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Knight;s Dragon
Chapter 5: Once Bitten, Twice Shy
Kitt raised his head and gazed sleepily around, stopping as his eyes fell on Bonnie and Devon. They were sitting by one of the computers, Bonnie was typing away furiously, while Devon was staring at Kitt. He wasn't quite sure what kind of expression was on his face, It was a kind of mixture between a slight fear and delight. Moving slowly so as to not startle them and also so he didn't wake Michael up, Kitt straightened and pulled away from the car. He noticed that apparently dragon's healed fast. The bones in his wing that had been broken had healed, but it was still extremely sore. He wouldn't be flying anytime soon. Kitt grinned to himself, He would definitely live without having to fly.
Bonnie and Devon watched the black dragon as it moved. Shortly after discovering them, Bonnie had called Devon to come down. The look on his face, when he had seen them, had been priceless. They had considered their options, and had decided that if Michael was sleeping that close to the dragon, it must not be dangerous. Bonnie was sifting through the computers database to see if she could figure out where it had come from. So far, she hadn't discovered anything.
Michael groaned and sat up, nearly falling off the car as he did so. Kitt lowered his head and pressed it up against his side, catching him. Moving stiffly and with Kitts help, he slid off the cars hood. Once standing, he reached up and patted the dragons neck.
"Thanks buddy."
"First time i ever heard a dragon called buddy before.." Devon had stood up, but made no move to come closer.
"Devon! Bonnie! You don't know how good it is to see you two." Michael went to them and pulled Bonnie into a hug, then excitedly hugged Devon as well, before clearing his throat and hurriedly stepping back.
"Michael, where have you been? And why is there a dragon in my garage?Do you know what we've been through here?" Bonnie had started out quietly, working up to yelling.
"Its a long story..." Michael was interrupted by a noise that would have awoken the dead."What in the world is that noise?"
"Its the security alarms." Devon was moving towards the phone, picking it up as it began to ring. "A dragon? What do you mean a dragon just flew in?" Devon slammed down the phone and turned towards Michael. "I don't suppose you have any other dragon friends?
"Dragon friends?" Michael looked at Kitt and it was with a look of horror when they both spoke. "The red dragon!"
"Come on Kitt, lets get out there." Michael was already headed for the door, then turned when Kitt didn't follow.
"Kitt?" Bonnie and Devon both looked at him like he was crazy. "Michael, Kitt isn't here."
"Kitt, whats wrong?" Michael was staring at the black dragon, completely ignoring Devon and Bonnie. There was a thudding noise from outside as the dragon landed.
"Michael, I'm no match for that dragon in this state, the last battle showed that" Kitt had backed up, till he was pressed against the black cars prow.
Now Bonnie and Devon were shocked into silence, staring at the dragon.
"Come on Kitt, I'm with you this time, I wasn't able to help last time" Michael walked towards the dragon and put his hand on his shoulder.
"Alright Michael" Kitt moved slowly forward, then hesitated as Michael climbed up on his back. Then feeling more confident, he walked faster towards the garage door.
"You two get into the mansion and stay there, no matter what." Michael called over his shoulder.
Bonnie stood frozen until Devon took her by the shoulders and pushed her towards the mansion.
Blinking in the sudden light, Michael and Kitt were shocked to see the dragon was standing in front of the garage alone. Rianna was no where to be seen.
The red dragon stared at him for a minute then settled into a non threatening stance. "I came to ask you help" Taking in Kitt's battle ready stance, he shifted slightly. " I didn't come to fight"
"Why should we trust you? Or help you?" Kitt snarled angrily.
"As much as i hate to admit it, the Foundation are the only ones i can turn to." Now the dragon was looking at the ground.
"What happened to Rianna?" Michael slid from Kitts back to stand up in front of him, his back against the dragons chest.
Anger flashed through the red dragons cold eyes, and he growled deeply, causing Kitt to tremble slightly. "She used me and controlled me. I trusted her and she betrayed me! Everyone eventually betrays me!" He backed away, preparing to fly. thinking it might have been a bad idea to come here.
Kitt jerked his head up as something clicked in his mind. "Betrayed? KARR...?"
The red dragon backed up again, ready to flee. "I'm surprised you didn't figure it out sooner Kitt."
Michael was staring at the dragon in shock. Karr? here? "If you are Karr then why do you want our help?"
Karr snarled and shock his head. "It was stupid to come here. I risk being deactivated again. And its obvious that you haven't yet figured out how to get Kitt back into the car."
"You thought we would be able to help you get back into your car?" Michael was slowly becoming angry at the dragon.
"I haven't even got a car anymore! Rianna destroyed it last night. She thought that as long as I'm in the dragon form she could control me. She was wrong!" Karr looked angry enough to attack them at any moment.
"Did you kill her?" Michael felt a sudden dread.
"No! She reprogrammed me when she brought me back on line. I cant kill...though i tend to wish i could." Karr spread his wings, ready to get out of there. "But you most likely don't believe me so there is no reason to stay."
Kitt cried out. "Karr wait"
"Why?"
Michael was thinking fast, Maybe Karr had changed, he was here after all. And had asked their help.
"Michael?" Kitt looked down at him, wondering what he would do.
He looked up at the red dragon and sighed. "Come into the garage and we will try to figure out how to reverse this. And ill see if we can talk Bonnie and Devon into making a car compatible for you. However Bonnie will check your systems, once you are back in the car and decide if the programming has been changed or not."
Karr eyed him un trustingly. "And what if she decides it hasn't been?"
"Then she will change it so you can't kill" Michael looked at him challengingly.
"Very well, I accept. I would rather take the chance then remain a dragon." He turned and headed towards the garage. Leaving Michael and Kitt to follow more slowly.
"Do we trust him?" Kitt asked quietly.
"I think we can this time, but lets be careful." Michael let Kitt go into the garage while he went to talk to Devon and Bonnie. This would take some explaining.
Sorry for the delay on updating, My mind went into overdrive on ideas for the next story, but i couldn't get it to concentrate on this one. Promise it wont take so long to update next time. And thanks for all the kind reviews.
