Knight Rider: Déjà vu
(This story is rated M for Mature. Knight Rider is copyrighted 1982-1986 NBC/Universal Studios. Trinity Jean Knight is my character but her powers are copyrighted 2001-2007 The CW Network any and all Smallville references are copyrighted 2001-2007 The CW Network.)
Chapter X: Future troubles
Trinity stared at the videoconference between Luthor Corp CEO and Chairman of the board Lionel Luthor. She had just received word that Michael and KITT had not arrived at the Kent farm. She turned to Jennifer Knight, who was the chairman of the board for the Foundation for Law And Government, which was a branch of the United States Government since 9/11/01.
"What do you mean they never arrived?" Jennifer said frustrated and outraged by Lionel's comments. Lionel and Martha Kent had been planning to get married since the untimely death of her husband Jonathan Kent. Jennifer could see Martha in the background of the Kent farm.
"Miss Knight, I assure you if they were here, my men would have alerted me. The Knight Industries Three Thousand and Michael Knight are not here." Lionel said.
"How would you know of the Knight Industries Three Thousand?" Trinity said, shocked at the revelation that Lionel had discovered the car and it's amazing abilities.
"Your father Wilton and I built the Knight Industries Two Thousand in 1981 shortly after a Knight Industries technician mistakenly miss programmed the Knight Automated Roving Robot. The prototype was scheduled to be shipped to LuthorCorp for dismantling. Wilton changed his mind and kept it and put it in cold storage at one of his own facilities in March of 1982." Lionel said. Jennifer moved to a file simply marked Wilton. She withdrew the blueprints of the original KARR which had escaped from a Knight Industries facility in early 1983 and was thought to be destroyed but was later found two years later in 1985 and was ultimately destroyed by Michael and KITT. FLAG later recovered the remains of the Roving Robot including the CPU which was later used in Trinity's 2002 redesign of KARR.
"You'll notice the name below Wilton's on those blueprints?" Lionel said. Jennifer stared at the name and the initials below Wilton's. 'Lionel Luthor-LL" stood below Wilton's name and initials.
"So that's how you made your own version of KITT. You didn't steal the blueprints, you simply had copies made." Trinity said. She remembered her first meeting with Michael Knight. 2002. 6 months after FLAG was formally incorporated into Homeland Security. Michael Knight had been trying for years to get Lionel Luthor on tax evasion and fraud, and had gone to Smallville to investigate a lead when he saw a copy of KITT robbing a nearby convenience store. The Knight Industries Two Thousand was later destroyed by that copy which forced Michael to build an updated version of the car, which included a variety of offensive weaponry which were used to destroy the renegade prototype designed by LuthorCorp. It had inspired Trinity to base her own prototype on the new and improved Knight Industries Three Thousand and she built a newer version of KARR, using the same CPU but had it's memory banks wiped clean.
"Where are you going?" Jennifer said to Trinity seeing the young 35 year old woman walking out the door.
"To follow the same path Michael and KITT took. To find the man Wilton rebuilt to replace your brother." She said grabbing her coat and heading for the FLAG garage where KARR was being charged.
To be continued….