CHAPTER 140

EPISODE…..Crossover with the new Knight Rider series.

(A.N. Seeing as the series went on what was like a five week hiatus and probably would be at or past the K.A.R.R. episode at the time near the end of the Atlantis series, I'm saying that the episode with K.A.R.R. happens at this point and is the subject for this chapter. The Stargate Atlantis OUTSIDERS episode went as is without their help.)

(A.N. Unfortunately, the new Knight Rider is gone, so for those that did see the series and know what you do of it, certain aspects of this story may seem wrong later, but just go with it. If you don't know what this means, then don't worry.)

"So Sam, I see you are looking a lot more, stronger I guess is the best way to say it, than I've usually seen you." Janet said as she sipped her lemonade. "More muscle tone is visible since I last saw you, as your doctor anyway."

The two were in the dinning area of the mansion drinking fresh lemonade that Amy made while Cassandra was outside pushing the swings that Avon and Sally were on, more Avon though than Sally. Amy and Jacob were in town doing something together while Ford was somewhere nearby. It was a hot day so Janet was in a one piece dress that showed her shoulders and arms, but covered the rest of her top and back while from mid thigh down was bare with small tennis shoes. Cassandra and the two children were in t-shirts and shorts like Sam was, though she had tight black shorts, a tank top and sandals. A lot of the windows in the mansion were open to allow better air flow with the various ceiling fans going instead of using the swamp cooler since the lawns and flowers were currently being watered.

"Getting older everyday. Got to keep fit more than ever." Carter said with a small laugh as Janet chuckled about the joke too. "Besides the exercises we do together, sometimes with the kids joining, I've been learning how to use a sword. A first, it was a wooden Kendo blade, but I have been using a metal sword now."

"Really? I never thought you'd ever try something like that." Janet said surprised.

"I had to learn how to use a knife and got to level four combat training in them. Ford just asked me back while we were still on Atlantis, early on, if I wanted to give it a try one day while he was practicing. Really, I was just watching him, for obvious reason. Anyway, I came back a few times more and got interested. In more ways than one." Carter said with a certain smile before continuing. "Even Avon and Sally are learning, mostly because they think it is cool since he does it. But they use wooden Kendo blades. Thankfully, the worse that has happened there is Avon smacking himself in the head by accident."

"Heard about that. You basically did more than enough exercising to keep in shape when you were still at the SGC. Always wanted to be in front of some computer or scientific experiment." Janet said. "You're just lucky you have a fast metabolism."

"I know. Other than the gym I went to in town three times, usually two a week, I only did it to keep up with the physical requirements and keep fit. And even then, I was thinking of whatever project or projects I was working on at the base. Now, exercising and sparring has a much better appeal to it." Carter said taking a drink.

"Kinda figure sleeping with him every night, besides the sex, is more than enough to get close to him each day. Sex is exercise as well. I swear, I sometimes think you two were joined at the hip almost." Janet said.

"It's not that." Carter said shaking her head with a chuckle. "It's what happens after the hour or so we do with the exercises and training."

"Where do you two get the energy?" Janet asked with a sigh.

"We must really go at it a lot if you think that is all we do." Carter said.

"Well, with all the stories I've heard from you, it's hard not to think that. What really happens then if it isn't that?" Janet asked.

"Besides the shower, it's the massage he gives." Carter said thinking of a several good memories. "Depending on how much energy I have, one of three things happens, I fall asleep for an hour or less, we go on about the day, or we have sex. The last one doesn't happen as often anymore with the kids around, but we still have time at night."

"I am so envious. Charles has had so many business trip meetings lately, all medical considering how high he is in the field, that he's lucky to even be around much to do anything. I'm just lucky and happy he isn't out cheating and is actually at those medical get-together's" Janet said with a sigh. "I used to do them at one time. He calls at least once during those trips."

"You'd be amazed at how well a foot massage can relax me even when I've had a bad day. Which isn't often thankfully, but I sometimes have the foot massages just because. And on the few times I have headaches, those back massages along with my temples are better than any pill out there." Carter said.

"Charles and I have been going out on and off with his busy schedule. He is good with his hands, but we haven't gotten a chance to even try to get married. Mostly because he is constantly busy anymore and can't get the time off." Janet said with a sigh.

"I know. I'm just glad for you that Ford found out the guy is doing those meetings and not cheating." Carter said.

"He and I are in the same boat, we're both not getting any younger. The last time I was with someone it was well over a decade ago, and I don't really count the times Daniel and I went out for a few weeks since that never went anywhere really and he got Sha're back, which I am really glad for. I know I am still capable of having kids, and I'd like one or two, but I wait any longer, it's not going to happen at all." Janet said.

"You should tell Charles what you feel then. Have him make a decision." Carter said.

"Tried that. Working for the government, especially when you're called in to help the President and or his aides, really makes what you want to do a hard priority. At least he knows what really goes on so I don't have to hide anything. Hey, did you hear that Vala is dating?" Janet asked.

"Bit early since it hasn't been two years." Carter said with a frown.

"I'm not sure, but I think the guy came early or Ford brought him in early because Vala was getting antsy and depressed with Daniel always being with Sha're and working with her." Janet said.

"It wouldn't surprise me if Ford brought him early. I know she called him for something a few months back. And then Ford talked to his counterpart in the future." Carter said.

"You probably didn't hear what Vala did to this guy, when was it…." Janet thinking as she rubbed her head. "Last week or the week before, he went home finding her in his house, completely naked. She seduce him and even begged. I only know this because the guy also works at the hospital I work at, though not in the medical field, and ironically, also works with Charles who told him the story. The guy couldn't come to work the next day because he wasn't able to walk."

"Last time I was in the mood that bad and did something similar, I had some trouble walking the next day myself." Carter said with a chuckle. "I'm just glad it was a day off and no emergencies came up."

"I remember that, at least that time back then. I know there was more times like that. You asked for pain pills that day by calling in. Speaking of Mr. Incredible, where is he anyway?" Janet asked.

"I'm not exactly sure." Carter said frowning. "I don't have my watch on me so I can't even give a direction, but I think he had a few odd jobs lined up here and there. Household work things. And my cell is upstairs so I can' try calling him. More than likely, he's outside somewhere since we are the only ones in the house."

"Maybe I can get him to talk to Charles. It is how he got Mitchell to get together with his fiancée." Janet said.

"I was there for that. After that fiasco with the bounty hunter in the school and her having to sign those papers, I wasn't surprised when he stepped in to help Cam. We go through that gate a lot and one day, we might not come back. Something could happen to the T.A.R.D.I.S. while we are in another universe and that would be it. No one here would ever know what happened to us since we'd never return." Carter said.

"I need to have Ford talk to Charles then. Get him to see that he needs to make up his mind and realize time is short, at least in the age time table. I'd like to have children or at least one before I am too old." Janet said. "We have plenty of friends and family here that can always help me or him with our child or children, or look after them when we both have to be working."

"Yeah. See, that right there is the perfect thing to say. He can't have an excuse now." Carter said. "Oh, did you hear that this place was broke into?"

"Yeah, someone, I think Vala, told me about a month or so ago. I thought it was a joke till Daniel said it did happened." Janet said. "What did happened really?"

"Well, we came back, after being gone in the T.A.R.D.I.S., to find the front door was broke down. Ford particularly didn't like that only because he put that door in with Jack and Mitchell's help. And it wasn't really a break in, considering. A man was walking through the forest, about a mile or so out near the lake after fishing for a few hours, when he got to close to a bear's den, without realizing it. He managed to avoid the bear by using the lake to swim to the other side of the shore, where the bear ran around instead of swimming after him." Carter said.

"Okay, I heard about a bear, but this part is new." Janet said as Sam nodded.

"So, he saw our boathouse and the trail leading to this house, and followed it. Apparently, the small wooden bridge that goes over that ten or so foot ditch, didn't hold well to the bear leaning on the rail. Which the man said gave him more time to keep running. So he ran here, pounded on the door thinking someone was home when we all weren't." Carter said. "He broke out the window to the kitchen and got in, thinking he was safe. The bear had other ideas, and broke down the door to get in."

"One determined bear. Did he harm one of the cubs or something?" Janet asked.

"No. Jack is sure it was because the man had fresh fish in his pack he never dropped, that kept the bear coming after him. After smelling the fresh food in the kitchen, now that the window was open, that must have made the bear even more determined. We found the man later, passed out and almost in hyperthermia from hiding in the freezer." Carter said. "But with the door down, more than one animal had gotten into the house."

"I hear Ford ended up shooting himself, is that right?" Janet asked as Sam burst out laughing. "So it is true?"

"Oh, that was so beyond hilarious. I wish you had been there Janet. The smell of the place was not great, as expected, but at least the bear didn't do anything other than ravage the kitchen and leave." Carter said as she wiped her eyes. "That small closet, where the vacuum and such is…"

"Yeah…" Janet said as Sam was trying not to laugh again.

"Well, there was a rather damaged section in it, with lots of claw and bite marks. From what K-9 says, a coyote was trying to get at something, which we later learned was a raccoon covered in garbage, and grabbed one of the coats in there, dragging it out through the hole thinking it got the raccoon. With the scent of the raccoon on the coat, it is no surprise." Carter said. "We had yet to find the man and was still searching, while getting a few animals out of the house such as birds, and possibly the same coyote that we had to zat to get him out. Anyway, we all heard something behind that door, so Ford had us all stand back, just in case it was something serious. We didn't think to have K-9 scan, or even check with our Sonic Screwdrivers. Ford pulled one of his energy weapons and still had it set for kill, only because he had to use it against some evil knights that attacked us in another universe."

"Evil knights?" Janet asked.

"I'll tell you later. Anyway, Ford opened the door quickly and, fired, thinking it was set to stun. Now the funny part here is, we forgot that there was a fancy full length mirror in there that Vala had yet to put in her room." Carter said. "Ford saw himself and his gun pointed at him, but didn't think clearly as he saw the weapon first."

"He instantly thought he saw someone drawing on him and…" Janet said as she cracked up.

"He fired first. Being a mirror, it reflected back the energy bolt and caught him in the forehead. It happened so fast, we all were to stunned to move. Then a raccoon ran out after that, going straight out the front door, which brought us out of our stupor." Carter said with a small laugh. "We don't know how the door got the hole in it, but the raccoon must have seen the mirror's reflection of some light on it, and went inside after it. From there, there was the coyote and, well…."

"I bet Ford felt stupid." Janet said.

"Enough so, if he could go back in time and change it, he would. Even though we were stunned at him firing and shooting himself, when we saw the mirror, we knew right away what happened and all laughed. When we told him later what happened, and he had this look on his face that I wish I had taken a picture of, we laughed even harder. His pride was really shot, but only at himself."

Ford was actually very nearby, but since the work he was doing wasn't tedious or stressing, much less noisy, the kitchen was rather quiet. He did hear part of the conversation and shook his head as he recalled that really bad incident that still hurt, even after the time that had went by. He did hear a vehicle pull up outside, but since K-9 didn't call him and he heard a particular voice, he kept doing what he was doing, grumbling under his breath, both about the work and still kicking himself about shooting himself.

The two both turned as they heard the front door open and then close, followed by a couple voices and then Fords. Sarah came in and sat down a few seconds later with a glass of lemonade, wearing a long flowing yellow flowered dress that was only tight up top around her neck.

"Fixing the fridge I see." Jack said sitting down on a stool nearby.

"Trying to fix the ice dispenser." Ford grumbled as he looked at the instructions. "This is really beyond stupid."

"Okay." Jack said puzzled as he crossed his arms. "I have no idea what you mean."

"I can built a car from the ground up. Built K-9, helped in the construction of the naquada enhanced nukes, can even fix a DHD and Ancient technology. Along with a lot of other complex stuff, besides running the most advanced ship, hell let's face it, in the history of everything. This, I keep having to look at the instructions." Ford said shaking the booklet and then waving a hand at the stuff near his feet. "And all I'm trying to do is replace these five parts. It's not rocket science, and yet…"

"Maybe you just need a paper clip. I don't see one…" Jack said.

"Thanks MacGyver, but a paper clip can't replace this cracked lever." Ford said waving the handle the cups or glasses pushed on to get ice, plus the water dispenser. "Or the other parts, some of which I broke in frustration. Just glad I was able to replicate replacements."

"I'm just saying what he'd probably say. I have noticed paperclips can do a lot." Jack said.

"Even kill." Ford muttered.

"How long you been doing this anyway?" Jack asked.

"Taking it apart was only a couple minutes. Since then, over ten, I think. I understand why they broke down. It's been hot lately and since we live here, we've been using this more than usual. Even elevator buttons end up being replaced once a month if heavy traffic comes through. Especially at the SGC." Ford stated.

"I signed a requisition form once that had to do with replacing a lot of buttons for various panels in the SGC. Somewhere over a hundred. I asked Walter about it and he said it was something that had been overlooked for almost a month and had to be dealt with." Jack said.

"I had to do that once to, but with toilet paper and, a few other feminine products." Ford muttered.

"That must have been that time with you in charge and a water line broke near the closet that all those sort of extras needed for women in their locker room." Jack said.

"The same. Thankfully, it was just the supplies that were damaged or else the men's locker room would be shared again." Ford said.

"This is the same time you walked in and there was a few women still in there, right?" Jack asked with a laugh. "To this day, I am not surprised it happened to you. I mean, seriously, the guy who would kill himself or willingly let their spouse kill them for cheating, ends up being the one who gets lucky enough to end up in the women's locker room."

"I don't consider myself lucky. Although the message about the locker room being damaged was told to everyone in the base, the following message about staying out wasn't given as it was supposed to have been. I'm just lucky Rally and the few others had towels or were in their undergarments. The only reason I didn't get in trouble was because that female Lieutenant was the one that was taking me in to inspect and show the damage." Ford stated with a small huff while flipping through a few pages.

"Why couldn't this have happened when I was in charge?" Jack asked with a sigh.

"I don't think Sarah would have been very understanding Jack. Only because of how loyal I am, trusting and all that is why Sam didn't come down on me. Rally kept thinking for awhile that I was being a pervert because she was the first person I saw. And she is one of the few women on base that aren't white, peach or whatever light color you want to call it." Ford said. "I won't deny she has a hot body."

"That and you even had a thing for her. And told her." Jack said.

"She did say she found me attractive on some levels and being a gun nut like she was, really upped her points meter on that scale. Plus the car thing too. But, she wasn't interest otherwise. Still isn't to this day. I'm beginning to think she has a medical problem in that area of her body. Looks like this goes here…" Ford said putting a small part in. "Thank god for that small miracle. Everything else here is driving me bonkers. Not that I am complaining, but why are you and Sarah here?"

"Visit. Let Charlie have some fun, especially since we plan on going fishing." Jack said imitating holding a fishing pole. "Finally got a day off, or few days in this case. If I didn't get out of that office, my ass was going to become a permanent part of the chair."

"I might join you. See what Sam wants to do first. Sally thinks it's fun because she likes looking at nature. Avon, not really into it. He seems to take more after Sam since they both like football." Ford said.

"You do know fishing is a sport?" Jack asked.

"It's not a contact sport though. No running, kicking, tossing, swinging. Well, swinging to a point. It's just you and nature, no one else is involved. No competitions involved, unless you count on trying to catch a fish and not get skunked." Ford said. "I'm in it for the relaxation, fun of catching something and seeing nature."

"Yes, that's what I've been trying to get everyone else to see." Jack said with a wave of his arms. "Just you, nature and no worries. If you catch something, you pat yourself on the back, take a picture and come up with a good and believable story of how hard it was to get the fish, then take it home and eat it if it is a good one."

"I think that's it." Ford said screwing on the last part and replacing the panel.

Jack grabbed a beer out while Ford grabbed something else as Jack tested the ice maker, successfully getting ice into the glass. They both came out and sat down at the table. Ford was wearing a white t-shirt with the name General on it in large block letters colored metallic blue, blue jeans and holding a bottle of extra rich chocolate milk. Jack had a gray Air Force shirt and jeans. Sam shook her head and chuckled as he looked at her confused.

"What?" Ford asked.

"How much other chocolate…" Carter began.

"It's the first thing of chocolate I've had today Sam." Ford stated as she rose a eyebrow, where he put up a hand in the scouts honor sign. "Seriously."

"Ah, so there is a small problem in your relationship." Jack said with a smile. "First marital spat I get to see."

"It's not a problem Jack." Sarah stated. "It's more of a rule setting thing."

"Oh, that sort of thing. And here I thought you had a better backbone Ford." Jack said as Sam and Janet laughed at Ford's confused face.

"Oh, very funny, ha, ha." Ford said sarcastically when his cell phone on his hip went off. Looking at it first, he frowned before flipping it open. "What's wrong K-9?"

The group watched with a bit of worry as Ford looked worried and confused.

"What's wrong?" Carter whispered.

"Thanks K-9. I'll be right there." Ford said hanging up as he stood. "Charles Graiman sent me a message, through the General Lee. K-9 says it is important."

"Should I come along?" Carter asked.

"If you want. If it is really important, we'd be coming back to let everyone know anyway." Ford said.

"I'll wait." Carter said sitting back in the chair.

It was only after they heard the front door close that Sam noticed that Ford left something behind.

"Hmm, that message must be important. Ford rarely leaves anything chocolate behind." Carter said.

"I haven't had my cake today, but this will do." Jack said grabbing it. "At least until later."

"Isn't there a rule against you as well." Janet said with a smile as Sam groaned.

"Yes. If I want it, one beer a day is my limit. Even if I don't drink for a few days or week, I can't stack them. I understand why and all that, but sometimes I am looking to get drunk, just for the buzz. Not the drunk to where I am sick, just enough I can sometimes avoid the hangover in the morning." Carter said.

"I figured that out years ago before I ended up in the SGC." Jack said. "But then I drink the hard stuff sometimes. I spiked a white cake Ford made once for me, when he wasn't looking. I'm still surprised he never noticed and still hasn't found out. Was a really good cake too. I know he didn't ever try a piece, so maybe he knew…."

"I'll bet. You put scotch in it, and I only know because I tried it." Carter said as Jack smiled greatly.

"So, who's this Charles guy?" Sarah asked after shaking her head at Jack's antics.

Only after he sat down in the General and activated the small console that slid out of the dash and began hearing the video message, did he realize he left his drink behind. Stopping the message, he got a chocolate bar from the stash in the cold compartment of the car and restarted it, after smacking himself in the forehead.

"Hello Ford Carter. I remember when you came in and talked to me concerning the new K.I.T.T. and his unique abilities and how you said you'd help K.I.T.T. if he needed it. Well, he needs it. If you are watching this video, then it means for some reason or another, I have died and was unable to make a different message I had planned if things eventually smoothed out as I had planned. Anyway, the problem is that with me gone, I have sent messages to Michael and my daughter as well, in case I died, letting them know that K.I.T.T. was in trouble while leaving them some funds to work with. I'm not asking you to help with the funding, but with the help at Area 51. Alex Torres worked with me, but as long as was still alive, I had...well, more say so in what happened with K.I.T.T. With me gone, he unfortunately takes over and he, along with several others, want K.I.T.T. for an entirely different purpose with serious and dangerous military applications. The repercussions of which would be devastating enough to possibly cause trouble for you and the SGC. Part of the process means removing K.I.T.T. from his shell, the Mustang, and into the failed prototype we originally created…." Charles said when the screen turned to static.

"What the hell?" Ford asked as the message turned garbled for a few seconds and then went back to normal.

He spent several minutes trying to fix the problem and even had K-9 help, but they soon found out, or K-9 did, was the message came damaged to begin with. Ford suspected tampering, but was unable to really prove it at the moment, short of time traveling. Thanking K-9 for his help, he went moved the message back and continued.

"Originally created…..Only you can stop him. Please help if you can and keep K.I.T.T. safe like you did the first one. Besides my only daughter, K.I.T.T. is the only legacy I have left and I'd hate to think that he was used for something else than what he is suppose to be. Thanks for whatever you can do. I'm only sorry we didn't get to talk more." Charles said before giving a small wave and then reaching out to shut off the video.

Ford replayed the message two more times before sitting back and thinking. Going into the T.A.R.D.I.S., he looked up several things about what was happening, finding out a few things of interest and a few more that pissed him off. He was happy, yet still sad because the man was unfortunately dead, that Charles Graiman ended up dying because of an unavoidable accident with a damaged plane he was on. He debated within himself about going back and saving the man and pilot, but so many questions would arise, not to mention that K.I.T.T. would notice him and the T.A.R.D.I.S. inside the plane because of the close proximity. Stopping time was a option, but the problems that came with that idea, mostly because K.I.T.T. would eventually notice if not right away, just made him decide to forget trying. Considering the questions problem, he made up his mind to help the best he could at present and not do any jumps to the past unless necessary. Going in, he told them his thoughts and the message.

"Why would anyone at Area 51 want a, um…what is it called again Carter?" Jack asked speaking before thinking.

"Artificial Intelligence Jack. I am past retired and you can call me Sam." Carter said.

"Still habit sometimes. Doesn't help with the times when I hear about you and they say Carter instead of Sam. And with you, it's always General anymore." Jack said.

"The only thing I can think of is that Area 51 or someone there, maybe group, wants K.I.T.T. because he, on some levels, has the ability to figure out how to become a human form, um…not Replicator like we knew, something like that." Ford said as he rubbed his head in thought.

"K.I.T.T.'s body is basically based on the same sort of technology. The General Lee is way more advanced, but technically the same. Just without the A.I. system, so we don't expect the General Lee to suddenly change." Carter said. "Did you do any checking on Area 51 and what's going on?"

"There is a, we'll call it, hidden division, there. It's in the areas where top secret stuff takes place, but is seen by common people everyday, not knowing the true purpose. I did find out who is in it, backing it and all that, but what the project specifically is, they are not putting that information on computers that we can access. I'm guessing everything is a paper trail or computers not linked to any accessible networks or done wirelessly." Ford said.

"And even though we could go there with the T.A.R.D.I.S., there is a few hundred or more computers there that aren't linked to any network and only run for the purpose of whatever project they are working on." Carter said. "Damn, these people are doing a good job of hiding the project along with keeping anyone from hacking in."

"Why would they do that?" Sarah asked. "I'm not a computer whiz like Charlie is becoming, but most computers are networked to make them work better, right?"

"Yes and no." Carter said. "In this case, Area 51 does some projects on super computers that are only accessible from that computer. Making it much harder to steal information unless it is an inside job and done directly on that computer system. Any wireless capabilities are taken out to completely ensure you have to have a direct line."

"Do we have any hints to what this project might be?" Jack asked.

"It has something to do with K.I.T.T. Charles said something about a prototype, but with the message garbled, I didn't get the name or details." Ford said.

"The original K.I.T.T. was made after the failure of K.A.R.R. What if the same thing was done here and another K.A.R.R. is the project?" Carter asked.

"Scary thought, but with what happened with K.A.R.R. before, not only with the Knight Foundation, but with us. Unless they, being Charles and whoever, were seriously stupid, I seriously doubt they recreated a new K.A.R.R. I'm guessing there was trouble with the original idea since it had something to do with making the driver and car become one. Like putting on a robotic suit from what little I was able to read." Ford said. "There was too much trouble with the compatibility issues and so it was scrapped. Or so the file I found, that was incomplete says."

"That sounds scary, like something from a Sci-fi." Sarah said.

"Linking a human mind to a computer, with or without sentience, would be extremely dangerous." Janet said. "Even with all the technology we have now, medical and otherwise, putting wires and god only knows what else inside the brain is practically insane. This isn't a damaged skull where you put a metal plate over the hole, this is messing with the brain itself. The only process of doing anything like that to a brain is with what Harlan does."

"Which is probably why the process was abandoned besides the issues." Ford said. "Not surprising the military wants this project reopened and pursued. The N.I.D. have a hand in this project, but on what level I'm not sure yet. It wouldn't surprise me if the I.O.A. was in on it too."

"This must be a breach of classified information." Carter said. "K.I.T.T. was basically based off nanite technology that was Replicator in origin."

"For the most part." Ford said.

"Which means, since he was the second idea, the first must have meant physically linking someone to the A.I. Replicators were able to link themselves to our minds by just putting their hands into our foreheads." Carter said. "What if they tried to do the same thing, assuming they saw the true potential of the nanites, and it back fired either because the person was unstable or the A.I. was unstable?"

"It would make sense. I don't know who the original driver was suppose to be, but the A.I. could have been very early in the development stage, while K.I.T.T., has some experience with how humans live. Putting him into this former system would theoretically make it easier for a driver to become more compatible." Ford said while thinking.

"You are so lost aren't you Jack?" Carter asked seeing a look that had became familiar for ten years.

"Um, sort of." Jack said slightly glancing at Sarah. "You're saying something this car, K.I.T.T., is like a one of those snakes, the Goa'uld. No wait. It's more like the human is the snake and the car is the host. Or maybe vise versa. But one is always the Goa'uld and because of that, evil wins. And in this situation, the human once Goa'uld now Tok'ra, still slimy but knowing right from wrong, will work better with whatever machine is at Area 51 so it is more safer and easier to control?"

"Huh?" Sarah and Janet asked with extremely lost looks.

The other two looked at each other, opening their mouths to speak but saying nothing as they made small hand gestures that really meant nothing.

"Yeah." they said together.

"I got it right?" Jack asked surprised.

"Yeah." they said still shocked.

"Oh." Jack said impressed with himself.

"I almost can't believe that you figured that out, in a twisted sort of way." Carter said.

"That was incredible Jack, you really did a great job there in explaining that." Ford said.

"Wait, I just got it now." Janet said after she thought a moment. "That was impressive."

"I have my moments." Jack said sitting back proudly and then crossed his arms while leaning forward. "What did I get right again?"

"For one moment, I was about to think I was speaking to your brother." Ford said with a laugh. "And then the Jack we really know stepped out."

The ladies cracked up as Jack gave them a glare that made them laugh harder.

"That used to work Jack. I've stared down worse." Carter said.

"And you know what I'll do to you." Sarah said.

"And I can get my needles out." Janet stated, making Jack glare hard at Ford.

"Don't look at me. You've been playing stupid for so long, moments of clarity come with amazing results, but are gone so quick you don't even know what you did." Ford said.

"She I can't shoot, but you I will." Jack said poking Ford in the chest.

"That's definitely Jack." Carter said.

"So which is the evil snake, the computer or driver?" Jack asked.

"Like you said Jack, either or." Carter said.

"In this case, K.I.T.T. would be a Tok'ra, say Selmak since we could trust him." Ford said. "And this computer or machine they have at Area 51 is a human that's pretty screwed up, or really bad, morally or otherwise. K.I.T.T. may be able to make a balance between the two making the project work."

"This is all speculation however." Carter said. "What's the plan?"

"When did this guy die?" Jack asked.

"About a day ago. K-9 found out that K.I.T.T. is suppose to be removed from the Mustang body he is in tomorrow. K.I.T.T.'s body is to be packed up and stuck in the large warehouse of other packed boxes and items the government wants to keep secret. Which is a total waste of technology and of a greatly built vehicle to begin with. I'm not going to let them do that, and if need be, K.I.T.T. will come here until the details of what Charles daughter wants to do is figured out." Ford said.

"Plan?" Carter asked again.

"Simple really…." Ford said as he stopped and saw his bottle of chocolate milk was empty, which he picked up and shook lightly. "I don't remember finishing that…."

"You drank it before heading off for the message." Jack said quickly.

"I guess so. I still have the taste of chocolate in my mouth." Ford said before going on with the plan, not realizing at all that a fast one was being pulled on him.

The girls looked at Jack who only shrugged and tried to look like he knew what Ford was saying.

Alex Torres was with a few people who were beside the open door of the A.I. Mustang while it was parked in the special made turnstile to allow better access to the car by turning it sideways instead of having it drive on a ramp. Many more people were inside the once secret facility taking apart computers and other hardware as Billy Morgan and Zoe Chae could only watch from the back of the room as their job was taken away and K.I.T.T. was being taken from his body to be placed in a different system while his shell, the Mustang, was going to be put into a wooden box and put away inside the warehouse with many other objects in Area 51, more than likely to never been seen again.

"Mr. Torres, removing me could cause considerable if not serious damage to my A.I." K.I.T.T. stated as a man was working to remove the special device fitted into the middle of the dashboard.

"You're being transferred into a military system where your abilities will be put to a better and more important use." Torres said with little concern for the A.I. "Get used to it. Charles is gone and now I have full authority…."

The alarms still functioning came on suddenly startling everyone and made the man in the car get out instead of finishing the job.

"What's happening?" Torres asked as one of the men that was able to accessed the cameras.

"There is an unknown car coming down at high speed. I don't know what it is or who." the man said while still typing.

"What? Are you saying we're being invaded…." Torres began.

The main door opened as Torres yelled for it to be closed and when that failed, he pulled his gun and had others do so. Seconds later, a black General Lee rushed in and stopped inches from K.I.T.T.'s grill. Ford and Sam both got out, wearing their uniforms, and ignored the guns pointed at them as they walked up to the front of both cars.

"Why are you here General? This project isn't in your jurisdiction." Torres said while putting his gun away and had the others lower theirs. "Continue as you all were."

"You stop." Ford said pointing a finger at the guy who started to get back in. "Get away from K.I.T.T."

"I told you this project…." Torres began as he walked up.

"Is under the control of the Air Force as of now." Ford said as Sam handed over a few sheets of paper from her pocket. "I can't do anything to stop you from doing whatever you want to this facility, but the car and everything about it, including the A.I., come with me. He is built with technology of a highly top secret nature that only Charles knew fully about. You don't have the clearance and now that he is unfortunately dead, K.I.T.T. belongs to us."

Torres tossed the papers aside as he got into Ford's face.

"The C.I.A. is in control here and we are working with a branch of the government that goes above even you. So I suggest you back off…" Torres said pushing his finger into Ford's chest.

Several guns were pointed as Ford flipped the man around by grabbing his hand and slamming him face first into the General's hood as he held the said arm behind the mans back.

"Now you listen here and listen good." Ford exclaimed into the mans ear as he ignored the guns pointed at them. Sam didn't even look fazed, but had a hard glare that man a few men look wary at even pointing their weapons at her. "We have clearance that goes beyond anything you could imagine. We also know you're trying to take K.I.T.T. for a military project that we are still looking into at Area 51 where we do work occasionally! Had you looked at those papers, you would have seen we have the Presidents authority to come here and take K.I.T.T. Along with the Joint Chiefs and several other high people who we could easily have bust you down to only working the rest of your life as a janitor! Now, unless you want this place to turn into a war zone that we can guarantee you will loose, you better back the fuck off!"

Ford let the man go by pushing him away back towards the people by the computers, which he ended up tripping over and falling down on the ground with a few of the guards and computer equipment. Extremely upset, the man only glared at Ford as the people with guns lowered them despite their bosses reluctance, but only after the man looked over the papers finally and made a quick call that lasted less than a minute. The two got back into the General and after having the car drive sideways enough for K.I.T.T. to drive past, Ford turned around in a quick spin and followed the Mustang out of the building, leaving a good trail of black smoke from burning tires.

Billy, who was watching from the back of the room behind one of the walls, called Michael and told him and Sarah what just transpired.

"General's, I do appreciate what you did, but there could be very serious ramifications." K.I.T.T. said over their phone in the General Lee.

"Charles sent me a message to come save you K.I.T.T." Ford said. "We both refuse to let you be used for something other than what you should be."

"I see." K.I.T.T. said.

"Hey Ford, why are we following him?" Carter asked.

"That is a good question Samantha Carter." K.I.T.T. said. "I would stop and wait to learn of the further instructions, but we are being followed and tracked."

"We need to find Michael and Sarah first." Ford said.

"They are currently here." K.I.T.T. said sending them the tracking information he had on them, to the holo-screen that came up on the windshield in front of Sam.

"That's rather far from where we are." Carter said. "We'll have to have them come directly to us. They don't have clearance and we already tried."

"I really want to, but Jack about begged us to not try anything that would get him yelled at." Ford said rubbing his forehead. "We can have them come to our house. From there, we can figure things out more and then go to Area 51 and see what the hell is going on."

"K.I.T.T., you have our address in Colorado?" Carter asked.

"Yes, Samantha." K.I.T.T. said. "But I suggest you send the information to Michael and Sarah because I am currently being monitored."

"Good point. Though I barely know them, I'd rather not see or hear they got into trouble, taken or worse because of us." Carter said as she typed on the slid out laptop.

"That Torres guy really tried to push me. I think he wanted me to attack him." Ford said. "I noticed he was making another call when we left."

"He made several calls as we left General." K.I.T.T. said. "Zoe and Billy have been able to avoid being taken by the people still there and are keeping me informed of what is happening. Alex Torres is currently talking to some very high officials within the government and some organization called the N.I.D. has been referred to more than once. The word, I.O.A. has been spoke a few times as well, but no names."

Carter was startled only slightly because she knew what Ford was about to do by the look on his face, but it still made her jump when he punched his fist into the steering wheel and broke a couple fingers.

"Dammit! Why in the hell can't those idiots learn to stay out of business that is not of their concern!" Ford said with anger as he shook his hand after it healed. "I forgot how strong I made the steering wheel."

"At least you aren't bleeding this time." Carter said.

"That was rather messy." Ford said. "Can you play back the conversation K.I.T.T. and let us hear what is going on?"

"Negative." K.I.T.T. said. "I am unable to link up and listen in. I am being blocked and only getting information from Zoe and Billy that I can relay to you."

"Sam…" Ford began.

"Call Jack and see what he can do." Carter said pulling out her cell. "Michael and Sarah got the message and should arrive at the mansion by tonight if not tomorrow morning."

"K.I.T.T., we need a place to hide long enough to make a discreet call. Say underground where no one is looking or there, camera's or otherwise." Ford said.

"A place with no people and no surveillance going on." K.I.T.T. said. "There is few places nearby where we could do so while keeping the satellite's tracking us from not noticing as well."

"We only need some place to be out of visible sight of everyone. I don't care if they can detect us, we just need to keep from being seen." Ford said.

"There is an underground parking lot within five miles of us that we can use if I send a signal ahead tripping the alarms." K.I.T.T. said. "We may have one minute of being not seen at most."

"That will work." Ford said. "Do it when you feel the need to do so with the best outcome. And K.I.T.T., what will happen once we get there, you are under orders to never speak of until given permission."

"Understood General's. What happens with stay classified until I am told otherwise. If any attempts to access that information happens and I am unable to keep them out, I will erase the memory to preserve the secret." K.I.T.T. said.

"Hopefully that won't be a problem that will happen." Ford said.

Several minutes later, they pulled into the underground parking lot as the place was still being evacuated. A couple cop cars nearby saw them go in and started after them only to stop when the spike strip was activated and blew their tires. Both cars came to a quick stop near the back corner that was almost out of sight. Ford sent out a small pulse that blew out the lights in their level as he got out of the car.

"Several police personnel are headed this way General. We have an estimated ten seconds…" K.I.T.T. said.

"We'll be gone before then. X-wing, lock onto both vehicles and bring us up into the hanger bay." Ford said into a com he pulled from the car. "Now!"

A bright light surrounded them and then they were gone, just as the police came rushing in with weapons ready and several flashlights that found nothing.

K.I.T.T. wasn't shocked, not that they were expecting it. He apparently understood it and seemed to already know they existed.

"Considering the current state of technology I have seen, am and have access to, plus the full potential I was originally designed to be capable of, I would have been surprised to learn that the human race still used the space shuttles to leave this planet. I have detected alien craft and some transmissions before, but because of a deeply imbedded program that several people including Charles put into me, I am unable to speak about them, much less report on them either." K.I.T.T. said as they were still in the hanger.

"But you just told us." Carter said.

"You both have clearance." K.I.T.T. stated.

"Right, I should have realized that." Carter said as Ford smacked himself in the face for not figuring it out himself. "Well, Michael and Sarah won't be showing up for at least a few days. They are avoiding taking a plane to keep from possibly getting captured. I called one of the banks we use that was near them and had them get some money ready for them to pick up, that way it will help them stay more hidden."

"Since they won't have K.I.T.T. there to help try and track them, by cameras mostly, that was a great idea Sam." Ford said. "We'll beam us, you and the General down near Colorado Springs, and from there, we'll head to our house in the mountains. Unless they use tracking systems that only the SGC has use of, they won't be able to locate you. Even if they do somehow, going to our house is a bad idea."

"You have some sort of defense system?" K.I.T.T. asked.

"No. We have something better, if you are meaning weapon systems though." Carter said. "Nothing like that is in place because children live there. But we do have a energy shield system that not even a nuclear bomb could breach."

"Fascinating." K.I.T.T. said.

"Plus, a particularly important person is there and lives there sometimes. His unfortunate death would be felt by pretty much most if not all of the American military and everyone on the hill. Whoever ends up being the people behind that, will wish they hadn't been born." Ford said.

"You're talking about Jack, right?" Carter said.

"Yeah. He's the most important human aside from the rest of SG-1 in this galaxy. His name still strikes fear in a lot of the Jaffa. Even Bra'tak once mentioned he'd be hesitant to go against Jack in a battle of wits." Ford said as Sam laughed with him.

Michael and Sarah made it there a couple days later just after Ford and Sam had left. The two wanted to leave soon after they beamed down, but Jack said no because he wanted to look into things first, make calls and all that. Ford and Sam stayed at the house since they were ordered to the point Jack demanded it. Sarah and Charlie along with Janet and Cassandra stayed with them, which helped pass the time, even though it was obvious Ford was getting impatient. Jack beamed down finally and had what info he could find, which was very disturbing. The original project to make man and car become one was still in production and other than needing one particular person, that Jack was unable to find the name of, they also needed K.I.T.T.'s CPU in order to finish the program as suspected.

"So, it is a robotic suit that turns into a car as well." Ford grumbled as they sat around the table outside on the top deck. "A bad transformer."

"Yes. It is suppose to be a powerful weapon." Jack said. "What weapons it has I wasn't able to learn. This stuff is being done behind closed doors of whatever that metal you have in your coat is. Figuratively speaking."

"What is the point of it? Send it over seas to help in the fight against terrorism?" Carter asked. "It is a Mustang just like K.I.T.T. apparently, so they'd know America was behind it. Even if it never made it on the news publicly, they and a bunch of other nations would know we are using technology way ahead of them."

"I wonder if there is another reason for this being done. If you think about it, it could be someone has or is going to alter the original plan for this machine to be used for criminal purposes." Ford said.

"It wouldn't be the first time." Jack said.

"Yeah, like that Foothold situation. Or I mean, after that when those devices were being….what is that look for?" Ford asked with a frown.

"What do you think?" Jack exclaimed.

"Let's see, there is me, you, Sam, Janet and currently, everyone else is inside." Ford said as he ticked off fingers. "We are the only ones that know about it that are here, outside."

"Still…." Jack began as Ford rubbed his forehead.

"The point is, we need to stop this before that machine is sent off to wherever it is suppose to go next and starts something we may end up having a lot of trouble stopping." Carter said. "And I don't mean time stopping to fix it."

"Yeah, if the public sees it and lots of damage is done before you get there…." Janet said trailing off.

"Alright, I'm going to get a hold of the person currently in charge of Area 51. I won't tell them you two are coming just in case he or she ends up also being part of this, but I will start asking questions and if need be, get beamed over there along with the rest of SG-1 and several other teams." Jack said.

"I'll stay here with the children and others, hoping you all come back just fine." Janet said. "And if not, I'll be ready."

"Good. You two take off now. I know that car can fly so cloak first and head straight there." Jack said.

"Um, the car can do both, but not at the same time." Ford said reluctantly.

"What?" Jack asked confused and shocked at the same time.

"Best way to describe it sir, think Star Trek. They can't cloak and fire weapons at the same time." Carter said.

"Same question, what?" Jack asked.

"I know, it is beyond asinine, but we are still working on the details of why and how to circumvent that problem. Both systems need quite a bit of power to use them, and trying them together will end up taking more power than we can output." Ford said.

"You two are kidding me!" Jack exclaimed. "Two of the most brilliant people I know in fields I can barely grasp, aside from mechanics, and you can't deal with a power issue! Get a bigger battery!"

"Sir, Jack…" Carter began.

"I was being figurative! Those Naquada generators are small enough to easily fit in the trunk…" Jack said. "A Puddle Jumper can cloak and fly, where is the problem?"

"A Puddle Jumper doesn't have all the parts that a car has. Totally different engine system." Ford said.

"Then take your damn Jumper in the T.A.R.D.I.S." Jack said.

"It's currently not functioning." Carter said.

"You two are unbelievable." Jack said as he shook his head. "Fine, drive as far from here as you can to some place that is below radar and then fly as far as you can to get close enough to drive the rest of the way."

"Why not just go there in the T.A.R.D.I.S.?" Janet asked. "Safer, easier…."

"K.I.T.T. is here." Ford and Carter said.

"All our children are here and we want the T.A.R.D.I.S. to stay here to keep them safe…" Carter said.

"I don't think they would, but some others might decide to drop a missile or something worse on this place, if K.I.T.T.'s locator signal suddenly became broadcasted to everyone looking for it." Ford said.

"And before you ask, working on shutting that down in K.I.T.T. is a lot more work than you think. It is mostly programming and if we do something wrong, we could damage K.I.T.T. himself." Carter said.

"And K-9 can't do it?" Jack asked.

"Tried suggesting that to K.I.T.T. and K-9, but K-9 said it was a bad idea because they might be able to link up with his, K-9's transmitter, and possibly send a feedback pulse…." Carter began.

"Okay, you're talking words I barely understand now. Point is, T.A.R.D.I.S. can't be used." Jack said. "Let me guess, putting him in the T.A.R.D.I.S. and going there that way is a bad idea."

"After that fucking stunt they pulled on Atlantis, I am not putting the T.A.R.D.I.S. anywhere I don't have to." Ford just about growled as Sam had a angry yet sort of fearful look cross her face.

"We never found everyone behind it and I am damned sure they will try something like that again. I wouldn't be surprised if those people are lying in wait to see what we'll do with the T.A.R.D.I.S. during this current problem." Carter said. "I would rather she stay here and keep everyone safe since K-9 can inform everyone to get into the T.A.R.D.I.S. if whoever comes to try something, while we are gone."

"Makes sense." Jack said. "Get going then. I'll stay behind and have Colonel Mitchell go with the teams to help, under my authority. That way, if anyone does try to show up here, I'll be here to stop them."

K-9 informed Sarah O'Neill, since Jack was busy on the phone, that Michael and Sarah were on their way up the road, about half an hour after Ford and Sam left.

"Well, they made it here finally, and safely." Sarah O'Neill said.

"Thank god for that. I'd rather not have to do anything medical unless I need to right now." Janet said.

"Hey there ladies. I'm Michael Knight and this is Sarah Graiman." Michael said as he walked over with her. "We were told to come here…."

"We know." Janet said. "I am Janet Frasier and this is Sarah O'Neill."

"My husband, Major General Jack O'Neill, is inside talking to some people. Some of the people he works with is suppose to be on their way to help with whatever this problem is." Sarah O'Neill said.

They went in with them and sat at the kitchen table. After getting some water for the two, Janet told Jack they were here, and he said he'd be right there.

"Where is those two General's?" Michael asked. "And where is K.I.T.T.?"

"They have already left for Area 51 to find out what project is being done with the intent of using K.I.T.T." Janet said. "I don't know the exact details since my field is medical, but I knew enough to tell you that much."

"They didn't want to wait and since they both have the highest clearance possible for every project there, unless a situation like this comes into play, they went to find out what it is." Sarah O'Neill said. "As for K.I.T.T., he is in the building outside because it blocks signals."

"I see. Him staying inside there keeps them from finding K.I.T.T. by satellite or anything else." Sarah Graiman said.

"Are we just suppose to stay here until this situation is resolved? I hate waiting…" Michael began.

"I really don't know." Janet said. "They never said you couldn't leave, but I am sure they wouldn't want you to. The people behind this are extremely ruthless to the point they will kill anyone who gets in there way, even innocents."

"Well, unless you force us to stay, I am leaving. I don't want to have others solving problems dealing with me without being there as well." Michael said as he got up.

"I really don't think…." Janet began.

"I'll get Jack." Sarah O'Neill said as she left the room.

Not wanting to stay and clearly not really able to stop them since Jack still wouldn't get off the phone and K.I.T.T. did have to follow Michael and Sarah's orders, they took off as well to find out what the hell was going on.

"So, those two took off to hog dog it on their own sir." Mitchell said over the phone in Teal'cs Durango, which Teal'c was driving, as they were headed towards Area 51.

"Yeah. I tried to stop them, but you know them. If Carter hadn't retired, I'd have ordered her and then she would have made Ford stay." Jack grumbled over the phone. "I just got off the phone recently with the President after calling you guys first and was unable to get off long enough to stop Michael Knight, the Sarah with him and K.I.T.T. from leaving. They left a few minutes ago so keep a watch out for that black Mustang."

"Shouldn't be a problem sir." Mitchell said. "Does anyone at Area 51 know we are coming?"

"Only a few know, and those are people we can truly trust." Jack said. "The rest of the guards and such won't know till you are within a mile or so, so the people doing this won't have time to try running away or anything. We've already got the area set up to keep any ships from beaming anything in or out, and any that try to fly in or out, cloaked or not, will be seen right away."

"Good to hear sir. I'm tired of the N.I.D. trying to destroy what we have been working so hard on all these years." Mitchell said.

"You and me both. When these assholes are captured, make sure that Ford doesn't end up killing them all. We can't find the people at the top if we have no one to talk to." Jack said.

"Got it sir." Mitchell said.

"So, how bad is it?" Daniel asked from the back.

"Well, those two that are with K.I.T.T. didn't stay back at the house as we had hoped and are on their way to Area 51 as well. Don't be surprised if they end up passing us by within the next hour or so." Mitchell said as he put his phone away. "As for the two General's, they may be there already if not soon."

"If the N.I.D. and other unknown people are looking for this new K.I.T.T., why would they leave if they knew they could be found once they left?" Teal'c asked.

"Apparently, this Sarah Graiman, who is with Michael Knight, is very well versed in how K.I.T.T. operates. Enough so that she can turn off certain systems and such to keep them from being detected or whatever." Mitchell said.

"Wait, Sam and Ford said they couldn't do it themselves, yet this lady can?" Daniel asked.

"Well, Sam and Ford both didn't built that K.I.T.T. and don't know his systems enough to do anything, which is why they didn't try. Or so I understand." Mitchell said.

"I find that rather impossible sounding." Daniel said with a frown.

"Indeed." Teal'c said.

"Yeah, same here." Mitchell said as his phone rang. "Colonel Mitchell."

"I just got word. Ford and Sam have just arrived. How long until you three make it there?" Jack asked.

"Ten minutes at the most. We couldn't beam in any closer without setting off any possible alarms or alerting anyone." Mitchell said.

"Understood. Get there as quickly as possible then." Jack said.

They weren't bothered much, thankfully, as they entered the gated area and rushed over to the section they needed to, ignoring the guards outside the place who aimed their weapons, that somehow ceased to function as they tried to shoot the car. Tossing their rifles aside, they tried their side arms which failed to fire as well, and then fell to the ground unconscious before they could try anything else, as an intense sonic pulse was sent out at them.

"Obviously, they work for someone other than the right people." Carter said as Ford rammed the General through the metal garage door.

It ripped off with a screeching noise and got the attention of the people inside, who quickly turned and started firing their rifles and hand guns. Bullets bounced off and then ceased all together as the General Lee emitted the pulse once again, making the weapons become useless. Both of them got out, both wearing their full officer's uniforms, though Ford also had his other coat on too, as Alex was walking up, ignoring the two guns that had came out of the General Lee's fenders.

"You two are not suppose to be here, much less are allowed…." Alex began with anger while pointing a finger.

"Not allowed? You have no idea who you are truly working for, do you? We aren't out there on other worlds busting our asses to keep this planet safe to only come back home and have to deal with the same sort of assholes who more or less cause us the same trouble we deal with in our jobs. I'm tired of coming back home to find I have to also deal with people, who are suppose to be our allies, who think they know and can do better and go behind our backs to cause this sort of trouble and more, for us and the rest of the people who devote their lives to protecting the world from jackasses like you lot that are also out there in the galaxy." Carter yelled, surprising not only Ford, but most of everyone in the room.

She knocked the gun out of his hand, knowing it didn't function, punched him in the face and then spun him around slamming his head into the hood of the General while holding his arm behind his back hard enough she almost popped the shoulder out.

"The only thing that makes you idiots here different is the lack of technology to use against us, much less know how in fighting tactics. Now, what the hell is going on here, because we have better things to do with our time than having to constantly deal with the N.I.D., Trust and other rouge elements who keep causing us trouble." Carter growled in his ear.

"If he doesn't talk, I'm sure we can make the rest of you all talk." Ford said as he held one of his energy pistols out towards the other men in the room. "More of our people are on their way here to help us deal with this place, so the sooner you start talking, the better your chances at living and such."

It wasn't much of a surprise when the weapons were tossed and the people ran, either past them out the broken door or out side doors, or further into the building. A growling noise was heard from behind a white tarp at the back of the room, that sounded like a powerful engine that was angry.

"What the hell is that?" Carter asked. "What are you…"

Carter was surprised, as was the General when the man kicked out, hitting her shin hard enough she let go, and then hit the hood of the car when he gave her a right cross she barely dodged. Ford fired, missing as the man ducked and rolled, grabbed his gun from the floor and instead of firing it like Ford thought, he ducked when the gun nearly hit his face. A kick to the back of his knee dropped him to the ground, smacking his head into the floor enough he was dazed. Sam was shaking off the punch as Alex was running toward whatever was behind the tarp. Alex stopped as what was hiding behind the tarp blasted out and hit the ground near the man.

"Ford…" Carter began as Ford was walking over as fast as he was able, even though it was apparent he was still disoriented.

A grinding of metal and the sound of it shifting around surprised the two, though didn't stop Ford from continuing forward. The wheels stayed with branching sections leading to the rest of the car, that morphed into a robotic form. It had a chest, two arms and a head of sorts that was part of the body, no neck. All of which looked sinister and evil, especially with the red eyes. The hands were three fingered and there was dual barreled weapons on the arms along with two smaller ones on either side of the area above what would be the hips.

Alex yelled when he was suddenly grabbed, the chest opened and he was put in, followed by the compartment closing over him after wires were put to his body and on his head. Being so close, Ford almost didn't believe what he heard Alex scream, or the name anyway, but it had to be true. The man yelled the name K.A.R.R. while trying to order the robot down.

"Unbelievable! Only complete fools would bring you back." Ford growled as he changed the setting on the energy pistol.

Ford fired the energy pistol at the head, several times, and was surprised when it seemed to be absorbed.

"Primary target located." K.A.R.R said as the guns aimed at Ford.

Sam heard the robot talk, and if it wasn't for the fact of several things that Ford had, along with sound bytes on his computer and watching the cartoon a lot, she would not have understood why Ford suddenly hesitated to fire.

"Optimus…." Ford muttered.

(A.N. Peter Cullen, the original voice for Optimus Prime in the cartoon series back in the 80's, along with being the voice for Optimus Prime in the live action movies, played the voice for K.A.R.R. as well. Sadly, it was short lived.)

The arm suddenly shifted and he was unable to move much less have time to try when a missile blasted out.

Sam leaned on the car hood stunned as Ford was literally blown away. She had to ducked down for a moment as the roof creaked and groaned and parts of the floor were scattered around in the blast. When the arm was pointed her direction, she dashed towards one of the doors nearby while telling the General to open fire, while glad she wasn't wearing high heels. She had just grabbed the door handle and was opening it when a explosion behind her knocked her into the door and wall. Through a daze while lying on the floor, she saw the car transform back, say something she didn't catch other than the word K.I.T.T. and SGC, then drive out pass the over turned and smoking General Lee.

Mitchell and the group were driving rather fast now as they were told there was an explosion along with injured personal at Area 51. Apparently, they were fighting against some robotic car, and losing.

"Whoa…." Daniel said as they slowed down, seeing there was a lot more damage and such going on than they were told.

There was injured if not dead personal scattered along with several buildings on fire, crates of things and over a dozen hummers, along with a few tanks and several helicopters burning and or destroyed. The fence around the front area was destroyed in several places with a few of the broken vehicles outside where it was apparent they had been tossed. And shockingly, there was two F-302's that had been shot down, crashed just outside the fenced area.

"Oh my god…" Mitchell said.

"Things are not boding well." Teal'c said gravely.

"I am not going out there against that thing. No way, no how." Vala said as she put up her hands and set the hand device aside.

"General, things are really bad here." Mitchell said as he had called Jack. "We don't see either Sam or Ford, nor his car around. Currently, there is another car that turns into a robot, is doing a lot of destruction to the place. Not all of Area 51 is affected thankfully…"

"It appears that a shield has been activated to areas of this place Colonel Mitchell." Teal'c said as they saw shimmering fields in various areas that got hit occasionally from either exploding missiles or gun fire or debris that impacted it.

"Yeah, I've been hearing the bad news for awhile." Jack said. "We got word from our people that went to the F.L.A.G. base where K.I.T.T. was taken by Ford and Sam, along with our people who finally got information from the C.I.A. along with the N.I.D., which the President and Joint Chief personally handled with us. That it K.A.R.R. As in, Knight Industries Automated Roving Robot."

"Didn't a K.A.R.R. try to kill Ford once before?" Mitchell asked as Teal'c backed his vehicle behind a overturned and slightly burning M1-A Abrams tank.

"Yeah, when he was remade into a powerful Hummer. This is an entirely different K.A.R.R., but was programmed to kill SG-1 and capture Ford, so that the T.A.R.D.I.S. could be taken. As long as Ford is in the T.A.R.D.I.S, according to what they think, she can be operated by anyone else and be just fine." Jack said with an angry tone. "We know otherwise and have told the various idiots, but they don't believe us. Currently, K.A.R.R.'s primary mission is to take Michael Knight and use him as the human interface…."

"Jack, sorry to interrupt…" Daniel said, since Mitchell had put it on speaker phone. "Are you reading from something…."

"Yes Daniel. I don't understand half of this crap, so I am giving you the cliff notes of what I can understand. Now, the situation at Area 51, at least one section, is that things are dire. Wait, you're there and said that already. Anyway, several personnel along with quite a few guards were injured and or killed when he broke out of the area he was in. Even the energy defense systems that could be used, didn't effect K.A.R.R. because he has a powerful shield and uses Replicator technology. Fortunately and unfortunately, not like the Replicators we knew." Jack said.

"What is different, aside from not being human like?" Mitchell asked.

"Our anti replicator guns don't work on K.A.R.R. and so far, nothing is working from what we are being told. From what we have been told, he is programmed to interface with this Michael Knight guy only and assimilate K.I.T.T. only." Jack said. "Personally, I know that is a load of crap because those asinine Replicators have always changed when we didn't think they could."

"Yeah, that doesn't surprise me either sir." Mitchell said as they were watching from beside the tank as the fighting continued. "What do we do sir? We got no weapons with us currently and even if we did, I doubt we could do much."

"I'm working on that. Hopefully Ford and Carter will do something soon. Now, we've already called Michael and Sarah and informed them of what K.A.R.R. intends to do, but instead of turning around, they are still headed for Area 51. When they get there, get them underground or something. K.A.R.R. intends to somehow, um, assimilate K.I.T.T. to get stronger or something." Jack said with that irritable voice that showed he was getting more confused by the moment.

"We need to find Ford and Sam." Mitchell said. "Before those two and K.I.T.T. arrive."

"Something bad must have happened to them." Daniel said.

"I agree. We've tried to call them both along with the car, but we keep getting voice mail." Jack said. "We already know Ford can fix a lot of things because of his time thing, but something serious must have happened if they weren't able to stop K.A.R.R. already and haven't answered their phones."

"How can that be?" Vala said. "He's said more than once, along with Sam, the General Lee is the most advanced car on the planet. Most advanced in the galaxy, possibly universe."

"Is it not possible for the Odyssey to shoot K.A.R.R. from space General O'Neill?" Teal'c asked.

"I suggested that T, and even went so far as to demand it, seeing as the threat K.A.R.R. posses is worth blasting him before things get out of hand any more than they are. But as insanely and asinine this is going to sound, they can't get a positive lock. We couldn't hit him directly with a nuke, even if we knew his exact coordinates." Jack grumbled and then spoke as they began to speak. "Look, I don't know the technical aspects, all I know is that some sort of cloak or whatever keeps him from being seen much less detected clearly. Unless you're directly in line of sight, you can't hit him. Even then, a laser system, guided or otherwise would be deflected. You'll have to tell the Colonel were to fire his shots, in hopes that they do something and hit him within three, because they tell me here that he'll be able to more than likely avoid them after the first shot and possibly do something involving hacking and feedback to damage if not destroy the Odyssey."

"Damn, these bastards are really pissing me off sir. How did they get their hands on so much technology?" Mitchell asked.

"How do you think? We're not even sure all the people behind this fiasco, but we know that K.A.R.R. is a lot more powerful than he should be. So far, he is unable to fly, meaning he has to stay on the ground to get anywhere. It doesn't seem that he can drive on water either, but that is unsure." Jack said.

"Let us know when you are ready to try shooting him from orbit sir." Mitchell said. "We'll try to find Sam and Ford and see what we can do here."

"Good luck guys and keep out of his line of sight and fire. You are targets along with a lot more SGC personal." Jack said.

Sam woke up slowly, smelling smoke, burning electrics and blood. She heard some voices, but couldn't make out what was being said. Everything hurt, and after a moment of moving her body, she was glad to feel nothing was broken, but she knew she'd be covered in bruises for awhile. It took her a moment to get to her knees and finally stand, to see the room was badly damaged, with the lights over head flickering on and off. A few small fires here and there were also giving some light that helped her move from the broken doorway that was collapsed on the other side, making that not an exit anymore. The General Lee was smoking while still on its side, with some of the concrete ceiling on it. Looking at her watch, she found it scratched and the face plate cracked, but still functioning. From what she could gather, she'd been out for about fifteen minutes. There was no heartbeat monitor, so she knew Ford had yet to recover, or more than likely as she just realized it, his watch was destroyed so she wouldn't know anything till she saw him, which she did after slowly walking around one pile of concrete.

"This would be comical if not for the trouble." Carter muttered with a wince as she moved closer and knelt down. "Ford, wake up. We're in real big trouble and I'd rather not die being buried alive…."

"Sam…" Ford murmured as he slowly came around from being hit in the face, slapped actually, several times. "What…."

"K.I.T.T., K.A.R.R., us in Area 51…." Carter began, leaning back just in time as he sat up.

"Damn! Wait, we need….where are my clothes…." Ford began as he felt himself over and saw nothing. "Oh, right. Well, this is a first, sort of…"

"Your coat has to be somewhere around here, along with those cannons of yours, otherwise, nothing else survived." Carter said as he stood and helped her to her feet.

"This would be comical and sort of romantic…." Ford began as she leaned on him.

"Comical yes, sexy, not a chance right now. I am so sore and tired, sex is not even on my mind, despite you have nothing on." Carter said as they walked over to the car.

"How bad…." Ford began, picking up one of his cannons that was by the General.

"Other than the blow I took to my head which has at least stopped bleeding, nothing else seems to be serious. I checked…." Carter said as she sat down against the front grill of the car.

"You've got a lot of blood…" Ford began worried.

"It's just scratches. Trust me Ford, I'll live. Go get your other gun and coat." Carter said. "Then we can get out of here…."

"That's not important…" Ford began.

"You're other gun is over that way and your coat is hanging off a broken metal bar sticking out of the ceiling behind the General…" Carter said waving a hand.

He looked, seeing they were there and it was only obvious because they shined in the light unlike everything else that didn't have that luster as it were to it. She must have seen them while they were walking to the General since he had been paying more attention to her. The coat was still intact, at least as to the metal meshing, but the fabric part was all but gone.

"We need to knock the General back onto his wheels." Ford said as he walked back up.

"I'd say forget it, but I don't see anyway out. Looks like we were purposely buried in here." Carter said as she leaned against the car's pull bar and removed her coat and then removed the tie as she unloosened the shirt collar. "I'm so glad I didn't wear a skirt. Here, you can help me in and I'll see how bad it is. Hopefully, he's intact enough to still move. I can't see any other way in here and with our phones gone, we can't contact anyone outside, or be contacted."

She hissed and grunted, but ignored the pains as she moved and was lifted and then helped into the car. Since the driver side was on the floor, it made it easier for her to not have to work harder to stay hanging while working. The windows were cracked and various areas of the outer frame were bent and scratched, along with some interior damage to the dashboard systems. Ford slowly got in as the car came alive.

"We're probably going to get buried real fast. I can't say for certain how long the shield will hold or if at all." Carter said as he held himself in place to keep from falling on her.

"We'll activate them just as we drop onto the wheels. Floor it and turn around as fast as you can…." Ford began as he pushed a few buttons, hitting a couple that activated after a second stronger push.

"Yeah, yeah. I got it…." Carter said. "The windows won't tint, so you're going to be in trouble when everyone walks up…."

Just as they began heading in as carefully as possible, K.I.T.T. came rushing up and parked near them.

"What the hell happened here?" Michael asked, as they saw the carnage that was happening.

"A bad section of the government that we can't really go into, along with the C.I.A., built K.A.R.R." Mitchell began.

"They rebuilt K.A.R.R." K.I.T.T. said with surprise in his voice. "That is not good news by any means. Have you found out the true purpose behind him being created?"

"We're not completely sure of all the details, nor all the people truly behind it." Daniel said. "But part of it involves you Mr. Knight."

"The interface system." Sarah said in shock. "That idea was scrapped."

"Apparently not. A guy named Alex Torres is behind all of this along with several others." Mitchell said. "We are not sure if he is still alive. K.A.R.R.'S intent is to get you Mr. Knight and somehow assimilate K.I.T.T."

"How's that possible?" Michael asked.

"That isn't possible." Sarah said. "There is no way for K.I.T.T. to even do that, no matter what sort of programming we do to his nanites."

"K.I.T.T. was made from different nanites than what K.A.R.R. is." Daniel said, without thinking first.

"What do you mean different nanites?" Sarah asked.

"Jackson." Mitchell said scolding him.

"Sorry, I forgot for a moment. They are more than in the middle of this and seeing as Ford and Sam haven't done something yet, nor are we sure their condition, if we have to do this without them, they need to know at least some of what is happening." Daniel said.

"Well…yeah, you're right. But let me handle this. Okay you two. K.I.T.T. already knows a lot of what is going on, but is unable to say because of higher orders put into his programming. Don't go trying to dig around when this is over, he's programmed to delete that information if someone not authorized tries to access it, and we'll know. You're father got the nanites to built K.I.T.T. from a friend working here. The nanites here that were used, were….well, toned down is the best way I can describe it since technology isn't my field." Mitchell said. "K.I.T.T. is made from similar ones, but not the same, otherwise he'd be able to do a whole lot more and would never need a driver."

"Okay…" Sarah said a bit unsure.

"Wait, if K.A.R.R. is after K.I.T.T. here and Michael, then they need to leave before K.A.R.R. sees them." Vala stated.

"Indeed." Teal'c said.

"I do not believe we will be in any trouble unless he directly sees us." K.I.T.T. said as he backed up and hid behind the tank and the others did the same. "Currently, there is some sort of interference making it impossible for me to scan anything around me outside of one meter. Other than my line of sight allowing me to see what is around me, I cannot tell you what is happening."

"That makes sense." Daniel said. "In order for other satellites, even from other countries, to not see or scan Area 51, there is some…um, Sam explained it once…."

"She informed me of it once as well." Teal'c said.

"I read it in the report she wrote once." Mitchell said. "As long as K.A.R.R. doesn't come driving past, he'll never know we are behind this tank. Good thing it is here, though unfortunate."

"I would suggest calling for help, but I am unable to make any links to any satellites or phone lines either." K.I.T.T. said. "In fact, I cannot link to anything at all. Short of the land lines inside the facilities that are being protected by the unknown shield I saw, I see no way to make contact with anyone safely."

Mitchell's phone suddenly went off, making Sarah and Michael give K.I.T.T. a look before turning to them.

"We got special phones." Mitchell said. "We are still here sir."

"Good. We heard that K.I.T.T. had arrived, but nothing has happened so far." Jack said.

"Yeah, we're all hiding behind a broken tank on its side." Mitchell said as they heard Jack over the speaker phone again.

"Oh, that's right. The area is being jammed to make sure K.A.R.R. can't hack the other systems, much less the internet to find all he needs to look for." Jack said.

"Indeed General O'Neill. K.A.R.R. is currently still causing havoc to the area, but has yet to break through the shielded sections. Why he has not left, I cannot say." Teal'c said.

"Well, that is more than likely because he was apparently sent data, by someone we have yet to learn the identity of, and no it was not Ford or Carter, that K.I.T.T. is already on the base with Michael. I can only guess he is trying to break through the shield or trying to hack his way into the system or something." Jack said.

Before anyone could say anything else, everyone looked at the wrecked building area as an explosion happened shortly after it started caving in. Out from the former front came a cloud of dust an debris followed by a damaged orange car that hit the ground hard enough everyone heard a crunch noise and saw showers of sparks. Instead of stopping, the car spun around in a circle a few times before straightening out and heading towards the front gate, while doing so erratically. Mitchell and Daniel, followed shortly by the others, waved their hands at them to not come their way as they started over.

Ford and Sam noticed it almost too late when they saw K.A.R.R. turned around and transform, then fired a couple missiles at them and the tank. Sam barely got the car turned around as Ford fired off several rounds, hitting the missiles before they got to close.

"I am more advanced and more powerful than you are capable of understanding. Surrendering is your only option." K.A.R.R. said as he came rushing at them, in car mode.

Sam barely got the car out of the way as K.A.R.R. just missed hitting them, clipping his back end into the tank, where the others jumped out of the way as K.I.T.T. backed up and began using his weapons, after going into attack mode, on K.A.R.R. A bit of surprise, but not a lot was on everyone's face as they noticed it had little effect other than making K.A.R.R. turn around.

Before K.A.R.R. could fire his weapons at them, a bright blue beam of energy struck his back end, burning through the shield for a few seconds. The explosion wasn't as big as everyone wished as K.A.R.R. sped out of the way and turned around, firing at the damaged General Lee, that was smoking from the front where the laser system burned out. Sam floored it as best she could, driving backwards as K.A.R.R. was a few feet from the bumper, firing his weapons.

"The shield won't last much longer." Carter said through gritted teeth while trying to keep control of the General.

"At least there is nothing behind us to avoid." Ford said as he was trying to work with the wires and laptop to keep the car running.

K.I.T.T., with Michael driving, came rushing up and firing what weapons they had. The others had gotten into Teal'cs vehicle and went inside one of the shielded sections. Daniel and Vala went to aid those injured and get them in the shielded sections while Sarah followed Mitchell and Teal'c.

"K.I.T.T. are we doing anything?" Michael asked as he barely avoided a missile that was fired at them from the now transformed K.A.R.R.

"I am unsure Michael. I am still unable to use my scanners at full capacity." K.I.T.T. said. "And while I am capable of withstanding quite a bit of damage, I would prefer not to see how powerful those missiles are."

"Me either K.I.T.T." Michael said as he avoided another blast.

"At least they are trying." Carter said.

"Ah ha!" Ford exclaimed.

The two guns in the General's fenders came out along with one of the missile systems in the passenger door. K.A.R.R. turned, while still driving at them, and fired back with his arm and side guns. The two missiles that fired from the door impacted his hand that swiped at them, blowing off one of the fingers. He hit the General in the side, taking out one of the guns while doing a lot of damage as Sam lost control.

Ford grabbed the wheel with her and they barely kept the car from going into a roll. If not for Ford teaching her how to drive when you lost control, she was sure they would have crashed if not be dead. Barely getting control as a couple missiles were fired at them, she got the General backing up again and ignored the fact the hood and her door along with the front bumper came off.

"That's not good. The shields won't last another minute…" Carter said worried. "I hope you have some idea…."

"Oh, this is going to hurt." Ford said as he put his foot over into the driver side and grabbed the wheel with one hand while handing her the guns. "Hold these and brace yourself…"

"You can't be serious! He'll shoot me!" Carter exclaimed as she knew what he had planned, mostly by the buttons he pushed.

"Not if I hit the brake." Ford said as he gave her a look, to which she nodded as she braced herself.

Michael and K.I.T.T. were surprised when one of the roof sections over the driver went flying off and past them. When Sam suddenly shot into the air, with the chair, they were sure she was going to be blasted as K.A.R.R. aimed his weapons. That only failed to happen as the General Lee stopped, making K.A.R.R. ram into it head on. The explosion that followed sent K.A.R.R. through the air several feet before he hit the ground and rolled several times.

The damage was worse to him because of the fact he was still in robot form. One of his arms was barely attached, all his wheels were bent and twisted, his guns on his arms were broken and Alex had been serious injured during the tumble.

K.I.T.T. was unable to avoid the blast that lifted him into the air like a turbo boost, but without any control. He hit the ground front end first, tumbling end over end and rolling past K.A.R.R. by several dozen feet. Michael was unfortunately knocked out and K.I.T.T. was unable to right himself from being on his side since his systems were, disorientated per say from the impact of the blast and hitting the ground.

K.A.R.R. was in the process of slowly repairing his systems and had seen K.I.T.T. roll by. Using his one arm, he slowly dragged himself towards K.I.T.T., knowing he only needed to interface with K.I.T.T. in order to complete one of his primary programs, which would bring about his full repairs and upgrade his abilities.

Sam was nearing the ground while ignoring her neck and head that ached from the sudden jerk of the ejection along with the parachute that deployed shortly before she started to drop back. Hitting the ground, she got out of the chair and stumbled a few times before she was able to finally get to K.I.T.T.

"K.I.T.T…." Carter began while holding part of him to keep standing.

"Samantha Carter. I am happy to see you are still alive. Unfortunately, I am unable to do anything in this state. I would recommend you to run, but there is no cover to go for and I am sure K.A.R.R. would be able to recover long before you could get far enough away back to the base." K.I.T.T. said. "I am unable to currently repair myself enough to aid you. Do you have an idea of what we can do?"

"Does your communications work?" Carter asked hopefully.

"I can contact the base if you wish, but they will not be able to send help in time." K.I.T.T. said.

"Can you link up to this broken phone at all?" Carter said as she saw she probably had less than three minutes until K.A.R.R. reached them.

"Put it into my glove compartment and I will see what I can do." K.I.T.T. said as she did so, after he opened a section like he had a T-top. Less than ten seconds went by when he spoke again. "I was successful in getting it operational enough to use, as long as it is linked to me."

"Good, get me General O'Neill." Carter said.

"Carter?" Jack's voice said after a moment.

"Sir, no time to explain. I need the Odyssey to locate my position and beam me and K.I.T.T. out of here, now. After we are brought up, hit this location with a couple of the beam weapons. K.A.R.R. is damaged enough it will finish him." Carter said hastily.

"On it Carter." Jack said as she heard him start yelling orders in the background. "Why not just have the Odyssey beam him into space and blast him instead?"

"Is the Odyssey able to get a lock on K.A.R.R.?" Carter asked.

"Let me check. Yes, they can." Jack said after a moment. "I'll have them do it right away."

"Wait sir, have them beam him into low orbit instead. That way, if he is somehow able to absorb energy to help with his repairs, we won't be giving it to him and he'll burn up in orbit." Carter said quickly.

"Good idea Carter. Wish I thought of that." Jack said.

K.A.R.R. was inches from K.I.T.T.'s undercarriage when she came walking around and shook her head.

"Ford took out your predecessor. This time, I am taking you out." Carter stated. "I hope you burn well."

K.A.R.R. reached for her when he suddenly was engulfed in a bright light. When it faded, he saw the Earth before him and twisted slightly to see a large ship above him, but way out of reach. He started to try and transmit himself to a satellite nearby or the ship, in order to survive, but failed to do so in time as the friction of the atmosphere got too great and he burned away into nothing within a few seconds.

"General Carter, this is the Odyssey. The enemy has been destroyed. We made sure to jam any signals from being sent, just as you said." Carter heard from K.I.T.T.'s speakers.

"Thank you Colonel. You've helped save me, the SGC and a lot of other lives." Carter said as she slumped down against the damaged hood that was providing shade.

"All in a day's work. Help is on the way." the Colonel said before signing off.

"Unless my scanners are not working properly, you have a minor concussion, several abrasions, a couple fractures ribs and several cuts that needed medical attention and stitches." K.I.T.T. said.

"Oh, I hadn't noticed." Carter said tiredly as she hung her head. "Wake me when help arrives…."

K.I.T.T. tried to talk to her, to keep her awake, but she stayed unconscious. Michael awoke after K.I.T.T. finally got him awake, who would be hurting for a few days, and had him get out and see to Carter until help arrived, which was minutes away. When Mitchell and the others got there, Michael was dazed, but still awake while Carter was lying on the ground in the shade by him, with a few areas on her bandaged.

"I assume that K.A.R.R. is really gone then?" Michael asked as Carter was being put into a military ambulance that came with.

"Yeah. He got, burned into nothingness, per say." Mitchell said with a small smile.

"Good, glad that is over." Michael said as he was helped into a ambulance himself. "Sorry about your friend. That General guy…"

"Oh, him. He'll live. He got out of the car before the impact. You're better off not knowing how he survived and his recovery." Mitchell said.

"Tell him thanks when you see him, and that Sam lady too." Michael said. "Hey, what's going to happen to K.I.T.T.?"

"Don't worry, he'll be back in your hands soon." Mitchell said as he closed the door and patted the back.

A few days later…..

"That was incredibly stupid." Janet said as they were all sitting outside around the table on the top deck. "Sam could have been killed…"

"I was just fine, aside from the injuries. I knew that K.A.R.R. wouldn't be able to shoot me in time." Carter said.

"I knew what I was doing." Ford said as he rubbed his face tiredly.

"You're still tired?" Jack asked.

"I had to rebuild my car, deal with the fall out of everything that happened, get people the died back, aside from that Alex jackass that I couldn't save, keep the N.I.D., I.O.A. and those idiots from shutting down or taking over F.L.A.G. and a whole bunch of other stuff." Ford grumbled.

"If we hadn't helped get those emitter things in place for Sam, I am sure more problems would be taking place." Daniel said.

"Yeah. It didn't take long for the N.I.D. to try and move people in to take what was left of the General Lee, in hopes of learning something they could use, against us more than likely." Carter said.

"They were mostly looking for the time travel data." Ford muttered. "Claiming I owed them for what happened at Area 51, the damage and all that. I had nothing to do with K.A.R.R. That was there own doing for trying to use something that was defective from the beginning."

"Was all the information and data concerning K.A.R.R. taken?" Teal'c asked.

"As far as we have gathered, yes. We have it all, which Sarah, Michael and the others were glad to let us keep, in order to make sure nothing like that happened again and so hopefully, no one else will try to get to them or K.I.T.T. for information they don't have." Carter said.

"I'm just glad I barely had to get involved after K.A.R.R. was destroyed. Other than a few questions and damned paperwork, Ford and Carter dealt with everything else." Jack said.

"More like delegated." Carter grumbled.

"Well, I'm just glad it is over and that I talked to my future counterpart, who said that was the end of K.A.R.R. As far as he knew of anyway." Ford said. "And while talking to those assholes made me want to shoot the lot of them, it was better I and Sam handled it since we knew more about the nanites and such."

"So, what about your car General?" Mitchell asked.

"Took some work, considering I had to put all that was destroyed back into the system and work out some details in programming and such. He's back to normal, with a few differences." Ford said. "And unfortunately, still wanted by people I want to shoot."

"I look at it this way." Jack said. "If they are after you, they leave the rest of us alone."

"Oh, ha, ha." Ford said as Jack laughed.

"Think we'll see any more of K.I.T.T. and them?" Daniel asked.

"Why would you care Daniel?" Jack asked.

"K.I.T.T. is interesting to talk to." Daniel said. "I have talked to the original K.I.T.T. and other than their name, they are very different. And the K.I.T.T. on Gia'as isn't the only vehicle that is sentient. I see them as a new culture, that while they talk in a language I will probably never understand, I am fascinated how the think and see things."

"Never know sir, we may come across sentient machines on another world." Mitchell said. "Better to have some idea of what to expect than not be prepared at all."

"Indeed." Teal'c said.

"Much like that planet we have yet to really find that has electronic life forms…" Ford began.

"The one where Sam was taken over. Do we really need to bring back that memory?" Janet asked with a sad look.

"Personally, I wish I had been there. I am sure I could have done better reasoning." Ford said.

"You would have talked them into transferring their consciousness into you." Carter said. "To which I would have been free, I know. But we have no idea if they would have seen what you think and feel about A.I.'s and been more forthcoming and less threatening."

"We still could end up in the Transformer universe that Ford is always wishing for." Vala said.

"Speaking of which, I still can't believe you did that after K.A.R.R. spoke." Carter stated.

"I seriously was so shocked, I couldn't help it. That voice is very distinct and it threw me." Ford said. "If it wasn't for the fact K.A.R.R. was so dangerous and all that, I would have tried to save him."

"Just because of the voice." Jack said with a look he used to give Carter and Daniel.

"I'd try to explain it, but you'd never get it." Ford said as the others laughed and Jack shook his head.

"What is to become of K.I.T.T. and the others?" Teal'c asked.

"He will continue to operate with them as intended." Carter said. "F.L.A.G. is back in operation and should continue to do so for many years. We'll be on standby for help if they call, but that's only if it becomes an emergency really."

"The original Michael Knight and K.I.T.T. operated for years, helping others and saving lives of lots of people by just stopping bad guys from, doing bad things." Ford said with a shrug as Jack shook his head again at Ford's lack of words. "One day, there may be more vehicles with A.I.'s and by then, the SGC may be public knowledge."

"That will be the day." Jack said. "I hope to be long since retired and out of this political stuff by then."

"Hopefully, the right people will be in charge after moving on from the SGC and peace is more the norm." Ford said.

"I can see Walter as the President of the United States one day." Carter said.

"As can I. His ability to know things and have them ready before they are needed or asked for is quite uncanny." Teal'c said. "He would make a great leader, provided the right people were at his side helping him."

"I can see that too." Mitchell said.

"I'll suggest it to him the next time I see him." Jack said. "Well, here's to the future of the country and the world, left hopefully in the hands of people in their right minds and people we can truly trust."

"Here, here." Daniel said as they raised their glasses with him.