{ Chapter 5 - Take like a Man, BABY, if that's what you are }
It was about 2 hours into the drive, a short time for some, but a long time for Sulphur who had to put up with KARR's erratic growls and snarls and dangerous driving and finally, she had had enough and snapped at him, ordering him to calm down but not to relinquish his grip on the controls. KARR had stayed silent for a while before biting back.
"Do you really think you're in the position to give orders?" he snarled and immediately regretted it. The hurt and confusion that clouded Sulphurs eyes bit into him and if he could have hung his head, he would have done. Instead he swerved to the side of the road, knowing exactly what would happen and it did.
Sulphur opened the door as soon as he stopped and stormed off into the American bush, slamming KARR's door. The Mustang winced, but not at the force in which his door had closed but the anger that Sulphur was displaying. It wasn't at all dark and the sight of a young lady storming from her car wasn't too unusual, but when the car drove after her, that's when people's heads turned.
Sulphur stormed through the bush, not really looking where she was going and her emotions where running high and she collided with the most solid thing around. KARR.
He had fish-tailed so halt her progress through the bush. The two stared each other out for a while and Sulphur was the one who cracked first. Laying her hand on KARR's roof, she sighed softly.
"I'm sorry KARR. I don't know what's wrong with me right now." she confessed, running her hand over his roof. The Mustang stayed silent and then let out a little grunt of recognition.
"Emotions are running high and they aren't the best of emotions either, my dear." KARR reminded her curtly before opening the drivers' door once more and allowing Sulphur to slide back in. He felt her relax against the seat and spun round to resume his earlier course on the highway.
They drove in silence for a while, about an hour actually, in which time, KARR calmed down enough so Sulphur felt safe enough to start having a little cat-nap in the drivers' seat.
KARR checked her vital signs quickly before surging ahead in front of the traffic and weaving smoothly between whatever cars happened to get in the way, his thoughts where is own at the moment, even though he couldn't afford to give control to Sulphur, unless she had a death wish at the moment. He chuckled to himself and then winced as Sulphur stirred, he hadn't meant to wake her, but before he could muster an excuse, Sulphur had reached forward gently and run one hand over the dash-board.
KARR sighed but could do no more, since he was travelling at well over 150 mph, any sort of shiver or shake in his bodywork and he would be sent into an uncontrollable spin. Even leaning up into her tough could have disastrous effects. So instead he murred softly and carried on smoothly.
"So, where are we actually going, KARR?" asked Sulphur sleepily, holding back a yawn and removing her hand from the dash board.
KARR allowed himself to slow up a little, dropping to about 100mph. It was getting darker and he needed to conserve energy. They were almost at their destination anyhow but he didn't want to take chances with fate. She had never been too kind to him. Sorting through Sulphurs iPod again, he chose the song "Ignition remix" by "R Kelly." Again, not his type but he wasn't feeling himself lately. He even rolled down the passenger side window and changed his engine tone and pumped up the volume and bass. Eventually he answered Sulphur.
"The Palomino Mustang. A five star hotel, run by your own dear Thowra." he replied, trying to keep the bitterness from his voice. Yes, KARR was jealous. He had seen the embraces and looks between Thowra and his Sulphur. His engine growled, it sounded off-key but dangerous anyhow. This was worse than the fact that young fool, KITT, was on his evil cybernetic mind. Sulphur stroked his dash again but this time he wanted to shake her off and the flared displayed lights showed that. Talk about mood swings. He watched Sulphur lay back down and her nod to him, her permission to let himself go was given.
KARR's engine seemed to sigh and then whine and his whole body suddenly hunkered down as he really opened himself up.
New York was 10 miles away, he could reach it in less than 5 minutes he really went for it. So he did.
Sulphur settled down into the seats a little more. Feeling KARR accelerate under her was like feeling a thoroughbred speeding across a track. Even though he was technically a "Mustang", the roads where his track. The power that surged through his body was too much for her mind to comprehend. It was unmatched, unchallenged and unknown. She watched the speedometer cruise past 200mph easily. His top speed, the fastest he had ever gone with her was 250mph. He went past that as well. Sulphur growled sleepily to herself and rolled over and let her eyes close.
KARR on the other hand was revelling at the power flowing through his systems. He was stretched out, hunkered down and set on a specific path. It was a shock to him when he sped past the sign that showed they had entered New York and he was travelling so fast a few cameras had trouble following him. His braking was just as smooth and powerful as his acceleration and again his engine tone changed. A bubbling, rumbling growl that sent tremors through the tarmac he passed over and through those who heard him. His windows were tinted so no-one saw that he was in-fact driving himself. Waking Sulphur with a gentle jerk, quickly braking and then carrying on, he allowed her to take control and she rolled down both the windows and increased the volume and changed the song to a remix of "Good Life" by "Kanye West". Using the display on KARR's windscreen, she navigated the streets of New York skilfully and smoothly and whenever she accelerated, KARR engine was a roar, not his expressive one, but the natural mechanical one that all Mustangs had.
Another few minutes, she pulled into the security area of The Palomino Mustang and gave her ID card, got it checked, returned and she was tagged and allowed entrance to the car park. The picture on the windscreen changed to show an image of them. Well actually it was KARR and Sulphur smirked knowing he had hacked the CCTV just to admire his sleekness. They had travelled her all in normal mode, even when KARR had pushed himself past 250mph, it was still normal. And now, he looked sleek as he passed the CCTV to the music playing. Sulphur patted the steering wheel and smiled tiredly at him.
"Feeling better?"
"About myself? Yes." came the masculine voice and Sulphur nodded, saying no more she manoeuvred him to the hotels parking entrance and nodded to the two bag boys there.
KARR opened his trunk unwillingly and slammed it back down as soon as Sulphurs' bags were out, almost taking one of the boys heads off and robbing the other of two hands. Almost. He growled as Sulphur stepped out of him and left the door open as an older man came to give her a parking permit. Sulphur waved him off.
"No need. He'll take care of it." she said gesturing back to KARR. The man obviously didn't take her seriously and went around to the drivers' side anyway and reached out to the handle.
"Don't even go there." snapped KARR, sending an electric shock his way before slamming the door and rumbling off, rolling up the windows and turning the music off before going down to the hanger underground that Thowra had given him access too. He just registered Sulphurs' proud smirk as he disappeared round the corner. He wasn't worried about her getting into trouble. She had her earwig in and he would disable her tag as soon as she was inside her room. He would also be able to have visual contact since the place was littered with CCTV cameras and his sensors could penetrate the walls of the hotel easily. KARR purred to himself. Penetration. He laughed to himself and turned around, reversing into his holder and went into surveillance mode.
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It was about three hours later when he was jerked back to reality. He had been looked over by a few of the people who where organising this heist and electrocuted them all, and swore that if they came near him again, he'd kill them. His engine growled before he could recognise the voice and when he apologised greatly only to realise that Sulphurs voice sounded a little out of the ordinary. He tracked her position and hacked the CCTV cameras and almost did a double take. Actually, he did do a double take and his voice left him for the first time in a long time. When he got his act together again, his dark-skinned driver was sliding herself elegantly into a Sauna and her moan reverberated through his systems and strangled growl filtered from him. Sulphurs' laugh was surprisingly husky as she half turned around and looked straight at the camera knowing KARR could see her.
"I take it you like what you see, Mustang?" she teased him. Mustang was the 'feral' name for him. It was what he was, untamed, wild and it was his make. He disliked the name but now, he honestly didn't care as he hungrily eyed her body.
Her skin was littered with dark, thin scars and there was a rather larger one that sliced across one shoulder. That had been in a fight that he had to come and intervene in, he had revelled in the bloodshed that day, actually rolling himself over, coating himself with dust and sticky red liquid. He had been an awesome display of power, balance and bloodlust to see him forcefully roll himself over in the blood and at that day, Sulphur had been glad she had put a roll bar in him. KARR's masculine laugh brought Sulphur back to reality and she wondered what was going through his mind.
"Y'know Sulphur, usually, us AI's see something good in out drivers, but I see something naughty." he intoned deeply and Sulphur turned around to fully face him, the wall of the sauna blocking KARR's view of her breasts. But that wasn't what bothered him. It was her body...GOD she had muscles. He had to see those up close and personal. If he was capable of grinning, he would have done, but the smile came out in his voice when he next spoke after listing to Sulphurs inquiry to if he was feeling alright.
"I'm feeling fine, Sulphur. Actually," he paused and made a groaning sound followed by a few "ouch's' and revved his engine. "On that note, you should really tell these mechanics to leave by body work alone." he suggested in a voice full of mischief. Sulphur was surprised he hadn't killed any of them or at least sent them into cardiac arrest and smirked to herself, flexing her shoulders and neck.
"I'll be down there in a few minutes KARR. I just got in here and I'm enjoying the warmth."
"I can provide that."
"And it's wet?"
"I can do that as well, unless you insist on doing it yourself...." he suggested hotly.
Sulphur bit her lip, turned around and stretched backwards, arching over the edge of the sauna, exposing herself to him before sliding back into the sauna with a small giggle at KARR's growl. She swore this was closest he'd ever been to aroused. Actually on that thought, she thought he was always permanently aroused, his suspension always felt so hard, even when he was relaxed. She laughed at the thought and closed her eyes. Hard Suspension. She wished.
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It was another hour and a half until Sulphur walked into the underground bay. She was wearing a tight white muscle shirt with the words "Ride the Race cars" and below that it said "Supersonic overDRIVE" with "Le Disco" written in smaller letters at the bottom. It was a blue, pink and black vector design and her lower half was clad with denim hot pants and a spiked out belt. She was also wearing finger-less gloves. KARR wolf whistled in appreciation as she passed by him, the solid muscle in her upper legs flexing under her skin and her hair flowed over her shoulder in a fine curtain and she wore a marijuana bandana around her neck. Her nails where long but not too long and KARR shivered as she scratched them hard over his paint, the "wounds" closing over immediately. Sulphur checked him all over and whipped his rear with her bandanna, getting a manly snarl from KARR and his reaction of surging forward a little, before increasing her pace to his front. KARR snickered deeply and purred, nudging her leg, almost tripping her over. As it was, he disrupted her balance enough for her to have to place her hand on him to steady herself. KARR took the opportunity to flicked his front to the side and pushed her further onto his hood. This was basically him coming onto her and Sulphur realised this. It had happened once before and he had before so raunchy and suggestive in his language it was appalling. This time, he was getting physical.
She dug her nails into his paint and felt him tense.
"If I didn't know you better, KARR. I would say you getting, aroused." she purred, her lips brushing his sensors. KARR pushed against her slightly, making her brace against the ground as he applied pressure to her chest. Sulphur laughed softly and then wondered what would happen if she licked him. So, she angled herself around him and ran her tongue over the bridge of his sensors. The response was immediate. KARR backed off with a deep moan and his engine flared with power before dying down again and rolling forward again and nudging her gently.
"We should do this more often." he suggested as Sulphur put a knee on his hood and pushed herself onto his roof and curled up on the warm metal. He still felt tense and Sulphur guessed that he was deeply aroused by this. She smirked and rolled onto her back and arched herself, the material pressing tightly against her skin, allowing her muscles to show through and yawned.
"Indeed. But I'm horribly busy these days and we both are right now." she murmured sleepily. KARR chuckled, his body work seeming to relax gently, his arousal lessening a little.
"Mmmmr, you should take time out from your busy schedule. It would be beneficial for you and it would, how should I say this, pleasure me greatly." he came back at her as she stroked his roof with her nails, the sounded echoes through the empty hanger. Sulphur smiled and rolled off him, landing on her feet silently, her bare feet making no noise on the stone and metal floor. She slid onto his hood again and put her feet up. Her side rested on his widescreen and she used his roof as a head rest whilst her lower end rested comfortably on his bonnet and she sighed and put her lips on his roof and spoke gently to him.
"KARR, do you want to tell me about earlier? About your anger towards KITT and Mike?" she asked softly. "You have only told me bits and pieces, and I'm interested to find out more..." Sulphur paused and sighed, her breath misting on his roof and windscreen and she leant her forehead on her cars structure.
KARR was silent for a while, feeling the anger build inside him.
"There's nothing else that needs to be said. KITT destroyed me and then I was found by Thowra. I was re-built but would not accept anyone as my driver apart from you. I'm out of revenge. Pure and Simple. There's nothing else." in a voice that told Sulphur that he was lying and there was a lot more than needed to be said. Sulphur smirked.
"You lie like a dog."
"Michael Knight was my original driver and I want to show him what he's missing out on." snapped KARR. Sulphur was taken a-back at this and narrowed her eyes at him, meeting his golden gaze through the windscreen.
"I thought you said you didn't want to replace me." she snapped right back but uncertainty wavered in her voice. Had the last 48 hours been for nothing. Was KARR's love a lie? Because she knew hers wasn't. Before snapping at him again though, Sulphur gave him the benefit of the doubt and let him defend himself, although his voice was rough and urgent.
"I don't! Did I not say I loved you a few hours back? Do you not think I would hold myself to that, Sulphur? Do you still doubt me therefore making your proclamation a lie?" he challenged. Sulphur could just see him if he was a wolf, baring his teeth and snarling at her. She came straight back at him.
"That's what I was about to say to you. My proclamation was no lie, but the question is, was yours?" she bit at him? KARR roared.
"Of course it was no lie! I lie about many things, but this wasn't one of them." he paused and growled.
"Look, the point is, Michael and KITT almost killed me, they deserve to feel some amount of pain and I will give them that pain after we have finished what we came to do, and nothing on this earth or otherwise will stop me."
Authors Note :: Read and review please!
So, KARR is finally showing his true colours of revenge and maybe his motive is becoming a little clearer. Is he telling the truth about his feelings for Sulphur or is he trying to use her? What will happen to Thowra since he seemed to be getting on KARR's nerves no-end, will be taken out as well?
