Knight Rider: Darkest Knight

(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 The CW Network & DC Entertainment. The Flash is ©2014-2018 The CW Network & DC Entertainment. All Batman Beyond characters are ©1998-2000 The WB Kids & DC Entertainment. All other characters are mine. Hannah Melvin is used by permission)

Chapter 3: through the Looking Glass

The Bat cave, Gotham City: Terry McGinnis programmed the Bat Computer to rotate the holographic image of the killer of Dr. Barstow so to get a better scan. It zoomed into the image of Michael Knight.

"Well, it's definitely me, but I don't remember coming to Gotham," Mike said. Bruce stared at the image.

"Run a DNA match against the image on the computer and Michael Knight," Bruce instructed Terry.

"We'll need a blood sample," Terry said. Trinity moved to the computer and brought up the Knight Industries Technology website and she inputted her username and password. She began cycling through a multitude of blood samples. She then found one marked Michael Arthur Long.

"When my father found you near to death he took a blood sample so if you ever had an injury we had a sample. When the Foundation was formed in 2003, Sarah Graiman gave the blood sample when the military shut down the KARR project. I created a database of all Foundation employees which includes you and Devon Miles, the Executive Director of the FLAG. So now we are going to compare you to the you from the year 2018 that allegedly killed Dr. Barstow," Trinity said. She pulled up in one screen the DNA for Michael Long, and the pulled up the DNA for the "Michael Knight" from the past.

"KITT, can you verify the DNA match," Mike asked.

"I'm having a problem verifying the DNA to Michael. There is a variation in the DNA. I can safely say that this person is and is not Michael Knight," KITT said. KITT zoomed in on the DNA of the person identified as Michael Knight and then overlaid the DNA from Mike. They were almost a perfect match but the DNA from 2018 was out of sync with the original DNA.

"How is that possible?" Terry asked. Bruce walked up to the bat computer and brought up a file dated August 5, 1983. The file was from a Phoenix newspaper about a crashed train.

"What is this? A high speed train?" Trinity asked.

"Yes, but it's got a registration number not found in any Federal agency. It also has this insignia," Bruce said as the computer zoomed in on an image of a sword plunged into the United States of America and it bore the words "United Empire of America".

"What was this thing carrying?" Terry asked.

"People and gold bullion bearing the same insignia, and emblem. Apparently, this was kept quiet in the press. The train also bore a unique black box. It was voice controlled and kept a record of everyone and its mission. But it's locked by a voice print. The train was built by Knight Industries and the commander of that company was Wilton Knight but the Regent was Dr. Charles Graiman," Bruce said. He moved to a nearby file cabinet and removed a file.

"I was Batman from 1982-2040. In 1983, Gotham Police asked me to go investigate. Phoenix PD let me take as many files as possible. Given Barry Allen's ability to break the speed barrier I asked him to give it a try, but he couldn't break the dimensional barrier. This train came from an alternate reality, the same one the younger Wilton Knight did," Bruce said.

"So, this Michael Knight is me, & yet not me," Mike said. Bruce nodded.

"So how do I get there?" Mike asked. They then heard a voice behind them.

"I have something that should help," said a man's voice. They all turned to see a man in a wheelchair. It was a man Michael had heard about but never met. The man was Dr. Harrison Wells.

"Dr. Wells! How did you find this place," Mike said. The man did something impossible for a man supposedly confined to a wheelchair: he stood up.

"I am not Harrison Wells, but Eobard Thawne, but I'm known as the Reverse Flash. That man should not be here. You people need to either stop him or bring him home to face Justice. I have something that should help," Thawne said. He moved to the back of the wheelchair and removed a canister full of a red substance.

"What is that?" Terry asked. He moved to the case where his Batman suit was. He threw it into his backpack.

"It's derived from the speed force that gives Barry & I our gifts. It will give you the ability to traverse to that Military controlled universe," Eobard said. He then grabbed a spray bottle and the red substance began to convert to a gaseous state.

"Pick a vehicle and I'll spray this stuff on it," Eobard said. Trinity stared at both KITT & KARR and she nodded toward KARR.

"You know Barry's going to catch you," She said quietly as Barry began spraying KARR.

"Nobody can catch me," He said with a wicked smile on his face, as he then moved at super speed. Trinity then surprised him by matching his speed.

"What the hell are you?" He asked. She smiled. "I was born of Kryptonian heritage from my biological father, and born of a woman named Elizabeth Knight. I was born with the gifts that Kal-El was born with but I don't have his natural weakness," Trinity said. Eobard then moved to the Bat Computer.

"I have a place I recommend you go in undetected. It's a club called Bonkerz. It's in existence in your time, and has flourished into my time, the 26th Century as a thriving comedy club. On the other side, it's an abandoned a comedy club, but it's unprotected by the Federal Government on that side. I've been there, only to come back after being pursued by its agents," Eobard said as he Zoomed in on Bonkerz. They saw the abandoned building on that side.

"We'll find out what the hell is going on here," Michael said, thumping his fist down on the computer. He then saw Eobard dressed in his Reverse-Flash costume.

"Michael Knight, you and I will meet again," The Reverse-Flash said. He then ran at lightning speed.

"You guys will be on your own. Find out what sent Michael here and find him and stop him and bring back proof of your innocence," Bruce said. Terry moved to KARR.

"What are you doing, Terry?" Bruce asked.

"I'm going with them. I've got to bring back the proof," Terry said.

"I won't be able to help you, Terry," Bruce cautioned.

"If I'm going to be Batman, I have to," Terry said. Bruce nodded. He then attached a tracer shaped like a bat to the underneath KARR.

"System violated," KARR said.

"It's tracking/homing tracer that I developed. It also has a back up of KARR's memory files in case he's discovered. I need to keep you safe," Bruce said. Mike, Trinity, and Terry nodded. They all climbed into KARR. Mike pressed down on the accelerator and the car began to gain speed but it wasn't moving.

"Why aren't we accelerating forward?" Mike asked. KARR responded "We are traversing dimensional frequencies not time in the usual sense. We will be in Phoenix Arizona but also in the United Empire Of America," they then disappeared from the Bat-cave, but reappeared in Gotham City in an abandoned building known as Bonkerz. Mike, Trinity and Terry stepped out of the car to see trash everywhere.

"Why are we here instead of Phoenix," Mike wondered aloud. They then heard a voice. It was a voice they knew on their side but not known on this side.

"I am Hannah Melvin and I brought you here," the female voice said.

To Be Continued….