Knight Rider: Knight's Ghost
(This story is rated M for Mature. Knight Rider is ©1982-1986;2008-2009 NBC Universal. Trinity Jean Knight is my character, but her powers are ©2001-2011 CW Network & DC Entertainment. Hannah Melvin and Andrea Baros Swanson are used by permission. Smallville characters are ©2001-2011 CW Network & DC Entertainment. All other characters are mine.)
Chapter 5: Six Months later
Michael stared as the vehicle was driving itself. The vehicle was Knight Industries Two Thousand and his former identity as California cop Michael Long was officially dead, and He had been given the name Michael Arthur Knight, working for a private law enforcement firm known as the Foundation for Law And Government and He had just recently stopped Tonya Walker and her gang who had stolen from Multimillion-dollar companies like Knight Industries. He had met the CEO of Knight Industries, Dr. Charles Graiman and was now taking some much needed time off to acquaint himself both to his new face and his "partner", a self-aware modified 1982 Firebird Trans Am that was built with an internal Artificial Intelligence and other gadgets. The vehicle was in the Auto Cruise Mode as they were cruising at 55 miles an hour. Michael stared at the two monitor screens built into the sophisticated electronic dashboard as waves moved across the screens. "What's going on?" He asked as KITT slowed down. "I'm picking up telemetry that is like the Foundation wave carrier that we communicate with Devon on. Someone or something is broadcasting on that carrier wave," KITT said matter-of-factly as they pulled up to the Foundation semi. They went up the ramp and the car braked as it would have run into the semi's computers. Michael combed out of the car as Dr. Bonnie Barstow walked with her under tech, a guy named Mike Tracer. "Michael, I'd like you to meet Mike Tracer, our newest mechanic who is studying cybernetics," Bonnie said introducing Mike to Michael. The two men, unaware they were related, shook hands. Bonnie spoke again. "I'd also like to introduce the other part of our team, the Knight Industries Two Thousand, the part of the team you will be working on most of the time," she gestured to the black Trans Am, which Mike rolled his eyes at. "It's a car," He protested. "I am not 'just a car,'Mr. Tracer. I am unique," KITT said. Mike stared and turned to Michael. "So, what do you expect me to do, Dad?" He said. Michael glanced at him suspiciously. "Dad?" He asked. "Yeah daddy-O" Mike said quickly trying to cover his tracks. Michael glanced at him and then turned to Bonnie and nodded. The man then looked back under the hood at the top-secret Knight Industries turbine engine, and he grabbed a wrench to tighten a bolt as He noticed one of the bolts needed to be tightened. He then glanced up at the clock and realized it was time to clock out. He moved to the timeclock and he punched out. He walked out toward the Mustang. He climbed in.
"KITT, we may need to adjust the wave carrier we are using as the Knight Two Thousand detected our broadcasts, so we need to change it, like maybe use the Mirror Universe broadcast so we won't be detected communicating with each other," Mike said as he directed the disguised Knight Industries Three Thousand toward the freeway toward the hotel room he was renting under his former identity as Michael Tracer and he produced his military ID. KITT adjusted the broadcast carrier wave to match the one from an alternate reality known to the Federal Government as The Mirror Universe, a universe similar to ours but barbaric and sadistic. Michael walked into his room and turned on the TV to see a train derailment in Seattle where a costumed vigilante known as Batman was investigating. It was a live broadcast. "KITT, when did that train from another universe come to this one," He said as he moved to the small kitchen to make himself some Eggs. "Today, Michael," he heard KITT say but his voice was slightly out of phase and then came in clearly. He then saw another news article about a crook named Tony Cox being arrested over a dispute with his ex-wife. "What do we know about this guy?" Mike asked. He heard KITT speak in his earwigs.
"Anthony Cox is 32 and has been a person of interest since he was 19-Year-Old for raping a 12-Year-Old girl. Since we don't have DNA evidence in this era, LAPD had statements from guests that Mr. Cox was at, clearly drunk. Mr. Cox recently has been seen with the Reverend William Sanderson at tent revivals. On our other assigned task, the League of Assassins person ordered to kill Wilton Knight has arrived in the United States. How do you want to handle this?" KITT asked. "If I remember correctly, when Sarah was going through the old FLAG files, I saw his name attached to a closed program that Wilton had fired folks over and he was one of those fired. Can you pull up the file?" Mike asked as he walked outside to climb into KITT. He saw that the man was hired by Knight Industries when the man was in his 20's. The man had served 4 years out of a 20-year sentence due to good behavior. An image came up of the 22-year-old of the man from the Knight Industries file and had a mustache.
"Do we know where this guy is?" Mike asked. KITT hacked into a NASA satellite and He manipulated the satellite to come to hover the California as He briefly uploaded a facial recognition software as KITT began to scan millions of faces in a fraction of a second. He found a match in nearby Santa Monica, California.
"Found him. We also have another problem. The League of Assassins sent their person and the person is on it's way to Knight Estate," KITT said after a minute. "Stay close to the assassin and I'll keep tabs on our two peeps who will steal KARR. Rule #1 is allow Wilton Knight to be poisoned. Do not interfere with historical events," he cautioned KITT. The vehicle offered an affirmative response and it drove off, and Mike saw a nearby motorcycle with its keys in it. He started the bike and he was off….
To Be Continued…