I may not use this scene
Jul. 10th, 2010 08:26 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dragovianknightAfter all, I've already been criticized for focusing "too much on the characters" in Fallen Knight *teh horrorz! gasp!* However, this is the first time I've gotten KITT and Ali in full-on banter mode, so I have to share.
"The restaurant where we're supposed to meet with del Diablo is just ahead," KITT said.
Ali stirred in her seat, straightening with a grimace. She wiped a hand over her face. "Did we make it in time?"
"As the restaurant appears to be herding its patrons out the door with unseemly haste, I would guess yes."
"Okay."
When she didn't continue in what KITT would consider a normal timeframe, he pressed, "Alicia?"
"I'm trying to plan." She smiled grimly. "Unfortunately, everything I come up with ends in a hail of bullets."
"An understandable preoccupation, at the moment."
"Guess we'll just have to watch for him to show up and make it up as we go along."
"I'll keep scanning." And then, because he had given up the you should be back in a hospital argument some hundred miles before, "You should try to rest."
"So you've mentioned every time I've been conscious for more than five minutes."
"With good reason."
She squirmed in the seat, probably trying to find a less uncomfortable position. KITT suspected she wasn't going to succeed so long as she was tense with pain and keyed up from the proximity of their target. "Hey, KITT?"
"Yes?"
"When we get del Diablo in the car, I'm not going to be much use for keeping him in line if this is a trick. So if I tell you to taser him if he gets out of line, don't argue that you can't, okay?"
"I wouldn't dream of it."
"You can threaten him yourself, if you want."
"I doubt that will be necessary."
"Yeah, well, if I pass out I don't want him touching either of us."
"I can always eject him if he gets out of line."
"That defeats the purpose of our mission."
"I didn't say I wouldn't go back for him."
"And they told me you didn't have a sense of humor."
"I'm hurt."
"Or feelings."
"Now I'm just insulted."
"KITT, don't make me laugh."
"I'm sorry. It did make you relax, though."
She flicked the steering yoke with one finger. "Are you playing mind games with me, psycho car?"
"I was only trying to help."
"I know." She ran her palm over the yoke's smooth leather. "I can't decide if it's pathetic or incredible that we've worked together three days, I've already gotten myself shot, and you're still the best partner I've ever had."
"That's because I'm the most advanced partner you've ever had," KITT said, uncomfortable with the turn of the conversation, since he couldn't - wouldnt' - return the sentiment.
"And modest, too."
"I am not programmed to lie."
Alicia laughed, then hissed in pain. "I told you not to make me laugh, damn it."
KITT started to reply, then his scanners picked up a heavily armored sedan approaching. "I think," he said, pushing all of his sensors up to full power, "del Diablo has arrived."
I have no idea if they had tasers in '84, and like hell was I going to give myself a distraction by taking the time to look it up.
So ready for my days off goooooooods. *thud*
48 day streak, by the way. Almost halfway to a phoenix badge.
Edit: And since 750 words is doing funky, word losing things, I will post here that this morning as I was driving to work, I was pondering my Team Knight Rider team, and I suddenly realized...I have the two big smashy trucks (Armageddon can deploy additional armor for the really TOUGH smashy jobs, since in TKR tradition none of the vehicles have KITT's MBS), the little T-bird who can fly like her namesake (metaphorically, I mean), and the Jeep packed with every "in over our heads, need to save our asses" gizmo his driver could pack into him...and not one of them has weapons.
"The restaurant where we're supposed to meet with del Diablo is just ahead," KITT said.
Ali stirred in her seat, straightening with a grimace. She wiped a hand over her face. "Did we make it in time?"
"As the restaurant appears to be herding its patrons out the door with unseemly haste, I would guess yes."
"Okay."
When she didn't continue in what KITT would consider a normal timeframe, he pressed, "Alicia?"
"I'm trying to plan." She smiled grimly. "Unfortunately, everything I come up with ends in a hail of bullets."
"An understandable preoccupation, at the moment."
"Guess we'll just have to watch for him to show up and make it up as we go along."
"I'll keep scanning." And then, because he had given up the you should be back in a hospital argument some hundred miles before, "You should try to rest."
"So you've mentioned every time I've been conscious for more than five minutes."
"With good reason."
She squirmed in the seat, probably trying to find a less uncomfortable position. KITT suspected she wasn't going to succeed so long as she was tense with pain and keyed up from the proximity of their target. "Hey, KITT?"
"Yes?"
"When we get del Diablo in the car, I'm not going to be much use for keeping him in line if this is a trick. So if I tell you to taser him if he gets out of line, don't argue that you can't, okay?"
"I wouldn't dream of it."
"You can threaten him yourself, if you want."
"I doubt that will be necessary."
"Yeah, well, if I pass out I don't want him touching either of us."
"I can always eject him if he gets out of line."
"That defeats the purpose of our mission."
"I didn't say I wouldn't go back for him."
"And they told me you didn't have a sense of humor."
"I'm hurt."
"Or feelings."
"Now I'm just insulted."
"KITT, don't make me laugh."
"I'm sorry. It did make you relax, though."
She flicked the steering yoke with one finger. "Are you playing mind games with me, psycho car?"
"I was only trying to help."
"I know." She ran her palm over the yoke's smooth leather. "I can't decide if it's pathetic or incredible that we've worked together three days, I've already gotten myself shot, and you're still the best partner I've ever had."
"That's because I'm the most advanced partner you've ever had," KITT said, uncomfortable with the turn of the conversation, since he couldn't - wouldnt' - return the sentiment.
"And modest, too."
"I am not programmed to lie."
Alicia laughed, then hissed in pain. "I told you not to make me laugh, damn it."
KITT started to reply, then his scanners picked up a heavily armored sedan approaching. "I think," he said, pushing all of his sensors up to full power, "del Diablo has arrived."
I have no idea if they had tasers in '84, and like hell was I going to give myself a distraction by taking the time to look it up.
So ready for my days off goooooooods. *thud*
48 day streak, by the way. Almost halfway to a phoenix badge.
Edit: And since 750 words is doing funky, word losing things, I will post here that this morning as I was driving to work, I was pondering my Team Knight Rider team, and I suddenly realized...I have the two big smashy trucks (Armageddon can deploy additional armor for the really TOUGH smashy jobs, since in TKR tradition none of the vehicles have KITT's MBS), the little T-bird who can fly like her namesake (metaphorically, I mean), and the Jeep packed with every "in over our heads, need to save our asses" gizmo his driver could pack into him...and not one of them has weapons.
