the background blurred into a single sheet of greens and browns "There, you happy now?"

"we did manage to leave the other cars behind us"

"and you think that'll last much? They're already catching up on us again"

"they are, but at least we bought ourselves more time until KITT arrives"

Kate risked another glance at the speedometer, causing her stomach to sink considerably "I hope he gets here in time…"

a minute later and the two cars were once again besides them, KIRA had sent back to base the specifications of the jamming devices she detected in both cars so that they could work in breaking it down so by the time KITT arrived they would have more information about them and hopefully whoever was driving them. As soon as the two red cars paired up on each side of the AI the two shot some sort of round device that got stuck to the AI's sides with steel wires connecting them to the cars themselves.

"What the hell was that?"

"It appears that the two cars have shot some sort device into my sides and are attempting to slow us down"

"well then remove those things from yourself"

"I cannot, they seem to have some sort of magnetic field that is keeping them stuck to my sides"

"is there anything we can do to remove them?"

"we would need an big impact force that could cause the two cars to suddenly stop and either break the cables or surpass the magnetic force…alternatively I could try to find the correct frequency so that I can de-magnetize them"

"well do that then"

"it's not that simple, I will be some time until I find the correct one"

"well we won't lose anything if we try so go on ahead and start testing it out, see if you can manage to get free"

KIRA's processor was racing with possible solutions to her situation, the two cars had caught up to them again and it was too dangerous for Kate to increase her speed even more, she didn't know how far KITT was from their location but her increased speed should be enough to lower their interception point at least a few minutes; the moment when she felt the impact and magnetic force of the devices stuck to her side she immediately started to focus her attention on them, after a quick scan she sent her results back to base as well as a short explanation of their situation, Katie was starting to get nervous ever since she started to detect that it became harder each time to keep her current speed due to the two cars on her sided starting to slow down. The point when even she started to feel the pressure of her situation was when the two cars began hitting her sides in another attempt to slow her down, it worked to a certain point because Katherine had to slow down to be able to keep control of the car, each hit made the AI internally flinch at the harsh feeling that each impact had, subconsciously a diagram popped up on her HUD that pointed to the two areas on her sides that had received the impact with warning signs

"KIRA what's going on?"

"I do not believe these cars are regular vehicles"

"what do you mean by that?"

"I mean that the consistency and feel of their paint is not like any other I have ever seen"

"um, could you explain?"

"the cars' paint has been treated with a layer of some other type of metal flakes that gives them a very brittle and harsh finish causing damage on my surface upon contact with the-"

"in English KIRA"

"their outer cover has a texture not much unlike very rough sandpaper and each hit is leaving residue from said cover on my finish "

"great, anything else I need to know about all this?"

"each impact is doing some damage to my Nano-Skin"

"how is that even a thing?"

"the rough surface is treated with some sort of hyper conductive cover that is transmitting the cars' electrical signature onto me through the impact area, since its size is relatively small the high charge transmitted through the small surface on me is damaging the chips fused with my paint in that area" Katie was about to argue about something else of similar nature when KIRA managed to see the silhouette of a certain black car quickly driving towards them in the oncoming lane "Kate, I'm going to need you to hold on very tight and keep the wheel as straight as possible"

"what?...why?"

"KITT is approaching, I believe I know what he is planning to do and I am going to need you to keep the wheel straight on impact"

"impact?! What impact?!"

"I believe he has an idea to get rid of at least one of the cars attached to us"

"great, mind telling me about it?"

"eight seconds left, prepare for impact"

The moment the AI saw KITT in the distance a wave of relieve washed over her, that feeling changed into one of determination when he saw the older AI switching to his attack mode and aligning himself with the car on her left she knew that he was going to have a head on collision with it that would create enough force to separate the device attached to her on that side, the other one they would have to deal with after but with one out of the way for now would be enough, Kate's panic didn't help her own but she had to trust that she would be able to hold onto the wheel, unconsciously the AI slightly tightened her seatbelt around Katie in preparation for the blow.

Everything was in slow motion from the moment KITT had the head on collision with the red car, the Mustang's Nano skin shimmered and morphed on impact as it fixed itself with a blue glow that ran through the whole car due to the strength of the collision; the sudden switch in direction combined with the speed difference caused by the cable being pulled with the wrecked car on the blue and black AI was strong enough to cause her to slide to the opposite side of the road, when the impact's pull reached its peak the device was released and the Mustang slid further into the side until she drifter across the street and into a tree, the remaining red car was dragged by the same force until it got lodged in between two large pine trees, the cable still attached to the young AI.

"KITT what the hell?!"

"I'm sorry Michael but we needed a fast solution and this was the only option I could think of that would result in a safer intervention"

"Safer?! You just sent that car flying into the fourth dimension! What part of that is a 'safer intervention' In your mind?"

"Michael, the two cars are remote controlled, there were no human lives ever in danger"

"what?"

"the only reason I rammed head on against the car was because there was no one inside it, besides, it was the only way to remove on of the devices from KIRA"

Mike then opened the door and climbed out of the Mustang "KITT go check on KIRA, tell Katie to come back here, I'm checking on that car you wrecked"

Mike climbed down from the modified Mustang and walked over to the wreck, KITT drove over to KIRA where Katherine was just climbing out.

"Are you okay Katherine?"

"Yeah, I'm fine. You know that was crazy right? Barreling into that other car like that"

"that was the best solution I could come up with considering the circumstances. You're father is back at the other car, he wants to talk to you"

she sighed and looked down "of course he does, thanks KITT"

"you're welcome"

As Kate walked off KITT turned to look at the younger AI "Are you okay KIRA?"

"Besides the damaged done by the EMP that shut me down in the first place and the one done to my Nano skin with the impacts received by the cars, I'm fine"

"glad to hear that" the midnight black Mustang noticed as he approached KIRA how her weight was slightly being pulled from one side, when driving around he saw the steel cable that connected her to the other car was pulling at her side from where the second car had landed between two trees "Need any help with that?"

"I would appreciate it"

with a well-placed impact from his laser KITT snapped the cable, the full weight on the car's left side being restored with the sound of crunching leaves and sticks from the side of the road "Are you sure you're okay?"

"I have been better, why did the EMP used on me back then fried these specific circuits that allow me to drive on my own?"

"it could've been something to do with the fact that it was released from inside your cabin and there were less barriers to protect said systems" there was a pause then…

"but you have another theory?"

"…there is a possibility that the EMP was designed specifically to target that system in particular, from what we saw today he knew much more than what we initially thought, if his plan was to take you then by disabling your ability to control the car he wouldn't have much trouble in doing so" KITT drove back to be in front of the blue striped Mustang, as he backed away he managed to get a glimpse of what looked like several red scratches on the side of the car "what is this?"

"it's part of the car's paint, it's design is like nothing I had ever seen and it appears to have a very brittle consistency that makes it easy to remove, it has also been treated with some sort of hyper conductive substance that in combination with the rough finish the paint had it managed to damage my Nano skin on impact"

The older AI set himself to analyze the residue that remained on the other Mustang to try and see what other things he could gather about it, from what he could detect the metal flakes the paint had been infused with were made out of tungsten, one of the strongest natural metals known to this date, since this metal was still for the most part in its natural state it was very brittle and shattered on impact but the small flakes themselves had a rough edge that caused the mixture to have that sandpaper feel to it which could cause some damage if the impact was strong enough "we need to get this back to base, Sarah has already sent a crew to clean up so I believe we should start moving back, the sooner we get there the faster the techs can start working on breaking down that mixture"

"Katherine what the hell were you thinking?! You could've been hurt, or killed!"

"Dad please, I'm fine, I had to do this because both KIRA and I felt that something was wrong with the guy and I couldn't risk putting her in danger"

"I understand your concerns, you two grew very close to each other and are basically like sisters in that regard, but worrying about her that much is not for you to do, that is the tech's and the driver's work"

"yeah because we all saw how well that played out today right?"

Mike shook his head in defeat with a smile on his face as he looked up to the sky "why do I even bother in arguing with you?"

"I ask myself that same question"

"do something useful and help me out with this would you?"

"sure"

Mike started to walk towards the one car that KITT had rammed head on a few meters from where they had been standing before, it's whole front was completely crumpled up into the cabin and the frame was completely shattered "Damn, you two really did a number on the thing"

"all KITT's fault"

"really? That looked like something you would pull off"

"since he figured out that the cars were being remote controlled he had no trouble in totaling the thing, despite everything he is still afraid that something might happen to KIRA when she's out without him, more so now that she went on her own"

"does he really?"

"yeah, I've told him many times that she already received all the training she could possibly need but he wouldn't listen"

"really? Well that doesn't sound familiar at all…"

Mike turned to look at Kate with an annoyed expression "Completely different case with you Kate" he kneeled down in front of the car and started to examine its surface

"oh come on you know that is not the case this is-"

"hey, come take a look at this"

"why does everyone keep interrupting me all the time?"

"Serious now, check out the car's paint" The whole surface was incredibly rough to the touch and it even attached itself to his hand, as Kate started to explain to him what KIRA had told her about it he kept looking over it and getting to feel it, if he applied enough pressure against the car it was easy for him to see how it could cause some serious damage; whoever had designed this specialized paint mixture had a very specific purpose in mind "come on, let's go back with the cars and leave this place to the clean-up crew that's coming in a bit. Go hop in KITT I'll drive KIRA back"

"No way, I'm taking KIRA back"

"I don't know if you remember properly but you are still not allowed to drive her"

"well then go on ahead and ask her about it, I was able to evade the two cars chasing us for a while even with traveling at very high speeds"

"you were in an emergency situation, there was no way around it there but now that I'm here and I actually have the clearance to do so you can just go have some rest on the way back in KITT. Be glad I'm standing up for you in this case so you don't have to face your mother's wrath full on plus the consequences of disobeying direct orders"

Standing defeated she crossed her arms as her father walked over towards KIRA, climbing inside as KITT drove over to her and opened his passenger's side door. Just a few minutes later they were back on the main highway back to base.

"I take it you're not happy about this"

"Gee you think?"

"Katie you have to understand your father's point of view on this"

"I thought you backed me up on this one, that way KIRA wouldn't need to have to go through adapting herself to some stranger...besides, by letting me be the driver not only am I already integrated into her neural network but you'll eliminate any chance of a security leak like what happened just now"

"I know I did, I know that, but putting your life at risk for the sake of my peace of mind is not something that is really worth it; plus you are only partially integrated into her systems"

"Oh come on you too? I have the training; I can defend myself"

"But you do lack training in driving"

"That can easily be acquired with some practice. Don't you think that after all this whole fiasco it would be better to appoint me to at least try for the position?"

The AI kept his silence for a few more minutes as he ran this through his processor, Katie was right in more ways than one when it came to her arguments but there still was that voice in the back of his processor telling him that he couldn't allow Katie's life to be in danger...the Mustang looked back to see KIRA as Mike drove behind them, he seemed to be having some sort of conversation with her, oh how he wished he could have a say in letting Katie appoint herself to apply as driver...at the time deep down he didn't even want KIRA roaming about, not after what they had seen today. He knew what all this was about, there was no other explanation and the more he ran it through his processor the more likely it seemed, this had to be KARR's doing in some way, shape or form, how else could the guy that was appointed driver have such skill to drive an AI like he did? KITT knew that Mike had his suspicions about all this as well and finding this specialized 'paint' on the cars only strengthened that suspicion, there was no other way anyone else could've designed such a specific mixture with purpose without some very hard to get information; unless of course you happen to have an AI with you that is.

The two Mustangs entered the main chamber where a group of techs were already waiting to get the samples of the paint mixture and scrape whatever residue had been left on the blue stripped Mustang, after a few minutes the techs noticed that there was some residual paint on the front of the black Mustang from when he had collided with one of the cars; it was relatively easy to scrape off but they did need to reapply a small layer of the specialized cover that protected the Nano skin.

Oh how Katie dreaded the moment KITT entered the main chamber and her mother was standing before his platform with her arms crossed, she was about to receive her mother's full fury and even though she was aware that her leaving with KIRA without anyone knowing was sure to get her in trouble she was willing to take whatever punishment Sarah could put her through as long as the AI was safe; at least she could tell everyone to their faces that she was right about the guy right?

The two stood silent in Sarah's office, she paced back and forth behind her desk for a minute before breaking out"Katherine what the hell were you thinking?! Hiding inside KIRA's trunk and basically infiltrating an official mission, are you serious right now?!"

"I was correct, you saw what happened, KIRA got ambushed back there and you don't even care"

"okay then think about this: what would've happened if that 'feeling' you had were to be wrong? What would've happened then? You would have to either stay in the car's trunk for an unknown amount of time or get out and interrupt an ongoing mission"

"but it WAS right, if I hadn't been there to stop it who knows what could've happened to KIRA. Go on now, tell me that I was wrong to prepare for something like this, if I had 'just left it there', as you told me to, KIRA would be in an unknown location for anyone to tamper with"

"Katherine this is not the time to-"

"You know that I am perfectly able to apply for the driver position, I have the training and with this you can see that I have the ability to act according to the situation not even to mention the fact that I even managed to control KIRA while being chased at high speed even as my first time behind her wheel"

"Katherine I swear that-"

"so tell me, what is it then? Why is it that you want me so badly to out of the way when it comes to being KIRA's driver when you and Dad have been KITT and KIFT's drivers for so long, doesn't it seem at least a bit logical that I was the one to take the job with KIRA? She has talked to me about how she imagined years back what it would be to have a bond with a driver like you and dad have with the other two, you think this was what she imagined tings would be like for her? …I'll ask once more, so tell me, why do you want me so badly to stay away?"

"…you want to know so bad? I'll tell you then" Sarah stood straight and walked behind her desk, plugging in a USB into one of the ports and saving some files in it, a minute later she unplugged it and threw it to Kate, she caught it and stared in confusion for a second "Go ahead, read those files if you're so desperate to know, maybe you'll understand then" Sarah turned to walk out of the room then, leaving a shocked and confused Katie in her place

A few minutes later Kate entered her room in a rush for her computer while dialing a number on her phone, it picked up on the third ring just as she closed the room to her door.

"KIRA?"

"Yes?"

"I talked to my mom a little bit ago about the whole driver thing, needless to say that she wasn't happy but when I started questioning her about why she wanted me to stay out of the way so badly she gave me a USB with some files in it, I'm going have a look"

"I'll be listening if you find anything important"

"sounds good, how are you doing?"

"better, they are almost done reapplying the layer of my Nano skin that got damaged and the chip that malfunctioned after the EMP is being replaced, they should be done in under an hour"

"good, I'm about to open the files"

as the USB was detected it automatically opened to show a single file with the codename 'Knight to King's Pawn' inside it remained three more files with a date alongside other codes and keys that Katie couldn't understand but she was able to make out the order in which they occurred, the first on she clicked on had the name "04/12/08_CaseFile001_FirstEncounter" the file took about a minute to load but once it did Katie was able to see that it contained an extensive report on some sort of attack. It wasn't until now that she not only understood her parents' apprehension for letting her out in the field, but the reason behind why KITT had been so persistent in his combat training; this other AI, KARR, was completely different from anything she had seen before, let alone that, the date on this and the other files matched perfectly with those in the gaps that she didn't have access to.

"KIRA, this other AI, he was created before KITT but something went wrong in his programing and apparently they deactivated him for quite a while before this Torres guy brought him back by…" she paused re-reading the same sentence a few times "by taking out KITT's original AI chip and placing it in him…"

there was some silence from the AI's side

"it says that they thought that by replacing his programing with KITT's more compliant one they would gain control over him but they were wrong. Billy, Zoe and my parents had to infiltrate area 51 to try and take him back with a new AI chip made with radio shack leftovers" she stopped again 'did they really do that? It sounds like something straight out of an action or science fiction movie' she shook her head then and focused on her reading "it also says that when KITT and my father were attempting to go back to the old base they intercepted KARR and there was no other choice for them other than fight him even though most of KITT's systems were not yet online because of the reboot" she scrolled to the bottom of the file there were some more reports on the attack including diagnostics done to KITT to get a full scale of the damage as well as a few images of what the result of the fight had been; the desert field littered with unrecognizable parts and fire spread across a large are, KITT in a condition neither of the two had seen before "KIRA if this thing was able to do this to KITT…"

after keeping her silence to take in all the information KIRA finally spoke again "you have to remember that he was still retrieving all his files after being deactivated, his Nano skin and most weapons were most likely inoperative"

"well at least they got rid of him then"

a good hour went by until Katie had thoroughly read over the three files and discussed the whole thing with KIRA, they were still trying to get around the fact that after three fights that thing was still around and when they considered that day's events the probability of that very AI being behind, or at least involved, in it was quickly becoming a reality. There was one downside to all this in Katie's eyes; if her mother though that this was going to keep her from asking to become the AIs driver again then she had no idea just how wrong she was, if anything she would try even harder to get to that position so that her and KIRA could defeat the guy and make him pay for all that he had made her parents and the other two AIs go through. She was sure about it now and there was no turning it around, if there was one thing Sarah had was persistence, but Katie knew that she had inherited that same trait from her that in combination with her father's determination there was no way she would lose this fight, not now, not ever…

By the time Katie walked back into the main chamber where everyone was still going about the events from earlier her parents were standing by one of the larger desks, it seemed that they were in the middle of a discussion but at the time she couldn't care any less about it; with determination written all over her she dropped the USB over the desk loud enough to call the two's attention "Why didn't you tell me about this up until now?"

"because you weren't ready for it, I still didn't think you were ready to get this information even now but you left me with no other choice"

confused, Mike glanced between the two and the USB on the desk "ok what the hell is going on here?"

"I had the same argument I was having with you a minute ago with her so I gave her the files involving KARR

"you what?!"

after a few seconds that followed that statement Kate's mind froze, Sarah had said that her and Mike were discussing the same subject that the two of them had a while ago back at her office…so…did that mean what she thought it meant? "What did you just say?"

"what?"

"you just said that you and dad were discussing this very subject, what does that mean?"

before Sarah had a chance to answer Mike began talking "It means, Katie, that I was trying to talk your mother into letting you try out for the driver position"

"what?...why? you told me earlier that you were against that"

"I was, up until KIRA showed me what you did back there against the other two cars" he turned back to look at Sarah "I still disagree that you gave her the KARR files, we could've figured another way of telling her about him without giving out the detailed events"

"it doesn't matter now…KIRA and I read through them" at the mention of KIRA Katherine was able to spot out of the corner of her eye the slight difference in the two older AI's scanners, it seemed that they, too, were trying to keep this from the younger AI "mom if you thought that giving me these files would make me give up the position or the argument then I'm sorry to tell you that the results were the complete opposite"

Sarah gave out a long sigh as she realized that her plan had failed and that Mike was arguing against her as well…fine, if Kate wanted to apply for the driver position then she would make sure to let her know just how much more training she needed to have "you still want to apply for the position then? Well, in that case I want you down by the training grounds first thing tomorrow morning; don't be late." Sarah turned around to walk out of the room, only stopping by KIFT for a second "Send KIRA the full specs to begin the integration into her core neural network. Do you think you can explain to her what all this really entitles?"

"Of course Sarah"

"thanks KIFT, I'm going to be needing your help in guiding her through this process"

"I though KITT was the one in charge of that"

"he only does all the practical training and combat, I need you to help me with helping her adapt to the changes that the full integration takes, I'll be giving Kate some inside on it but I believe you still can explain it better to her based on your own experience"

"don't worry Sarah, I'll take care of it"

"thanks" the tech gave the white and blue Mustang a light pat on her hood right above the scanner before walking out of the room, leaving an slightly shocked and excited Katherine still standing at the desk.

"Katie?...Katherine wake up"

There were a few seconds of silence "…KIRA?"

"I'm sorry to bother you but I felt obliged to remind you that you have to be down at the training grounds early"

"give me a few more minutes, I'll be up in like…five or…twenty five more minutes"

"Katie"

"what?"

"It's five more minutes until six"

the room remained the same for the following few seconds up until the point Katie threw everything on her across the room as she jumped out of her bed and headed to get whatever clothes she could use; a few minutes later and she was finishing putting on her shoes and getting ready to leave "KIRA where the hell is my phone?"

"you threw it across the room a few minutes ago, it is located under some pillows in the corner"

the woman dug through the pillows until she found her phone, just a minute until the clock striked six "KIRA tell mom that I'm on my way"

"I already have, she's been waiting for the past ten minutes"

"I though you said I still had a minute until six"

"thirty seconds, and yes, you do need to know that when someone says 'first thing tomorrow morning' they do not mean for you to arrive at said hour, but at the very least with five minutes of anticipation"

"great, late to my first day of training, what else could possibly go wrong?"

Sarah stood in the training area by one of the doors while looking at a clock on the wall that read 6:01 the room was still empty and KIRA had said that Kate was already on her way so she shouldn't be-

"I'm here!" Kate busted through one of the doors on the side of the room with a small bag over her shoulders

"you're late"

"I know, sorry I had some trouble with some things"

"really? Because KIRA told me that you woke up late"

"well…yeah but I had some issues"

"I expect you here earlier tomorrow, now come, the sooner we start the sooner I'll be able to go finish off some paperwork needed for you to officially take the spot. The program I am giving you today will remain the same for the first month or until you manage to master it"

"Master it?"

"this is not just your simple course at the gym, you have that and the hand to hand combat training on already but you are missing the more advanced techniques with certain…tools, so to speak"

"when do I start training with KIRA?"

"two weeks from now, if you show good improvements in here, fail at that and or take too long to do so and I'll have no choice but to cancel your training and look for another driver. The course is easy enough to remember but hard to master, you'll have to work your way up the hard section of the rock wall and drop down with a rope on the other side, then you'll proceed to the room on the left of it with the red door and from then you'll go to the simulator on the blue room" Sarah took a key out of her pocket and gave it to her with the papers that had the instructions she needed to follow in the room with the red door "Key's for the blue door"

"it's locked?"

"since the equipment there is reserved only for the purpose of training the AIs driver it is kept locked to keep anyone else from poking around with the systems and getting insight on the AI's workings so do not lose that key and lock when you're done"

"you're leaving?"

"I have work to do, I'll leave it to you to follow the instructions and do well, because if you don't then you know what'll happen. First test to evaluate your progress is in a week so if I were you I'll start working"

"why can't KIRA just keep watch?"

"because while you are working down here KIFT Is teaching her about the integration of neural network"

"integration?"

"since you are going to be her first real driver the integration neural networks needs to mold to you and, in turn, make readjustments to the AI's core so that the two of you are able to work in sync"

"and how long does that integration take?"

"depends on the AI and the driver, with KITT and Mike it took about a month of working together but for KIFT and I it was close to three months since her entire core network and original codes and programing were not created by us, those codes needed to get rearranged and organized so that's why it took so long; you and KIRA have better chances simply because the two of you have been together for years and you were practically raised with her as one of your closest friends, her programs shouldn't take long to jus mold to you"

Two floors above them KIFT was starting to explain to KIRA what the integration program was about and the changes it would create in her core neural network so that she didn't just suddenly find things out of place and modified files, the young AI was excited to know that they had finally agreed to Katie becoming her driver and and she was being prepared to fully integrate her into her network as her official driver.

"any more questions?"

"how long is this process going to take?"

"taking into consideration that you and Kate have interacted with each other as much as you two have it really shouldn't be that long"

"and when will I know when the process is finished"

"you'll know, you'll be able to do certain things without Kate necessarily telling you to and your internal systems will respond to certain stimuli automatically; in essence your systems will mold around your driver's personality and actions strongly in this period of time and will continue to change lightly over time. The time it takes for this first full integration to be finished you'll also develop a stronger bond with her, this will also grow even stronger with time"

"but even after sharing so much with one another throughout the years this integration and the bond that comes out of it is it possible that the integration has a large impact?"

"you'll be surprised how much the true bond between car and driver can affect your inner systems and your perspective of a person, true the two of you are very good friends and even family but even that cannot come close to how you see your driver; you'll be able to see this for yourself at least in a few weeks' time"

"and when am I starting to train with her?"

"Two weeks from now, the basic integration should be done and ready for user interaction, she'll be working on the simulator for the time being and you can link into it without her knowledge so that you can see her driving and action patterns, you'll subconsciously remember them and they will be useful for future references once you two are out in the field"

during the first few days both AI and driver went over the basic training they needed before actually working with each other, Katie had discovered that after actually driving KIRA once that time when they were being chased the simulator seemed easy enough to take on, the room with the red door happened to be a closed off shooting ground with a large assortment of weapons that once she had improved with the basic four her mother had suggested she started to try and get a feel for the rest, in the end she discovered that the one gun she liked the most was a simple SP2022 semi-automatic pistol that had some electric blue accents on the sides of the silver colored slide that contrasted with the matte black finish of the rest of the gun; on KIRA's side it was easy to see how watching Katie over at the simulator she had picked a thing or two about her driving style and response to certain scenarios, just with this alone she could feel that the integration program had done a few slight changed to her system, it was at that point that the young AI finally realized that the two of them were closer than ever to really working as a team out in the field, closer to working as one.