Sorry for the long delay. I kind of hit writer's block for this story, so I finally made myself finish it. This is the last chapter, so I'd like to give a special Thank You to everyone still following. :D

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CHAPTER FOURTEEN

The lights were flickering.

Lizzie tried to block it out and fall back to sleep within Karr, but she couldn't. The pattern was too irregular, and something about it bothered her.

Suddenly she realized what it was. Someone was using the lights of the building to communicate with them in morse code. Could it be her mother? Or was it the hackers?

Lizzie sat up and paid attention to the letters. She reached under the seat in front of her to grab a spare notebook and pencil, and wrote down the translation of the dashes and dots.

-A-N-D-P-R-E-P-A-R-E-K-A-R-R-F-O-R-B-O-N-N-I-E-T-O-M-O-R-R-O-W-M-O-R-N-I-N-G.

"So," Lizzie said, staring at the notebook in her hands, "This is a message for Kitt."

Kitt, facing Karr, started flickering his lights using the binary code.

"And Kitt's giving the message to Karr. I guess they found a way to get through to us, even though we're closed off from everyone in here." Lizzie said, "Don't worry, Karr. I'll be here the whole time mom looks at you. And you'll be better in no time, I promise."

She leaned back against the seat again, and it faintly registered with her that Karr was flashing back to Kitt now.

"Guess I should go back to sleep." She said.

But she didn't. She couldn't, for some reason.

So she just laid there, staring at the doorhandle in front of her as headlights continued to flash back and forth between the two vehicles.


By the time morning came, Lizzie was positively exhausted. But according to Kitt, she didn't have time to rest.

"Bonnie is coming," he told her, "She's going to try a new experiment to restore Karr's memory. That means you've got to keep him calm while she's here."

Lizzie groaned, but obediently sat down-conveniently, she chose to sit on Karr's hood.

The next few hours passed in a boring blur. Kitt unlocked the garage long enough for Bonnie to enter with her tools and other necessary equipment, including food for Lizzie, and then he locked them all inside again.

Bonnie got to work instantly, and Lizzie spent all her time staring at tools with names she didn't know as they slowly went inside Karr's engine and back out again. To say that Karr was well-behaved during that time would be a mistake, since he nearly took off Bonnie's fingers with his hood a few times, but overall nothing very exciting happened.

You know, other than the fact that her mother tried telling her every little detail about what this or that tool does.

Finally, Bonnie closed Karr's hood.

"That should do it," she said, turning to Lizzie, "I've isolated the problem, and I think I've fixed it. Just tell him to reboot, and he should be back to normal."

"What was it?" Kitt asked.

"Well," Bonnie said to Kitt, "It looks like Karr closed himself off to prevent a virus from wiping out his systems. All I did was-well, it's a little complicated, but he should be back to his old self as soon as he reboots."

"That's great," Lizzie said, "But does he know how to reboot himself?"

"I'll tell him." Kitt said, flashing his headlights at Karr.

"In the meantime, I've got to get back to the main part of the house." Bonnie said, "We think we've got a lead on those hackers. Maybe Karr can tell us something we don't know once he's back to normal."

The reboot was the longest fifteen minutes of Lizzie's life. When Karr's scanner finally activated again, Lizzie was standing with her face so close to it her nose was almost touching it.

"Karr?" She asked, "Are you alright?"

"You're standing really close, you know that?" Karr asked.

"KARR!" Lizzie said, jumping forward and spreading her arms around his hood, "You're alright!"

"Of course I'm alright," Karr said, "Why shouldn't I be? Now will you get off and give me some room to move?"

"Karr," Kitt said, "It is good to see you up and running again."

"What are you doing?" Karr asked.

"I am currently attempting to protect the FLAG computers," Kitt explained, "I'll send you an email containing all the data."

"Those are the same hackers I was tracking before my shutdown," Karr said, "I already discovered how to take out their systems. Here, I'll send you an email about it."

"Thank you," Kitt said, "I'll put it to work right away!"

"While you're at it, I happen to know exactly where the hackers are right now." Karr said, "I'll text you their location."

"Got it," Kitt said, "I already resent it to Michael and Devon. We should have them behind bars in no time!"

"Geez, you guys are fast." Lizzie said.

"Michael wants to meet me outside," Kitt said, "We're going after the hackers ourselves. You've got Lizzie?"

"Of course." Karr said.

"See you later!" Kitt said, and he backed up as the garage door opened behind him. Within seconds, he was gone and the door was closed.

"So, you don't remember what happened? At all?" Lizzie asked Karr.

"What are you talking about?" Karr asked.

"Well," Lizzie said, "You had amnesia, and-"

"I had no such thing." Karr said, "I remember everything that happened to me perfectly."

"You do?" Lizzie asked.

"Yes," Karr said, "I was tracking the hackers when I had to force a shutdown. Shouldn't you be in college?"

"But that's what I-I mean, yes, but..."

"Will you get off my hood now? I don't want to give you another scar on your arm."

Lizzie hopped to the ground. "You remember that?" She asked.

"Remember what?" Karr asked, "Come on. Let's get you back to college. You should probably say good-bye to your family first. And you might have missed a few classes. I suppose I'll have to give your teacher a note or something."

"A note?" Lizzie asked.

"Hmm, looks like Kitt sent me an email about your roommate in college. The kid suspects something about you. Maybe we should recruit her to FLAG. That might be a good idea."

"Karr?" Lizzie asked, "I don't think a note will work. There's been a lot of, um, damage at school."

"Don't worry, I'll fix it for you." Karr said.

"You don't understand," Lizzie said.

"I understand perfectly," Karr said, "We should get back soon. I just checked the weather up there. Looks like it's going to rain again."

"Um, about that-" Lizzie began.

"Don't you dare tell anyone that I was afraid of the rain."

"What?" Lizzie asked.

"You heard me," Karr said.

"You mean-you really do remember everything?"

"It would be a lot better if you thought I didn't." Karr said, "Kitt knows I remember, but he isn't going to tell anyone. I really appreciate everything you did for me, Lizzie, but keep it quiet, alright?"

"Alright." Lizzie agreed.

"Good." Karr said, "Now, how do you think I should pay for Mrs. Mahogany's garage door? Lottery, sweepstakes or a garage magazine makeover?"

"Karr," Lizzie said, "Why did you register yourself as my car on campus?"

"Elizabeth," Karr said, "I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about. Why would I ever do something like that?"

And before Lizzie could ask any more questions, Karr opened his driver's side door and invited her in.

"Now, before I take you back to college," he said mischievously, "Let's go follow Kitt and crash your father's arrest."

Lizzie couldn't back out of an offer like that. She got in, and closed the door behind her. Within seconds, the two of them were tearing their way out of the garage.

THE END