Why can't Kitt fly? (KR fic, PG)
Title: Why can't Kitt fly?
Author: spacerat1
Rating: PG
Summary: Michael asks Bonnie a question.
Disclaimer: Glen A. Larson and Universal own the Knight Rider characters in this story.
This is for the Kittchen Challenge 06-08 "fly" - sorry, it's a little late.
This story takes place at the beginning of Season 3
Why can’t Kitt fly?
"Bonnie, why can't Kitt fly?" Michael asked Kitt's technician while she was busy working on Kitt.
Flying. Bonnie shuddered. She hated flying. She had been afraid of flying ever since she was a kid. Never had she never felt comfortable in a plane and even the thought of being trapped in an airplane made her nervous. She would rather drive across the country or sit in the train for days than board a plane.
"Kitt is not designed to fly. He's a car, not an airplane." Bonnie answered quickly. She hoped this answer would satisfy Michael but she doubted it would be enough.
"But he can drive on water too and he's not a ship either." Michael replied.
"Well, THAT was April's idea. Not mine. I still don't approve of this ..... stupid device she installed. Salt water is not good for Kitt." Bonnie had been horrified when she had learned that Kitt had been in the ocean while she was away.
"Kitt liked the ocean. I'm sure he'd like flying too." Michael didn't give up. He wondered why Bonnie was so against it.
"No, he wouldn't. Kitt would hate it." Bonnie looked up and stopped working. "Flying is one of the most unnatural modes of transportation ever devised by the mind of man. Right, Kitt?"
"Yes, Bonnie, that's correct. I feel more comfortable on the ground." Kitt replied. “I don’t think I would enjoy being in the air.”
"See, Michael. Kitt doesn't want to fly.” Bonnie closed Kitt's hood and walked towards the kittchen. “He’s programmed not to like flying.”
"But it was you who programmed him. Maybe you programmed him to be afraid of flying. Maybe you did it because you didn’t want us to have fun." Michael said before Bonnie had reached the kitchen. "Did you?"
Bonnie didn't reply. She washed her hands and poured coffee in her mug. Michael was right. She had programmed Kitt to be afraid of flying because she hated flying. Had she make a mistake? She had never thought about it. But then Kitt was a car. Turbo boasting was fine but flying? No, a car shouldn’t fly.
Michael was still in the back of the semi when Bonnie returned from the kitchen. "You want to know why Kitt can't fly?” She didn’t give him a chance to say anything. “You were right I programmed him to be afraid of flying. I did it because I am afraid of flying. Maybe you may think it's crazy but I hate flying and I somehow transferred my fears on Kitt. I shouldn't have but I did it."
Michael walked over to Bonnie and wrapped his arm around her shoulder. She didn't pull back. "I'm sorry, Bon, I had no idea. I wouldn't have bugged you about it if I'd known." She nodded. "You know, Kitt doesn't need to fly. He's almost as fast as an airplane anyway, right, buddy?"
"That's correct, Michael."
"Thanks for understanding." Bonnie said and looked up before she pulled back from the hug. "Well, lets get back to work."
Michael watched her as she resumed her work. He had known her for a while now but there were still so many things he didn't know about Bonnie.
“But don't remove the Third Stage Aquatic Synthesizer. Kitt really liked swimming.” He said hoping it would cheer her up. It did. Bonnie grinned, then turned back to Kitt and continued working.
Author: spacerat1
Rating: PG
Summary: Michael asks Bonnie a question.
Disclaimer: Glen A. Larson and Universal own the Knight Rider characters in this story.
This is for the Kittchen Challenge 06-08 "fly" - sorry, it's a little late.
This story takes place at the beginning of Season 3
Why can’t Kitt fly?
"Bonnie, why can't Kitt fly?" Michael asked Kitt's technician while she was busy working on Kitt.
Flying. Bonnie shuddered. She hated flying. She had been afraid of flying ever since she was a kid. Never had she never felt comfortable in a plane and even the thought of being trapped in an airplane made her nervous. She would rather drive across the country or sit in the train for days than board a plane.
"Kitt is not designed to fly. He's a car, not an airplane." Bonnie answered quickly. She hoped this answer would satisfy Michael but she doubted it would be enough.
"But he can drive on water too and he's not a ship either." Michael replied.
"Well, THAT was April's idea. Not mine. I still don't approve of this ..... stupid device she installed. Salt water is not good for Kitt." Bonnie had been horrified when she had learned that Kitt had been in the ocean while she was away.
"Kitt liked the ocean. I'm sure he'd like flying too." Michael didn't give up. He wondered why Bonnie was so against it.
"No, he wouldn't. Kitt would hate it." Bonnie looked up and stopped working. "Flying is one of the most unnatural modes of transportation ever devised by the mind of man. Right, Kitt?"
"Yes, Bonnie, that's correct. I feel more comfortable on the ground." Kitt replied. “I don’t think I would enjoy being in the air.”
"See, Michael. Kitt doesn't want to fly.” Bonnie closed Kitt's hood and walked towards the kittchen. “He’s programmed not to like flying.”
"But it was you who programmed him. Maybe you programmed him to be afraid of flying. Maybe you did it because you didn’t want us to have fun." Michael said before Bonnie had reached the kitchen. "Did you?"
Bonnie didn't reply. She washed her hands and poured coffee in her mug. Michael was right. She had programmed Kitt to be afraid of flying because she hated flying. Had she make a mistake? She had never thought about it. But then Kitt was a car. Turbo boasting was fine but flying? No, a car shouldn’t fly.
Michael was still in the back of the semi when Bonnie returned from the kitchen. "You want to know why Kitt can't fly?” She didn’t give him a chance to say anything. “You were right I programmed him to be afraid of flying. I did it because I am afraid of flying. Maybe you may think it's crazy but I hate flying and I somehow transferred my fears on Kitt. I shouldn't have but I did it."
Michael walked over to Bonnie and wrapped his arm around her shoulder. She didn't pull back. "I'm sorry, Bon, I had no idea. I wouldn't have bugged you about it if I'd known." She nodded. "You know, Kitt doesn't need to fly. He's almost as fast as an airplane anyway, right, buddy?"
"That's correct, Michael."
"Thanks for understanding." Bonnie said and looked up before she pulled back from the hug. "Well, lets get back to work."
Michael watched her as she resumed her work. He had known her for a while now but there were still so many things he didn't know about Bonnie.
“But don't remove the Third Stage Aquatic Synthesizer. Kitt really liked swimming.” He said hoping it would cheer her up. It did. Bonnie grinned, then turned back to Kitt and continued working.