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CHAPTER SEVEN

Lizzy was unconsious. That was good. It had taken a while to knock her out, longer than what he wanted, but once Karr realized what was happening and had calculated the distance of the fall and where they would land, he knew he didn't want her awake as they fell. He might have been unable to speak to her, but he could utilize the high frequencies of the malfunction to overload her brain and knock her out.

Karr activated the passive restraint system, keeping Lizzy pinned to the seat. He then adjusted the pressure within the vehicle, and next he used his port and starboard rockets to twist himself in midair as they continued to fall. Thank heavens that he was able to fix those mechanisms so soon after the malfunction.

He turned himself so that his hood was facing the ground, and then used the rockets to recalibrate his position. Now he was at a 90 degree angle to the earth below, and was almost completely vertical. A slight readjustment, and he was completely vertical.

They continued to fall faster than before, but Karr used his rockets to hold his position. They came closer and closer to the target, and when the massive ocean beneath them finally came into view from behind the clouds, Karr was ready.

They entered with just the smallest bit of a splash. Karr had achieved a perfect dive.

Blue skies dotted the background, while trees floated off in the distance.

"Are you ready now?" asked Karr.

"What?" asked Lizzy, noticing him for the first time, "Ready for what?"

"To wake up," said Karr.

"The fall," said Lizzy, "They knocked us out of the airplane, didn't they?"

"Yes." said Karr.

"I-I don't want to wake up," said Lizzy, "I don't know what happened. You might be dead."

"I am not," said Karr.

"How do you know?" asked Lizzy.

Karr was silent.

"Alright, I'm sorry," said Lizzy, "I saw the cargo doors close after we fell out. They wanted us to fall."

"Of course they did. That was obvious as soon as they activated the machine that subdued me." said Karr.

"Huh?" asked Lizzy.

"I intended to render you unconscious before we fell," said Karr, "Especially since I could not communicate with you at the time. I knew the pressure changes would be too much for you if you were awake."

Lizzy stared at the dream atmosphere, trying to process what dream Karr had said.

"I don't know where we are," she said finally.

"I do. We are in the Atlantic Ocean." said Karr.

"Huh?" asked Lizzy, wondering where her dream Karr had gotten that from.

"You have been asleep long enough," said Karr, "Are you ready to wake up?"

"No," said Lizzy, "What if you're dead?"

"I am not dead, Lizzy," said Karr, "Get the courage to wake up. You know it's a dream."

"Yeah," said Lizzy, "I don't want to wake up."

"What can I do to wake you up?" asked Karr, "How about some music?"

"That might work." said Lizzy.

Suddenly, loud rock and roll entered her ears, startling her.

She burst awake. She was inside of Karr.

"At last, you're awake," said Karr, turning down the music.

"Karr, you're alive!" said Lizzy, hugging the steering wheel.

Suddenly, she noticed that something was wrong. Karr was driving without his headlights on, but outside the windows it was very dark. Karr constantly ran over potholes, but came down back to the road too slowly.

"What's going on? Where are we?" she asked.

"I already told you, Lizzy," said Karr, "We are in the Atlantic."

Lizzy paused, her mouth open.

"Wait," she asked, "How did we get in the Atlantic?"

"We fell in, of course." said Karr, driving over some particularly bumpy stretch of underwater road.

"You already told me?" asked Lizzy, referring to Karr's previous statement, "How could you have already told me we were in the Atlantic? You told me in a dream, but that's different."

Suddenly, Lizzy's mouth opened in shock.

"You, you called me Lizzy," said Lizzy.

"Isn't that what you call yourself?" asked Karr.

"Yes, but I never told anyone," she said, "How did you know?"

"You always call yourself Lizzy in your dreams," said Karr, continuing to drive forwards.

Lizzy's eyes opened as she realized what had been happening.

"That-that was you?" she asked, "The entire time, you were actually entering my dreams?"

Karr did not answer, but continued to drive.

Lizzy slumped back into the seat, feeling tricked.

"If you like, you can enter mine." said Karr.

"What?" asked Lizzy.

"It is all a side-effect of the earpiece," said Karr, "I can enter your dreams, and you can enter mine."

"I don't know," said Lizzy.

"I need to recharge to continue driving," said Karr, halting where he was in the middle of the ocean. "Now is the perfect time."

"Don't you recharge using sunlight?" Lizzy asked.

"I can recharge using alternate methods," said Karr.

"Thanks, but no thanks," said Lizzy, "I don't want to enter your dreams. I'm kind of mad at you for entering mine without asking."

"I do not need your permission to initiate the experiment," said Karr.

"An experiment? Is that what you think it is? Is that what you think I am?" asked Lizzy, growing mad, "I'd rather you continue driving to wherever it is you're going."

"We are driving back to the continental shelf." said Karr, "And we are running out of oxygen. You will use a minimal amount of oxygen in this experiment."

"Can't we just drive to the surface?" asked Lizzy.

"Not without losing the traction we've gained," said Karr.

"Alright. Can you recharge and move at the same time?" asked Lizzy.

"No." said Karr, "Our only hope for survival is if I recharge, and if you agree to my experiment. That is the only way you will not lose too much oxygen while I am recharging."

"Alright," said Lizzy, "I agree."

Suddenly, her head began to feel funny.

"Karr," she said, grabbing the steering wheel, "I don't feel good."

"I have initiated the experiment," said Karr, his voice sounding creepy in that dark void, "Relax, sit back, and close your eyes."

Lizzy leaned back and passed out, while Karr simultaneously shut down to recharge. They sat there at the bottom of the ocean, and for the moment they were unaware of anything around them.

It took Lizzy's eyes a while to get used to the strange colors in front of her.

"They are far different from what you normally see," said Karr, pulling up next to her.

"Are we in your dream?" asked Lizzy.

"I do not technically dream," said Karr, "I review memories."

"Can I look around?" asked Lizzy.

"Get in," said Karr, opening his door, "I will take you to some of them."

Lizzy stepped inside, and gasped as the outside scenery changed without Karr actually moving.

They were being chased by her father and Kitt down a California road.

"As you can see, I meticulously remember events." said Karr.

Suddenly the scene shifted. They were in a white room.

"It's perfect," said Devon, smiling down at Karr, "Absolutely perfect."

"The Knight Automated Roving Robot has been activated," a scientist spoke into an old-fashioned recording device.

Suddenly the scene changed again, and they were once again being chased by her father…

All of a sudden, the scene changed, then it changed again. It was going by too fast for Lizzy to see what was actually happening.

Lizzy could only sit there, mesmerized, as the various images passed before her eyes…

When Lizzy woke up, Karr was already moving again.

"What happened?" she asked, "The last thing I remember, I was in your dream."

"You fell asleep," said Karr, "Doubtless a result of being overloaded with the information in my dreams."

"Wait," said Lizzy, "I fell asleep in your dream?"

"Yes," said Karr.

"Weird," said Lizzy.

"I suggest you do not talk to me out loud anymore," said Karr, "You need to conserve oxygen."

Lizzy frowned. How was she supposed to know where they were?

"In case you are wondering, we are about two miles offshore." said Karr, "We should be back at FLAG by the end of the day."

"It's been two days. They've been gone far too long," said Ashley, "Where did you send them?"

"I have no idea what you're talking about," said Cooper, busy looking at the fabric on his chair.

"Where did you send Sarah and Karr?" asked Ashley, "Karr sent me an email before they disappeared, telling me you were sending them on a mission. They should have been back by now. Where did you send them?"

"Oh," said Cooper, "The mission was to test their friendship. If they do not return together, it must mean that Karr has escaped with the girl."

"There was no reason for Karr to 'escape', as you put it," said Ashley, "Karr's contract with FLAG expired years ago. He can leave anytime he wants, but he agreed that he would honor the girl's contract and that he would bring her back to FLAG in a timely manner."

Cooper frowned.

"Where did you send them?" asked Ashley, her arms crossed.

Cooper was silent.

"I really don't want to have to ask my Dad to interrogate you, Mr. Cooper," said Ashley, "But since he will be here soon…"

"No no," said Mr. Cooper, defensively raising his hands, "They must be getting back any minute."

"You'd better hope they do," said Ashley.

At that moment, Ashley's cell phone beeped.

"Hello?" she asked, answering the phone.

"Karr has entered the east gate," said a voice over the phone.

"Noted," said Ashley, hanging up the phone. "You're lucky," she told Cooper, "They're back."

Within a minute, Karr drove up to the front of the building, seaweed trailing down his sides.

"Oh my gosh!" said Ashley, running out the door.

Mr. Cooper followed her, but much more slowly.

"Mr. Cooper," said Lizzy, opening Karr's door and pushing some seaweed out of the way to step out of the car, "We're back! That means we've passed training, right?"

"Um, sure," said Cooper.

"What did you do to them?" Ashley screamed at Mr. Cooper.

"He dropped us in the Atlantic," said Lizzy, "We had to drive back. But Karr managed to take some really cool photos of the sea life when we made it back to the continental shelf."

"Mr. Cooper," said Ashley, seething, "You're fired."

"You can't fire me," he said, "It was just a harmless test!"

"Yes, I can," said Ashley, "And it was nowhere close to a test."

"I promised your father that I would make up for the accident with your sister," said Mr. Cooper.

"Don't you dare talk to me about Lizzy!" Ashley said, raising her voice. Then she calmed down, "My Dad will abide by my decision. Be out of FLAG by noon tomorrow."

"You can't do this to me," said Cooper, "I was only protecting FLAG."

"How? By attempting to harm the one person that Karr allows to drive him?" asked Ashley, "You have always had something against Karr. And I see that this extends to his driver, too."

"Well," said Cooper, thinking quickly, "She is untrustworthy. I have been monitoring her for some time in my search for the Miles key. And you know what? It turns out that she stole the key."

Ashley laughed. "Impossible, she's a teenager who only started working here the other day," she said, "The key was stolen fifteen years ago. Besides, how does that justify trying to harm her?"

"I knew they wouldn't be hurt," said Cooper, "I was just trying to get them out of the way."

"What's going on here?" asked a voice.

Lizzy's breath caught in her throat as she turned to the speaker who had just exited his vehicle and was walking towards them.

It was her father. He was older, but unmistakable.

"So," he said, looking at Lizzy, "You're Sarah Brown, Karr's new driver."

Lizzy nodded.

"Hi, I'm Michael Knight," he said, reaching over to shake her hand, "You know you're pretty lucky; Karr has refused almost a hundred other candidates before he got to you."

"Um, wow," said Lizzy.

"She stole the Miles key," Cooper interrupted, "She's working with Karr to undermine all that we've built!"

"That's enough!" said Michael, turning around, "I already heard your side of the story. And as far as I'm concerned, my daughter can fire whoever she pleases."

Cooper was silent, realizing that Michael had heard much more of the conversation than he had originally thought.

Michael Knight turned back to Lizzy.

"Ahem," he said, "This is not the time to be texting."

"Sorry," said Lizzy, sending her text before putting her phone back in her pocket.

"So," said Michael Knight to Cooper, "You think this teenager bypassed all the security protocols to steal the Miles key 15 years ago. How old are you, Sarah? 15, 16 years?"

"16," said Lizzy.

"Still think the argument is holding up, Cooper?" asked Michael Knight.

"I never said she stole it," said Cooper.

"Yes you did," Ashley mumbled.

"I merely said that she has it," said Cooper, "The key has changed hands multiple times. I should know; I have been tracking it for years. She has it to give it to Karr, who knows how to use it."

"That's a bunch of baloney," said Ashley.

"What do you say to these accusations, Sarah?" asked Michael Knight.

"Well, I did take the Miles key." said Lizzy.

All eyes turned to her, astonished.

"I took it from Cooper's pocket." said Lizzy.

"What are you doing?" asked Karr in Lizzy's ear. But Lizzy didn't answer.

"Sarah," said Ashley, disappointed, "I never would have thought you would lie about something like this, just to get back at Mr. Cooper."

"I'm not lying," said Lizzy, "I did get into FLAG on purpose. But not to use the key. And to be honest, I was a little surprised that I got along so well with Karr. I promise you I was never in league with him before."

"Sarah Brown," said Ashley, rubbing her forehead, "Don't lie. It doesn't become you."

"Well," said Michael Knight, "If you really did take the Miles key, what is the shape of its keyhole?"

"It is a key card," said Lizzy, "It has no keyhole shape."

At that, all eyes turned to her in renewed astonishment.

"All right, who told you that?" asked Mr. Cooper.

"Why, Mr. Cooper," said Lizzy, "Didn't you just accuse me of stealing the key? If I truly did steal the key, I would know that it was a key card and not a conventional key."

All eyes turned now to Mr. Cooper.

"You really did lie," said Michael to Cooper, looking disappointed.

Mr. Cooper scoffed.

"Me?" he asked, "What about the girl? She just told you top-secret information about the Miles key. Aren't you worried about that?"

"It is fishy," said Michael, "But first things first. I want to know why you were lying about the key. Searching for it was your job. Am I to understand that you do not take your job seriously?"

At that moment, Ashley's cell phone beeped.

"Hello?" she asked, answering the phone.

"Karr has entered the west gate of the facility," said the voice over the phone.

"Noted," said Ashley, hanging up the phone.

"Karr has just…" Suddenly her eyes grew big, "Karr has just entered the west gate," she said, astonished.

"But Karr is right here," said Michael.

"I am well aware of that, Mr. Knight." said Karr.

"The Foundation might be under attack," said Ashley, whipping out her phone and dialing a number. "Code red!" she called, and then rapidly closed her phone.

"Alright, here's what we know," she said, "A Karr look-alike has entered the facility. The rest of the Foundation is on lockdown, but we are out in the open. The safest place is within Karr."

She turned to Karr.

"Do you mind?" she asked.

"Yes," said Karr, "I will allow none other than my driver to enter."

"This could be a problem," said Ashley, "Will you at least protect us with your missiles?"

"Calm down," said Lizzy, "It's probably just my accomplice. I texted him to bring me the Miles key."

"Sarah, stop it." said Ashley firmly.

"It's true," said Lizzy, "He'll be here any second."

"In that case, I will be going." said Karr, backing up, "I have no intention of staying."

"Awe, come on," said Lizzy.

"Tell me when he leaves," said Karr to Lizzy through the earpiece, "Use the earpiece link to do so."

"Karr, please stay," said Michael Knight.

Karr paused, then rolled back to where he had just backed out.

"Very well," he said.

At that moment, Kitt arrived. He drove right up to them and parked facing Karr.

Oh m'gosh, thank you readers for your continued support in reviewing and even in reading this far! The next chapter should be the last. There is a possibility I might write another story using the same OC's and characters, but that is still only a possibility. Let me know if you like them enough to read a sequel. And let me know if you don't-I won't be offended! Again, thanks!