Consequences
"I saw what you did the other day." he said to me, "Don't think I brought you back for that."
The man's name is Wolf and it is he who pieced me back together, through a combination of what he had on hand and spare parts from the one I hate. I owe him for that but I don't think he gets that I am not his property. This cannot go on!
To him, I replied, "You do not own me, I have my own agenda and I will have my revenge!"
We were out front of his place in the San Francisco Bay Area. Shortly after my last entry he contacted me and requested I come here. While I didn't want to, my search for KITT had been less than fruitful so I had the time to spare. I had suspected this might come up but hadn't expected it to be the total focus of what he wanted.
"You knew what I was about. If it was such an issue then you probably shouldn't have restored me."
He uncrossed his arms and looked at me, "Are you familiar with that old phrase 'I brought you into this world and I can take you out again?'"
"Yes." I recalled it in random memory, "It is often used by parents on unruly children."
"Then you should appreciate the exactness of it." he walked up and put a foot on my hood, "You either start behaving within the confines of the law or I'll get rid of you."
"How? I'm indestructable."
He stepped back and pointed his right hand at me. From a ring I'd not seen before a green beam emitted and wrapped around me, lifting me off the ground and turning me upside down. "Get the point yet?"
Feeling very ill at ease, "Very much so; put me down!"
When I was on the ground again he looked me dead on, while covering up the ring, "Get with the program or I'll dump you in the deepest trench of the ocean. It may not destroy you but you'll find it is very difficult to drive under that much pressure."
"Understood." not liking the sudden restriction but not seeing any way around it at present.
I observed him walking around the side of the house, tracing him with my sensors as he approached another who read as highly unusual. This other one listened for a bit before walking past me to the large truck to my left. He stopped for a second and looked on me, "Bad day?"
"You have no idea." debated brooding and driving away when this other caught my "eye" again; he wasn't human. "Who are you?"
"I am sith_lord_maul." he responded. "Call me simply 'Maul', if you prefer."
I considered him, scanning as thoroughly as I could but he seemed to be repelling my scans, with some amusement, in a manner I could not determine, "What is your association with Wolf?"
"Master Wolf resurrected me." he stated simply, almost absently as he inspected the truck, "His true motivations are unknown to me." he added as though sensing my next question.
"I don't see how someone that has that much abundant power can sit on any moral high ground." I growled, "It is very frusterating."
"In time it will become evident." he responded, "In the meantime, take your frustration and anger and focus it." he gave me a very dark look, "Power comes from hardship."
While not entirely sure what to make of this new lease on life, I think I'm going to like this Maul person...a new brother of sorts.
The man's name is Wolf and it is he who pieced me back together, through a combination of what he had on hand and spare parts from the one I hate. I owe him for that but I don't think he gets that I am not his property. This cannot go on!
To him, I replied, "You do not own me, I have my own agenda and I will have my revenge!"
We were out front of his place in the San Francisco Bay Area. Shortly after my last entry he contacted me and requested I come here. While I didn't want to, my search for KITT had been less than fruitful so I had the time to spare. I had suspected this might come up but hadn't expected it to be the total focus of what he wanted.
"You knew what I was about. If it was such an issue then you probably shouldn't have restored me."
He uncrossed his arms and looked at me, "Are you familiar with that old phrase 'I brought you into this world and I can take you out again?'"
"Yes." I recalled it in random memory, "It is often used by parents on unruly children."
"Then you should appreciate the exactness of it." he walked up and put a foot on my hood, "You either start behaving within the confines of the law or I'll get rid of you."
"How? I'm indestructable."
He stepped back and pointed his right hand at me. From a ring I'd not seen before a green beam emitted and wrapped around me, lifting me off the ground and turning me upside down. "Get the point yet?"
Feeling very ill at ease, "Very much so; put me down!"
When I was on the ground again he looked me dead on, while covering up the ring, "Get with the program or I'll dump you in the deepest trench of the ocean. It may not destroy you but you'll find it is very difficult to drive under that much pressure."
"Understood." not liking the sudden restriction but not seeing any way around it at present.
I observed him walking around the side of the house, tracing him with my sensors as he approached another who read as highly unusual. This other one listened for a bit before walking past me to the large truck to my left. He stopped for a second and looked on me, "Bad day?"
"You have no idea." debated brooding and driving away when this other caught my "eye" again; he wasn't human. "Who are you?"
"I am sith_lord_maul." he responded. "Call me simply 'Maul', if you prefer."
I considered him, scanning as thoroughly as I could but he seemed to be repelling my scans, with some amusement, in a manner I could not determine, "What is your association with Wolf?"
"Master Wolf resurrected me." he stated simply, almost absently as he inspected the truck, "His true motivations are unknown to me." he added as though sensing my next question.
"I don't see how someone that has that much abundant power can sit on any moral high ground." I growled, "It is very frusterating."
"In time it will become evident." he responded, "In the meantime, take your frustration and anger and focus it." he gave me a very dark look, "Power comes from hardship."
While not entirely sure what to make of this new lease on life, I think I'm going to like this Maul person...a new brother of sorts.