Chapter 7:
It has been a whole week since Kitt was taken away. He hasn't had a single chance to escape since his first night here while talking with Julie. Hell, he hasn't even seen Julie since that night.
He was currently pacing around in his stall, due to the lack of liberty he was permitted. He hated this so damn much! He wanted somebody there.
Hell, he'll take a mouse's company at the moment. And it didn't help any by the fact that being the only horse in the barn, trapped here 24/7. Sometimes the stable boy who would come in twice a day to feed him and give him fresh water, acquainted him with a pat, but that's it.
Almost zero interaction.
Kitt was just about to try his luck in knocking the stall door down, when he heard shouting. He would've looked out the window, but the past weather caused the men to close it.
"Settle down boy! Settle down!" The man sounded like Rick.
Kitt's ears pricked at the word, 'horse.' Will he finally have somebody to talk to? Will he finally not be alone anymore?
Kitt heard the horse whinny shrillfully and more shouts came from the men. Then he heard the clatter of hooves approach the door. He backed up into the back wall of his stall when the barn door whacked open.
He heard another shrill whinny, and the horse came bolting in, almost ripping his handler's arm off. It was at time, Kitt was able to get a good look at the horse.
He was the same height as Kitt, had a gleaming jet black coat and a white star on his forehead.
The horse reared and lashed out when one of the men tried to snatch the lead rope. Rick had enough. He pulled out his whip and snapped it hard against the floor.
The horse immediately stopped and allowed the man to grab his lead rope and put him in the stall next to Kitt's.
Kitt, still unsure about the new comer, pushed up against the far side of his stall, away from the other horse. The man unhooked the lead rope and halter and put them outside of his stall. When the man closed and locked the stall door, the new horse looked at Kitt. Who was still pushed up against the wall. Kitt could easily see hurt, fear and disgust in the other horse's eyes. When they broke eye contact, Kitt separated himself from the wall.
"Long time, no see Kitt."
WAIT…..
That voice sounded like…..
"K-Karr?!" Kitt stuttered wide eyed.
"One and only." He hung his head over the dividing wall.
Kitt. Was. Blank.
How did he get here?!
How did he know it was him?!
Why did he get turned into a horse too?!
"Hey, you ok?" Karr made an attempt to nudge Kitt, but he flinched away.
"Yeah….its just….how do I know I can trust you?" Kitt pinned his ears back as he spoke and narrowed his eyes at Karr. Karr suddenly had a hurt expression his face, and backed away a little.
"Kitt…I don't want to continue this fighting. I just want us to be….brothers, I guess. I want us to have a relationship with each other, as well as the others. Do you accept my truce, Brother?" Karr looked Kitt in the eye as he spoke. Trying to search for any indication that his brother would accept. Kitt, however, was still replaying all those moments when he did give Karr a chance to surrender, but he never accepted then.
So why should Kitt accept his truce, now that the roles are switched?
But, then again, Kitt didn't want to fight with him anymore either. He didn't know exactly what made the decision for him, but he knew it was time to start over.
It was time to put the pass behind them.
"I accept. Only on one condition." Kitt spoke with authority in his voice so Karr would know he wasn't playing.
"Depends." Karr matched the same amount of authority in his voice.
"You will never, and I mean never, mistreat my family in any way, shape or form. And if I hear you did, I will personally see to it that you never walk again. Is that understood?" Kitt had an unmistakable growl in his voice that internally made Karr shiver.
"Yes." Karr said while pricking his ears. There was a moment of silence amongst the brothers. Neither spoke, of looked at each other for awhile. Kitt eventually broke the silence.
"Can I ask you something?" He folded his ears back as Karr turned to look at him again.
"Of course. What is it you want to know?"
"How did you know it was me? How did you even get here to begin with? Why did they turn you into the same thing as me?" Kitt couldn't help the curiosity that leaked from his voice.
Karr, though seemed confident before, now slightly coward at the questions his younger brother just asked him. Kitt saw this and didn't miss a beat trying to find out what was wrong.
"Karr? Is something wrong?" He edged closer to the dividing wall. Karr backed away the closer Kitt got.
"Kitt….there is something you must know. I cannot keep it from you, for you may eventually find out by the others." He looked into his younger brother's amber eyes, and saw complete worry and fear.
"W-What do you mean? What are you keeping from me?" Kitt suddenly felt anxious to know what it was, but not in a good way.
"Kitt, do you remember the night you and Michael were at the warehouse?" Kitt gasped.
"How do you know about that?! How-"
"Don't ask me how I know! Just tell me if you remember." Karr snapped.
"Y-yes….I do." Kitt turned away from his brother. Flashbacks from the incident always hurt him more then the physical abuse he experiences now.
"Then you must remember the forklift, too. Right?" Was it just Kitt, or did Karr's voice tremble slightly? Kitt looked back up into his brother's hazel eyes.
He had to take a double take on what he saw formed in those eyes…..
Tears.
Then it all clicked. Kitt suddenly felt tears from in his own eyes as he now fully understood what Karr was getting at.
There was no way a forklift could have gone that fast on its own, without some help.
And that help…..was Karr.
Karr was the forklift.
Which also means that he participated in-
Horror filled his eyes.
Kitt wanted to kill Karr right then and there.
How dare he try to make a truce, and then later tells his brother that he was part of the problem to this entire mess?!
Let alone him helping these people literally ruin his life?!
"How dare you." Kitt breathed as tears fell from his eyes. His body was trembling with rage that he so badly wanted to unleash upon his- no- Karr.
"Kitt. You must understand. I-"
"NO! DO YOU REALIZE THE HELL YOU HAVE PUT ME THROUGH?! DO YOU?!" Kitt shouted. He didn't care if someone heard him. All he wanted to do was make sure Karr never had the courage to hurt another person for the rest of his pitiful life.
Karr remained silent. Kitt had calmed down some, so he continued.
"Since that night the only thing I wanted to do was get out and find Michael." His voice trembled slightly as he said his best friend's name. "You have absolutely no idea how it feels to be caged within yourself, not even having the ability to do something as simple as drive an inch forward. And on top of that, watch as the one person that means the world to you, get shot, and be driven away to a place you don't even know." Kitt couldn't talk anymore because he was officially crying now. He couldn't stop the tears from falling. The he added with a very shaky voice, "I don't even know if he's even alive right now."
Karr had tears falling from his eyes as well. He never fully realized how much pain he had really put Kitt through. Although he never had his head screwed on right when he did make a deal with Rick's gang to get to his brother, he knew he was making the wrong decision.
He never really hated any of the people who worked at FLAG. He just had an addiction to always causing mayhem. And whenever Michael and Kitt would come to stop them, he defended himself. Even if his so called 'defending himself' meant wanting to fight and be evil to others.
Kitt was still crying when Karr slowly came up and nuzzled Kitt lovingly. He expected Kitt to move away, but instead Kitt did the complete opposite, and accepted Karr's comfort by snuggling up to him.
"I'm so sorry Kitt. I'm so sorry." Karr whispered as Kitt continued to cry into Karr's neck.
Karr knew he had a long way to go as far as trust went. But he wouldn't stop until he made things right with Kitt.
They were brothers, and he would do anything for him.
