Knight Rider: Ghost Legacy
This story is rated M for mature. Knight Rider is 1982-1986; 2008-2009 NBCUniversal Studios. Trinity Jean Knight is my character, but her powers are 2001-2011 The CW Network DC Entertainment. All Smallville characters, locations are 2001-2011 the CW Network DC Entertainment. Andrea Baros Swanson Hannah Melvin are used with permission. Person of Interest is 2001-2016 CBS Bad Robot productions)
Chapter 3: KARR is shut down
Knight Industries: Wilton stared at the girl and then KARR as he looked at Charles.
"Ken's dead, Wil. This girl helped him to KARR. She claims to know both of us, but what's even weirder is that this girl's fingerprints come up matching a dead girl with same exact name. Also, our other quarry came to check on Ken. the nurse wouldn't even allow him access to Ken's body. I also found tampering with KARR, apparently done by our Dr. Curtis. Apparently when she had her tryst with her boyfriend in KARR, she programmed the car's AI and re-programming is impossible. I can't have my techs or yours get inside the vehicle's programming centers. Also did some checking on our Dr. April Curtis. Apparently, there are two people with the same credentials and the same exact name," Charles said. Wilton looked at the man with some concern. He looked at the girl.
"I'll deal with the girl, you deal with KARR. Take some guards with you. Get that car deactivated, no matter what," Wilton said. Charles walked over to KARR and motioned for a couple of security guards who had AK-47s with them and they aimed them at the vehicle.
"Is there a problem, Dr. Graiman?" KARR asked. "what is your primary programming?" He asked. "Self-preservation. That's the protocol that Dr. Curtis gave to me," KARR responded.
"we can't have you killing people and only caring about yourself, KARR. I'm shutting you down until we can find a way to re-program you. Authorization, Luthor-1," Charles finally said. The car's red scanner tracked left to right then back again and faded out. Charles walked back over to Wilton.
"Well, now what?" He said. "Terminate our contract with LuthorCorp and build a safer car. What have you discovered about Detective Long," Wilton asked. "He served in special Ops in the Army up until 3-years-ago. He then signed up with LAPD after receiving a medal of honor and was honorably discharged. He went to the Police academy and then quickly rose up the ranks until he became a plain-clothed Detective. Strangely enough, he has a sister, Danielle Long that joined the San Francisco PD but changed her name. Also, one of our other candidates for the pilot program, John Reese, was in the same unit that Detective Long was in. Reese signed up for the CIA. They wiped his memory clean. So which candidate do you want to drive the newer car?" Charles asked.
"Mr. Long. However, I want you to hand pick the team, but you're not going to supervise the team building the new car. There's a Cybernetics tech I want to hire for the new project. Her name is Dr. Bonnie Barstow. In the meantime, have one of our informants within LAPD look for this girl's parents or how she has the same name and fingerprints as someone the FBI already has filed as dead," Wilton said. He then caught a flash of someone moving like a whirlwind but quickly dismissed it. He looked at Hannah Melvin.
"Hello, Hannah, how are you," Wilton said as he moved to pour himself some coffee, and he sat down next to the girl.
"I know who you are, Mr. Knight. You're the one who gave Lionel Luthor the title of Regent. You paid for it," Hannah said. Wilton looked at her with a look of shock. She handed him a DVD-Rom disc.
"What is this? He asked. "It's a Digital Versatile Disc. I recorded some things that you might want to know," She said. Devon Miles walked in. Wilton smiled at him.
"My friend Devon Miles will take you to a guest room while I have this disc examined," Wilton said. Wilton watched as two of his security guards Devon walked Hannah out of the warehouse. Charles looked at the disc in Wilton's hand.
"What the hell is that?" Charles asked. "She called it a Digital Versatile Disc. I need some way to get into this disc to find out what this girl has," Wilton said.
"We could partially re-activate KARR as he has some pretty advanced technology inside him," Charles suggested. Wilton walked over to KARR re-activated him.
"What do you need, Mr. Knight?" KARR asked rather brusquely. Wilton held up the disc.
"The girl who brought you here gave me this disc. Is there a way to show me what's on it," Wilton finally asked. KARR hesitated and then spoke. "Hold the disc up to my monitors. I can scan it," KARR said, and Wilton did so. Images came up that were being played at a high speed as KARR was downloading them to the Knight Industries servers.
"Visual data recorded and saved to Knight Industries servers. Would you care to view?" KARR asked. Wilton nodded. The first image that came up was of an image of a sword being plunged into the United States. He then saw a clear image of himself as a much younger man talking with a much younger Charles Graiman.
"Charles, you've been granted that title of Overseer of the Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas tri-State area. The United Empire of America is phasing out the rank of Governor and eliminating the ones that are in open rebellion against the Emperor John F. Kennedy. I've been asked to pay the fee. The reasons are two-fold. Your oversight on the KARR project is putting the project behind, plus your slaves are incompetent to finish the task. Vice Admiral Green wants KARR done by the end of the month," the video recorded Wilton said to the younger Charles. Wilton looked at the anger on both their faces. There clearly was no bond of friendship or trust between these two men. He then motioned for Charles to come forward. Charles climbed into the car and a keyboard lowered and Charles activated an auxiliary monitor that came up. Wilton re-winded the video and both saw the video. They saw the alternate version of Wilton look at a girl with a collar on her neck. The girl was Hannah Melvin. Wilton looked in shock at the image of the girl.
"Hannah, you're going to go to the other side. You're the only one who can go over, since you're an Eternal, your body can handle the ravages of the dimensional travel. It would kill anyone else," The other Wilton was shown as saying. Charles reached over and pressed the Power button, the dashboard deactivated, and the two men climbed out of the car.
Charles frowned at his friend and employer.
"What now, Wil?" He asked. "Would Harold help us? Charles asked. Wilton shook his head. "Harold is wanted for treason. He hacked the Arpanet in 1981 to save his father. I'm in the process of helping him create alternate identities. He's creating a computer system for the US government. Hannah can stay with him for the interim while we begin looking for a driver for the new car. Coordinate with Devon on designing the new car. We'll bring both Mr. Reese and Mr. Long in for the usual testing. I've got a friend that will investigate the train that mysteriously appeared in New Mexico. It might be connected to this alternate reality Ms. Melvin came from," Wilton said. Charles stepped away and to the main building of the Knight Estate and Wilton picked up a phone and placed a call.
"Bruce, I need your help in New Mexico. I've gotten some reports of a train derailment near Roswell, New Mexico. The symbol on the train matches that of a recording I recently received. Could you check it out," Wilton said. "I'll make a call to Gotham PD, don't you worry," he reassured Bruce.
Meanwhile in an alternate reality, Michael Long stared at Tanya Walker as she held the secrets of the United Empire of America on a CD-ROM. The cop had been authorized to use excessive force and he aimed the gun at her head. He fired, and Tanya was dead.
"Dispose of that. I have a meeting with Wilton Knight, and after that meeting, I'm ordered to kill him," he said to his partner Muntzy. The two laughed. Their plan to take over the UEA had begun…
To be continued…
