Knight Strike (pt5): Knight's Destruction
"KARR! KI2T and I will get in front of him. You circle behind and try to take him out!" Michael shouted.
"I'll do as you request," came the answer. Michael drove KI2T towards the burning barn. He spun the wheel and ended up facing the opposite direction, just in time to see Goliath turning towards them. Good, he thought. Now we'll end this once and for all!
"KI2T, we may have turbo boost over him-" he was cut off at that moment by his car.
"I'm sorry Michael! Forgive me!" KI2T said loudly. The top flipped up and the ejector seat shot Michael up and out of his car.
"Noooooooooo!" Michael yelled. At the same time Garthe commanded Goliath to shoot the EMP gun. The blue white light lit up the yard as it shot out and hit KI2T right in his scanner. Sparks shot out of the front end. Michael landed hard on his left side and rolled a few feet before he stopped. He looked up to see Goliath charging at his now dead vehicle.
"KI2T!" he screamed. Goliath didn't even slow down as he rammed into the front end. The grill coated with the MBS formula crushed the front end almost flat. He pushed the vehicle into the burning barn and backed away. The barn was completely engulfed in flames. Where they had pushed KI2T in, weakened what was left of the structure and it collapsed into itself, burying the car. KARR hit him with a few blasts of his laser, but the nano skin just kept repairing itself. KARR shot forward and maneuvered around Goliath, trying to get behind him. Goliath swerved right and crashed into KARR's back right quarter panel, causing him to spin out of control. As KARR righted himself, he aimed his laser at the gas tank under the passenger side of the truck.
"We must get away! If he keeps up that laser, it will explode and destroy me!" Goliath said. "I am taking over vehicle controls." He started driving towards the house.
"NO! I command you to stay and fight! We must kill them all!" Garthe screamed at his truck. He started pounding on the steering wheel and dashboard, swearing at Goliath for not obeying him. Michael was now standing and holding his left arm. He was sure it was broken, when KARR limped over to Michael.
"I am sorry," KARR told him. "I am unable to follow. He damaged my rear axle and the nano technology is offline." Michael could do nothing but watch as Goliath drove off. He was about to turn towards Mike, when he saw a movement off to his right. He turned to see a figure jump onto the back of Goliath as he was driving down the driveway. Then another figure started to approach him from the house.
"Michael?" It asked hesitantly.
"April! Thank god you're okay!" Michael told her.
"I wouldn't go that far," she said tiredly. "Where is everyone?"
"I'm not sure. Come help me get Mike out of KI3T. They're over this way," he said pointing. Turning to lead the way, three figures were coming from the field off to the left of the barn. Two of them were helping the one in the middle.
"Bonnie," Michael choked out. They met just behind KARR. He immediately hugged his wife with his good arm.
"Where's Mike? And KI3T? And your KI2T? Are you all right?" she asked him breathlessly.
He pointed to Mike and KI3T. "I am now. That's Mike, we have to get him out. And KI2T is in there." He pointed to where the barn was still burning.
"KI2T's Molecular Bonded Shell will keep him protected up to seven hundred degrees. Let's get to Mike-" She never got to finish that statement as a huge explosion came from the barn. All of them were thrown backwards as heat and fire blew outwards. He felt someone slapping his face and yelling his name. He opened his eyes and saw April staring down at him with a tear streaked face.
"Oh, Michael! I can't get anyone else to wake up. What do I do?" she cried hysterically.
"I have called for an ambulance, fire department and state police. And signaled the semi. Zoe told me that they are almost here," he heard KARR say. Then everything started going dark again. April's face was the last thing he saw. April sat there holding Michael's head in her lap, crying.
The sun was starting to crawl over the mountains behind her. Dawn would be there shortly. She could hear the semi's engine downshifting as it pulled into the driveway. The long night was over, but the nightmare wasn't...
TO BE CONTINUED…. IN 'KNIGHT REDEMPTION!'