Knight Rider: Darkest Knight
(This story is rated M for Mature. Knight Rider is ©1982-1986; 2008-2009 NBC/Universal. All Smallville elements are ©2001-2011 CW Network/DC Entertainment. The Flash is ©2014-2018 The CW Network/DC Entertainment. Hannah Melvin is used by permission. All Batman Beyond characters & Elements are ©1998-2000 The WB Kids & DC Entertainment)
Chapter 4: Through the Looking Glass part 2
Gotham City, Bonkerz Comedy Club, The United Empire of America: Michael Knight climbed out of the car and looked around the building. With him was the daughter of Wilton Knight, Trinity Jean Knight, Terry McGinnis, the future Batman and the Knight Automated Roving Robot. They had broken the dimensional barrier to cross over to an alternate reality where the United States was known as the United Empire of America. The UEA had lost a train due to a high-speed accident, while Mike Trinity & Terry had crossed over to look for proof of Mike's innocence in the murder of Dr. Bonnie Barstow. They had chosen an abandoned warehouse that on their side was a successful comedy club. Debris blew through an open window.
"Now what?" He asked. They then heard a voice.
"Who are you people?" The female voice asked. They turned to see a woman who was 25-years-old.
"My name is Michael Knight, with me is Trinity Jean Knight, and Terry McGinnis, and a car equipped with Artificial intelligence and offensive and defensive weaponry," mike said.
"I am Hannah Marie Melvin. I am a slave but gifted with Eternal Life. I was born during the Roman Republic the time of Christ and have lived for a long time but under different names. My sister Heather died during a military attack in Chicago last year. Why are you here?" She asked.
Mike stepped forward. "I've been accused of a crime in the future. I needed to clear my name. it turns out a Michael Knight from this reality came to mine and brought with him a prototype vehicle with him and killed an associate of mine that I have worked with for a long time. Her name is Bonnie Barstow," Mike said. KARR then brought up the holographic imagery from the year 2067 and then the DNA samples.
"So, someone from the high command ordered Michael Knight through, but why?" Hannah said as she recognized the DNA.
"That's what we need to find out," Terry said as He stepped away and put on the Batman Costume.
"Where would he be?" Mike asked.
"Knight Industries. They own everything in every town. They are the largest military contractor in the Empire. The headquarters for Knight Industries is in Houston, Texas, a large state here in the UEA, as it is in your United States," Hannah replied.
"It will take approximately 3 days to go from Gotham City to Houston," KARR said.
"There's a Hurricane currently going on in Houston. UEA military forces are evacuating residents from the area and other Military forces locking down all government facilities. We have a teleporter that we can use to send you," Hannah said. She moved to a console comprised of crystals. She began to touch crystal after Crystal making an almost musical motif and the team was gone.
Downtown Houston, The Macy's garage owned by SP+, a subsidiary of Knight Industries: the garage was nearly empty for a Friday night. KARR appeared, and Mike climbed out, his gun that he had brought with him drawn just in case. They saw Sarah Graiman walking from the garage to the garage's office. This garage was much newer than the one on his side. It had a booth and another lane that had an automated pay machine. The garage was 15 levels high. Mike ran after her, but she punched him as he grabbed her hand, and she locked herself in the office. Terry smiled and quickly changed into Batman and set a bat shaped automatic lock pick. The door opened after a couple of seconds. She looked frightened at the sight of batman.
"Who are you?" She asked. Batman smiled. He then removed a picture of Michael Knight.
"Where is this man?" He asked, his vocoder disguising his voice. She looked from him with a frightened look and stared at the picture of Michael Robert Knight, the Michael Knight native to this reality. She took the photo and stared at the picture long and hard.
"He's in Pasadena, at one of our facilities working to get the exoskeleton removed from KRO," She said. "You love him, don't you?" He asked. She nodded.
"I love him even though he uses me to get what he wants, and I return the favor," Sarah said.
"Something has to change, Sarah," Mike said. She saw him.
"Why do you look like Michael?" She asked. He smiled as Batman had allowed her out of the office. They walked to KARR.
"Because I am Michael Knight. I am a Son of Wilton Knight. My duplicate sought to ruin my family's legacy. We were sent here to bring him to justice," Mike said.
"How did you discover us?" Sarah asked.
"That High speed train that broke the dimensional barrier was discovered and we learned of your reality. Why would he even come to my home?" Mike asked.
"Regent Graiman sent him there to initially learn more about your reality," Sarah said.
"Why would your father order an assassination of Bonnie Barstow?" Trinity asked.
"He didn't. That order must have come from higher up," Sarah said. They all climbed into KARR. KARR began downloading the files for the doppelganger's order in the blink of an eye.
"We can catch this evil individual before he causes more problems," KARR said, as Sarah Graiman joined Mike, Terry and Trinity. Mike pulled out his FLAG access card. He flashed it across the card reader. The exit gate raised after a second.
"What inspired you people to test a high-speed train, and how did it cross over to our reality?" Trinity asked.
"You mean in Phoenix in 1983?" Sarah asked. Trinity nodded.
"The Government unveiled it as it would connect everywhere across the nation. Our military reached a contract with Wayne-Tech along with Knight Industries, and they designed it to go surprisingly fast. It reached a speed of 900 Miles a second and it vanished. We never knew where it went. The Emperor ordered an investigation, but we couldn't discover where it went," Sarah said. Mike smiled at her in the rear-view mirror as he glanced at the heads-up display. They arrived at what would be on their side would be The Chase Tower but on this side, was the Wilton Knight building. They saw the security guard gate with a laser for a gate. He saw the Commander in military fatigues. The woman thumped her fist on her chest and then extended her arm with her fist still clenched. He returned the gesture. She waved the car through. She then moved to a phone with a heads-up display in the guard booth.
"Commander Knight, there is a man who looks like you on his way to you," She said. The man, Michael Robert Knight smirked through his goatee.
"I will deal with it, Sandra. Was Sarah with him?" he asked. She nodded.
"Don't forget about our dinner tonight," He said. Staring her athletic body. She smiled back.
Michael Robert Knight turned to look at the security cameras as the Knight Automated Roving Robot was parking. He stared at Mike, Trinity, Batman, and Sarah with interest. He knew that Sarah did not know about his affair with Sandra Graiman, Sarah's sister. He didn't care. He knew his brother Garth was kinder and more loving than he was.
"We have an intruder in the parking garage, I want you people to stop him!" Michael screamed through the microphone.
Mike stared at the alert sirens and the warning sounds coming around them and then he heard his own voice coming over the speaker.
"KARR, scan for KRO," He said loudly due to the drowning sound of the KLAXON alarm. He had pulled out his gun. They ducked behind KARR. He then saw the sniper. He then shot her.
"Where is my doppelgänger, KARR?" Mike screamed over the sounds of gunshots.
"The roof of this garage, and he has the Eternal one with him. We must save the girl," KARR said. He opened the driver side door and he forced Sarah in.
"What about your two friends," she screamed at him. Mike shifted the shifter from Drive to Reverse and he backed the car up and he through it back into drive. KARR downloaded structural details on the garage. This garage had 25 levels as opposed to his universe's own Macy's garage which had 6 levels. The vehicle drove a mere 10 miles an hour up the ramp. They arrived up the ramp to see Mike's doppelgänger holding a knife to Hannah Melvin's neck.
"They can handle themselves. Michael!" Mike said climbing out of the car.
"What do you want, scum?" Michael asked.
"Why did you kill Dr. Barstow?" Mike asked. Michael Smirked.
"Because she created a cancer here. I wanted to prevent your version from doing the same. I was under orders," Michael said.
"I know the risks of each mission I go on, even back when I was in the Military or when I became a cop. But just because your given orders does not mean they are ethically right. You have the choice to obey or disobey them," Mike said. Michael shook his head no.
"You may have that right where you're from, but here disobedience is punishable by death," Michael said, holding the knife closer to Hannah's neck.
She stepped on his foot then quickly turned and rammed her knee into his genitive area. He went down. She then kicked the knife away that he had dropped.
"You're not going to kill me the way you did my sister Heather," she said.
"What did I do to you?" He breathed out through his lungs.
"It may not have been you personally, but it was your command team that did it," she said. Michael stared into Mike's eyes knowing it was his own eyes.
"What did you expect me to do?" He said.
"Not do it. All she was in life was a cybernetic technician working on both KITT & KARR. After April left us we asked her to rejoin the team at the request of Alex Torres," Mike said.
"Sub-Commander Torres gave me the orders," Michael finally said. Mike stared at his doppelgänger in shock. Two similar realities but different in other ways.
"How do we topple this government of yours? How do we stop Regent Graiman's rise to power," Hannah asked. Michael stared at her then at his doppelgänger and chuckled.
"You my dear are the only one who can stop the Emperor. Emperor Obama is Eternal, just as you are. A meteor strike from some far-off planet called Krypton hit Chicago back in 1980. The Emperor was born before we were united as an Empire. He declared himself Emperor in 1989, and re-named us The United Empire of America. Only an Eternal being can kill an Eternal Being," Michael said.
Thank you," Hannah said. She then reached for her iPhone and called a number.
"Frank, it's Hannah. The Omega Plan is set. Alert the team," she said. She then hung up.
"What's the Omega Plan?" Mike asked.
"Kill the Emperor in a sense. We recovered Kryptonite fragments years ago. Now that we know the Emperor and those fragments are connected, those fragments will be used to kill his immortality. We need to get you and your team home, but we need to send you to 2018 to stop your doppelgänger and KRO," Hannah said. The team surrounded KARR as two of her technicians came in and began installing new software.
"This is a cloak software. The Kryptonian ship that landed in the late 80's had a cloaking program. My team will install one into your car so on your side no criminal will escape your path in the long term. In the short term, it will protect you from our satellites which are no doubt scanning for your car. You need to get home," Hannah explained. Mike smiled at her. He embraced her, and Trinity smiled at her.
"You're from that planet that exploded, right? Krypton?" Hannah asked. Trinity shook her head no. "My Father was from Krypton, but my mother was born on Earth, so I am a hybrid of both," Trinity said.
"right now, get your team home," Hannah said. She handed them a device.
"The Empire learned how to manipulate time and space, but we didn't know how to use it. The Emperor learned how to use it, and he sent spies to your Earth he designated Earth-2. We have spatial coordinates to your reality, but we need a year," Hannah said.
"2018," Mike finally said. Trinity and Terry stared at him in shock. KARR spoke up.
"Are you sure that's a good idea? I am unprepared to deal with KRO, should we have to do battle with him and your doppelgänger," KARR pointed out. Then they heard a voice they knew spoke.
"We could arm the vehicle with offensive and defensive weaponry as well as upgraded AI," Barry Allen said.
"Flash? What are you doing here," Trinity asked.
"This isn't your Barry Allen. This Barry is a commander in the resistance," Hannah said.
"But I know of your Barry and his gifts. My team has been trying to repeat the accident that gave your Barry his powers, so I can do what he can," Barry said.
"For now, Mr. Allen, let's arm the Roving Robot," Hannah gently reminded him.
"What do we do with Sarah we do with Sarah Graiman?" Barry asked.
"Let her go. Her father will know about her team's failure," Hannah said. The team of twelve people began to install weaponry unique to this reality.
"This time displacement device, hoe does it work?" Mike asked. Hannah reached in and turned a dial on the device and it lit up like a Christmas tree.
"Voice recognition protocol 1 activate. User is Michael Arthur Knight. Code word is Tracer," Hannah said.
"That was my mother's last name before she died," Mike said.
"We've been studying your reality," Hannah said. They then heard police sirens.
"Your vehicle has Turbo Boost?" Hannah asked. He nodded. "Jump off the roof and accelerate to 800 Miles an hour. There will be one person who will stop you," Hannah said.
"Year and location, please," the time displacement device asked.
"2018, Gotham City," Trinity then heard the sound of a turbine engine coming their way.
"What is that?" Terry said. His suit's cowl linked up to KARR's heads-up display.
"That is me," KARR finally said as they saw a Shelby Mustang coming toward them.
"Damn," Mike said. He knew in order to get home they were in for the fight of their lives…
To Be Continued…